Bits & Pieces (Benny Imura 5)

Flashback continues. Tom huddles with Benny on the lawn, crying and wretched. Benny screams.

CAPTION: IT KILLED HIM TO LEAVE HER.

3.

Flashback continues. Tom stands by the open trunk of his car. We can see his police gear bag and his martial arts bag, from which the handle of his sword can be seen. Shadows fall across Tom’s back, and a few hands reach into frame.

CAPTION: BUT IT WOULD HAVE KILLED US BOTH IF HE DIDN’T DO WHAT HE HAD TO DO.

4.

Flashback continues. Tom whirls to see that the neighbors are there. All are zombies.

CAPTION: WHATEVER HE HAD TO DO.

5.

Flashback continues. A view from inside the trunk as Tom, having clearly placed Benny inside, closes it. He has his katana in his right hand.

CAPTION: NO MATTER WHAT IT COST HIM.

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1.

Flashback continues. Vertical sword panel. The orientation of the panel now shifts three-quarters of the way across the page. The blade is mostly covered in blood. We see the reflection of a burning city and a mushroom cloud.

2.

Flashback continues. Also seen from inside. Tom opens the trunk. He is covered with blood and he looks crazed.

CAPTION: NO MATTER HOW MUCH OF HIMSELF HE LOST DOING IT.

3.

Flashback continues. Tom and Benny in the front seat. Tom, still streaked with gore, drives; Benny is in the car seat, screaming. Tom looks absolutely shell-shocked and crazed.

CAPTION: BACK THEN—ON FIRST NIGHT—IT WAS FIGHT, RUN, OR DIE.

4.

Flashback continues. A long traffic jam into a city.

CAPTION: EVERYTHING FELL APART REALLY FAST. EVERY CHOICE WAS A HARD CHOICE.

5.

Flashback continues. The city is in the rearview mirror, very small. A mushroom cloud rises above it.

CAPTION: MOST OF THE CHOICES PEOPLE MADE WERE THE WRONG ONES.

CAPTION: UNTIL IT ALL FELL APART.

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