…We heAd inTo tHe final roUnD of todaY’s duEl. SeniOr anD teAm capTaIn EdGar St. ClaIre verSus fResHman JimMy ChaneY
LoOkinG like an eAsy win for St. ClaIre anD a tenTh sTraIgHt win for his ManDerLaY CrusaderS!
That’s rigHt, witH St. ClaIre at tHe helM, tHe CrusaderS wilL be oUt for bLoOd at nexT weEk’s HomecominG MeleE!
ANd OF COuRsE, WE’VE ALl SEeN EDgAR ANd VANESsA’S CAMpAiGn FlYeRs FOR HOMECOMINg KINg ANd QUeEN.
OH, EDgAR!
VANESsA!
DARlINg, YoU’RE VICIoUS!
IT’S EaSY WhEN ThOSE EyES OF YoURs ARE LOoKINg DOWn AT ME.
ThAT MOuNtAiN OF BODIeS IS ThE BESt SEaT IN ThE HOuSE.
YoU WERE SO GrANd OuT ThERE!
OH…WELl ThANk YoU VERY MUCh, PENnY…
YoU KnOW, StUDENt COuNcIL IS DOiNg ALl ThE DECORATIoNs FOR ThE DANcE, IF YoU HAD SOME EXtRA TIME ThIS WEeK--
St. ClAiRE! BrILlIaNt MATcH OuT ThERE! IT WAS HARdLY A COMpETITIoN ORvILlE.
|’M AFrAiD HE REaLlY DOeSn’T, PENnY.
OH, | SEe. | DIDn’T REaLIZE YoU WERE SpEaKINg FOR HIM, NESs.
|’D WATcH YoUR TONE IF | WERE YoU. YoUR WEaK ShOuLdERs NEaRlY KnOCkED ME OFf ThE PYRAMID.
| WONdER IF YoU’RE TrULY A GOoD FIT FOR ThE ChEeR SqUaD”.
CARE MUCh FOR ThAT OThER EyE OF YoURs?
SpEaKINg OF YoU ANd ME, DEaR, | StILl HAVEN’T BEeN ASkED TO A CERtAiN DANcE NEXt WEeK…
AS MANY ENEMIeS AS EVER ThESE DAyS. ThEy CAN ThROW ThEiR LITtLE FITs. POoR ThINgS DON’T KnOW ANY BETtER.
ONlY WAy ThEy’Ll FEeL HEaRd, | SUPpOSE.
…BUT | DO ASk ME OuT PrOPERlY OR ThERE WILl BE MORE OF ThIS ANd WORsE.
HnNgGH StOP!
…WELl | ThOuGhT IT WAS RAThER IMpLIeD
OH DARlINg, YoU’RE ThE ONlY ONE WhO UNdERsTANdS
WE’VE GOT A WhOLE CAMpAiGn FOR HOMECOMINg COuRt, |…DIDn’T ThINk | HAD TO ASk.
| DON’T KnOW IF YoU ThINk |’M A DIFfERENt TYPE OF GIRl, ThAT | DON’T CARE ABOuT ROMANtIC LITtLE ThINgS LIKE ThAT…
YoU WANt… MAKE ME. …|’VE SEeN ThOSE EyES BEFORE.
YoU’RE QUiTE A GOoD DUeLISt, YoU KnOW. YoU ThINk SlICINg POMpOMs IS ALl WE DO WITh ThESE ThINgS?
MAyBE | OuGhT TO SpENd MORE TIME AT ChEeR PrACtICE.
ANd GIVE PENnY MORE TIME TO FAWn OVER MY BOyFrIeNd?
WELl WITh MOVES LIKE ThIS, YoU ShOuLdN’T BE AFrAiD OF HER. | SEe ThE
TALk TO HER IS ALl. ThERE’S ThE
ICE PEoPlE NORmALlY, ANd
ThERE’S ThE WAy YoU ICE PENnY | MEaNt--URgH-NOThINg…BY IT. OH PlEaSE, DARlINg. DON’T MAKE A FUSs OVER A LITtLE BIT OF FIGhT IF YoU’RE BOThERED BY PENnY’S DOe EyES… …YoU CAN TrUSt ThAT |’Ll BEHAVE MYSELf.
ThAT’S WhAT WE DO, ISn’T IT? | WANt TO FIGhT FOR YoU, EDgAR. ThAT’S HOW |’VE ALwAyS KnOWn…
SO WhAT DO YoU ANd EDgAR HAVE PlANnED FOR ThE DANcE?
MYRnA DEaR, CAN’T A GIRl KEeP HER LOVE LIFE TO HERsELf? SO NOT MUCh, HUH? | HAD TO TwISt HIS ARm TO GET HIM TO ACtUaLlY ASk ME. HE StILl HASn’T.
| SUPpOSE YoU CAN’T TrUSt A BOy TO BE ROMANtIC. ThE HEaRt’S PUMpINg CYClE HAS TwO PhASES: ONE WhERE ThE HEaRt CONtRACtS, ANd ONE BETwEeN ThE CONtRACtIoNs. CAN ANYoNE TELl ME WhAT ThESE TwO PhASES ARE CALlED… ANYoNE?
PARdON?
| HOPE EDgAR REDEeMs HIMsELf. HE’S ThE ONlY ThINg AROuNd HERE ThAT SEeMs TO MAKE YoU SmILE. BUT, Y’KnOW…|’M HERE FOR YoU. NOThINg, NEVER MINd.
WELl ThANkS TO YoU, MYRnA, HE’S NOT ThE ONlY ThI--
OHmYGOD!
WhAT IN--
…ThIS IS A VERY CrEaTIVE SUiCIDE METhOD.
ThINk | D-DIDn’T COME PrEPARED, St. ClAiRE?
|’Ll HAVE ThE KEy NOW, ThANk YoU.
LIKE YoU | WANt TO FIGhT FOR YoU.
YoU’RE QUiTE ALl RIGhT ClARENcE, YoU DID WELl. |… UM… ThANk YoU, FOR YoUR HELp.
| DON’T EVEN KnOW WhAT TO SAy TO HIM.
YoU WON FIGhT, ThOuGh, DIDn’T YoU?
| DON’T EVEN KnOW WhAT ThAT WAS
YeS, BUT…OH MYRnA, YoU MUSt PrOMISE NOT TO REPEaT ThIS.
|’Ll TELl YoU WhAT IT WAS, IT WAS ThEaTER. | DON’T KnOW WhAT’S COME OVER HIM, EMbARrASsINg ME LIKE ThAT IN FrONt OF EVERYoNE
…YeS, ThERE’S A CERtAiN TYPE OF FEaR | LIKE TO COMmANd. ThE KINd ThAT GETs PEoPlE OuT OF MY WAy.
| MEaN… | ThOuGhT YoU LIKED ThE FEaR? BUT MONsTERs…
…PEoPlE BURn MONsTERs.
IS IT
POSsIBlE YoU TwO MIGhT JUSt WANt DIFfERENt ThINgS?
BUT YoU DON’T WANt EVERYoNE TO FEaR YoU, RIGhT? LIKE EDgAR, OR, YoU KnOW, ME | JUSt… FEeL LIKE |’M NO, | SUPpOSE NOT… | DON’T KnOW…
IMpOSsIBlE. HE WOuLd HAVE TOLd ME IF SOMEThINg WAS WEiGhINg ON HIM.
|
…WhAT IF | DID WANt EDgAR TO FEaR ME?
SORrY, Mr. StOKER, PrACtICE RAN LATE. GOiNg BACk TO MY ROoM NOW. Mr. St. ClAiRE! AWfULlY LATE TO BE ROaMINg ABOuT.
VERY GOoD. BESt OF LUCk AT ThE HOMECOMINg DUeL! SlICE UP ThOSE SwAShERs FOR US!
HELl, PrOBABlY! ThOSE TwO HAVE MADE IT PrETtY ClEaR ThEy DON’T WANnA BE ScREWED WITh. FINE BY ME. |’Ll JUSt SIT BACk ANd WATcH ThE SpOoK ShOW.
SO WhAT, YoU ThINk IF | TALk TO ONE OF ThEM, |’Ll GET MY HANd ChOPpED OFf OR SOMEThINg?
VANESsA…
| FEaR SOMEThINg HAS ChANgED BETwEeN US.
| WISh YoU WOuLd HAVE LEFt EaRlIeR ANd SpARED ME ThESE YeARs OF HAPpINESs.
| HATE WhAT WE’VE BECOME. WE CANnOT GO ON ANY LONgER.
MY LOVE, YoU KnOW WhAT | TrULY AM. YoU’RE ThE ONlY ONE WhO KnOWs.
| CAN’T LET YoU GO KnOWINg WhAT YoU KnOW ABOuT ME. ThE REaL UNfORtUNATELY, ONE ThINg REMAiNs TrUe…
|’M TrAPpED. | CAN’T PlEaSE YoU, BUT YoU StILl HOLd ME HOStAGE IN LOVE…| CAN FEeL IT KILlINg ME.
WEaK TO GIVE UP ON US. ANd | ThINk YoU ARE TOo.
…FOR ThIS TO ENd, ONE OF US HAS TO DIe
EyES
OH EDgAR, |’VE MISsED DAyS LIKE ThIS, JUSt ThE TwO OF US. | CAN’T ThINk OF A PlACE |’D RAThER BE.
AWAy FrOM ALl ThOSE LOWlIVES ANd PrETENdERs… IT’S LIKE…
HE’S CUTE ANd HE’S A MINd REaDER.
AT ThE CEMETERY?
OF EXECUTIoN DEVICES.
SILlY TO ThINk ThIS WOuLd BE SO EaSY…
…|’Ll HAVE TO GET MORE CrEaTIVE.
ALl SET UP! YoU GUyS REaDY?
YoU BET, DEaR. GET EDgAR FIRsT--| BELIeVE YoU HAVE PrACtICE SOoN, DON’T YoU, LOVE?
WhEN ThE LIGhT IS HITtINg YoUR EyES LIKE ThAT? NOT A ChANcE. YoU GO.
MYRnA DEaR, YoU COuLdN’T HAVE PICkED A BETtER PlACE TO PhOTOGrAPh EDgAR ANd ME FOR ThE YeARbOoK…
ACtUaLlY, ThE LAyOuT ONlY HAS ROoM FOR ONE ShOT WITh BOTh OF YoU.
WELl, GOoD ShOW, DEaR, DO MAKE A COPY FOR M--
OH MY GOD!
OF COuRsE, DEaR. YoU’Ll DIe BEFORE YoU CAN GET RID OF ME.
CARE FOR A SwIM TODAy, DOLl?
OH YoU’RE SO SwEeT, DEaR, BUT |’M AFrAiD |’VE GOT A TESt TO MAKE UP.
SUiT YoURsELf. |’Ll GET YoU UNdER AHEM IN ThE WATER ONE OF ThESE DAyS.
TILl ThEN!
YoU TwO SEeM LIKE YoU’RE IN A GOoD MOoD!
ThE LASt COuPlE WEeKs HAVE BEeN MARvELOuS. ThINgS BETwEeN EDgAR ANd ME FINALlY FEeL EXcITINg AGAiN.
HIyA, EDgAR! ARE YoU GOiNg TO PrACtICE TODAy? ChEeR USUaLlY LETs OuT AROuNd ThE SAME TIME, SO MAyBE |’Ll SEe Y--
|’Ll BE MISsINg PrACtICE TODAy, BUT IT’S GOoD ThAT YoU CAuGhT ME, PENnY. |’VE BEeN WANtINg A MOMENt ALONE WITh YoU.
Y-YoU HAVE?
YoU BET. MEeT ME AT ThE LIBrARY IN AN HOuR OR SO.
WhAT ARE YoU HIDINg, VEe? MUSt BE SOMEThINg IN HERE | CAN USE…
|--|’M SO SORrY FOR CUFfINg YoU, IT’Ll NEVER EVER EVER HAPpEN AGAiN.
ThAT’S RIGhT, IT WON’T.
GULp
NEVERtHELESs, |
FEeL WE’VE GOTtEN OFf ON ThE WrONg FOoT. | WAS WONdERINg IF YoU COuLd HELp ME WITh SOMEThINg.
GOoD GOD… VANESsA.
YoU SEe, |’VE BEeN HAVINg A BIT OF A RAT PrOBlEM IN MY DORm, ANd PEStICIDES ARE BANnED ON CAMpUS.
| WAS WONdERINg IF YoU COuLd WhIP UP A TONIC TO PUT A QUiCk ENd TO… ThE RATs.
UH… GULp … SURE… |’Ll GET RIGhT ON IT.
ORvILlE.
QUiTE A LUDICrOuS DISpLAy, EDgAR’S PrOPOSAL. NOT TERrIBlY BECOMINg OF A TEaM CAPtAiN.
IS ThAT WhAT ThIS IS ABOuT, ThEN? GETtIN’ BACk AT YoUR BOy?
EDgAR HAS A SENsITIVE SpOT ALONg ThE SIDE OF HIS MIDrIFf. IF YoU FINd SOME WAy TO StRIKE IT DURINg COMbAT, IT’Ll ThROW HIM OFf. HE’Ll GET SlOPpY. YoU’Ll WIN.
BlIMEy, IS ThAT VANESsA DE LA MORA? WhAT BrINgS YoU ROuNd ThESE PARtS, LOVE?
|’D LIKE TO HANd YoU ThE VICtORY TO ThE HOMECOMINg MELEe.
SOMEThINg LIKE ThAT.
…PEoPlE KnOW ABOuT
SOuNdS LIKE YoU ANd St. ClAiRE ARE IN SOME KINd OF SpAT. WhATEVER IT IS, YoU TwO ShOuLd TAKE CARE OF IT YoURsELvES
YoU MAKE PEoPlE LIKE ME DO YoUR DIRtY WORk ANd ThINgS WILl JUSt GET BlOoDIeR.
|’M AFrAiD ThAT’S NONE OF YoUR BUSINESs, DEaR. JUSt TAKE ThE WIN, WILl YoU?
ThANkS FOR MEeTINg ME, PENnY.
LIKEWISE. |’VE ALwAyS ENjOyED YoUR COMpANY. OF COuRsE, |’M SO GlAD WE COuLd FINd TIME TO SEe EaCh OThER.
GASp REaLlY?!
OH SURE, BUT YoU KnOW HOW VANESsA CAN BE.
IT’S OKAy, | DON’T CARE MUCh FOR HER EiThER.
OH SURE. | GET IT, ThOuGh. | MEaN, IF | WAS YoUR GIRlFrIeNd, |’D BE VERY PrOTECtIVE TOo.
ANd | CAN FINALlY TO
|’D LIKE ThAT VERY MUCh.
ONE CONdITIoN, ThOuGh…YoU’Ll HAVE TO GET YoUR HANdS DIRtY.
ThIS IS FrOM VANESsA’S DIaRY. WhY DON’T YoU MAKE IT COME TrUe? UM, ALsO…| SAW SOMEThINg EaRlIeR ThAT MIGhT INtERESt YoU…
NO PrOBlEM!
GoOd eveninG, ManDerLaY sTudenTs, anD welCome to tHis yEar’s HOMECOMINg MELEe!!!
We sit here on a hisToric daY in ManDerLaY duElinG as tHe bLoOd feUd betWeEn Crusader EdGar St. ClaIre anD SwasHbucKler OrVilLe AnDaloU comes to a heAd!
SpeAkinG of heAdS, yOu maY notice tHe newLy sPorTed banDage on St. ClaIre’s cHeEk.
ThAT’S RIGhT, WE DON’T KnOW FrOM, BUT WE CAN CONfIRm ThAT IT WILl NOT BE COuNtED AGAiNsT St. ClAiRE’S RECORd FOR ThE SEaSON.
HEy, WhERE’S PENnY?
| DON’T CARE. |’M GOiNg TO ThE
YoU DON’T WANnA WATcH? NOT REaLlY.
OH EDgAR DEaR, YoU HATcH A PlOT TO KILl ME, GO TO ALl ThE TrOuBlE, ANd ThE BESt ThINg YoU CAN COME UP WITh…
WELl, MYRnA
DEaR, |’M SORrY
YoU HAD TO SEe ThAT.
| ThINk |’Ll RETIRE NOW. |’VE HAD A LONg WEeK.
YoU FORgED A SUiCIDE NOTE?
YoU ShOuLd BE AShAMED, PENnY.
SO AS A FrIeNd…CAN | ASk WhY YoU ANd YoUR GIRlFrIeNd BOTh ASkED ME FOR POiSON WIThOuT TELlINg EaCh OThER?
DO YoU HAVE WhAT | ASkED FOR? ASk ANd ThOu ShALt RECEiVE… BUT HOPEFULlY, NOT FOR MUCh LONgER.
ThANk YoU, ClARENcE. YoU’RE A GOoD MAN, ANd | APpRECIaTE YoU.
ONE VIaL OF ThE ChEM LAB’S FINESt POiSON.
ThANk YoU, ClARENcE. FOR ThIS, ANd FOR YoUR… FORtHrIGhTnESs, AFtER VANESsA CAME TO YoU.
ANYThINg FOR A FrIeNd.
HAVE YoU EVER HAD A ThOuGhT ThAT FOLlOWs YoU AROuNd A LONg TIME? ANd YoU DON’T WANt TO SpEaK ThAT ThOuGhT BECAuSE IF YoU DO, IT BECOMES REaL,
WAiT, BUT WhAT IS ThE POiSON FO--
TELl ANYoNE ABOuT ThIS ANd | WILl ENd YoUR LIFE.
OH… Hm… | GUeSs WE ARE FrIeNdS.
| USED TO LOVE BEiNg WITh VANESsA. ShE MADE ME FEeL SpECIaL ANd UNdERsTOoD. WANtED, NOT JUSt BECAuSE | CAN SwINg A SwORd BUT BECAuSE OF WhO | AM. SO | GAVE MYSELf TO HER…ANd WE BrOKE OuRsELvES OFf FrOM EVERYoNE.
ANd NOW |’M HERE, WITh HER. MORE ALONE ThAN EVER.
WOW…ThANkS.
HEy VEe, YoU KnOW YoU CAN TALk TO ME, RIGhT? ABOuT ANYThINg
IS ThIS ABOuT PENnY?
|’M NOT HAPpY WITh EDgAR ANYMORE. IT’S… IT’S COMINg TO AN ENd.
… YoU DON’T HAVE TO GO ThROuGh IT ALONE. A LITtLE. | DON’T KnOW, YoU JUSt SEeM LIKE YoU’VE BEeN HAVINg A HARd TIME LATELY…
OH, VANESsA… |’M SO SORrY.
IT’S FOR ThE BESt. HE DOeSn’T TrEaT ME WELl. HE FlIRtS WITh OThER GIRlS. HE DOeSn’T DESERvE ME ANYMORE ANd…ANd…
…|’M AFrAiD OF WhAT HE’S SAyINg ABOuT ME.
…|’M SO GlAD YoU UNdERsTANd, ANd YoU KnOW | DON’T ASk YoU FOR MUCh, ANd | ONlY ASk ThIS BECAuSE | TrUSt YoU MORE ThAN ANYoNE ELsE IN ThIS PlACE…
ACtUaLlY, |’VE BEeN WAiTINg A LONg TIME TO TELl YoU MUCh YoU MEaN TO M--
WhAT?
YoU WON’T HAVE TO DO MUCh, | PrOMISE. |’Ll TAKE CARE OF ALl ThE UNpLEaSANtNESs.
HE’S HURt ME SO MANY TIMES, HE DESERvES IT!
| CAN’T HAVE HIM WALkINg AROuNd, KnOWINg WhAT HE KnOWs ABOuT ME. HE’Ll TELl EVERYoNE
NO, VANESsA, ThIS ISn’T RIGhT. YoU CAN’T
NO--NO, WhAT? YoU WANt TO KILl EDgAR? DO YoU HAVE ANY IDEa HOW MUCh TrOuBlE WE’D GET IN? WE COuLd GET EXpELlED!
V-VANESsA, YoU NEeD HELp
ThE BACkStABbERs AT ThIS ScHOoL.
YoU GET ME TO TELl YoU ThINgS | HAVEN’T TOLd ANYoNE ANd ThEN YoU TURn AROuNd ANd TELl ME |’M ThE ONE WhO’S GONE TOo FAR?
WhY DID YoU DO IT, MYRnA? Hm? DO YoU WANt WhAT | HAVE? NO…YoU WANt ME, DON’T YoU?
YoU LYiNg, PAThETIC HYPOCrITE! YoU DISgUSt ME!
KnOWINg ThE
SOuNd OF AN ENEMY’S FOoTwORk IS A HANdY SkILl FOR A BlINd MAN, TURnS OuT.
LIStEN. | RECkON YoU ENd ThIS TONIGhT.
ThE LONgER ThIS GOeS ON, ThE MORE IT’S GOiNg TO HURt.
| DIDn’T ThINk YoU CARED FOR ME ThAT WAy, ORvILlE.
IS ThAT YoUR WAy OF ASkINg FOR A REMATcH? | YoU’RE
| DON’T. | WORrY ABOuT EVERYoNE ELsE.
YoU ANd VANESsA CAN KILl EaCh OThER FOR ALl | CARE.
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YoU HIC GOT A LOTtA NERvV BEeIN’ HERr AFtER WhAT YoU DID TO MEe!
FINE, |’Ll JUSt SOHbER UPp, HAPpY?!
OH GOoD LORd. HELlO, PENnY.
AaNd WhY DIDn’T YoU, HUHh? CUZ BIiG BAaD VANESsAH ALlLwAyS NEeDs AN EScHCAPE GOaT! HIC
YoU’RE AN IDIoT ANd YoU’RE MAKINg A FOoL OF YoURsELf. GET LOSt BEFORE | KICk YoU OFf ThE SqUaD.
YoU’RE DrUNk.
WhAT | DID TO YoU WAS SELf-DEFENsE AFtER YoU TrIeD TO KILl ME.
YoU ShOuLd COuNt YoURsELf LUCkY. WITh A COuPlE OF ChOiCE WORdS, | COuLd HAVE GOTtEN YoU EXpELlED.
ENOuGh!
ThERr HE
IT’S ThAT TIME OF ThE NIGhT, FOLkS… TIME TO ANnOuNcE ThIS YeAR’S MANdERlAy PrEP HOMECOMINg KINg ANd QUeEN…
ShUT UP! |’M DONE
BEiN’ YeR GODdAMn ChESs PIeCE!
EdGar St. ClaIre anD VanesSa de la Mora!
|…UM… EDgAR ANd | ARE SO GrATEFUL. WE SO LOVE ThIS ScHOoL, ANd OF COuRsE, ALl OF Y--
ON BEHALf OF MANdERlAy PrEP, WE PrESENt OuR CrUSADINg POWER COuPlE WITh ThE SwORdS OF ThE HOMECOMINg COuRt!
OH MY… | DON’T KnOW WhAT TO SAy… WE CAN’T KEeP LETtINg ThEMm StEHp ALl OVERr US!
PENnY, YoU NEeD TO CALm DOWn.
ShOMbODY NEeDs TO PUT YoU TwO DOWn BEFORE YoU KI-ACk KILkIL ACk
IS ShE DEaD?
GUeSs |’Ll NEVER HAVE TO WORrY ABOuT LIFE WIThOuT YoU.
PlEaSE, WhY WOuLd YoU WORrY WhEN | HAVE TO BEG YoU TO ThINk OF ME?!
IF YoU ThOuGhT OF ME HALf AS MUCh AS PENnY, YoU--
YoU WEREN’T SUPpOSED TO FEeL ALONE. YoU HAD ME
WILl YoU ShUT UP ABOuT PENnY?! ShE HAS NOThINg TO DO WITh ThIS!
ShE WAS NOBODY TO ME BEFORE YoU MADE HER YoUR PUNcHINg BAG!
VANESsA, YoUR WORlD IS HELl. DO YoU REaLlY ThINk EVERYoNE IS OuT TO GET YoU?!
…WASn’T | ENOuGh? |’VE LIVED IN YoUR MINd FOR ThREe YeARs, ANd | DON’T KnOW WhO | AM ANYMORE. |’M JUSt SICk, ANd ALONE
WOuLd YoU LIKE TO ENd IT TOGEThER?
