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“METRO!”
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Metro’s hood falls back—Sally’s bright eyes glow, and behind them Metro’s own eyes burn faintly.
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Metro:
“STOP! I’M RIGHT HERE!”
(slight echo)
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Paul stiffens, his eyes ignite emerald under his hood. Rose’s face twists into something feral.
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Hasan kicks the bucket anyway.
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The crowd gasps.
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Hasan laughs.
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Blake hangs from his throat, dangling from the tightened rope making his eyes bulge out unnaturally.
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His feet kick violently.
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Metro:(echoed scream)
“NO!”
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Ana sprints toward Blake—time slows—
A pair of horse hooves slam into her face. She's bucked down violently by a knights horse. Her body folds backwards into a flip, smashing into the earth, body slumped.
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Unmoving.
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Paul roars and charges. A guard on the wooden stage fires a black pistol. The shot punches into Paul’s chest. He collapses slowly.
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Metro screams—white fire erupts around him in a towering bonfire. Villagers stumble back in terror.
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Blake gags, eyes bulging, veins popping in his forehead, dangling, suffocating, waiting...
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Kathryn’s eyes widen. She snaps her staff open and fires a bolt—
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SHRMMN—
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The rope snaps. Blake falls, coughing violently on the stage.
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Hasan’s priests hurl fireballs. They strike Metro and bounce off like pebbles against steel. Metro’s scream deepens—
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The priests ignite, screaming violently, falling to their knees, consumed by their own magic.
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Twenty black‑armored infantry lower spears moving toward him.
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Metro:(screaming violently)
“NNGHAAA!”
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White‑blue spheres blast from his hands, smashing into the soldiers’ shields. Splitting there wall with spikes of adrenaline. Hasan dives into his carriage for cover.
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Lilly cradles Paul’s head in her lap, trembling. Strawhat rushes in, lifting Paul into his wagon and signaling Lilly to follow.
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Metro:(loud, echoing)
“YEEAAAH!”
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Metro throws hooks left and right, each strike twisting his body, each punch releasing red‑blue and white bursts that hammer the soldiers backwards.
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Rose sits atop Curtis, mouth open, eyes wide.
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Kathryn scoops Blake up like cargo, slings him over her stallion, and vanishes into the fleeing crowd.
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Metro (*+*spirit‑power-echoing*+*+):
“ERRRGGHHHHHAAAAAAA!”
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He raises both hands—then slams them down.
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The earth splits. A quake ripples through the square. Villagers scream and scatter. Some freeze, paralyzed with fear.
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A blinding white flash detonates—like a stun grenade.
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Everyone’s vision goes white. Ears ring.
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Sally’s hooves thunder away into the distance.
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When the dust settles—
Metro is gone.
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Ana lies in a farm band wagon with Strawhat. He pulls the reins on his mule while Paul and Lilly are with her in the back. Kathryn is nowhere to be seen.
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Hasan’s soldiers stand trembling, spears raised, awaiting orders.
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None come.
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Finally Hasan pokes his head from the carriage, furious.
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Hasan:
“You’ll be sorry!”
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Both his hands are on his a pump action shotgun, torso sticking out of the black carriage window, grinning sadistically with gold teeth shining in the sunlight.
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He fires a shotgun into the air.
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BOMBB!!!
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The blast echoes through the village like a cursed bell. He grins, yelling obscenities one finger pointed in the air, as his carriage, half‑burned, pulls away.
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A few brave village children shout after him:
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Kids:
“Retreat! RETREAT! RETREAT!”
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The children charge after the fleeing royal carriages, waving sticks like tiny warriors, shouting:
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Kids
“GO!”
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Parents scramble to grab them, pulling them back before they get too close to the wheels. Strawhat pushes through the chaos, urgency in his voice.
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Strawhat:(points urgently)
“Rose—up here! Lilly—you have rations in the chest for Miss Ana! There!”
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He lifts Rose up toward the front bench. Curtis stamps anxiously, sensing the tension close by. The wagon lurches forward.
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Dust kicks up.
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The horses and carriages from Hasan infantry are tiny orbs in the distance now. The kids keep yelling until they’re specks in the distance.The adults stand there, breathless.
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Straw hats wagon disappears down the road goin the opposite way.
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CUT TO BLACK.
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