chap 1
flashback - a kid sits on some steps alone
another kid tells him not to cry
he hands the cryer some food, introduces himself as nicholas
present - people are trying to get out of december
wolfwood's the only one going into the city
wolfwood speeds past the guards and blows open the gate to the city
flashback - wolfwood thinks about livio
he chunks a can at livio
livio ignores him
livio feels sorry for himself
wolfwood clues livio in on the fact that...hello...they're at an orphanage and everybody knows how he feels
livio lightens up
livio helps with the chores
for some reason...a puppy is forced to walk the plank...from the roof of the orphanage
and this girl jasmin goes after it
wolfwood tries to save her, but she falls
livio dashes forward and catches her before she hits the ground
one night as wolfwood is taking some kid to the bathroom, he sees livio in a dark corner
livio disappears into the darkness
and someone killed the puppy...
livio wakes up with his hands covered in blood
the lady who takes care of the orphans believes him
but the kids don't
he looks at his hand and thinks of the puppy, his eyes dialate
jasmin cowers around the door, looking at him
he makes eye contact she's scared...she runs away
livio disappears
present - wolfwood brings his motorcycle to a hault
a kid is blocking his way
the kid asks for wolfwood's help
wolfwood asks for melanie and the kid is surprised
wolfwood says he's an old friend
he razzes the kid about going to the bathroom himself
the orphanage is surrounded by cyborgs
melanie is kidnapped, along with five others
the kidnappers are livio and wheelchair guy
they want wolfwood's head on a platter
livio asks about the cyborgs
wheelchair guy says they're the "alarm system"
the kids are talking to wolfwood when they realize one of them is missing
he's run out toward the cyborgs
he dodges an explosion, but one of the bad guys gets him
the kid wants his sister back
the guy thinks this is funny
the big guy steps on the kid and aims his gun at him
the guy keeps going ON and ON and ON about how he's going to kill this kid
livio shows up to finally kill the guy
now he understands why they're the "alarm system"
he feels wolfwood's presence
chap 2
one of the kids has the feeling he's met wolfwood before
but they all agree that this guy is too old
wolfwood takes out a cyborg, but leaves the head and central nervous system entact
the other cyborgs COULD technically fix him, but they don't want to spend the money, so they blow the guy's head up instead
wolfwood watches silently
wolfwood maneuvers his bike so that the rocket launcher end of cross punisher is pointing towards the cyborgs
he lets one have it
he looks straight forward and shoots a rocket straight into the sky
an explosion knocks one of the guys' guns into his head, sending him backwards
another guy looks on in shock
wolfwood flies in on his motorcycle, gun blazing
a shot of little nicolas and big wolfwood
flashback - his instructor is telling him never to hesitate, to always destroy
present - bullets are flying past wolfwood
the wheelchair guy is that old instructor...
wolfwood is picking off cyborgs left and right
he knocks a guy out with his back tire
the instructor gets pissed. wolfwood's gotten "sloppy," and by sloppy, he means he's not eliminating the targets efficiently
the instructor is shocked that he's leaving his opponents alive and surviving
a shot of livio in restraints...
a last cyborg pops up, threatening to kill wolfwood
he just looks up and points up at the sky
the bad guy looks up...the missile that was shot straight up...is on its way back down...
the cyborg is injured, but doesn't look dead
a chorus of painful sounds come from the baddies
but...the tiger family has one more secret weapon: a huge missile
and it's aimed at the orphanage
the bad guy shoots the rocket...
and livio catches it, turns it off course, and throws it towards the loud mouth.
chap 3
the kids in the orphanage are scared by the loud explosion outside
they wish nicolas was there.
cut to A FREAKING COOL SHOT OF WOLFWOOD.
livio is itching to fight
wolfwood is savoring a cigarette
wolfwood asks livio why he changed into an assassin
livio flashback - livio is alone in a town
he encounters some adults, but runs away
he finds a note in his pocket - RAZLO
he doesn't know how it had gotten there
livio is digging through trash cans for food
some adults try to run him off
he asks one of them to take care of him
unsurprisingly, livio gets the ever-living-crap beat out of him and he gets stuffed into a dumpster
he finds another note
he keeps finding more letters
livio confronts the guys again
he gets beat up again
strangely, he remembers jasmin
livio lets go and razlo takes over
the guys continue to kick livio's ass
suddenly, the men sense something, they look behind them
livio's eyes change into RAZLO'S EYES!
present - wolfwood pauses
livio explains that he had multiple personalities
he says he didn't know he was going insane at the time
razlo is the one who led livio to the eye of michael
livio won't tell wolfwood where the eye of michael is located
the two suddenly draw weapons!
and point them at each other!
AND FIRE!
they both dodge
livio kicks at wolfwood, but he dodges,
and aims from underneath up at livio
and wolfwood fires
wheelchair guy listens from the building
chap 4
wolfwood shoots livio
livio falls to the ground
wolfwood watches as the bullet hole seeps with blood
one of the cyborgs realizes they never stood a chance to wolfwood
wolfwood shoots livio in the head
wheelchair guy smiles
the foot soldiers come out.
wolfwood looks determined? off-put?
livio cocks his weapon
the old guy tells wolfwood that livio's recovery ability is like SUPAFAST, behind wolfwood, livio stands up
livio is standing
wolfwood gets shot in the chest
livio is already behind wolfwood before wolfwood can react
livio fires, but wolfwood uses his cross to maneuver out of the way
livio fires again
wolfwood is shot
WOLFWOOD GETS A NEW NAME!!! he's now NICHOLAS THE PUNISHER
livio and wolfwood shoot guns at each other
they're out of bullets
wolfwood looks panicked
livio stares defiantly
wolfwood ejects the magazine in his pistol and looks for another
livio just turns his guns around and starts firing again
wolfwood loads the new magazine, but before he can get a single shot off, he's already been shot
wolfwood slides down the wall, leaving a huge bloodstain where he was leaning
for some reason, livio feels the need to aim between his legs at wolfwood
livio totally unloads
wolfwood is shot clear accross the ground
a shot of chapel as he watches
a shot of the foot soldiers
wolfwood crawls to his punisher
livio looks a little dismayed
wolfwood has A LOT OF DETERMINATION!
wolfwood swallows a vial's worth of liquid.
the wounds in his body begin to smoke as they heal
livio watches as wolfwood heals
chapel is furious
wolfwood stands up
livio charges
wolfwood charges
wolfwood fires a rocket at livio at very close range
livio locks his arms over his head and looks shocked
while livio is distracted, wolfwood attacks
wolfwood grabs livio around the neck and pushes himself against livio
wolfwood fires, livio is a yucky puddle of goo
chap 5
chapel watches as livio gets creamed by wolfwood
chapel decides he must intervene in the fight
wolfwood senses something and opens fire at the house
wolfwood and chapel open fire on each other (though i believe wolfwood is outside and chapel is inside)
flashback - a wrapped cross bangs against the floor. young chapel gives it to wolfwood
present - wolfwood is still firing at the wall when...
SOMETHING BUSTS OUT OF THE HOUSE
there is an arial shot of the roof of the house as it explodes
chapel's wheelchair is now air-borne
wolfwood and chapel fire directly at each other
chapel lands right in front of wolfwood, they point their guns at each other
chapel coughs blood
wolfwood asks if chapel is going to drink another vial
chapel isn't going to drink one
wolfwood puts his gun to chapel's head
chapel says it's only a matter of time before livio comes back
wolfwood doesn't believe him. livio did just get hit with a rocket, after all.
foot soldiers appear
they're livio's soldiers
they leap up and over wolfwood...
to kneel before a fully regenerated livio
well...a fully regenerated razlo
wolfwood blocks an attack with his cross punisher
he fires...but razlo has caught the bullet in his hand
and watches as it harmlessly falls to the ground
a third arm rips out of razlo's back
the three cross punishers which were carried by the soliders are given to razlo
his skull face thing falls to the ground
razlo's got some crazy tattoos,
EVERYBODY GETS A NEW NAME!!!
now razlo is the TRI-PUNISHER OF DEATH!!!
chap 6
flashback - livio is in a dark place.
a psychologist seems to be observing him
another livio looks on at the suffering livio
a shot of livio with a knife after murdering a man and a woman
two men who look like they belong to the eye of michael are observing a strapped down razlo
present - razlo and his weird tattoos
wolfwood remembers the night he first saw razlo
chapel says that razlo and livio have split and that livio is not coming back
also, he confirms that TRI-P of DEATH and DOUBLEFANT are two ghg's in one body.
razlo kills the soldiers which brought him his cross punishers
wolfwood looks horrified
blood and guts rain down upon wolfwood
razlo charges
wolfwood dodges
razlo aims all three punishers at wolfwood
wolfwood barely dodges as a huge hole is blown in a wall
razlo attacks again
three missiles come towards wolfwood
and EXLPODE
he's thrown backwards
chapel watches judgmentally
wolfwood hits the wall behind him with such force that he cracks a hole in the wall
wolfwood's eyes go blank
he can't believe razlo's strength
he falls to the ground
chapel gloats over wolfwood
razlo asks if he can take a break
chapel stutters as he answers
both razlo and chapel look down at wolfwood as he lies in his own blood
chapel unfurls his cross punisher
chapel reveals it was wolfwood who put him in his wheelchair
wolfwood thinks of a young livio
chapel blames vash for wolfwood's deterioration
wolfwood thinks of vash
wolfwood denies it, can't believe it...
DREADED RECAP EPISODE!!!
chapel keeps deriding vash
but wolfwood believes in him
as razlo and chapel look on, wolfwood gathers himself up