I'm just dumping my script here for now as a place to keep it.

'KEELA'
a graphic novel script by Louie Moran

S01E01
'TEETH'

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EXT. SPACE
A cylindrical capsule with strange red alien block letters on the side floats through space in orbit around a blue planet.

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[EA 12-12-992]
EXT. CRASHED FROG FRIGATE SPACEPORT - NIGHT
A space ship descends through a thick rainstorm onto a 'spacepad' over a raging ocean. Fierce winds beat against broken and decommissioned weather equipment.
A hatch opens and a team of a dozen or so 'space marines' with rubber space armor and protective visors and goggles climb out. Each of them are carrying a laser rifle or photon pistol as they hustle in formation through the rain down the loading bay. One of them in the rear is a 'sapiosaur / frilled lizard' (KEELA) with a long tail and two lateral head frills, along with a 'chameleon' (OZEL) and a 'triceratops' (AZGARR).
The 'space marines' rush up to a towering metal structure. One of the scouts, a 'goblin' (VLYGOR) uses a device to hack the keypad and open a large pair of shutters. A closer look at the 'lizard' KEELA's combat uniform reveals that they are HRUs (Hazardous Recon Unit) from the Exodian Space Corps.

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INT. CRASHED FROG FRIGATE SPACEPORT ACCESS CORRIDOR - NIGHT
The HRUs enter and shut the shutters behind them. The lighting in the corridor is very dark and flickery with tubes hanging from the ceiling. Rain drips and trickles down from the exposed steel grating above. KEELA views through his nightvision visor as do the others.
The 'commander' (VORRORAHTH), a tall alien with scaly ochre skin and rippled head ridges speaks through his facial tubes.

VORRORAHTH
Keep sucking air, scumbags. This is frog territory.

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INT. CRASHED FROG FRIGATE CARGO BAY - NIGHT
The scouts find their way into a cargo bay with stacks of large metal containers. KEELA steps through very carefully as his hand grazes over the hilt of his 'chlamdere' (saw-sword).
The 'chameleon' OZEL passes him by and eyes his blade through his goggles.

OZEL
Nice blade, saur.
(chuckles)
I've watched you gut a tomato from the inside out with that thing.

KEELA
Lick my ass.

VORRORAHTH approaches XELROG (armadillo) who is squatting down by a rotting corpse of a frog crew member, inspecting it.

XELROG
One of the crew. Been dead for weeks.

XELROG pulls from the body, a long organic horn like object with red blood dripping from it and eyes it carefully.

XELROG (CONT)
…poison needle.

VORRORAHTH
The bugs got to them first.

VORRORAHTH addresses his scouts as he walks forth through the cargo bay.

VORRORAHTH (CONT)
We search the frigate for survivors, kill any bugs we see.

VLYGOR the goblin approaches VORRORAHTH from the side.

VLYGOR
Big V, if there are any survivors… those bugs are as thorough as they are ruthless.

VORRORAHTH turns back at VLYGOR slowly.

VORRORAHTH
(slowly)
Someone had to be alive to send that distress signal, Little V.

VLYGOR
(stepping forward)
A fortnight ago yes. Now we can't be so sure.

XELROG
(turning to face VLYGOR)
We can't be sure there aren't any crew that are alive and in need of rescue neither.

VLYGOR
(turning to face XELROG)
We can't be sure if it was crew that sent the signal neither.
(turning to face VORRORAHTH)
The bugs could be leading us straight into a snare.

VORRORAHTH
(angryly)
Enough!
(calmly)
You're both right. But if we turn back now, we declare this mission a failure.
(shakes head and nods)
The mission stands. If there's any survivors, we'll find them.

VORRORAHTH turns around and leads the way through the cargo bay.
XELROG and VLYGOR exchange unfriendly glances as they walk on.

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INT. CRASHED FROG FRIGATE FLOODED 'U' CORRIDOR - NIGHT
Deeper into the frigate, the HRUs creep past a U-shaped walkway through a partially flooded corridor. Dead 'frogs' are floating in the black water.

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INT. CRASHED FROG FRIGATE CONTROL ROOM - NIGHT
They walk through a control room with large triangle shaped glass panels lit green. Dead frog crew are strewn about over railings and slumped over consoles and look like they've been slaughtered with blades as dark red blood is splattered everywhere. Strange mist and gas flows everywhere as something is watching them from the shadows.

XELROG
(looking around at dead frogs)
I didn't know these bugs had blades…

VLYGOR
(turning to XELROG)
How do we know they didn't?

VORRORAHTH
(looking ahead, scanning the room with a flashlight)
Who knows if it was the bugs that really killed them.

XELROG walks up a set of steps to one of the consoles with many beeping lights and inspects a dead bloody frog slumped over it.

XELROG
Whoever did used more than one blade…
(somewhat shocked)
Three or four of them in one hand… they look more like claw marks.

VLYGOR walks up beside XELROG whom looks strangely interested.

VLYGOR
Sharp and long claws by the looks of it, like blade-fingers.
(wriggles his goblin fingers and smiles)

VORRORAHTH
(turns to VLYGOR)
Vlygor, see if you can download the schematics from the ship's console, logs, reports, crew manifests, passkeys, anything we can use.

VORRORAHTH points at several of his men as he lists off their names.

VORRORAHTH
Xelrog, Ozel, Azgarr, Keela, you two, come with me. The rest of you remain here with Vlygor and post guard.

The HSUs are still being watched by something hiding behind a metal wall grate as the squad splits up into two factions.

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INT. CRASHED FROG FRIGATE SPINNING LIGHT CORRIDOR - NIGHT
KEELA goes with OZEL, XELROG, VORRORAHTH and two others down another corridor with red and green spinning emergency ceiling lights.
Three dead 'bug aliens' lie on the ground and a frog lies against the wall with several poison needles sticking out of his chest and a photon pistol in his hand.
XELROG squats down and picks up the photon pistol and inspects it.

XELROG
(looking at the pistol)
These frogs sure dint go down without a fight…
(looks back over his shoulder)
Photon cells are dead… needs to be charged.

XELROG the armadillo gets up and steps over the dead bugs. Green ooze is splattered all over the floor.
OZEL the chameleon walks alongside KEELA as the unseen presence from before watches on from behind the metal wall grating.
KEELA steps over the dead frog while OZEL removes his air tubes.

OZEL
(looking at KEELA)
So that's a 'chlamdere', mighty fine blade…

KEELA looks over at OZEL (with a turn of his head, as he is wearing a visor) but doesn't respond.

OZEL
I hear 'saw-swords' are for cowards and sickos.
(laughs)
Which are you, saur?

KEELA still doesn't reply, nor does he move his head.

OZEL
Still not going to let me see it, huh?
(scoffs)
Even in this miserable septic tank you still won't talk to me neither.

KEELA
(annoyed)
Why don't you shut up too.

OZEL
You got a cold heart, saur.

KEELA walks on ahead.
OZEL looks shocked and surprised (even through his goggles).
AZGARR (a buff triceratops) comes in from behind and sidles up to OZEL.

AZGARR
(cocky jest)
Frill-head is still feeling sore from the 'hazing' we gave him in the showers.

AZGARR and OZEL laugh alongside two humanoid scouts as they walk ahead of KEELA.
AZGARR slaps KEELA on the back roughly, and one of the humanoids, a 'night elf' bumps shoulders with KEELA menacingly as he walks by.
The presence watches on from behind the grating, focusing in on KEELA walking in the rear.
KEELA stops and glances back as a metallic bump echoes behind him, pointing his photon pistol down the corridor. He looks back to see nothing but the dead bugs and frog laying still.
The presence behind the grating watches on as KEELA looks suspiciously at the shadows behind the wall grating.
OZEL, AZGARR and the others stop to see what KEELA is looking at.
PEYPEN (the night elf), wearing a white leopard print bandana, walks over to KEELA.

PEYPEN
(looking at KEELA)
Yo, Keela…
(looking at the wall grating)
What's up, saur? What do you see?

KEELA ignores PEYPEN and keeps peering into the shadows expecting to see something.
PEYPEN waves his hands in front of KEELA's face.
KEELA shoves PEYPEN's arm out of the way.

KEELA
(quietly and sternly, head turning to PEYPEN)
I think we're being watched…

PEYPEN puts his other arm on KEELA's shoulder and turns him to face him.

PEYPEN
(seriously)
Hey look, you better lay off the green bud, zilla. Dat shit's making you paranoid. Come on, get it together, saur.

OZEL and AZGARR scoff and laugh.
The presence watches on behind the grating as KEELA turns around with PEYPEN to continue walking down the corridor with the others.

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INT. CRASHED FROG FRIGATE CENTRAL COMPLEX - NIGHT
The group walk into a complex with many stairs and platforms running over the place with the lower levels flooded with dark water. Green lights can be seen below.
VORRORAHTH stands at the edge of the water and gets a transmission from VLYGOR.

VLYGOR
Big V, I was able to hack into the ship's bioscanners, there appears to be no signs of amphibian life.

VORRORAHTH
Engine deck's flooded, Little V. Frogs like to hibernate in the water. Do bioscanners reach that deep?

VLYGOR
Right the water… didn't think of that…
(pause)
Here we go… Only one…

OZEL, AZGARR, PEYPEN & the other humanoid look on with sudden interest. KEELA looks passively intrigued as well.

VLYGOR (CONT)
Down in the stasis chambers. But it's faint. Could be dying.

VORRORAHTH looks down into the water.

VORRORAHTH
What gender?

VLYGOR
(laughs)
Oh she's female, Big V.
(laughs)
But don't get your hopes up. We don't know what kind of shape she's in.

OZEL, AZGARR and others look over. OZEL removes his goggles to reveal big chameleon eyes and an interested smile.
AZGARR looks down at OZEL grinning, still wearing his visor.
PEYPEN shares grins with OZEL and AZGARR and gives OZEL a friendly backslap to the arm.
KEELA looks rather concerned as he lifts up his visor.
The presence is watching the group from behind a row of wall pipes.

VLYGOR
(suddenly concerned)
V, wait…

VORRORAHTH looks on concerned with KEELA, OZEL, AZGARR, PEYPEN, XELROG and one other humanoid standing all around.

VLYGOR (CONT)
I don't want to cause any alarm, but there are bugs approaching your co-ordinates…

XELROG, OZEL, AZGARR, KEELA, PEYPEN and the other humanoid ready their weapons and spread out into a battle formation.

VORRORAHTH
(readying his pistol)
How close?

VLYGOR
It's difficult to say exactly but…

While Vlygor is speaking, a laser blasts through the unnamed humanoid soldier and kills him on the spot.
The HRUs scatter to avoid lasers and blasters coming from the shadows as mothy wings beat and descend from the rafters.
VORRORAHTH and XELROG fire back with lasers. Two bug aliens fall over a railing dead.
OZEL squats down and looks at the fallen humanoid and stands to fire at a couple more bugs. OZEL takes a photon blast to the chest and falls into AZGARR who fires a laser. Another bug is shot from midair. AZGARR and OZEL dodge laser fire and take cover behind a stack of metal crates.
KEELA gets out of the way of PEYPEN's laser fire and takes refuge behind a stack of crates. A bug tries to rush at him, but KEELA takes him out with a well-aimed photon blast. KEELA tries to fire at one more bug, whom is taking cover on one of the upper levels.
PEYPEN shoots and kills another bug.

PEYPEN
(riled up)
Eat photon, crazy bug-eyed motherfucker!

PEYPEN is celebrating with a taunt when another bug comes down from the level above and drives a needle into PEYPEN's chest, knocking the 'night elf' on his back. OZEL shoots the bug with a photon blast and knocks him off PEYPEN.
KEELA pursues the lone bug to the other side of the complex and walks around looking for him. He ducks a laser fire coming from behind a crate. He takes cover behind a crate himself and shoots back and knocks the bug off the railing.
A laser blast knocks the photon pistol out of KEELA's hand.
Two bugs approach KEELA.
KEELA draws out his chlamdere and slices open one bug, and cuts down another.
A last bug draws a needle and is about to stick KEELA with it.
OZEL kills the last bug that is after KEELA with a photon blast.
KEELA looks back at OZEL while holding his golden saw-sword.
OZEL points his photon pistol at KEELA.

OZEL
(looking at KEELA's chlamdere)
Well now… so that's what it looks like. What a nice blade...
(laughs)

KEELA
(looking at OZEL)
Gonna try to take it from me, big eyes?

The presence watches on behind the wall pipes at the tense confrontation.
OZEL removes his visor to reveal his big chameleon eyes while keeping the pistol aimed at KEELA.

OZEL
(angrily)
Who you calling 'big eyes', fan-head?

XELROG reaches for his photon pistol, but VORRORAHTH signals him off.

VORRORAHTH
(stepping forward, speaking calmly)
Ozel, stand down and holster your photon pistol.

OZEL
(frustrated and upset, still pointing the photon pistol at KEELA)
No! You know what? I'm tired of being dogged down and treated like shit by this piece of lizard trash.

KEELA stares down OZEL without any emotion in his eyes.
VORRORAHTH and XELROG look worried.

OZEL (CONT)
(upset and hurt)
Keela, I tried to be your brother, saur… tried to welcome you to the team… instead you bite the hand that feeds… piss away our friendship…

AZGARR approaches OZEL from the side cautiously.

AZGARR
(quietly, worried)
Ozel, buddy, it's Peypen. He's hurt bad…

OZEL lowers his photon pistol and rushes over to PEYPEN, whom is laying on the ground with a needle in his chest dying of poison. OZEL squats down.
XELROG and VORRORAHTH rush over as well.
KEELA sheaths his chlamdere and stands to the side looking confused.
The presence behind the wall pipes shifts to the side behind KEELA to get a better look.

XELROG
(kneeling over PEYPEN)
Same poison that killed the frogs.
(reaching into his medical kit to search for supplies)
Powerful neurotoxin I wager… gone into cardiac arrest…
(worried dreadfully)
Shit! Where the fuck's my supplies?
(looks up to VORRORAHTH)
My… my medical kit's been raided!

OZEL
(worried, desperate at XELROG)
Can't you pump some voltage into his heart, dillo? Give him an antidote, anything.

XELROG
(to OZEL, frantic)
I'm supposed to have that stuff. Was in here last I did a spot check…

OZEL
(furious at XELROG)
Some medic you are! Now he's gonna die because of your stupidity!

AZGARR
(looking around at the group)
Nobody else has any antidote?

VORRORAHTH
Vlyrog has the only other medical kit…
(talks into his communicator)
Vly, we have two men down, one dead, one dying of poison… request immediate medical assistance…

VORRORAHTH only gets static and no response.

VORRORAHTH
(urgently)
Vlyrog! Come in! We are in urgent need of medical assistance! Do you read me?

KEELA watches on looking confused and worried as the panic and worry come over the others.
The presence moves around behind KEELA and watches him.
KEELA turns around as he thinks he hears noises. KEELA squats down to pick up his photon pistol as walks towards the wall pipes.
The presence slinks back into the shadows and moves behind the pipes.

PEYPEN then convulses and spits out blood.
OZEL, AZGARR, XELROG and VORRORAHTH watch in shock as blood gushes from both of PEYPEN's nostrils and eyes.
KEELA turns around to see OZEL spring up and take a swing at XELROG, knocking him down.

OZEL
(furious at XELROG)
I'll kill you for this!

OZEL lands punch after punch to XELROG, while the armadillo defends himself.
XELROG has blood under his eye.
AZGARR and VORRORAHTH seperate the two.
KEELA looks back at the pipe wall one more time, wondering if somebody really is watching them.