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<> TYGER TYGER
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A zookeeper caught in a gang bomb blast is “fused” with a
bio-tinkered tiger. With her new superpowers, and some new
friends, she wreaks havoc on the gangs that “killed” her.Two-Page Synopsis
PROLOGUE
Five mercenaries invade the zoo, which is closed
because of a disaster. They plan to kill all the security guards
and make it their headquarters. They don’t realize someone
already headquarters here, and stalks them. One by one, Tyger
wipes them out, except she spares a kid, Boot. The next day, Boot
explains to the police. A one-armed detective trails along,
ostensibly looking for a lost woman. In fact, he covers up
evidence of the mysterious “tiger woman”. He hails Tiger Island:
“Susan, you can’t hide in there forever.” Casting about at the
wrecked plaza, he thinks back…
ACT ONE
FLASHBACK: Origin of Tyger Tyger. Susan Blake was
a zookeeper with a promising future. Rajah was a wild tiger
brought in for temporary holding. Rajah is mad: he was found in
an illegal testing lab, having eaten all the other animals. He’s
being held as evidence at the zoo. Stay away from him.
Susan greets her boyfriend, who gives her a University of Florida
orange sweatshirt. She gives Rajah water, and notices his saliva
is red. Across the way, a piano player plays for a crowd.
Then calmly gets up, walks around a corner, and detonates a bomb in the
piano. The crowd is wiped out. Sarasota, an off-duty cop,
is visiting with his daughters. He’s knocked down and loses an
arm. Susan is knocked into Rajah’s cage, bitten and mauled, then
the electrified cage collapses on both. Susan is killed.
EMTs revive her, having pried the metal bars off her face, leaving
permanent black scars. Rajah is dead. Cut to: Bloodaxe goes
about his business, extorting money from storeowners. One
complains about a local gang also extorting money. Bloodaxe leads
a raid with his axe after praying to Odin. At the underground
hideout, Piano Man oversees mob business. The mysterious Mr
Gormenghast, AKA The Ghost, pops up and orders more bombings. All
the lieutenants - Piano Man, Wild Rose and Bloodaxe - argue the
bombings make no sense, but carry them out. They’re terrified of
The Ghost, who wiped out six mob bosses in their homes and
offices. He can pop up anywhere. They’re ordered to kill
the two witnesses, one the zookeeper in the hospital. Bloodaxe
volunteers. Piano Man interviews two potential “recruits” selling
drugs on the East Side. When they refuse to join, they’re sent down a
hall to be machine-gunned and flushed away. Piano Man passes
through the hideout, a virtual fortress, guarded, monitored, and
trapped, and climbs to its cover: a raucous night club where he plays
piano. In the hospital, Sarasota recovers slowly, angry and
awkward missing an arm. His daughters and mother cheer him
up. Many are worse off. Tyger’s doctors are frustrated:
none of the monitor readings make sense, all the machines
malfunctioning, and Tyger has a fever of unknown origin as well as her
scars. Tyger’s boyfriend brought her clothes, but can’t stand her
scarred face and walks out. Bloodaxe comes in. Tyger is sad
and angry, and her tears are mysteriously red. When Bloodaxe
attacks, she demonstrates super-strength and electric-eel powers she
didn’t know she had. Bloodaxe goes out the window to crash in
bushes: “I think I’m in love.” Terrified, Tyger grabs clothes and
runs into the night. Her super-senses make her ultra-sensitive to
new sounds, lights, and smells. She gravitates towards the dark
park, then the closed zoo. She climbs into the tiger caves.
“I’m home.” So Sarasota remembers… END FB.
ACT TWO
Wild Rose and her gang jack luxury cars. Tyger
intercepts them. She wants to find the piano player. They
battle over the cars, then WR and gang take off. Tyger chases and
catches them, and wrecks the cars. Sarasota hears the
squeal and rushes to the scene. Cop cars converge as Tyger and
Wild Rose battle. Tyger is slashed by the whip, but she also cuts
Wild Rose, who’s captured. Tyger vaults away. Bloodaxe
intercepts her on the roof. He’s decided to make her his Viking
bride. He kisses her, and she bites him. He laughs.
They report to Piano Man at the club, but both collapse and have to be
hospitalized. PM: What’s going on? Sarasota wonders the
same thing. How does Tyger manage super-feats? He collects
articles of other super-occurrences, including two women in New
Hampshire: Anchor and Firebird. What’s going on? Reading to
his daughters one night, he finds “Tyger Tyger” by Wm Blake.
Tyger wakes and goes on raids of her own, scotching small-time
gunrunners and drug dealers, but sees the Wild Roses out on bail.
She’s disgusted. Sarasota takes his daughters to the (closed) zoo
and chucks a note into the tiger pen. Tyger finds the note and
reads it. Sarasota heard a slip about “the Piano Man” and wants
to investigate, but Captain Moline refuses. Sarasota enters his
dark office and finds Tyger ready to talk. They agree to work
together. Sex smolders between them, especially when she sneaks a
shower. She hasn’t got time for games, but Sarasota insists it’s
the only way. She agrees to gather evidence so Sarasota can run
criminals to ground. Tyger ambushes a bail lawyer and takes his
briefcase and cell phone, which she delivers to Sarasota. The
next day he raids their office and arrests five lawyers. Tyger
intercepts extortion collectors in a dress store and demolishes
them. She and Sarasota crack other mob efforts that cost them
money. Piano Man reports to The Ghost, who now orders the “tiger
woman” captured. Piano Man queries Wild Rose, who calls for Hook,
Line, and Sinker. Testing the hunters, recovered from their
“flu”, Wild Rose finds herself faster while Bloodaxe is now the
Berserker. Sarasota is not getting help from Captain Moline, and
then he’s ambushed inside police headquarters by rogue cops, and barely
fights free. Now he’s paranoid and trusts no one. Sarasota
and Tyger meet for an update, but are edgy. As she bounds away,
she’s ambushed by Hook, Line, and Sinker, who are themselves
double-crossed by rogue cops. Over rooftops and dropping into a
newspaper printing press, Tyger takes an awful beating, but finally
kills Hook and escapes. She sees Sully and Moline talking to
Sarasota and conclude she was betrayed. At the police station,
Sarasota learns his daughters have been kidnapped. Piano Man,
Wild Rose, and Bloodaxe start to worry: all their money is being
funneled to buy carloads of chemicals. What for? Sarasota
runs to Tyger for help. He needs to take the fight to the
enemy. She refuses to go, fearing another trap. And cries,
alone.
ACT THREE
Sarasota is frantic, not sure what to do. Sully
commiserates. They hear a commotion and find Tyger assaulting
Captain Moline, “who has something to tell them.” Sarasota and
Sully prepare the raid with building plans and SWAT equipment and some
trustworthy cops. And the outside help of Anchor and Firebird,
the super-women from New Hampshire. Tyger arrives with her backup
– two live tigers – but is oddly shy. They invade the fortress,
free the girls, nail the bad guys, chase The Ghost, and discover tanks
of mutagen ready to pump into the water supply! The Ghost
vanishes: a neat trick. Did they just save the city? Anchor
and Firebird have to go. Tyger has already disappeared. But
Sarasota escorts his daughters to the zoo, where they meet Tyger.
He has medical news too: her heart is fine. Her electric powers
just screwed up the monitors. Stunned by her reprieve, Tyger
kisses Sarasota. “Daddy!” # | |