He says she can call him V, and she says she is Evey Hammond, a nobody. She says she was scared he wouldn’t come back. Finch finds a Violet Carson rose on the seat he thought they went extinct during the war.Īt the Shadow Gallery, V leaves Prothero in a room then goes to see Evey, who is crying. Finch inspects the train carriage, where V has left on the wall a V with a circle around it. He felt something like an electric shock then blacked out. Bishop, the conductor, who says all he saw was a black shape with a face coming in the side window. Prothero ignites a lighter and suddenly V is sitting next to him. He incapacitates the driver and puts the lights out. V jumps on the roof as the train enters a tunnel. Prothero talks about his doll collection and how it doesn’t mean he isn’t still a ladies man. The next panels show Prothero and some military men taking over a train car, barring the entrance of a civilian, claiming it’s full. It is full of books, films, and records-remnants from the culture which has been eradicated in society at large. Meanwhile, V has brought Evey to The Shadow Gallery, his home. In the second chapter, Almond goes to Jordan Tower at seven in the morning and meets with Lewis Prothero, the voice behind the Voice of Fate. He tells Derek Almond, head of the Finger, that he wants the culprit’s head. The point of view switches to the Leader receiving reports of the night’s events.

V tells Evey to come with him to prepare for the first act. Evey and other Londoners are mesmerized by fireworks that go off. On a rooftop with the houses of parliament in the background, V tells Evey it’s a celebration: the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot. The two survivors say they’ve got to find V.

The hand explodes, killing the man holding it and two officers next to him. The officer grabs V’s wrist and his hand comes off: from the hole, V sprays tear gas at the Fingermen then grabs Evey and flees. Just as he and his colleagues are threatening Evey by saying they’ll do anything they want and then kill her, V appears, quoting Macbeth. The man reveals a badge: he is a Fingerman (secret police) on a stakeout. Meanwhile, V puts on his gloves and mask.Įvey propositions a man on the street, asking him to pay her for sex she says she has a munitions job but needs more money. The Voice of Fate radio broadcast plays overtop, discussing weather, quarantine zones, meat rationing, a terrorist ring, and the sixteen-year-old Queen Zara.

Panels cut between London at night and Evey getting ready to go out with a look of concern.

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