The Savage Dragon #1

[Spider-Man Beyond]

The Savage Dragon #1

Written by Justin Muise (Jmuise)
Edited by Daniel Dyer (Spider-Man Beyond)

Lt. Frank Darling of the Chicago Police Department is an African-American man in his late 40’s. As he drives his car down a back road next to some farms and huge fields, he thinks about how his life has gone lately, all the ups and downs. The city has been overrun with super freaks lately, and Frank can’t seem to find a way to fight them. He wishes for safety for his wife and kids. He prays night and day, for someone to come and save his city.

In an instant Frank’s thoughts are cut short as he sees one of the fields he’s driving by explode into a wall of fire.

Frank slams on the breaks of his car and jumps out. There’s a farm next to the field and Frank hopes no one is near the fire. Frank picks up his radio out of his pocket.

“This is Lt. Frank Darling, we need fire fighters and possibly an ambulance on…” Frank looses his words, as he sees a figure standing up in the middle of the burning field.

“Hey! Are you okay… Hey!” Franks screams to draw the person’s attention.

The dark figure begins to walk through the fire and towards Frank.

“Oh my God…” Frank is lost for words at the figure that stands in front of him.

Frank is astonished, in front of him stands a “man”, about 5’10’, Frank thinks. His upper body is immense, much larger then a regular man’s. The two most astonishing features, are the fact the he’s green, over his entire body, and he has a fin on top of his head!

“H... h... e... l... l… p… m... ee…” the figure says as he falls into Frank’s arms.

Frank can barely hold him up. He manages to drag him into the back seat of his car and rushes off to the nearest hospital.

***

[Spider-Man Beyond]

Chicago City Medical Center

“Hey, how you doing?” Frank asks as he walks into the man that he’s recently saved’s hospital room.

“Hey Frank, it’s not going to that bad other then the fact I can’t remember who I am or why I was in that field. Everything else is just peachy,” the man says, sounding extremely sarcastic.

“I can just imagine. They told me you seem to be an amnesiac. That’s okay, you’ll get the best care you can here. They’ll get you back on your feet.”

“That’s the thing, Frank, I can walk. I know English and other languages too. I don’t even know how many I know. A Chinese nurse came in and I talked to her in Chinese for about an hour. I understood everything.”

“Hey, Dragon,”Nurse Ann Steven’s says as she walks into the room, “we didn’t mention this before, but we’ve looked you over many times. Other then your amnesia, you seem fine. There’s no reason you need to be here any longer then you’ve already been. The doctors have said they would still like you to come in for checkups every week.”

“Dragon?” Frank questions, sounding confused.

“Yeah they’ve been calling me Dragon around here, since I have no idea what my name is. I’m guessing Dragon comes from the green skin and this here fin on my head.”

“So, Dragon, you’re all set up. You can leave whenever you want too,” the nurse states.

“Thanks, Ann, and by the way, you’re looking great today. Wondering if you’d be up for a cup of coffee?”

“Sorry, Dragon, you are damn cute and I’d love to but I have a boyfriend.”

“No problem. Frank I need a place to stay. I was looking through the paper earlier and found a few apartments. Would you mind bringing me to see ‘em?”

“Sure, get your stuff together, Dragon. We’ll get going now.”

***

[Spider-Man Beyond]

“Hey, Frank, nice car you got here. Toyota Camry. If I’m not mistaken, seems to be probably a 2001. Maybe 2002.”

“Damn, Dragon. Nice guess. You’re one Hell of an amnesiac. You know everything, other than who you are and where you came from.”

“The only things I know about me, Frank, are the things the doctors’ test showed. My green skin and fin here can’t be answered. Apparently, I have increased muscle strength. They also told me I heal extremely quickly. Ooooo and I am almost invulnerable to fire. I’m thinking they just took a guess with that, seeing as how I walk through a damn burning field and didn’t feel a thing.”

“Yeah, they told me all that…. Dragon, what would you say if I could help you get on your feet?”

“I’d say you can take your offer for me to join the CCPD and stick it up you’re a**.”

“Sorry Dragon was just a thought.”

“There’s one place left on the list. Frank let’s go check it out.”

***

[Spider-Man Beyond]

“Wow. What a place, Frank!” Dragon says while walking through the apartment him and Frank are looking at.

“Yeah, Dragon, nice place. One thing, though, how you going to afford this?”

“People at the hospital loaned me some money to get back on my feet. I figure to get a job somewhere pretty quick. Maybe a loading dock or something.”

“The rent is about $750 a month here, Mr. Dragon,” Pete Sampson, the owner of the apartment building, states.

“Well, I could afford it. I’ll need to find a job, and I have enough for a couple months rent. I’ll be able to manage.”

In an instant, the room that Frank, Dragon, and Pete are standing in is blown apart in a wave of feces.

“Jesus! Oh this is just great. I just got this damn shirt! Who the Hell covers a room with crap!” Dragon screams out.

“That would be me! The name’s Dung!” says a man standing in there, covered from neck to toe in what seems to be a metal suit. His arms appear to have been replaced with high-powered cannons.

“Dung? Are you serious! I mean, when they were handing out powers and it was your turn, did you accidentally stub you toe and yell out sh**? This is sick. I’m going to kick the sh… Oh never mind,” Dragon says, making his hands into fists and beginning to walk over to the man called Dung.

To Be Continued