The Savage Dragon #2

[Spider-Man Beyond]

The Savage Dragon #2
Enter the Dragon Part 2

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

Dragon is standing in a mound of crap. Needless to say he’s not very happy. Standing about 15 feet in front of Dragon is Dung. Dragon is not happy with Dung.

“Frank, you alright?” Dragon looks around for Lt. Frank Darling.

Frank stands up out of all the crap. “Yeah, yeah, just peachy Dragon.”

“Mr. Sampson, are you ok?” Dragon looks for Pete Sampson the owner of the apartment building, which was recently destroyed by Dung.

Pete Sampson stands up and immediately begins vomiting.

He’ll be all right, Dragon thinks, turning his attention to Dung. “Now for you,” Dragon says, leaping towards Dung.

Dung lifts one of his gun arms and shoots Dragon with crap, which throws him through the top of the building. “Now that he’s gone, time to take care of you,” Dung says, turning towards Frank.

Frank pulls a gun from the holster on his belt. “Freeze, you piece of shit!”

“Is that the best you can do?” Dung says as he shoots a small amount of feces knocking the gun from Frank’s hand.

“You can thank the Vicious Circle for this,” Dung announces, standing over Frank, holding one of his gun arms ready to fire over Frank’s head.

Just as Dung is ready to fire, Dragon jumps through the right side of the room grabbing Dung and flying through the left side of the building landing in the street.

Dragon throws one punch after the other, hitting Dung in the face with each hit.

“I was going to rent that place, you know!? How do I rent it now? Seriously, you must have a secret recipe for getting shit out of things!” Dragon says in between the strikes he’s hitting Dung with.

“Sure the recipe is, go fuck yourself.” Dung says, moving one of his arms in front of Dragon.

Just before firing, Dragon jumps out of the way. Just barely missing the shot of crap.

“Ok time to take care of those pesky shit cannons,” Dragon says, leaping on top Dung and grabbing both his arms.

Dragon stands on Dung’s chest and begin pulling on his arms.

“NO, NO, STOP! IT HURTS!!!!”

Dragon simply ignores the cries as he hears the sweet sound of metal and wires beginning to rip.

Finally both arms tear from Dung.

As Dragon hits the ground, he notices he’s holding both of Dung’s arms.

“No… What do I do now. I’m nothing,” Dung says, looking at his arms on the ground.

“You could learn how to wipe.”

***

[Spider-Man Beyond]

“Hey, Frank, how you feeling?” Dragon says, standing outside the ambulance that Frank is now sitting in.

“I’ll be fine, Dragon. Things like this happen all the time. There’s always some new Super Freak out there trying to get rid of me or some of the other cops on the force,” Frank says with a slight hint of despair in his voice.

“Looks like you could really use someone like me on the force.”

“We could, Dragon. I mean, we really could. These guys keep popping out of nowhere like this, soon we’re going to have no city left.”

“I know what you’re saying, Frank, but how do I know that at one time or another, I wasn’t supposed to be one of these guys coming after you. I need to clear some things before I decide what’s best for me. I hope you understand.”

“Of course I do, just get yourself settled Dragon, after that we’ll see what you decide.”

Just then Pete Sampson comes running towards Dragon.

“YOU! BOTH OF YOU! BECAUSE OF YOU MY APARTMENT IS DESTROYED! YOU NEED TO PAY FOR ALL OF THE REPAIRS IN THERE! I CAN’T RENT OUT THIS PLACE LIKE THAT!”

“Calm yourself, Mr. Sampson. The CPD will pay for all the damages,” Frank tries to reassure Pete.

“Yea, Mr. Sampson and before that maybe you’ll want to febreeze the whole place that might help with the smell,” Dragon says in a joking voice.

“YOU MONSTER! GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME! I DON’T WANT TO SEE YOU EVE…!” Mr. Sampson continues yelling but Dragon just walks away.

Hopefully a walk will help clear my head.

***

[Spider-Man Beyond]

Chicago Medical Center

“Nurse Stevens, please report to Doctor Larsen’s office. I repeat, Nurse Stevens to Doctor Larsen’s office.”

Ann Stevens has been a nurse at the Chicago Medical Center for nearly 5 years now. She’s a medium-sized woman with brown hair and brown eyes. Most people notice her as a very youthful, beautiful young girl. One thing is for sure, they would never see what the world has in store for her next.

“Hi Ann, have a seat,” Doctor Eric Larsen says, pointing at a chair in his office.

“Thank you, Eric.”

“I asked that you come here today because I want to offer you a job on my personal staff. You will work beside me, of course. There’s no pay increase at this time but if you agree you will get a $500 bonus, from me, of course.”

“Wow, Eric, I don’t know what to say.”

“Just say yes.”

“But, don’t you think it would be a little strange working beside each other?”

Eric and Ann had dated several months before. Ann was the one to initially call it off, but Eric never seemed to move on.

“Oh, Ann, I think we could put our past behind us and make this work.”

Ann, who is a very healthy person, began to feel ill in her stomach. She couldn’t pin point the problem but she knew something wasn’t right with her.

“I’m sorry, Eric, but I don’t feel very well. Could we have the discussion another time.”

At that moment, Ann gets out of the chair and goes to the door.

“Ann, wait. Wait! I need to know your answer.” Eric tries to call her back but Ann seems to not even notice he’s calling her.

You’ll be back in my arms again soon, Ann. I know you feel the same way I do, even if you don’t know it yet.

***

[Spider-Man Beyond]

Ann makes it to the washroom, just in time she thinks.

She opens the door and locks it behind her. This is a personal washroom which only nurses are allowed to be in. It’s only made for a single person at a time.

Ann bends over the toilet, thinking she is about to vomit. She feels extremely lightheaded and doesn’t even know if she could stand if she tried. After several minutes she realizes she’s not going to vomit.

I could have sworn this is what was wrong. Must be some stomach virus just beginning. I’ll have to get home and…

At that instant, Ann accidentally trips herself. On her fall, her wrists hit together, in that moment she transforms from being a beautiful skinny small woman, to a large man, with huge broad shoulders and arms the size of tree trunks. Ann changed from her usual self into what looks to be a Greek god!

OH MY GOD! What just happened?

Ann turns and looks into the mirror at what she’s become.

Oh my god…! I’m MIGHTY MAN!

***

[Spider-Man Beyond]

Dragon walks through the streets of Chicago, thinking about his life and where it’s headed.

I should be out there helping everyone. I mean, this city needs my help. Why can’t I just choose to help them! Is it right for me to join the police force? Or should I be on some damn Freak Force?

Just then, Dragon sees through the corner of his eye a T.V screen in a shop window that draws his attention.

He walks over to the crowd now beginning to huddle around the store.

“We are just now receiving the news. SuperPatriot has been found nearly killed by a gang of Super Freaks. The Freaks kept referring to themselves as the Vicious Circle. His Body was taken by Cyerdata. A Cybernetics company, which will try and save SuperPatriot, but the outcome, does not look well. SuperPatriot began his fight for freedom in World War 2 when he was…”

Just then a loud voice cuts over the television.

“That’s right, ladies and gentlemen, the Vicious Circle took care of that Super Bitch! Even though I would have loved to feed on his superhuman flesh, I guess you’ll all have to do.”

The crowd turns around and sees a half shark, half man creature standing in front of them. Everyone scatters and runs as fast and as far as they can. All but one.

“I don’t know what your big green ass is still doing standing here, but you should know to run in the face of Mako.”

“Mako, eh? Well, didn’t you just pick the wrong guy on the wrong fucking day!”

To Be Continued…