It Lives, It Prowls, It Saves #2. was made by L! on 4/1/2003 at 9:26:35 PM.
A Pleasant day in Parodapolis.
People go about there business. They didn't notice the arrival of a Man Creature with Leathery Wings.
From up in the sky, he flies down.
In a Dark alleyway, John "Crusher" Johnson is mugging a little old lady. Crusher doesn’t notice the Big Shadow coming back from the sky, the Lady did & fainted.
Crusher just has an enough time to turn & react before he is picked up and taking into the sky.
Crasher starts to scream.
" Please! Oh, Please let me go! "
The man creature looks down at Crusher, Crusher looks up. He thinks he can see a Smile on its face.
The Creature's claws release Crusher in mid air. Crusher falls like a bag of rocks.
Crusher sees buildings speed by, the ground is coming closer. Crusher says a small prayer.
About 10 feet from the ground, The Creature picks Crusher up.
They fly for a while, then The Creature dive bombs the ground. It is heading straight for it, Crusher tries to get the creature to rethink what it's doing. Then, it turns and drops Crusher about a foot from ground in front of the Police Department.
The creature heads back to the sky. Crusher gets up, a bit stunned & walks into the Police department.
The Creature heads back to the Rooftops, It considers the rooftops it's home. It finds a nice rooftop with lots of Gargoyles on it. It sets down & for the first time in a couple days, sleeps. It's Wings rapped around it. The Creature dreams of disjointed images. A labatory, a beautiful woman turning to dust, a bright light, Pain. Giant Monsters covered in stars. Freedom, Flight, Suffering, More Pain. More Monsters that shoot fireballs. A man in black, peace, hope.
The creature is awaking from its nap. Footsteps, Talking. Four people. The Creature stretches forth it's wings & flies away.
A couple minutes after the creature has left. The four people get to the roof. Chad, Ronnie, Ronnie's date, Jane & Chad's Friend, Joe.
" See, Joe, ya Spaz. There is nothing here."
" I thought I heard something up here."
Chad & Joe look around while Ronnie & Jane make out.
" Ah, Ronnie. Can't you keep your hands to yourself for ten minutes!"
On another rooftop, The Creature pulls out it's knife & stabs it's self. A few Minutes later, Kyle Bennet is standing on the roof in torn & tattered clothes. Kyle takes out a pair of Sneakers & a jacket out the bag. Kyle makes his way down the stairs.
"Boy, do I hate Parodipolis." Kyle thinks to himself.
" Superhero capitol & not one who could help me. Thanks, JBH. You were a big help!"
Kyle thinks back to his one & only meeting with the team & they didn't help. Only offering suggestions, which he had already tried.
"I didn't dare to tell them about the Technek, then they would have freaked out, I didn't want that. Then, when I went back to ask them something, they had disappeared. Then, there is the Lair Legion. I couldn't even get an appointment to talk to them. Now, I would have told them about the Technek."
Kyle gets down to the main floor of the Building, he finds a Payphone. He puts some change in; he dials a phone number for a friend.
" Hello?" the voice said on the other end.
" Hello."
" Kyle, where are you?"
" I don't know. I know I am in Parodipolis, downtown."
" Let's me track the call." The Voice said. Kyle can hear the typing on a keyboard in the background.
" I'll be there in couple minutes. Stay there. Don't change."
" Ok!" Kyle said, and then hung up.
He found a bench to sit down on. He pulled out his journal, the one thing left from his former life.
" DAY 45:
Captured a mugger today, felt good. Had some fun with him.
Had a dream as the Creature, I'm guessing the images were of my Former life. Seems to be the same dream every time, I never get past the man in black, people always interfere with my sleep.
Haven't seen the Technek for a few days, bad sign."
Kyle stops writing & puts the Journal away.
Then, a car pulls up outside. The person inside motions to Kyle to get in. He walks over and gets in.
"Hello, Lynn."
" Hello. Seen the Technek lately?"
"No."
"That's bad, end of the world bad."
They drive off.
Kyle looks over at Lynn, her light orange hair blows in the wind. Kyle smiles.
" What?"
" It's just been so long since I have seen a woman."
" Hey, I'm not my sister, Lucy. I'm not going to sleep with you."
" I wasn't thinking that." Kyle said, but was.
Lynn & Kyle get back to Lynn's Loft.
It's a rather large Loft; most of it is cluttered by Lynn's Computer stuff. Bits & pieces everywhere. She has a large monitoring center in the middle of what would be the Living room. Sheets of plywood cover the Window; it gives her more wall space.
Her cat, Mozart, is around there somewhere.
" Sit down." Lynn says as she sat down to her Computer.
Kyle sits on an old, falling apart couch.
"When was the last time you saw the Technek?"
" Ten days ago, they killed a friend of mine."
" Yeah, I know. I saw the police report, horrible."
Mozart walks out into the living and walks over to Kyle, he pets her.
"Mozart doesn't like many people, interesting!"
" Cats have always liked me."
Mozart is now purring.
"Ok, what do the Technek look like?"
" What?" Kyle says
" You are the only person alive to have seen them. So, what do they look like?'
" Actually, I have never seen them, The Creature has."
" You did say that you remember most everything the Creature sees."
" Yeah, MOST everything.”
"Oh!"
" I remember them being pitch black with glowing yellow eyes."
"Anything else?"
"No."
" That's ok."
"Do have a Place where I can sleep?" Kyle asks.
" Well, I have a guess bed down the hall on right."
"Thanks."
Kyle walks down the hallway; on the right is a small room with a cot in it with a Pillow & a couple blankets on it. As soon as Kyle's head hits the Pillow, he is asleep.
Many hours later,
Kyle wakes up.
The Loft is cold. The Lights are all off.
Kyle walks into the Living Room & turns on a Light.
" Oh, Great."
Blood is everywhere; All of Lynn's equipment is trashed. Kyle sees a Hand under a pile of Equipment. Mozart is licking it.
Kyle looks up; writing in blood is the word "BEWARE"
"Technek." Kyle whispers.
Some of the blood drips down & hits Kyle.
" No, not now."
Kyle Blacks out. Later, The Creature scans the Living room. It throws a bookcase out of the way & rips the Plywood of the window. Breaks the glass. Flies out.
The Creature flies far, far away from the Loft.
The Creature is being watched. From a rooftop, a man wearing Animal furs & some animal prints. He has a couple knives, a couple guns.
The man watches the Creature with his binoculars.
" Yes, fly, fly away. Make the hunt more interesting."
For he is The Hunter.
To be continued....