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The Slime (Comic 5)
"OH MY GOD! WHAT IS GOING ON DUDE!?" oh great, just what Dirk needed, another person knowing he has powers, that's superhero 101, don't let many people know your secret identity, and the last person he wanted to know was Jackson. He's a great guy, just he doesn't process stuff all the way through. He was in the accident that killed our friend Billy. A drunk driver was deciding it was his night to go joy riding in his neighbor's car and have a thrill. Well, that thrill messed up Jackson, and killed our friend. Dirk would have been there if he wasn't out trying to score with this hot chick he met at the bar that night. They were all at the bar that night, Jackson being the designated driver, they all had carpooled together to the bar. Dirk had left with the woman he met. While Dirk was busy at the woman's house, he got a call, he brushed it off, then again it rang, he brushed off again, it rang one last time and Dirk decided to answer it, it was a number he didn't recognize.
"Hello, this is Dirk Blackwell, how can I help you?" He said kind of agitated as he was in the middle of something.
"Yes, this is Rock Hill Hospital, you were listed as an emergency contact for Jackson Mills? There was an accident and we need you to come down here as soon as possible"
"OH MY GOD, is he okay? Where is Billy!? What about Billy!!?"
"Your friend Billy who was with Mr. Mills didn't make it upon traveling to the hospital"
Dirk had traveled to the Hospital and found that Jackson was in surgery and should be just fine afterwards. As for the drunk driver, he was thrown through the window of the vehicle he was driving and snapped his neck upon impact on the road. Dumbass wasn't even wearing a seatbelt. Dirk snaps out of memory lane, looking back he's always been close to Jackson, so him finding out isn't bad afterall he supposed. He was like a brother to him, given Dirk never had any siblings, he was glad to have a brother in Jackson.
"What is going on in there!?" The chief was approaching the door, Dirk ran into the locker room yelling, going to take a shower! Jackson had followed him and watched as he got undressed and curled up in the shower, as the room started to fill with steam.
"A few months back, when we were at the house fire that killed the elderly couple, their sons, not only giving us crap about us not saving their parents, didn't stop there. I guess after being escorted out of there, they decided it was okay to come and camp outside the fire station. After I had walked out that night after the big promotion party you guys threw for me, I was walking to my car when they chased me with baseball bats, in demand about why we let their parents die. I tried to descelate it calmly by talking them down, but that didn't work. They chased me down an alley, and I was pushed up against a door, a door that led to that damn forsaken weapons factory. They had me pinned up against a railing, but when they swung their bats, I fell over the railing into toxic slime. Instead of me burning up in the vat of slime, my clothes burned off instead. I shot out of there landing on the platform I fell from and I was naked, which freaked the guys out more, given I was glowing like I am now. They went to swing their bats and I shot acid slime out of my hands, burning them as they melted to a puddle on the floor."
"Wow dude, that's epic, I mean you're like a real life comic hero! Does Janice know?"
"Yeah, and she sorta took it okay, she's making me a costume and i'm supposed to be training, which is what we were doing here today, i'm getting stronger before I go and 'Fight crime'" Dirk said in air quotes. "I'm having second thoughts, what is going to stop me from acting up mid fight? I can't even control them while working out and talking to my best friend. Plus, the baby is probably going to get the same genes I have, given we conceived the kid after I got the powers."
"I tell you what, sitting here naked and feeling sorry for yourself isn't going to cut it dude, you want to train, let's train. Get up, get dried off and get dressed, meet me out front of the station." Jackson said in a serious tone, looking at him. He gave his hand out to Dirk to help him up and they got around to go.
© James Bowser
"Hello, this is Dirk Blackwell, how can I help you?" He said kind of agitated as he was in the middle of something.
"Yes, this is Rock Hill Hospital, you were listed as an emergency contact for Jackson Mills? There was an accident and we need you to come down here as soon as possible"
"OH MY GOD, is he okay? Where is Billy!? What about Billy!!?"
"Your friend Billy who was with Mr. Mills didn't make it upon traveling to the hospital"
Dirk had traveled to the Hospital and found that Jackson was in surgery and should be just fine afterwards. As for the drunk driver, he was thrown through the window of the vehicle he was driving and snapped his neck upon impact on the road. Dumbass wasn't even wearing a seatbelt. Dirk snaps out of memory lane, looking back he's always been close to Jackson, so him finding out isn't bad afterall he supposed. He was like a brother to him, given Dirk never had any siblings, he was glad to have a brother in Jackson.
"What is going on in there!?" The chief was approaching the door, Dirk ran into the locker room yelling, going to take a shower! Jackson had followed him and watched as he got undressed and curled up in the shower, as the room started to fill with steam.
"A few months back, when we were at the house fire that killed the elderly couple, their sons, not only giving us crap about us not saving their parents, didn't stop there. I guess after being escorted out of there, they decided it was okay to come and camp outside the fire station. After I had walked out that night after the big promotion party you guys threw for me, I was walking to my car when they chased me with baseball bats, in demand about why we let their parents die. I tried to descelate it calmly by talking them down, but that didn't work. They chased me down an alley, and I was pushed up against a door, a door that led to that damn forsaken weapons factory. They had me pinned up against a railing, but when they swung their bats, I fell over the railing into toxic slime. Instead of me burning up in the vat of slime, my clothes burned off instead. I shot out of there landing on the platform I fell from and I was naked, which freaked the guys out more, given I was glowing like I am now. They went to swing their bats and I shot acid slime out of my hands, burning them as they melted to a puddle on the floor."
"Wow dude, that's epic, I mean you're like a real life comic hero! Does Janice know?"
"Yeah, and she sorta took it okay, she's making me a costume and i'm supposed to be training, which is what we were doing here today, i'm getting stronger before I go and 'Fight crime'" Dirk said in air quotes. "I'm having second thoughts, what is going to stop me from acting up mid fight? I can't even control them while working out and talking to my best friend. Plus, the baby is probably going to get the same genes I have, given we conceived the kid after I got the powers."
"I tell you what, sitting here naked and feeling sorry for yourself isn't going to cut it dude, you want to train, let's train. Get up, get dried off and get dressed, meet me out front of the station." Jackson said in a serious tone, looking at him. He gave his hand out to Dirk to help him up and they got around to go.
© James Bowser
