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cellular structure! I can fix you!”
“ LIAR!” Mouths ripped open all across Mutagen’s body to join the others in scoffing. Bleeding, misshapen bat and butterfly wings burst out of its back and started flapping. Dripping wet, Mutagen took to the air, snapping its lobster claws and tendrils. His eyes burning supernova blue, Hyperman flew down and smashed into the monster.
***
Mutagen lay floating in the ocean’s depths, burned, bruised, and barely conscious. All its mouths gaped open and drooled. Hovering above, Hyperman stretched his neck. While he was still banged up, he’d never handled Mutagen this easily before. It used to always be a horrendous fight to the finish that left him with at least a concussion and maybe some broken ribs. Thankfully, his increasing hyper-powers had made him formidable enough to end the battle before it really got out of hand.
He swiftly grabbed Mutagen up by his tail and dragged him out into space toward Mars. Within the red planet’s confines, orange-brown dust choked the air, massive mountains dominated the distance, and wispy blue swallowed up the sky. The Quarry, S.I.L.E.N.T.’s Super-Being Prison, took up a wide, dirty canyon with its circular, silo-shaped buildings.
One of its several domes spiraled open and Hyperman dropped Mutagen off inside. Before leaving, Hyperman jetted down through the Quarry’s labs. At hyper-speed, he wrote out all the chemical equations S.I.L.E.N.T.’s scientists needed to start work on Mutagen’s cure on all the marker boards, notepads, walls, windows, and even the floors. He’d have to swing by and check in every now and then, but they should be more than able to get the ball rolling with what he’d given them so far.
After a simple hyper-scan of Mutagen, years and years of information had suddenly snapped into place for him, and he’d known how to help his monstrous, mutated foe. Before he’d only ever beaten Mutagen up, but now he was helping him actually become human again. He was helping him regain his life.
Flying back off into space, he felt jubilant. Better than he had in days. Not only was he becoming stronger, he seemed to be getting smarter over time too. In fact, that hyper-scan had shown him segments of Mutagen’s DNA that matched El Dorado’s. He recognized the work, having seen it multiple times before. On a hunch, he scanned the solar system, having glimpsed something earlier while flying to Mars.
Sure enough, he found satellite cameras orbiting around Neptune, Saturn, and Pluto, and even a couple more sailing about even farther out beyond the Milky Way. Their high-powered lenses twisted and aimed back toward Earth, still able to capture images across the solar system. At first glance, these satellites seemed to be monitoring other planets. One needed hyper-vision to see what their lenses were actually doing, how powerful they truly were, and how they had recorded Hyperman’s recent fights with both El Dorado and Mutagen.
Apparently, the satellite cameras were attempting to track Hyperman’s movements all throughout the solar system. The satellites had been placed so far out that he’d never have thought they were trying to record his movements all the way back on Earth. He’d probably flown past them numerous times, thinking they were only deep space probes and nothing more.
However, he moved far too fast for the cameras to be able to actually record anything he did, unless it was out in the open and public. Still, the cameras’ very existence and purpose angered him, especially since he knew the arrogant bastard who owned them. The satellites actually bore his company’s logo! He had left the logos on the satellites, not caring if Hyperman saw them. The arrogant bastard thought he was untouchable and was flaunting it.
As soon as Hyperman reached for a satellite camera, it began erasing all the data it had stored. It was too fast even for him. Doubtlessly, that information had already been transmitted
“ LIAR!” Mouths ripped open all across Mutagen’s body to join the others in scoffing. Bleeding, misshapen bat and butterfly wings burst out of its back and started flapping. Dripping wet, Mutagen took to the air, snapping its lobster claws and tendrils. His eyes burning supernova blue, Hyperman flew down and smashed into the monster.
***
Mutagen lay floating in the ocean’s depths, burned, bruised, and barely conscious. All its mouths gaped open and drooled. Hovering above, Hyperman stretched his neck. While he was still banged up, he’d never handled Mutagen this easily before. It used to always be a horrendous fight to the finish that left him with at least a concussion and maybe some broken ribs. Thankfully, his increasing hyper-powers had made him formidable enough to end the battle before it really got out of hand.
He swiftly grabbed Mutagen up by his tail and dragged him out into space toward Mars. Within the red planet’s confines, orange-brown dust choked the air, massive mountains dominated the distance, and wispy blue swallowed up the sky. The Quarry, S.I.L.E.N.T.’s Super-Being Prison, took up a wide, dirty canyon with its circular, silo-shaped buildings.
One of its several domes spiraled open and Hyperman dropped Mutagen off inside. Before leaving, Hyperman jetted down through the Quarry’s labs. At hyper-speed, he wrote out all the chemical equations S.I.L.E.N.T.’s scientists needed to start work on Mutagen’s cure on all the marker boards, notepads, walls, windows, and even the floors. He’d have to swing by and check in every now and then, but they should be more than able to get the ball rolling with what he’d given them so far.
After a simple hyper-scan of Mutagen, years and years of information had suddenly snapped into place for him, and he’d known how to help his monstrous, mutated foe. Before he’d only ever beaten Mutagen up, but now he was helping him actually become human again. He was helping him regain his life.
Flying back off into space, he felt jubilant. Better than he had in days. Not only was he becoming stronger, he seemed to be getting smarter over time too. In fact, that hyper-scan had shown him segments of Mutagen’s DNA that matched El Dorado’s. He recognized the work, having seen it multiple times before. On a hunch, he scanned the solar system, having glimpsed something earlier while flying to Mars.
Sure enough, he found satellite cameras orbiting around Neptune, Saturn, and Pluto, and even a couple more sailing about even farther out beyond the Milky Way. Their high-powered lenses twisted and aimed back toward Earth, still able to capture images across the solar system. At first glance, these satellites seemed to be monitoring other planets. One needed hyper-vision to see what their lenses were actually doing, how powerful they truly were, and how they had recorded Hyperman’s recent fights with both El Dorado and Mutagen.
Apparently, the satellite cameras were attempting to track Hyperman’s movements all throughout the solar system. The satellites had been placed so far out that he’d never have thought they were trying to record his movements all the way back on Earth. He’d probably flown past them numerous times, thinking they were only deep space probes and nothing more.
However, he moved far too fast for the cameras to be able to actually record anything he did, unless it was out in the open and public. Still, the cameras’ very existence and purpose angered him, especially since he knew the arrogant bastard who owned them. The satellites actually bore his company’s logo! He had left the logos on the satellites, not caring if Hyperman saw them. The arrogant bastard thought he was untouchable and was flaunting it.
As soon as Hyperman reached for a satellite camera, it began erasing all the data it had stored. It was too fast even for him. Doubtlessly, that information had already been transmitted
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