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Mercy Streetñin her dark black, see through, revealing Vampirella costume, Maire
tries to heal Mark, telling him, even though he cannot hear her, how much she cares
for him. A pudgy doctor tries to throw Maire out but Kohl comes in. The doc leaves.
Greenwich Village, near Chinatown: in his superhero outfit, Lee tells Kamakazi it
feels good to be back in action. Kam tells him not to be too cocky. The man in black
from the subway station appears. Four thugs attack. Kam asks, "How could I be
so stupid?" Lee says, "Oh hell, I do it all the time." Kam impales
one, running one through, Lee uses his staff and feet. The man in black leaves his
men to be massacred, thinking Dragonfire is not human. Manhattan 2AM: Lee, wearing
a short cut shirt with no sleeves, tries to calm Neji down. Neji is worried about
how devious Sam is and that Simon has vanished. Lee has Neji's favorite pizza: cheeseless
veggie. Swift, asleep with a Tigger doll and his head over a chair, is fed by Lee.
Lee sees Swift blowing spit bubbles. On a radar, the two boys see a meteor or a comet
and think there will be tidal waves or earthquakes. Upper Manhattan: Sam's home:
Swift goes to Sam's house to talk to him about his homophobia. Sam tells him it is
none of business, Simon is under his custody and must play by his rules and his recent
deviant behavior is an embarrassment to him. He wants to keep Simon away from that
freak Neji and instill family values into Simon. Sam wants Swift to bring a message
back to his liberal pals. The vid phone rings. Mark's doctor is calling. Swift overhears
the conversation. The doc is worried about Dragonfire, The CIA which called him,
and the UFOs. Sam presses a button and metal clamps grab Swift's upper legs, a very
expensive security system for dealing with overinquistive little "shits"
as Sam calls Swift. The cops will do what Sam says: he tells Swift, "You and
your friends have no idea how much power I have. Now shut up!" A metal pole
puts a gag on his mouth. Sam has Swift for the doctor's biological experiments and
sends Swift to him. Far away, Neji thinks Simon is feeling his body but it is the
aliens. He wonders when he can go home but finds he is home. |
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Backup story: "Dragonring part 2"
by Angel de Mioche: Simon has a nightmare about Neji and punks, demons, eyes. Another
boy tells him he cried every night for months. Now he only cries every other night.
Simon tells them his sorry bastard uncle sent him here because he is gay. The boys
don't think that is bad. The cry boy tells Simon, "The school's color should
be lavender, Simon. You gotta be here for lots more serious stuff." One boy
shows him a toilet seat cover which helps when your butt is whooped for other things.
The fat boy comes in: 5 minutes to breakfast or they go without. They start to change.
The other boys are in awe of Simon punching Peeóballs. The cry boy tells him he is
either lucky, related to Ronaldo Carasshol or they are planning horrible revenge.
On the boy's bare back, Simon sees scars and the initials RC. He sees a boy in a
skin tight suit, no slits for eyes, mouth, or nose. Then he sees a boy in a very
small hanging birdcage, all cramped in. Simon wonders if this is OliverTwist meets
the Marquis de Sade. Sam knew about Neji and Simon for a year. Simon wonders what
the real reason Unc sent him here. The boys in black dish out the food from what
seems like a garbage can. In class, a boy gets 20 lashes for missing 4 times 4. Simon
thinks the bastard is getting his friggin' rocks off beating that kid. The man drools.
Simon says he will survive this place, not do what these assholes say, not be broken
into a cowering gibbering idiot, "I'm coming back, Unc, ban on it." As
the teacher moves over him, he thinks, "Oh shit... |