The Cruising Crusader

The Cruising Crusader part 1

It is a bright, sunny day in Santa Cruz CA with every man, woman and child enjoying what the city has to offer. But it is a day that is much more important for one woman who inhabits the city than anyone ever anticipated. For the 22 year old lady known as Samantha Cruz it is the day that will change her entire life and where she will live out her greatest dream. She watches in awe as the superheros of Santa Cruz do battle with the devious super-villains of the criminal underworld. One such hero is the Suburban Amazon. A very large and imposing woman who is 7 feet tall and who has over 250 pounds of pure muscle in her body. Samantha sees her mere moments after she apprehends Big Ben, a wanted murderer from London. She is utterly ecstatic being the Fangirl that she is. Her roommate Tammy as well as the other people around them see superheroes as commonplace due to Santa Cruz being the home of the Power Patrol, an entire team of Superhuman individuals who are led by the Amazon.

"Wasn't that amazing? Asked Samantha I wish I was just as strong and cool as her!"

"Oh give me a break you're a twig, you will never get that body." Replied Tammy

In spite Samantha agreed. Her figure is not a curvaceous hourglass like most superheroines and her muscle tone is laughable in comparison to Suburban Amazon. Her body consisted of nothing more than skin and bones. However, Samantha clarified to Tammy her wish.

"If I find a way to obtain super powers I will always be powerful. And I will finally stand out."

Tammy replies
"You know most people get those powers from lab accidents and you can't exactly create a lab accident."

Right at that moment Sam has a life altering idea
"Well what if it wasn't an accident?"

Sam goes to her room in her garish apartment which is adorned with Suburban Amazon Comic books, Suburban Amazon Action Figures and lots of posters of her favorite Heroes. Sam puts her hand on Suburban Amazon's poster and thinks to herself.

"I want to be someone like you Amazon. You're always seen by the people, with your cool Armor and your big voice and your unwavering confidence. You always have something interesting going on in your life. Whereas for me I'm just a part time bank teller who spends too much of her rent money on your comics and spends the rest of her time writing Amazon Fanfiction. But that's going to change! I've been waiting for this ever since I was a six year old! I'm not going to let this idea of mine slip by!"

She sneaks out of her apartment late at night, rushes over to the local nuclear power plant and sneaks inside undetected.

Sam is rather surprised that the building lacks security measures. "Man the security for this building really sucks. It's probably why so many other ladies and gents have been able to get some Toxic chemicals on their bodies beforehand. Well sucks to be them!"

Inside she finds a radioactive chemical called "Zafti G" which was originally developed for the military but was rejected due to health concerns. That does not stop Samantha though, she goes inside the radiation containment room and finds a barrel filled with the chemicals.

"Well this is it Sam... The moment of truth... Just dive in. This may hurt but you'll get Superhuman strength or a body that's more anatomically incorrect than a Barbie doll."

She takes a deep breath. Closes her eyes and dives into the barrel headfirst!

She remembers several occasions where she saw other people get doused in chemicals and how they came out with superpowers so even though this seems quite foolish she has some previous observations to make this seem less contrived even if the chemicals are burning her skin to a crisp. She emerges from the barrel and... She looks exactly the same as she did before.