SuperScipts Comics Series 1

Part of the Job

On a cold, misty night in the summer of 2000, a young man walked down the streets of London, lost and confused. With a light jacket over him and some dark blue jeans, he searched frantically for help. He was Jason Lee Hudson. He wife was murdered just a few hours ago, and he was taken and had surgery done on him. Antarium plating was fitted under his skin, making him almost indestructible. With no help, he waits for it to arrive...

(Downtown Eastbourne, summer 2016)

It was a peaceful day, with a peaceful sky and a peaceful atmosphere. However, a robbery of a small corner shop took place. Buck Turner brandished a revolver in his right hand and a bag of cash in the other when he stormed out of the store and hopped into his modified pickup truck. He threw his cap off of his head and let his greasy brown hair loose. He started the vehicles and sped down the road towards the city centre, sirens wailing in the background. Dodging between cars, he rushed to get to his safe house, but he swerved too hard, and his vehicle flipped, and landed in a bush. Buck struggled out of the vehicle, but it was too late - the police had surrounded him...

(30 minutes later, in the police station)

Buck was in a interrogation room, handcuffed to the table. Moments later, a dark skinned female police officer entered the room, with a police cap on her long black hair. She slowly sat opposite to Buck, who was giving her a death glare the whole time. She looked at a clipboard in her hand, then looked up at Buck: "Buchanan Turner, 34 years of age, with no children, divorced, and owning a small motor repairs company?" She questioned. Buck didn't answer, but rolled his eyes. The woman continued: "I'm officer Lexi Sultan, and I'm investigating the case. May I ask why you robbed the store?" Buck slouched over, then mumbled: "He owes me, big time." Lexi wrote on the clipboard, then replied with "what do you mean... owes me?" Buck fell silent again; Lexi left the room. A male officer approached Lexi, and asked "What did he say?" Lexi sighed, then replied: "nothing, unless you count 'he owes me, big time' as something of much help." The male officer promptly took the clipboard ushered Lexi into the staff room.

"What are you showing me?" Lexi asked when presented with a picture of a brown haired man with a scruffy beard who look around 40.  The officer looked at Lexi and said "This is Jason Lee Hudson, a homeless man in the area. He was seen talking to Buck earlier today. You need to find him." Lexi looked puzzled, but decided to get ready to enter her police cruiser. She took a packet of Mentos before exiting the building and entering her police car.

(15 minutes later, downtown Eastbourne)

Lexi slowly drove her police cruiser around the area of the store, and saw what seemed to be a homeless man sat next to a McDonald's that fitted the description. Without hesitation, she parked up the cruiser, got out and shouted: "excuse me, are you Jason Hudson? I need to talk to you for 5 minutes." The man bolted his eyes towards Lexi, than made a dash down a narrow alley way. Lexi gave chase and was hot on his tail. The man jumped over bins, and ran through other alleys. Lexi could just about see him, until he started climbing a fire escape ladder. Seconds later, she was at the bottom, also climbing up. When they reached the rooftop, the man leaped from the current building to a building the same height over a 6 foot gap. Lexi approached the edge and shouted again. This time, the man stopped, and slowly turned around: "The man you're looking for is dead. I am just his lost soul" Lexi thought for a second, then replied with: "come on Jason, I know you're still here. I just need to talk to you." Jason hastily pulled a knife out of his pocket and stabbed himself in the gut, but the blade snapped and fell on the floor; "you think this is Jason? I'm a monster!" He approached the edge and sat down on the floor; sadness swept across his face. Sympathetically, Lexi whispered: "come with me, I can help you, you're not a monster"...