The Adventures Of Red Dragonfly [Volume One]

Issue 10 - Imposter

Wilbur and Ethan walked along the plaza, their normal hangout during their time out of school. Wilbur had just bought a chilli dog from the local hot dog stand across the street as he sat across from Ethan outside.

"Dude, check it out..." Ethan said, showing Wilbur a subreddit he came across on his laptop. "ScrewAttack is making a Death Battle with Red Dragonfly and Goku."

"Goku? Really?" Wilbur replied with his mouth full, swallowing the bite he just took. "Are people really trying to make me fight a anime character?"

"What's the matter? Afraid that you might get beat up by a Super Saiyan?" Ethan smirked, joking around with him. "Umm No. I got better things to do than debate with a bunch of overweight losers on the internet. And besides, that dude is way out of my power range." Wilbur added before drinking his soda. "Why can't Reddit give me a character fair to fight? Like...one of the girls from RWBY or som-"

Just then, Wilbur's internal antennas flared up. A police car was thrown towards them as Wilbur grabbed Ethan and leaped out the way with him. The police lights were still flashing as the car was upside down. "Holy shit!" Ethan exclaimed as he got up slowly, dusting himself off. Luckily, the laptop in his arms wasn't damaged too much.

Wilbur looked up and his eyes widened. He couldn't believe it.

Somehow, Red Dragonfly or someone dressed like him was leaping through the streets away from the police with a bag full of money over his shoulder. Wilbur saw as this doppelganger jumped around the corner as more police cars were hot on his tail. "Dude...was that you?" Ethan asked, just as confused as Wilbur.

SCARLET CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT

Rosemary was getting reports left and right in her office. She got reports of 'Red Dragonfly' robbed the downtown bank and is now on high pursuit across the city. Lieutenant Brigham barged into the office, seeing Rosemary busy with the many phone calls she had.

"Captain Watts..." Brigham said, panting as he was rushing towards her office to warn her of this recent crime wave. "Red Dragonfly....he's on the loose with some stolen money."

"Yeah, no shit." Rosemary said as the constant ringing of the phone made her pull the cord from the wall out of irritation. "What do we do now? Do we...send out officers to search for him?" Brigham asked out of confusion.

"Let's try to be rational. There has to be a logical explanation." Rosemary replied. "For all we know, he could be a poser or a crook dressed as him."

"We can't know that for sure." Brigham said. "As of right now, the vigilante Red Dragonfly is public enemy."

To her, it couldn't be true. Red Dragonfly or Wilbur in this case, would never abuse his powers like this. This had to be the work of some type of framer. Most likely with the same powers as Wilbur.

As Rosemary was walking through the lobby, she felt second-hand embarrassment as she heard the detectives talking amongst themselves about this.

"I knew that bug eyed creep couldn't be trusted."
"I can't believe my son looked up to that guy."

Rosemary walked outside, slamming the door as she strolled over to her car. She had to find Wilbur as soon as possible.

Back at Russell's lair, Wilbur stormed out of the elevator as he was completely paranoid that his reputation was at stake. "Russell, do you know what the hell is happening?" Wilbur said, looking at the computer screen Russell was watching to see that the news was already covering the incident.

"That isn't me, I swear." Wilbur denied.

"I know. That's why we need to find whoever framed you." Russell said as he typed up information on the doppelganger in question. "His name is Marlon Yates. A impersonator who went off the grid a couple of weeks back." Russell explained. "You're not the only face he's used as a disguise. Marlon has incriminated many people while committing crimes. Mostly pretending to be famous celebrities."