What's up everybody? Reeleffendeel here with another feature length crossover story!
I think I might be one of the very few people on this planet who greatly enjoys the art and story of Killing Bites. To me, it was this awesome combination of Bloody Roar and Battle Royale! So naturally, like any other fanfic writer, I wanted to do a crossover!
But the hardest part was finding a good series to match it up with. At first I wanted to do a crossover with Mortal Kombat but then shifted focus to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. That's when I started to have Marvel on my mind and decided on that instead, which was further reinforced after the unfortunate passing of Stan Lee ( may he rest in peace).
I wanted to make Nomoto Yuuya the main focus of the story and I originally wanted him to either have Wolverine powers or a Venom Symbiote. I finally settled on The Hulk mainly due to the fact that it's pretty much perfect for him. This poor sap gets constantly brow-beaten for most of the series; he's a friggin ticking time bomb waiting to explode! However this fic will play out differently as this starts way before the main Killing Bites story. You can't just shoehorn Hulk into the beginning without detailing how and when it happened.
*EDIT* 5/13/19 As evidenced by the new cover image, I have replaced planet hulk with the 2008 Hulk. I liked the huge muscles and animalistic nature he had in the film and I knew that it's more fitting with the theme of Killing Bites. Now you're REALLY not going to like him when he's angry.
I hope this appeals to you Hulk and Killing Bites fans out there as this was made by a fan for the fans.
Here are some important notes.
-This story will be rated M for language, brutal violence and some sexuality.
-Yuuya will have a massive change of character early on in the story. You'll be getting Season 2 Yuuya right off the bat! Same goes for Hitomi, I'll be keeping her annoyingly stupid catchphrase to a bare fucking minimum.
-Yuuya wont get any Brute abilities, he's the Hulk.
-This will take place in 2013, the year the manga was created.
-I will closely be following the manga storyline with elements of the anime thrown in.
-Ui Inaba will play a Betsy Ross role in this story so there will be a very slight Yuuya x Inaba.
-There will be no other Marvel heroes in this story, just straight Hulk. You can also expect some memorable villains to appear!
-No cinematic universe elements.
-There will be a Stan Lee cameo.
The Hulk and Killing Bites belong to their respective owners. I do not own either of them.
Chapter 1
Fateful Field Trip
TOCHIGI, JAPAN-MARCH 2013
"I can't believe they dragged us all the way out here just to see some boring lab. We already have enough of those back at the university." Nomoto Yuuya yawned as he looked out the window of the bus he and his classmates were crammed into. Nomoto was a 22 year old university student with a tall, slim build and slick, black hair. He wore a blue, button down shirt with a white undershirt, blue jeans and red sneakers. It was early in the day when his class was brought along on a field trip to a tour of Berkeley Biotechnology.
"I still can't believe they're actually calling it a 'field trip'. Who do they think we are? Elementary school students?" His friend Junya Moriyama complained as he sat next to him. Moriyama was a short, tubby individual with a Moe Howard style haircut. He wore glasses, a light-pink jacket with an orange undershirt, light-blue jeans and white sneakers.
"Well, it could be worse. We could be stuck with another lecture. At least this is a nice change of pace." Yuuya reasoned.
"Oh, please. We could be watching the rest of Lewd High School Girlfriend part 6 back at our club with the others." Moriyama griped.
"Well….yeah." Yuuya blushed. "So do we know what this trip is about?"
"I think it's some tour on an American Technology corporation showcasing their new tech. I kinda tuned myself out during our teacher's spiel." Moriyama shrugged unapologetically.
"Me too." Yuuya admitted. Looking outside the window of the bus, Yuuya sighed as the passed by a large field with the morning sun shining in the distance. So far it was just another average day in his uneventful life. It was the same routine every single day: Get up, got to school, go home, go to bed, rinse wash and repeat. Same shit, different day. He was always doing whatever anyone told him to do, going along with the crowd and never wanting to do anything he wanted.
That was how he was like for what seemed like his whole life so far. He began to wonder if this was really where his life was heading. Was he really just meant to follow just about anybody without even bother to pursue other interests, goals or ambitions of his own for that matter? His train of thought was interpreted when the bus came to a stop and everyone began to get up from their seats. Sighing, Yuuya got up and followed his friend, ready and resigned for another dull chapter in his uneventful life.
Stepping off the bus, Yuuya was greeted with the site of a massive, sprawling facility before his schoolmates. It was white in color and had slightly futuristic with several other smaller facilities like it in the background. It seemed to be a least three stories tall and also sported a decorative fountain in the main courtyard. It was, to the least, visually impressive as scientists and other workers went about their business.
"Woah….!" Yuuya gasped in amazement as did the rest of the students.
"Don't get too excited. We still have to take notes." Moriyama tiredly reminded him. The class followed their teacher into the building where they were greeted by the tour guide in the main, gleaming white atrium of the facility.
"Welcome students of Jyousai University to our guided tour of Berkeley Biotechnology! We're proud to showcase the technological achievements our proud company has developed over the years! We also take pride in utilizing our technology to create clean renewable energy, advancements in modern medicine and leading mankind to a brighter future! By opening our lab here in Japan; we hope to inspire you all as we take you through our full tour of our company!" The tour guide proudly announced as she gestured to a hallway that would lead them to different demonstrations the tour guide had in store for them.
"Laying it on a little bit thick, isn't she?" Moriyama whispered to Yuuya who nodded in agreement.
3 HOURS LATER
Unlike his friend and classmates, Yuuya found himself strangely invested in the tour. He marveled at all of the inventions and leaps in technology that the company had created. He had actually found himself taking notes while the others barely touched their notebooks.
The group came to a massive, circular room the size of their university auditorium. Walking across one of the many walkways encircling the area, the students marveled at the large spherical metal orb in the very center of the room that was hooked up to a multitude of wires and cables. Dozens of scientists worked tirelessly at their stations, consoles, laptops, computers and all sorts of technological machinery.
"And now for the final presentation of our grand tour: The Gamma Sphere! Harnessing the power of Gamma radiation, our scientists are working around the clock to utilize this energy into a variety of uses; our biggest focus is on medical research. Our fellow scientists predict that Gamma radiation will be a viable means to cure all known diseases and aliments such as AIDS, Cancer and Alzheimer's by 2022!" The guide graciously informed the mesmerized students as they stared at the orb like a fly to a bugzapper. Yuuya was the only one talking notes though he too was staring at the ominous-looking device.
All the way up in the main control booth on the other end of the room, four scientists of different nationalities worked at their desks, while one of them looked out the window.
"Look at them. Half of them aren't even taking notes!" Marcus, an American, complained. "I swear, none of those students are even the slightest bit interested."
"Give them some slack." Heath pointed out. He had dark hair and was of British descent. "I'm sure this'll leave a lasting impression on them."
"It was the same thing with me when I was young." Miku reminisced as she leaned back in her chair while taking notes. "I used to think science was dumb but then after 3 years, it started to really grow on me and I instantly knew what I wanted to be when I grew up."
"Haven't we all?" Pyotr smiled as the bearded Russian worked at the main console. "Give it time, my friend. It will come back around to them sooner or later."
Marcus sighed as he went back to his desk. "I'll take your words for it. You're the experts at this stuff, not me." He chuckled. It was rather ironic since he was a scientist who should've known just about everything at this point.
"So how goes our little gamma-infused project?" Heath asked as he checked his laptop for any updates regarding the company.
"Looking good. No faults, no errors, nor irregularities." Miku confirmed as she looked though the observation notes for the Gamma Sphere. "Everything is running smoothly and operating at full capacity. With the right upgrades and improvements to the core systems, we should actually have all of those cures Aimi mentioned available by 2019."
"Oh, please." Heath groused. "If we had a bigger budget, we would've had all of those cures completed in 2009!"
"Keep in mind what we started out small, Heath." Marcus reminded him. "We were a tiny company that nobody paid attention to but now look at us. We're an industry giant with investors overseas and worldwide recognition." He pointed out as he typed on his laptop.
"Like I said, give it time!" Pyotr laughed. "I sure we'll get more funding in due time…" He trailed off when he noticed something on his monitor. He wasn't smiling anymore as he took a closer look.
Miku was the first to notice her colleague's concern. "Pyotr? What's wrong?"
"Not sure…there's a problem in the Gamma Sphere's main systems."
"…What kind of problem?" Marcus asked, having overheard what was going on, as well as Heath.
"They just went offline!" Pyotr said as a red waring sign appeared on the main console's screen.
"The hell?! I'm getting multiple caution and warning signs all over my computer!" Heath exclaimed. It was the same for Marcus and Miku's, something was seriously wrong.
"Hold on, I'm going to try to restart the system on my end." Marcus said as he began typing on his laptop but to no avail. "Damn it, it's not working!"
"Jesus, the radiation levels within the filters are skyrocketing!" Heath gasped as beads of sweat began to roll down his forehead.
Miku was just as panicked as everyone else as she looked out the observation window to see if there was anything happening. Nothing so far, but it didn't calm her down in the slightest. "Pyotr, what's your data telling you?"
"The dampeners aren't responding at all, the fusion cells containing the energy are failing rapidly, the inner shell of the Gamma Sphere is starting to erode…bozhe moi, what is going on?!" He exclaimed.
"This isn't happening. This isn't happening. Somebody please hold me and tell me this isn't happening!" Heath shook with fright. Marcus ran over to the alarm switch on the far wall and yanked it down, causing alarms to blare throughout the entire facility.
In the chamber, the scientists and tourist group were suddenly alarmed wailing klaxons that nearly deafened them. They heard a voice on the intercom suddenly yell, "EVERYONE GET OUT OF THE CHAMBER NOW!"
At that moment, of one the fusion cells beneath the Gamma sphere suddenly exploded! The force of the blast ripped up the walkways and destroyed the computers sending everyone in the room into a wild panic! As everyone ran for the exit, Yuuya was pushed over the railing by his panicked classmates and fell to the ground hard enough to fracture his arm.
Everyone stampeded out of the room just as the lockdown initiated; shutters covered the observation booth windows and the heavy steel doors in the chamber locked themselves shut. A large crack formed on the Gamma Sphere, unleashing jolts of green energy that arced around its area like lightning as dark-green fumes poured from the crack.
Outside, everyone had completely evacuated the facility and now stood in the main courtyard catching their breaths.
"Oh, man….!" Moriyama huffed. "I thought we were gonna die! You okay, Yuuya?" He turned around to see that his friend wasn't behind him or anywhere for that matter.
"….Yuuya?"
Marcus, Heath and Miku watched the events unfold on the monitors while Pyotr feverishly tried to find a solution on the main console.
"Shouldn't we be evacuating as well?! What if this blows the entire facility?!" Heath fearfully asked.
"The entire chamber is covered in multiple layers of reinforced armor that was designed to contain something like this in case it ever happened. We'll be safe." Marcus assured.
"I don't understand. How could this have happened?!" Miku shuddered. "We ran continual safety checks and the Gamma Sphere was running at full optimal capacity! This shouldn't have been able to happen! I mean-"
"Miku, we can look into that another time. Right now, we need to focus on mitigating the damage as much as possible." Marcus calmed her down. "Pyotr, can you initiate the emergency shutdown from here?"
"I'm already on it. Just give me a minute and I should be able to initiate the procedures to turn it off before it explodes. Hopefully we might be able to salvage what's left of the Gamma Sphere if this is successful." Pyotr explained and he rapidly typed on the main console. "Oh! I've just gained access to the core systems! I should actually have this this off in no time at all."
Miku breathed a massive sigh of relief. "Oh, thank goodness. At the very least we can-"
"SWEET LORD!" Heath exclaimed as he pointed at the monitors. Everyone looked at the screens and saw to their horror that one of the students in the tourist group was still inside the chamber, stumbling around the green gas as he clutched his arm!
"No…oh God…oh God, no!" Miku gasped as she clamped her hands over her mouth.
Within the chamber, Yuuya ran as fast as he could to the exit and futilely banged his fist on the metal door. "HELP! SOMEBODY HELP ME! GET ME OUT OF HERE!" He coughed. His eyes were stinging like crazy, his left arm was in horrible pain, his lungs burned and his skin felt like it was on fire. Tears streamed down his face as his heart pounded like a drum. He had never felt so scared in his entire life.
"You in the chamber! Can you hear me? We're going to get you out of there, just hold on!" A woman on the intercom said. "Right now, you need to take the Gamma Atropine Shot!"
"The what?!"
"It's in a box on the far right wall! One you have it, get behind one of the mainframes! It should protect you from the blast while you inject it into your heart! It'll put you into shock but it'll purge the Gamma radiation from your body and protect you from any more in case the sphere explodes! Hurry!"
Yuuya looked to his right and saw the metal box on his right that was installed into the wall and hurried over to it. Back in the booth, Miku nervously bit her thumb; hoping that the young man followed her directions. If he died because of an error they did not foresee, she would quit Berkeley Biotechnology on the spot.
"Will the atropine work?" Heath wondered.
"The agent will work. Believe me, it will." Miku told him, though she was secretly hoping that it would.
Marcus looked at the Gamma Sphere on the screen and saw the jolts of energy were increasing exponentially. "Why hasn't it shutdown, Pyotr?!"
"There's some sort of error that's preventing me from accessing the internal systems!" Pyotr replied with growing fear.
"Well that sounds like a pretty big friggin error, Pyotr! FIX IT NOW!" Marcus shouted.
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
A tremor shook the room and everyone looked to the screens to see more cracks forming on the sphere as it began to glow brightly while larger bolts erupted forth from it!
"WE ONLY HAVE A FEW SECONDS BEFORE IT GOES COMPLETELY CRITICAL! WHERE'S THE FUCKING SHUT DOWN?!" Marcus practically screamed!
"I DON'T KNOW! THE SYSTEM ISNT RESPONDING! IT'S-"
KZZZZAAAAAAABAAAAAMMFFF
Pyotr's screen instantly started to short out and then exploded into a shower of sparks, sending the scientist tumbling out of his chair! Everyone stared in horror as they now had no way to turn off the Gamma Sphere!
Pyotr turned to the group and shook his head. "We're fucked."
Back in the chamber, Yuuya was on his knees staring down at the abnormally large syringe in his shaking hand as he hid behind one of the mainframes. The blaring alarms, the pain he was in and the razor sharp point of the injector wasn't helping the fact that he was deathly afraid of needles. He couldn't do it. The stress of the situation had paralyzed every muscle in his system as tears ran from his irritated eyes. Then the intercom system came back on and was assaulted with the sounds of frantic voices.
"WHAT THE BLOODY HELL ARE YOU DOING, MAN?! YOU TAKE THE FUCKIN' NEEDLE NOW!"
"IF THAT SPHERE GOES OFF, YOU WILL DIE! INJECT THE ATROPINE INTO YOUR HEART IMMEDIATELY!"
"W-w-w-what i-if I miss my heart?! I-i-i-i-i can't see anything!" Yuuya stammered.
"JUST JAM IT IN ALREADY! RIP THE BAND-AID OFF!"
"DO IT NOW!"
Gritting his teeth in frustration, Yuuya felt something that he had suppressed since he was a child: anger. Snapping open his eyes despite the stinging and the tears, he looked up to the ceiling and let loose the emotion he had kept bottled up for years.
"LOOK AT HOW BIG THIS IS! YOU WANT ME TO STICK THIS INTO MY HEART?! ARE YOU FUCKING NU-"
SKABOOOOOM
Another explosion destroyed several mainframes that Yuuya was hiding behind, the force of the blast throwing him into a wall and knocking the syringe out of his hand! Yuuya opened his eyes as he struggled to sit up and saw the Gamma Sphere began to shake violently; until it finally detonated in a massive explosion!
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMM
The last Thing Yuuya saw before his world was plunged into darkness was a bright green blast wave engulfing him.
BERKERLY BIOTECHNOLOGY-GAMMA SPHERE TESTING CHAMBER
5 DAYS LATER
The doors to the chamber slowly opened as the Hazmat team stood back. None of the gamma irradiated gas escaped through the open door, having dissipated long ago. After the disaster, the entire facility was closed off until the company's biohazard team came in to assess the damage.
One of them took out a portable Geiger counter and pointed the probe at the door to scan for any lingering radiation.
"Anything?"
"Strange…I'm getting absolutely nothing. The whole room's clean like there wasn't any radiation in there to begin with."
The blue suited, seven-man team entered the ruined chamber. Stepping over chunks of debris as they surveyed the damage; the only sound in the room was the breathing through their gas masks. It was pretty bad; enough to cost Berkeley Biotechnology potential billions. Two Hazmat agents walked up to the destroyed remains of the Gamma Sphere.
"What do you think? Any way we can salvage it?"
"You're kidding, right?"
"Okay, yeah. That was a stupid question."
The rest of them team were looking over the destroyed equipment when one of them spotted something underneath the rubble. Moving closer, he spotted a hand sticking out!
"Hey! I've got a body over here!"
The team rushed over and began to clear away the debris until they finally unearthed a young man with most of his clothing burnt off. This one was no doubt the student that was part of the tour group from five days earlier. His eyes were closed and laid very still with no indication that he was breathing. One of the Hazmat members checked his pulse. He looked up to the others and shook his head.
"Get a body bag in here. We'll notify his family as soon as the coroner's done with the autopsy."
One of them noticed the Gamma Atropine Shot lying a few feet away from him and picked it up. It was still full.
"I don't get it. Why didn't he take the shot?"
"I think I remember Dr. Marcus saying that he was too scared to administer it to himself."
"Poor bastard…."
Suddenly, the student's hand shot out and grabbed one of the agent's by the hand, coughing and convulsing as he did!
"GAAAAAAAAH!"
"HE'S ALIVE! HE'S ALIVE! HOLY SHIT HE'S ALIVE!"
"GET THE PARAMEDICS IN HERE! EMERGENCY ON THAT AMBULANCE!"
The wind howled as Yuuya trudged across the icy landscape. Unclothed and suffering from severe frostbite, He tried his best to see through the snowstorm but to no avail. He could barely see two feet in front of him.
After what seemed like hours of walking, Yuuya saw a peculiar sight: an iron door embedded into the base of a massive glacier. He walked up to it and saw that it had multiple chains and padlocks draped across the door. At first Yuuya despaired but then noticed a key sitting in the snow right in front of the door.
He wasn't sure why the door was locked up so much or why the key was conveniently placed right near it but Yuuya didn't care; he had to get out of the snow. He unlocked most of the padlocks and took off the chains, finally finding the door handle. He opened the door-
BRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM
The glacier suddenly exploded, launching Yuuya away from the door and into the snow. Dazed, he looked up and saw the glacier bathed in an unhealthy green glow; a massive shape emerging from the icy debris!
"Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr…"
Yuuya's eyes suddenly blinked open as he was met with blinding light. Adjusting his vision, he looked to his right to see a window and the afternoon sun shining through the white blinds. He was in a plain-looking hospital room and he himself laid on a bed with an EKG Monitor next to him.
The door to his left opened and a nurse with a bedpan in her hands walked in. When she saw Yuuya sitting up and clearly conscious, he gasped and dropped the bedpan in surprise.
"You're awake! Hold on, I'll get the doctor!" She said as she ran out of the room, leaving Yuuya stumped before he could ask a question.
TOCHIGI MEDICAL CENTER
A DAY LATER
Having finished his hospital food, Yuuya set the tray beside him and sighed. Yesterday, the doctors did a check up on him and when he asked what was going on and what happened, they told him that people would meet him tomorrow and fill him in on the details.
The morning sun filtered through the drapes as he wondered if he was ever going to get any answers. It all felt like blur to him but the more Yuuya remembered; the more he shivered as he recounted the nightmarish event.
The door to his room opened to reveal two people. One was a woman with waist length black hair, glasses with a blue-tinted frame and wore scientist attire. The second was a tall, middle-aged American man with short brown hair and wore a clean business suit and black paints.
"Nomoto Yuuya, I presume? Good to see you're up and about." The man said as he walked over to him." Benjamin Berkeley, CEO of Berkeley Biotechnology." He greeted, extending his hand.
"Uh…h-hi." Yuuya replied, shaking his hand.
"And this is Doctor Miku Fujisama. She's part of our Science Division." He introduced.
"Pleasure to meet you." She greeted as she shook his hand.
"Yeah. Say, haven't I heard you somewhere before?" Yuuya asked, remembering her voice on the intercom.
"I was the one who advised that you take the Gamma Atropine Shot." She reminded him. Yuuya gulped when he thought back to that disaster.
"I-I'm afraid of needles. Sorry." Yuuya admitted as he looked down.
Miku had a look of sympathy on her face while Benjamin cleared his throat before speaking. "Mr. Nomoto, I would like to offer my deepest and most sincere apology for the traumatic experience you went through. Nobody should ever have to go through something like that and I'm so sorry it happened to you."
"Oh, there's no need to apologize-"
"Yes there is. This disaster was entirely our fault and we accept full responsibility." Benjamin interjected.
"O-o-okay." Yuuya relented. "So what exactly happened that made that sphere thing explode?"
"We're not exactly sure ourselves, Yuuya." Miku admitted. "Everything was running smoothing until there was, what we can only describe as, a critical systems and instrumentation failure. Which is strange as everything was working perfectly; the odds of something like this occurring are a million to one."
"We feared the worst when we heard that not everyone made it out of the chamber." Benjamin solemnly said. "You could only imagine our surprise when our personal Hazmat team found you alive five days after the incident."
"I was out for five days?" Yuuya inquired, scratching the back of his head."Woah…"
"Not exactly. When we took you out of there, you were in a comatose state for over four months." Miku revealed.
"FOUR MONTHS?!" Yuuya balked.
"Yes. Since then, we had you transferred to one of our facilities so that we could take scans of you for any Gamma radiation you might have been exposed to." Benjamin explained.
Yuuya gulped. "And…?" He worriedly asked. He prayed that he didn't contract some kind of radiation sickness.
"This may sound surprising to you but we found no radiation poisoning whatsoever. We did test after test and triple checked our findings but you're completely clean." Benjamin said. Yuuya felt very relieved to hear that.
"After two months of no results, we had you sent to this hospital where you stayed here for another two months until you eventually woke up." Miku filled in. "I don't think you know how lucky you are to be alive. You were in a room filled with deadly Gamma radiation for five days."
"Was it really that bad?"
"Mr. Nomoto, there are no documented cases of anybody surviving such a massive exposure to radiation. You should've been dead at day two." Miku replied, not bothering to sugarcoat it.
Yuuya stared at her in wide-eyed mortification. He could've died! "B-b-b-but I'm o-o-o-okay, r-right?"
"Honestly, as surprising as this sounds, you're better than okay. Whatever the Gamma Sphere did, you're now as healthy as an ox! Even your previously fractured arm is okay!" Miku said. Truth be told, Yuuya believed her. He felt great when he woke up, like he went to a resort and came back tanned and rested.
"So that whole medical thing the tour guide was talking about-"
"Well…how do I explain this? We're still working on the applications of Gamma radiation but we had no idea it would actually work like that. Not that we would have to put you through that again." Miku explained. "In fact, you could be released from here as early as tomorrow morning. You've got an angel watching over you, Mr. Nomoto."
"Quite so." Benjamin agreed. "Again, I apologize for what happened and I hope your life gets back on track. But before we leave, there's something I would like to give you." He said as he took out a small slip of paper and gave it to Yuuya.
"What's this?"
"Call it 'compensation' for any trauma or discomfort you experienced during the incident."
"Compensat-" Yuuya's eyes bulged out of his skull and his jaw hung wide open. It was a check for 300 million yen! His mouth kept opening and closing like he had forgotten how to speak.
"Is it not enough?" Benjamin asked. "We could increase-"
"NO! No! This is enough! This is more than enough!" Yuuya babbled.
"Well, that's good to hear!" Benjamin replied enthusiastically. "But I'm curious. Are you going to pursue legal action against Berkeley Biotechnology?"
"You mean sue?" Yuuya deuced. He gave it some thought before making his decision. "Honestly, sir…what happened to me was an accident. None of you guys knew that Gamma thing was gonna exploded and despite me getting the living daylights scared out of me, I'm perfectly fine. So I'm not going to sue. I just want to get my life back on track."
"That's good to hear, Mr. Nomoto." Benjamin said as he and Miku got up. "I wish you the best of luck in the future." The two of them exited the room, leaving Yuuya alone.
"You do know that that what you gave him was hush money, right?" Miku pointed out as she and her boss walked down the hospital halls.
"We should consider ourselves lucky that he's not going to bring this incident to court." Benjamin countered.
"But you basically just bribed him into keeping his mouth shut-"
"Ms. Fujisama, Berkeley Biotechnology is a company with a global reputation to uphold and we cannot have any more bad publicity than we already have as a result of this disaster. If he has decided not to press the matter further, then we can resolve any further issues. The loss of this company would not only devastate the world's economy but thousands of workers would be out of the job. Including you." He firmly interrupted.
Miku instantly dropped the subject, having been intimidated into submission.
32 MINUTES LATER
Sitting in the back of his private limo as it drove down the highway; Benjamin felt his cellphone buzz and answered it.
"Hello? Oh! Yes, I met him. No, he seemed just fine and he took the bribe. The scientists know nothing about our sabotage. The boy? The tests still came back as negative, no changes to his DNA whatsoever. Maybe this was a fluke. Huh? No! I'm not doubting you in the slightest, my apologies! Yes, of course. We'll keep him under surveillance and we'll notify you if there are any changes. It will be done…my Leader."
JYOSAI UNIVERSITY
JULY 2013
Walking through the fronts gates of his university, Yuuya felt glad to finally be back. After he was released from the hospital, he took a bus back to his apartment which was thankfully untouched save for an overflowing mailbox. He spent the whole day cleaning up his abode and having to go to the supermarket to replace the food in his fridge since it had been four months and had gone bad.
The day after was the day that he finally came back to his university. Walking up the main avenue, Yuuya's plan was to quietly get to his class without anyone noticing-
"LOOK! IT'S YUUYA!"
"YOU'RE ALIVE!"
Moriyama and the rest of Yuuya's friends just exited out of the main entrance and saw their still living-friend before their eyes. Before Yuuya could react, he was suddenly tackled hugged to the ground by his relieved friends with Moriyama having him in a headlock while giving him a noogie.
"YOU'RE FRIGGIN OKAY, MAN! I KNEW YOU WEREN'T DEAD!" Moriyama happily laughed as he embraced his friend.
"My ribs…." Yuuya groaned in pain.
LATER THAT NIGHT
Laying on his futon and staring up at the ceiling, Yuuya mulled over the events of today many hours ago. After surviving almost being crushed by his friends, the entire university heard that he came back and a literal stampede of students came outside to see him.
He was instantly bombarded with millions of questions ranging from how he survived, what happened after he woke up or the most common one; did he get superpowers. It took the whole faculty to bring order and pry the students off of him (Moriyama included).
The rest of the day played out like any other day at the university only that he had four months of make-up work to catch up on. Luckily, his friends were more than willing to help him out. He pulled out the check he had gotten from Mr. Berkeley and put it in his desk drawer, reminding himself make a trip to the bank to deposit it in his account. He still couldn't believe that it was 300 million yen.
It was enough to pay off his tuition, living expenses, bills and so much more. How would his parents react to this? There was no doubt they were worried sick about him since they always worked overseas and he made a mental note to call them tomorrow and let them now he was okay. His mind began to wander back to four months ago.
It all felt so surreal to know that actually happened and he survived. But that wasn't what was on his mind. He remembered getting angry. That was the first time he had ever felt that emotion in years. He thought that he was reformed after therapy but now it had come back. Does this mean he had to go back?
Shaking his head, Yuuya decided that it he should play it by ear. If nothing happened for a few weeks, then it was just a result of the insane situation he was stuck in. If he did find himself getting frequently angry, then he would have to call his old therapist.
Yuuya got up and headed to the bathroom to clean himself up for tomorrow. Now he could finally resume his life the way it was intended to be: completely uneventful and normal!
Oh how horrendously wrong he was.
To be continued…
Student Yuuya, pelted by Gamma Rays, turns into The Hulk!
Ain't he unglamorous?
Wreckin' the Brutes with the power of a bull!
Ain't no monster clown who is a lovable!
As ever-lovin' Hulk!
HULK!
Am I the only one who loves that old theme song?
This chapter took many inspirations from movies such as Apollo 13, The Rock and Se7en. Berkeley Biotechnology is from the 2003 Hulk movie but with elements of Creo from The Surge thrown in. Hope you all enjoyed this chapter; let me know what you think!
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