Little Drakey Mallard.. that was all that he was, he was little and he was barely a Drakey, nine years of age and even seemingly small for that not to mention flat out weak and thus easily stepped on.
In the school break he was doing what he always did at school breaks, he sat absolutely alone in the corner of the school yard reading his beloved comic books, there was nothing in the world Drakey loved more than his comic books! The Derek Blunt adventures were his favourite ones because they were based on true events! And Blunt was a real person, sometimes he would be in serious trouble but he always came out of it all right using wits and a few gadgets. But there were also a lot of other heroes that Drakey liked, like super pig! the always determined and always heroic superhero, setting a standard for justice, always true to his call, never succumbing to evil no matter the temptations and no matter how bleak things were, Super pig would never ever give in or give up!
Then there were titles such as senor Zorro, the Duck avenger who was also the eternal dark side to Super pigs light, The Scarlet Pumpernickel and the hero that Drakey was currently so engrossed in as the latest issue had just come to the small convenience store only this morning, the Crimson avenger!
Drakey barely had money for this issue, he had had to work hard at keeping the garden for his auntie so she could pay him so he could buy every single comic book the convenience store ever got home.
Drakey smiled as he flipped another page to witness the Crimson avenger being surprised by the dreaded Doctor Doomsday. "Oh no!" Drakey yelled out loud as his eyes jumped across the words and he hurriedly flipped a page, praying that the avenger would make it out all right, but no.. the avenger was hopelessly trapped and had only little chance of escape while Doctor Doomsday had his way with him. "He gotta have some kind of plan!" Drakey exclaimed. "Any second now he pull some kind of stunt!" nervously Drakey took a hold on the corner of the page, he closed his eyes as he prayed for it all to turn out all right, and was shocked enough to fall back on his back as the next page featured the laughing face of Doctor Doomsday, looking as evil as ever with a mad grin across his face and red mad eyes sparking with electricity. "Wow, sure glad there aren't people like that in real life." Drakey mumbled.
"Hey watch it!" a voice angrily stated. "Your messing up my diagrams!"
Drakey blinked as he looked up and finally caught sight of a rat his own age.. probably from an parallel class, wearing a kind of dorky white and blue patterned shirt with yellow braces to match..
"The chalk drawings!" The little rat madly pointed at where Drakey was laying.
"Oh!" Drakey at ones sat up and looked down at where he had been laying where there true enough were a bunch of chalk drawings.
"Now I have to start all over again." The Rat sighed.
"Why don't you use paper?" Drakey at last asked.
"I would, but I erase way to often so suddenly there is no paper left, then chalk is much more convenient." The rat mumbled drawing the diagrams up again looking speculating at them.
"I'm really sorry." Drakey tried.
"Shh." The rat hushed as he drew. "I got a fantastic memory so if you just keep quiet." he mumbled drawing up the lines.
"Urh.. okay." Drakey nodded, before finally picking up his comic book very carefully brushing it off from any dirt as he sat down again and opened it at the correct page, now better prepared for the mad smile and insane laughter from the scientist on the page, Drake could master up the courage to go further, and he saw it.. saw how the avenger in the background suddenly had found a pin to loosen the handcuffs with. "Yeah you go!" Drakey cheered completely engrossed in the comic book ones again.. so engrossed in fact that he didn't see what was going on right behind him.
The advancing bullies who suddenly took the piece of chalk away from the rat.
"HEY!" the Rat yelled. "What are you.. oh." he hopelessly looked up at a group of five young boys his own age. "He.. hey Flash." he greeted the ring leader, a tough looking dog wearing a football shirt and his face usually dirty.
"What the hell is that?" One of the others, a brown haired duck, asked looking down at the many diagrams.
"Blue prints.." The rat hesitated. "For a.. erh, contraption, like them Ramon?" he asked the duck.
"No, I think they are boring Sputterspark." The duck responded kicking to the diagram ruining them ones again.
"Hey! Don't do that!" the rat pleaded.
Flash grinned. "That'll teach you Sparky." he chuckled as he brushed out the lines.
"Sparky?" The rat asked bewildered.
Flash shrugged. "Sputterspark is too long and Elmo to cute, Sparky have to do!"
"Please stop!" Elmo tried to rescue the remaining drawings but it only made the determination of the gang that much greater, and his increasing hysterics only seemed to add to their laughter. "Think this is so cool do you?" Elmo asked almost being in tears. "Well I have you know, it's not."
Just then they were interrupted by a little voice sitting by himself.
"HAHA I KNEW IT! you go Avenger, The hero always prevails!" the little Duckling triumphed with sheer glee in his voice, such enthusiasm would usually be hard to find outside of a football game.
As with a swish of a wand they bullies had forgotten all about Elmo, whom they dropped and he wasted no time taking a run for it into safety not wanting to be involved further.. and now the bullies went directly for the duckling.
Drakey had no chance of knowing what was coming, when suddenly Flash just grabbed the comic book and tore it away. "HEY!" Drakey yelled. "Don't do that!" he looked up and his face suddenly faltered by the sight of the five bullies.
"Well well." Flash grinned. "If it isn't little Drakey Mallard? And what's this?" Flash looked at the stolen good. "A comic book! only nerds reads comic books!"
"Could I... Could I have it back then?" Drake asked hopefully yet it was evident that Drakey didn't really believe in such a prospect himself. "Please?" he at last added.
And that single little word just made the entire gang laugh out loud.
"Fat chance." Flash grinned as he took a hold on the comic book with both his hands. "I wonder what would happen if I.. erh." he grinned and then suddenly ripped the comic book.
"NO!" Drakey shrieked as he jumped up. "Give it back! Give it back!" he jumped up and down
"Oh so he's upset now?" Flash grinned and ripped the comic an extra turn.
Horrified Drakey gasped holding his hands up to his face.
"More ripping?" Flash asked in a grin.
Drake shook his head as he starred wide-eyed at the taller bully.
"Well to bad!" And Flash ripped it the entire way through.
"NO!" Drakey yelled horrified, before his eyes turned angry as he looked up at Flash. "I give you for that!" he shouted. "I'll teach you!" he jumped forward only to be grabbed by two bullies.. he struggled for a while, then suddenly realized who he was.. Drake the dweep.. and whatever energy he had had beforehand, left him as he slunk together and sniffed as he looked down in the ground.. hating being so weak.
"Oh, so he's crying to now?" Flash asked.
"No-no." Drakey sniffed, obviously keeping back tears.
"Come on, cry." Flash asked of him. "Let it out cry baby."
"I.. am not a cry baby.. Derek Blunt wouldn't cry.. super pig wouldn't cry.. the avenger wouldn't cry." he swallowed trying to hold it back but failed as he sniffed and a tear escaped his eye.
"HAHAHA!" Flash laughed as he pushed Drakey down on the ground.. just in time for the bell to ring, and everyone started running inside.
Everyone but Drake who tried to stop sniffing, but was still failing so miserable at it. "Avenger wouldn't cry.. even if he's ripped apart laying on the ground." he mumbled looking down at the torn about comic book. "You heroes are better than that." Drake mumbled as he picked up the remaining pieces. "Hey, this isn't so bad." he looked at the comic book in his hands. "It'll just take some tape and you'll be as good as new!" he gladly exclaimed. "And then the Avenger will make it out all right by the end, cause he always does! he never turns down a fight, never gives up! boy I wish there were superheroes in real life." Drakey sighed before he suddenly realized that he was running late. "YIKES!" he exclaimed as he jumped up. "Mrs. Ross is going to have my head for this one!" he panicked as he ran inside of school.
And let this be my lesson to you kids, don't bully people around you because in the end they'll just become either a crazy super villain or a crazy superhero, or even worse... the kid you bullied in school turns out to be your new dentist! this has been known to happen!