She was once a former killer for The True
Believers, but now do to a change of beliefs, she now seeks to find
the true path of a warrior.
SHE IS THE DRAGONFLY
Alternate Marvel presents:
Dragonfly The Series
Written by:
Michael Edwards
"Enter the trial's of life"
Shin's Dojo San Francisco China town,
______________________________________
As the wind blows through the silent night and children prepare for
bed. There is one restless soul who is facing her greatest challenge yet her new sensei. They race across the dim lit room with sweat pouring down their faces and the itching sensation of the blind folds bearing on their thoughts yet they must keep their senses sharp for if this was a real battle they would surely lose their heads. In this dojo we find two fighters battling one of them the sensei the other the pupil. The Dojo has been apart of Chinatown for 20 years now and many kids have trained here before they went on their path to become a true martial artist one such person has returned to relearn what she has been taught to find the meaning in her life her name is Meiko Yin and she was the True Believers top assassin.
Teaching this lesson is Yamato Shin an elderly man with long white
hair and lithe build. For twenty years he has given lessons to those
who wanted to pursue the path of a martial artist. And ten years ago
Meiko was one of those students.
The room of the dojo in which they train is covered with ancient
artifacts and all kinds of warm feelings of home. While the tile
floors are covered in the tears of those who have never passed the
agonizing trials, but tonight may be Sensei Shin's lucky night for
Meiko is one of exceptional skill and this lesson may serve the pupil
more then the master.
Waiting silently and patiently Meiko let's her other four senses guide
her. She listens to the wind howling and the faint sound of footsteps
and she can smell the aroma of the incense that Shin lit up all over
the room to mask his scent, which was reminiscent of the sea.
"Master this trial is well equipped I think I have actually met
my match, but I am not with out my own reserves" Meiko says as she can hear Master Shin's sandals make contact with the floor each time he moves though the footsteps are ever so slightly. Now she knows that she must strike.
Shin slowly moves up on Meiko. His countless years of experience and
highly trained instincts have guided him to his prey.
Like a wild animal he lunges at her with extreme ferocity aiming his
bokken at Meiko's throat.
" Not today Master!" Meiko said
Dodging the glancing blow Meiko strikes her master straight in the
gut leveling him to his knees and then raises her bokken {1}.
"ENOUGH!" Shin gasps as he was hunched over in pain
"These past few weeks you have improved immeasurably under my
teaching, but I feel you still have ways to go before you conquer
your inner demons." He manages to get out as he tries to catch his
breath.
Meiko looks away from Shin and then replies
"I am fine these past events haven't really affected me that much."
Meiko
Shin stands up and comes with in eye level with her.
"My child you have bottled up your emotions and refuse to share your
pain with others these could lead to your undoing."
Meiko drops her bokken and walks to her duffel bag and pulls out her
clothes she then turns to her master.
"If death is what my future holds then I will be eagerly awaiting its
presence," She tells him as she heads to the sauna room and takes
a shower then she goes to the changing room and changes into her
street clothes.
Shin waits patiently for her to walk out and when she finally does he
stops her.
"Be careful out there and don't take to long your cousin Angela is
coming for a visit." Shin said as he looks into her emotionless eyes
"Why is she coming here?" She said contemplating why Angela would
take such a gamble.
"It could be dangerous The True Believers have signed a contract for
my head, she could get hurt master." She said as grabbed her purse.
"Don't worry Little Flower I have taken precautions so she will not
be in any danger."
"How can I ever repay you master?" she said
"There must be some way to repay your kindness and your generosity."
Shin wraps his arms around her and hugs her
"There is no need to if was not for you I would not still be here."
Shin says
A small smile forms on Meiko's face and she then walks off and out
into the night to think about the past few weeks spent here in china
town.
As Meiko had left Shin begins to clean up and thinks up when he first
trained her and how she couldn't past the four trails of mastery yet
now she aced every one of them.
"My little flower how you have grown!" He says and then goes back to
cleaning up the dojo.
Somewhere in China Town,
________________________
"My life has been a journey to become a martial artist yet, now I
have been told the path I followed was the wrong one and that
everything I was trained to believe was a lie." She says
Meiko frowns when suddenly she notices the old malt shop that she
use to go to with Karsano her ex-lover
"I wonder if Hoang {2} still owns the malt shop?" Meiko asks herself
Meiko decides to walk in seeing old man Hoang's son Hong behind the
counter with a big grin on his face.
"What can I get you miss?"
"Hong you can't tell me you don't remember me?"
Hong then looks closely at her and realizes who she is.
"Aunt Meiko! How have you been? Do you what your usual?" Hong asks
Hong looks at his Aunt Meiko and notices she has grown a lot over the
years.
"I have been fine young one and how is old man Hoang?" she asks
"Oh my dad's been hanging with some blond Viking guy lately so he
left me to take care of the shop." He said as he noticed his Aunt
Meiko was very beautiful
Hong started to scratch his head because he had this weird sensation
he was forgetting something.
"Well it's nice to know some things don't change, no?" she said as
she waited for her malt
"Yeah my dad is always hanging with some body first it was that devil
guy who was pretty cool then those Thunderbolts that every one is
talking about and now some Viking dude." He said as he kept trying to
think of what he was forgetting
"Well any ways how is Samantha?" she said and then looked for the
money that she needed to pay for her malt
"My cat? Well uh!" Hong grins sheepishly
"My dad took her with him and she got struck by lightning." He said
as he leaned on the counter
"The poor thing!" Meiko said
Meiko put her hand on Hong's shoulder
"Is she okay?" she asks Hong as he wipes off the counter and then
sits on the stool next to her trying to think of what he is
forgetting.
"Yeah she is okay" Hong chuckles.
"The poor girl was lucky only it's hair was singed off and that she
didn't receive any injury." He said
" She will need Rogaine after this though." He laughs,
"Yes indeed, can I have my malt now please?" she says
Hong slaps himself on the face
"D'oh, I forget let me go get it for ya!" Hong says and then goes
back to the malt machine to make one up for her.
Meiko then stares out the window listening to the music playing on
the radio when a news bulletin comes on.
"This just in the police captured three men dressed up some weird green
get up's. The men are suspects of the robbery of the national bank more on this when we continue." The radio announcer said as the music came back on
"The True Believers!" Meiko said with a look of worry on her face.
Meiko then dashes out the door and races back to the dojo just as
Hong walks up with her malt.
"Aunt Meiko?" Hong says as he walks up and sees his Aunt is gone.
Mean While Shin's Dojo,
________________________
The True Believers had escaped police custody and ran into the first
place they could find little did they realize that they were at
Meiko's hide out.
"Okay old man tell us were you keep your car and give us all your
money other wise we will break your face" the tall ninja said as he held
Shin by the throat.
The ninja holding Shin was very tall and slimmer then the other while
the other two ninjas were only as tall as Master Shin but they had a
bulkier build.
"Hurry up before we could get caught Robert!" one of the two shorter
ninjas said
"We don't have anything to worry about the avengers don't
patrol these area and The West Coasters are missing {3}" the other
short one said
Suddenly the ninja's hear a noise and when two short ones go to look
they end up getting hit by a black shadow and knocked out cold.
"What's going on Jimmy? Billy?" {4} Robert said
there was no answer
"Okay old man we are getting out of here." He said as he tried to
drag Master Shin when suddenly he heard a scream from the shadows
STOP RIGHT THERE!!!!!!!
"W... w... Who said that?"
"Me!" Meiko said as she jumped out of the shadows and cornered the ninja.
With two swift movements Robert is laid out and lying on his back
before he can make a move.
"Master will you be all right?" She asks
"Yes, Yes, But you must go you don't need to get spotted got
Henry Chin he will give you a place to stay." Master Shin says
"What about Angela?" she asks with slight sound of emotion in her
voice
"Don't worry about it I will take care of everything trust me child."
Shin said
"By the way it seems you are more human then you care to admit" Shin
said as he smiles at Meiko
Meiko frowns and then replies to him
"Very well master." She says
with that Meiko jumps out into the night to find Henry Chin her uncle
and friend.
1. Bokken is a wooden sword used to train apprentice's samurai's
2.Hoang is the name of our favorite DD writer
3.Check out Alternate Marvel's West Coast Avengers to find out what
has been happening with them.
4. Billy and Jimmy are the names I took from one of my favorite games
Double Dragon
Believers, but now do to a change of beliefs, she now seeks to find
the true path of a warrior.
SHE IS THE DRAGONFLY
Alternate Marvel presents:
Dragonfly The Series
Written by:
Michael Edwards
"Enter the trial's of life"
Shin's Dojo San Francisco China town,
______________________________________
As the wind blows through the silent night and children prepare for
bed. There is one restless soul who is facing her greatest challenge yet her new sensei. They race across the dim lit room with sweat pouring down their faces and the itching sensation of the blind folds bearing on their thoughts yet they must keep their senses sharp for if this was a real battle they would surely lose their heads. In this dojo we find two fighters battling one of them the sensei the other the pupil. The Dojo has been apart of Chinatown for 20 years now and many kids have trained here before they went on their path to become a true martial artist one such person has returned to relearn what she has been taught to find the meaning in her life her name is Meiko Yin and she was the True Believers top assassin.
Teaching this lesson is Yamato Shin an elderly man with long white
hair and lithe build. For twenty years he has given lessons to those
who wanted to pursue the path of a martial artist. And ten years ago
Meiko was one of those students.
The room of the dojo in which they train is covered with ancient
artifacts and all kinds of warm feelings of home. While the tile
floors are covered in the tears of those who have never passed the
agonizing trials, but tonight may be Sensei Shin's lucky night for
Meiko is one of exceptional skill and this lesson may serve the pupil
more then the master.
Waiting silently and patiently Meiko let's her other four senses guide
her. She listens to the wind howling and the faint sound of footsteps
and she can smell the aroma of the incense that Shin lit up all over
the room to mask his scent, which was reminiscent of the sea.
"Master this trial is well equipped I think I have actually met
my match, but I am not with out my own reserves" Meiko says as she can hear Master Shin's sandals make contact with the floor each time he moves though the footsteps are ever so slightly. Now she knows that she must strike.
Shin slowly moves up on Meiko. His countless years of experience and
highly trained instincts have guided him to his prey.
Like a wild animal he lunges at her with extreme ferocity aiming his
bokken at Meiko's throat.
" Not today Master!" Meiko said
Dodging the glancing blow Meiko strikes her master straight in the
gut leveling him to his knees and then raises her bokken {1}.
"ENOUGH!" Shin gasps as he was hunched over in pain
"These past few weeks you have improved immeasurably under my
teaching, but I feel you still have ways to go before you conquer
your inner demons." He manages to get out as he tries to catch his
breath.
Meiko looks away from Shin and then replies
"I am fine these past events haven't really affected me that much."
Meiko
Shin stands up and comes with in eye level with her.
"My child you have bottled up your emotions and refuse to share your
pain with others these could lead to your undoing."
Meiko drops her bokken and walks to her duffel bag and pulls out her
clothes she then turns to her master.
"If death is what my future holds then I will be eagerly awaiting its
presence," She tells him as she heads to the sauna room and takes
a shower then she goes to the changing room and changes into her
street clothes.
Shin waits patiently for her to walk out and when she finally does he
stops her.
"Be careful out there and don't take to long your cousin Angela is
coming for a visit." Shin said as he looks into her emotionless eyes
"Why is she coming here?" She said contemplating why Angela would
take such a gamble.
"It could be dangerous The True Believers have signed a contract for
my head, she could get hurt master." She said as grabbed her purse.
"Don't worry Little Flower I have taken precautions so she will not
be in any danger."
"How can I ever repay you master?" she said
"There must be some way to repay your kindness and your generosity."
Shin wraps his arms around her and hugs her
"There is no need to if was not for you I would not still be here."
Shin says
A small smile forms on Meiko's face and she then walks off and out
into the night to think about the past few weeks spent here in china
town.
As Meiko had left Shin begins to clean up and thinks up when he first
trained her and how she couldn't past the four trails of mastery yet
now she aced every one of them.
"My little flower how you have grown!" He says and then goes back to
cleaning up the dojo.
Somewhere in China Town,
________________________
"My life has been a journey to become a martial artist yet, now I
have been told the path I followed was the wrong one and that
everything I was trained to believe was a lie." She says
Meiko frowns when suddenly she notices the old malt shop that she
use to go to with Karsano her ex-lover
"I wonder if Hoang {2} still owns the malt shop?" Meiko asks herself
Meiko decides to walk in seeing old man Hoang's son Hong behind the
counter with a big grin on his face.
"What can I get you miss?"
"Hong you can't tell me you don't remember me?"
Hong then looks closely at her and realizes who she is.
"Aunt Meiko! How have you been? Do you what your usual?" Hong asks
Hong looks at his Aunt Meiko and notices she has grown a lot over the
years.
"I have been fine young one and how is old man Hoang?" she asks
"Oh my dad's been hanging with some blond Viking guy lately so he
left me to take care of the shop." He said as he noticed his Aunt
Meiko was very beautiful
Hong started to scratch his head because he had this weird sensation
he was forgetting something.
"Well it's nice to know some things don't change, no?" she said as
she waited for her malt
"Yeah my dad is always hanging with some body first it was that devil
guy who was pretty cool then those Thunderbolts that every one is
talking about and now some Viking dude." He said as he kept trying to
think of what he was forgetting
"Well any ways how is Samantha?" she said and then looked for the
money that she needed to pay for her malt
"My cat? Well uh!" Hong grins sheepishly
"My dad took her with him and she got struck by lightning." He said
as he leaned on the counter
"The poor thing!" Meiko said
Meiko put her hand on Hong's shoulder
"Is she okay?" she asks Hong as he wipes off the counter and then
sits on the stool next to her trying to think of what he is
forgetting.
"Yeah she is okay" Hong chuckles.
"The poor girl was lucky only it's hair was singed off and that she
didn't receive any injury." He said
" She will need Rogaine after this though." He laughs,
"Yes indeed, can I have my malt now please?" she says
Hong slaps himself on the face
"D'oh, I forget let me go get it for ya!" Hong says and then goes
back to the malt machine to make one up for her.
Meiko then stares out the window listening to the music playing on
the radio when a news bulletin comes on.
"This just in the police captured three men dressed up some weird green
get up's. The men are suspects of the robbery of the national bank more on this when we continue." The radio announcer said as the music came back on
"The True Believers!" Meiko said with a look of worry on her face.
Meiko then dashes out the door and races back to the dojo just as
Hong walks up with her malt.
"Aunt Meiko?" Hong says as he walks up and sees his Aunt is gone.
Mean While Shin's Dojo,
________________________
The True Believers had escaped police custody and ran into the first
place they could find little did they realize that they were at
Meiko's hide out.
"Okay old man tell us were you keep your car and give us all your
money other wise we will break your face" the tall ninja said as he held
Shin by the throat.
The ninja holding Shin was very tall and slimmer then the other while
the other two ninjas were only as tall as Master Shin but they had a
bulkier build.
"Hurry up before we could get caught Robert!" one of the two shorter
ninjas said
"We don't have anything to worry about the avengers don't
patrol these area and The West Coasters are missing {3}" the other
short one said
Suddenly the ninja's hear a noise and when two short ones go to look
they end up getting hit by a black shadow and knocked out cold.
"What's going on Jimmy? Billy?" {4} Robert said
there was no answer
"Okay old man we are getting out of here." He said as he tried to
drag Master Shin when suddenly he heard a scream from the shadows
STOP RIGHT THERE!!!!!!!
"W... w... Who said that?"
"Me!" Meiko said as she jumped out of the shadows and cornered the ninja.
With two swift movements Robert is laid out and lying on his back
before he can make a move.
"Master will you be all right?" She asks
"Yes, Yes, But you must go you don't need to get spotted got
Henry Chin he will give you a place to stay." Master Shin says
"What about Angela?" she asks with slight sound of emotion in her
voice
"Don't worry about it I will take care of everything trust me child."
Shin said
"By the way it seems you are more human then you care to admit" Shin
said as he smiles at Meiko
Meiko frowns and then replies to him
"Very well master." She says
with that Meiko jumps out into the night to find Henry Chin her uncle
and friend.
1. Bokken is a wooden sword used to train apprentice's samurai's
2.Hoang is the name of our favorite DD writer
3.Check out Alternate Marvel's West Coast Avengers to find out what
has been happening with them.
4. Billy and Jimmy are the names I took from one of my favorite games
Double Dragon