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Disclaimer: I do not own the Incredible Hulk, and I am not affiliated with anyone who does, but I do own this plot and The Girl.
Chapter 1
My name is Bruce Banner, and I have a most unusual life. Deep inside of me there is a force of nature that I carefully keep under wraps to protect those around me. This is not always easy to do, as something as simple as losing my temper will trigger a transformation, unlocking my personal beast.
From the very first time I became the hulk, I was never fully cognizant of the things around me. There was just the primal instinct to destroy whatever was a threat, and protect Betty at all costs. Only the sound of her voice brought any sense to my warped world, calming me enough to suppress the hulk and regain my humanity. At least if I had any left.
Beep beep beep beep beep…
I looked down at my pulse monitor, taking deep breaths to try and relax. What was the cause of my stress? A traffic jam and an extremely impatient driver behind me. It's silly, isn't it? Something that would normally not really bend me out of shape is awakening a rage that was sleeping deep within me. I was never one for road rage, but this was getting ridiculous. There was something wrong with the traffic lights at the four way intersection just ahead of me, and people were getting…disgruntled, to put it mildly.
I shifted myself into a more comfortable position on my bike, waiting for the problem to be fixed when the ever-so-patient driver behind me decided that bicycle riders have no rights on city streets. I looked back as he honked at me, making gestures for me to get out of the way so he could move up. When I refused he bumped the back of my bike with his fender. By now I was seriously getting angry, my pulse rapidly scaling to the breaking point when he decided to start screaming at me like a lunatic.
A very bad idea. If he wanted to see ugly, it would only take a few seconds to reveal it in its entirety. I could feel the hulk breaking loose from his sleep as I fruitlessly attempted to calm down. As I turned away to look at the sidewalk, I could see my reflection in the glass of a business; it was turning a familiar shade of green, but there was something else. I watched as a tiny girl walked by, slowing to look directly at me. Her cerulean eyes pierced my own, and she half-smiled, exposing an elongated fang. I don't know if it was my heightened senses, or just my imagination, but I could have sworn she growled at me.
Suddenly I felt a change in my body, the green fading away to reveal my pale skin, my beastly half relaxing and falling back into slumber. I turned to look at the girl again, but in the two seconds I looked away, she was gone. There was no trace of her on any part of the sidewalk, or in the nearby businesses. Where had she gone? And more importantly, what power did she have to push back the hulk into slumber? Could she be a cure for my malady?
Perhaps it was just a figment of my imagination. I don't think so, but even if it was, I owe her the lives of many humans that I could have ended. If I ever get to see her again, I will thank her profusely for caging back my monster. But more importantly, I must know how she managed to temporarily quell the rage within me.
If she is the antidote, I will find her.
And there is the end of Chapter 1. Review and I will post the next chapter.