Chapter 1

Running through the woods, Bruce was using his knuckles to help him keep balance and momentum. That is one of the advantages of being a recumbent with the DNA of a silverback gorilla, making him far stronger than any of the other recumbent, even stronger than the Erasers. He also has rhino DNA in his system, which helps because he has even more strength, a horn to help bulldoze things down, and extremely thick skin, like a rhino's hide.

Damn Erasers, Bruce thought as he gets close to a tree and grabs a branch. He then swings into the tree due to his momentum and lands on one of the higher branches. Always chasing me. I have not had a run like that in a long, long time, Bruce thought to himself, panting and trying to catch his breath. I'm so freaking tired of running. Even though I am way smarter than the Erasers, these werewolf wannabes always know where to find me. I can't believe that I'm forty-freaking-seven, with an intelligence level higher than Einstein, and I haven't figured out a way to get these things of my tail. Brice then looks around to see if any erasers had either caught up or were following him.

*snap* Bruce snapped out of his train of thought and looked in the direction that he heard the sound. The creator of the sound was below him, but more towards his right. *crunch* Bruce crouched into a squat position to become less visible to anything that might be looking for him.

I wonder who this is, Bruce thought to himself as he saw two kids walk by holding hands. Unless those erasers show up and ruin this couple's evening together, I'll stay out of their way and just watch what happens. I'll give them privacy if they do anything else that I don't need to see.

Bruce keeps an eye on the young couple and reminisces about his wife and the good times they had together before she was taken from him, along with their only child. As he remembers what happens, he lets a small streak of tears come out from one of his eyes. I hate it when I cry. I always felt it was a sign of weakness, but I know it isn't weakness. As Gil Grissom from the T.V. series, CSI:, said one time, "Those with the most power know when to relinquish it."

"No, stop it Derrick!" yelled the girl. "I said I wasn't ready to go this far with our relationship." Bruce wipes the tear streak from his eye and sees that the boy, Derrick was starting to advance on the girl in a way that she didn't like.

"I thought you were ready, Amy," said Derrick, a cold smirk starting to appear on his face. "The way you are dressed tonight…"-Derrick looks Amy up and down like she was a piece of meat-"… you look like you are ready. Plus, there is no reason to scream for help. We are all alone out here." Derrick's cold smirk turned into an evil grin at the thought of all the fun he could have with Amy.

I need to help this poor girl, Amy, Bruce thought to himself. Bruce silently swings from the tree he is perched on, still checking to see if there are any Erasers nearby (none were there, thank God), and lands on the branch of a tree next to one that was behind Derrick with a light thud. Bruce starts to change back to human as Derrick whips around to see where the thud came from.

"Who's there?" asked Derrick, in a heighted voice, which had a trace of fear in it from being discovered. Nothing replied, so Derrick relaxed and went back to Amy only to realize that she bolted when he turned. "That little witch! How dare she run from me!" Derrick then runs after Amy and tackles her since she only was only able to get a few yards away.

"NO! I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS!!!" Amy exclaimed in a fit of tears and rage for being tackled to the ground. "I'M SAVING MYSELF FOR MARRIAGE!" She tries to claw herself out of Derrick's grip, but he is far stronger than her.

"I always get what I want, Amy," said Derrick coldly, with an evil, sadistic grin on his face. He then flips Amy onto her back and starts to forcibly undress her.

Bruce then drops to the ground silently, then both quickly and silently, moves until he is standing behind Derrick. "That is enough, Derrick. She said she doesn't want to have sex until marriage." Amy's eyes go as wide as a deer in the headlights and then pass out when she sees me.

Derrick turns around and looks at me. "Why should I listen to you, old man? You are not my father and I always do what I want, when I want." He turns back around and tries to remove some more of Amy's clothes.

"That won't be going on tonight," Bruce said. Bruce then grabs Derrick by the collar and lifts Derrick up to his eyelevel, which is pretty high since Derrick is only about 5 feet, 9 inches tall and Bruce is about 7 feet, 5 inches tall.

Derrick looks at Bruce with horror at what is happening. "What….. are you….. g-g-g-going to do to me?" Derrick stammered as he finally realized that his old man was much bigger and much, much stronger than him.

"Not much," Bruce said, calmly and angrily at the same time. "Just this right here." Bruce then turns Derrick around, puts his arm around Derrick's neck while immobilizing one of Derrick's arms with his free hand, and starts to put Derrick into a sleeper hold. Once Derrick passes out from the oxygen loss due to the hold, Bruce picks Derrick up and puts him over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. Bruce then walks over to the passed out Amy and scoops her up into a cradle position with his remaining arm. He cuddles her close to his chest to give her a feeling of protection. "I'll make sure that you are taken care well of, Amy," Bruce whispers into her ear as he began walking towards the city.