Spider-Man vs The Blue Scorpion -
Chapter 4 – Mad Jong Pan'Ye -
Vietnam War, 1965 ...
A large factory exploded in a huge ball of flame and dirt. Large chunks of flaming wood fell to the ground as villagers screamed in panic. Another two huge blasts hit the center of the village, shaking the Earth and sending mounds of dirt into the sky. A young scientist named Jong Pan'Ye ran around in panic looking for his parents. The screams and whistles of bombs falling sent shivers through his body. His mom and dad had gone to the far side of town to visit the only doctor available in the area. He dodged screaming villagers as another bomb completely obliterated a house to his right sending a large group of people flying to the ground including himself. He lost his hearing and bearings for a moment as he regained consciousness to see his next door neighbor staring at him with dead eyes, with a blood soaked head.
BOOM !! More bombs tore apart the village, the Americans seemed to have an unlimited amount of bombs. He got to his feet and ran as fast as he could to the end of the main dirt road. He dropped to his knees when he rounded the corner. Tears rolled down his cheeks as he saw the doctors house completely torn apart in flames. More deafening explosions and debris were flying all around him, it seemed like the end of the world was right here, the four horseman of the apocalypse were destroying his town and he couldn't do anything about it.
Jong Pan'Ye slowly looked around the area as more houses blew up like leaves in a windstorm, people were crying, torn up bodies and parts of human flesh stuck to burning pieces of wood and debris. He whipped his head back and screamed to the heavens. The bombing continued for several more minutes until the village was completely destroyed. There were merely a handful of survivors, including him. He walked to the edge of the village with a dirt splattered face only to see a group of troops approach the village, they were too late to save anyone. The planes were long gone.
That's when he met the Warlord that would change his life forever. Tu Mak Pao offered him revenge on the men responsible for his parents death. He supplied a laboratory with human subjects who were too old, or too ill to fight any longer. The experiments were provided to him by another scientist who had worked on a Super Soldier program in the early sixties but couldn't get it quite right. Jong Pan'Ye started out curing the ill, healing the wounded. This upset Tu Mak Pao who wanted the Super Soldier program moved at an accelerated pace and nothing else. Jong spent the next two years conducting experiments to create a Super Soldier, he killed hundreds of innocent lives in the process and the tag MAD was added to his name by the locals. The Warlord became upset that no Super Soldier had been made and ordered Mad Jong Pan'Ye to be executed, but Jong had a small army of mercenaries working for him by this time and they fought off capture for two weeks. The Warlord eventually caught him and shot him in the face.
After being rescued later on by his own men and healed, he went into hiding for a long time.
When he heard news of the death of Tu Mak Pao in the jungle, he continued his experiments in a secret laboratory under the ground. Years went by and the Vietnam War had ended, he was eventually contacted by a man simply known as The Master, an American who provided him with an unlimited cash flow. He could now add robotics to assist in his experiments, he even upgraded his torn off jaw to a more realistic synthetic rubber. His goal was to get revenge on the Americans, now his goal was to create this Super Soldier he had become obsessed with, getting help from The Master.
Present day...
Mad Jong Pan'Ye stood at the large picture window looking out to the thirty acre front yard of a huge white mansion on a tree filled hill. He could hear the hired husband and wife eating in the background, scraping they're plates scooping up carrots and potatoes. If only I could taste again.
He watched the flatbed truck approach the huge Iron gate in the distance. The truck had a large crate covered with a dark green tarp on the back. Is it finally here?
He pressed a green button next to the front door to allow access to the driveway. He then walked through the kitchen observing the fake family eating as he passed by. The husband raised his head and nodded to him. What an imbecile, paid to pretend he's a husband to that beautiful blond woman, The Master certainly has every base covered. He ignored the fake husband and walked down the stairs to a dark laundry room. He opened the washer and pressed a button on the inside lip of the drum. The dryer on the other side of the room made a rumble noise as it folded into the wall revealing a staircase. He strolled down the stairs into his underground workshop filled with equipment, lab tools, hundreds of beakers, computers and mechanized moving machinery. Not as organized as my last workshop.
" Back it up ! " A G-Dak gang member growled at his friend who was navigating the flatbed truck. They pulled the truck in front of a large twelve car garage and now had to back the truck into the open garage door. The driver was having trouble getting the truck into the door. The G-Dak gang were the largest gang in New York City, they were easily identified by the black hoodies with a dark red G engraved on the side of the hood. The Master liked this gang the most because of the sheer numbers, he provided them with a heavy cash flow to keep the police busy during the past few weeks.
Especially today, so they wouldn't patrol near the docks, where important crates were being shipped in from over seas.
" Well, congratulations dirt bag, we finally made it. " His friend continued to tease him as he shut the truck down inside the huge empty garage, the truck made a final whine noise then a rattle before the garage fell completely silent.
The garage door slowly closed leaving them in the dark. Both the gang members didn't breath a word to each other as they sat there in the pitch blackness of the garage. The driver fumbled around for the dome light near the steering wheel, he pressed a button only to hear the wipers squeak repeatedly on the windshield. He turned off the wipers and felt for the dome light again, he found a round knob and turned it, the dome light came on illuminating the cab of the truck in a pale yellow color.
" Ahh ! " The driver let out a pathetic scream as a he saw a shadowy face of Mad Jong Pan'Ye standing next to his window.
" R-Roll down your window Kade. " His nervous friend advised.
The driver rolled down his window. The mad scientist simply stood there staring at the two men for awhile, he was standing on the step next to the door so he was inches away from the drivers face. Then the two gang members shook as the scientist spoke.
" Leave, I will handle things from here. " His voice sounded robotic as his mouth opened and closed like a bad animatronic display seen at a run down carnival featuring a long dead president.
" Y-yes sir! " The driver responded and quickly piled out the passenger side door with his friend. They stumbled they're way out the side door out of sight.
" The Master thanks you! " Mad Jong Pan'Ye called out after them, but they were long gone.
He jumped down from the step and brushed away his long white hair from his eyes as he landed. Now to unwrap my Super Soldier, I feel like a kid again. The day has finally come, I can't wait to see him in action.
He opened a small metal door on the wall and hit a series of buttons, the back half of the floor opened up revealing a long driveway into the ground. A whirring noise followed and a fork lift type robot appeared from the hole ready to accept commands.
" Take the crate into the workshop. " Jong ordered the robot.
" Please-repeat-command! " The fork lift bot responded in barely audible English.
" Take crate into workshop! " Jong ordered in a louder tone this time.
" Please-repeat-command! " The fork lift bot stood still awaiting orders.
I knew I should have programmed this thing with my own voice instead of an automated
computer voice, it barely recognizes my OWN robotic voice box.
" Take. Crate. To. Workshop. " Jong said slowly.
" Affirmative! Taking crate to workshop! " The robot quickly sprung into action snapping the ropes and sliding the crate off of the truck, it then picked up the crate effortlessly and began to drive down the secret driveway into the ground.
"Good boy. " Jong said walking behind the fork lift bot. The robot quickly stopped and turned around to face the mad scientist.
" Please-repeat-command! "
The mad scientist stared at the large crate sitting in the middle of his workshop. He grabbed a crowbar and pried the side of the front lid until it gave in and fell to the floor with a loud bang sending dust into the air.
Inside the crate were boxes of ammunition and two large metal containers with a round hole in the top of each one. I see, no Super Soldier yet. I should unload these precious items and check out the shape these robotics are in.
After an hour of unloading the crate his cell phone rang near his glass beakers. Mad Jong walked over wiping the beads of sweat from his forehead and answered the phone.
" Hello Master. "
" Hello Jong Pan'Ye. I suspect you may be a little more than disappointed that you do not have your Super soldier yet. " A deep disguised voice asked him.
" Yes, I was expecting him to arrive today. " Jong answered sounding depressed.
" Do not worry. There is a delay at the docks with his crate, an undercover police detective is snooping around there. Apparently there was a crate here last week that had fifty refugees smuggled inside. He is of no concern, your crate will arrive at eight in the morning. I hope you are prepared for his arrival. " The deep disguised voice cut off for a moment for a loud beeping sound to scramble the signal.
" Yes. I will be ready, Master. " Jong heard The Master breathing on the other end of the line, he expected him to say more but the line was disconnected.
Until eight it is then.
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