Origin-part two

As night fell, Leo reached Osborn Chemical. It was easy to slip past the sleeping guard.

First, Leo went to his father's office and lab to reminisce. The office was cleaned out, but the lab still had one rack of liquid projects, notes and substances. Leo noticed the one rack; his father had told him that those chemicals were going to make him famous. Leo never knew what it was though.

"What is this?" said a voice from behind.

Leo turned to see Daniel Carwright standing in the doorway.

"Why are you here?" he asked.

Leo hesitated, but then gathered his strength and said, "I came to ask you about my father."

"What do you want to know? That I ordered some thug to murder your father, so I could take over the business and get all you're father's fortune and fame? Is that what you want to hear? I know it's what you think."

Leo couldn't think of anything to say. He began to get nervous as three large men came up behind Carwright.

"Well, let me just say, Leo Osborn, you were right."

The shock he thought he would expect, but it still blew him away. He staggered backwards and leaned on his father's desk.

Directing his attention to the thugs, Carwright said, "Take care of him, make sure his body can not be found any where, then we'll cover it up to look like a runaway." He turned back to Leo. "You should of left it alone, Leo. This is your fault."

"You'll get yours Carwright. I don't know when or how, but you will get yours." Leo growled again letting his anger take control.

The scientist laughed. He laughed so hard he had to lean against a wall. "How can I get mine, when all of New York think I am the epitome of the perfect working man. Everyone is envious of me and I cover my tracks too well. No one will ever know what happens on the inside of Osborn Chemical." He paused and made another short laugh. "I mean, Carwright Chemical."

Leo lunged for Carwright, but the three thugs intercepted him. Carwright left the men to beat and kill Leo.

The poor Osborn boy raised his hands in defense and in attempt to plead with the men. Before he had a chance, one of them punched him in the stomach, knocking the wind out of him. The next man kneed him in the chin. Blood dripped from Leo's mouth onto the floor and he fell to his knees, coughing and gasping for air.

'Why do people have to be this way?' his mind cried out, 'The world is so cruel!'

Finally, the last thug picked Leo up and threw him across the room into his father's rack of chemicals.

"Man! Look what you did! We're not supposed to screw anything up, stupid ass!" the leader of the thugs yelled to the one that just destroyed the last of Norman's projects with Leo's body.

"Forget about it," the other thug said, lighting a cigarette, "the boss can take care of it."

The leader smacked the cigarette out of the man's mouth, "Don't smoke in here!"

The cigarette landed in a puddle of chemicals that flowed from their now broken containers and the floor caught on fire.

"Oh, great." The leader mumbled.

The fire grew at incredible speed.

One thug cried out, "Quick, let's put it out!"

"No way!" the other yelled, "That shit's unstable, I'm outta here!"

"You said it!" the leader agreed.

And the three thugs ran from the room.

Leo watched helplessly as the fire grew closer and closer to him. He was too weak and beaten to move, so he lay in a pile of broken glass and spilled substances awaiting his death.



The three thugs managed to make it out of the building, the sleeping guard who was awaken by their screaming made it out as well. Then the thugs ran to Carwright, who was just getting into his car.

"Boss!" the leader yelled, getting his attention, "We have a problem!"

Before Carwright could say anything at all, the left side of the Osborn Chemical exploded into a flaming ball of smoke.

His jaw dropped and was speechless at first. But then Carwright said, "Humor me, what the hell happened?!"

The leader chuckled, "Well, you see it's kind of a funny story."

As the thug explained what happened, fallen debris and fire drowned Leo as he let out his last breath of life.

To be continued

Next chapter- Who were the Osborns?