Striving to be the best Young Meiko Yin fell in with the wrong crowd
and ended in up in a clan of Ninja Killers knows the True Believers.
Now struggling with her past Meiko must forge ahead with an iron will
to learn the true meaning of being a warrior. Meiko Yin is The
Dragonfly
Alternate Marvel presents:
Dragonfly
By
Michael Edwards
Issue 2: Tides of the Tempest
In our last issue Meiko was getting reacquainted with her
friends in Chinatown when suddenly The True Believers made their
presence known and now Meiko must discover what their purpose here is
and to keep her cousin safe.
Meiko has been running for the past couple of hours with
sweat pouring down her beautiful face and if it wasn't for the
conditioning she has gone through, she probably would not have made
it this far. She is very tough, she has to be to get through the
pains she has will have to endure.
"I wonder how much longer to uncle Henry's house?" she asked
herself as she kept going past each house looking for the familiar
drive way on which she and Angela used to play.
Henry is one of the people in Chinatown that helped raise
Meiko while she trained with Yamato Shin. Henry was a short, heavyset
man who had deep brown eyes and long gray beard that went down to his
belly button. Some of the kid's thought that he was Santa Claus
because of how kind he was and his belly resembled the myths of
Santa's large jelly belly.
Meiko jogged for another half of mile till she finally spotted
Uncle Henry's house at the end of the long road.
"I wonder how he is doing after all of this time," she thought to
herself.
She then continued on up to the doorway and knocked on the door.
Meiko looked through the windows to see if Uncle Henry was their till
the door opened and out came a young attractive woman that she did
not recognize.
"Who are you and where is uncle Henry?" she asked completely puzzled
on why this woman was here.
"Meiko? Is that you?" The woman asked as she brushed her hair out of
her face.
"How do you know my name?" she asked and wondered if this was
something was wrong with Uncle Henry.
"It's me Lynn, Karsano's sister you really don't remember me do you?"
she said.
Meiko's face turned pale at this realization and then looked at Lynn,
but she doesn't remember Karsano having a sister.
She realizes that something is amiss here, but what. Until she
figures it out she decided to play along.
"I forget I apologize to you Lynn, but do you mind telling me where
Uncle Henry is?" she asked and felt her hands shaking from what Lynn
told her.
"Uncle Henry.... Passed away a few months ago, I ended up buying his
house and property due to the money Karsano gave me." Lynn said and
noticed that Meiko was shaking due to the cold weather.
Meiko wonders how much this woman knows about Karsano and her.
"Why did you need to see Uncle Henry any ways?" Lynn wondered.
"No, there was no reason really I best get going so long Lynn." She
said and then started to run off when she heard Lynn call out to her.
"Wait Meiko you look tired why don't you stay the night here? I have
a spare bedroom." She said and wondered why Meiko was shaking so
badly.
Meiko wanted to argue against it, but she was exhausted from all the
fighting and running around.
Meiko decided against her better judgment and replied to Lynn's offer.
"Very well I am very tired, where is the room Lynn?" she asked as
Lynn let her in
"Upstairs to the right and I hope you have a good night sleep." Lynn
said and then headed up to bed herself.
After a good night's sleep Meiko woke up in the bedroom that Lynn
gave her. She then goes to the bathroom and cleans herself up.
"I wonder how Yamato is doing and if Angela arrived safely?" Meiko
thought to her self. "I also wonder why these Lynn person didn't try something while I was a sleep?"
After taking a nice cool shower Meiko gets dressed and heads down
stairs for an unexpected breakfast. The thoughts of this unusual ordeal have made her hungry.
"What is this Lynn?" Meiko gasped by the surprise
"Its breakfast I figured you were hungry." Lynn said and then sat
down to eat.
"Oh okay, but you did not have to do this you know." She said as she
sat down to eat.
Meiko then sits down at the table and notices that Lynn is staring at
her and wonders if the food is poison, but she is very hungry so she
takes a bite.
"It doesn't taste like poison." Meiko thought to herself.
Meiko then scarf's down her food and drink's the chocolate milk laid
next to her plate when she sees Angela walking up the drive way. A
sight of joy appears on Meiko's face and she runs outside and gets
her cousin in a bear hug.
"Meiko!" Angela screams with joy as they hug
"Hello my little cousin, how have you been?" she asked as they walk
up the driveway.
"I have doing great though that whole Devil's whatcha ma call it
ruined my new business." She said as she looked at Meiko sadly.
"Well at least you are safe, but where is Master Shin?" Meiko asked
"He said that he had to get his things and he would meet us at the
Tao Pao Restaurant." Angela said and then noticed Meiko was different
some how.
It was by the way she is carrying herself, her mood, and her facial
expression.
"Is something wrong Meiko" Angela asked worried about her cousin.
"No I am fine why do you ask?" Meiko replied.
"No reason I guess." Angela then stares at the ground.
"Very well then we should hurry on to the Tao Pao Restaurant." Meiko
said and started dragging her sister
Angela gets a depressed look on her face
"But cousin I walked all this way!" She whined
Lynn walks out with her purse draped over her shoulder and her keys
in her hand.
"Shall we go?" Lynn said.
"Yes ride in style baby!" Angela said with a look of joy on her face.
"How do you know where we are going?" Meiko asked she had a gut
feeling something was wrong.
"Master Shin called and told me what's going so let's go." She said
and hopped into her van.
Meiko shakes her head in defeat, but she still wonders why she feels
something is wrong.
They all get into the van and head for the Tao Pao restaurant.
"Next stop Tao Pao Restaurant!" Lynn said excitedly
Mean While at Tao Pao Restaurant,
___________________________________
Shin is seating at table waiting for his friends when a beautiful
Asian woman walks up to him with a black dress on and high heels. She
is about five foot six and she was perfect athletic build.
"Is this seat taken mister?" The woman asked.
"Well I am waiting for my friends, but you can sit down if you like."
"Thank you Mister." She seductively.
"Would you like a drink?" Shin said as he eyeballed her.
"Yes a scotch on the rocks please." The woman said
"Waiter!" he called.
Shin waited for the waiter to come around to take their orders, but
in the mean time he decided to learn more about this gorgeous woman
in front of him.
"So Miss?" He said to get her attention.
"It's Asya, I believe that's the question you were going to ask." She
said leaning back in her seat.
"Miss Asya nice name my name is Yamato Shin and I am a teacher of the
martial arts." Shin said as he leaned back in the seat and smiled.
"Ah! A martial artist." She said.
"Are you are fluent with Japanese history and mythology?" She asked.
"Because I am a teacher, a college Professor if you will." She said
as she looked into Shin's eyes.
"I do believe we have more in common then I originally thought cause
I am a fan of Japanese mythology myself because of my Japanese
heritage, but I also have Thai heritage in me too from my mom's
side." He said as they held hands
"I am Korean and part Scottish, but I have always been fascinated
with Mythology and History of all kinds." She said rubbing his hands.
They talk for hours and hours when finally Meiko and her cousin
arrive.
Walking in Meiko, Angela, and Lynn spot master Shin with a beautiful
woman sitting at their table.
" I wonder who that is?" Meiko thought to herself.
Shin got up and introduced the young lady.
" Hello every one this Asya and Asya these are my friends." Shin said.
"Good it seems everything has gone to plan." She says evilly and then snaps her fingers and all forty of the people in restaurant reveal
themselves to be ninja soldiers from The True Believers.
"A trap, so which one of is the traitor?" Meiko asked, but what she
didn't expect was Lynn and Master Shin to step forward.
"I am sorry little flower, but you pose a threat to everything we
have built therefore you must be eliminated." He said
"You said that I was acting more like a human and now I find you
don't even have a heart!" she yells and then spits on him.
"My child I have made a bargain with the true believers so that my
niece Lynn will be spared." He says staring Lynn.
"I thought Lynn was Karsano's sister?" Meiko said puzzled by this
development.
"I lied Meiko I am his wife and we were supposed to leave the
country until he failed killing you." She starts crying and fell to
her knees.
"He failed killing you and we marked for death and they killed our
son, all because of a witch like you!" she screamed.
Those words burned right through Meiko's cast iron heart and she
started to feel remorse for Lynn's loss.
"I am sorry Lynn." Meiko said and then the ninja's tied them up and
shoved them into the van out side.
"Well Yamato I guess your spared for now." She says and then kisses
him.
As she gets in the van Yamato starts convulsing and then dies in
Lynn's arms as they leave.
Lynn lies their cradling him in her arms crying her eyes out watching
the sun set and she makes a vow that Meiko will pay for all that she
has cost her family.
Next Issue: Dr. Tawmis and Mr. J
and ended in up in a clan of Ninja Killers knows the True Believers.
Now struggling with her past Meiko must forge ahead with an iron will
to learn the true meaning of being a warrior. Meiko Yin is The
Dragonfly
Alternate Marvel presents:
Dragonfly
By
Michael Edwards
Issue 2: Tides of the Tempest
In our last issue Meiko was getting reacquainted with her
friends in Chinatown when suddenly The True Believers made their
presence known and now Meiko must discover what their purpose here is
and to keep her cousin safe.
Meiko has been running for the past couple of hours with
sweat pouring down her beautiful face and if it wasn't for the
conditioning she has gone through, she probably would not have made
it this far. She is very tough, she has to be to get through the
pains she has will have to endure.
"I wonder how much longer to uncle Henry's house?" she asked
herself as she kept going past each house looking for the familiar
drive way on which she and Angela used to play.
Henry is one of the people in Chinatown that helped raise
Meiko while she trained with Yamato Shin. Henry was a short, heavyset
man who had deep brown eyes and long gray beard that went down to his
belly button. Some of the kid's thought that he was Santa Claus
because of how kind he was and his belly resembled the myths of
Santa's large jelly belly.
Meiko jogged for another half of mile till she finally spotted
Uncle Henry's house at the end of the long road.
"I wonder how he is doing after all of this time," she thought to
herself.
She then continued on up to the doorway and knocked on the door.
Meiko looked through the windows to see if Uncle Henry was their till
the door opened and out came a young attractive woman that she did
not recognize.
"Who are you and where is uncle Henry?" she asked completely puzzled
on why this woman was here.
"Meiko? Is that you?" The woman asked as she brushed her hair out of
her face.
"How do you know my name?" she asked and wondered if this was
something was wrong with Uncle Henry.
"It's me Lynn, Karsano's sister you really don't remember me do you?"
she said.
Meiko's face turned pale at this realization and then looked at Lynn,
but she doesn't remember Karsano having a sister.
She realizes that something is amiss here, but what. Until she
figures it out she decided to play along.
"I forget I apologize to you Lynn, but do you mind telling me where
Uncle Henry is?" she asked and felt her hands shaking from what Lynn
told her.
"Uncle Henry.... Passed away a few months ago, I ended up buying his
house and property due to the money Karsano gave me." Lynn said and
noticed that Meiko was shaking due to the cold weather.
Meiko wonders how much this woman knows about Karsano and her.
"Why did you need to see Uncle Henry any ways?" Lynn wondered.
"No, there was no reason really I best get going so long Lynn." She
said and then started to run off when she heard Lynn call out to her.
"Wait Meiko you look tired why don't you stay the night here? I have
a spare bedroom." She said and wondered why Meiko was shaking so
badly.
Meiko wanted to argue against it, but she was exhausted from all the
fighting and running around.
Meiko decided against her better judgment and replied to Lynn's offer.
"Very well I am very tired, where is the room Lynn?" she asked as
Lynn let her in
"Upstairs to the right and I hope you have a good night sleep." Lynn
said and then headed up to bed herself.
After a good night's sleep Meiko woke up in the bedroom that Lynn
gave her. She then goes to the bathroom and cleans herself up.
"I wonder how Yamato is doing and if Angela arrived safely?" Meiko
thought to her self. "I also wonder why these Lynn person didn't try something while I was a sleep?"
After taking a nice cool shower Meiko gets dressed and heads down
stairs for an unexpected breakfast. The thoughts of this unusual ordeal have made her hungry.
"What is this Lynn?" Meiko gasped by the surprise
"Its breakfast I figured you were hungry." Lynn said and then sat
down to eat.
"Oh okay, but you did not have to do this you know." She said as she
sat down to eat.
Meiko then sits down at the table and notices that Lynn is staring at
her and wonders if the food is poison, but she is very hungry so she
takes a bite.
"It doesn't taste like poison." Meiko thought to herself.
Meiko then scarf's down her food and drink's the chocolate milk laid
next to her plate when she sees Angela walking up the drive way. A
sight of joy appears on Meiko's face and she runs outside and gets
her cousin in a bear hug.
"Meiko!" Angela screams with joy as they hug
"Hello my little cousin, how have you been?" she asked as they walk
up the driveway.
"I have doing great though that whole Devil's whatcha ma call it
ruined my new business." She said as she looked at Meiko sadly.
"Well at least you are safe, but where is Master Shin?" Meiko asked
"He said that he had to get his things and he would meet us at the
Tao Pao Restaurant." Angela said and then noticed Meiko was different
some how.
It was by the way she is carrying herself, her mood, and her facial
expression.
"Is something wrong Meiko" Angela asked worried about her cousin.
"No I am fine why do you ask?" Meiko replied.
"No reason I guess." Angela then stares at the ground.
"Very well then we should hurry on to the Tao Pao Restaurant." Meiko
said and started dragging her sister
Angela gets a depressed look on her face
"But cousin I walked all this way!" She whined
Lynn walks out with her purse draped over her shoulder and her keys
in her hand.
"Shall we go?" Lynn said.
"Yes ride in style baby!" Angela said with a look of joy on her face.
"How do you know where we are going?" Meiko asked she had a gut
feeling something was wrong.
"Master Shin called and told me what's going so let's go." She said
and hopped into her van.
Meiko shakes her head in defeat, but she still wonders why she feels
something is wrong.
They all get into the van and head for the Tao Pao restaurant.
"Next stop Tao Pao Restaurant!" Lynn said excitedly
Mean While at Tao Pao Restaurant,
___________________________________
Shin is seating at table waiting for his friends when a beautiful
Asian woman walks up to him with a black dress on and high heels. She
is about five foot six and she was perfect athletic build.
"Is this seat taken mister?" The woman asked.
"Well I am waiting for my friends, but you can sit down if you like."
"Thank you Mister." She seductively.
"Would you like a drink?" Shin said as he eyeballed her.
"Yes a scotch on the rocks please." The woman said
"Waiter!" he called.
Shin waited for the waiter to come around to take their orders, but
in the mean time he decided to learn more about this gorgeous woman
in front of him.
"So Miss?" He said to get her attention.
"It's Asya, I believe that's the question you were going to ask." She
said leaning back in her seat.
"Miss Asya nice name my name is Yamato Shin and I am a teacher of the
martial arts." Shin said as he leaned back in the seat and smiled.
"Ah! A martial artist." She said.
"Are you are fluent with Japanese history and mythology?" She asked.
"Because I am a teacher, a college Professor if you will." She said
as she looked into Shin's eyes.
"I do believe we have more in common then I originally thought cause
I am a fan of Japanese mythology myself because of my Japanese
heritage, but I also have Thai heritage in me too from my mom's
side." He said as they held hands
"I am Korean and part Scottish, but I have always been fascinated
with Mythology and History of all kinds." She said rubbing his hands.
They talk for hours and hours when finally Meiko and her cousin
arrive.
Walking in Meiko, Angela, and Lynn spot master Shin with a beautiful
woman sitting at their table.
" I wonder who that is?" Meiko thought to herself.
Shin got up and introduced the young lady.
" Hello every one this Asya and Asya these are my friends." Shin said.
"Good it seems everything has gone to plan." She says evilly and then snaps her fingers and all forty of the people in restaurant reveal
themselves to be ninja soldiers from The True Believers.
"A trap, so which one of is the traitor?" Meiko asked, but what she
didn't expect was Lynn and Master Shin to step forward.
"I am sorry little flower, but you pose a threat to everything we
have built therefore you must be eliminated." He said
"You said that I was acting more like a human and now I find you
don't even have a heart!" she yells and then spits on him.
"My child I have made a bargain with the true believers so that my
niece Lynn will be spared." He says staring Lynn.
"I thought Lynn was Karsano's sister?" Meiko said puzzled by this
development.
"I lied Meiko I am his wife and we were supposed to leave the
country until he failed killing you." She starts crying and fell to
her knees.
"He failed killing you and we marked for death and they killed our
son, all because of a witch like you!" she screamed.
Those words burned right through Meiko's cast iron heart and she
started to feel remorse for Lynn's loss.
"I am sorry Lynn." Meiko said and then the ninja's tied them up and
shoved them into the van out side.
"Well Yamato I guess your spared for now." She says and then kisses
him.
As she gets in the van Yamato starts convulsing and then dies in
Lynn's arms as they leave.
Lynn lies their cradling him in her arms crying her eyes out watching
the sun set and she makes a vow that Meiko will pay for all that she
has cost her family.
Next Issue: Dr. Tawmis and Mr. J