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As he ran back to the place he'd been staying, Garfield Logan went over what he'd just seen. Two people, one of them a giant robot like thingy, and the other some kinda super-goth. One had thrown Earl around like a rag doll, and the other had done some kind of magic that had made the shadows attack. And he thought that he was strange. Looking at a street clock from the shadows, he increased his pace…Joe would be angry if he found that he was out.
Ever since he'd contracted a strange disease after being bitten by a rare green monkey, he had been green. This was an apparent side effect of the cure used to treat him. Another odd side effect was that he could now transform into any real animal, present or extinct. He had found that as long as the clothes he wore were organic, they would accompany him with the change. Anything inorganic, like nylon or polyester just ripped, or left him fubling through apile of clothes. However, no matter what form he shifted into, he was always green. This had prevented him from really being accepted anywhere, since no one really wanted to be seen near a green human. He remembered vaguely that his parents had died a long time ago. They had entrusted him to the chief of a village in Africa, but two people from America had then kidnapped him. They said that they were the only ones who cared about him, the only ones that didn't think he was a freak. Years ago he had believed them. But now…
He knew that they didn't care about him. At first it had seemed like a game. They had him change into something small like a mouse and crawl into the ceiling of buildings. They said it was a game. All he had to do was cut the wires to that little box on the outside of the building with the flashing light, and then once he was inside, turn back a human and open the door for them. They then said he could go home. He had trusted them for a while, but then one night, he had been using the disguise of a cat, and with his enhanced vision, had seen that the building he was in was a jewelry store. The first time he asked why they were going into the store after it was obviously closed, they told him that they were simply making an after hours purchase. When he saw the jewels, he knew they had been using him. The only problem was, he had nowhere to go. He had helped two thieves steal from so many places in town, that if he turned them in to the police, he'd be dragged in as well. Besides, even if they didn't haul him into jail, where would a freak like him go? There was no one who would understand him…until now.
As he crawled back into the basement where they kept him out of sight, he turned back into a human and laid down on the mattress they'd given him. He was about to go asleep, when Joe barged through the door. "Hey, you, get up. We got another shopping trip planned tonight. Earl's a bit late, but we'll meet him there." Garfield sat for a moment and then said "Nah, I'm too tired tonight." "What! You ungrateful little brat!" the thief roared. "After all we've done for you, you refuse to give us a hand? We barely ask you to do anything!" "Dude" Garfield replied, standing up "I said I'm tired, and come to think of it, I'm tired of sitting around here being bossed around by you two. I also don't like being used as a thief's tool! You can go without me!" "Oh, so you're getting tired, huh?" The thief cracked his knuckles. "Well then, maybe you should get something to eat. Here's a knuckle sandwich!" With that, the larger man clobbered Garfield right in the face. Garfield went flying into the wall with a gasp, clutching his face. As the smell of blood filled his nostrils, something in his mind clicked. He was angry.
As the thief threw another punch, his fist suddenly ran into a hand that looked like it belonged to a gorilla. Which, as a matter of fact, it did. The giant green gorilla squeezed, and there was a sickening popping sound as several bones in the human's hand broke and wrenched out of their sockets. His heightened senses detected that the human had lost control of his bodily functions, and he threw Joe to the ground and transformed back into a human. "I'm leaving." He said simply, and walked up out of the basement, and into the night. He didn't worry about Joe. No one would believe him about a green shape-shifting gorilla. Even if the two he'd seen in the Alley didn't accept him, he could go solo. Not many criminals could contend with a giant bear, gorilla, or…well, anything. He grinned, letting his fangs show. Being a super hero like one in the comics could be cool. This was gonna be sweet.
Okay, yeah, I had writers block for a while, which is why this took so long, and it's not exactly as good as the first. So, R&R, please, any suggestions as to what you'd like to see are welcome as well.