Betty gasped…. She saw it with her own eyes. In the distance where the research facility was. A green light. What did it mean?
Next to her General Ross gasped and then shouted. "BETTY GET DOWN!" he grabbed Betty and took her with him down on the ground.
"Father!" Betty gasped. "What are you doing?" she asked.
"Wait for it." Ross asked. "Count to ten… One, two." he didn't make it to three.
A big blast swept over them, tables were knocked over. The building itself shook, windows shook and Betty screamed as she covered her ears.
Ross kept holding Betty close until the blast was over and even then he kept her down for a bit longer before looking up and he hissed. "MEN!" he shouted as he stood up. "Everyone suite up! I need every man dressed in a bio hazard suite and use any vehicle we got to get to that facility NOW! People are there who might need help!" he stated as he kept walking in fast strides.
"Dad let me come with you!" Betty shouted grabbing his arm. "Bruce was in that building! He might be hurt!"
"No!" Ross pulled his arm away. "I allowed you the little social visit, this time it's serious. You stay here!"
"Wouldn't it be better if I am somewhere where you can see me instead of me sneaking into one of the tanks?" Betty asked. "I mean with everyone wearing bio hazard suites how will they even know it's me?" she asked.
Ross gaped, completely flabbergasted.
"And I'm a scientist!" Betty pointed out. "You may need someone knowledgeable in bio science considering what we have seen Gamma can do!" she pointed out touching the green rose still in her hair.
Ross groaned deeply. "FINE! But you will be in a suite. Stay close to me and do exactly as I say. Understood?"
"Yes." Betty nodded. "Thank you dad." she said. And Ross groaned but gestured for Betty to follow him.
"You're going to be the death of me some day." Ross couldn't help but mutter as they both ran.
The big research facility, after the blast. Everything had gone quiet.
There was no fire, and people were huddled together in their safety rooms and bunkers.
In the main control room. Doctor Samual Sterns groaned deeply as he found his way back to consciousness. Trying to remember what had knocked him out. A big burst.. It had torn through the building. A flashing light and Sterns eyes widened as he sat up. The reactor! It had exploded. "No." Samuel gasped as he reached for the keyboard only to feel the snap back of electricity. Then he wide-eyed looked around. Everything had been fried. Destroyed.
"No…" Samuel whispered. "No no NO!" he shouted as he slammed his fists into the keyboard, only to have even more sparks fly in all directions.
"Samuel." a groaning voice sounded next to him and Samuel turned around to see Tolokov coming to as he looked up.
"That fool!" Samuel gasped. "Banner must have gotten it wrong! He was the last one to go over the numbers!"
Tolokovs eyes widened then he swallowed. "Well. At least we're safe… No one is hurt. Right?" he asked. Then suddenly, Tolokov grumbled together. "Samuel.." he gasped. "I… I don't feel so good." he gasped as suddenly his body started to spasm and he fell down on the floor.
Samuel gasped as he backed away then suddenly he realized, mourns came from across the room. Wide-eyed he looked around and saw scientist, groaning and spasm. Grabbing their heads.
Sergeant Blonsky was on the ground, hissing and spitting.
"What?" Samuel asked. "What's going on?" he asked then slowly… Slowly he turned around. Towards the wall and saw. A big gaping massive hole right in the wall going to the hallway. Samuels eyes widened. "We… We've been exposed." he realized as he grabbed his head. A sick feeling coming over him.
"But.." Tolokov cried from where he was on the floor. "It was safe right? Banner said it was safe!" he stated grabbing his head only to halt. He moved his hands and as he did, big chunks of his hair naturally came with them. Falling out. "What… What's happening to me?" he asked. "SAMUEL!" he looked up as his face contorted and miss formed. "Samuel help me! Samuel!" he reached for Samuels legs.
Samuel stumbled back. "This wasn't my fault… It was all Banners!" he stated and then his eyes widened as suddenly a searing pain went through his head. It was inhuman. It felt like his brain was on fire and his skull was cracking wide open. Samuel screamed as he grabbed his head and felt it, his hair to fell away and his body convulsed. "Banner, this was your fault!" he screamed in pain as his body convulsed and warped. "BANNEEEEEEEER!"
The unconscious body of Doctor Bruce Banner laid on the floor… The room around him destroyed. Walls blasted away, the roof gone.
One object though was fine. A safe now laying on the side and from the inside there were kicks. One kick, two major kicks and the door finally busted open to reveal a young man who wide-eyed looked outside as he gasped. Then he looked around. "Oh no… " and then his eyes landed on the man on the floor. "SIR!" The kid screeched as he ran to the figure. "Sir are you all right?" he asked. "SIR! Sir I'm so sorry. You saved me I… I'm sorry." he swallowed, his eyes wet. "I'm sorry… I'm so sorry." he sniffed.
Just then. The man on the floor twitched.
"Oh thank god." the young man gasped. "You're alive! You."
Then he halted, something was strange. The man on the floor started to convulse. He hissed as suddenly his veins became visible and they were… Green! Bright green.
"Sir?" The young man asked scared as the man slowly elevated himself up.
Only for the young man to realize that he was growing! The scientist was growing! Becoming bigger and bigger as he groaned and then roared. His shirt came undone in the seams across his back, and then tore open.
His skin was becoming green, a deep dark green and he just kept growing and growing.
The young man gasped as he fall down on his back and started to crawl backwards. "What… What's happening?"
And the creature, stood up as tall as he was. He was massive! The seize of a smaller elephant. His eyes were bright green and his mouth filled with saliva as he roared. Simply roared like he was some sort of animal.
"Si…. Sir." The young man tried again even though he was shaking.
The man… The creature though didn't seem to hear a thing as he roared. His roar so loud it made all the walls shake and then he jumped. Simply jumped up and through the roof itself.
The young man gasped as he looked up then, he looked down at the torn clothes left behind. He was shaking as he crawled forward and finally picked up the ID card which had been attached to the front of the mans shirt. Showing a photo of the man and a name. "Do… Doctor Bruce Banner." the young man gasped.
It was a devastating sight as all the tanks and armoured vehicles rolled unto the research facility. Betty's eyes were filled with tears as she saw the pure devastation in front of her.
"I knew it…" Ross sighed so deeply. "And I told them. I told them."
Betty closed her eyes. "They have safety features." she whispered. "Maybe everyone is fine."
Ross nodded. "Men." he ordered. "Start the search! See if anyone needs help! We need to…" he halted.
From the building came something, it seemed to jump through the roof and up in the air and then it crashed down. Landing right in front of them.
It seemed like… Some sort of creature or monster. It was huge and sickly green. Yet also seemed to be made out of nothing but pure muscle. And it landed right in front of them.
Wide-eyed Ross looked up. Betty as well was stunned to silence.
"What the hell is that?" Ross couldn't help but ask. For ones in his life to stunned to think straight.
And then the creature roared. Roared out in the air.
"STAND STILL OR I'LL SHOOT!" A soldier suddenly shouted aiming his gun at the creature.
Suddenly several guns were aimed at the creature and it looked around.
Ross swallowed as he stood up so he could be seen. "If you can understand me!" he shouted. "Stand down! Stand down and nothing will happen. If you move we will shoot! I repeat. We will shoot."
The big creature sneered and then without warning moved forward and on command all the pistols and riffles were fired making the creature scream.
But it didn't stop him. Instead he grabbed one of the soldiers and just flung him away and the fire continued but it had no effect.
"PISTOL FIRE IS NOT WORKING!" Ross shouted. "Make the tanks ready!"
"DAD!" Betty shouted and Ross looked down at her. "Don't do it! Look at him. He's hurting. You're hurting him!"
"Betty! That thing what-ever it is has just walked through a rain of bullets, grabbed a man and flung him away. He is a danger to people he must under no circumstances be allowed to leave this place!" Ross exclaimed. "Tanks on my mark!" he shouted. "FIRE!"
The tanks fired and they hit the big creature. It pushed the creature back as he grabbed them and then they exploded in a cloud of smoke.
Ross smirked. "Got him." he whispered.
Only then, the smoke dispersed and there stood the big green creature. Still standing, still huffing.
Everyone was quiet, stunned silent and then… The creature roared.
It grabbed the tank that had shot him and lifted it up to fling it into the building where it crashed into the wall destroying that wall. Pistols were fired only for the creature to turn on those who fired at them and swept them aside.
More came as bullets seemed to rain from every single side and the creature, the creature screamed before finally he jumped, simply leaped up into the air. So high up that he only became a dot in the sky.
"Shit." Ross hissed. "AFTER HIM! FIND HIM!" he shouted. "Who knows what could happen if that thing reaches a city! We need to stop it. Now!"
"Dad!" Betty gasped horrified.
"Sergeant Tudor! Take my daughter back to base and make sure she stays there! Don't leave her out of your sight!" Ross ordered.
"NO!" Betty shouted. "Bruce might still be in there!" she pointed at the building.
"You are not going in there alone and you're not coming with me." Ross huffed putting on his cap. "Any functional tanks with me. Squad 3 and 5 you stay here and see if there are people who need your help. Any alive people you find, take them to base. MOVE IT!" he shouted.
And Betty gasped as this younger sergeant grabbed her arm. "I'm sorry mam. The generals orders."
Betty swallowed then hissed. But she wasn't allowed more as the sergeant forcefully pushed her towards the car and sat her inside. Betty swallowed as she covered her face with her hands. "Bruce… Please Bruce be all right." she asked in a shiver.