On a desolate cliff in the middle of the bare desert a creature landed on the cliff top.

Big, green and hulking. Naked except for the ripped pants and he lifted his arms as he roared, roared as he started trashing all the things around him. It was only stones but it didn't matter, they were flung in all directions.

The beast knew only two things, he had been born only a few minutes ago. He was an infant.

And all he knew was pain, confusion and now pure rage. Strange objects hurled at him, loud voices yelling and it hurt! It hurt!

And the big green creature roared his roar echoing across the empty desert.

Hours passed by, the hot air from the desert started to turn cold as the sky became dark. The creature walked across the sands, confused looking around himself.

Anger over the house, had slowly slipped away. And turned to confusion… Fear.

Then suddenly a movement and the big creature huffed standing ready.

Only for an animals on four legs to innocently come walking, it was fuzzy and had big horns.

It was a desert bighorn sheep.

The big green creature tilted his head as the sheep walked, only to make the big hulk jump back in fear, lifting a fist ready to defend.

The sheep though, just lowered its head to start eating some withered grass.

The big Hulk blinked, then fell down on hands and legs as he looked at the sheep with deep curiosity slowly crawling forward.

Then suddenly… The eyelids of the big green creature grew heavy. He shook his head as drowsiness overcame him and he fell to the ground in a big thud making the sheep jump up and then run away.

The big green creature though was slowly shrinking, more and more until it became a man who groaned deeply.

"What?" Bruce Banner asked in a deep groan. Slowly he opened his eyes only to see the barren land stretch out right in front of him and his eyes widened. "What… Happened?" he asked as he slowly sat up and looked all around himself. To a landscape where there was…. Nothing.

Bruce's eyes widened as he remembered. The kid and the big blast. Oh god… Had everything been blown up? Had he been blasted out?

That though… didn't make any sense! There was no way Bruce could have survived that. Slowly Bruce stood up only to nearly stumble. Only then did he realize that he was basically naked. And it was cold. "He… Hello." Bruce called. "Anybody." shouted a little loud. "Anybody there?"

No… There was no one. Bruce was in the middle of nowhere. In the desert of Nevada. Or at least he hoped he was still in Nevada.

Bruce swallowed as he wrapped his arms around himself and started to walk, only to hiss as he stepped on a stone.

He wasn't even wearing shoes. Where was his clothes? What was going on?

Bruce hissed as he squinted his eyes, flashes banging on his skull.

Fear… Hurt… Anger… Rage. Green.

Bruce gasped as he looked up. His heart hammering in his chest and he swallowed. He had to make it back to the research facility! What was going on? What happened?

Betty was sitting on a chair… Waiting.

The sergeant her father had asked to keep guard over her took it very seriously and stood next to her with his hands behind his back.

The waiting was awful. What was happening? What went wrong? The reactor. It was supposed to be safe. How could it blow up?

Suddenly the sound of cars were heard outside and Betty peaked up, at ones she stood up and ran outside followed by the sergeant and saw multiple cars pulling up with people inside.

The people from the facility! They were coming outside, and they looked fine.

"Bruce." Betty called as she ran to all the people. "BRUCE!" she shouted but there was no reply. "Have you seen Bruce?" she asked one of the people brought inside who shook his head. "Bruce? Have anyone seen Bruce? Doctor Bruce Banner?" she asked.

"Mam!" One of the soldiers addressed Betty and she turned to him.

"These are the people found in the security bunkers below the facility." The soldier informed.

"What about the control room. The people in the control room!" Betty shouted frustrated.

The soldier swallowed. "The shudders were down, we had to break the door in. Inside…. There was a big hole in the wall. Seems like the gamma blast broke the wall of the control room."

"And?" Betty asked. "The people inside. What about the people inside."

The soldier looked at Betty. "There was no one there." he informed.

"But…" Betty tried.

"We think they must have escaped through the hole created in the wall by the blast." The soldier commented. "The thing just is… We haven't found any of the people who were supposed to be in there. We searched the facility from top to bottom and none of the head scientists were there! Doctor Bruce Banner, Doctor Samuel Sterns and Doctor Yuri Tolokov are all missing! As well as their lead assistants."

Betty gasped, her eyes filled with tears.

"We'll keep looking mam." The soldier assured. "But it isn't looking good. They might have found themselves in a collapsing room unintentionally. They really shouldn't have left the control room."

Betty nodded. "Thank you." she whispered. "Thank you for all your help."

"It's my job mam." The soldier saluted and moved on.

"Wow that sure is one freaky flower."

Betty looked up to see a kid standing right in front of her. How old was he? 17? 19? at most 20.

"That thing in your hair." The kid pointed and Betty reached up to touch the green rose in her hair.

"It was a gift." Betty finally said then looked at the kid. "What were you doing at that facility?" she asked.

"My auntie got me a job. Cleaning. Super good pay for the hours. I am saving for a van." The kid grinned. "Names Rick Jones." he winked then silenced. "You were looking for someone called Bruce. Right?" he asked.

Betty nodded. "Doctor Bruce Banner." she said. "Have you seen him?"

"Well… erhm." Rick swallowed scratching his neck. "Maybe? I dunno… It was pretty weird. I think maybe I just banged my head really bad in that blast or something."

"Please tell me." Betty asked. "What-ever you think you saw. It'll be all right. Just tell me." she asked.

"Mam please step away." A soldier suddenly grabbed Betty's arm. "These people might be gamma contaminated. I must ask you to keep at a distance!"

"But!" Betty objected. It was no use though as she was hopelessly dragged away leaving a very confused looking Rick Jones.