In a dark prison cell in the city of Prague, Czech Republic there was a sixteen year old human boy who was passed out. The boy had wavy, short brown hair that covered his ears a bit. He was Caucasian. The boy's name was Harley Keener. He came from the human world in the year 2018. He was recently struck by lightning in the middle of the Indian jungle. It was lightning conjured up by a spice lord named Rajan, a criminal who did things very similar to that of Pablo Escobar, the drug kingpin. It had been approximately been three days since the Cooper Gang was arrested by Constable Neyla and the evil spider woman known as the Contessa.
Harley Keener wasn't dead. He was just unconscious from the lightning strike. Memories of the past flowed through the human boy's mind. Harley was breathing heavily. He slowly started to open his eyes. Harley's vision was blurry. He couldn't make things out. Harley had no idea that he was in a prison cell right now. The prison cell was dark and dreary. It looked quite similar to the Medieval jail cell that Harley would eventually be in the future (more on that when we get towards the end of this story.) It was dark outside. The human boy stirred. He opened his eyes fully. He had no idea where he was. Electricity was surging through Harley's body as a result of the lightning strike a few days earlier. Harley's body felt weak and heavy, as if someone dropped a huge weight on his body.
"Hello?" Harley said out loud in the hopes that somebody was in the room with him. Fortunately for him, there was somebody in the room with him. A pink male anthropomorphic hippopotamus was in the room with the human boy. It was Murray. Murray was fully awake. He was shocked to see that his friend was alive. Murray thought that Harley must have died when the lightning bolt struck him back in India. Apparently, Harley was lucky to have survived a lightning strike like that. Most people (with the exception of a guy named Roy Sullivan, a man who somehow managed to survive being struck by lighting nearly seven times) died when lightning struck them.
"Harley? You're alive?" Murray said with astonishment. He couldn't believe that Harley would've been able to survive being struck by lightning and turn out okay.
"Yeah, I'm alive. Don't know how or why, but I'm alive." Harley said to Murray. "Where am I?"
"We're in the Contessa's prison." Murray said to Harley. "I want to get out of here! They've been forcing me to eat illegal spice for the past three days! It's driving me crazy!"
"Did you say three days?" Harley asked. "Is that how long we've been here for?"
"Yes. You were unconscious for three days." Murray said. Harley could hardly believe that he'd been unconscious for three days straight. It was already bad enough that Harley got struck by lightning at Rajan's temple in India, but it was worse for him to find out that he'd been out for three whole days. Harley could remember anything when the bolt of lightning struck his body. It was very painful for Harley's body to endure. Harley had never felt or been in so much pain in his entire life. It was as if Harley was sent to death row for life and was sentenced to death in the electric chair. It was horrible.
"Who's the Contessa, and why has she imprisoned us here in this prison?" Harley asked Murray.
"The Contessa is Interpol's high ranking prison warden. She supposedly studies criminal psychology." Murray explained to Harley.
"You mean to tell me that this is a prison?" Harley said incredulously.
The hippo nodded his head yes. Harley couldn't believe that he was in prison. He had no criminal record, yet here he was, in an Alcatraz like prison in the dead of night. Harley wished he could wake up from this nightmare and be back in his bedroom of his house in his world. Harley was beyond terrified at the moment. He'd never been in this type of situation before. Harley decided to contact Bentley to see if he was still around. Then, Harley had a frightening thought. What if this Contessa person captured Bentley? What if Bentley was dead? Harley Keener had no idea whether or not Bentley was still alive or not.
"Bentley. Are you there?" the human boy said into his earpiece. There was silence for a few seconds. Then, Bentley's familiar voice said, "Harley? Is that you?"
"Yes, It's me, Bentley." Harley said. "I'm Harley. I'm thankfully alive."
"Thank god you're alive. I thought you were a goner when the bolt of lightning struck you. I thought you died. How did you survive?" the turtle asked Harley. He genuinely wanted to know how Harley had managed to survive being struck by lightning.
"I have no idea how i survived being struck by lightning." Harley said to Bentley.
"Where are you at?" Bentley asked Harley.
"I'm locked in some sort of prison cell with Murray. Murray said that somebody by the name of the Contessa locked us in here in some sort of prison facility. We've been in here for three days." Harley explained to Bentley.
"Don't worry. I'll figure out some way to bust you and Murray out of that prison. Is Sly with you guys?" Bentley asked Harley.
"I honestly don't know if Sly is in the prison with me or not, Bentley." Harley said.
"I'm coming over to where you guys are at with the van. Me and Emily will work out a plan on freeing you, Murray and Sly from the Contessa's prison." Bentley said.
"Emily's with you?" Harley asked Bentley. He was surprised to find out that his little sister Emily was okay. He was relieved that nothing bad happened to her. Harley hadn't seen Emily in a while. The human boy ended his conversation with his turtle friend. He couldn't wait to be free from this horrible prison.
"Murray! I just spoke to Bentley. I told him where we are. He says that he's going to free us from this terrible prison!" Harley said enthusiastically. Murray was nowhere to be found. He wasn't in the room with Harley. Harley was perplexed as to why Murray wasn't in the room with him. He was talking to the hippo a few minutes ago. Now, he was nowhere to be found. Had Harley simply imagined talking to Murray? Was Harley all alone in the cell by himself? Suddenly, a huge pink blur raced toward Harley. Harley had no time to react as he suddenly found himself bombarded with punches and kicks coming from all different directions. He didn't know who or what was hitting him. It was too dark to see what was going on.
Harley then found himself staring face to face with Murray. Only, this wasn't Murray's usual jolly self. Murray was filled with unstoppable, inhuman rage. The rage only the Incredible Hulk could outmatch. What Harley didn't know was that while he was talking to Bentley over his earpiece, one of the Contessa's guards drugged Murray using illegal spice. Illegal spice has the ability to drive any sane person into the Incredible Hulk in the blink of an eye. Harley had no idea what to do. Here was his best friend beating the shit out of him for no apparent reason. Harley suddenly felt this energy burst through his entire body. It was charging through his body. There was a big, bright flash of electricity that emanated from Harley's body.
Murray was violently thrown back against a wall with astonishing speed and distance. Harley was shocked by this. He was even more shocked when he looked down at his hands and saw that electricity was flowing through his hands. Murray regained his senses. When the hippo saw Harley's banged up body, he immediately rushed over to him. He was beyond shocked what just happened. Murray had no idea that he had just beaten up his best friend in a fit of blind rage. A female spider than appeared in front of Murray and she threw him back into the cell. It was at that moment that Harley realized that he had suddenly gained electrokinetic powers.