Clod on the Run
Chapter 3: Come and Get your Gems
When we last left the Guardians of the Galaxy, they had crash-landed on Earth in search of a Gem named Peridot, in which they were assigned to capture her. After some searching, they found her alongside some other Gems, and that's where we begin here.
The Guardians had come face to face with a group of Gems and a boy who were adamant on protecting Peridot from them. As the two groups prepared for battle, Drax was the first to attack. "Come at me women!" he called as he charged towards Garnet, punching her in the face. Garnet, reeling from the punch, got back up glaring angrily at the destroyer as she punched back.
"Alright a-holes, you know what to do!" Star-Lord shouted as the Guardians charged. Rocket jumped Amethyst before slamming his laser blaster in her face. Gamora and Pearl's blades began clanking as the two dueled while Groot took on Lapis.
"I AM GROOT!" the tree shouted as he attempted to bodyslam Lapis, but failing to do so as he was catapulted to the ceiling by a large water current she summoned. Star-Lord wasn't doing any better as he had the child cornered, completely indecisive on what to do with him. "Look, I know you're a kid but your friends are pissing off my friends but maybe we could reach a compromise." he said as he pointed his laser pistol at Steven. "We'll take the Peridot and maybe you could hook me up with one of your friends with a candlelight dinner. It'll be charming!"
"That does sound like an enticing offer," Steven said. "but I'm still not letting you take Peridot!" He picked up a television set and chucked it at Peter, knocking him down in the process and breaking the table Peridot was hiding under. "Hey everyone, first one to grab Peridot gets free drinks!" Peter shouted.
Meanwhile, Drax and Gamora had Garnet and Pearl surrounded, planning on how to attack them. "Alright Drax, I've got a plan." Gamora said as she continued swordfighting Pearl. "You take on the one with the nose while I handle the square one."
"How about I take both of them on with both my eyes closed and one hand behind my back!" Drax shouted as he did just that, running around in circles before crashing into the front wall, making a giant hole in the process.
"Drax you moron." the green warrior moaned before taking on Pearl again. "Seriously, what are you Gems doing here?" she wondered. "Because we've sworn to protect the people of Earth from Homeworld and crooks like you!" Pearl replied before striking her opponent.
Rocket had just finished beating up Amethyst, getting a few more whacks in with his weapon before turning to the broken table, noticing the fallen TV when he got an idea. "It's like they always say, one man's trash is another's treasure." he said to himself as he started rooting through it.
Peridot scampered throughout the battlefield looking for a place to hide when she noticed Amethyst getting up after having been beat up. "Good grief Amethyst, are you alright?" she worriedly asked. "Yep, I'm A-OK." the purple Gem replied woozily. "Just a few scratches." As Peridot helped her up, the two stood back to back ready to face these invaders.
"Listen, just leave Peridot alone!" Lapis shouted dousing Groot with more water. "I am Groot!" Groot shouted back before throwing his fist at her chest, knocking her into a wall.
"I am Groot?" the Flora Colossus began calling for his furry friend until he noticed him toying with various pieces of technology stuffed into a cooking pot. "Hey Groot, listen to me." the ringtailed gunslinger whispered. "I'm working on a black hole bomb but I'm gonna need a few things. Think you could grab me that blender?"
"I am Groot?" Groot wondered before taking notice of the blender and handing it to Rocket. "Thanks buddy." he thanked. "I am Groot." Groot replied. "Attention idiots!" Rocket announced hopping onto the counter, grabbing the attention of everyone. "Dis thingamabob is a highly dangerous black hole bomb which when set off, can reduce this house along with part of this town into a crater!" The Gems panicked as the raccoon set the timer to one minute.
"Damnit Rocket, is trying to kill us really necessary?" Star-Lord shouted. "Hey, it's just like what I said when we left that human zoo Quill," Rocket replied. "We might die on this mission, but at least we'll be havin' fun!"
"Quick P, your metal powers!" Amethyst called to Peridot. "Wait, metal powers?" Rocket wondered as the green Gem threw out her arms, somehow making the bomb levitate. "What the hell?!" was the only thing the critter said as she tossed it outside, making it soar way out to sea when it finally detonated, creating a large black sphere that swallowed the surrounding water.
"YOU!" Rocket bellowed angrily turning towards Peridot. "Don'tcha realize what you've done you crazy little gremlin?!" He pounced her and started to claw at her face until he was whacked over the head by Lapis with a frying pan. "Alright," he finally growled, whipping out his bazooka. "which one dies first?"
Drax had gotten up from crashing through the wall earlier, feeling a bit lightheaded when he came face to face with a little black-haired girl unsheating a pink sword from a bag. "What is this little girl doing here?" he exclaimed. "This must be one of their tricks!"
The girl was bewildered to find this strange man at Steven's house until she turned around, finding her friends fighting a cowboy, a green girl, a giant tree and a raccoon holding Lapis & Peridot at gunpoint. "WHAT IS GOING ON?!" she exclaimed as loud as her lungs can take it, which stopped the fighting and made everyone turn to her.
"Oh, hey Connie!" Steven finally said. "For your information kid, the purple one started it." Rocket added.
As everything started to calm down, the Guardians and the Gems were seated across from each other, glaring at one another. Steven and Connie tried to calm them down and rationalize the situation. "Before we get things started, why don't we introduce each other?" Steven said. "My name's Steven Universe and this is my best friend Connie Maheswaran."
"That name is quite a mouthful." Gamora pointed out. "Anyway, my name is Gamora." She shook Connie's hand with a smile. "They call me Drax." Drax added with a smirk. "Name's Rocket and this is my buddy Groot." Rocket stated. "I am Groot."
"And my name," Star-Lord said once again trying to look tough. "Is Star-Lord!" Silence filled the house before Steven gasped. "Does that mean you're like a king?!" he asked excitedly."What, no! I just picked the name because it sounds cool." Peter answered. "Anyway, together we form the Guardians of the Galaxy. So how's about you?"
"We are the Crystal Gems!" Garnet announced proudly before summoning her gauntlets. "Garnet!"
Amethyst followed up by summoning her whip. "Amethyst!"
Pearl did a pirouette and pulled out her spear. "Pearl!"
Steven leapt into the air as high as he could. "And Steven!" Off to the side, Peridot ran up in front of Rocket. "And I'm Peridot." she said. "And this is my closet confidant and roommate Lapis Lazuli."
"Hey." Lapis said waving. "Well that was...something." Peter said. "So what's next?" That's when Steven got an idea.
"How about we bond and talk about one another?" he asked. "Good idea Ste-ste, maybe I can show 'em my old home!" Amethyst grabbed Gamora by the hand as she walked her to the Warp Pad, with Pearl and Drax following behind. "We could take Rocket and Groot to the barn." Lapis added.
"Whoa whoa whoa kid, time out for a bit." Rocket said. "We just met and tried to kill each other. Why are you so forgiving right now?"
"That's the magic of Steven," Garnet answered. "he's very forgiving." Rocket & Groot then made their way outside with Lapis, Peridot and Pumpkin. "Alright blockhead, I get it. He's the nicest guy anyone could meet." Rocket grimaced. "Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go."
"Guess that leaves us three." Peter finally said. "Yeah, maybe we can talk over some Cookie Cat." Steven said as he walked towards the refrigerator and pulled a delicious looking treat in the shape of a cat's head. "How can I say no to that?!"
Amethyst, Gamora, Drax and Pearl had found themselves in a large canyon riddled with several holes and strange machines that looked broken. "WELCOME TO THE KINDERGARTEN!" Amethyst shouted, which echoed throughout the canyon.
"This is your home?" Drax asked. "I don't see a house anywhere!" As the four hopped off the Warp Pad and started journeying through the Kindergarten, Amethyst began excitedly explaining her origins. "This is where I came from!" she stated. "I was originally made to be a Quartz soldier for the Gem Homeworld, but I popped out a little too late and became what you're looking at now."
Then Amethyst's smile disappeared as she continued on. "I wandered this place for years without a purpose until Rose Quartz found me, and ever since then I felt happy with my new life, but I still feel kinda worthless deep inside."
"So wait, she isn't from Homeworld?" Drax inquired as Gamora walked over to the purple Gem's side. "You are correct Drax." Pearl answered.
"Hey, I know where you might be coming from." Gamora said sitting down next to Amethyst, trying to connect with her. "My race was wiped out by the Mad Titan Thanos and I was taken in by him to be his number one assassin. I did nothing but kill people until I met Peter and the others."
"Hey, thanks for trying to help G." Amethyst said before hugging Gamora, who sheepishly returned it. "Alright, back to the tour!" the purple Gem bounded out of her arms and started walking, with the others close behind.
"Lemme see, that was 4ZH's hole, 9FR, 6TQ," she then stopped when she went in front of another hole. "And this is my hole!"
"Astounding." Drax gasped in awe. "These holes are so cramped yet they can produce mighty warriors!" He crawled into the hole, examining the various layers of rock. When he got out, he discovered that Amethyst was missing and a purple lookalike of him in her place. "You!" he shouted pointing his daggers at the clone. "I do not tolerate imitators, now tell me what have you done with Amethyst!"
The clone laughed heartily in a rather feminine tone as it turned back into Amethyst in a flash of light. "Got you!" she chuckled.
"But how, how are you able to turn into me? Are you part Skrull?" he wondered. "Is he really that dense?" Pearl asked Gamora.
"His species is much less evolved." she replied. "It's not like that tattoos," the Quartz finally said. "it's called shapeshifting, and most Gems have the ability to do that. Watch!" She turned herself into a perfect duplicate of Groot, only difference was that she retained her purple color and gemstone.
"Wow." Gamora said. "You said most Gems are able to do that right?" she asked. "Only the more advanced Era-1 ones." Pearl answered. "I'll explain more as we go along."
Lapis was flying Peridot, Groot and Pumpkin to their home while Rocket followed her on a jetpack. The flight proved very hard for the ocean Gem due to Groot's weight while he held her arms. She felt relieved upon touching down on a field near the barn. "Wait just a minute," Rocket said. "this is your place?"
"You bet Rocket, our home away from Homeworld!" Peridot replied joyfully as she led their guests through the cornfield to the barn. Upon arriving at the front door, she noticed a pile of broken drones sitting there near them. "Just ignore it kid." the raccoon stated as they walked inside.
"Anyways, welcome to our home." Peridot announced. "We've once used this place to build stuff to stop a giant Gem monster from destroying the Earth but now I've decided to live here. Eventually Lapis came along too." Rocket and Groot were both befuddled and interested at the same time.
"What giant gem monster?" the furball asked. "I am Groot?" Groot added. "Basically, the Diamonds stuck a giant ball of Gem shards beneath the Earth's surface and wanted it to form so that it can destroy Earth." Lapis explained.
"That's actually kinda messed up." Rocket reacted. "So what's this piece of garbage?" He pointed at the tape recorder. "That's not just garbage, it's art!" Peridot explains. "
We call it meep morps." Lapis added. "This is a couple of baseball things, it reminds me of a time when I played baseball." She gestured towards a baseball, bat & catcher's mitt tied to a string. "And this is called 'Wow, Thanks'. It has no purpose, other than making me feel bad." Peridot then pointed at the tape recorder.
"I am Groot!" Groot exclaimed in amazement. "Not impressed." Rocket said. "So you're not impressed, eh?" Peridot said getting up in the critter's face. "Well try my one Gem band on for size!" With that, she summons a couple instruments preparing to play.
"Ta-da! And a-one and a-two and a-one-two-three-four!" Blowing into the harmonica, all of the instruments fell down. "Ugh, I really got to practice more."
"Bravah squirt, bravah!" Rocket applauded laughing, much to Peridot's chagrin. Thankfully he was stopped when Groot tapped his shoulder. "Fine I'll stop." Walking over to the instruments laid out, Groot picked the cymbals and crashed them together. "I am Groot." he said in wonder, crashing them more. "Maybe we could turn our duet into a trio." Lapis said picking up the tambourine. "Yeah!" Peridot replied as she brought forth a triangle.
With that, the three started playing a tune with Groot chanting "I am Groot" in time with the beat and Rocket & Pumpkin as the audience. "You getting' this buddy?" Rocket said to Pumpkin, who barked in reply. "Agh, I'm surrounded by idiots!" he shouted as he ran out the barn and scampered up to the pickup truck over the front door. He just wanted some alone time as he curled up into a ball until Lapis flew up on him.
"You alright Rocket?" she asked sitting down next to him. "You seem pretty upset." Rocket groaned as he uncurled.
"Like I said before, I tried to kill you and take your friend prisoner. Why are you suddenly forgiving me?" he wondered. "Like Garnet said, Steven knows how to get to people." the water Gem replied. "But I do have a question myself."
"What would that be?" the mercenary said. "Why are you like, a raccoon?" she wondered. "Seriously, da hell's a raccoon?" he answered. "Anyway, I'm this way because I was experimented on by some quack scientists. I didn't ask to be ripped apart and put back together again for the sake of some crazy experiments!" He started to cry and hug Lapis, who embraced him in reply.
"I feel your pain." Lapis replied. "I was sent here by the Gem Homeworld to just pay a visit, until I was caught in the war and poofed. After being put in a mirror, they all left me behind when the Diamonds corrupted all Gems on Earth. Eventually I was found by Steven and released, and that's where we are now."
"Trapped in a mirror? Puh-leeze, I've broken out of prison 23 times!" the raccoon bragged. "I also heard something about a Jasper that went missin' a while back." His very statement alone made her cringe. "Oh yeah, her."
"After I returned to Homeworld, I was partnered with Peridot and a Jasper to go to earth and capture the Crystal Gems. Eventually I was forced to fuse with her to keep everyone safe. We tortured each other for months on end until I was freed." Lapis explained.
"Wait a minute, you mean THE Jasper?! The very same Jasper that fought in the Rebellion?" Rocket was shocked to hear this. "I'm pretty sure I can take her down in a Xandarian minute!"
Lapis giggled at that statement and smiled. "Gotta say, you're pretty tough Rocket." she said. "Thanks Tidal, for being someone to talk to." Rocket replied.
"Hey guys, there you are!" Peridot called as she, Pumpkin and Groot climbed up the truck. "We've been looking for you." she said. "I am Groot!" Groot added. "Oh don't mind us, we were just talkin' bout things." Rocket claimed. "Say, you two wanna watch Camp Pining Hearts with us?" the green Gem asked. "Camp Pine What-now?"
Peridot turned on the TV in front of them and the screen started showing two humans looking longingly at each other."What kinda garbage is this?" Rocket complained as everybody sat down, much to Peridot's anger.
"Hey, I'll have you know this is the greatest TV show ever!" she shouted in his face. "Whoa whoa whoa, chill out Greeny!" the gunslinger replied. "I'm just stating my opinion."
"Shush you guys, this is a great episode." Lapis ordered as she and Groot got engrossed into the program. "Oh alright, I'll watch it. But I won't like it!" Rocket finally said as he sat down.
"So that's your mom, eh?" Peter said looking at a portrait of Rose Quartz hanging over the front door. "You bet Petey." Steven answered.
"Long ago, she was the original leader of the Crystal Gems, inspiring us all to be our own individuals and fight back against Homeworld." Garnet stated. "If she were here, she would be very proud of our achievements."
"Yeah, where is she anyway?" he asked. "Why she's right here." Connie answered pulling up Steven's shirt, revealing a pink gem where his bellybutton would be. "Whoa, cool!" the space cowboy gasped in awe, tapping the gem. "Is it like a family heirloom or something?" he asked. "Actually, that's my mom herself!" Steven exclaimed, much to Star-Lord's surprise. "Wait, wha?"
"Basically my mom and I can't both exist together so she's now half of me." the boy explained.
"Wait still, how is that even possible?" Star-Lord asked. "Long story." Garnet answered. "But I'll tell you a shorter one." As she finished that sentence, he started to glow and shrunk down to two little women, one red one with a bandana and a blue one with pale blue hair covering her face.
"Hello there Peter." the blue one greeted, much to his shock. "Wait just a minute, first there was Garnet and now she's gone and replaced by you two! Who are you, what happened?!"
"Oh yeah, sorry about that." the red one apologized. "My name is Ruby and this is my partner Sapphire." She introduced herself as Ruby and motioned to the blue one, now called Sapphire. "Nice to meet you too." Peter said shaking both their hands. "But I still don't get it, first there was Garnet and now there's you two. Can anyone explain why the square woman is two little girls standing on top of each other?"
"That's called fusion." Connie said. "A process in which two people who are very close with each other form an entirely new being, like so." Just then, she and Steven started doing dancing before lining up back to back with their hands touching before they started to glow and change. In their place was a being wearing a combination of their clothes with long dark brown hair. "See?" they asked.
"Wow, this fusion thing seems really awesome!" Star-Lord exclaimed as he picked up his communicator. "I gotta tell the others!" He turned it on and began to contact Rocket. "Hey Rocket, you won't believe what I just saw! Steven's mom is half of him, Garnet is two girls in love standing on top of each other and-"
"Don't leave Pierre, Percy needs you more than your obviously abusive parents!" Rocket sobbed over the communicator.
"Uh, you okay buddy?" Peter wondered. "Don't mind your furry friend here, we just got him hooked on Camp Pining Hearts." Peridot said picking up Rocket's end and hanging up. "Camp Pining Hearts, oh my God I loved that show!" he exclaimed and then he turned to the fusion standing next to him. "So what do I call you? Conneven, Maheswuniverse, or how about Stennie?" he inquired.
"We prefer to be called Stevonnie." they said as they defused back into Steven and Connie. "Hey, think you could show me around this town?" Star-Lord asked. "I thought you'd never ask!" Steven cheerfully replied as he grabbed Peter by the hand and dragged him out the door. "We'll be back later!"
Peter was taken all across Beach City, being introduced to all of Steven's friends like the Pizza family, Mr. Smiley, the Cool Kids and many more. "Wow kid, you seem pretty well-liked here." he said. "Yeah, I'm friends with pretty much everyone!" Steven replied as he let go of his new friend's hand. "Say, you hungry for some bits?" he asked. "I'm not sure, I just had that Cookie Cat thing but okay then."
Steven guided Peter to the local fry place where a boy around his age with blonde hair resembling steak fries was at the counter. "Hey Peedee, long time no see!" Steven called. "Steven, long time no see too." Peedee replied. "Say, who's the cowboy here?" he asked. "Oh yeah, name's Peter Quill, but tons of people call me Star-Lord." Star-Lord answered. "Lemme guess, the bits?" Peedee asked. "You bet I do!" Steven replied.
Just then, another boy older and taller than Peedee wearing eyeglasses popped up from behind him and pushed him out of the way. "Steven, just the boy I needed to see!" he said. "Hello Ronaldo." Steven greeted flatly.
"I suppose you may have checked Keep Beach City Weird lately because today has been a goldmine for me!" he exclaimed pulling out a tablet and showing off pictures of Groot eating from a paper bag, Drax stuck in a trash can and Rocket chasing Mr. Smiley with a broom as a roller coaster fell apart behind them.
"There have been some sightings recently that suggest that alien lifeforms have infiltrated town and are very bad at disguising themselves to blend in." Ronaldo explained. "You think this means that an invasion is imminent?" Looking over the pictures, Peter immediately recognized his friends in them.
"Hey, those guys are my friends!" he exclaimed. "You know these extraterrestrials?" Ronaldo gasped. "Please tell me!"
"I think he's had enough of your blog bro." Peedee said walking back to the counter with some fry bits. "Here's your fry bits Steven." He handed the bits to Steven and the two made their way. "Thanks kid!" Peter thanked as they sat down on a nearby bench."So tell me Steven," he said with his mouthful of fry bits. "tell me again, what happened to your mom?"
"She actually had to give up her physical form so that I could be born." Steven replied. "The Gems and my dad really miss her, and they've only told stories about how great of a person she was."
Star-Lord, knowing what it feels like to lose a mom, put a sympathetic arm around Steven. "That's rough buddy." he said. "Back when I was a kid, I was abducted by aliens after I lost my mom too."
Young Peter Quill has just rushed out of the hospital into an open field after watching his mother die of cancer before his eyes. He was incredibly traumatized over this and lied there in the field crying until a bright light shone over him. A strange spacecraft was hovering over him and then suddenly, everything went black.
Waking up much later, Peter found himself in a place where he could see Earth getting smaller and smaller. "Wait, what's going on?" he wondered. "Where am I?!" Suddenly he noticed an arrow flying towards him which he narrowly dodged.
"You're on my turf now kid." a voice stated. Walking out of the shadows, the voice belonged to a blue humanoid creature with a scruffy beard and a small fin on his head. "Name's Yondu Udonta, leader of the Ravagers." he greeted. "And you must be Meredith's kid, Peter."
"How do you know my name, how do you know my mom?!" the boy panicked. "Calm yourself boy, she's told me to bring you to your daddy." Yondu calmed him down.
"You know my dad?" Peter wondered. "Yeah, can't tell you anything about him," the alien replied. "other than the fact that he's a jackass!"
"Wow, guess he wasn't as cool as I thought he would." Peter said to himself as the blue man laughed. "How 'bout this kid?" Yondu asked. "How about I teach you the ways of my gang, the Ravagers?" The boy looked up at him in excitement. "Yeah, I guess!" he exclaimed.
"Wow, that Yondu sounds like a pretty cool guy." Steven said. "You bet he was!" Peter replied as they finished up the fry bits. "He taught me everything he knows, transforming me into the badass you're hanging out with today."
The two looked up at a nearby clock to find that it read 3:10pm."Say, think we should head back to your place?" he asked. "Yeah, let's."
Walking back to the beach house, they found no one else except Lion napping. "Hey, where did Garnet and Connie go?" Star-Lord asked.
"Oh yeah, must be time for swordfighting practice." Steven replied. "Wait, what?" his older companion wondered. "Pearl has been training Connie on fighting with a sword for a while now. I think you should come along and watch." Steven explained as he woke up Lion.
"Hey Lion, wanna come with us to the Sky Arena?" he asked his furry friend. Roaring as it yawned, Lion licked its lips and guided the two to the Warp Pad.
"So what do I do to activate it, just click my heels a few times while saying 'There's no place like home'?" Peter asked standing on the pad. "No, you just need to think about where you want to go and then poof, you're there." Steven replied. "Okay, now watch this." Putting his hands to his head and closing his eyes, the Gem-human hybrid began to concentrate until the three of them disappeared in a beam of light.
Meanwhile deep in space, another ship had touched down in Pink Diamond's human zoo, a yellow and blue one bearing the symbol of the Nova Corps. The pilot exited the craft, revealing himself to be a white furred leopard-like creature wearing a black & yellow bodysuit, but his most unusual trait was his cybernetic eye and machine gun arm. This was Titus, former Nova Corpsman and ally of the Chitauri. He was currently hunting down the Guardians for crimes against the Nova Corps and was led here.
"They had to have been here, I just know it." he said to himself as he walked up to the two Amethysts guarding the door. "You there, I request an audience with Blue Diamond!" he announced to them.
"Sorry furball, but she's out right now." one of them stated. "Who are you calling a furball?!" Titus barked. "I was an esteemed member of the Nova Corps and I demand your respect!" As the two Quartz soldiers summoned their weapons, Titus prepared to fire from his arm, until the three were put to a halt.
"Stop right there!" a voice commanded. The Amethysts stood in attention as Holly Blue Agate stepped forth, coming face to face with Titus. "Holly Blue Agate." the former Nova Corpsman said as he lowered his weapon. "I've heard stories about how terrifying you were, but I never realized we would meet one day."
The Agate rolled her eyes and angrily turned to the Amethysts. "I've told you once, I've told you thousands of times! Never disrespect our visitors!" she shouted at them. "We apologize Holly Blue Agate, please don't have us executed!" the two Amethysts saluted while looking nervously at one another.
"Now then my good sir, what brings you here?" Holly Blue asked turning back to Titus. "Very good question," he replied with courtesy as he brought up a hologram of the Guardians. "I am searching for a group of miscreants known as the Guardians of the Galaxy, and a tracking beacon I've placed on their ship has led me here. Though it seems I was misled."
"Oh, those rogues." Holly Blue said. "You've already missed them. They've left on a mission to search for a renegade Peridot for the Diamonds but they haven't called back yet."
She took the hologram from Titus's hand and zoomed in on Rocket specifically."We have quite a history with this rodent after he stole a batch of Rose Quartz gems from here for Tanaleer Tivan and he returned to us to seek redemption by taking this job."
Titus was about ready to shoot up the human zoo, but he contained his rage and put on a smug grin. "I have an idea." he calmly said. "How about we form an alliance? I redeem myself by capturing these Guardians while you get to shatter that rogue Peridot along with imprisoning any other beings with her."
Holly Blue was unsure of the idea, but anything to please her Diamond. "Alright then, it's a deal." she replied shaking his hand.
The Guardians and the Gems didn't know yet, but they are not ready for this deadly alliance
Thanks for being so patient everyone, chapter 4 is coming soon! But now, a moment of silence for a comic book legend.
In Loving Memory of William "Adam" West Anderson
To the Caped Crusader and the Mayor of Quahog
Thank you for the memories old chum, now rest in peace
