The Samurai and The Scientist
Chapter 5 Tragic Tale
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. This is just a story for fun.
Dexter opened the photo album and showed Jack and the Scotsman a picture of a bunch of kids and one adult standing together. He first pointed at a young boy with orange hair wearing glasses, a lab coat, purple gloves, and black shoes, and then he pointed at a tall ball with a black bowl haircut wearing a white suit with a red tie, blue shorts, and brown shoes.
"That's me and Mandark when we were kids. We were the smartest kids in our school and a rivalry sprung up between us to see who was smarter. Ironically my sister Dee Dee and Mandark's sister Olga were rivals in ballet class, however their rivalry had respect between each other and they became friends. The rivalry between me and Mandark was very different. Mandark went out of his way to prove his superiority and tried to destroy my lab and me on a few occasions. During that I created my greatest invention the Neurotomic Protocore, a device so powerful it could change the world. I didn't understand the full power of my creation, so I kept it hidden away and guarded it, until I could get a better grasp of it. Several years later both I and Mandark had grown up and it seemed like our rivalry had died down. We both ended up working at a huge cooperation and that's when things took a nasty turn." Said Dexter as he flipped to another part of the photo album.
The next picture showed Dexter as a young man still wearing a lab coat, gloves, and boots. Mandark was also in the picture wearing a brown business suit, with a scowl on his lips.
"My first few years at the cooperation were very good. I brainstormed and created many things to help the planet and studied the Neurotomic Protocore and I had big plans for it. Mandark became jealous and angry at my success, so when I wasn't looking he stole the plans for my creations and presented them as his own. He rose in power, until he became the head of the cooperation. Mandark was a tyrant, who abused his power. Mandark still had a grudge against me and he used his position to torture me. I was whipped repeatedly by Mandark to prove his dominance and superiority to everyone. I heard that Aku greatly approved of the torture." Said Dexter before he pulled the back of his shirt and lab coat down a little to reveal some scars.
Dexter then began to tell his friends how everything went completely wrong as he had a flashback to that day.
Dexter had been called to Mandark's office for a little talk. Mandark stood at his desk and smiled nastily at him as he reached into his desk and pulled at the Neurotomic Protocore and some blueprints. Dexter let out a gasp as he realized Mandark must have stolen these things from his office.
"I have to say you've really outdone yourself this time Dexter. This isn't like all the other ideas I've stolen from you. This is a game changer. You want to use your little Neurotomic Protocore to unleash a powerful wave of positive energy that will enrich the minds of others and enrich the environment with new life energy. All good, but what would happen if a negative wave was unleashed instead and sucked all the positive energy out of everything. I bet that would be an interesting result." Said Mandark.
"You...can't do that!" Cried Dexter.
"Oh but I can. Why enrich the world and mankind, when I can enrich myself and rule. The only thing that matters is power and I'm going to take all the power I can get." Said Mandark as he confidently walked up to Dexter and slapped across the face.
Dexter cried out in pain and stumbled back as Mandark delivered a few more slaps to his face.
"And frankly, whose going to stop me? You? Oh please your a coward and a wimp! You don't have the power to save yourself, much less anyone else!" Laughed Mandark as he continued to slap Dexter.
Dexter got his glasses knocked off and he tried to pick them up, but Mandark stomped on and shattered them to bits. Mandark laughed as Dexter stared down at the ruined remain of his glasses. Dexter looked up at his tormentor and he felt something snap within him as he stood and faced Mandark with an intense glare. Mandark looked at Dexter and his laughter died as a look of fear appeared on his face. Dexter threw himself at Mandark punching him in the gut knocking the breath out of him. Mandark was spun around and Dexter kicked him in the rear, hitting Mandark's wallet, causing money to explode from it and flutter around the office. Dexter charged at the reeling form of Mandark and punched him in the face knocking some of his teeth out and knocking his glasses off. Dexter caught the glasses as Mandark hit the ground in a heap.
"It's over." Said Dexter.
Mandark let out a weak sneer as he pushed a secret alarm button on his belt. Security guards stormed into the office and grabbed Dexter. Mandark ordered the guards to take Dexter to the basement and lock him up. Dexter was dragged away swearing he would take Mandark down before he was thrown into a dark room. Dexter banged on the door, but it would not give in. He then began to search the room, until he found some lose tiles and pulled them apart. Dexter then began to fiercely dig his way out. He dug for what seemed like hours, until he managed to dig his way up and reached the surface taking a breath of fresh air. When he took his bearings he saw that the world around him was in ruins. Mandark had already launched his insane plan. Dexter could only fall on his knees and cry out in anger and dismay.
"And that's how things came to be this way." Said Dexter to Jack and the Scotsman.
To be continued.