The Mutation Situation

Part 3: Special girl

Captain Nathanel Sauders was a tall African American astronaut. He and his team were on a mission to repair the outer shell of the U.S space station that had been hit by a meteorite.

Four years ago in space, Captain Saunders and one of his fellow crew members left the ship to commence repairs.

"Captain Saunders, are you alright over there?" asked the crew member.

"I'm fine. Just watch my back okay." he answered.

"Yes sir." the crew member replied.

"No need to be so serious." commented the captain.

"Ahh, yes sir" he answered.

After a few minutes the crew members that were still on the shuttle radioed them, " Captain we've got incoming, unknown projectles."

Captain Saunders took a good look at the the projectles and realised what they were," Those aren't unknown projectiles, they're meteors!" he screamed,

"Move it!" he screamed to his crew members.

Both desperately tried to get to the ship trying to avoid the meteors, they were almost successful, but Captain Saunders saw one was about to hit the crew member, he deparearely rushed to him pushing him out of the way.

The meteorite hit his helmet cracking it.

Unknown to the captain, micro fragments from the meteor had breached his suit entering his body.

"Captain!" the crew member shouted.

Going back for him, the astronaut got Captain Saunders back into the ship safely.


Four days later. Captain Saunders and his team made it to the base safely, where they were met by General Vortex.

"Heard you took a rock to head." the general commented, "Are you okay?"

"Ya, but I'm a little tired." the captain happily responded.

"You three head inside for debriefing, and Captain Saunders you head inside to the medical ward." commanded the general.

"General with all due respect, I told my wife I would call her first thing when I got home." the captain replied.

"Nathanel you've gone through something traumatic and you could be suffering from an injury, go to the medics right now, that's an order!" the general ordered, "You'll have plenty of time to talk to Lilly later."

"Yes sir." the captain agreed begrudgingly.

Captain Saunders went to the medical ward where the doctors there did multiple physical and psychological tests on him.

"Captain I can say for certain that you are in perfect health." said one of the doctors.

"Great. Can you clear me then?" asked the captain.

"Not exactly your running a bit of a temperture." said the docter, "We would like you to stay overnight for observations."

"Okay fine, can I at least call my wife." asked the captain.

"Of course Captain Saunders." the doctor answered handing the captain his phone.

Captain Saunders dialed the number.

The phone conversation began.

Nathanel: Hello.

Lilly: Hello.

Nathanel: Hey sweety.

Lilly: Nate is that you?

Nathanel: Ya it's me.

Lilly: Are you okay? I heard you were in an accident.

Nathanel: Don't worry I'm okay, they're just keeping me in for observation, I'm sure I'll be discharged tomorrow.

Lilly: Are you sure?

Nathanel: I'm sure, talk to you tomorrow. Love you.

Lilly: Love you more.

The phone conversation ended.

The captain gave the doctor back his phone and proceeded to go to sleep.

A few hours later Captain Saunders woke up in the middle of the night, he went to the bathroom to do his business, when he was washing his hands he looked up at the mirror and saw he a chunk of rock growing from his face, "Ahh!" the captain screamed.

Before he knew it, it began to spread all over his body, along his arms, pieces on his face and a large lump on his his back.

"Somebody help me!" screamed the captain.

The docters rushed in to find the mutating Captain Saunders.

"What the..." said one of the docters.

As he continued to mutate further he screamed in pain.

"Somebody do something!" screamed one of the doctors.

"Like what!?" asked another.

Before anyone could do anything Captain Saunders was completely ingulfed in the rocks.

A short time passed before the general rushed in and asked, "What happened!?"

"We're not sure sir." answered one of the doctors.

"Then get me someone who is sure!" orderd the general.

After getting more scientists and hours more of tests. someone finally gave the general an answer, " It seems sir that Captain Saunders has mutated into that thing over there."

The general gave the scientist a very angry look and screamed, "Do I look like I'm blind, I can clearly see that, I want to know how this could have happened!"

With an intimidated look the scientest said, "Sir from his tests, we found microscopic fragments of unknown material."

"Where could they have come from?" asked the general.

"Our best guess sir is the meteorite that hit his helmet." answered the scientist.

The general called multiple soldiers into his office among them were the captains crew members.

"There's been an accident involving Captain Saunders, nobody here will say anything on this matter to anybody." ordered the general.

"Even his wife sir?" asked one of the captains crew members.

" Yes." the general the general answered.


Three years ago, Jimmy's parents had just left him with the general.

"Okay James where do you want to start off first?" asked the general.

"I would like to examine the pile of rocks." answered Jimmy.

"James that pile of rocks has a name." replied the general.

"Okay fine, Captain Saunders."Jimmy replied sarcastically.

Jimmy ran multiple tests on Captain Saunders.

"James what can you tell us that we don't already know." asked the general.

"That this pile of rocks has a heart beat and brain waves." answered Jimmy.

"How do you know that?" asked the general, " Our previous tests showed nothing."

"I have my ways." answered Jimmy smugely.

Jimmy looked at the general and asked, "So what do you want me to do first, try fix this guy or go ahead with the super soldier thing?"

"Your job, James is to make me super soldiers we will worry about the captain later." answered the general.

"Okay if thats what you want." Jimmy replied.

Present day, the general asked "What are those?"

"You'll see." answered Jimmy.

Jimmy walked the general and Cindy into another sector of his lab.

"Seriously James, how on earth did you hide this place from me?" asked the general.

Jimmy answered, "Memory wiper."

"Did you just say memory wiper?" asked the general.

"Who said anything about a memory wiper." Jimmy replied playfully.

Jimmy lead them into a room where Goddard was standing next to two machines.

"So I'm guessing those are the machines you were talking about earlier." commented Cindy.

"Yup." answered Jimmy.

He then went in front of them and announced "Introducing the neutron gravity weights and the neutron super treadmill."

"Enough with the annoucements Nerdtron, get on with it!" Cindy interrupted.

"Fine, the the neutron gravity weights are two simple ten pound dumbbells with a gravity manipulators on theirs sides." Jimmy continued.

"And what does that mean?" asked the general.

"Basically I make them heavier by increasing its weight." answered Jimmy.

He went to Cindy, "I want to test how strong you are, pick up the dumbbells." ordered Jimmy.

Cindy picked up both, Jimmy went to the control pad that was in the room, " increasing weight to one ton."

Cindy seemed to be having no trouble lifting it, "Is that all you got Nerdtron!"

Jimmy looked at her with a smug look, "Okay fine." he activated the switch increasing it to five tonnes.

Cindy still seemed to have no problem she looked at him, "Come on Nerdtron, at least make it a challenge."

Jimmy getting a little irritated. increased the weight to fifity tonnes.

Cindy seemed to be having a little trouble lifting it but ultimately triumphed, "You seriously need to do better."

Jimmy now comletely enraged gave a devilish smile and increased the weight to one hundred tonnes.

Cindy was struggling it didn't look like she was going to be able to handle it. She then closed her eyes and let out a powerful scream throwing the dumbells through the ceiling.

Jimmy and the general had a very shocked look and both said "Wow!"

Cindy said while panting, "Is that... the best...you can...do!"

The general said, "Okay that's enough with the dumbbells."

"Fine, time for test two." Jimmy announced.

Jimmy walks to the treadmill looking the device, and said "This treadmill doesn't work like a normal treadmill does, instead of you moving to the speed of the band the band moves to the speed of you testing your top speed."

Cindy got on the treadmill and began to run. She was moving so fast that she appeared to be a blurr to Jimmy and the general.

"Wow!" said the general, he then looked at Jimmy and asked, "How fast is she moving?"

"According to my instruments about five hundred miles per hour." answered Jimmy.

The general looked at Jimmy, laughing a bit, "It's funny."

"What's funny?" asked Jimmy.

The general replied "Right now Cindy is everything I could have wanted in a super soldier, she's strong, fast and because you shot her we know she's bullet proof..."

Cindy immeadiately stopped running, " You shot me!"

"Uhmm, Yes I did but in my defence I knew it wouldn't have killed you." he replied worryingly.

Cindy gave him an angry, annoyed look.


On the other side of base, the rocky remains of Captain Saunders formed arms and legs, he began to get up and with each step he took, he began to take a more humaniod form.

First he looked like an four legged animal, he then became like a spiker version of The Thing(Character from Marvel Comics, member of the Fantastic Four), he then began to look like the regular Thing and his Final form looked exactely like his human form except his skin was now a stoney grey colour and his eyes had no pupils.

He looked at his hands and screamed, "I can see again, I can move again, after all this this time, I'm finally free!"

Saunders could hear that someone was coming so he hid. A soldier arrived on a routine patrol, Saunders attacked him grabbing him by his neck and asked him, "Tell me, what year is it?"The soldier whom was struggling to breath answered him saying "2014!"

Saunders looked at the soldier with pure rage and snapped his neck.

He threw the corpse of soldier on the ground and angrily screamed, "Vortex!"


Walking out of the lab and making their way into the hanger Cindy and Jimmy continued their conversation being followed by the general,

"So you shot me!" screamed Cindy.

"Don't be so bothered by it. I was ninety five percent sure you weren't going to die." Jimmy explained.

She looked at him, "That still doesn't mean you can..."

"General Vortex!" Saunders screamed interrupting Cindy.

"Nathanel!?" the general replied, looking at his new rocky exterior.

The room dropped into a dead silence every soldier in the area pulled out their guns, "Hold your fire!" commanded the general.

The soldiers all stood ready to fire, Cindy and Jimmy hid behind a jeep to access the situation.

"General Vortex! It's so good to see you again!" Saunders shouted, walking slowly torwards the general.

The general moved closer to him, "Nathanel it's good to see you..."

Saunder interrupted angrily, "Alive!"

The general tried to explain, "That's not what I meant. I had every intention to..."

"What! Cure me! We both know you had no intention of doing that!" interrupted Saunders again.

The general continued to walk forward, "Listen Nathanel you've got to calm down."

"Calm down! Calm down! I was trapped as a damn rock for four years! The only thing I was able to do was hear! And I know for a fact you never put me as a priority!" he replied.

The general was about to speak when Saunders interrupted, "Enough lies Vortex! Prepare to die!"

He lunged forward at the general and the soldiers in the area fired their guns. He showed little discomfort from the bullets.

He shouted, "If you want to fight let's fight!"

Spikes began to form around his body and he fired them at multiple targets killing all the soldiers that were shooting.

Somehow the general maneged to evade the spikes from hitting him. Saunders looked surprised by what he just did then gave a sadistic smile.

"Oh my God!" Jimmy screamed hyperventilating.

Cindy stood up, "I've got to do something!"

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Jimmy asked.

"Jimmy you just saw what happened nobody but me can stop him." Cindy answerd.

Saunders walked up to the general ready to strike, he clenched his fist and it transformed into a mace. He raised his arm to crush the general and swong forward.

Cindy rushed torwards them and caught his mace hand, "I don't think so bub."

Saunders looked at her, "Why you little..." before he could finish she threw him through a wall.

She went torwards the wall, all seemed okay until she was struck by multiple spiked rocks that the captain was shooting.

They made her begin to retreat backwards.

He then ran towards her with his hands shaped like hammers and struck her repeatedily before sending her flying into a jeep, knocking her out.

Captain Saunders then picked up the general, " Its getting abit noisey here, lets talk ouside." before he could leave Jimmy stood behind them, shaking, holding a gun.

The Captain looked back at him, "You were willing to help me so I'll spare you for now, you could be useful to me in the future, but if you choose to attack I can't be held responsible for what I do."

Jimmy looked at him like a frightened child and dropped the gun.

The Captain then began to walk away. Jimmy ran straight to Cindy trying to wake her up.


Captain Saunders carried the general to a small cave in the middle of the desert.

When they entered it he threw the general to the ground, "Why didn't you just kill me." asked the general.

"As much as I'd hate to admit it, your daughter was right to stop me, I was angry and irrational, I still need you to answer some questions for me." answered the captain.

Looking at him with a serious look, the general asked, "What do you want to know?"

Saunders grabbed him and asked, "The only thing I want to know right now is, what happened to Lilly?"

With a saddened look on his face he answered, "I'm sorry Nathanel, Lilly commited suicide two years ago."

Captain Saunders immeadiatly dropped the Captain and asked, "How the hell did this happen!?"

"After your accident we had told her that you had died from radiation poisoning, she did not take it too well, we tried to support her but it was all for nothing, she overdosed on pills." explained the general.

Saunders hit the walls in anger, then he looked at the general and screamed, "This is all your fault!" his hand began to turn into a mace, "I will make you suffer!" before he could kill the general he had a realisation, "Wait a minute, killing you now, that would be too easy. Before I kill you I will rip out your heart, and we both know who your heart belongs to."

Knowing what he meant the general pleaded, "Nathanel please!"

Saunders walked up to him, "Don't call me that ever again, Nathanel Saunders died with Lilly. From this day forth I am nothing but Stone!"

He picked up the general and went through his clothes taking out his phone.


Back at the base.

"Cindy! Cindy! please wake up." Jimmy pleaded as he shoke Cindy's unconcious body.

"Ahh, what happened?" Cindy groaned as she woke up.

"That rock guy knocked you out and took your dad." Jimmy answered.

"What! We have to go save him!" screamed Cindy as she got up.

Jimmy looked at her and explained, "Right now that's impossible Cindy, this base is in no condition for a search and rescue, all of our vehicles are out of order, the systems have been fried so we can't even attempt basic communication the only things that are working are the guns and cell phones. "

"Isn't there anything in your lab that can help us." asked Cindy.

Jimmy shook his head to answer no when his phone rang in his pocket.

The phone conversation began.

Jimmy: Hello.

Stone: Put the girl on the phone.

Knowing who it was Jimmy handed the phone to Cindy telling her it was the captain.

Cindy: Is my dad still alive.

Stone: Straight to the point I like that. No I haven't killed your dad. Yet. If you want him come get him I'll text you the location.

The phone conversation ended.

Receiving the text message Cindy was preparing to run off, but Jimmy stopped, "Cindy if you go out there without a plan he will kill you!"Cindy looked at him and replied, "We'll see."

Jimmy walked infront of taking a very serious tone, "Don't be stupid! Reckless stunts like that are what got your father in this situation. If you want to really help him, you need a plan."

"Okay what's the plan?" asked Cindy.

"He seems to be as strong and durable as you but not as fast, if you attack him with a speed strike combined with your super strength the combined force should be enough to at least knock him down for a while." answered Jimmy.

"So basically the plan is hit him hard." Cindy commented jokingly.

"Ya basically." Jimmy replied.

Cindy ran out of the base with her superspeed and made her way to stone.


Stone was standing at the front of the cave waiting for Cindy.

The general was on the ground and pleaded with him, "Please Nathanel..."

Stone looked back at him and said "If you speak to me again I swear I'll break your leg."

The general tried to speak again but Stone fired a spiked rock through his leg and the general screamed in pain.

Stone commented, "I did warn you."

Seconds later Cindy ran in, "Miss Vortex, It's good to see you again." he shouted with a smug attitude.

Cindy kept quiet, "Your right the time for talk is over!" he screamed with a sadistic voice.

Cindy hit stone with a speed strike that sent him back.

She went in to do it again, Stone tried to dodge, but was hit again.

She did it a third time and successfully hit him again.

Cindy goes in to finish Stone with round house kick, but Stone turned his body into sand and successfully dodged it. He reappeared behind Cindy and slammed her into the ground with an enlarged hand, hurting her.

Stone fired his spiked rock, Cindy successfully dodged them all with her speed.

Cindy began to pant and sweat showing signs she was getting tired.

Stone looked at her and shouted, " Looks like you haven't built up the stamina to use those powers properly, I was trapped in this body for years so you could say I've become accustomed to it."

Cindy looked back at him and shouted,

"Is this really what you want!?"

Stone face changed from smug to angry and screamed, "Your father's selfishness and lies cost me the love of my life and I am going to make him pay for it!"

Cindy's face also became more angry, she screamed, "And what about the people you killed! Do they just not count!"

His face began to look abit gultiy but it change back to anger, "All of this could of been avoided if your father didn't try to play God!"

"What do you mean?" asked Cindy.

"Your father ordered the machine that created you and I to activate." he answered.

"That's not true, it was Jimmy!" she explained.

Getting his smile back he replied, "Please that orange boy is many things arrogant, egotistical and just plain annoying, I got that from hearing him for a few minutes, but one thing he isn't is reckless he doesn't have the spin to do something like."

"You're lying!" she shouted.

"You can ask him if you live through this." replied Stone.

Stone extended his arms to attack Cindy, but she leaped out of the way to dodge them.

Stone curved them and grabbed her legs throwing her into the ground, she quickly rebounded and punched him really hard on the chest and sent him flying.

While the fight was happening the general tried to crawl his way out of the cave.

Cindy used another speed strike, and overpowered Stone. She did another round house kick, Stone countered it with a hammer hand, the two strikes collided with each other and created a shockwave.

Both sides flew away hitting the ground, Stone immeadiately got up while Cindy was struggling.

She thought to herself, "Nothing's working, I'm using the speed strikes just like Jimmy said." she began to get up, "Maybe I haven't picked up enough speed." she then proceeded to run away.

"Looks like your daughter's split. Guess she doesn't love you as much as I thought." Stone glouted walking torwards the general.

Cindy continued to run into the desert she turned heading straight back for Stone.

Stone looked at the dust cloud heading in his direction before he had time to react Cindy rambed straight into him shattering his arms and legs.

"Ahhh!" he screamed as he hit the ground.

Cindy collasped in exhaustion, "Wow!" Stone said panting, "You really are something special girl!"

Cindy got up, "I'm taking you in."

Stone smiled and replied, "I don't think so." a spike extended from his chest and he shot the general in the shoulder.

"Aghhh!" the general screamed.

Stone looked up to her, "You have two choices, your father currently has two punture wounds in his body you can either take me in or take him for treatment before he bleeds to death."

Cindy gave him an angry look, "This isn't over!"

She picked up her father and ran off, "It sure isn't" Stone replied.


At the military base the general got out of the regeneration pod, "Are you okay?" Cindy asked.

"Ya, I'm fine" the general answered.

"Told you it would work." glouted Jimmy.

They both looked at him, "Okay fine, father daughter moment, I'll be outside." Jimmy commented as he left the Lab.

"What happened to Saunders?" asked the general.

"After I brought you here they sent some men after him, but they was no trace of him." answered Cindy.

She then looked at her father and asked, "Is it true?"

"Is what true?" asked the general.

"Is it your fault that that chamber thing exploded?" she replied.

He looked at his daughter seriously and answered, "Of course not, it was a miscalculation on Jimmy's part."

She looked at him suspiciously and replied, "Okay that's what I thought. That rock guy must've been crazy."

Jimmy walked in, "Ahh guys I just had a thought. What if Cindy and Captain Saunders wern't the only ones infected!?"

Both the general and Cindy looked at each other,

"There's nothing anyone could do to stop these mutants." commented the general.

"I could." Cindy pointed out walking up to Jimmy.

The general then looked Cindy and asked "Are you sure about this? Saunders was dangerous what if someone more powerful comes along?"

She looked at her dad and answered, " Dad right now there are no other options."

He gave a great big sigh, "Fine!"

"If she's going to be a superhero, she's going to need a codename." Jimmy

commented.

"Any thoughts?" asked the general.

"I was thinking Special girl." responded Cindy.

"Why Special girl?" asked Jimmy.

"Well it's something the ex captain told me." she answered proudly.


Well that was my third chapter hope you liked it. Looking forward to the you have any questions don't be afraid to ask. The next chapter is titled Now You See Me