Tuesday, August 02, 2005

Dark Dan: Start of the New Generation

Chapter 1

"He was the start of a new generation, and the end of an old generation." Only I understand that beginning. I'm Dark Dan. You will think that an average 15-year-old saving the world exists only in tabloids. But I really did save the world many times. My real name is Thomas.

That beginning is the beginning of the huge memorial plaque at the base of a statue. No one really understands it except for my friends and me.

Okay, the beginning of my story is when my dad, Larry Dan was taking me to a friends house, so I would stay there forever. He had been told Nemesis would capture him. He left me there. I was only two, so I can't remember it clearly.

But I can still remember crying, and seeing Dad get sucked up into the sky, and evil laughter filling the air. I was told all of this by my friend, Al Jackson.

Chapter 2

Seven years later, I created so many gadgets, not even Al Jackson (my super genius friend) could keep up with me.

A year later, Texas Jones gave me the idea of being a super hero. He said, "If only your dad was a super hero." (Texas is another friend. He admires super heros.)

I gathered up my gadgets, bought a cloak, a mask, a belt and a nice suit. (Hey, everyone needs one.)

Then I put on my detective hat. I wasn't ready to fight crime yet. I soon was home-schooled, and, for 5 years I trained in karate, judo, and gymnastics. With God's help, I could fight crime.

Chapter 3

One day, I was reading a book about a kid who saved the world. (Hey, everyone has dreams.) Suddenly, an alarm went off and the I.S.P.E. beeped. The I.S.P.E. stands for Information Server Personal Electronic. It printed a paper that said there was a robbery at the bank. I ran outside, pulled a grapple hook gun out of my pocket, and shot it upward. Then, while swinging, I put on my costume.

When I got to the bank, the robber was leaving the bank. He saw me and pulled out his gun. He fired several shots and climbed on to the roof. I swung in a bee-line and threw homing device handcuffs at him. He ducked and shot at me. I kicked him while he hit me on the head with his gun. A lump appeared on my head. I started bleeding. I punched the robber in the face. It stunned him long enough for the handcuffs to lock on him. I reached for my alumanator to stop the bleeding, but I fainted.

I woke up at my foster home. I patch was on my head. Al came over. He told me to never try to get hurt ever again. Then we talked.

"Thank you for helping me out of that situation," I said.

"Something is changing," Al said.

"Some changed things are never the same again," I said.

"You have a point. My dad told me about your history. Here is the story of your past."

Chapter 4

"As you know, your father was Larry Dan. He had heard that Nemesis would capture him. Thomas, he was sucked into Nemises's spaceship. He was never seen again. Nemesis always strikes when he is unexpected. Which means --"

"He'll strike at the ninth grade prom?" I interrupted.

"How do you do that?"

"It's a gift."

"Oh, well. Sew gadgets into your nice suit," Al said.

Over the week, I had a fun (and painful) experience sewing.

The day before the prom, Texas and I got into a fight. I only told him how famous I was. I was in the newspapers.

It ended with us never being friends again.


Chapter 5.

The night before the prom, I had a nightmare.

It had Texas and Kate Jackson (Kate is my, er... friend) being sucked into the sky, a dark figure laughing and my father dead. Also, some exoskeletons were shooting at me. The robber was there, hitting me on the head. I felt my head stinging.

I woke up. I found my head laying on a sharp needle stuck in the bed. Nothing was bleeding, but the dream gave me an idea. I was up most of the night creating an exo-skeleton. I then sewed a transformer for it on the suit.

I went outside for fresh are. There was a disturbance in the air. I tripped in the darkness. I then felt the dead body of my father!

Chapter 6

I cried and cried and cried until I couldn't. Dawn broke. I went inside to wake up my foster family. I told them everything.

Mr. And Mrs. Jackson (my foster parents) are parents who ask you dumb questions. Only Kate and Al (they are twin brother and sister) understood.

"How could this happen?" I asked Al. I started crying. I was embarrassed. But Al comforted me. I have a great friend.

I wonder what death is like. Does it hurt, or is it just sleep, like Jesus said in the Bible, that the girl was just sleeping?

Dad, did Jesus save you? How could you leave me alone?

Chapter 7

Is Dad in Heaven?

I don't know. God may have found a place for him.

It was the night of the Prom. Everyone was getting ready.

Well, not Mr. And Mrs. Jackson. They had things to do.

Al had walkie-talkies.

"If you're in trouble, contact me. I'll be at the prom."

Kate looked pretty in her dress. Kate went through a shortcut by walking, Al told me to be safe. He also told me he'd be there. He ran the long way. I shot my grapple guns into the air. I swung while putting on my mask and hat and gloves.

It started to rain. It wet my hair. I smiled insanely.

Chapter 8

I was at the prom. The music was in an amazingly fast beat. Everyone was dancing.

"Hey, there's Mike and Sally and Tom and Theresa, and Texas and Kate, and --"

"Holy Smokes! Kate and Texas! Ooh! I am gonna get him!"

The music was slow music, now. Everyone was dancing slowly.

Texas's lips were moving. I activated my hearing device.

"-- Thomas is Dark Dan," He said.

It was my secret identity, not his!

Before I could do anything, two girls in dresses entered. They said to Texas and Kate, "Come with us".

I swung to the door. I opened it to see two, scaly, muscular, female mutants and Texas and Kate get sucked into the sky.

"No!" I cried.

Chapter 9

First my father, then my friend, then my gi- other friend! And who was to blame? Nemesis.

Al came over and listened to the story.

"I have an idea," Al said.

He explained the plan. Pretend to go to school, but shoot into space even though I love school. He made exoskeletons that no one sewed on a suit. We had only eight hours to save them. We had to save them fast.

The next day, we packed costumes and exo-skeletons in our backpacks.

We jumped on our bikes, put on our costumes and made our bikes transform into jets. We flew into space.

"Where are the evil spaceships?" asked Al.

"That only exists in Star Wars," I said.

Suddenly, Al screamed, and I flew out of the way of a laser blast. A ship laser blast. Suddenly, ships and ships were shooting at us. Uh-oh. they were the undying dark-angels that are mentioned in the bible.

Why is Al always the one who gets things right?

Chapter 10

There was only one thing to do: fight.

I shot a blast, blowing up a ship. Al destroyed a ship that was about to blow me up. I shouted, "Yahoo!" and laughed insanely.

"We have to hurry before they reform again," I said.

"Good idea," Al said.


I destroyed two more ships. Then we flew to Nemesis's ship, the Nemesis Bird.

I said a quick prayer to God and flew toward the ship. I landed in the ship's ship garage. Al landed and we walked off. I quickly looked for a sign that led to the prisoner's jail. I found the sign and followed the arrow. Arrow? Strange.

Al and I put on our exo-skeletons,. We passed a room with a lot of machines, mutants, a Kate and a Texas -- A Kate and a Texas! And it looked like they were in trouble!

They were strapped to a machine. A dark figure with a hood and cloak had his hand on a lever.

"We're going in," I said.

"Dark Dan?" Al asked.

"Yes?" I asked.

"Don't try to destroy Texas for telling my sister your identity," he said.

"Okay. Let's go." I said.

We were ready to fight, even to the death.


Chapter 11

I jumped to find exo-skeletons. I blasted at them with a demoisturizer. I blasted the moisture into a crevice. The dark form spoke in a dark, rumbling voice.

"It is a super-hero!"

I unstrapped Kate and Texas.

"Who are you?" Kate asked. Al took off my exo-skeleton.

"Watch out," Kate screamed. The figure landed on me.

"I am Nemesis and I am never defeated!" It said. "I will kill you! My plan is to follow the orders my commander gave me,- to take over the world!"

"No! I can do all things - all things through Christ who strengthens me!"

He started turning yellow. A female mutant ran to help him, but his body was disappearing.

"I know the greatness of my God! Go away demon!" I said.

With a scream, he disappeared. Al, Kate, Texas and I ran from the room.

"Who were those masked kids, anyway?" someone asked. The dark-angels followed us. We blasted at the Dark-angel with demoisterizers. Kate blasted a dark-angel.

"Good shot," I said.

"Yeah,yeah, Thomas, you're getting under my skin, let's go." Texas said.

We got in our ship and took off. We talked with each other.

"How did the prom go?"

"Beautifully, Thomas," Texas said.

That was it. I erased my identity from his mind. Then I did it to Kate.

"What in the Sam Hill are you?" Texas asked.

"I'm Dark Dan," I said, grinning. I activated hyperdrive and we flew to Earth.

Al turned on autopilot.

"I know what's different. It's you. You're Dark Dan, start of a new generation."

Later, at my dad's funeral I looked at the body. It was melting. It was made of wax. I called off the funeral. My dad was out there somewhere.






The End

Wednesday, June 29, 2005

About the Author

Brandon is a ten-year-old who lives in Texas.

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