Marcus Dent: A Short Story

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As a corrosive matter dripped from a container above shelves, Dr.T rushed to his test subject to aid in his treatment.
“ This might be serviceable,I may never know”, said Dr.T as he glanced at the destructive materials while apprehensively preparing his welcoming. A paralyzed and timid soldier , also know as Marcus Dent ,had just gotten back to the United States with hopes that Dr.T would be able to restore the feeling in his lower body. He was reading a comic book titled “ The Lizard”,when a loud , confident voice started to speak ; It was finally time to get the help he was always looking for.
“ How’s everyone doing on this afternoon” shouted Dr.T to his guests. Within the confines of the upper corridor of the laboratory was speckled with renowned
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As the serum ran through his bloodstream , his body went through drastic changes over the next minutes. His skin became as thick as leather and his brown eyes turned into a light green. He looked as if he belonged in a circus show.
Strangely , the spectators watched in amazement ; the astonishment soon turned into horror when Marcus’s stature increased by three times. The people started to empty out now - they realized that what Dr.T had created was not an extraordinary advancement in science. He had created a monster.
“What I have done!” said Dr.T.
The hundreds of people had all evacuated the building except Dr.T; He thought to himself , “ I have to destroy what I created”.
Dr.T rushed to the lower exhibition room where the reptilian was. Dr.T carefully sneaked down to his shelves where all the chemicals had were located and just as he grabbed the materials , the lizard crushed the shelf it was sitting on. Dr.T threw the containers at the lizard and he started to shrink. Dr.T nervously back away. He did not know what the outcome of this would be.

“ Hmm, this actually did come in handy” said Dr.T as he realized what was

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