Issue #21

Arriving at Gentech early the following morning (Sunday morning), Thunder undergoes his physical. The results are in by early afternoon and show what Dr.Stone had already guessed; that the synthoid was in no-wise carrying any viruses or "leaking" any sorts of other dangerous contaminents into his environment. All was A-Okay!

No sooner had Thunder finished at Gentech when his beepeer once again went off, indicating a call on his Thunderline. Making his way to Police HQ, Chief O'Roarke informs Thunder of a tip they just received of a meeting taking place this very night between a Fabricator Inc. liason and a Russian mobster by the name of Victor Stalinsowich in room 518 of the Monarch Hotel. As samples of the goods were to be involved, the authorities had decided to nip things in the bud.

And so it was that Thunder was given the word at 10:15 pm that night, smashing through the hotel room's window to land amidst Victor and his two Slavic thugs, a welldressed business of middling years and short, slicked back blonde hair, and none other than Jackhammer. Before any of them could react, Thunder clapped, but somehow, not only Jackhammer, but the businessman as well resisted it's effects. The Russians on the otherhand were knocked for a loop. Before Thunder could follow-up however, Jackhammer was on him. Their battle quickly carried them from the 5th floor of the grand hotel straight down to it's basement, and Jackhammer nearly escaped when Thunder was distracted with saving a woman from a nasty fall and falling debris. Once he saw said woman safe however, he pursued the villian into the street and quickly caught up to him. For a short time it seemed as though Jackhammer might out-finess Thunder, but the tide quickly turned with two well placed blows that nearly took the foul-mouthed villians head off.

Regrouping with the rest of the force, power-dampening bonds were quickly brought to the scene to place on Jackhammer. Not only did they have have this superpowered enforcer, but the bust also yielded Victor and his goons, a large some of money, and two familiar energy weapons, for all that the liason escaped. As Thunder escorted Jackhammer back to Police HQ, the villian boasted that he would be out within the week, and that once he was out he was going to track down that woman Thunder had saved and show her the other reason he was called the Jackhammer ... going into graphic detail of what a man his strength would do to a regular woman. Thunder was not pleased with the threat, but knew that Jackhammer was powerless.

So, after filling out his reports, Thunder bid the police a good night and returned to Gentech to get his car, before returning home. Early the next morning he learned that about an hour after he left the Police HQ Jackhammer escaped with the help of a man they thought was his lawyer, but who was actually a super-villian capable of hurling bolts of lighting.

Going out on patrol later that day Thunder prevents a "band of unruly youths" from mugging an old man in the park, and later that night witnesses an energy blast rip out of the passenger side of a sportscar and into a crowd before a nightclub. Thunder quickly chases down this car and brings it to an abrupt hault. An energy blaster is seized from two members of an Asian youth gang.

The following morning Thunder is once again called in by the Chief, who informs him that Major Mapleleaf II has come through again. A large deal is to be going down at the old Drummond Factory at 11:30 pm in three days time, ie. Friday. The synthoid hero will, once again, be playing a crucial role in the takedown.

Thunder patrols tirelessly.

The following day he saves a couple of highrise window-cleaners from falling to their deaths, and then later that evening is attract by the sound of panicked screams, and both the screech of car tires and the crash of car parts, all in the direction of the harbour. Racing toward the lake, Thunder is terrified as he beholds an enormous, spiney backed, dinosaur like creature, some 30 stories high with glowing red-eyes, rising up out of the water. Throwing its head back, this creature lets out a deafening roar to be followed by a skyward blast of radioactive fire. Seeing little other option as the behemoth begins to move toward shore, Thunder climbs high in the air, building up his full speed, before circling around and flying at this Godzillian-like monstrosity in an all-out kamakazi death dive. However, even he slams into the creature it suddenly vanishes as though it had never been, sending Thunder straight through the street, into the sewers beneath, and a good block worth of street down on top of him.

After filling out his report, Thunder discusses the matter with Dr. Stone, believing that either someone is messing with the space-time continuum, or perhaps using the power of illusion to mess with him. He leaves messages at both Stark Industries HQ and Freedom Four Plaza in hopes in brining in the aid of either Tony Stark or Reed Richards.

Returning home the next morning, Nathan runs into Sue and learns that Brent took ill again a couple of days ago and is back in the hospital. With bills threatening to pile up she couldn't afford to keep her car on the road and so asked if he could give her a ride to the hospital later. Having agreed, Nathan drives Sue over to the hospital before noon. When they arrive, Sue is approached by a man and woman who claim to be Social Workers with the Ministry of Children and Family Developement. They also have a police officer with them. The woman asks to have a word with Sue in private and they go off to antoher room. Nathan attempts to go into Brent's room to see him but is forbidden by the cop. When Sue at last returns some 15 minutes later see is in a major huff and nearly in tears. She tells Nathan that they are accusing her off child abuse and taking Brent into their custody pending further investigation. She falls into Nathan's arms, and he seeks to comfort her, assuring her that she hasn't been abusing Brent, that he will testify to her good character, and that he might know some legal-type people who can help.