Sunday 21 June 2009

JATAYU – THE FOURTH REICH

2960 AD

The Third World War had arrived.

Surprising that there was a thousand-year gap in between, considering the state of the world. But it was inevitable. With Ravana heading The Mutant Avengers, and trying to woo all and sundry to his side, the threat of war was imminent.

He was audacious enough to start with Indian Presidency. Easy target, next door neighbours, they must have thought.

The first battalion of Mutant Avengers entered through where the Gateway of India had existed. Easy opening, lads. They loaded their guns and weapons. They fired.

They hadn’t counted for HIM, though.

2900 AD

As he held the little man-bird in his arms, Garuda was elated.

Garuda, the most powerful of all man-birds, had a son. His wife died in the outbreak of mutant flu in the early 2800’s, but before that she left her eggs with the Mutant Laboratory. It was a pre-decided arrangement—Garuda knew his wife was too weak to survive the flu.

“What will you name him, sire?”

Garuda pondered. The hospital suddenly began to shake.

“I believe we have an earthquake coming, sire!” yelled the doctor.

Garuda shook his head, “This isn’t an earthquake. This is Ravana. Take my son and get out of here, now!”

“But sir, his name!”

“GO NOW!”

As he was running out of the building, Garuda tried to use all his power to keep the building up straight. But Ravana was too powerful for him. Just before he died, he looked into the doctor’s eyes—the doctor was now standing outside—and screamed, “JATAYUUUUU...”

When the doctor turned around, he had the shock of his life—a young, ten-headed hydra stood just behind him, yo-yoing with a human head.

“So... Garuda names his son Jatayu, eh? Too bad, he’s only going to last a few minutes...” saying this, he blasted a laser beam at the infant.

The doctor turned away, but a little late. The baby’s wing was hit, and he was crying. He tried running, but Ravana was too quick for him. He caught the doctor and ripped his head off.

“Ah... I now have a replacement!” He threw away the head he originally had in his hand, and used the doctor’s head as a yo-yo.

The baby was now crying more loudly than ever before, and Ravana walked up to him. “Hmmm... should I kill you, or should I not?”

Suddenly, the sun came overhead, and Ravana’s heads started heating up.

“OUCH! I hate the summer! Anyway, little baby, I think the sun is enough to kill you. I’m going to leave you here to die... bye, little Jatayu! The emperor of the Fourth Reich pays you his last respects! HAHAHAHAHAH!”

And so, Ravana left. As the sun shone on Jatayu’s body, the cries stopped. Was this it?

Back to 2960 AD

As the Mutant Avengers fired their guns, they found that all their bullets blasted midway before reaching the target. Through the rubble of the Gateway, they saw a pair of red eyes. Before they could register what it was, they were dead.

Jatayu strode out of the rubble.

He saw Ravana in the distance, pulling off another human head. He flew magnificently towards him.

Ravana saw him coming and laughed. He just took his craft higher and higher into the atmosphere. Jatayu followed him. And so did Jatayu’s partner, Batushka.

At one point all three of them were pretty close to the sun. This is where things got worse. Jatayu started seeing red. Batushka knew what was happening, but it was too late. Ravana simply laughed.

Jatayu’s eyes emitted a stream of red-hot laser rays, and he spun round and round, not knowing what else was going on. He hit Batushka in the right wing, and missed Ravana by a whisker.

Ravana took Batushka with him and left Jatayu to his fate, just like he had all those years ago. Poor Jatayu destroyed almost everything around him, unknowingly, and collapsed to the earth in a heap...

2975 AD

Jatayu kept hearing the voices in his head. Was Batushka really alive?

As he entered the Lankan Presidency, he met his first obstacle—the giant mutant ogre, Bakasur.

Bakasur smiled evilly, “Welcome back, Jatayu. How would you like to be dealt with this time?”

Jatayu calmly replied, “The same way I kicked your ass the last time, buddy.”

Bakasur flew into a rage. And then flew at Jatayu.

Jatayu leapt at him in the same motion. I WILL BRING THE FOURTH REICH DOWN MYSELF, he thought to himself.

TO BE CONTINUED...