Morbius MAX
Vol 1: Blood Lines
Chapter 1 "Dead of Night"
A lone hunter sits atop of a roof, eyes red and fangs sharp. The city lights, the sirens wailing, the cries of the innocent, and the scent of blood. All course through this lone hunter as he takes in the scent of the night with a simple thought the hunter vanishes in a cloud of dark mist and reforms a block away. There laid a lifeless body of a woman, the hunter examines her corpse..."Carotid Artery, punctured. Arterial bleeding, the wound is fresh as evident from blood flow. Wound markings and cause of death all point to one suspect...Vampires!" The hunter thinks silently, and upon further examination sees the victim struggled? "The Vampire that targeted her, must not have been feeding regularly. Evidence of a human being able to put up resistance proves this. Upon even further examination, the victim is clutching a torn piece of fabric?"
The hunter removes the torn fabric, and recognizes the scent! ..."Deacon Frost!" The hunter snarled and clenched his fist and fangs! "He's got to be nearby I can use the scent on this cloth to track him!" And the hunter began to claw his way up the nearby rooftops as he silently thought to himself..."It's been five years, five long and agonizing years since you cursed me with this pestilence. I've hunted you across the continent and now I shall end you tonight!" The hunter then looked back at his memories to the events of five years prior.
"My name is Micheal Lee Morbius, I was born into a privileged family. But alas I was cursed from birth with an extremely rare and fatal blood disease. Though it would remain dormant for many years without taking hold til I had became a man. In my youth, my parents were proud of their son, as by the time I was eight years of age I had completed primary (elementary/junior high) and secondary levels (high school) of education. It was also during this time that my father and mother with a heavy heart revealed unto me, the curse that coursed through my veins. But I did not tremble, I did not cry, I smiled and asked my father one question. What kind of degree would I need to save people like me? I asked him brazenly, he responded with a small smile Hematology. And so at eight years of age, I a boy with the mind of Mozart set out to enroll in my countries most prestigious program for the study of the medical field, the Harvard Medical University. It would take me nine long years of hard work, studying, researching, and trial and error.
Along the way, I met and made many new friends. My closest friend Dr. Stephan Vincent Strange, and the woman who I would fall in love with Martine 'Mary' Bancroft. After I had earned my Doctorate in Hematology, I began working at only eighteen years of age. At the Center for Disease Control, research and development branch, it was there I toiled day and night to cure my affliction as well as cure others. It was during this time the disease in my veins would take the first stages of its hold on my body. I would slowly loose my ability to use my legs, but not before I would find the cure to Sickle Cell and Leukemia! It was the first step to my downfall into becoming a cursed man.
Not long after my fame, the blood disease began taking a heavier toll on my body. With the use of my hands becoming increasingly limited and my eyesight progressively worsening. But I would not have this disease defeat me without enjoying at least one thing in life. So at only twenty-two years of age on December 28th, I Micheal Morbius proposed to Mary Bancroft.To my joy she accepted, and a wedding would be slated for September. Though in my heart, I felt my time was nearing. To my shock a few weeks after my proposal my old friend Stephan arrived at my lab telling me of a mutual acquaintance of his who could have the answers to my affliction! He was a wealthy man, privileged like me as Stephan put it. He was also a CDC field researcher for New York. Who had recently stumbled across something that could change the world?
So I met this man eagerly, this 'Deacon Frost' and what he presented before my eyes, I could not believe! It was unknown or even heard of this ...this miracle sample! It could systematically repair all lost, broken, deformed, or damaged blood cells and tissue! Effectively it could save my life! But Deacon warned me that to inject it in its raw form was deadly as it needed to be purified as I saw during my experimentation it would reject foreign blood samples, and effectively devour what it deemed invasive. Deacon allowed me to keep the sample for research, under the promise that I would create a less aggressive, and safe to use version of the sample. And that I would also create two exact copies, and contact him before going public with the knowledge. I was so desperate to live that I foolishly agreed to the terms. Like a mad scientist, I agreed. And thus my downfall continued, many months would pass before I could create a concoction that was safe to use. It was finally August, nine months of hard work. My eyesight was nearly gone I could hardly breathe some days, but it was finally completed. As I tried to phone Deacon the news, I collapsed crashing to the ground. I thought that it was the end for me, that all this hard work was for nothing. As my eyes finally began to darken, I remember Mary came running in she lifted my head on her lap and frantically injected me with the serum. And my eyes shut the last thing I could recall was her face, how scared she looked and tightly she held me.
Within the hour I had awoken to Mary sitting beside me, she had never left my side. And to my astonishment, I was healed! My body was like I was never Ill, to begin with! I was so happy I reached for Mary and held her in my arms tears of joy dripped across my cheeks and I could see they were on Marys as well. Until...I happened and like a fire burning in my veins I roared out in pain and Marys face was in horror as she witnessed my body shift and change! First was my skin, it became a pale grey, then my face structure morphed, my teeth became fangs, my hands grew claws and massive wings with talons ripped from my back. My eyes had become a dark crimson color, and I could see Mary in horror and shock before she could cry for help. My body instinctively held her down and drank the blood from her neck.
I could not control myself, with every thought in my mind I had tried to stop it! But I couldn't silence this beast like hunger that coursed through my veins. And so with one last whimper, Mary whispered my name...Micheal. Before her body became cold, once the bloodlust had subsided I realized what I had done! I roared and destroyed my lab! I was furious, and to my surprised Deacon Frost arrived, I could see a snicker and dark smile on his face as he slowly clapped his hands which were also covered in blood. 'Bravo' he told me as he removed his jacket, and then explained to me what the sample was and that he was a ...a vampire! And how he had hoped that I would join his cause! With fury, I roared at him for willing destroying my life and I charged at him with my claws and fangs undisciplined and savage. Even though I had enhanced strength and speed, I had not the training nor the practice to defeat someone like him, who easily took advantage of my angered and emotional state. It wasn't long til the building began to collapse from the fight that was happening, Deacon disappeared warning me that he would see me again."
Morbius stops reminiscing as the scent he was tracking went cold, but it had finally led him to the entrance of the rogue Frost Coven! Morbius smirked, with his fangs showing and his wings spread open as he ripped the doors open! Panic and chaos ensued as Morbius tore through hordes of vampires! Ripping open their throats, impaling them with his wing talons, and biting off their arms and claws! So much blood and carnage. In the end Morbius gripped one vampire begging for their life in his hands..."Tell me where is Deacon FROST!?" Morbius roared! The terrified vampire lied to Morbius, so Morbius stared into his eyes and unleashed his telepathic powers the Dominus Stare, and ripped the information from the vampires mind!..."There you are...I'm coming for you Frost!" Morbius shouted!!
-End Chapter 1-
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