Issue
Synopsis:
Issue #1
Timothy
has been attending class in his new high school in New York for two
weeks and is slowly getting adjusted to life here.
The hardest thing to get used to is the New York attitude, which
is much different than the attitude back home.
Reaching into his third week, Timothy finds some relief in the
form of a friend.
He meets Francis in his math class and the two hit it off right
from the beginning.
Francis seems pretty average, and acts as Timothy’s tour guide
in regards to the school and other students.
Discovering that they don’t live too far from each other, the
two boys begin to hang out after school as well.
One
day as Timothy heads over to the boy’s usual meeting point, the Stop
‘n Go near where Francis lives, he notices that a larger kid seems to
be muscling Francis out of his money.
Concerned, Timothy heads over and as he does so, the older boy
takes his leave.
With the coast being clear, Timothy asks him what was going on
with that guy.
Francis tells him that the kid’s name is Nate.
Waiting for the rest of the story and obviously not getting it,
Timothy asks him if he owed Nate money.
Hesitantly, Francis says yes.
With an uneasy feeling between them, the friends hang out until
it’s time to go home.
The
next day at school, Timothy recognizes Nate in the halls and decides to
keep an eye on him.
Looking to see where he goes and who he goes there with, Timothy
notices that Nate seems to hang out with a dark-skinned boy named Craig.
Timothy continues about his normal business and tries to spot him
during lunch.
He easily spies him across the lunchroom as Nate seems to be
making his rounds by bullying other kids out of their lunch money.
Timothy walks over to him and bumps his shoulder into Nate as he
walks by.
Nate tries to pick a fight with Timothy by verbally assaulting
him but Timothy ignores him and simply walks off.
Suddenly, Nate is standing in front of Timothy, blocking his
path. The
two begin to banter and talk trash to each other.
Nate threatens Timothy and tells him that if he wants to be
noticed, Nate will start taking his money too.
Timothy reaches into his pocket, pulls out a quarter, and tosses
it to him.
Nate quickly catches the quarter and tells Timothy that it’s
not enough.
Offering more change to Nate, Timothy is told that it’s still
not enough.
Timothy pulls out his wallet and shows him that he doesn’t have
any more money.
Nate pushes Timothy back and threatens him, telling him that he
owes him $20 by tomorrow.
Timothy says nothing more and just walks away, heading back over
to Francis.
Francis asks him what going on with Nate.
Timothy replies that it’s nothing, just Nate being a punk.
Timothy
goes about his regular routine that next day.
He attends his classes as normal and sees Nate in the halls
hanging out with Craig.
When lunchtime finally rolls around, Nate starts his normal
routine of bullying the other kids for money.
Working his way around the lunchroom, Nate finally heads over to
Timothy.
Just as he gets up to Timothy, before he can say a word, Timothy
pushes him back and begins demanding money from Nate.
Nate pushes Timothy back and as he does Timothy can feel a shock
coming from Nate.
Luckily, Timothy’s ring protects him from electrical harm, so
while the attack startled him, it didn’t hurt him.
Not being able to tell if his electrical shock had any kind of
affect on Timothy, Nate offers to take this up outside – an offer
Timothy readily accepts.
Heading
around the back of the school, both boys seem nervous, as if each
doesn’t want anyone else to see their fight.
Nate taunts Timothy and in his overconfidence offers Timothy the
first shot.
Timothy lets loose a minor electrical blast towards Nate.
As the blast hits Nate, knocking him to the ground, a part of it
is reflected back at Timothy.
Again, Timothy’s ring absorbs the damage of the shock.
While Nate is getting back to his feet, Timothy runs up to him
and punches him with an electrically-charged fist.
With incredible speed, Nate dodges Timothy’s attack and slams
him with some kind of pressure, stunning Timothy.
Timothy retaliates by firing another electrical blast at Nate,
who dodges it with ease as he Power-Slams Timothy again.
Nate stops and looks at Timothy on the ground.
He begins to taunt Timothy and tells him there isn’t any hope
for him; that he can’t win against Nate’s speed.
Timothy’s anger begins to grow and finally, in his fury,
Timothy stops holding back and blasts Nate with all his power.
The blast, being too fast and too unexpected for Nate to dodge,
hits him square in the chest knocking both the wind and consciousness
out of Nate.
Looking
down on his fallen foe, Timothy takes all the money Nate had stolen
(which comes out to a couple hundred dollars) and heads back inside.
A concerned Francis approaches him wondering what just happen and
where it took place.
Timothy calmly sits down at his table, eats his lunch, hands
Francis his $20 that Nate had stolen from him, and smiles…