Superkid and the Clone

By A. E. Lucky

The town of Poolington has its hands twice as full with two Superkids running around. Can its citizens discover the true superhero before twice the calamity befalls it?

• Language: English
• Publisher: A. E. Lucky
• Release date: Jan 5, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311187376

A. E. Lucky

I grew up in a small, peaceful town--never disturbed by any bad guys. I have been writing stories since age three. I have an unassuming job as a janitor at a trucking company and I am happy with it. I am going to school to be a teacher. There's nothing too exciting about me.

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Superkid and the Clone

By A. E. Lucky

Copyright 2014 A. E. Lucky

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Dr. Red's Invention

Chapter 2: The Superkid Duplicate's Journey

Chapter 3: It Returns

Chapter 4: The Kid, the Clone, and It--part 1

Chapter 4: The Kid, the Clone, and It--part 2

Chapter 4: The Kid, the Clone, and It--part 3

Chapter 5: The Troubles Begin

Chapter 6: The Test

Chapter 7: Double Trouble

Chapter 8: The True Clone

Chapter 9: The Kid, the Clone, and Him

Chapter 10: The Clone's Farewell

Epilogue

Introduction

Welcome back to another exciting episode of Superkid! The amazing twelve-year-old who battles monsters, mad scientists, vampires, and black belt ninjas!

Okay, so there’s only one monster (the giant spider), one mad scientist (Dr. Red), one vampire (the Vampire), and one black belt ninja (the Black Belt), but it’s still exciting! It is the third edition after all.

If this is the first time you’ve heard the name Superkid I’ve got to ask, where have you been?

Don’t answer that.

The point is this is the third edition of Superkid’s adventures and I strongly recommend reading the first two editions first: Superkid and Superkid and the Vampire’s Revenge.

But if you have read the first two already and this is indeed the third edition you’re reading then keep on reading! For I now conclude this introduction and teleport us right into the action!

Chapter 1

Dr. Red’s Invention

You remember Dr. Red, right? He fought Superkid in the first edition, accidentally poisoned him with powers (I don’t call them superpowers because, well… they’re not really all that super), and then was chased off so that he could battle our hero some other day. Then in the second edition we found him working on an evil invention that was to be Superkid’s doom! And at the very end, we heard him say these dire words:

What shall I test the machine on? These were the words that sent chills down your spine and made you eager for the sequel, right?

What! What do you mean ‘no’? Why else would you be reading this if not for the thrill of Superkid’s battle with Dr. Red’s diabolical machine?

Don’t answer that.

The previous story ended with the evil doctor wondering what to test his machine on. And this story begins where the previous left off. Dr. Red combed the old abandoned factory for some kind of creature to test his monster-maker on. But the building wasn’t called old and abandoned for nothing—excepting present company. Even the spiders had vacated the premises, but they had generously left their cobwebs behind for anyone who needed them. Since he couldn’t find anything inside, the diabolical doctor stepped outside into the hot, dusty desert. He squinted into the sagebrush that grew in clusters all around the building. Seeing nothing, he stepped forward.

A small lizard shot forward, grabbing his attention. It skittered a few paces and then stopped and turned to look at Doctor Red.

Hello, my timid, little friend. The doctor grinned. He pulled out a jar that he used specially for capturing little critters. He crept closer, lowering his body slowly so he wouldn’t scare it away.

Now hold still, said the malevolent doctor, while I…

Suddenly he lunged. He slammed the jar onto the ground, causing a cloud of dust to erupt. He coughed as he waved it away. When it cleared, he looked into the jar.

It was empty.

Curses! He turned and saw the lizard looking back at him. It flicked its tail back and forth as though it was taunting him.

You little… He pounced again. The lizard was gone before the jar landed. The evil doctor turned and saw the lizard looking back at him with its mouth open in a smile—as though it was laughing at him!

You think you’re funny? Dr. Red snarled at it. We’ll see who’s laughing when I stick you in my machine!

He chased the lizard all over the place. It darted from bush to bush, looking back at the mad doctor and waiting as he crept up to it, only to dart away at the last second when he slammed the jar down. Understandably, the mad doctor only got madder.

After approximately fifteen minutes of cat and mouse, Dr. Red finally had it skittering unhappily in the bottom of the jar. Doctor Red watched it as it tried to scramble up the glass jar only to tip onto its back, and he smiled malevolently.

It’s what you get, he told it, for making me chase you and for laughing at me!

Which made sense… somewhat. Making him chase it was only natural because who wants to be trapped in a bottle? But laughing at him—that was just asking for it.

Dr. Red carried the jar with the lizard in it to his machine. Then he stopped and studied the machine with a puzzled frown. He glanced down at the tiny reptile, which stared back pleadingly.

What do I combine with you? he asked it. He frowned and cast his eyes around for ideas.

You see, he wanted to be cautious this time. He wanted to look before he leaped. In other words, he wanted to test the machine on something non-threatening in case something went wrong--which was rather pointless since things like this invariably do, but why spoil his fantasy?

He looked down at the lizard in his hand and he spotted his answer.

Aha! He reached across and plucked something from his shoulder. A hair! For the test, I shall combine a lizard and a hair! And together they will create… a hairy lizard!

He laughed evilly and the lizard cowered in its glass prison. The evil doctor opened the booth of his diabolical machine and tossed the hair in. Then he upended the jar, dumping the lizard so that it fell onto the hair. Before the lizard landed, the evil doctor slammed the booth shut, trapping the poor critter inside. The little reptile scrabbled against the glass door desperately.

Too late! Doctor Red laughed. You are trapped and are about to become… a hairy lizard!

He stepped in front of a panel full of buttons and poised his finger over a square blue one.

And now here shall be… monsters! With a dramatic flourish, he pressed the button.

The enormous machine behind the booth began rumbling to life. Wires began to spark and fizz furiously…

Light flashed up hoses. Rotors spun with noisy sputters. Pistons pumped. Pipes puffed smoke like chimneys. Gears clanked.

The machine got noisier and noisier as everything began going faster and faster. The malevolent doctor had to cover his ears!

The lizard inside the booth scrabbled around in panic. Sparks flew inside the booth like fireworks and a thick blue-gray smoke was rolling in.

The evil doctor felt excitement growing in his chest. Just listen to the power of this thing! he yelled above the growing roar of the machine.

The power of the thing was beginning to shake it apart just then. Bits and pieces began to fly off. Wires fell buzzing to the floor. A puffing pipe clattered onto the concrete very close to the doctor and one bolt zinged past his ear like a bullet, making him duck and cry aloud in surprise.

The booth where the lizard was still trapped was shaking so hard it was sliding forward. The wires, pipes, and hoses that were still attached to it were doing their best to hold it back but it wasn’t a safe bet that they would hold on very long. If that monster-maker destroyed itself before making a monster, it could be disastrous to the story! What would Superkid fight then?

Don’t answer that one either.

Doctor Red watched his machine nervously and had to restrain himself from stopping it too soon. He didn’t want to stop it if it was close to creating his monster!

But when another bolt zinged straight through his lab coat, leaving a gaping hole the size of a gopher, he decided it was time to intervene. He lifted his arm over his head and stumbled toward the roaring machine as though fighting a hurricane—which, come to think of it, is actually a pretty good description: big like a hurricane, loud like a hurricane, and with things flying all over the place like a hurricane. But just as he got to its eye and raised his finger to flip the switch, the machine stopped. The wires stopped sparking, the lights stopped flashing, the rotors stopped spinning, the pipes stopped puffing, and the gears stopped clanking—and if you stop rolling your eyes, we’ll complete the list.

Doctor Red