"Why the name?"
"What name?" I asked.
"Agon."
"That?"
"Yes."
"It's the greek word for anger."
"Your powers come from China."
"I'm a superhero." I said. "I think I have the right to name myself."
"Stop being a smart-@#$."
"It's better than being a dumb one." I retorted.
"This is what I mean."
"Let it go." I said.
Yeah, that's the kind of conversation I have everyday. Don't worry I'm not talking to myself, I talk to Long my... friend. Well that's note entirely true. Long is a little old Chinese man, who just happens to live in my head. I'm not kidding, though I probably am crazy. Though I'm not lying about the super powers, those are real. I can breathe fire, I have wings, and a tail. That also comes with strength and durability, which seem to be the stock superpowers. I also have a Chinese man in my head, and that's one of my better assets.
My name is August Summers, and I'm... half-dragon and half-human. I'm still not kidding. I look like a Dragon on two legs. Being a superhero (if I can even call myself that) is way different from the movies. Iron Man never accidently killed someone, and J.A.R.V.I.S. is way cooler than Long (the guy in my head). It had been two months since San Francisco where I fought Dark Sage, and I was poor. Here's a shocker, no one wants to hire a half-dragon guy. Trust me I tried. Most people scream when they see me. If they have a weapon they try to kill me. I'm not exactly well loved. So instead I live on roofs where nobody could find me. that's where I was when my life changed for the millionth time.
The whole reason I'm this ugly is because Long chose me to find the lost Dragon civilization. I had no leads on where to look, besides that they were underground. I had no family (except for my sister but she didn't want to see me) and I had no friends. That's when the change came. I guess somebody had heard my brooding because I was on my roof, when I heard someone behind me. I sat there, and pretended to be oblivious. Then I whipped around and slashed with my claws! Whoever it was managed to roll out of the way. I swiped again but she stepped back.
"You always this friendly?" she asked. I swiped again, but she just sidestepped. "Don't you even want to know who I am?"
"No." I grunted. "I want you to leave!"
"My name is Sara Raft."
"You must be deaf." I said. "I said for you to leave!" I yelled bringing my claws over my head and down on her! Again she just simply stepped out of the way.
"We need you... August."
That hit hard, "H-how do you know my name?"
"I know a lot about you." said Raft.
"Probably more than you want to know."
"Don't be a smart-@#$!"
"People keep telling me that, I haven't stopped yet."
She sighed, "The point is there's a threat to national security. Something that we've never seen before, something that we need heroes for. Heroes like you." She pointed at me like I had no idea who "you" was.
"I don't know..." I said. "Maybe I just want to fight you some more."
"You can try." she said.
"Let me check with Long."
"Who?"
"The Chinese man in my head."
"Okay?"
I could almost see her locking me in some asylum so I really didn't want to get on her bad side.
"Long, what do you think?" I thought.
"I think you should kill her and keep looking for the dragons."
I sighed, "Good talk, Long." Them I switched from thinking to talking, "Miss Fury..."
"It's Raft."
"Miss Raft I'm in."
She put out her hand and I shook it, "Two down, one to go." she said.
"What?" I asked.
"You'll see." she smiled.
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