The Meteor Man Page #3

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that suffer in the end...

and I'm sorry, but we've got

some of the grea...

Yo, man, keep looking out

while I break in this locker.

Keep looking out.

What's he looking at?

Greatest kids...

Even if the parents don't

get involved, it's up to us...

Do you have bus fare?

These kids aren't bad...

they're...

These kids are ours.

They are our future.

Now, I believe

that what Mr. Reed has said...

is absolutely correct.

As teachers,

it is our job to help them.

We cannot give up

on our students.

Exactly.

You ought not to have been

messing with them boys.

- Yeah, well, thank you, Ernest.

- Careful, now.

What happened?

Your father

thinks he's Superman.

Nobody's walking over me.

I don't care how many there are.

You know your father...

just pigheaded.

You're back from the hospital

already?

Yeah, that was fast, old man.

How you feeling?

Get your hands off him.

Seat belts... you got to wear

your seat belts.

Man, I don't know

how you did that...

but you're going

to be getting yours.

Punk! You're going

to be getting yours!

Man, he's something.

Are you all right?

Are you using steroids?

No, Dad. That accident I had...

I was hit by a meteor.

A meteor?

And it gave me these powers.

Don't tell anybody about this.

Tell anybody?

The whole neighborhood saw it.

Ma, just make up something.

Just make up something.

I'm late for class.

A little late, ain't you?

Have a good day.

I think we got him.

Home, Mario.

Something's wrong. Look.

I hit him with everything I had!

You saw me, Goldilocks!

Shut up. Shut up, Uzi!

Man, back this thing up.

Back it up right now.

He just...

- Did he...

- Uzi, he just...

Mario, home, please... now.

What am I doing up here?

I'm scared of heights.

- Maurice?

- Yes, sweetheart?

If you'd fix it,

I wouldn't have to ask you that.

Can you drive me?

My car's acting up again.

Yes, sweetheart.

I'll take care of it tomorrow.

You know...

Peeing Tom! Peeping Tom!

I'm going to hurt you, punk!

I know your type!

I got something for you!

I'm not a peeping Tom!

I'm not! I'm not!

Come here!

Pervert! You come back!

I'll be waiting for you,

you pervert!

What in the world

happened to you?

- Did you feel that earthquake?

- What earthquake?

It's all over the news.

The first one in

the history of D.C. Come on in.

The earthquake registered

3.5 on the Richter scale.

It was felt as far away

as Baltimore.

Your mother and I stayed up

all night last night...

thinking about your powers.

Dad, I'm starting to get scared.

The Golden Lords know who I am.

They did this to me.

Relax. We've got to decide

what you're going to do first...

clean up the crackhouses,

stop the Golden Lords...

avenge me...

see what they did?

Or then we could go after

the big drug dealers...

or maybe you could go

international...

go and get involved

in South Africa!

Dad, I think

you are taking this too far.

No, we're not. No, we're not.

No, no... come. Come with me.

Your mother's got

a great surprise for you.

Close your eyes.

Pumpkin, look who I've got.

What happened to him?

The gangbangers

tried to shoot him.

But they couldn't hurt him.

You can open your eyes now,

Jeff.

Surprise!

Mama, what is that?

You gotta have a uniform

to fight crime, Meteor Man.

- What?

- Well, just think about it.

- Why did the meteor hit you?

- I don't know.

I figured it out. It's because

we need a real superhero.

These gangbangers

need a wake-up call...

and you've got to have

a uniform.

Because no one must ever know...

the true identity of Meteor Man!

Mama, would you stop talking

like that? And this uniform...

Well, this costume...

your mother's gonna work on it.

I didn't know it was gonna

look like this, pumpkin.

Well, you're gonna be

the best-dressed superhero.

- Better than Batman.

- Better than Superman.

- And... what's that other child?

- Spider-man.

Can't touch you.

Now, I want you to come

on Tuesday evening...

and I'm gonna fix

your favorite dinner.

And I'm gonna work on it,

Meteor Man.

That's because he was wearing

a bulletproof vest!

And don't give me any garbage

about flying up a pole!

If you lost him,

say you lost him.

- But that's what happened.

- Shut up!

I want to study him.

Get me two recruits.

The reason

for this special meeting...

is to thank Jefferson Reed

for what he did yesterday.

He single-handedly

chased away the gangs.

Your mother told everybody how

you were hit by that meteor...

and now you have

superhuman powers!

Ma.

I know,

but I'm just so proud of you.

I used to baby-sit him.

Got it.

So, Jeff, we wanted to have

this meeting with you...

to ensure that the community

stays safe from gangs...

not just for us, but because

this is your community, too.

That's right.

So we've written down a few

things that maybe you could do.

We want you

to patrol the neighborhood...

three times a week

in your uniform.

The community would like to put

another phone...

in your apartment

with call waiting...

the meteor phone...

like Batman's phone

on the TV series.

Beep beep! Help! Help!

We want you to tell the gangs,

the junkies...

the prostitutes and pimps

and the drug dealers...

to get out of our community!

Meteor Man! Meteor Man!

Meteor Man!

I'll just tell them that

I don't want to be Meteor Man.

I can't.

Look at this.

Oh, my God!

This is just science fiction.

You'll have to cooperate

with us.

It's the only way we can...

Don't make sense.

She never bothered nobody.

Do you live in this community?

Yes, ma'am. I live

on the second floor there.

How long have you known

Mrs. Walker?

I've known her

about twelve years now.

I didn't see anything happen

to her.

Thank you, Mr. Moses.

Another senseless

gang beating...

where no one saw anything

or heard anything.

A 61-year-old woman is being

hospitalized this evening.

I'm Janice Farrell

reporting for Channel Three...

This is getting ridiculous.

We have to come over...

in this neighborhood

every other day.

- Got it?

- Yeah. All right.

- All right. One more time.

- Yep.

OK, guys, let's go.

I hate doing these stories.

At least they got here...

the ambulance... on time, huh?

I saw everything.

This is never

going to happen again.

Drop that loot!

Do the laser eyes. Laser eyes.

- OK.

- Watch this.

I'm Meteor Man.

Put that VCR down.

I don't have evidence?

Now I do.

Where is he?

There he is.

I'll be glad when he get over

his fear of heights.

He will, he will.

Yo, man. Hurry up, man.

Just a little bit more, baby...

a little bit more.

You can take your time, baby.

Don't worry about that.

Hurry up, man.

I'm not playing with you.

Come on.

Get off me, crack boy!

Drug-dealer people,

Meteor Man's in town.

All right. OK.

What's going on here?

- Who the hell are you?

- Who are you?

I'm the TV repairman.

What the hell's going on?

The TV looks fine to me.

Have a good night, folks.

Hey, what's all that noise?

What's going on out here?

- Call the police!

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