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It was a warm and sunny day on the island of Komodo in Indonesia. The local villagers were getting on with their lives, whilst wild Komodo dragons stalked their prey.
One of these villagers was a young man named Matthew Lloyd. He was not a local man, however, and came to the island as he had relatives there. Sat next to him was a Komodo dragon, which appeared to act tame and did not attack him.
Just then, a loud sound made everyone turn around at once. Flying overhead was a gigantic, black jet which was almost the size of the village. It was armed to the teeth with weapons, some of which looked like they could easily destroy the whole island in one blast.
A young woman with red hair stood outside one of the houses and watched the jet flying overhead. She walked back inside her house and tapped on her earpiece.
"We are tracking him now!" She told an unseen person. "Let's hope your plan works,"
The Komodo dragon, which Matthew called Alexander, ran off into the jungle as if it knew something was wrong.
"Alexander!" Matthew called out multiple times whilst following the Komodo dragon. He froze in horror as the jet flew right over him, its main gun aimed directly at the village. The cannon did not fire, however.
"No!" Matthew gasped as he realised these guys weren't after the villagers, but after something else. He ran back to the village, hoping to warn the others.
Inside the jet, two men were watching the entire proceedings.
"Follow him!" One man told the pilot, who swiftly steered the plane to follow the Komodo dragon.
They flew towards a large tower on the northern side of the island and landed outside. The two men entered the building, one of them holding Alexander by his body. The entrance to the door was emblazoned by a large sign that read "XeTech Komodo Facility".
They entered a large room which was filled with numerous machines and computers. Alexander was tied to a table, next to him was the lifeless body of a young man. One of the men, who introduced himself as commander Jeremy Goldberg, started up one of the machines and Alexander's mind was transferred to the lifeless body. The lifeless body woke up, unaware of where it was.
"Well, well, well!" Jeremy cackled to himself, "It seems it finally worked!"
"Yes, it seems it did!" Another man called out as he entered the room. He was wearing a black leather jacket, dark grey trousers and a black fedora. He walked up to Alexander's new body, but did not introduce himself.
"Who am I?" Alexander asked, looking at all the people watching him.
"Your name is.." Jeremy responded, but stopped quickly as he was unable to think of anything. He continued, finally having a name and said "Your name is Conrad Dragonus!" He released Conrad, watching him to make sure he did not get up to any mischief.
"We shall train him as an assassin, commander!" The young, red haired lady told Jeremy as she, too, entered the room.
"Good, that's what I like to hear, Natasha!" Jeremy replied with a dry chuckle