October 31 1925 Chicago.USA
The Hydra had come to collect on a debt.
Time.space and alternate realities were just so much
putty in the Hydra's 21 jaws and as she
materialized in the Grand Chicago Hotel
Big Al and the boys didn't immediately notice the huge
serpent snake
because they were cheering on Robotic Maria in
Fritz Lang's new film
Metropolis.
However to give Al Capone "Scarface" his due he was quicker
to react then the other 99 folk watching the silent movie,with
flappers and gun mools sitting on the laps of
various gangsters from the East and West Sides.
Big Al backed away from the Hydra,whom he knew
had come to take his life and collect
his soul
for repayment of a chest of ancient Minoan gold coins she had
given him 10 years earlier.
"I'm here to collect Scarface" hissed 21 snaky cobra heads
in unison.
Capones response was to wave a hand and suddenly
fifty Tommy Gun toting hoods
burst out from the curtains around the room
and there was the thunder and roar of 50 submachineguns
spewing white hot blessed silver and iron bullets
at the Hydra
Big Al knew that silver kills werewolves
and iron slays fairies
and he was hoping the Hydra was one or both of the above
mythical creatures