The Quest for Venom
by Frans - August 2000

THE QUEST FOR VENOM, part one

Venom, with one of his tentacles grabbed the left leg of Spiderman and pulled him in like he was just a rag doll. Spidey futilously tried to escape, but it was of no use. Venom lifted the hero into the air by only that leg, head down. "NO , NO.... ", Spidey screamed out. He knew what Venom was up to. " NOOOOOOOOOOOOO...." Venom however licked his mouth and with one of his other tentacles most easily tore away the lower part of Spidey's spandex costume. Spidey, now in his jockstrap, squirmed helplessly. Why had his powers left him ? He couldn't think long about this question, because Venom waisted no time. The monstrous creature ripped away the jockstrap and brought his huge mouth towards the still limb piece of manhood of the famous superhero. "NO , NO ...................", Peter cried out !!! Then with one mighty bite from Venom between Spidey's legs, the hero was mutilated viciously and Venom, with a sickening gulping sound swallowed down the ripped away cock-and-balls of the defeated superhero ........... Peter started screaming .......... excrutiating pains .............. his life ! .............. his future ! .....................

Then with a final scream Peter woke up in his own bed. For a moment, he still didn't realize, he had been dreaming. Bading is his own sweat he was breathing heavily, arms grabbing the sides of his bed, supporting him ........... "My God !! ..........", Peter whispered. " This is madness. He even follows me into my dreams. " Peter fell back onto his own bed, fully naked, but with a cock that was half swollen. With still a blank mind, he started to play a bit with himself. He still was mentally affected by the outcome of the dream. He shivered and thought about what had happened yesterday :

It was 10:30 exactly when he and some of the editors of the Bugle, were ordered into Jameson's office. There he showed them several pictures of horrible mutilations. Six, maybe seven young men had been attacked over the last couple of days by some kind of creature ........ difficult to be described ...... red-colored .......... big ............. dozains of sqwitlike tentacles ............ a mouth with sharklike teeth ........... VENOM .............. They all had survived the attack but they all were severely wounded. The beast had ripped of their manhood with only one bite and they all had seen how the creature had swallowed it down. Peter had seen the pictures and he almost had to vomit. " ...... and where were you Peter Parker ?", Jameson screamed like on a normal buisiness day. "Where were you when this creature attacked. You always bring me pix of that idiot Spiderman, but I need pix of this Venom ....... He's hot ......... He's news ...........He will make me sell more papers. " Peter had no answer ready. He had fought this Venom once or twice already. The thought still made him shiver, but his spider senses had not yet warned him that Venom was in town again. And that was strange. It had always worked on that horrible creature. Why not now ?

Almost unnoticed by Peter himself, he ejaculated. He did not really enjoyed the feeling. His mind was with that Venom and with those attacked boys. He had to stop this Venom for once and for all. But how and where to find him? How when his senses didn't seem to work on Venom anymore? Then the phone rang. It was Jameson. " YOU GET IN HERE WITHIN TEN MINUTES OR YOU'RE FIRED !!!!!!!!!!!" " Jesus ......", Peter sighed, when he put down the phone .. Jameson is awake early today. He knew he'd better be there on time. He changed into his Spidey costume, in doing so avoiding all traffic jams. Only that way he would be able to be at the Bugle in time. Fifteen minutes later Peter walked into the office of Jameson, expecting another blast-out from Jameson. He was right about that. " YOU ARE LATE !!!!!!!!!!!!! " " But ............". Peter knew he'd better say nothing anymore. No use. Only would make things worse. " Why did you "ask" me to come so early. " Jameson took an envelope from his desk, threw it towards Peter. " Look at this !!!! " Peter opened the envelope. It contained several photo's. Peter swallowed, gulped. He already could imagine what was on them. " Four new victims, Mr Peter Parker !!!! . FOUR VICTIMS, FOUR PICTURES ...... AND THE BUGLE HAS NONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! " Peter was forced to look at the pictures. He felt sick, looking at them. Their faces, so beautiful, their bodies .............. " OH NO .... NO !!!!!!! NOT AGAIN", he thought to himself. " WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING LATELY ????" "I....I.... have .......... ", Peter stammered. " PETER PARKER : YOU WILL GET ME PICTURES OF THIS VENOM BEFORE TOMORROW MORNING OR, BY GOD, YOU ARE FIRED. !!!!!!!!!! " " GET ME PICTURES OF THIS VENOM AFTER IT'S BEEN SLASHED INTO PIECES .......... DEFEATED ......... HARMLESS ............. MY READERS WANT TO SEE THIS CREATURE DEAD ..... YOU UNDERSTAND ? " " Yes, Mr Jameson. I go work on it right away !!! " " NOW LEAVE ME ALONE !! " Peter left the office. "Damn it! Damn it ! ", he yelled inside. " Time Spiderman starts a quest for this Venom, with or without his spider senses !! "

Peter knew where to start his quest. All victims appeared to be homosexual young men. And most of the attacks had been taken place around the waterfront, close to those gay nightclubs. As Peter he had never been there before. He wasn't gay himself, so he had nothing to look for there. He was thinking of his present girlfriend, Jamie, and he longed to be with here again soon. The only way to get Venom out into the open was setting up a trap. He just had to go out into that part of town, behaving and acting like Venom's victims. It just had to work. He saw no other possibility.

That night Peter walked into one of those gay bars. He felt uneasy but he knew he had to go through with it, if he wanted Venom. Peter looked young, blond and cute and he was in the right place here all right, a place to get picked up. He had on a pair of tight jeans, a thick leather belt, sneakers, a white t-shirt and a leather jacket with the collar turned up. He felt dozains of eyes were pointed at him. Peter walked towards the bar, leaning up against it. The crack of his cute boyish butt was hard not to be noticed in those tight Levi's. And it sure was noticed !!! " Hi there cuty !! " Peter turned around. " Hi there ! ". Soon he felt a hand on his butt. Peter shivered but he realized this was all needed to make his plan work. He smiled at the young man next to him. Not bad looking, but ...... " Didn't I see you in here last week too..", the young man started. " I'm sure you didn't !!", Peter thought to himself. " Could be ! ". Peter smiled at the boy. " Think you're my type, man : young, blond and hopefully willing! ", the boy laughed and squeezed Peter's butt even more. " What's your name ?". " Peter !" " Hmmmm ... like it. Nice name ! My name is Derek." Derek introduced himself by giving Peter a kiss on his mouth, a small one, but still ....... It had happened before Peter realised it. He felt his blood rise up to his head. He must have had a big read cone. At least that's what he was feeling. He had not anticipated to be picked up that soon but Derek was someone for a quick move. They made small talk for a while and Derek ordered another round of beer. Peter felt his spider senses tingle softly. He knew he was on the right track with this Greg. " How would you like to come over to my place for a drink or something..." , Derek asked Peter. " Sure! Where do you live?" "About four blocks away. I've got a converted warehouse studio apartment." "Wow man, that sounds great", Peter answered, trying to show eagerness. With that, they finished their beers and got up to go. They took a cab and rode it to Derek's place. When they got there, Peter went up the stairs first. Derek followed straight behind him, staring at his cute boyish buns from three feet behind him all the way up to Derek's appartement.

The beers must have risen to Peter's head more then he expected, because as soon as he entered Derek's appartement, he started to feel dizzy. His spider senses tingled a bit again. Then he realised, they didn't tingle because of Venom, but it was Derek himself who was the danger. Peter lost his balance a bit, seeking support against the wall. " HEY !!", Derek exclaimed. "What's wrong with you ?" " Don't know. Just got dizzy a bit ! " Derek got Peter into an easy chair. " You'd better stay here for the night then ! " Peter heard the words and he realised what they meant. He now knew Derek had drugged him in that bar and he was too eager to find Venom to notice it. " DAMN IT !!! " He tried to get up from the chair, but he fell back. The room started to swirl. Again he rose up from it, but then it all went black.

THE QUEST FOR VENOM, part two

Peter heard the words and he realised what they meant. He now knew Derek had drugged him in that bar and he was too eager to find Venom to notice it. " DAMN IT !!! " He tried to get up from the chair, but he fell back. The room started to swirl. Again he rose up from it, but then it all went black.

Peter never knew how long he had been out of this world, but one moment he regained consciousness again. He blinked with his eyes several times to get used to the lights. He was lying on a normal bed, not even tied up or something like that, but he wore his spiderman costume. Only his mask was absent. The man who got him in here must know his secret ID by now " DEREK !!! " This name shot through Peter's head. He knew it all again. On his quest for Venom he was kidnapped by Derek. Peter got up from the bed, searching for his street clothes. No where to be found. Nor was his mask. " Hmmmm... quite a large bed, I must say...." Then Derek entered the bedroom. "Ah !! I see you're awake again. ", Derek said. "I must say it was quite a surprise to find out I got Spiderman into my bedroom." " What have you done with me?" " You should be more careful with what you wear underneath your jeans when entering a gay bar !!! ", Derek smiled. " Someone might notice !!! " " Give me my mask and I'll be on my way again.! " " On your way. I don't think so !! You do what I tell you to do only ! " " ...... and how do you think you can keep me here ? " " I took a picture of you in your Spiderman costume. Everybody will find out ! " " Doesn't work. You just got me in that costume, only to be able to jerk yourself off. " " Hey, don't you think you're smart. " Derek walked close towards Peter. "You are going to be my private pet, Spidey. " " Huh ? ". Peter was astonished about the length of this Derek. He was almost a foot higher then he was himself.

" TAKE YOUR COSTUME OFF!" Derek then ordered. Spiderman, without any hestitation had to do as he was told, underwear too. After Spidey stepped out of his tights, his jockstrap landed on the floor without any help. " Hmmmm ........ strange !! " " Hey ..... WHY do I obey you like this ? " " Drugs, Spidey ... and some hypnotizing." "When Peter walked towards Derek again, he noticed how the man had grown in even this last minute. Peter's eyesight only reached up to his belly-button. " OK, what is going on here ? ". Then suddenly a shock went though his entire body. He realized it was not Derek who had grown but he himself had shrunk !! Spidey's first instinct was to run, but before he could, huge hands slipped under his arms and Spiderman felt his feet leave the floor as Derek lifted him effortlessly up in the air. Spidey tried to break free, squirming in Derek's arms but it was useless. His powerful arms lifted Peter up till Spiderman was level with his face. " Calm down, little guy, I'm not gonna hurt you!" "What have you done to me?" Spiderman choked, almost in tears at this point. " I slipped something in your beer. Now, calm down, this doesn't have to be permanent, Spiderman I think you might actually enjoy this if you will just try to. Now RELAX little man!" Derek carefully lowered Spiderman to the floor. The hero stood there, looking up at the guy in fear and awe. He even must have been getting smaller, because his head was now only level with the huge bulge in Derek's underwear. Derek saw Spidey looking at it and stepped up closer, pushing the hot bulge up against Peter's small face. "You like my big dick, don't you little guy?" He stepped back, pulled off his underwear, then stepped up to Spiderman again letting his enormous cock poke up against Peter's nose. Then Derek turned his huge body from side to side letting his dick slap Spiderman across his face several times. Spiderman was humiliated by the size of it on his face and tried to pull away but Derek's strong hands just pulled him closer. "Don't fight me, Spiderman. You're gonna get a lot smaller before this is over. You don't want to make me mad, take my word for it!" Spiderman shuddered at the realization wondering just how small the drug was going to make him. Spiderman decided not to fight him anymore. It was no use anyway. Spiderman soon was not big enough to reach up Derek's knees. He then carried Spidey into the bathroom for "his bath". As the tub filled, Derek toyed with Spidey's tiny cock, poking at it with his finger as big as Spidey's arm. Against his will, it got hard at touch. Derek continued to tease it until it shot tiny drops of cum on his monstrous finger. By the time the tub was full, Spiderman was only about 6" tall.

Derek set Spidey down on the edge of the tub while he got in himself. Then, he wrapped his enormous fingers around Spidey's waist and lowered him into the water between his own gigantic legs. Spiderman swam over to where Derek's cock projected out into the water like a big log. Spiderman climbed onto it. He looked way up to Derek's face and saw his amusement at the sight. " Start sliding back and forth on it!" his powerful voice boomed. Spiderman wrapped his legs around it like riding a horse. Spiderman pushed himself up to the head, then slid back to the base again. It was no small effort. " Faster!" Derek bellowed. With all his powers left in him, Spiderman gripped his legs around the giant cock. Spiderman rubbed the top with his hands and he slid up and down. He was becoming exhausted and Derek was still not satisfied with Spidey's tiny efforts. He reached down and effortlessly pushed the tiny hero off into the water with his finger. Then he continued himself, with his own hand on his colossal cock. The motion of his large hand was churning the water in the tub. Spiderman was having trouble staying afloat. It was like a storm at sea as Derek approached his climax. Spidey was swallowing a lot of water. He swam over to where Derek's leg rose out of the water like a beach. Spiderman pulled himself up on Derek's leg and he collapsed. Everything got quiet after Derek climaxed. The sea got calm again.

Spiderman regained some of his powers again, but he realised he was still shrinking. Within minutes he would be vanished. Derek HAD to give him the antidote before it was too late. Peter started yelling towards Derek, but the man had fallen asleep in the tub. " Damn it !! ", he got out. " Don't have much time !! " Spidey started pulling a thick hair trying to get some attention. The hair was too thick to be pulled out. No use. Spiderman saw one last chance. Had to find Derek's most sensitive place and Peter knew where that was. The hero started to climb towards Derek's manhood. Only there he might be able to get his attention. It was a strange journey, but after minutes he reached the now limb cock of Derek. " Hmmmmmm ... what now ? " Fortunately for Spiderman Derek's foreskin was still halfway withdrawn, so he quite easily could reach the sensitive mushroom-head of Derek's cock. When he had reached it, he saw no other possibility the to bite it as hard as he could. " Huh? ", Derek responded to the tiny itch in his penis. Spiderman again bit his cockhead. "Hey !! ". Derek woke up, then remembering the tiny Spiderman and he searched for him. " What are you doing there with my cock? ", he asked when he found the hero. "..... and look how small you've become !!! " " You need to give me the antidote quickly before I vanish completely. ", Peter begged. " I still have to save this town from Venom !! " " Venom ?", Derek shouted out. " I hope he will rot in hell as soon as possible. He mutilated two of my friends already. " " I was trying to find this Venom when you played your tricks out on me !!! " " SHIT !!! " Derek was no bad guy. He, now and then kidnapped and reduced some hot guy to play with them a little. They always got their normal size back. " You have to reverse the process. Even tonight Venom may have taken new victims. " Derek didn't need much time to make up his decision. He carefully gave Spidey the antidote and lay the now 2" high man on the bed. It took one hour before Peter had regained his normal size. Derek produced his mask again .... and his normal clothings. Peter quickly dressed up again. He left wearing his jeans and jacket again. Maybe he still had time to find Venom before he would attack again.

THE QUEST FOR VENOM, part three

Derek didn't need much time to make up his decision. He carefully gave Spidey the antidote and lay the now only 2" high hero on the bed. It took one hour before Peter had regained his normal size. Derek produced his mask again .... and his normal clothings. Peter quickly dressed up again. He left wearing his jeans and jacket again. Maybe he still had time to find Venom before he would attack again.

Although Derek had given him back his normal size quickly, Peter still had one worry. Derek was the only one who knew that Spiderman and Peter Parker were the same person. He started thinking about it all. " Seems Derek has some powers or knowledges of himself .......... how else could he have shrunk me that easily. .. and what else did he do to me ???? ......... must have been out for at least an hour. ...... " Peter put his thought aside. He had to find VENOM.

Spiderman "sniffed" the air. His spider-sences started warned him, but it was not VENOM. Spiderman almost could hear him breathing, somewhere close to the docks. He would find VENOM and if needed he would kill him.

Spiderman's chest swelled with pride when he thought of the last time he had fought with Venom. He had cracked and shattered that horrible monster with his own muscles, but he never had expected VENOM to return that soon already. Spidey's senses started to tingle. He heard a rumbling sound. What ? Only that last split second he realised someone or something was behind him. He turned around, just in time to see the large watertank on the roof fall down under it's own weight directly towards him. With lean olympic ease he tumbled out of the way, landing upright. Water and masses of wood and concrete flew around him on all sides. Spiderman felt this was no normal accident. He sensed even more danger. When the dust settled, he gazed up at a massive green monster, glistening with sweat or slime. Only then he realised this had to be a Predator, even more awesome then VENOM. Then he noticed the Predator was naked, showing his massive cock. Spidey gulped, seeing the size of it : 14" long and almost as thick as his own biceps. It was a horrible sight, but Spidey realised, he would not have much time to think about it. Definitely this Predator was after him. It said nothing, didn't even growl. The Predator towered over Spiderman by more than a foot. His shoulders huge, his chest and back tremendously more muscled then Spiderman's and his thighs rippling with power, the Predator looked down at the spandex clad superhero. Powerful himself, Spiderman felt no fear. He had fought bigger creatures before and had broken them all. No creature could match his swiftness, his strength, contained in densely packed muscles

With blinding speed, Spiderman attacked and punched the Predator's gut with a fist that had shattered many a thick door. Instantly Spiderman felt the searing pain is his hand and arm. When he opened his eyes he saw his wrist was bent inward, starting to swell already. The green Predator sighed and swung a back-hand down, a hand as big as Spiderman's face. Agony erupted from Peter as facial bones cracked. He felt he was lifted off his feet and propelled through the air. Spiderman's fury ignited even if the pain burned like hell. Ignoring his brused wrist he leapt through the air like a cat with force enough to make the Predator lose his balance. They fell together, rolling over. Spidey twisted around behind the monster, wrapping his iron-hard right biceps around it's throat and pulled it tight with his left hand. With a snarl he dug into the Predator's flesh with every piece of strength he had. He felt the figure's neck-muscles tighten in his arms. Another man's neck would have been mashed to pulp with Spidey's power but the Predator kept breathing, only straining his neck.

The Predator's abdominals and lower back were amazingly. The superhero began to pant as he pressed his thighs against that unyielding belly. Slowly an ache began to throb down his back and his breathing became harsh. As Spiderman looked down, he saw how the Predator's enormous cock was in full mast. The giant began laughing. He stepped backward until Spiderman was up against a wall and he leaned into it, laughing. The incredible pressure immediately deflated Spiderman's lungs. The Predator's back spread out, completely covering Spiderman in a blanket of rippling muscles and he felt his ribs began to bend. Spidey's arms and legs let go of the giant as he continued to press up and back. The wall started to crumble a bit. Desperately Spiderman cried out for aid while the insane power grounded his muscles helplessly in between Predator's back and the weakening concrete wall. The incredible force the Predator inflicted made Spiderman nearly lose his urine.

In a desperate move to break free Spidey snatched at Predator's neck . The effect was as hoped for. Predator let go of Spiderman, who fell down to the ground. He now realized why his Spider-senses never had warned him for VENOM. There was no VENOM. This Predator was the one he was looking for several days already even though this one was green and most victims had spoken about a red monster. Maybe this one was some kind of chameleon or there even might be more Predators. Spidey, afraid of no one, attacked with new found strength. They tumbled together through the dirt and despite his injured wrist he grabbed the warrior's hands and dragged them behind the monster's back. He definitely tried to rip the arms out of their sockets. Predator resisted with ease.

The muscles that massed between the man's shoulder blades made it very clear Predator was not just an ordinary creature. He then flexed his biceps and they bulged with obscene brawn. Spiderman labored and raged but Predator's huge arms slowly started moving forward as if there was no Spiderman. Spiderman increased his own power, but the arms moved even harder against his pull, forcing him towards Predator's oversized back. Spiderman released at the last possible moment and sprang back, expecting the thing to fall forward but his great thighs held him in balance. When he turned around Spiderman saw the head of Predator's cock dripping precum. He started stomping into Spiderman. Spiderman turned and tried to flee, leaping and clawing his way up the wall. It was too late already.

Giant fingers enclosed his legs first, pulling him down from the wall. Then they started smoothly straighten out those battle-hardened biceps. Spiderman strained and flexed and pulled but the fingers dug into his biceps deep. His muscles trembled with the strain as he felt his arms grow as hard as they never had before. Spiderman grimaced with a last effort and felt the muscles were torn across the peaks of his biceps. His costume was torn, showing the red blood beneath the skin as his arms tore themselves even further apart. The great man stopped short of snapping those arms like twigs beneath their ropes of muscle, and instead turned a weakened Spiderman around.

A mountainous biceps secured Spiderman's throat as a hand tore away his blue spandex tights and a cockhead tickled his tightened glutes. Cum dripped from the red slit like saliva as it circled the globes of the superhero's ass. Spiderman's hands couldn't get a grasp on the forearm that occasionally tensed the biceps against his windpipe to remind him to remain calm... and compliant. Then the cock gently, irresistibly parted his cheeks and probed towards the hole. Taking its time the cock's firm pressure twisted Spiderman's gut and made his own mighty dick begin to swell. Impossible! His mind screamed, that he should be stirred by this ... this monster!

"You like it, don't you, spider-creature? Admit to me you like it. It's what you've really wanted, isn't it? You want me, I know you do. Don't pretend to yourself, for I know you. I've watched you. I've hungered for you. And now you're mine and it's what you want."

The giant pressed with force and the wet, iron-rod cock poked into Spiderman's ass and thrust firmly upward. Spiderman felt as if his body was ripped apart and he sobbed. The beastman continued his slow rape of the helpless hero in his arms, moving even more slowly with each plunge until only millimeters of motion were sending shockwaves through the spandex-clad psyche. The Predator smiled at his complete victory over this small man.

THE QUEST FOR VENOM, part 4

The giant pressed with force and the wet, iron-rod cock poked into Spiderman's ass and thrust firmly upward. Spiderman felt as if his body was ripped apart and he sobbed. The beastman continued his slow rape of the helpless hero in his arms, moving even more slowly with each plunge until only millimeters of motion were sending shockwaves through the spandex-clad psyche. The Predator smiled at his complete victory over this small man.

Predator kept on thrusting his own giant-sized rod into Peter's asshole. His butt cheeks were spread out to the max. No sound was heard while this rape was progressing. Just before Spiderman had cried out in pain two or three times, but now he was limb, couldn't think straight anymore. He only gasped with every new thrusting of Predator and with every half inch the rod progressed it's way up even further into the proud hero.

Spidey's own cock was in full size now, eight inches. He never ever had thought about the fact he could be excited while being raped at the same time. No, he was straight. He always had been. He had a girlfriend. This couldn't be true, but it was true and not much later his cum started to flow, no squirting, no humping of his cock, only a steady flow of the white gold, slowly mixing with his pubic hairs. It just looked as if Predator had squeezed his cum like out of a tube.

Nothing was farther from the truth. Spidey definitely felt the excitement of himself cumming, but he couldn't, he wouldn't show his state of mind to the Predator. Maybe the Predator didn't even notice it, but he did !! His one free hand then collected some of the cum out of Spidey's pubics and he ate it ..... Then he made a large growl, the first sound Peter heard from his attacker.

At that time Peter definitely felt how the Predator was cumming inside him. It felt as if he was being boiled from the inside. This was no ordinairy cum, not like being handwarm. This felt like hot smelted iron. Peter cried out from intense pain. He had forgotten about being a proud hero. He was fighting to save his life now.

After Predator had wasted his victim completely and had filled him with his own cum, he pulled back out of the tormented body of Spiderman. Some green cum dripped out of the hero's ass. The Predator let go of Spidey's body which then fell to the ground, helpless, useless and spent. There he lay, naked from the waist down, green cum partly covered to his ass and the back of his upper legs ..... still some of his own cum sticked in his pubic hairs.

Peter could only hope his attacker would leave him hear to die. Soon though he realised the Predator still had to leave his trademark. " No !!! Not that ??" , he thought and real fear took over. The Predator already had mutilated seven or eight young people. He was about to make his next victim. As if it wasn't bad enough already, Peter now saw how a small group of people were witnessing the outcome of this fight ....... They all had seen how their hero had been raped by this monster. They all felt horrible about what was going to happen now, but no one would turn away. Maybe deep inside they all loved the sight of a hunk superhero being defeated.

Predator than grab into Peter's vulnerable groin with one of his sharp claws. " AAARRG ................." Peter realised this was the end of the life he knew. Soon his cock and balls would be ripped from his body and there was nothing he could do against it anymore. Predator started squeezing ..... started to rip it off ........

" WHHHAAAAMMMM !!!!! "

The Predator stopped his final attack on Spiderman abruptly. He was attacked from behind but no one was in sight. "UUUURRRGGGGHHHHH ....", was all the monster could get out ! Spidey fell to the ground. For a moment he was dazed, but then he realised this could be his only chance of escape. He jumped up with the strength still left in him and he made sure he was out of reach of this Predator. There he stood, half naked, cock limb, utterly humiliated and defeated. He still had no idea why the Predator was forced to stop his attack.

Peter never noticed the motorcycle with the red-clad figure on it speeding away from the scene. He never could thank the saver of his life ........