A/N: As with my other story ‘Venom vs. the Justice League’ this story is two attempts for me. 1. This’ one of my attempts at more serious writing and 2. This’ a backdoor pilot to a future story I’m hoping to write called ‘Ultimate Power Rangers’. This’ where I try to make a more serious attempt at Power Rangers and one of the changes is to the villain Lord Zedd. I really think he has the potential to be a great villain and this’ my way of trying to show that. Also in terms of voice cast: Keith David as Spawn of course and for Zedd, Clancy Brown because he’s the #1 guy to voice villains.

The night in rat city was the same as every other day for Spawn, formerly known as Al Simmons. He sat at the end of the alley he now called home, away from everyone else, reminiscing about the past. His marriage to Wanda, his deal with Malebolgia, and his present predicament. All his pain was caused by one wrong choice; all he wanted was to see his wife again but in return his humanity was robbed from him. His thinking was disrupted by fake laughter.

“Ha ha ha ha, hahaha, ha, ha, ha, oh, a-hee-hee, ha ha, oh, hee hee, hee ha, ahaha.” Spawn heard a deep voice laugh in a deadpan voice before returning to a normal tone. “You are pathetic.”

“Who dares…?” Spawn questioned.

“I dare.” Spawn saw a large shadow in the direction in front of him. The person who insulted him looked to be 7 foot 5 yet looked lean and not overly muscular. He also seemed as if he had a long horn sprouting from his forehead with a Z on top of it. He also carried a staff with a large Z on top of it.

“Who are you? How did you get here?” Spawn questioned as he stood up.

“Me? I’m like you. I’m a monster from hell. However unlike your pathetic little ass I acknowledge where I come from, what I am, and I see no shame in it.” The creature explained. “That’s what I told the drunks and they pointed me in your direction.”

“You have a lot of nerve coming here and talking to me like that!” Spawn said angrily. “Now you listen to me, I’m going to tell you the same thing I told every other bastard that serves Malebolgia, I….”

“That worthless sack of lard has nothing to do with this.” The shadowy figure yelled before calming down. “In fact let me introduce myself.”

The man from hell stepped out of the shadows and Spawn was actually shocked by what he saw. The man looked as far from human. First he had no skin. Second he had armor and tubes covering his body. The armor was in the form of a silver exoskeleton, covering parts of his legs, groin, arms, spine, chest, and he wore a mask with a red visor with the Z horn sprouting from the top, and the mouth piece of the mask made him look like he was permanently smiling. His brain was also exposed.

“My name is Zedd.” He bowed. “I am the Anti-Christ.”

“Anti-Christ?”

“Would you like me to explain?” Zedd asked before Spawn tried to attack him with his chains. However, Zedd was the better hellion and was able to grab the chains and drags Spawn towards him. “The lead man in hell decided that you weren’t worthy to be a leader of Hell’s army. So that’s when they made me. Inhuman, immoral, everything that’s wrong in the world.”

After explaining this, Zedd tossed Spawn to the floor with ease. When Spawn tried to get up, Zedd hit him in the back with his staff and Spawn fell back to the floor and Zedd planted his foot on his back.

“So they sent me to start off by destroying the one they originally hoped would burn the world to the ground. But then I thought, there are thousands of people for me to kill and see if you actually give a damn. So because of your failure to conform and growing a little spark of a conscience, starting tonight people will die. I am a man of my word.”

Zedd took his foot off Spawn and started to walk away. “I’ll kick your ass the next time we meet.”

Zedd walked away and Spawn struggled to get up. Even though Zedd didn’t get that many hits on him, he was much stronger than Spawn for some reason. “What are you?”

Hearing Spawn’s question, Zedd turned around and walked back to Spawn. “Spawn, Spawn, Spawn.”

Zedd grabbed Spawn by the neck of his costume and brought him up to his face. “I’m a man who believes that whatever doesn’t kill you will only make you live to be……” Zedd takes off his metal mask to reveal his true face, skinless with razor-sharp rotten teeth and his black and red eyes. “….stranger. What just happened to you is only a sample of what I can do. What’s going to happen is 20 times worse.”

Zedd head butts Spawn and leaves him in his alley unconscious.

A/N: This is the first chapter so hopefully the story will get better eventually.

Disclaimer: I don’t own Spawn, Todd McFarlane does. I also don’t own Zedd, Hasbro does.