Story: Adopting Trouble

ADOPTING TROUBLE
By Tcheser


An Atlanta court late last August confirmed a ruling that allowed wannabe business tycoon John Grant to adopt his girlfriend Tiffany Harris who is currently 19 years of age. As a result of all this Tiffany has been recognized as another one of Grant's "children" under the trust fund that had been set up by he and his former wife Carroll Grant for their biological children in 2007.

According to court documents, John Grant and Tiffany entered an adoption agreement contract that paid her $4 million immediately at the signing of agreement, another $3 million by the end of 2014, and lifetime payments valued at an estimated $11.75 million, a total of $16.75 million over time. 

Georgia's Third District Court of Appeals Senior Judge Alan R. Smith wrote that the adoption of a "paramour" or lover was "so contrary to the beneficent purposes of such an action as to be repugnant" but then ruled that it was technically not against the law and therefore could only uphold the ruling of the lower court that allowed the adoption. 

Carol Grant, John Grant's exwife and the mother of their two children, filed the appeal, according to court records. Attorneys for Grant commented that she opposed the adoption as it was simply a vile, underhanded and contemptible attempt by her morally deficient former husband to secure part of his fortune from her while they were negotiating a divorce settlement.

Story: Super Punishment

Super Punishment
By Tcheser


The laser guided missiles continued to rain out of the sleek Lexcorp Mecha at a tremendous rate. Dodging and smashing them was getting tiresome for the man of steel. A few had already hit him and despite not even breaking his skin the explosions were quite hot and put him in a foul mood. He was really getting sick of having to constantly stop the evil plots of billionaire financial genius Lex Luther. As he closed in on the still rapidly firing Mecha, Superman wished the machine was Lex. Wished he was fighting the man himself instead of the fifty ton armored battle drone. For then when he ducked under its arms and came up with a metal rending uppercut it would have done more then just destroy another multimillion dollar war machine.

Unfortunately that was not the reality of the situation. As Superman stood over the smoking remains of the Mecha he had to once again check his anger and remember he could never engage a mere human in combat like he had the Mecha. Humans were fragile and almost more then they needed his brawn they needed him to lead by his example. What kind of hero would he be if he went into Lex Luthor's office and used his heat vision to burn the evil man to ashes?

Looking back over his shoulder Superman saw the devastation the robot had caused though. He hadn’t been able to catch or destroy all the missiles the robot had carelessly launched his way and many had soared on and crashed into the city. Cars were on fire, the streets were marked with craters and there were buildings damaged. People lived in this section of Metropolis. Families with Kids. How could Lex be so heartless? Despite his outrage he couldn’t do as he felt and execute Lex though. Still something had to be done and with that decided and the press about to converge on him Superman took to the sky.