THE GRID - chapter 13

Drake finds himself pitted against the dragon-man and his pet, that huge thing you were wondering about earlier swimming in the water! It turns out to be a giant cyborg serpent with sharp teeth. It manages to swallow him twice. "The Gauntlet" was inside of it! After making his escape he ends up above ground. The cops bury him alive in a metal coffin. He manages to establish a psychic connection to Evonly and finds a twin tower base. So he dons The Gauntlet and becomes Vasteel to save Evonly from Thanatos' tower of doom. Inside the underground dungeon maze she waits. 5 pages, 10 pages in all. Vasteel is born!