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Rat Man

An Average Ordinary Everyday Superhero

By David E. PerryPublished about a year ago 1 min read
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Most rich people fall in one of these categories: You have snobs who believe that their money gives them the right to do anything they want. You have philanthropists who believes their money gives them the responsibility to better the world. Then you have the party animal who only wants to have a good time. They use their money to buy friends.

Wayne Adams was that kid in school that nobody liked. He was such the nerdy type that would make a nun make fun of him. His few so-called friends only hanged around him because he came from the richest family in Gothtropolis. His father was the philanthropist who married the party animal. Therefore, he grew up with everything he could want or need given to him on a platinum plater.

His father did install in his heart a desire to help others. His mother installed a love of animals in his heart. This sent him on a campaign to release test animals from science labs. Like most nerds, he was insanity brilliant. He invented devices to make the animals follow him to safety.

One time, he went on one of his rescue missions in the middle of the night. He was going to save a bunch of rats from a cosmetic lab. He opened the cages to 1,000 rats at the same time and lead them out a back door and down an ally. His parents found out what he was doing and went out to find him. While they were searching for him, 2 thugs saw them and pulled them into the same ally to mug them. But under the control of Wayne, the crowd of rats came to his parent’s aid. From then on, he knew that he could be an Average Ordinary Everyday Superhero.

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David E. Perry

Writing gives me the power to create my own worlds. I'm in control of the universe of my design. My word is law. Would you like to know the first I ever wrote? Read Sandy:

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