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Wings Of A Hero

A hero takes flight

By Joe PattersonPublished about a year ago 1 min read
Wings Of A Hero
Photo by Esteban López on Unsplash

Hi. I would tell you my name, but as an aspiring superhero I vow to never reveal my true identity. My superhero name is “Take Flight”. You heard that right. I’m taking flight. I just built myself a set of wings and now I’m gettin’ ready to fly.

For years I’ve been been watching my city be overrun by crime. Mugging, carjacking, you name it, we got it. Just last week my next door neighbor had her house broken into and she was shaken up pretty bad by it. The heartbreak on her face really killed me. I decided I’d had enough. So I’m sittin’ at my crib watching one of my favorite Marvel movies, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and I tell myself “you know what? What if I had wings like Falcon?” I could fly all over the city and see everything and I could protect people.

I’ve actually had a lot of training in mixed martial arts. So with the help of my Temu app I found a set of wings like the Falcon and also found a mask that looks like Zorro. Now I’m ready to kick some villain booty. So now I’m walking up to the top of the Koury Convention Center. It’s 500 ft in the air and I’m almost at the top. Here we are. I’m on the roof and ready to take flight. I’ve got my wings stretched out and now I’m getting ready to soar.

One…two…three… here I go. I leap off the ledge and stretch my arms out. At first I started descending rapidly but then I started rising in altitude. I did it I’m flying. I look down and see a mugger with a gun pointed at an elderly woman. I’m going his way. Yeah, this dude is cooked.

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About the Creator

Joe Patterson

Hi I'm Joe Patterson. I am a writer at heart who is a big geek for film, music, and literature, which have all inspired me to be a writer. I rap, write stories both short and long, and I'm also aspiring to be an author and a filmmaker.

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