A Hero

When I was a kid....

I wanted to become The Strongest Fighter that this world has ever seen.

Strong enough to knock-out anyone who challenge me with a Single Punch.

When I asked my mother what I should do to become someone as strong as that, she gave me the most beautiful advice a mother can give to her son-

"You train as hard as you can of course. Now stop trying to change the subject and get back to study young man, otherwise no meat for you tonight." That's what my mother told me that time.

But because of her last words, those dreams were forced out of my brain faster than the subjects I was learning at that time which is saying something; considering my report card is not the brightest thing I ever had the chance to cast my gaze upon.

I shouldn't have forgotten those dreams.

If I didn't forget those dreams....

THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A POSSIBILITY OF ME NOT BEING IN THIS SITUATION!

'What the heck!? How are you still standing even after taking a hit from someone as strong as me? Considering your pathetic little body, You should be dead by now!' came out a roar that belonged to one, if not the most ugly creature I had the privilege to cast my gaze upon. [Abomination is not actually speaking, It's actually just roaring.]

That 'thing' which was roaring at me was not human, as it just couldn't be.

That thing was green-ish in colour, standing at about 11ft if I am not wrong, with its ribcage and pipe protruding out of its body.

But that was not what I found ugly about it; Hell, I didn't even notice those things before now as I was completely disgusted by something else that I found on him.

The ugliest part of it's appearance were its ears!

Those Fish ears!

What kind of Abomination is this?!

If you find this reaction to be a little too much, then you should know one Fact about me....

That fact being, that I hate Fishes.

I don't know why I hate them, it's just that.....

Those eyes of their's are scary.

I always get my spine tingle whenever I look at their eyes.

Their eyes just scream for blood and destruction!

*shivers*

I am getting creeped out by just thinking about them!!

As if sensing my disgust towards him, the mentioned Abomination became a little self-conscious and tried to cover his ears with his hands while glaring daggers at me as if accusing me of speciesism.

'HOW DARE YOU LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT YOU FILTH. I WILL KILL YOU!!' It roared in anger and tried to run towards me to deliver another punch that could have killed me if it weren't for a voice to speak up out of nowhere...

"Mister-I...I..."Said a voice that belonged to the person that led me to being in this situation.

A kid no older than 8.

~

I met this kid when I was going for a job interview that was supposed to take place an hour ago....

I ended up not going to the interview because something else caught my attention.

That something being a car flying over my head!

When I first saw it, I thought of it as being yet another product the Famous Tony Stark now also known as The Ironman invented.

But it was not.

Because someone was throwing more such cars around like a moron!

When I thought that it must be yet another idiot who wants to get famous by uploading a video on YouTube of him throwing off cars with his JCB and get arrested for it later on....

The next thing I saw left my mouth agape.

I saw a kid.....

Who was about to get squashed under one of those cars.

I didn't know what came over me at that time, but I moved....

I moved faster than I ever did in my entire life and before I knew it-

I was already in front of the kid!

I grabbed the kid in my arms and got away from the falling car as Fast as Possible.

Seeing that we were both safe, I heaved a sigh of relief thinking that we were out of danger; but that sigh of relief turned into a sigh of aggravation after hearing a roar.

A roar that 'God knows How I was not able to hear earlier', reached my ears making my eyes go wide.

And then I saw it....

Those Ears!!

Those Disgusting Ears!!

~

And that brings us back to our present situation.

'That thing' was able to hit me 2 times during our little scuffle; where he was trying to 'hurt the kid', and I was trying to 'save the kid' with all my strength.

I was bleeding all over and it was difficult for me to just stand straight but I still did....

I could have never guessed that I was this durable; If his punch turning a whole truck into a piece of scrap metal doesn't say volumes about his strength as well as my durability to take such a punch head on and not die.

If this was some other situation I would have already run away by now....

But this was not just any situation!

The kid I saved earlier was trembling in fear in my arms while looking behind the Abomination, and I was the only one who can protect him.

There is no way in hell I can afford to fall right now!

As I was wondering about these thoughts, the same voice that saved my life a few moments ago spoke again

"Mister-I-" As if already guessing his next words, I gave him the brightest and most assuring smile I could muster and said in a confident tone of voice

"You are worried whether we will be fine or not right? Don't worry kid. I won't let anything happen to you. As long as I am alive, I am going to make sure you survive." I said with confident smirk which made his eyes widen and he opened his mouth to speak again-

But his next words were not what I thought them to be

"That's not it. I was just asking you to be careful because you could have ended up leading that creep towards my ball, that I left behind that car he still haven't thrown yet." He said with a monotonous voice.

After hearing his words, I couldn't believe my ears.

Even Abomination stopped attacking me and looked at this kid with the most befuddled expression that I have seen on his ugly face till now.

It seems even me surviving his punch didn't shock him this much huh....

Abomination and I stared at each other for a while and then nodded in agreement.

He, after understanding the meaning behind my nod, went towards the same car that the kid told us was where he kept the ball, and threw that car away.

After finding the ball, he took it between his two fingers and gave a nasty smile towards the kid before destroying that ball.

All the colour left the kid's face and he finally understood how deep of a trouble he was in.

Abomination seemed very happy after seeing that the kid finally understood how scary he can get.

I felt rather satisfied too; as this kid got what he deserved.

Worried about the ball rather than your saviour?

Ungrateful Brat!

As I was thinking about these things, a huge thud resounded behind me urging me to look behind alongside Abomination and what we saw stunned us.

It was another Green-Man.

'At least it looks human'

I thought while wondering about which brand his pants belonged to as they seemed pretty durable.

That Green-Guy looked at us; or more appropriately, at Abomination and roared.

Abomination as if completely forgetting about me, charged at that Hulking monstrosity with a roar of it's own.

And the fight between the Titans began.

As they were exchanging blows after blows, I decided about taking this kid away from that place to safety as I didn't think I could stand any longer.

When I reached a safe place; I noticed that the fight between those two was over and was slightly disappointed about not being able to join them, which was quite strange considering I was still 'untrained'.

When I was musing about these thoughts, the kid's mother or sister?came running towards us.

She was a young woman with brown hair and seemed to be crying a while ago if those puffy eyes were any indicator.

Crying for her brother? I don't know.

She still seems pretty sad even after finding him.

"Daniel, You are alive!! Thank god..." She said while hugging the kid while heaving a sigh of relief.

After hugging the kid she finally noticed me and her eyes widened in shock.

I was soaking in blood, what do you expect.

I am still surprised by the fact that those sorry excuses for police and military didn't help me save 'Damian'; nor did they try to move after seeing me getting up after receiving a punch from that thing.

They must have just wanted to see me getting my butt kicked!

I am also pretty sure that I was on TV not a while ago; as their seemed to be some reporters around the area who were recording me getting demolished by that thing.

I guess she found him because of the news huh.

Atleast some good came out of it.

After seeing me completely drenched in blood, she quickly became panicked as if I were to drop dead any moment.

"You are hurt! You need to get treated as soon as possible! Those wounds are not normal." She said while taking a step closer to me to take a better look at my wounds.

As she was looking at my wounds and trying to help me move by placing my hand over her shoulder; a gruff voice spoke up that I couldn't quite decipher about who it belonged to, because I was losing consciousness.

But I was still able to hear the first part of it.

"Here you are Betty. What are you doing? Is it him!?" That's the last thing I heard before losing consciousness.

But as I was losing consciousness, I was able to remember one other memory from my childhood.

When I was a kid.....

I also wanted to be a Hero.