Heroic

Josh Stoll
The Junction
Published in
1 min readJan 15, 2022
Photo by Javier García on Unsplash

The caped hero swooped in out of nowhere, landing in front of the trembling armed assailant. Mary Watson sighed with relief. Omega Man would put a stop to this blatant, broad daylight crime.

“VIP, Premium or free package?”

“What?”

“What Heroic Coverage do you have?”

The gunman suppressed a laugh. Mary glared at Omega Man and said, “I don’t have any package or coverage or whatever. Can you just save me from this guy now or what?”

“Apologies ma’am, but protection from armed attackers during peak time is only available with the Premium and VIP packages. I would be happy to provide you with a quote at your earliest convenience.”

Mary practically threw her purse into the open arms of the thief, who ran away cackling like a witch.

“You know, this superhero thing doesn’t really work if you don’t, you know, actually save people?”

Omega Man gave a salute. “Your feedback is important to us, between the hours of 8am and 4pm, excluding public holidays and weekends, on our customer hotline. Have a Heroic day!”

Omega Man took flight, humming a catchy tune, heading towards the next citizen in distress.

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Josh Stoll
The Junction

Australian writer of short stories, dreams and nightmares.