Over Protected


The high street was packed: all sorts of people wearing long coats, thick-rimmed glasses, and hats. The street was full, but the shops were empty.
Suddenly, a terrified cry for help was heard from one of the rooftops. The people on the street looked around, and then dashed into doorways, telephone boxes, cars and alleyways.
Within a second, the street was empty.
A second later, after several explosions, incantations and lightning bolts, the street was once again full, this time with people wearing brightly coloured clothes, some wearing capes and others masks.
Luckily, the super hero convention was in town.

14 responses to “Over Protected”

  1. Diane Henders avatar

    Yikes, hope none of them fought over a telephone box. It’d be seriously embarrassing to come out wearing part of somebody else’s superhero costume…

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      That would be embarrassing, Diane, but there’s one thing about a lot of super heroes together… they’re professional changers… wherever they change.

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  2. prenin avatar

    Nice one Tom – I’m still smiling! 🙂

    God Bless!

    Prenin.

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  3. Soma Mukherjee avatar

    🙂 lovely
    woudnt mind a super hero convention in my town

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      They are cool, Soma, but there’s a lot of friendly competition…

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  4. shreejacob avatar

    Hahahha! Glad you enjoyed that little bit of excitement during the convention Aquatom!

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      There’s always something, Shree!

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  5. susan sheldon nolen avatar

    Cruel Tom to leave it at that! But Good stuff! Are you going to fill us all in at a later date?

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      You never know, Susan. I may explore this in a different way, and pick out one or two of the gathered heroes and see how their days unfolded, maybe from two different sides of the street… I wasn’t actually intending on taking this story any further, but there are quite a few loose ends considering it’s such a short piece!

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  6. Androgoth avatar
    Androgoth

    Holy Schmoly Batman
    That Was A Close One…

    Sir Aquatom is right at home then…

    Androgoth

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      Just a little, Andro… although there were so many people it was quite hard to move!

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  7. Tess Kann avatar

    A super hero convention? Lots of scheduling, I bet.

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    1. Tom (Aquatom1968) avatar

      It was organised chaos, Tess. 😉

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