Crunch: The Secret
Writing Exercise #31
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Crunch: A superhero that loses his power when he is witnessed
“Honey, did you see the news?” Mark Mint’s wife was looking at something on her phone, while their dog Rex napped with his head on her lap.
Mark was sipping a beer, looking out the window of their fifth floor apartment. “What news? There’s lots of news. I see that someone parked in front of the fire-hydrant again. Can you believe it? Is that the news? Because that’s what I see.”
Mrs. Mint laughed playfully, “Not the fire hydrant again. Can’t you let that go? They always move their car by morning.”
“If there was a fire, they would do a lot of damage to the car to get to the hydrant. And it wouldn’t be covered by insurance!”
“I know! Honey it’s like every day with you. Let the fire hydrant go. I’m sure they’ll move it by morning again. I’m talking about the Wonderman1 news.”
Mark sipped his beer, and turned to face his wife. “Did he save some cat again?”
“No! Turns out he’s a total jerk. Some investigative reporter did some hidden-camera stunt. Caught him saying some real nasty things.”
Mark took a sip and scoffed. “Isn’t that just the way of it? That’s awful.”
“Awful!”
“I mean, I get it. Same thing happens to celebrities. One hot mic…” he made a slashing gesture with his hand across his neck, “careers ended.”
“Lots of pressure being in the public eye like that.”
“No kidding. Hey, I think I’m going to take Rex for one last walk before bedtime.”
= = =
Outside, after Rex had finished his business, Mark paused. He looked at the fire hydrant, he looked at the car. He looked around—it was already dark. No one in the street. No faces in the windows. There was an open spot just across the way. It would be quick.
He tied Rex to a tree branch, just for a moment. He had something he needed to do. Very carefully, he picked up the offending car…
(331 words, yeah I know)
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For Reference. Because this is the second story to reference that character, does this make this officially a Cinematic Universe???
Superman HAS a dog- Krypto (white fur, breed unknown).
Thx, great topic. Loved yours too.