Pretty Much Invincible by Carey Stephen

Author:Carey, Stephen [Carey, Stephen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | Superhero Fantasy
Publisher: SC stories
Published: 2019-09-04T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

After a pretty miserable breakfast, Sally and Shane stepped outside and looked around. There, a few houses away, the chicken coop. They made their way over to William’s house and knocked on his door.

William opened the door and said, “Hello.” He faked a smile.

“I’m sending Sally out now,” Shane said. “You need to make it clear to everyone... if they do anything to me while she’s gone, there will be trouble. Understand?”

“Yes.” William glanced at the little girl, his heart began to beat faster. “Understood.”

“OK, then.” It felt good, he had to admit, being the one who was feared. “I’ll get everyone around to my place and they can collect their guns.”

She did not seem like a bad kid, William thought. But what if that changed? What if that power inside her began to corrupt her mind? If her power were related to the darkness somehow, it could start to warp her brain—just like the damn darkness had done with so many other people. So many of William’s people.

Science would not be able to explain any of this. No, this was something that had been put into motion by a higher power.

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After William gave her the backpack, Sally exited the neighbourhood the same way she had entered. She picked a random direction and began to walk. Sally kept her father’s advice in mind, about not going too far and getting lost. She then wondered what Bruce would say about all this.

Damn it, Shane, Bruce would say. I don’t care if she’s invincible or not, you shouldn’t send her out on her own. She’s still just a kid. Be a man and go with her!

Yeah, Bruce would probably have said something like that.

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After nearly an hour of finding nothing useful, Sally came to an overturned car on the side of the road. She approached the rusty vehicle and crouched down low, peering in through the smashed window. Seemed pretty empty. Sally turned the car over and then opened the back door. Nothing but shards of glass. Sally sighed. It would be best to return home (not really your home yet) soon.

Then, Sally-Mobile popped into her head. Sally-Mobile? Yes, most heroes had some from of transport—a car, plane, helicopter. Mr. Super-Brain’s Brain-Copter was one of Sally’s favourites. A smile formed on her face. She removed her backpack and threw it into the back seat of the car. Then Sally hopped into the driver’s seat and whispered, “Sally-Mobile.”

It was a bit of a fixer-upper, to say the least. Nothing the imagination of a child couldn’t handle. She squeezed her eyes shut, took a deep breath, and imagined her perfect superhero vehicle. “Big, but not too big,” she whispered. “Powerful, but fast. Blue. No, red—bright red. Big spoiler on the back. Rockets, it can shoot rockets. Smokescreen. Ejector seat. Big wheels. Bulletproof windows. Yeah!”

Sally opened her eyes, she had a grin from ear to ear. Now it was not a pile of scrap, it was the hi-tech, squeaky-clean, badass Sally-Mobile. All villains pooped their pants whenever they saw this vehicle coming toward them.

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