Week 10 Story: The Secret Superhero

The Secret Superhero

Trees in a park. Source: Public Domain Pictures. 

“Help! Please, someone help me!” screamed the boy from the top of the tree. Sri was holding on tightly to the biggest branch he could find. He knew the branch could break any moment now, and he was afraid of falling to ground and breaking a limb. His friend had dared him to climb the tallest tree to prove he wasn’t scared of heights. Sri had to prove to them he wasn’t scared but he didn’t want to look like a loser either so he took the challenge. Now here he was, about to fall from 50 feet up.

From a few feet away, Krish heard the call for help. He was on his daily jog through the park. He ran faster towards the voice. He soon found the source of the voice. Hidden in between many trees, he saw something in one of them. As he looked closer, he could see that it was a little boy hanging from a tree branch.

He rushed to the boy. “Let go, I’ll catch you,” he called to the boy. The boy looked down and shook his head. “No, I’m scared!” Sri screamed.

“I can catch you, I promise,” Krish told the. But Sri adamantly refused. 

Krish looked around to make sure no one was watching and concentrated on the boy. Before him he saw the boy floating down to the ground. In a matter of a few seconds, the boy stood right in front of him.

“How did you do that!” exclaimed Sri at Krish. “Are you a magician?”

Krish laughed at that. “No, I’m not. But I do have this secret superpower. I can get things to move with my mind. It’s called telekinesis. But you can’t tell anyone about what just happened, okay? No one can know,” said Krish.

“Why not? You’re a superhero! Everyone should know,” said Sri. He looked so confused as to why this man wouldn’t want to tell everyone about his powers.

“Because… people won’t understand. People think I’m weird anyway. But just promise me you won’t tell anyone,” Krish looked at the boy with pleading eyes. 

“Okay. I promise I won’t,” Sri told Krish. Krish breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the boy and said, “thank you, I appreciate that.” 

"Um, can you show me what else you can move with your mind?" Sri asked Krish. "Well, I guess I'll show you just once and that's it."

"Okay!" smiled an excited Sri. He watched as Krish looked attentively at a big log. He saw the log start to float. Krish looked at the boy through the corner of his eye and smiled as he saw the boy's eyes get bigger. Krish used his power to throw the log almost 25 feet away. 

"Wow! That was so cool! Can you do that again?" asked Sri. "I really can't, I have to be somewhere now. Sorry kid. You need to get back to your friends anyway," said Krish. 

“Oh okay. By the way, what’s your name mister?” asked Sri. Krish smiled at the boy. “I’m Krish, what’s your name?” 

“Sridhama, but you can call me Sri. Everyone calls me that.”

“Well, it’s nice to meet you Sri. Now try not getting stuck in a tree again. Who knows, I won’t be around to save you next time,” laughed Krish.

“Oh, don’t worry. I won’t ever make that mistake again. But at least now that I know you’re a superhero, you’ll come help me if I ever need help again right?” asked Sri.

Krish laughed again. “Sure kid. But remember, you can’t tell anyone else.” 

“I know I know. Thanks for saving me, Krish!” And with that, Sri ran back to his friends thinking about his new superhero friend Krish.  

Author's Note: Krishna is known for being this divine being who has all these kinds of powers that he uses to help people. I thought it would be cool to give him a modern day superpower like telekinesis. I got the idea of him having powers from different Epified videos that show him being almost like a superhero.

Bibliography:

Dreams and Music.  

Krishna Humbles Brahma.