DIVINE CHAMPIONS: A BOLT OF LIGHTNING

THEY MAKE A PLAN

"Hey, man!" Rick said, first thing in the office.

"Good morning." Rishi answered.

"You look happy. How was your date?"

"I don't know. Different, maybe." Rishi was grinning.

"Different, for the good or the bad?"

"For the great, actually."

"What? Tell me everything."

"Well, we had a great time in the cafe, but then..."

"Then what?"

"I left her alone for five minutes..."

"You did what?" Rick interrupted, "Why would you do that?"

"I left my car keys in the cafe. I had to get that. I asked her to come, but she said she would stay."

"And you let her?"

"I didn't. She was adamant. So, finally, I gave up."

"Not cool, man. Anyway, what happened?"

"What else? The most Pankhpurian that could happen, happened."

"What? No! In five minutes?"

"They were watching I guess."

"Tell me you did something."

"I did. I sneaked up from behind, attacked them, got stabbed, and now my girlfriend knows who I am."

"A champion of Thor, right? But hold on, you got stabbed?"

"Yes, but don't worry, my skin is pretty strong. It stopped bleeding in five seconds, and I healed within half hour."

"You heal, too?"

"Yeah! And the knife was bent."

"Whoa! You beat 'em up?"

"Worse. I killed one."

"Dude, again? Why?" Rick's voice had a touch of concern.

"I know. I can't control the anger."

"Try to. Don't go killing people. Police might be telling the public that it is heroic, but this won't continue for long."

"I know. I'll have to work on that."

"Okay, so how did she take it?"

"At first, she was pretty shocked."

"Of course."

"But then she..." Rishi put his fingers on his lips.

"She kissed you?" Rick asked, his voice suddenly changing from concern to excitement.

"Aren't you excited?" Rishi grinned.

"I can't help it." Rick chuckled, "Anyway, she took it well, right?"

"Yeah. She also said she supports me at this mission."

"Classic."

"So hey, listen. I kinda need to make a plan. Your house, tonight?"

"Okay! But not late night. Early evening. I got some reading to do."

"You? Reading?"

"Hey, I can read, you know. Plus, I gotta do this so that when I take over the company, I am well prepared."

"Alright, I believe you. Now, let's go. It's class time."

Rishi's mobile rang during lunchtime.