Burrito Bucket

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Barnaby is seen putting on a uniform as he speaks. A turquoise shirt, black pants, a small purple jacket with green, yellow and turquoise sleeves and a small Mexican hat.

"In a world hungry for justice, where citizens thirst for righteousness, and yearn for the taste of freedom, one man's there to serve them the liberty they so desperately crave" He says with a determined grin.

"And also, burritos" He added. "Buckets, and buckets of burritos"

Barnaby exits the restroom and whistles as he goes to the shop counter but stops as his boss calls his name.

"Gordon!"

His boss, Shane, was there with his arms crossed and looking at him rather unamused.

"Buenos días, Shane" Barnaby greeted him.

"That's Mr. O'Shaughnessy to you" Shane said. "And you're late. Again!" He shouted at Barnaby's face.

"I am?" Barnaby asked looking away.

"That's the sixth time this week, Gordon. And it's only Monday" Shane pointed at the clock.

Barnaby took out his hat. "Oh, sorry, Shane. Er, Mr. O'Shaughnessy, sir" Barnaby apologized.

"Listen, Gordon, some people know the importance of a good work ethic. Punctuality, responsibility" Shane counted with his fingers. "Some people take their job seriously" Shane took the hat from Barnaby's hands and put it on him.

"Believe you me, Señor O'Shaughnessy, nothing's more important to me than my job. I love Burrito Bucket. I've been a fan of Burrito Bucket since I was five!" Barnaby searched through his phone and showed a photo of his younger self holding a big bucket of burritos.

"Whatever. If you're late one more time, today, tomorrow, for the rest of your life, you're fired" Shane exclaimed and it surprised Barnaby.

"Fired?" He asked scared.

"Could this be the end for a habanero hero, our enchilada enforcer, our lord sentinel for the sacred bean?" Barnaby asked dramatically. "No!" He shouted.

"What?" Shane asked.

"Nothing" Barnaby smiled nervously.

"From here on out, I'll be the master of time management, the crusader of the clock, the expert of hours" Barnaby put a hand on his chest proudly...

And then he began to cut a cabbage while whistling. As he did, he noticed a strange car parking in front of the bank, just at the opposite side to the Burrito Bucket.

A bald man stood out of the car and put on a panda mask.

"Hmm, suspicious" Barnaby said.

The other two people, a man and a woman, also went out of the car and put on a horse and duck mask respectively.

"Really suspicious" Barnaby said, more concentrated on the masked people than on cutting the cabbage.

The three powered up purple guns.

"Extremely suspicious" Barnaby frowned.

The panda mask man nodded, and the three entered the bank, making Barnaby gasp and let his knife fall to the floor.

"I don't think those dudes are bank patrons at all!" He said.

"Mr. O'Shaugnessy! Hey, hey!" Barnaby called for his boss. "Mr O..."

"What?" Shane asked, looking up from his clipboard.

"Bathroom break?" Barnaby asked.

"No"

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