Benedict's Flight

Chapter 4 - It's A Bird! Its A Plane! Its A Pope!

He soared outside until he reached the ocean. Ben looked around wondering wether people had seen him or not. He thought he was in the clear, and zoomed upward towards space. The faster he went, the more exhilarated he became. He couldn't stop. little did he realize where he was. Soon he exited Earth's atmosphere and was in outer space.

But then he stopped.

Ben realized that he could not breath in outer space, for there was no oxygen. He began to panic, but then realized that he was indeed breathing.

It was a miracle. "Truly a gift from God.", Ben said gratefully to himself.

He looked around at his surroundings.

It was beautiful. The Earth seemed so small and there were stars and planets as far as the eye could see.

Ben was in true serenity...

When all of the sudden, out of nowhere, a ginormous white bird flew out in front of Ben and started pecking at him threateningly. While Ben was in the state of shock, seeing a giant white bird in outer space, the bird bit him in the shoulder.

"AHHH!", screamed Ben,"WHAT THE CHEESY BISCUITS WAS THAT FOR!? YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF!!!"

The bird backed off, stunned by Ben's response. He seemed rather impressed at his powerful remark. But then worried, like he sensed something horrible coming.

All of the sudden Ben's shoulders began to hurt insanely. Screaming and twitching, Ben soon sprouted huge angel-like wings on his shoulder blades. "Woah....Im a bird!", said Ben excitedly. "It's all I ever wanted! Now I can get rid of this old thing...", said Ben disgustedly and he tore off his cape. "Now I'm ready to get down and dirty....my time has arrived..."