Gregory

Silent Hero (ifana8)

Silent Hero

once, there was a time

human traffickers came to hide

in my dear old city, Balmai

smuggling people right under my watchful eye

they had a pattern, you see

taking children, then women

at least it's what Gregory told me

with his smart guess, we traced the next victims

gregory guessed, drawn from bitter experience

that traffickers always take full shipment

with that, we knew the victims hadn't disappeared yet

and we came up with how to track them

gregory built a device, strapped it to my thigh

he told me i had to blend in with the next victims

meaning i had to get captured

so i'd lead him right to the traffickers

i humbly obeyed, trusting greg's judgment

and so went away, into the hands of rude men

luckily, i'm silent and mysterious as a hero

hardly anyone recognized a saviour when they saw one

i was thrown into a container with their "newly acquired"

it was so dark inside, my lightning scared everyone

"you're that hero? the one always wearing hood?" a little girl asked

i didn't answer, only said, "i'll save you."

my thigh began glowing, meaning police were coming

i sighed in relief, greg works fast indeed

i ordered everyone to move away from the container's walls

for i was about to shock them open

the container opened to reveal police wrestling

with the huge burly traffickers; i had to run away

to the other shipments, i had to release others

huddled together, i pushed them into police vans

i must mention, at this point, my powers were not on point

i still lacked control and accuracy of my bolt

luckily greg appeared, understanding my predicament

he strapped another device, this time, to my hand

it improved my control and accuracy tenfold

and in time, all the evil men were captured

i left the police to deal with everything

as i dissolved into the night, taking Gregory with me