Monday, January 25, 2010

A Hero

"And then 'Mr. Supreme' saved the day. He rescued 50 children from the school bus hanging from..." , "Mr. Supreme gave hope to the farmers in south by burning all the weed storm..." "Mr. Supreme instantly figured the location of those last 3 remaining bombs. One of them was not even diffusing. Then he just took it high in the space and..." "A man called Sky-hunter, the biggest villain known to Mr. Supreme made his threat clear to the world by..." "Mr. Supreme came bleeding from the skies. His body was covered with blood ... but on the sincere requests of his fans, his secrecy will remain intact..." "Sky-hunter was arrested successfully due to the planned effort by Mr. Supreme and local police officials" "Mr. Supreme launches at politicians for the death in west due to diseases that..." "Mr. Supreme, new face of world peace" "Mr. Supreme.... the son of the world..."

I was still reading those titles that they give in the newspaper. I knew that guy. 'Mr. Supreme'. A courageous man with no fear of death. Man who pulped his opponents with his bare hands. Man who chose the path of justice and destruction of evil. I knew that man very well. He was my friend once. I won't mention his name here. Society owes a lot to him. How I know him, that is a bond between me and him. You saw him flying with the speed of a jet. You saw him opening bus doors with bare hands. You saw him burning mountain-sized insects by just a flick. You think the guy is superhero. Kids think that he has all those powers to be one. Adults think he is a man of principle and dignity. It was you all, who gave him his title.

I am just a scientist working in a lab of my own. He came to me once when he was just wearing his lightning costume. I used to like him back then too. He had a desire to destroy all the enemies of state. He hated the fighting that goes on unnecessarily between two people with same good motive. I liked that. Back then, I was working on this propelling system. We worked together to give him his flight. I ran close to 2500 simulation on myself first. Had 5 serious injuries because that :). I lost my nice vision in that. But I invented this 6 sense goggles to compensate that issue. Yes... yes... these are the same goggles that you see 'Mr. Supreme' wearing while dodging the bullets coming from back. Bad guys don't even get how he does that. Quite useful tool. Anyways... it came to my aid while I was designing more protective tools for him.

I still remember those days when we were working on that stabilizing structure for his powerful....so called 'moves'. He just had to press his thumb on the button and his mechanical hand structure around his actual hand, will penetrate through practically anything. But you know, making things ergonomically perfect is quite important for him in critical situations. I mean if he had to click 10 buttons and start 3 engines just for changing flying direction, you would not see him flying so stylishly :). I tried to customize the thing for him as much as possible. My colleagues kept asking me why do I come for so less time in the work lab. My seniors many times gave me a warning for not cooperating with system and that I was loosing my vision and I should quit my job. I was not able to meet my wife for several months and in the end we were divorced. I am currently living in a secrete life of my own with no other job.

But, it did not matter. I was working for the creation of the hero that the world needed. I am proud to be working for a man with no other desire than the welfare of society. The sacrifices he makes are adorable. He once came close to disclosing his identity to save people. He is the hero that is a symbol of a selflessness which our society truly needs. He is the man who sacrificed his life to bring order and help those who seek it. Yes, he is and will be the hero in my books forever.