Chapter #4Tom returns to his room as Gnarly, a superhero by: scriptboy   As Tom stepped through the door, which was illuminated by an intense, bright, white light, his body was immediately overcome by an intense but soothing, tingling sensation. The feeling was overwhelming although it did not inflict any pain on him at all. On the contrary, the extremely bright light forced him to close his eyes as he stepped into the room while his body experienced some sort of transformation, which Tom couldn’t see because of the brightness.
Rather than pain, Tom felt his body becoming stronger and more powerful as he stepped into the strange room, which suddenly looked very familiar once the bright light faded around him. It was as if Tom had felt his muscles expand all over his body. He also felt as if he had grown a few inches taller. This was all confirmed when the light faded away, and Tom was able to open his eyes again.
“Hey, what the heck? Is this my room? I’m back in my own bedroom?” Tom mumbled to himself as he walked around the familiar space. Everything seemed exactly the same to him, until he passed right in front of the large full-body mirror. He looked different, radically different!
“Whoa! What… What happened?” he gasped, as he stared at his own reflection in the large, full-body mirror which hung from the closet door.
Tom was no longer the short, nerdy, high school student that everybody was used to talking to. He looked radically different right now. He was about a foot taller than he was before, and he was very muscular! He must have been about 6-foot-6 inches tall by now! He had big, thick arms and a bulging chest. His stomach was covered by a washboard of well-defined abdominal muscles. His legs were long, thick, and wide, resembling thick columns of raw muscle. Finally, aside from the big muscles, Tom was wearing a bright, colorful suit, which made him look very much like a… superhero.
Tom wore a red, skintight shirt, followed by blue briefs which covered his groin. From there on, he wore red tights all the way down to the knee-high bright, blue boots. On his uniform, he had the big letter G in the top, right corner. He also had blue gloves over his hands and forearms.
Suddenly, the bedroom door opens, and his mother appears, peering through the pen door.
“Tom! We need you outside! A house down the street caught on fire and people need to be rescued! You need to get out there and help the emergency crew as Gnarly!” his mom shouted. “They need your strength and speed! Get out there! Hurry!”
“What? Where? Outside? Uhh…” Tom stammered as his mom ran to the front door and opened it wide.
“Get over here! They need you! NOW!” she shouted. “You’re much, much stronger than they are! Help them!”
Tom ran out the door and he raced down the street where he saw a house which was on fire. Indeed, the fire truck and the ambulance had just arrived on the scene. Two kids were standing outside on the lawn as one of them spotted Tom.
“Gnarly! Thank God you’re here! Quick! My little baby brother is trapped on the third floor!” the girl shouted at him.
Tom ran to the bottom window and wondered how to get to the third floor, when the girl shouted at him again.
“Gnarly! Get up there! You don’t need to climb! Just LEAP up there!” she screamed. “You’re stronger than ALL of us! HURRY!”
Tom tried to leap, and he instantly soared through the air, landing on the roof of the house, much to the amazement of all the onlookers! He leaped more than fifty feet into the air!
“Oh wow, I didn’t know I was that strong!” Tom mumbled to himself, as he quickly ran down the stairs from the attic which took him back to the third floor. He took a deep breath and blew away all the smoke, allowing him to spot a little baby on the floor! He snatched the baby and ran back up the stairs to the attic, while holding the baby in one arm. From the rooftop of the house, he leaped back on the ground, landing on his powerful, muscular legs! As soon as he got down, the mother ran up to him with tears in her eyes.
“Thank you, Gnarly! You saved my baby!” the woman cried as she took the baby in her arms.
“Thanks again, Gnarly! I knew you would help us!” the girl said to him as she kissed him on the cheek.
Tom, now known as Gnarly, wanted to stick around and talk, but one police officer walked up to him right away.
“Excuse me, Gnarly? We need your help! We have a situation on the other side of town! Please help us with your strength and powers!” the officer pleaded with the teenage superhero. “We need you!”
“Where do you need me at, officer?” Gnarly asked him. The police officer replied…   indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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