Short Story R&R please?
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Rising from the deepest depths of the ocean, something was bubbling, and no, it wasn’t fish gas. An underwater volcano? No. A sinking ship? Think again! Rumors had spread like police officers would at Free Donut day( not that they paid anyways) that something fishy was going on down at the local beach. The sand was fine, so was the sky, but the water just didn’t seem right, giving off vibes that sent goose bumps down your back. And not the good kind. Some old folk that lived near the shore, fishing on a regular basis would mumble something about the Lochness Monster. But that couldn’t be. This was L.A, not Scotland…unless of course, it was migrating season. Poor old Nessy probably got bored of staying in the same spot for centuries. Then, the crazy old folk might have had a point.
A plan had brewed among the teenagers of L.A. They had been watching to many shark movies and believed, “Hey, if we go swimming in the dark like the teenagers in the shark movies do, maybe one of us can get eaten and find out what’s going on”. Of course, teenagers being teenagers, especially the kind that mirrored what happened in movies, stuck to the plan and headed out for a night on the beach. Well, it was actually during the day since a 4:1 ratio of them were chicken. L.A beaches were never vacant, but strangely enough, when they arrived, there was not a single human.
“Maybe because it’s a weekday” one said, while the rest stared at each other and at the rising waves around them with extreme caution.
“It’s summer vacation, plus, there’s a Chris Brown concert today” another replied.
“Okay then, that explains it, one minute he’s singing, the next, he’ll be shoving the mic in your eye. And I like my eye, so…no thanks”.
“Hey, don’t insult Chris Brown, he-“. The young speaker stopped in mid-air as her eyes were locked on the sea.
“Um, is the water supposed to do that?” two of the teenagers asked at the same time.
“OMG, TWINNERS!!!” they yelled at each other with a grin, but became serious again as the bubbling in the water increased.
All of a sudden, there was background music playing, something that sounded a bit heroic? As the teenagers looked around, there, was a man playing the piano.
“Oh, sorry, but…please watch the epic entrance children” the man on the piano murmured and went back to playing the piano. It was as if somebody had switched on the slow motion effect because suddenly, very slowly, a pale hand appeared out of the water, splashes of water circling the air motionless as out popped another arm and a head. Not just any head but a Greek god’s head. Like it was sculpted out of marble by an elite…sculptor.
“W-who the hell is he?” one of the male teenagers asked the pianist.
“Oh my, where are the times when children were good and read comic books instead of…whatever you fools are doing”.
“It’s Superman????” one of the girls screeched.
“No, he’s not wearing red and blue, and look!! He has a tail! It’s Mermaid Man from Spongebob”. Almost out of nowhere, a comic-book geek appeared and glared at the girl who had called his hero Mermaid Man.
“Um…no it’s not, he’s not fat, or wears a bra made out of clam shells…if you geniuses read comics, you’d clearly know that it’s Aquaman! He’s super cool, like, he has the ability to breath under water, talk to fish, has super speed, and he can beat Michael Phelps anytime in the Olympics” Pausing to take a deep breath, the boy started mumbling again. “He possesses superhuman durability high enough to shrug off machine gun fire from multiple helicopters, and survive the detonation of a torpedo-“.
“Okay, okay, that’s enough lad” interrupted a deep voice. It was Aquaman!
“Now, does anyone know where the nearest McDonalds is so I can get me some 2 for Filet-o-Fish. If the sea animals found out about this…boy, I’d be in trouble”.
A confused and shocked look on everyone’s face appeared after Aquaman said that as he walked away, leaving them speechless.
The End!