Blank Man

by Abdul Williams

As Blank Man flies over the city of Atlanta, he almost crashes into a building from falling asleep. He's falling asleep because of how bored he is.  All night he complains about how there's no action. He's looking in every alley to see if someone is getting robbed.  He is also checking all the corner stores to see if anyone is robbing them.  Later that night he harasses a couple people standing on the corner, accusing them of selling drugs.  Blank Man is not your typical superhero.   Instead of avoiding trouble, he wants to find it.

Finally, Blank Man finds somebody who is desperately in need of help.  His x-ray vision sees a man go into a liquor store and ask for a forty-ounce of Old English beer.  But instead, the man behind the cash register gives him a twenty-two ounce of Hurricane.  After the man who purchases the beer finds out he can't get what he wants or get his money back, he immediately calls for Blank Man.

In less than five seconds, Blank Man is there.  He bursts through the door, although he weighs only a hundred and fifty-seven pounds, standing six foot three.  When he talks, he stutters.  His suit is purple, yellow and green, with a red Blank Man sign on his chest.  One of his arms is paralyzed, so he has no movement in it.  His bottom lip slants to the left.  When he talks, saliva drips from his mouth. He is knock-kneed and pigeon-toed, which gives him an unusual walk.  He doesn't look like your typical superhero, but he's always there to give a helping hand.

After bursting through the door, Blank Man immediately grabs the man behind the cash register by the neck, picks him up, and throws him back towards the wall.  The store clerk then picks up a gun, thinking he'll just shoot Blank Man.  He fires six times.  After the smoke clears, he sees the same skinny guy just standing there looking stupid.  Blank Man snatches the gun away from him, and breaks it in half. He grabs the guy by the neck and throws him out the window.  The store clerk quickly gets up and runs, yelling out for help.

Blank Man walks behind the stand and gives the customer two forty-ounce bottles instead of one. To show the guy how much he appreciates people, he drinks a forty-ounce with him.