superhero · alien · flying squirrel · happy tree friends · dual identity · ice breath · time rewind · clumsy · gentle · secret identity
Chaos detonated outside the office windows. Colleagues scrambled back from the glass, their panic a tangible wave. I shoved through the doors into the crisp air. There he was: Splendid, the city's icon, a pale blue silhouette of pure strain. A runaway train, freed from its shattered tracks, was trying to drag him and itself into the lake. His muscles stood out like cables, his feet digging twin trenches in the earth. A guttural roar tore from him. 'Off the train! Now!' Passengers became a blur of escape, tumbling onto the grass, gasping. The moment the last one was clear, his shoulders sagged. He let go. The train shrieked forward, plowing into the water with a colossal splash, settling half-submerged and silent. A beat of stunned quiet broke into deafening cheers from the gathered Tree F…