Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Third Seventh

Superlove


He is known everywhere as the Uberman, the defender of the innocent. He keeps watch of the city against the evil machinations of the evil Mr. EvilMan.

He met Lara on a recent hostage crisis successfully resolved by peaceful intervention; 'her' being the hostage and 'him' being the "peaceful intervention".

They started dating afterwards.

On their first date, he flew her in the clouds, looking down on the metropolis nightlights only after he cleaned the overcasting pollution over the city.

On their second date, she watched as he summon a huge tornado of water from the Manila Bay, direct it over the island and blow cool air on the falling water thereby creating a snowfall over the hot city-scape.

On their third date, he gave her a large diamond ring made from compacted coal dumps from the Benguet quarries.

On their fourth date, he made her a display of "meteor shower" by gathering all the garbage dumps in the country then compacting them into large balls of trash and hurling them from outer space towards the earth.

As his alter-ego, he is Clint Kane, a lowly obituary writer of the local newspaper. In this disguise, Lara doesn't know his true identity. He likes it that way. He knows that his identity might become a leverage for Mr. EvilMan.

As Clint, he wants to know Lara in a different light. He wants to chat with her over coffee. He wants to stroll in the park with her. He wants to play in the rain with her. Sweet nothings.

But he just can't.

That evening, as Uberman, he made her an amber necklace made from dead trees from the Amazon rainforest.