text: All the kids in the neighborhood knew he was a superhero. It wasn't a myth, it wasn't a rumor, it was a fact. I only told people who had sworn to secrecy but apparently everyone else saw it too because it spread like wildfire. No one had to tell me he was, all the signs were there. He kept to himself, people would never visit, no one knew where he was from, I barely knew his name. Well, actually I did, Jedd. I knew from when I would ask my mom about him. I was pretty sure she knew Jedd was a superhero too, she just didn't want me to know and tell the wrong person. When asked about Jedd my mom would turn to me and sternly say "Now Monty, don't get tangled up with Jedd, you don't want anything to do with him" which of course, made me want nothing more than to talk him. It wasn't that I didn't have the chance to, everyone knew he watched over the high school, keeping kids safe from the evils of the world. Jedd had informants inside the high school, keeping tabs for him. I would see people, usually alone or two at a time, walk up to Jedd and they would go over to his car to talk alone. Upon leaving Jedd would thank them and tell him they always knew where to find him if they needed him. I had been watching Jedd since he moved in last month, just to make sure he was the guardian I had hoped. As soon as I was sure I went up to him and told him I knew his secret, my parents had told me; which wasn't exactly the truth, but that's what had confirmed it for me. I told him that I told all the kids in the neighborhood, but only after they had pinky promised not to tell anyone else, but I think that other people had caught on too. He looked at me shocked and told me to go home, he was busy, which was understandable, superman never needed a sidekick. So I went home with a warm fuzzy feeling, I had just confirmed what I had for so long knew. Later that day, about five minutes after my dad got home Jedd pulled up in his car and my mom came up stairs to tell me dad was having a friend over and she would stay in my room and play with me until he left, which was nice, my mom was always out of the house or in the garage, where I was never allowed, with dad. After a few minutes I heard shouts a few snippets were all I could understand, things like "he is only ten" "how did he find out" "what if he tells the neighbors". I heard my name a couple of times too, but when I asked mom what they were fighting about she told me not to worry and that I had built the best wooden tower she had ever seen. Suddenly I heard a loud bang, followed by a loud series of footsteps coming up the stairs, my mom turned quickly toward the door and said quickly "hide!" and pointed to the closet. "lets play a new fun game! And dad is coming to play too!" but when the door opened it wasn't dad, it was Jedd, who pointed at my mom and another loud bang came from his hand. My mom fell in front of the closet mumbled "...not to get tangled..." and faded off again. Jedd came over closer to my hiding spot and slowly opened the door and the last thing I saw was my childhood super hero, the guardian of the high school standing over my moms body with a silver tube in his hand that flashed, and my world exploded into darkness.