Raptor’s Tale

Yin-Yang Origin

3 - Full Flight

            He has been pacing all afternoon, the tension was getting through to him.  “Am I being made to wait or is there some other reason,” he quietly asked himself.

 He continued pacing until he heard a faint creaking of a door.  He stopped posed ready for anything that may come.  Five men came through the door each wearing different variation of the Raptor costume.  Each one walked down the flight of stair and welcomed him into the “flock”.

            Now that his test is over and now that he is full fledged, JC finally came to ease.  He went home that night and looked into that book that he has had for a week now.  Not knowing how else to find the owner he finally decided to open this book and see if he can return it.  To his surprise it was a diary of some sort, within its front cover gave an address.  Dawning on the costume for the first time since he became Raptor, JC went out in search of this house.  He knocked gently and the girl’s mom answered the door with a big surprise.

            Holding up the book he asked, “Can I speak with Anne please?  I think this belongs to her.”  Barely snapping out of the shock she slowly climbed the stairs and called Anne.  Anne came down not believing her mom and was shock when she saw who was at the door.  JC handed her the book and apologized for holding on to the book for a long time and also for looking in it.  She asked him to go in, and never to turn down an invitation from a beautiful girl he accepted.

            After talking for a while Anne asked, “How come you stopped and helped me up?”

            “I can never leave a beautiful girl in distress”  “It’s one of the rule in being a hero,” he added jokingly.  The rest of first night out was quiet, an attempted mugging, a purse snatching, and a foiled car theft.  He went home and got a well-deserved nights rest.  It has been a month since his initiation to the flock and now summer is over and he is to begin his freshman year in college. 

            JC went through the doors of his school and went to class.  Going in his first class he was shocked to see Anne there sitting at the other side of the room.  Being the shy person that he is, JC sat at the other side of the class near the door.  After the day was over he reported to the “Nest” to see if anything needs to be attended to.  The old man was sitting in his chair just like everyday since JC was initiated, but this time something was different.  With the old man was a computer disk.  The old man handed him the disk and told JC that he needs to create his own costume since the costume he was been using was a replica of the old man’s.  After a while he decided upon a suit that honors his five predecessors with a few differences.

            To maintain tradition he chose a pitch-black color, but kept his nose and mouth area open.  Unlike the other suits that has always been full cover.  His suit reflected upon different qualities of his predecessors.   Now he was truly the Raptor of this time and place.