Today is the birthday of one of the greatest crime-fighters the world has ever seen: The Silver Bullet. We know of his exploits in fighting crime and terror incognito in the mean streets of Khar and Kemp's Corner but very few knew how this German went from being an ordinary mortal to a superhero.
It all happened a few years ago in the grimy and seedy 'Bermuda Triangle' district of Vienna. The peaceful and calm capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire has just 1 dark spot in the correct side of the Danube: the area between the antique Ruprechts Church and the shady bars that sell cheap tequila.
The Silver Bullet, then an ordinary man in his mid-20s was having more alcohol than his body could possibly handle. After a deadly mix of tequilas, beers, vodkas and wines, he had a premonition: God was calling him. So he walked into the church, which is only open at night and shouted in German, 'God, I answer thy call!" It wasn't just the sincere pilgrims who took offense to this drunken outburst. The tortured spirits of the crusaders, who gave their lives for this very same God that the future-bullet mocked, swore revenge.
As the future-hero went back to the street and to a pub, where his friends were having even more drinks, he realised that he was missing his glasses. A sobre version of the future superhero would have known that the glasses were at home! In a state of panic, he shouted, "where are my glasses!!" The bouncer at the bar had just about enough. "You are too drunk to get in," he said to the future-hero and his friend.
The tortured spirits sensed a great opportunity to settle scores with this felon who committed blasphemy. One spirit entered the body of a frustrated young man, who was kicked out of boxing class for being indisciplined. This thug had an easy picking on a drunk semi-blind man. He punched our future hero several times and also took care of his friend. It was a massacre of the worst kind. When the evil sprit realised that the duo had been adequately punished, he left the body of the thug.
And what was the bouncer doing when all this was going on? Eating popcorn and enjoying the free show!!
The next morning, hungover, insulted, bruised and humiliated, the German said, "never again." He decided that he would not just make himself powerful but would fight crime around the world, even in places as far away as Pondicherry and Bali.
Years later, a grateful and safe public thank the Silver Bullet for making the world a safer place. It has been a long ride from that night at the Bermuda Triangle, through your training under a particular wolf, but you are now a Rockstar!!
It all happened a few years ago in the grimy and seedy 'Bermuda Triangle' district of Vienna. The peaceful and calm capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire has just 1 dark spot in the correct side of the Danube: the area between the antique Ruprechts Church and the shady bars that sell cheap tequila.
The Silver Bullet, then an ordinary man in his mid-20s was having more alcohol than his body could possibly handle. After a deadly mix of tequilas, beers, vodkas and wines, he had a premonition: God was calling him. So he walked into the church, which is only open at night and shouted in German, 'God, I answer thy call!" It wasn't just the sincere pilgrims who took offense to this drunken outburst. The tortured spirits of the crusaders, who gave their lives for this very same God that the future-bullet mocked, swore revenge.
As the future-hero went back to the street and to a pub, where his friends were having even more drinks, he realised that he was missing his glasses. A sobre version of the future superhero would have known that the glasses were at home! In a state of panic, he shouted, "where are my glasses!!" The bouncer at the bar had just about enough. "You are too drunk to get in," he said to the future-hero and his friend.
The tortured spirits sensed a great opportunity to settle scores with this felon who committed blasphemy. One spirit entered the body of a frustrated young man, who was kicked out of boxing class for being indisciplined. This thug had an easy picking on a drunk semi-blind man. He punched our future hero several times and also took care of his friend. It was a massacre of the worst kind. When the evil sprit realised that the duo had been adequately punished, he left the body of the thug.
And what was the bouncer doing when all this was going on? Eating popcorn and enjoying the free show!!
The next morning, hungover, insulted, bruised and humiliated, the German said, "never again." He decided that he would not just make himself powerful but would fight crime around the world, even in places as far away as Pondicherry and Bali.
Years later, a grateful and safe public thank the Silver Bullet for making the world a safer place. It has been a long ride from that night at the Bermuda Triangle, through your training under a particular wolf, but you are now a Rockstar!!
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