Superkid

by Christina Barr

  “But you do, Felix.” Dad smiled. “You can’t fly, you’re not super strong, and you can’t outrun any bullets, but you’re a good boy with a powerful imagination. You can see the world as something better than what it is, and you can make it better. That’s your super power.”

  I got really happy. Imagination wasn’t such a bad super power. It sure did keep me entertained.

  “Will Kiara be in school tomorrow?” I asked.

  “Yep,” Mom said.

  “And will Li still be down the street?”

  Dad chuckled. “Yes, Kiddo.”

  “And can we still have adventures together?”

  Mom pinched my cheek. “As long as you never run away again.”

  I felt bad about it and didn’t want to take the chance of ever being lost and not knowing how to find my way back to them ever again. “I promise I won’t.”

  Dad kissed me on my forehead. “Night, Son.”

  “Night.”

  Then Mom kissed me on my cheek. “Don’t forget to say your prayers, Felix.”

  “I won’t.”

  Mom was having a hard time leaving me alone, but I didn’t really want her to. “Te quiero, Mi Niño.”

  I smiled. “I love you too, Mommy.”

  They both started walking together to the door, but I remembered something important. It was something that Dad told me when we went swimming. I started to kind of figure out what has happening with his chest and his face, but I needed to make sure. “Hey, Dad!”

  Mom walked out of the room, but Dad stopped at the door with his finger on my light switch. “Yes, Felix?”

  “Are you proud of me?” He said little boys want their moms to love them and their dads to be proud of them. I think I knew that he was, but I just wanted to hear it. That’s how I would know if I really was a true hero.

  Dad smiled at me. “Every day, Son. Every day.”

  Then he turned off my light and closed my door; I was alone with the enormous and fantastic feeling I felt inside my tummy.

  Well, there was someone else there too. “Dear God, this is Felix. Sorry about bugging you about my shoes so much. I guess I didn’t really need them after all. Oops.

  “But anyway, I wanted to tell you thanks for my super powers. Dad says it’s my imagination, but I figure it’s more than that. I think it’s my mom and dad. I got something from her and something from him. I got a goodness from my mom and determination from my dad. I think that’s a powerful combination. It’s better than all the other stuff. After all, you can’t be a superhero without those two things.

  “I’m not scared to grow up no more. Whatever happens, I’m gonna be fearless and strong. I may not really be a superhero, but sometimes being a man is enough. My dad is my hero, and he’s just a man. I figure it’s gonna be good enough for me.

  “So thanks. Love, Superkid.”

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Christina L. Barr has been a serious composer as far back as twelve years old. As a daughter of an evangelist, Christina has had the opportunity to sing her songs around the world to thousands of people.

  Art also became a major passion for Christina and she began to take up several art classes in high school and prepared herself for a career in animation. She graduated from Holly High School number nine in her class and attended College for Creative Studies. Her talents as a film maker increased and she used her skills for television production, started a popular website called The Gorgeous Geeks with her sisters, and was even featured on Times Magazine’s website for some of her work.

  Christina’s true passion for writing emerged when she was eighteen and she started on her first novel. Within three years, one turned into seven and a screenplay. Superkid was the sixth book that Christina completed, but the first to be published.

  Some of her personal goals are to complete thirty novels by the time she herself is that age, to see her books translated into film, to one day win The Celebrity Apprentice, and to be like one of her idols—Stan Lee—and create many iconic characters that span generation after generation through multiple franchises.