Gershwin
The whole street was talking about this baby that was born talking but I didn’t believe them. A baby with powers in the township? Lies! Things like that don’t happen to us. Babies with powers are only born in the suburbs with rich parents. I grew up watching Superman and Batman. I know what I am talking about.

My name is Gershwin, and I am part of a crew that breaks into people’s houses. Am I proud of what I do? No, but let’s be real here. This isn’t a place that has opportunities flooding in from every corner. I am a realist. That’s why I didn’t believe the stories about a baby with powers in Rose Avenue.

My crew and I needed some cash, so we decided to hit up a couple of houses on Rose Avenue. It was an easy target, that street was filled with old people. No young men to play the hero and try to stop us. We were going to be in and out of each house in 15 minutes flat. This was one of the easiest jobs we had ever planned. Money was going to fall right into our laps with little to no effort. Old people have old things and old things can be worth a lot of money at an auction or antique store. You just have to know the right people, and I knew all the right people. This was almost too good to be true but baby, I am Gershwin, nothing can stop me.

The first two houses were a breeze, the old folks didn’t even wake up. Easy in and easy out, what did I tell you? Then we saw Brenda Barron’s house and I was like, “Good shot, ouens, time to prove everyone wrong and end the rumours about Superbaby once and for all.” It had been six months since that baby was born and I was tired of hearing about her. This was my moment. The gents agreed, this could put us on the map, so we headed for the house in a good mood. Our footsteps were even floating. No one could touch us. We were on top of the world. That’s why we decided we were not going to try to be quiet. We wanted them to wake up. We wanted Angel to wake up so that we could record her being a normal baby and make money on YouTube.

We got into the house and started scratching around. Everyone was confident that we were going to leave with our evidence when we saw something run in at the speed of light. Ouens started falling down left, right, and center. She was moving fast and hitting hard like a baby Flash. We didn’t know if we were coming or going. Just as we were about to catch our breath, we saw her eyes light up and glow. I didn’t need to wait around to know what was coming next. That is the laser eyes, my bru.

We were ready to run away when she closed the door with a gust of wind. “Leave this house right now and go and steal no more!” She spoke like someone from an old book with the voice of a thousand other superbabies behind her. I am not going to lie, I was so scared, I nearly peed myself. One of the gents actually did pee himself. “You need to give back everything you stole tonight and swear that you won’t steal from any one ever again.” We were still going to argue but the laser eyes came out. She opened the door. “I am always watching you,” was the last thing we heard, as we were scrambling to get out of the house. I vowed that day to never steal from anyone again. I still have a blue mark from Angel punching me in the stomach.

Tell us: What do you think of Angel’s powers? What do you think will happen next?