The Eagle soars with no limits, and so does The Eagle!!
What's "The Eagle"?:
Almost every morning, on the long treck to work, I drive past what I consider an enigma. It's a gentleman walking down the same road, smoking a cigarette, and drinking a coffee. Most of the time, he's wearing the same attire, a handmade sweater type thing, with an Aztekian looking portrait of an eagle on the back. I do not believe this person has a name, I can't imagine him being called anything other than "THE EAGLE". The Eagle walked the streets of Minneapolis, Minnesota before moving to Dedham, Massachusetts, and here are some of his stories.
A day in the life of The Eagle:
The Eagle never sleeps, he just walks. So this faithful morning, he was walking past a Chinese Food restaurant, when he noticed that there was a person eating alone, who was choking on one of her crab rangoons. The Eagle, by instinct, snapped into action and lept through the window, knocked over the choking person and kicked them in the stomach, dislodging the crab rangoon from the person's throat. The kitchen full of asian chef's broke into cheers, and the cashier ran over and handed The Eagle all of the money out of the cash register. The Eagle smiles, and makes eye contact with the cashier, sending her into a coma which she is still in today. The Eagle placed the money on the counter when the manager came over and told him to take it for his heroic actions. The Eagle simply laughed and said "Dear sir, I cannot take your money. I did what any mortal man would do, I broke through the glass, kicked someone, and food shot across the room. All in a days work." and he made his way towards the door before being stopped by the manager again. The manager said "There has to be a way we can repay you." The Eagle turned and looked at the man and said "Fine, you want to repay me. How about a pack of smokes and a coffee." The manager ran next door, got The Eagle a coffee and a pack of cigarettes, and brought them back to The Eagle. "Thank you" he said as he shook the shards of glass from his sweater. He turns, takes a sip of his coffee, a haul of his cigarette, and begins to walk again.
Later that night, The Eagle was walking past a dance club. He stopped to take a sip of his coffee and light a smoke when his amazing, almost super human hearing picked up the sounds of a young lady getting assaulted in a vehicle 3 streets down. The Eagle drinks the rest of his coffee quickly, throws the cup into a barrel and begins running to the screams, taking a haul off of his cigarette every few steps. He gets to the end of the street, and takes a look down to see a single Oldsmobile Alero shaking left and right with the windows all fogged up. The Eagle knew what he had to do. So, he runs back into the main street, and see's a man walking away from his garbage truck, leaving it running. The Eagle jumps into the garbage truck and begins to head to the Alero where the assault is happening. He drives, accelerating as quickly as possible. As he approaches the Alero at 45 mph in the garbage truck, he leans out the window, pulls down on the air horn, then says "I'LL SAVE YOU LADY!!!!!" The people in the car rub a circle into the fog formed on the windows, only to see a garbage truck driven by The Eagle bearing down on them. The man climbs out and shuts the door on the victims hand, sending her back into the car. The Eagle see's this, and hops out of the garbage truck to chase the assailant. He finally catches up to him a half of a block away, and greets him with The Eagle right hook, sending the assailant into a state of unconsiousness. Now dragging him back to the scene of the crime, he notices that the garbage truck was there, but he couldn't see the Alero. He looks around to see the Alero on the opposite side of the garbage truck, securely wedged underneath the garbage truck. The Eagle goes to open the passengers side door and let the lady out, but can't because of the pressure from the garbage truck crushing shut. The victim, still in the car, looks out of the window and at The Eagle, thanking him with blood running down her face. She asks him if there's anything she can do to repay him for getting rid of the assailant. He just looks and smiles and says, "A coffee and a pack of smokes wouldn't be too bad." She slips a $10 through a break in the glass and thanks The Eagle, as he continues on his path.
To be continued...
