The Meeting

So, at 10:00 I was there. I took out my Cliffyflyer instead of the Cliffymobile so that I could just land gently on top of the water tower. As I hopped out, I saw Duckman coming from a distance. As I waited, I surveyed the town around me, making sure no evildoers were taking advantage of this inconvenience and wreaking havoc in Bumblyburp.

So, Duckman landed in front of me and said quite obnoxiously, "Hello Cucumber!"

"My name is Cliffyboy, and I'm a pickle, not a cucumber."

"Oh, I'm sorry Cliffypickle. I'll get it right from now on."

"Sure you will. Anyway, there is a reason why I chose this place to meet."

"What's that?"

"Look all around you Duckman. In every direction, you see Bumblyburp below us."

"Yep. I can even see my house from here."

"Really? Where?"

"Haha! There you go again. I told you, I'm not giving away my secret identity. If I tell you, then I'd have to tell everyone else."

"Right. I forgot."

"Look, there's the mall over there. And there's city hall. And there's.."

"Ok, good, you got that all right. Now, look over there to the east."

"To the east?"

"Yes, right over there. That's East Bumblyburp."

"East Bumblyburp?"

"Yep. I'm ready to make a deal with you. I won't share this town with you, but I'll let you have East Bumblyburp. If anything happens over there, I'll stay out of it, and you can handle it."

"But, nothing ever happens in East Bumblyburp! You would doom me to being a superhero without a cause. Why should I protect a town that's perfectly safe on it's own?"

"Because if you don't, I'll tell every bad guy in town that you work at an office here somewhere. You know what will happen then don't you?"

"NOOOO! You wouldn't do that, would you?"

"Oh yes I would. But don't push me into it, because then I will have to come and save you. I'd rather that you take a little pressuer off by protecting East Bumblyburp. Then, I wouldn't have to worry about protecting that little boy on Blueberry Lane from the bullies at the bus stop. Instead, I can focus on the bigger trouble makers."

"What! There's a boy that gets bothered by bullies on Blueberry Lane? You've got a deal Picklecliff. I'll save him!"

Then he flew away. "My name is Cliffyboy!"

I watched as he flew off toward East Bumblyburp. "When do I tell him that they won't be there until morning?"

I hopped back into my Cliffyflyer and went back to patrolling the town.

"I love you Bumblyburp! You'll always be safe with me!"