Chapter 3

The above-average hero backed up. He hoped there was enough room to clear the hole. Racing at full speed, Sportacus was able to jump the opening without a problem. He continued at full speed until he was out of the building.

The firefighters cheered at the sight of the hero and quickly the emergency medical technicians took the lady from him. Sportacus ignored all that was going on around him. His crystal continued to sound. There was no one in the building. Who else could be in trouble?

Captain Dogooder rushed over to the above-average hero. Sportacus could hear his radio. There had been a car accident at the intersection of Get and Well, involving a Chevy Impala and a Ford Taurus. That intersection was near Dr. Feels Good's office.

Bessie had watched the light turn green and she started to pull under it. Coming from the opposite direction was another car. The driver of the Ford Taurus didn't see the light change because he was too busy playing with his cell phone. Blowing through the light, he T-Boned the Chevy Impala.

Sportacus arrived at the scene to find the two cars sitting in the middle of the crossing. People had gotten out of their cars and run over to see if everyone was ok. Fighting his way through the crowd, the above-average hero finally made it to the cars. What he saw made him sick.

The Taurus had hit the passenger side of the Impala and crushed it in. There on that side was his wife and son. Quickly, Sportacus rushed to the other side of the car. He ripped the driver's side door off its hinges. Then tearing off Bessie's seatbelt, the above-average hero pulled her out of the vechicle. People rushed to help him. They took the unconscious lady while Sportacus jumped back inside what was left of the Impala.

Stephanie was pinned in her seat. Her right leg and arm were in with the twisted metal of the passenger door. If he didn't get her lifeless body out soon, she might bleed to death. Carefully, Sportacus pulled with all his strength at the pieces of metal. The above-average hero ignored the pain and blood coming from his hands as the weakened metal gave way to his superior strength.Sportacus continued to work oblivious to what was going on around him. Ambulances, police cars, and a fire truck carrying the Jaws of Life had arrived. Emergency workers rushed to help the above-average hero.

Bessie was loaded in the first ambulance and rushed to the FunTown hospital. The firefighters tried to get at Joshua while Sportacus continued to try to get his wife freed from the Impala. The baby's car seat had appeared to take most of the damage but when one of the firefighters tried to loosen the seat he found that part of the car door had gone through it and into the little boy's side. Quickly, he called for help. There was a good chance if he moved the car seat that Joshua would bleed to death.

The other firefighters cut the piece of metal with the Jaws of Life and the one inside the car lifted the seat, Joshua, and the piece stuck inside him out of the car. They EMTs loaded the precious cargo into the second ambulance and it drove away, sirens blazing toward the FunTown hospital.

Sportacus was finally able to pull Stephanie's unresponsive body out of the car. It had been almost an hour since the accident as the rescue workers grabbed his wife and rushed her to the last ambulance. The remaining workers began to clean up the intersection.

Captain Dogooder ran over to the above-average hero and saw the blood and cuts all over his hands and forearms. Pushing the shocked man over to his car, he put him inside and raced toward the hospital. The trapped people had been pulled from the wreck but it would be up the emergency workers and the doctors to stop the bleeding.

To Be Continued…