The Hero and the Man
ENG 1010
06/27/22 The Hero and The Man
“No.” the young man cried, dropping to his knees beside the hero’s body. “no, no, no.” He pressed his hands against the hero’s chest in a desperate attempt to stop the bleeding. He was shaking from head to toe, in an apartment that had just been riddled with bullet holes. Panic built up in his chest, and he started to tremble harder as he realized he only had 2 hands, and there were 9 bullet holes in the hero’s body.
The hero can’t die. The hero can’t die. The hero can’t die.
“Hey man, it’s okay,” The hero whispered through shaking breaths and then a long pause that made the air turn cold with desperation. He grasped the man’s hand and intertwined his fingers with his, the blood soaking his shirt and hitting the floor in steady drops. “I’m going to die, an