Chapter 4: Teaser!

Here's a sample of chapter 4 so far.  Hopefully I will have the rest posted on Tuseday!

Chapter 4

Topher still couldn't believe it.  A minute ago he was in his gyms parking lot, and a few past and then he is in Seattle, looking up and seeing the Space Needle.  Now that he was in a bigger city Topher knew he would find some crime to stop, and since it was in a another state he wouldn't have to worry about being recognized.  He got rid of the risk of being pulled into the police station and being questioned if any of his potential thugs he stopped decided they wanted to tell the truth of how a superhero powered individual stopped them.  Topher thought to himself it was a perfect plan.
Topher just started walking down streets through out the city, and was peering through dark alley ways.  If the police saw him it would look pretty suspicious, but luckily there were no officers on patrol that he could see.  Topher saw a lot of other people instead.  He spotted the obvious tourists who were navigating the city by smart phone, the normal Seattleites who walk down the street ignoring all traffic signals for pedestrians and drivers alike, and a slew of homeless holding signs that said, "Why lie I need money for booze and weed :)".  Topher laughed and cried a little bit at the same time due to their honest bluntess.  That's when he heard the sound that meant he had to spring into action.  Topher heard the screaming siren of a fire truck, and was going down Fifth Avenue with lightening speed.  So fast no human could catch up, well no regular human Topher thought.  Topher immediately went running after it to assist the other heroes, the firefighters in whatever danger they were about to walk into.
When Topher was following the truck he noticed where the smoke was billowing into the sky, and therefore didn't have to follow the truck to its destination anymore.  Topher raced ahead to get a jump on the situation before the authorities showed up and it would be even harder to accomplish what he had planned, helping people in need.  When he got to the fire he saw what looked like an apartment complex engulfed in flames all fifteen stories of it.  Standing outside standing all in terror and fear was the group of people just like in the movies.  Just like they do in the movies Topher thought.  Topher looked up and saw different bodies in windows, or hearing life fearing screams coming from the building.  Topher knew long falls and knifes didn't harm him at all, but he wasn't sure about fire, or extreme heat but there was only way to find out, so Topher headed towards the back of the building so there were less witnesses.
Topher found the back of the building and found a back door, looking at the knob he noticed it was glowing red hot, Topher touched it, and didn't feel any pain in his hand.  Topher than without one hesitation kicked the door in with a swift kick, shattering the door to pieces.  Topher felt like a total badass after seeing himself do that, got a shot of adrenaline in him. and rocketed up the stairs knowing he had no time to lose. He stopped on the second floor because that was the first floor he saw where people were still stuck when he was watching the front of the building.  He stood at the start of the hall and yelled as loud as he could the only thing that he thought logical to say, "Is there anyone here on the second floor!".  Topher mentally facepalmed himself after hearing himself yell that in a burning building.  The only sound Topher heard for the next few moments were the obvious sounds of a building being burned down.  Flames crackling, walls and floors falling down, in short sheer utter destruction.  But then he head a faint scream over all the sounds,
"Help! If anyones there help! We are in room 215!"  Topher without thinking ran as fast as his legs could carry him to room 215, and kicked the door in.  In the room there was a single mother with two children clinging to their mom's leg in pure terror, and in the mom's arms was a nine month old infant Topher guessed.  "Save my kids!", the mom screamed at Topher, the only thing a mother could think of while being in this situation, and told her children to go with him.  Topher had the ten year old son grab his baby sister in his arms.  Topher then motioned for the kids to come closer and he bent over and picked up all three kids in his arms.  The mother such in shock had no idea what to say at this amazing sight.  In the blink of an eye Topher was out the apartments door, and back out front with all the other spectators.  Topher handed the kids off to a neighbor who gave all the children hugs, and ran back to grab their mom.  In seconds mom was reunited with her kids.  Hugs and kisses all around, but Topher knew there were more trapped in side and he was their only hope, so he headed back around the back and went back inside. The mom didn't even time to tell Topher thank you.
Topher ran up to the third floor and yelled the same thing as he did before, but there was no success this time.  He hoped they all got out, and went straight to the fourth floor.  Topher didn't need to scream this time because he heard the blood curdling scream of a boy begging for his father to wake up.  Topher then ran down the halls just punching doors into he found the boy and his unconscious  father.  When he found the right room he saw a little boy crying starting at his father, who was encircled with a ring of flame, and a beam on top of him.  Topher was praying to god the father was still alive.  Topher felt for a pulse, and found one, a small one, but still there was a pulse.  A pulse meant hope.   Topher jumped through the flames and lifted the beam with one hand and grabbed the boys father from under it with the other.  He hunched the father on his back and jumped back through the flames back to boy.  Topher turned to the boy who looked a lot like his son Parker at home and said, "Hi my name is To...Defender.  I'm here to save you and your dad, but I need your help.  Will you help me?"
The boy in shock over the man who didn't look like a fire fighter saving his dad made the only other logical connection in his brain.  "My name is John, and that's my dad Ron.  I'm usually not allowed to talk to strangers, but I think super heros are ok.  And you must be a super hero, because you are not a fireman, but you are saving us", John said to Topher.