Theme 011 - Hero (about 1,018 words)

He was a hero. He helps others and saves people from danger and evil. Heroes are someone that others could admire and look up to. But even heroes needed someone to look up to sometimes. Rex might have been a hero but he had one himself. The kid looked up to Agent Six. Six did so much for him. He saved him many times. He was awesome. He was a ninja. So he had all kind of moves and skills. He was the ninja nanny. Six was the one who found the young boy when he was just ten and brought him to the safety of providence. He stayed up late when Rex had a nightmare. He made sacrifices for Rex and others. Rex looked up to the man and cared about what the man thought. He might not be a pure hero and his past might be bloody and violent but he was still a good man who did whatever he could to help. He trained hard to keep his skills from getting rusty. In Rex's eyes Six was simply awesome. Someone that Rex was inspired by.

Rex wondered if Six felt similar to how he felt about being a hero. It was overwhelming at times when others all expected him not to screw something up. But they were just humans. all the heroics aside. The best - their best, wasn't always good enough. They had to accept that as hard as it was. People got hurt or killed because he wasn't fast enough or good enough to save them. It was part of being a hero. You just couldn't save everyone. Rex did his best not feel bad but he couldn't help it he cared to much to not feel something when he saw someone injured when he could have protected them. Did Six ever feel bad when Rex or others got hurt? He rarely showed any emotion so it was hard to tell. He probably did. When Rex got hurt at least. Little emotion aside he still had them even if he didn't show it. He cared for those around him. Any good person would so it made sense.

Rex didn't always feel like a hero but that's what people always called him. He supposed he was. He did a lot of courageous stuff after all. Courage and bravery is something a hero should have. Rex did have it. So did Six. Six was a very brave and courageous person.  They both were. They faced giant mutated monsters and death daily. With out even showing fear. They willing went out and faced such things to stop them so others could live. That was really heroic. They were heroes. Even when faced with overload and pain Rex stayed and took down a EVO so that downtown was saved. Even at risk to his of well being and safety and health he was courageous and stayed behind to fight and saved others. He was a true hero.

Rex was also friendly and helpful. Skills a hero needs that are often over looked. Six wasn't always friendly and sure wasn't talkative but he was helpful. Rex was rarely mean to others he snapped at various people at providence , mainly Knight, it took a lot to get him mad but it was always for good cause. He tried his best to be nice to others even when they weren't nice to him. He just wants what is best for others. His real parents would be proud of their son if they were still alive. Holiday and Six are very proud of him and saw him as a son. With good reason they should be proud he has done many heroic things and saved a countless number of people of multiple occasions.

Like in New York with Peter controlling all those people. Then White ordered the area to be bleached. A bomb. He convinced Six to hold off on the bomb and then Rex saved everyone when he figured our Van Kliess had Peter's daughter hostage. Then he tracked her down and brought her back to providence to reunite with he father.

Again when they went under the sea and found the under what city he did all he could to keep peace. Even when threatened he kept his cool and tried to make peace between Six and the others. He then braved deep seas and no oxygen and almost drowning to stop the reactor and save everyone. He even got a pet crab for Holiday. he did good that day if he does say so himself.

Six was smart and always offered his ear when Rex needed to vent. He didn't talk much and wasn't good at advice but he did what he could. It's trying that mattered. What made Rex look up to him even more. Little things made people heroes too sometimes.  It what matters that's important. Doing important things for others could make someone a hero. It's one of the many things that Rex admired about his adoptive father. Rex wondered if anyone looked up to him like he did Six and Holiday too.

Maybe some little kids somewhere that saw him on TV or had been saved by him or had someone he knew saved. He figured there probably someone that did admire him. People admire heroes after all and he was a hero.

Experience make a person who they are and Rex has certainly been thought a lot of things. A lot of trauma. These were the things that made him who he was. Built his person. His time with Six and Holiday at providence made him into a good person. Made him into a hero. All the training and lessons they taught him raised him into a good person. All the fighting and monsters helped him save his far share and sacrificed enough.Sacrifice was something heroes did and Rex and Six both made their sacrifices. Little sleep ,little food, risk of life. They did what they had to if it meant helping others.

A hero was a lot of things. Things Rex was. He was truly a hero.