Mega Man 2
A girl in my grade used to play the game. She was at that age. She’d play in the day and go out at night. A stolen summer.
First came Metal Man. His friends made me think of clowns dancing on spinning wheels. She beat him easily. Took his power.
Then it was Flash Man. He could stop time but he’d jump away if she got too close. I remember she killed him with metal blades.
Wood Man, with his rabbit-bots shooting rocket-carrots, wore a shield of leaves she easily shred through.
Air Man blew cold. Bubble Man popped on arrival. Quick Man was always turning off lights. Crash Man had her on a sky-ladder to dark places. But they all had a crippling weakness.
Except for me. Heat Man. To me she would succumb.
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