Ahmed and Abdullah were very close friends. They were in a park enjoying the cold and cloudy weather. Abdullah was staring at the deep and dark clouds. It was when he saw something falling. It was coming at full speed, tearing the dark clouds apart.

Abdullah, while pointing towards the sky, said, “Look there, Ahmed!”

“Hey, it’s coming straight in our direction,” Ahmed panicked on looking up. “Everybody run! Something is going to fall here!”

Everyone started running out of the park. That thing struck the ground with full force. There was a huge blast and dust blocked out everything in sight.

“Is it a meteorite or an asteroid?” Abdullah asked, while removing dust around his nose.

“I don’t know, let’s see what it is,” said Ahmed.

They both went towards whatever had fallen, accompanied by many other people. When the dust cleared, they saw a big white thing, shaped like a ball.

They all went close to it, it wasn’t a meteorite or an asteroid, it was a spaceship — a white-coloured spaceship with a transparent circular glass door.

Abdullah removed the dust from the glass and said, “Hey, there’s someone in it, I think he is unconscious.”

“Is he a human or an alien?” asked Ahmed.

“He looks like a human,” replied Abdullah.

They tried to open that ship door, but were unable to do so. A few moments passed and the ship started to open on its own. Smoke came out and suddenly, the weather changed; thunder started roaring and strong breeze took over the whole scene.

The human-like alien became conscious and came out. He had purple eyes with long, straight and silky purple hair down to his shoulders. He was wearing a purple shirt under a wooden vest, with a loose black pyjama.

He shouted, “Haaa ...” his scream was so loud that all the people present there fell on their knees and tightly covered their ears. The windows of the nearby buildings shattered from the sound.

He murmured, “Finally, I am on Earth! I’ll destroy you Earth and everything in it.”

He raised his right hand, and pointed it towards a building to his right. A purple laser came out from his hand and the building collapsed as if it was made of paper! Everyone was shocked and all started to run away in a frenzy.

“Hey, just calm down!” a person shouted.

Everyone stopped and looked back to see who dared to talk in front of an evil alien. It was Zashis, the superhuman who was loved on earth by everyone. There was a sudden wave of happiness among the people who had been very scared just a few moments before.

“Who are you and why are you here?” Zashis asked the alien. He remained silent. On the wooden vest of the alien, on the left side, was written a number painted in black: 14. Zashis took a deep breath and said, “Ok, so you aren’t going to tell me. Then I’ll call you Number 14.”

The alien ignored him and pointed his hand towards other buildings. Zashis raised his hand too and stopped the laser coming out of the alien’s hand from reaching the buildings. This enraged the alien, who now turned towards Zashis and the two started fighting.

The impact of their fight shook the whole planet, and the collision of their punches resulted in thunderous blasts and sparks. No.14 was becoming livid and started to attack with full-force. He finally landed a potent punch on Zashis’ face. Blood came out from Zashis’ mouth and he fell on the ground.

“With this little power, you think you can defeat me?” asked No14 with an evil smile. He laughed out loud and said, “Is there anyone who is powerful enough to fight me?”

Everyone was scared and terrified of this alien. Suddenly, Abdullah stepped out from the ocean of people and accepted the challenge of the alien. Ahmed tried to stop him, but he was unsuccessful.

“I know that I’m not strong enough to defeat you, but for the sake of millions of lives and for our homeland, Earth, I am ready to fight even if it costs me my life.”

Zashis was trying to gather his strength, but he was unable to do so. Abdullah grabbed a sharp rod from the rubble of the building and ran to attack No. 14. He attacked with all his might and pierced the rod in No. 14’s shoulder, the crowd cheered Abdullah’s courage.

The alien was startled, he could not bear a young boy hitting him so hard; he furiously took the rod out from his shoulder and hurled at the crowd … everyone got scared.

In the meantime, Zashis stood up and No.14 raised his right hand to kill him! That purple light glowed from his hand and he fired it in Zashis’ direction. Everyone cried out, “Nooo!”

Just as No.14 fired on Zashis, Abdullah came in the way. He was hit directly, the beam penetrated through his chest and he fell on the ground. Abdullah was not moving.

Seeing this, Ahmed ran towards Abdullah and checked him. Abdullah was unconscious, nobody could make out if he was dead or alive. Ahmed was crying and Zashis’s eyes were wide open.

“How dare you!” Zashis shouted.

All of a sudden, wind started blowing fast, and rain started falling, accompanied by thunderstorm. Zashis’s eyes turned red with anger and he began to turn into flames. It was something new, Zashis was also not aware of this secret power of his.

Zashis’s body was completely covered in flames, he was releasing an enormous amount of heat. Everyone stepped back as they weren’t able to tolerate the heat. No.14 seemed a bit nervous. His smile was replaced with fear.

Zashis started to move towards No.14, who out of nervousness, attacked Zashis, but the superhuman easily dodged the alien’s blow. Everyone was glad to see No.14 being defeated. Zashis was now even faster than No.14, he punched quickly on his chest and No.14 fell to the ground.

“It’s time to finish the enemy of our motherland!” said Zashis and raised both his hands and pointed towards No.14. The red flames of his body vanished and they all accumulated in his hands, making a huge ball of flames. “This is from the whole of mankind that you wanted to destroy,” said Zashis while looking at No.14 and then he fired with his all might.

Meanwhile, Abdullah also started moving a bit, seeing a sign of life in Abdullah, Ahmed hugged him.

Finally, the earth was secured from this alien’s threat. Zashis and Abdullah had saved them all. Everybody applauded Abdullah and Zashis. And due to Zashis’s powerful flames, from then on he was given the name “The Ultra Zashis — the fire of trust and belief!”

Published in Dawn, Young World, April 23rd, 2022