Out of the Frying Pan

Suddenly a thick coat was flung over him and he had a brief vision of a luminescent face with thick glasses which oddly magnified the blue eyes behind them. Then he was jerked upward and the pain in his knee caused him to black out.

He came to in a hotel room. He sat up, and immediately winced. Everything hurt. His memory slowly returned. His knee...

Immediately he looked down. His leg was bandaged, but appeared to be intact. No cast. Gingerly he lifted it. It hurt, but he could move it. The joint seemed to be unharmed. Amazing.

Almost miraculous...

The sound of a shower running intruded on his thoughts. There was someone in the room with him. "Well obviously...someone had to fix my leg and bring me here, didn't they?" But who?

He didn't have the strength to think any farther. He lay back on the bed, just breathing and nearly falling asleep again. He was only half- conscious when the man emerged from the bathroom. A tall figure, wearing thick glasses and a towel. Nothing else. The same goofy, magnified, too- blue eyes. Sandy-blond hair which stuck out damply in all directions. He had the towel wrapped around his chest, like a woman, rather than his waist as a man normally would.

"Hey, you're awake!" he said jovially, as though Edgar had just got up from a nap. He crossed the room to his suitcase, which was lying open on the second bed.

"Who the hell are you?" Edgar demanded.

"How's your leg?" the goofy man asked, ignoring the question. "It should be feeling better soon."

It was, but not good enough to allow him to do what he wanted to, which was to jump up and strangle this weirdo. "I asked you a question, you ****!" he shouted.

The stranger turned and smiled calmly at Edgar. "Relax," he said, and his eyes almost shone. "You've been looking for me." He turned back to the suitcase and withdrew a pair of boxer shorts. He slid them on under the towel. "Hope you don't mind if I change," he added, then dropped the towel.

Edgar blinked. From the man's shoulder blades unfurled a large pair of wings.

1. Edgar passes out.
2. Edgar leaps to his feet.

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