True Soldier !

“Mom, what is soldier?” Asked a 5-year-old boy innocently.

“A soldier is a protector of the nation; they fight with the bad guys to protect good people like us.” replied his mother in simple words.

“Just like Spiderman and Captain America?” gleamed the boy with excitement imagining his favorite super heroes.

“Yes, like all the superheroes.”

“I want to be a soldier too.” Said the boy with pride.

“You are already my little soldier, love. So strong just like a super hero.” Said his mother with a loving smile on her face. She picked him up and hugged him and he laughed his heart out.

Five years later in a school essay the little boy won the first prize. The topic was “When I Grow Up”. His mother proudly showcased his trophy and the little boy kept dreaming of how he will become a soldier.

Five more years passed away and the boy was giving his board exams. After this he had to choose a field for further studies. His goal was clear that he wanted to become a soldier but by this time his mother had some other dreams. She had never taken his dream of becoming a soldier seriously. She told him that in no case she would allow him to get into the army. She cannot afford to lose her only son.

“You have everything, we are from a well off family, there is so much you can do, why do u even want to become a soldier and risk your life?” she argued.

He tried and tried and tried for the next 2 years to convince his mother but nothing changed.

He was struggling in his own dilemma when the phone rang.

“I found this number saved as home in this person’s mobile. There has been an accident and the person died on spot.”

His world shattered by the news of his father’s death. There was a huge responsibility that came on his shoulders with this one incident. He kept his dreams on the side and started running his father’s business at the age of 17.

20 years passed by. He was on a business trip to the city that doesn’t sleep. But he did not know that his life was going to change here. Stuck in the midst of the terrorist attack with many unknown families the superhero in him rose again -The Spider-man, the Captain America, the soldier. He had to save them from the bad people. He had to protect them.

“He came out of nowhere and helped us escape the hostage situation. He was injured and we begged him to come out with us. We begged him to escape with us but all he said was that there are many people inside and they need help too. He saved me and my family. I don’t know who the man was, all I know was that he was a soldier without a uniform. He was a true soldier, a true superhero.” A man gave his statement to the media.

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Divya

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