A Superhero's Duty — Patricia Gilliam

Myth by Name. Villain by Nature. Hero by Choice.A fight between a second-generation superhero named Red Bolt and a villain-for-hire named Icarus goes terribly wrong, resulting in the drowning deaths of three innocent civilians and orphaning a six-year-old boy.Racked with guilt, Red Bolt visits Cameron Wilson at the hospital every night and won't leave the boy's side until he falls asleep.Befriended by a night-shift nurse, the man in costume begins to disclose what really happened after the fight-and why he feels the deaths of Cameron's parents and sister fall on his actions.A superhero didn't survive that night, and Cameron and the rest of the city aren't out of danger.