Super-powered Helen

Helen Troy learns to use her super powers

Super-powered Helen
 

Five friends, Bob, Joe, Angela, Victor, and Helen, walked on the sunlit beach.
Bob walked beside Victor. "What's the latest word on the neutrino source location?"

"Grant said the alien spaceship generating neutrinos is beneath the continental shelf, moving through the hot magma. It is moving back toward the coastline."

Bob shivered slightly, then looked at Joe. Joe grinned and inclined his head toward Helen. Bob almost yelled his next question.
"Victor! Can you call Grant and find out where the alien spaceship is right now?"

Victor laughed. "In two hours, I can ask him where it was two hours ago. It takes that long for his equipment to process the tracking information."

"OK. Let's think about other things. How long have you had your PJP?"

"PJP? Oh, you mean my jet plane. I've had it for a year now. I've used it three times."

Angela interjected, "Four times. One time you took me to Brazil to see my mom?"

"Right. Four times. Would you like to fly it?"

Bob laughed. He waved his hand toward Helen and Joe. "None of us has a pilot's license."

Joe showed his mischievous grin. "Helen can fly."

Helen responded, "Joe! Bob has teased both of us about our fascination with the Superman character. Are you teasing me?"

Joe pointed uphill to the oddly shaped house, “Nope. Look up there. We were here last month when the super-intelligent microscopic alien flew into you. It gave you superpowers. You named it Sparky.”

Helen realized she could fly. Sparky gave her the power to direct gravitational forces. She could fly by falling into the sky! Helen smiled, "Joe, how did you know?"

Victor gave a short bark of laughter. "Good one, Helen."

Bob spoke seriously. "Victor, I think she means it. Helen, are you serious? Can you really fly, like Superman? Are you dreaming?"

Helen flipped herself to lie horizontally in the air at eye level.

The others quit walking and stared at Helen.

Joe said quietly, "Victor, I hope you don't tell Grant, but Helen is his neutrino source."

Bob sat down and closed his eyes.

Victor probed beneath Helen but found no invisible support.

Angela faced Helen. "Are you my guardian angel?"

Helen laughed. "No, Angela, I'm only your friend." She pivoted to stand again on the ground.