Jack walked to the center of the stage. The lights went low, focused on him. The audience quieted as much as the audience at an elementary school talent show ever truly became quiet.
"My talent... um..." Jack began. He hesitated. "I kill monsters."
There was a pause. A baby wailed in the silence; true silence, now.
"With this." Jack brought his hand out from behind his back, revealing a dented and notched baseball bat.
The first nervous titters went up from the audience. They kept laughing right up until the first thunderous footstep rattled the fluorescent lights in their sockets.
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