Never Skip Leg Day

    Strong Bruno was working out one day when a giant impact outside shook the building. Through the windows he could see aliens creeping out from the crater, clearly intent on destroying humanity. This wasn't the most convenient time for an alien invasion; Bruno hadn't finished his squat sets -- he made sure never to skip leg day -- and he had foolishly left his fireblaster at home today. Well, there was a bare bar on the rack next to his, and that would have to do.

    Bruno snatched the bar and wielding it over his shoulder, ran out to face the aliens. When he arrived outside, he fortunately found that other people had likewise stepped up to the challenge. Clearly the old lady on the corner had just been baking -- she deftly deflected the aliens' shots with a cookie tray.

    Obviously, the dad next door to her had been struggling with some particle board furniture assembly, for he was also out smacking aliens with a set of semi-assembled planks. It looked unwieldy, but it clearly did the job, and who was Bruno to judge? He was out here with a weight bar.

    Well, no sense in letting all the other humans have all the fun. Bruno twirled the standard barbell in bo staff fashion and clonked three aliens in a row over their heads. They remained down. Bruno leapt from crag to crag of the impact crater, dodging blasts from the aliens weapons, and smacking down all that he targeted.

    He missed some, though, and when he realized he had a blaster to his back, he threw his hands up in surrender. The gun soon fell limp to the ground though as a cookie tray clanked to the ground just after. Bruno turned and the old lady saluted him, then beckoned her tray back.

    Bruno obliged but forgot his own strength after wielding the barbell so nimbly. The tray went flying straight towards the old lady's head, and if it weren't for the cumbersome joined planks of her neighbor's weapon, she would have joined the aliens among the casualties right there. The dad looked and Bruno and began to walk over, clearly intent on giving him a lecture about weapon safety, but he was spared the torture as the commander alien stepped out from the crater.

    The three humans looked at each other, nodded, then took battle stances. The commander launched a barrage of rockets at the three, but they hunkered down under the dad's half shelf, with the old lady's cookie tray blocking the front. After the barrage, the alien threw a giant bomb right for the three. Their last ploy wouldn't work against a weapon this big, but Bruno stepped out and wound up his barbell. The dad and old lady leaped back, and Bruno swung hard, sending the bomb back to the commander's face. It hit him right in the nose and blew him up, along with the ship.

    The humans had won the day, all because they immediately stopped what they were doing and responded to the call to action with what they had. Without words, the three fighters bid each other farewell and returned to their day. Bruno finished his squat sets, and on his way out kissed his hand and patted the sign on the wall that read "Remember, never skip leg day!"