Hiya! My name is Angel Lee Simmons. I know that is a sort-of uncommon and girly name but it is special to me. This is the story of how I gained a family, got my girls, met my heroes, and got superpowers! But trust me, It's not all daisies and is also the story of how I was tortured, beaten, and lost everything. You have been warned.

I was walking home from school hoping mom was doing overtime like usual. My house started coming into view and I saw the lights were on. I lightly cursed murphy and sighed. 'Best chance I have is to keep my head down' I thought and shouldered my backpack. I go up to the door and insert the passcode. The door made a beep and unlocked. I walked in and as I closed the door mom spoke from the kitchen "Hi sweetie, i'll be out in two seconds just washing my hands. So how was your day honey?" I shrugged as she dried her hands with a towel.

"It was ok. I'm a little tired and dirty so i'm just going to take a shower and go to bed." She looks a little concerned and says "Why are you looking down, silly? I think you can only study your shoes so much." She walks forward and tilts my head up. "Angel what happened?!" She sees the bruises on my face and I wittily reply "Would you believe I got into some makeup and this is a prank?" I see the look on her face and sigh saying "Yeah, thought not." She looked at me and reprimanded "Angel. While I may have taught you how to perfectly match, on a scientific level even, a girl's eyes and her mascara. You can't make swelling like this from what I have at the house. Now what happened." I smirked a bit at that. 'My mom has taught me basically everything a lady might want in life. I learned many things from her, how to create my own clothes, how to give a five-star massage, how to cook, how to apply perfect makeup, and how to just be myself. Yet all I got was heartbreak after heartbreak.' I thought that over a little confused as to why i'm thinking of this as I stare at her.

I take a deep breath and say " A bully from my school was beating this kid up and trying to take his money. So I took out my emergency distraction supplies I made in your lab and threw a few. I believe I threw the glitter glow grenade and the smoke strobes. Still can't believe how expensive those are to make by the way. Anyway I pushed the kid in the right direction and told him to hide. I turned around and the lucky meathead got me with a right hook to the temple knocking me out. I woke up next to a dumpster and here we are." Mom looked at me as I finished with a look of both pride and worry. "Angel you know I begrudgingly accept your...nightly activities and such but tonight you're grounded." I looked at her with a gaping mouth and sputtered "B-b-but. Mooooooooom!"

She holds up a finger and huffed "Let me finish please! I said you were ground from patrolling. I did not say that you were being punished however. You are too beat up to do anything but rest for tonight. So how does your hundredth danny phantom marathon and some pizza sound?" She finished with a smirk. I grinned wide and exclaimed "YES!" I jumped up before cringing a bit and joked "Before we do that can we bust open the first aid kit?" She nodded and once we started cleaning everything I thought 'This is awesome. I remember the night I got serious about my nightly activities.'

~Flashback~

I was currently prowling the streets in my gear looking for any suspicious activity. I had been doing this for three months and I usually just alert the police and be on my merry way. I had gotten a rep at the police station as "The guardian". I remembered laughing when I saw it on the paper because of my first name. But back on topic. Like I said most situations are little things like an illegally parked car or a little drug deal going on. But other times it was something more serious.

I can remember the first night I started upgrading my equipment from my standard black clothing and steel toe combat boots (up to ankles), phone, rope, and some gloves to protect my knuckles. I was walking down one of the very few alleyways we had in our relatively small town when I heard some scuffling and a muffled shout. I cautiously walked down it and what I found made my blood boil. A man was standing over a teenage girl with her shirt ripped off unbuckling his pants. I dialed the police station and placed the burner phone on the ground. I walked behind the man and tapped his shoulder. He spun around with a grunt, as soon as he did I decked him as hard as I could with a right hook. He was knocked back a few feet and pulled out a switchblade. I realized I was a little over my head.

I didn't care. That scum was going down. He charged at me with the knife and I tried to kick his knife out of his hand. My aim was off and I nicked his arm. He swung at me and I ducked, earning myself a nice cut across the cheek. I heard a small whimper behind me. 'The girl!, Fudge. How am I gonna take this guy down without her getting hurt?!' I thought while looking at the man. I sprinted in his direction and bodychecked him against the wall, forcing him to drop the knife. I recovered quickly and kicked the knife away. Only to learn there was no need as he had passed out. I tied him up and quickly checked his pulse and breathing. He was fine, so I turned around and looked at the girl. She was covering her chest and shaking. I quickly took off my sweater and approached her. "Are you ok?" She looked at me and nodded. I handed her my sweater and said "Here." I quickly looked away until I knew she was dressed.

I turned around and told her that the police were coming. "Will you be fine until then?" She nodded again and signed a thank you. I was surprised she was mute but I smiled as warmly as I could and said "It's my job ma'am. Oh and if you wouldn't mind. Can you just tell them I was like, I don't know. A good samaritan?" She nodded again and walked forward. I was confused until she kissed me on the cheek that wasn't cut. I was incredibly flustered and started stammering. I heard sirens so I quickly said goodbye and ran home.

~Flashback over~

I realized the next day when I saw the news that I had done something worthwhile, And it felt amazing! I had stopped a crime! I had made a difference. I started to think how I could do this again without all the uncertainty. Then it hit me! No literally. My little half-bro (mom's side) threw my batman and robin figurine at me. I thought of what they had that I didn't. Gadgets and training! I was puzzled on how I would make these gadgets but then I remembered how my mother was one of the best scientists in the world! She always used to say I got my looks from my bio-dad and the brains from her. Though in my opinion i'm average looking.

I brought out one of my sketchbooks and started making blueprints and a training regime. Here's the gadgets I made. The glitter glow grenade, one of my personal favorites. It looks like a toy grenade but it sends out a stream of glitter and sticky glow putty. It covers the assailant so if they try to run I can locate them. The smoke strobes look like glow sticks but after you press a button on the top it releases a ton of smoke and it turns into a strobe light. The " Sticky situation" is actually two separate spheres with eggshell thin walls to keep the chemicals inside. When thrown separately they do nothing, but when the chemicals touch each other it causes a chemical reaction which causes them to grow into a marshmallowy looking substance that sticks anything touching it to itself and doesn't let go. It is easily dissolvable with water. I then made, in order, a metal staff, reinforced gloves with spiked knuckles, a utility belt to hold all of my tools, a suped up megaphone (I've always had a very high pitched scream even after my voice deepened), handcuffs, and a grappling hook for close getaways (just a rope with a special hook on the end).

I started to train everyday after homework and to be quite honest I've gotten quite toned. "Hey, you gonna sit there all day? I'm done." Mom said. I blushed sheepishly and rubbed the back of my neck. "I'm fine. So what type of pizza are we having?" I asked. "I'm thinking the use." She said while calling the pizza place. 'Nice! All-meat pizza with olives for me and chicken asparagus for her!' I walked carefully to my room and started up the show. I lightly hummed the theme song and sat in complete bliss from my favorite show until the pizza came. Mom sat down with me until I fell asleep.

~ Time skip 1 Month ~

I was so excited for today! It was valentine's day! Which was also my birthday, but I don't care too much about that. I was on my way after school home. It was our little tradition today to get a bunch of valentines day candy and mock cheesy romance movies. I had just gotten the candy so I was really pumped. I arrived home to an empty house. I looked all over for mom and came up with nothing. I heard a beep come from my pocket. I checked it and the text was from mom.

Mom: Can you come to my work? Looks like we'll have to celebrate there again honey.

Okay mom, be there in a bit. :Angel

Mom: Not right now sorry. Come at around 7:00 ok? I got 50 first dates!

Lol ok mom. I got some homework to do anyway. Love you, see you then. :Angel

Mom: Love you too. Ditto

I pocketed my phone and decided to do the reading I while getting some working out in. I was reading a book about multiversal theory. It has always fascinated me so I signed up for the class. I finished working out at around 5:00. I went online and looked at some fanart for a while. I looked up the episodes list to make a point to a very rude person claiming the episode "Fright night" was before "Public enemies". I quickly sent a screenshot of it to him. I laughed a little and noticed the bottom of the list. I sighed and said "I can't believe they stopped at "Phantom Planet". It was such a good show!"I looked at the clock and realized it was six ten. I shut everything down and got ready to go. I was out the door and on my bike in a couple of minutes. "I can't believe It's already dark out!" I complained.

I made It to the lab with five minutes to spare. I quickly showed my ID to the front though this building had some of the most sophisticated security detail there was, they still kept him around. He smiled and remarked "Bad movie night eh?" I beamed and exclaimed "Yup!" He smiled and said "Mind If I join ya for a bit? My shift's over and nothings happening. Besides, I gotta thank your mom for that suped up nightstick." He mentioned with a tender old smile. "Oh! Actually sir, I designed that one. Which function did you like more? Taser or rope shot?" I remarked. He crinkled his eyes astonished and exclaimed " You made it boy? You must be a pretty smart feller for your age!" I blushed a little as we head inside. " It's nothing really. I based it off my favorite show." I admitted.

"I have to say I like the idea of the rope more. Don't have to hurt a person to get them to stop." he commented offhandedly. I looked around fondly at the lab spaces. I remembered my mom telling me how the machines worked when she got off-time. She was so comfortable here it was like she was made or this place. I was pulled out of my reverie when we started hearing tremendous banging sounds and flashing lights coming from moms department. I gasped and went into a sprint. All the security measures and doors were smashed or torn open. 'What could have done this? I mean a grenade launcher could take out everything, but there was no explosion or burn marks. What could be so stealthy yet cause this much damage in such a short amount of time.'

I finally rounded the corner to my mom's workshop and was met with an other-worldly sight. There were three creatures circling my mom in the air and ground. One was on the ground and had a fairly human shape. It looked like a mixture of frankenstein's monster and a golem. It was around eight feet tall and looked like he could easily bench press a bus. He was made out of rock and random stones were lodged throughout his body. The second and third creatures were in the air. There was what seemed to be phoenix. It was completely made out of fire and terrifying. The last beast was what seemed to be a mermaid swimming in a floating stream of water. The first stepped towards her and rumbled out "Let us past woman. The master demands we destroy this world. We will not be stopped by a mere woman!" My mom trembled but hefted a large gun onto her shoulders and screamed "You'll never get your hands onto this machine! It was made to help the world not destroy it!"

The monster sniffed and nodded to his compatriots. He moved his hand to a rather large spike on his back. I started running towards my mom and everything seemed to slow. I saw as he pulled the spike out and threw it. It's spiraling form went through the air with a deadly grace. I watched with tears in my eyes as it burrowed itself into her chest. Everything sped up again as I reached her in time to catch her. I fell to my knees and stared as the life left her eyes. I felt the beings stare almost indifferently and move past me. I stiffened as I heard a staticy voice say " May I kill this one...personally, sir?" I looked up as I saw a being made out of electricity with the baton I made. The golem nodded and started working on the machine. I felt a sudden surge of animalistic rage! Who did these beings think they were to take the last person on this planet I loved.

I laid my mother down and stood up. Face full of rage I ran towards the crackling being. I was suddenly engulfed in total white hot agony. I could feel the lightning arcing through my body as I fell. The leader laughed suddenly and said "Praise be ABYSS!" I forced open my eyes in pain. The machine was emitting a bright light and beginning to crack. I felt the anger resurge and climbed to my feet. The being increased the electricity and I did the only thing I could... I screamed. White waves poured out of my mouth as the machine finally broke. I stopped screaming as white light passed over me. In that moment, my last thought was "I'm sorry mom."

Whew, that was hard! Anyway I forgot to put this last time so here it is! By the way, I forgot to mention that I love comments! Seriously I love the things! I will try to update weekly, and comments will help, but I'm not always able to go on my computer. Anyway this is a sort of rage fic at times. I have a lot of pent up frustration from other fics so it fuels me slightly. So prepare for idiots to be schooled literally and figuratively. ;) I'll leave you to figure out what that means.