A Resolved Alliance-chapter one
"Metroville…such a nice city." Thought Mirage. "Much busier then the vast island of Nomanisan. It's nice to see women again too. All of the workers on that island were men, guards, chefs, everything. The only women on the island were those bad-tempered nurses that worked in the infirmary. I love to stroll around on these streets, nowhere to go in particular…heh… it's not that hard for me, that's because I really don't have anywhere to go…."
Mirage walked down the street, thinking about nothing in particular. She had been through a lot in the past month. Khaki-colored jeans, and a black sweater. Her beautiful platinum-blonde hair pulled back in a loose ponytail, she was finally free. Free from the constricting bonds of stockings and a business suit, free from endless reports and charts to write and study, free from…him. That was it, at that very moment, Mirage stopped dead in her tracks, she just couldn't get him out of her head. Syndrome, that very name left a bitter taste in her mouth. He loved her, and she knew it, but all she could ever feel for that man was hatred. She stopped her train of thoughts again…she had called him a man, no, no that wasn't the case at all. Syndrome was far from a man; he was a boy, a boy with power. He had done some horrible things to her, and she would never forget, but she swore on her life, not to tell another living soul about the evils of Syndrome. Mirage began to walk again, not wanting to attract attention to herself, now that she thought about it… there was one family that had experienced Syndrome first hand. She began to think more and more of that family, the Parr family. Oh how she wished she too was part of a family, around people that she loved, and could love her back. People to talk to; people that understood her…all of these thoughts plagued her mind over and over again. She needed a place to go to clear her head, her money supplies were only for bare essentials, but she figured this was an exception. She went to the café on the other side of the road for a Cappuccino.
"Arrgh! There's so much to do in my life." Helen said to herself. "Dash has his play tonight; I absolutely can't miss that. Violet wants to go see a movie with Sharon tonight, so she's going to need a ride, and I STILL have to get home to Bob and Jack-Jack and make dinner…I wonder if Bob scrubbed the bathtub yet…ugh, there are just not enough hours in the day. I swear this supermarket's selection gets worse and worse every day…EW! What is that? Is that mold?"
Mrs. Parr walked down the aisles of the Metroville food-mart. There were many other stores, but this was by far the best one, even though their selection was a little…slim. She was picking out a box of cereal for her children, wondering which kind she should buy. She let out I long sigh, life was good. She really had no complaints, except with little things; trivial things that all moms like to nag about. She finished getting all of the items on her list and went through the checkout line then out to the car to put her bags away.
"So many people…" thought Mirage. "It's so easy to get lost in this city. I need a place to sit down though, I'm getting tired, I've been walking non-stop for hours…hmmm, I wonder what the Parr family is doing right now. I should go visit them…no…after what happened on Nomanisan they'd never even want to look at me…." She touched the spot on her cheek where Mrs. Incredible had struck her. She could swear it still stung. "I'm always misunderstood, no matter what I do…. She didn't even give me two seconds to explain myself. Even if he was the one who hugged me, she just assumed I was guilty and slapped me…sigh… I don't think I'll ever be understood…
Helen walked into her house and was greeted by her husband, with a hug and a kiss on the cheek
"Hey honey, how was your day?"
"Eh, not too bad, I went food shopping; there are bags in the car that you and Dash can help me unload. Vi needs a ride to the movies tonight; she's going with Sharon
"Yeah, she told me about that, what's she seeing?"
" Gothika, it's a new horror film that came out not too long ago."
" Hmm, sounds interesting, you might want to tell her to wear a jacket though, the weather channel says it's gonna be pretty cold tonight. Well, I'll go get the bags for you now, Dash isn't here. He went to play baseball with his friends.
"Ok, I'll go pick him up later when I take Vi to the movies around 5:30"
Walking into her kitchen, Helen got a glass of ice water (I love those ice/water maker things on the fridge, so convenient .) She sat down at the table to look at the newspaper. Nothing interesting going on today…as always. Metroville, despite its size, was a rather quiet city; the crime rate wasn't very high, nor was there as much low class as anywhere else. It was a happy city, and now that the supers returned, it was going to get even better. Helen put down the paper and got out of her chair. Aiding her husband in putting away the groceries.
"It's been almost seven months now since we've seen her. I wonder how she is…it was wrong of Helen to hit her like that. If she'd only listened to my story, poor Mirage could've been spared a big red handprint on her cheek. I just hope she's happy where she is now, wherever she is." Said Bob as he was walking out of the kitchen.
Back in her hotel room. Mirage had broken down in sobs. Big, choked sobs that would tear your heart out within the first two seconds if hearing them. It wasn't unlike her to cry, she would cry all the time out of sheer hatred for Syndrome and all of the things he had done to her, but she had never been sobbing like this. This time, she was crying out of frustration, frustration about all of the people that had misunderstood her, frustration about life in general. These past few months had taken a huge toll on her, and it made itself known that night when Mirage finally decided to look in the mirror, what she saw in the mirror made her only want to cry more. She saw a young woman, but a broken one. With a tear soaked face and red puffy eyes. She decided to take a shower, and then go to bed.
The hot shower water felt good on her body. It was a nice hotel she was staying at, it really was, and it was cheap too. They had room service, cable TV with Pay-Per-View, plenty of hot water to spare, and the walls were practically soundproof. She figured that was a good thing because while keeping other noise out, no one would be able to hear her crying. She dried herself off and got changed into her pajamas. After drying her long hair, she climbed into bed. The silky sheets and soft blankets enveloped her, and she was soon in a deep sleep, her cares of the day disappearing like her consciousness. She had a nightmare that night (weren't expecting that one were ya? Huh? Huh?) , and she was sleepless yet again, but what she didn't know was that her life was about to take a drastic turn…a turn that would change the way Mirage lived her life forever…
Endnote: bum bum BUMMMMM! Sry this was kind of a cliffy, and the ending is a little cliché, but it does fit with the story so, just bear with me, it will get better I promise. Well, I hope u all enjoyed the first chapter of A Resolved Alliance . Cya l8er