Rainbow by Andrea Churchill
"Are you gonna be the same when they make you change your name? They just break us day by day into million of small pieces of rainbow. When do you think it will rain? I really wish it could rain now. Take my hand and see we're still part of the rainbow"
-Emilie Simon, song "Rainbow" (I really think the lyrics to this song describe, in a nutshell, this story. I recommend listening, it's a good song.) =]
I think this is the best fan fiction I've written in a long time. It's about Shego's past, before Dr. D, and her life with her brothers, starting around the time they got their powers. Comment and fave! =]
Rated M for mild sexual themes.
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"Hmm...go fish." a seventeen year old male said, looking to his sister across from him, on the other side of the circle him and his siblings made. He had a long face, a somewhat lanky build, round hazel eyes, and a mass of moppy brown hair tied back in a low pony.
Beside him, on his right, was his oldest brother Henry Parker. Henry was 18, and looked like he had better things to do than play a stupid card game with his family. He had a normal build, with some but not an excessive amount of muscle, a somewhat large jaw, blue eyes and slicked back black hair.
On Henry's right was his sister Sheila Parker, the middle child. Sheila was 15, and seemed to enjoy the card game so far. No one has ever seen a more sweeter child on the planet, if they had only seen Sheila. She smiled sweetly at her brothers surrounding her, taking in the warm feeling of togetherness. Sheila had long, silky black hair, green eyes and pale skin. She had a slim body and a heart-shaped face.
On Sheila's right were the twins, Wendell and Wesley Parker. They were 10, and when they weren't paying attention to the game, they were snickering to each other about random, idiotic thoughts that anyone else would have otherwise found to be overly childish. They were short, because they were the youngest, and both had a small round face, brown eyes and auburn hair.
"That's the third time you had to go fish, Mervin! You're soooo losing!" Wendell said. Wesley snickered at his brother's comment.
"Aw, don't say that. You never know who could win!" Sheila cooed, defending her older brother.
"That's okay. I don't care about winning. This is fun," Mervin said. He smiled back at his sister. Spending family time was something he enjoyed and appreciated highly. The family could always count on him to keep everyone in place.
"Pssh, fun for you dimwits, maybe. But I have to be somewhere so..." Henry decided to get up and attempt an escape from this boredom, but he was soon stopped. Sheila grabbed his hand, getting up with him.
"Oh, don't go Henry! Mom said she wanted you, especially, to spend some time together. We all promised to stay home and watch over the twins, too, while mom and dad left for their dinner date."
Sheila convinced Henry to sit back down, but he certainly didn't like it.
"This is bull-!" Henry yelled in frustration, while Mervin attempted to cover up Wendell and Wesley's ears before Henry could finish that word.
"Henry! You should know better than to curse in front of the twins!" Sheila said, looking at her brother with surprise. She was shocked at his irresponsible behavior.
"I hate card games! I have never liked them, and you all still continue to put me through this crap like you're so oblivious! I have better things to do than spend 'quality time' with my bogus siblings. Marshall is holding a party at his house later, and his parents are out of town, and I told Katie I would meet her there and...ugh!" Henry threw his cards across the tree house. He was thinking of how tonight would have been...no, would be the night that he and his girlfriend Katie would finally do it. He knew they were ready, and the situation was perfect. Marshall claimed they could have a whole room to themselves-his parent's room. The bed was big and-
"Henry, you are so irresponsible sometimes! You need to start thinking about responsibility and your future! I'm worried about you, you know. All school is to you is one big party, making out with Katie in the halls, skipping classes, cussing teachers, pulling pranks on others, laughing it up in the halls with your friends, it's just one big popularity-!" Mervin was cut off by Henry's defense:
"Oh shut up!" he yelled, while it was Sheila's turn to cover the twins' ears. "All you do is get into everyone else's business and try to make everyone and everything perfect! Well guess what? That's never gonna happen! I'm gonna be outa this place sooner than you think!"
"Henry..." Sheila tried. He stopped her with a look of hate and despair.
"Wait, what do you mean you're going to be out of this place? Are you planning on leaving?" Mervin asked.
"Oh, no Henry you cant! You simply cant! You'll have no place to go! And mom and dad will miss you and-!"
"Look, I don't need your crap, okay? I know what I'm doin'."
"...when?" Mervin asked his brother, indicating the time he planned on ditching the family and living on his own. Sheila looked to him with bewilderment, to think her brother gave no argument!
"I don' know. I'm still working it out with Katie. She's gonna live with me. Kinda like my wife." Henry smiled at the thought. He had loved her, and she did agree to live with him...
"How are you gonna get a job? You have the intelligence of an armadillo, no offense." Wesley asked. Henry eyed him coldly.
"I'll keep my job at Bueno Nacho, working the register like I've been doing. What's wrong with that, huh?"
"But working at the register won't
"Oh, you got it all don't you, little miss perfect! Subjected to nothing but what mom and dad allow you! They control your life and you do nothing about it! They're set on you becoming a teacher, getting married, having kids-!"
"Well what's wrong with that? It surely sounds like a nice future. And I love teaching." Sheila said.
"Yeah, Henry, just because mom and dad wants your sister to do something doesn't mean she doesn't want to. We're all just looking out for you, Henry. I mean, I'm still searching for what I want to do...but you are just so free with what you do you never think of the consequences!"
"Life has no consequences, Mervin. Not where I stand."
"But one day, Henry. You'll do something wrong, you'll make the wrong choice-!"
"Just shut up and play your stupid card game with the twins. And don't tell mom and dad about the plan or I'll make all your lives a living hell...at home and at school."
But what Henry didn't know was that this threat would come true for him, and all his siblings sooner than they thought. Sheila and Mervin got quiet, and they resumed their game with the twins. Throughout the argument they knew to be silent and let their older siblings deal it out-while they concentrated on each other, trying to block out the family's imperfections as best as they could. Henry, all the while, daydreamed of tonight, possibly:
"Henry, my man! You made it!" Marshall shouted, holding a cup in his hands, walking over to his best friend to give him a hug. "Welcome to the party!"
"Man, this place is tight! You really fixed it up!" they were in the backyard; lights decorated the outside, the pool was warm, glistening and inviting...several people were in the jacuzzi, mainly couples. Henry immediately thought of Katie.
"Hey, did Katie get here yet?" he asked Marshall.
"No, not yet. Hey, but while you wait, come and hang with the guys. Relax, have a drink. I'll make sure everything goes smooth tonight. I stocked my folk's room with everything you need."
Henry's mood immediately brightened up. He could always count on his friend.
Marshall handed Henry a red plastic cup, and invited him to a group of guys. Henry sniffed the clear liquid inside the cup. It smelled strongly of some kind of liquor, probably vodka.
'...what the hell' Henry thought. He took a large gulp. It couldn't hurt to get a little drunk tonight.
"Hey, babe. Henry."
Henry turned around to a pretty girl with long brown hair and blue eyes.
"Hey there."
Henry approached her and gave her a soft kiss. They held hands.
"You two kill me sometimes, you know that? Never saw a better couple." Marshall commented, taking a sip from his cup. Katie looked to Henry and smile.
The night would go nicely, Henry and Katie would spend some time together, but not too much time, maybe they'd cuddle a bit in the jacuzzi, chatting it up with the rest of the party guests, mainly the cool kids from school. And they'd all be seniors, of course, just like Henry. Nobody from any other grade, who would know anything about any one of Henry's siblings. Mervin was a junior, and Henry knew some cool juniors who'd always joke about how much of a nerd Mervin was. Except, Mervin really wasn't a nerd at all. He was just nice, always looking out for everybody but himself.
After they spend some time in the jacuzzi, they'd go inside the house, and up to Marshall's parents' room, to be alone. And that's when it all would happen.
'But what if it didn't go as planned?' Henry thought. 'What if she didn't want to do it?'
Henry would lure Katie to the bed, they would kiss, passionately, but Katie would be a bit uneasy. Then Henry would slide his hand down to her waistline, then slip his fingers under-
"What are you doing?" she would ask, breaking off this kiss.
"I...I thought..."
"What?"
"Well, we've been together a pretty long time and i think that it's about time that we..."
"No! Henry, no I'm not ready for that." or she would make up some kind of excuse, like she was one of those people who wanted to wait until after marriage. But Henry knew she wasn't, so he shook of that fear and started the scene over in his head.
Henry would lure Katie to the bed, they would kiss, passionately, but Katie would be a bit uneasy. Then Henry would slide his hand down to her waistline, then slip his fingers under her little skirt and slowly slide down her pants and underwear. Welcoming, she would assist him, then wrap her tiny hands around his waist and pull down his zipper, slowly, and slide down his jeans and underwear. She would unbutton his cool cotton shirt (unlike Mervin's geeky sweaters, usually in some kind of gay color like purple), and then she would unbutton hers, and then Henry would slide his hands to the back of her bra, and with one little snap he would-
And then, someone would walk in on them.
'No,' Henry thought, 'I would have locked the door.'
But what if someone unlocks it?
'I'll have a damn chair to hold it, nobody will walk in.'
Starting over the scene, Henry continued...
She would unbutton his cool cotton shirt (unlike Mervin's geeky sweaters, usually in some kind of gay color like purple), and then she would unbutton hers, and then Henry would slide his hands to the back of her bra, and with one little snap he would undo her little pink lacy brassiere and toss it aside...and then the question of safety would come up.
"Do you have a condom?" Katie would ask.
"Um...shoot" Henry would say. It's like him to forget something as important as a condom. But Marshall would have supplied something like that, right? He said he would have everything ready! Well no, Henry would figure, after getting up and searching for one. Marshall couldn't supply something like that. Henry knew too well that was one responsibility he should have taken.
"Well, who needs condoms?" he would say, going back to the bed and to his undressed girlfriend. "I'm free of diseases and I'll just pull out before anything happens."
Not thinking and in the heat of the moment, Katie would sweetly say "Okay".
And they would do it. And it would be perfect. And it would be the best night of their lives. And they would be so happy, and their relationship would be better than ever.
And then a few weeks later, Katie would announce that she's pregnant.
Henry figured he couldn't win, he was too paranoid. There were so many things to think over-he would have to remember to buy condoms, lock the door, and above all else keep cool.
Heck, that was no problem, Henry was the coolest kid in school.
This entire time Henry was looking out the window, at the clear blue sky. Sheila, Mervin, Wendell and Wesley were still playing cards. They had finished Go Fish and were starting a new game of Cheat, where you have to tell whether or not a person is cheating by the number of cards the person has, compared to the number of cards in the deck. It was a fairly hard game.
Henry watched the sky, trying to figure a way out of his house without his siblings ratting on him and getting to that party...or better yet, a way out of his life. He just felt so...so empty.
And then, Henry noticed something. Something that snapped him out of dreamland and back to reality.
In the sky, was a sort of rainbow dot. It was small, but it was pretty. It was almost like a star in the middle of day, with all different colors.
But as Henry watched closely, he realized the dot was getting bigger.
...and bigger...and bigger...
Big enough until Henry could see that it wasn't just a pretty, rainbow dot in the sky. It was some kind of meteor...or comet...it was something from space, and it was coming closer and closer...and it was only after minutes of being mesmerized by this strange colored rock that Henry realized something important:
It was coming right at him.
No...not him. Them. Henry and his sister, and his three brothers.
Henry looked back at his siblings with a horrified face. Sheila noticed.
"What's wrong, Henry? You look frightened."
In his head spoke words that Henry will later say on in his new life...'Lady Fate came a'knockin', and she knocked hard.'
In that last second of time they had before they met their danger, Henry swarmed up Sheila, Mervin, Wendell and Wesley, and embraced them in a protective hug like that would save them from the harm. Henry, in that instant, showed strength and bravery, showing he would risk his life and protect his family, out of any tiny bit of heart he showed when it came down to it.
Mervin was almost frightened by Henry's embrace, in that split second they had. He seemed to have thought, 'Why is Henry hugging us? He never hugs us!'. Mervin acted meek and almost afraid of Henry's attitude, wondering what he could have possibly been doing it for. Mervin attempted to shrink out of Henry's grasp, thinking it to be a bit much of a shock for him.
Wendell and Wesley, under Henry's hug, were a bit scared and shocked, too, of Henry's unexpected actions. But each of the twins looked to the other and almost seemed to think the same thing, wishing their family could be more like this; greater, bigger, and easier to connect and get along with. The twins got along with each other and absorbed with each other more than their other siblings...if only they were triplets, or quadruplets even...
But Sheila was the only one who wasn't scared in any way. In fact, she was a little angry. First, she was disappointed in her brother Henry when he talked about moving out. Sheila knew he didn't have any skills to get a proper job that would pay sufficiently, and also knew he would have dropped out of school if he had gone through with leaving. Sheila grew almost angry at her brother for being so irresponsible, when he was supposed to be the older brother, and she and Mervin seemed to be the ones taking care of the family, not him. He gave a bad example to the twins, and shouldn't be letting their parents down. An almost firing rage silently glowed in Sheila's heart...she held a strong, flaming power inside of her that, even though very, very faint, would not go away.
In that split second, Henry, Sheila, Wendell and Wesley performed this quick actions and felt these emotions. But after that split second passed, the comet striked their tree house. It broke the tree and crashed the house in hundreds of pieces, causing an immense explosion. The siblings didn't feel a thing. All they did was pass out; everything went black.
But underneath the rubble of what was left of the smoking, charred scene, the comet dispersed into four colored, smaller comets-blue, purple, green and red, which traveled crazily in the air until it found the five limp bodies of the Parker family, hidden beneath the ruins, partially under the ground within the immense ditch the blast made. The blue comet dissolved into Henry, the purple comet dissolved into Mervin, the green into Sheila and the Red into Wendell and Wesley.
The blast had awoken the shock, panic, and incredibility of the town, especially the neighbors. Sarah and Daniel Parker were called home, only to cry out in pain of the sight of the destroyed tree house, where their children were soon found, thankfully only half-dead, beneath the rubble. They were all immediately rushed to the hospital.