Fears: Isaac Mendez
An unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat. That's how 'fear' is defined by dictionary.
In his life Isaac Mendez feared many things.
When he was a little boy and lived with his mother and three sisters in Bronx, one of the worst places for a six-year old child, he was afraid to lose any of these four most important women in his life. Yes, he never feared for himself, that he'd be robbed or killed even. But the thought that anything similar might happened to his family was close to unbearable for he knew he wasn't able to protect them…not then at least…
At his teenage years when he understood that painting was what he really longed to do for living he was afraid to disappoint his three-year old nephew, the son of one of his late sisters. How would he explain a small boy he was taking care of that he wouldn't be able to play a "red toy-car like Jimmy's" just because his unsuccessful uncle imagined himself to be Picasso.
When Isaac turned twenty his greatest fear was to lose what he's achieved after moving to New York. He worked twenty hours a day, six days a week to have a chance to pay for a place to stay (an awful room that could hardly be called home), items he needed to paint, some food to keep himself going and in the end to produce a piece or two and hope that someday people will appreciate what he was doing.
At twenty-five his only fear was that he wouldn't be able to see the light again. Isaac realized unfortunately from his own painful experience that you're not able to see the light – from the sun, from the moon, someone's eyes, any of it – when you're on drugs. He couldn't remember why he first tried it but it definitely didn't matter anymore. He didn't care about his health, sanity, abilities, all he really wanted, truly desired was to see any kind of light…or at least not to forget how it looked.
A few days before Isaac turned twenty-seven he understood that he wasn't afraid to die as he always thought. No… He was afraid that even though She was indestructible, self-healing, maybe even immortal the unstoppable turmoil she was constantly living in could be killing her from inside, eating up on her guts. From all the fears Isaac Mendez had had in his life this was in fact the worst one because he wasn't in control of Claire Bennet's destiny…but maybe if he tried hard enough to paint the future of the woman he loved with every piece of his torn heart he would be able to protect her…as a minimum to make an attempt to…
We all have fears. Isaac Mendez, a painter who can see the future, a person sent to warn and predict, a hero, is not an exception…