"Yes, I understand. Thank you, see you tomorrow." Helen said into the phone the hospital let her borrow.
The hero didn't get to sleep last night as she was preoccupied with her nemesis. At one point, Evelyn's episodes got so bad, Helen had to use her whole body to hold her down to the bed as she screamed out on how much everything hurt causing her to start seizing, giving Helen the opportunity to admit her to a hospital. She admitted her around 5 am meaning going to work in about 3 hours was not probable and so she borrowed the front desk's phone to call out. Another thing Helen made sure to do was call Winston. Despite Evelyn's efforts in hiding her problem, Helen knew it was important for Winston to know. He is her only family.
After the calls, Helen went back to the room Evelyn was kept at. The villain looked so vulnerable laying there barely conscious with wires attached to her in order to monitor her health. Helen would never have thought to see her like this, ever. It was times like this that made her feel closer to her.
"Stop looking at me like that." Evelyn said with a groan as she adjusted her head.
Helen walked closer to her and folded her arms against her chest. "You really scared me back there."
"I would have been fine if you would have just let me be."
"The reason why you're in here in the first place is because you started seizing." Helen said, unfolding one arm to pull Evelyn's blanket up a little bit higher. "I called Winston."
"You what?!"
"He deserves to know. Besides, he's your only family."
Evelyn glared at the hero before turning her gaze away from her. "He doesn't need to know. Not yet at least. I was hoping to get myself better so It wouldn't matter anymore."
"Sometimes you can't do things on your own." Helen swallowed a lump in her throat. She couldn't help but open up to her nemesis. The more she felt this feeling, the more her gut told her how dangerous is could potentially be. But this time she didn't want to follow her gut. "My father thought the same thing," Helen started, thinking back to a dark time in her life in hope that it would help Evelyn understand, "but the withdrawals pushed him passed his limit. In his case his hallucinations got so bad that they told him to jump in front of a train."
"Well I'm not him." Evelyn snapped. She didn't want to hear any of that. Not only was it not her business, but because she didn't want to accept any reality of her condition.
"No, but who's to say you weren't going to have a similar experience?"
Evelyn looked back at the hero, her look still stern. She didn't say anything though but she didn't need too. "You're really stubborn, you know that? Someday you're going to have to give in." Helen said, "I need to go home and see my family. Winston should be here shortly. I'll check in on you in a few days anyway."
After she left, it was just a waiting game for Evelyn. Every time the door would open she was afraid it was Winston but it would just be the nurses coming in to monitor her levels. Of course that dread had to come to an end when at one point it was Winston who came in instead of a nurse.
"Alcohol withdrawals?!"
It was at this point where Evelyn realized that if she were to jump in front of a train, it wouldn't be because of any hallucinations.
"Before I would notice when you would drink one too many a little too often but I never paid any mind to it but I really should have. Why didn't you ever tell me?"
"You're joking right? Never mind that. How much did Helen tell you?"
"That doesn't matter. What matters is the present and your future. In order for you to get back into the game you have to get better. Ms. Parr informed me that any out-of-regulation actions you've inflicted have been disregarded this once. Who knows if you'll get another chance like this Ev. So I want to help you."
Evelyn didn't respond because she knew her brother was going to pry and continue to talk anyway, she just let it happen at this point.
"Therapy." Winston finally said.
"Alright! Fine! If it would get you off my back, I'll go to a damn therapy session. Happy?" Evelyn finally said. She was only really doing it to make her brother happy and nothing more and nothing less. She wouldn't be mad if she got anything out of it though. Maybe she'll discover the the meaning of life.
"I'm only happy because you're putting an effort to help yourself."
Evelyn rolled her eyes. Yeah sure. She told her brother that she was starting to feel tired and that she wanted some alone time to sleep. Luckily for her, he listened and left.
Quiet.
Besides the steady beeping of her heart monitor it was quiet.
Deep down she didn't want Winston to leave, the only thing is, she wished he could just sit quietly. Really she just wanted his presence until he opened his mouth. Usually it's when he starts to talk is when she starts being mean. She doesn't know why, and sometimes she even feels guilty about it, but it tends to go away relatively quick.
Helen Parr, normal life as an officer by day, superhero by night. She hasn't gone out to do any saving however. That's a lie, she saved Evelyn Deavor, her nemesis, otherwise known as Screenslaver. It was bizarre to the hero on how her feelings were changing, she didn't know how to describe it. It was like she had the sudden urge to make sure that Evelyn was okay constantly. She didn't really start feeling this way until last night while she was comforting her, holding her even. Like an unspoken rule, that night was to never be mentioned by either of them.
It was about 10 am when Helen finally got home. It was a school day so the kids were home. Helen didn't see Bob yet so she took the opportunity to walk over to the couch to lay down. She didn't even realize how tired she was until now.
"Honey?" Bob said as he appeared from upstairs, "You home?"
"I'm right here." She says, sitting up so she wouldn't fall asleep.
Bob walked over to his wife and sat down besides her. "So what happened?"
"Evelyn cut alcohol cold turkey because of the probation so the withdrawals hit her like a truck. I was afraid if I left her alone, it would have been bad so I stayed. She's in the hospital right now." Helen explained as she rubbed her tired eye. She felt a big arm wrap around her, pulling her in a hug. Helen immediately relaxed into him, feeling comforted by his warmth.
"That's good that you did that, you must be exhausted." Bob said.
"I noticed that you cleaned." Helen said, looking around the living with a smile.
"hehe, yeah, I figured that you had a full plate as it is so I decided to clear up some of it."
"You know what I miss Bob? Working as a team to save the day." Helen said. "How about we go at it again, together, tonight. If I take the day to sleep, working in the morning won't be an issue. What do you say?"
Bob smirked and gave her a nod, "Sounds like a plan."
After the kids were fast asleep, that's when the heroes snuck out in uniform. Their identity hidden behind black masks. Once they got in the Icredibile, they were off.
The night was loud. For some reason there were more robbers and thugs out than usual where they even ran into Void at one point. It was nice seeing a familiar face but they didn't have time to catch up. They were on the roof of a jewelry store that was currently being robbed by men in superhero masks in order to secure their own identity.
"Mr Incredible, you have to remember to not be so reckless with your strength this time. Follow my lead." Elastigirl whispered to him before sneaking into the store through the roof entrance. As quietly as she could she snuck into the main floor where she heard the thugs cackling quietly over their jackpot. This was easy though, all Elastigirl had to do was stretch out her arm and knock out the two.
That's typically how it went for the rest of the night actually. It was as if Elastigirl didn't need any help but she insisted her partner to tag along. It wasn't long until Mr. Icredible began feeling like the sidekick. Not even the sidekick, more like that bystander.
"What a night! Those bad guys never saw us coming!" Elastigirl had as she looked over the city from the top of a building with her hands on her waist standing tall. "Don't you think Bob?"
"Yeah, you did great sweetie." Bob said without any cheer in his voice, "You know, it's getting pretty late, we should start heading back."
"Getting tired already old man? Alright Alright, fine. But this isn't the last of us." Elastigirl said with a laugh.
Bob laughed too, but when he turned away from his wife he scowled.
He hated feeling useless.
Click-clacking of black high heel boots stepped into the busy hospital. She is of East-Asian descent, wearing black from head to toe, a velvety dress that hit right below the knee with long sleeves, mesh tights, and finishing off her outfit with victorian style jewelry. Her pin straight black hair shined even in this lighting. Who is she though? Is what the patients of the hospital thought. Instead of stopping at the front desk, she just kept walking. She knew where she was headed. She walked with a purpose.
She stood in front of a patient's door and knocked on it as a warning before stepping in.
"Oh my god again? Either stay in or get out- wait what?" Evelyn said when she realized that it wasn't a nurse. In fact it was someone almost unrecognizable but the one thing that clicked for the villain was the scar on her cheek. "Zee? How are you here?"
"Hey you. Long time no see. Or not at all." She said with a snicker.
"That doesn't answer my question."
The ex-villain walked over to sit on the edge of the bed, crossing her legs. "So I broke out. It was easy. I don't think they've noticed yet. But that's besides the point." Zee said, pulling Evelyn's blanket down to reveal her hand to gently stroke it. Evelyn pulled her hand away though. "Why are you here?" Evelyn then said.
"My my Evee. It's interesting seeing you in a state like this. I assume that the probation isn't treating your alcoholism very well. And don't ask me how I know. It's obvious. Your hands are still trembling. It's okay though, it won't last long." Zee said as she stood back up to slowly pace around the room. Evelyn watched her closely. It wasn't easy though, whatever drugs they gave her made her feel out of it. She focused enough to listen to her words.
"You know Evee, You're the reason I'm here right now, and out of there. I could have broken out anytime I wanted, but I had no reason too. Not until I heard your story. Your story inspired me, Evee." She turned to the villain, she was at the foot of the bed, "I want to help you get revenge."
"And who said I wanted that?" Evelyn said. She wasn't so easy to show her emotions on her sleeves like most people. She wasn't one to have emotions period.
"Please. You were so adamant on keeping supers from being legal again, you were willing to destroy a city no matter the consequences. Then your plan failed, and you're telling me that you're okay with that? Like come on."
"Oh shut up. Don't remind me." Evelyn groaned as she turned her head away from her.
"So I'm right aren't I." Zee said with a smirk, "So come join me. I have a plan."
A/N: Remember Zee? So looking upon the original cast of the incredibles I noticed that it's very, caucasian. SO, I'm gonna make it a little more diverse. Did ya'll think Zee was white? Lololol
But anyway. The fact that I have actual plans for this story really excites me. I don't think it's going to be super long but long enough. Actually, I don't know. I hope you're liking it though.
Also! Thank you so much to those who've committed, favorited and followed! You guys are great!
