Chapter 3
Happily Ever After
We must've been on that darn train a long time, cause when we got off and went outside it was already getting dark. We walked and we walked until we got to where I ended up that first morning. She stopped and kneeled down so she could look me right smack in the eye and she said,
"Andy, I don't know how you got that special power of yours, and I guess no body ever will. But some people think it's crazy. We gotta get you to a place where people aren't gonna judge you and call you freak and stuff like that." She paused and looked across the harbor to that little island with a giant T on it. "Andy," she said, "see that tower over there?" I nodded. "I'm gonna take you there. They're people there that are just like you, with special powers and such; they'll take you in and keep you safe, okay?" I nodded again. She took my hand and we got on the ferry. They don't usually stop on the island since its private property, so Kelsey had to pay the man to get him to go there.
We got off and walked up to the big metal doors. She took a deep breath and looked at me. She smiled and said, "You ready, Andy?" I nodded and she knocked on the door. A few moments later a woman answered. She was really tall and had really long red hair. She smiled at us and asked, "May I help you?"
Kelsey looked down at me before she answered. "My names Kelsey Dothan and this is Andy West. Andy has some sorta super power thing and we don't know where else to go."
The lady looked at me but I wasn't scared or nervous like I usually am with strangers. She looked pretty nice. She smiled warmly and said, "Of course please come in." We followed her down a hall way and up an elevator and ended up in a big room with a funny shaped couch and a huge TV. There were lots of other people there. And they were in funny costumes; like tights and capes and such. They all turned and looked at the lady, Kelsey, and me. Now I was nervous. Most of these weren't as nice lookin as the lady was. I cowered behind Kelsey as the lady spoke again.
"Friend, this is Kelsey and Andy. Andy has a special power yes?" she turned towards me to make sure she was right. I nodded weakly. "Would you like to show us this power of yours?" Kelsey moved out of the way so I was in full view of the strange looking people.
I suddenly had and idea and smirked. With out warning I ran strait for big glass window that faced the harbor. I heard Kelsey's scream as I went down. I knew they had all rushed to the window to see what would happen so I waited for the last possible second and then I started running. They probably didn't even notice that the window wasn't broken. It was only a week before that when I noticed it myself. I walk through solid object by making my whole body shake really fast.
I got to Rome and decided to get some gelato before I went back. When I got back to the island they were all outside starin at the place I had gone missin from. I know that to them it looked like I had either disappeared into thin air or fallen in the water. They were just about to go divin to see if I had drowned when I said, "What you lookin for?"
They all turned to see me and Kelsey ran and gave me a hug. Then she hit the back of my head.
"What are you tryin to give me heart attack when I'm fifteen or something?" I laughed and replied,
"They told me to show my power, I just wanted it to be entertaining. Gelato?" I asked holdin my almost gone cone to her to see if she wanted some. She took a bight.
"So where did you go anyway?" she asked.
"Rome. It's real nice this time of year," I answered casually. I expected all the other people to be lookin at me like Bert had, but they were all starin at one of the guys in spandex.
"What're all looking at me for?" he asked as they stared.
"It's just that the kid sounds a lot like you," the one that was all green said.
"So kid," the guy half made of metal asked, "what is your power? Teleportation?"
I shook my head, "I don't know what it's called or anything. I can just run real fast. Oh and I go through walls and stuff." Again, they looked at the guy in spandex and then back at me and then back at the guy in spandex. But the metal one was looking at me the whole time. He wasn't looking at my face, he was looking at my hand.
"What?" I asked. He continued to stare.
Finally he said, "Where did you get that," and pointed to my hand.
"Get what?" I asked, now really confused. I looked all around my hand but I didn't see anything. He walked over to me and grabbed the hand that he had been staring at. I was scared as he pulled something on my middle finger. When he finally let me go I ran behind Kelsey.
"What is it Cyborg?" the one with the black mask asked. The one, I guess his name was Cyborg, held up a ring. I could see it now. It was black and made of metal. All the costumed people gasped and looked back at me. Kelsey looked at me too and also gasped. She stumbled away from me. Now they were givin me the same look that Bert had.
"What?" I asked but no one answered. After a while the one that I later found out was Flash, whispered,
"It can't be. Right? That's impossible." I looked at him, confused. But I wasn't the only one, they were all givin him the same look.
"What is it Flash, what's impossible?" Cyborg asked. Flash just shook his head and sped off. He must have the same power as me I thought. I watched him go cause I could see him. As I looked away I caught site of my reflection in the water and screamed. My hair was no longer brown and my eyes no longer the normal human blue eyes. My hair was a bright shade of red, tomato red, and my eyes, yet still blue, looked like cat's eyes; with the pupil just a line down the middle. I screamed again.
"What happened to me?" I asked frantic.
"Nothing happened to you, Andy. That's the way you've always been." I looked behind me to see you had spoke. It was a woman, she wasn't in a costume. I didn't recognize her but when she pulled off her own invisible ring the others gasped…again. Her hair was pink and her eyes to match. But her eyes where like mine, cat-like.
"I wanted to protect. I didn't want you to grow up with people calling you a freak because of how you look. You can blame your father for the running thing," she said and looked to the ground. When I looked back to the people they were all in a fighting pose as if they were going to attack somebody.
"It's okay," she said, "I'm not like that anymore. I had deal with the judge. I said I won't steal anymore and I'll keep my record clean so they let me off with three years in jail and one hundred hours of community service. I've done my time. You can't take me in for anything. And I want my son back.," she said and looked at me.
"Mom?" I asked. She nodded. I smiled a great big smile and ran to her. She kneeled down and hugged me back. "I knew you'd come back for me," I whispered to her.
"Of course I would, baby, I love you," she whispered back. When we broke apart she looked back at the people that I later was told are the Titans.
"So you're his mother," the black masked one said.
"So who is the father?" the scary purple lady asked and all eyes turned to my mom.
"Well, you see," she started but there was gust of wind and Flash appeared behind her. She turned around and smiled the biggest smile I've ever seen.
"For you," he said handing her a rose. She giggled and hugged him. I think they must've kissed or something but Kelsey covered my eyes so I couldn't see.
After that Flash and my mom explained how it all happened. She and him had dated but hadn't told anybody because they were afraid of what might happen because she was a villain and he was a hero. Then my mom explained that she had gotten pregnant with me and had left since she was afraid that the Titans would take the baby (me) away. Then she had gone and paid for all the bad things that she had done and now she came back so she could be with me and Flash (my dad by the way).
The Titans of course were shocked but they accepted it. We all went back in the tower and watched a movie on the huge TV. Everyone was asleep by the end. The masked man had his arm over the nice lady's shoulder and she had her had on his. The green dude and the scary lady were snuggled together and so where my mom and dad. Cyborg was asleep hugging a pillow.
So I guess I did get my happily ever after. I knew I would.