The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner

by Melkur

After the eclipse Daphne's life changes, no longer addled with Cerebral Palsy she can run at superhuman speeds, & is contracted by Arthur Petrelli to find other 'supers', but can Matt Parkman help change her life for the better? I wanted to show Daphne's life from her POV through diary extracts. May contradict comic continuity as haven't read any with Daphne in them.

4. Chapter 4 - Fri Sept 29, 2006

Fri Sept 29, 2006

I need a name, if I'm 'destined' to have super-speed for the rest of my 'natural born days' then I'm going to need a 'super' name, like "Quicksilver", "The Flash" or "Speedy Gonzales"… Ok, that one's a cartoon character, but still, I need a name, even if they're both taken, so probably best to stay away from those ones. So, how about it V, how does "The Speedster" sound? – It's probably not the best name I could have picked, but, I don't know – It has a certain… 'ring' to it, don't you think?

Anyway, this morning with Samir was interesting… So yeah, he knows – I accidently let slip after he'd figured most of it out from the way I was walking, and, let's just say that he "made me an offer I couldn't refuse", as, it turns out, that he too has an 'ability', the ability to phase through objects as if they weren't actually there (it was so incredible seeing him do it, I nearly didn't believe it, thinking of it as 'nothing more' than a cheap parlour trick but reasoned that if I had super speed, then why couldn't he do what he said?)

Back to the point, there are more of 'us', that I'm not just a 'one off' freak accident, as it turns out that Samir gained his at the same time I did, the day after that eclipse… Anyway, he showed me that there can be a more 'practical' use for my 'ability', being able to steal. Now, I know what you're going to say V, I know that theft is wrong, but it's somewhat… appealing… to me, to say that you outwitted some of the best security systems in the world & that the object you now own is the spoils of the conquest. And besides V, it's not as if I'm going to steal, say, the Mona Lisa or anything – Just 'small' things, like money, shoes or sunglasses, anything enough to help support my dad & me as, after all of mom & mines doctor's bills we don't have much, enough to make sure that we have enough to eat & to stop the house from falling to bits…

& on that discussion (& the fact that it's rapidly approaching 2am…) I suppose I should call it a night, so until tomorrow V…

Yours 'for always & eternity',

DBM, "The Speedster"