Hello readers! So my husband is actually writing this for me, and I had to beg a bit to get him to let me post it for people to read. But he finally said yes, so here it is! Oh, I should warn you, this story has no connection to "Blink" by Nemesis13, but you should go and read their story too because its good! I'll try to post new chapters at least once a week, but with work and health issues I can't guarantee it. Sorry, but I'll post as often as we can. I'm also posting this on SpaceBattles too (under the same name), so you can read it there as well!
This idea actually came from something we read in another story, the idea that people triggered with a Master power because they felt isolated when it happened. So we wondered what would happen if a person triggered while they WANTED to be isolated and left alone. That gave us a lot of ideas for Stranger powers, but we also had the idea for this, the ultimate in "Self Isolation" powers. Enjoy!
(Full Summery)
With the power to freeze time, nothing is out of my reach! I have the power to make my life better now, and nothing can stop me, not you, not the Villians, and definitely not the Heroes! I mean sure, locked doors can be a bit of an obstacle, and I can't really use elevators, and there's all kinds of problems with liquids I don't really want to explain...
NO! I'm Blink and I'm awesome! I wont let some stupid weaknesses stop me! I just... Need to figure out what I'm doing is all... But once I do, I'm sure I'll succeed! Because I'm Blink and I'm awesome!
...There may be some side effects to my powers...
Hi! I'm Blink!
And I'm a Superhero!
...Or well no, I might be more of a Super villain actually…
I mean I've done a lot of good! I've helped people! I've even saved a few lives! But I stole a lot of stuff… Like A LOT of stuff… And I hurt some people, though I swear they deserved it!…Most of them anyway… I swear!
I think the PRT is "looking" for me too, which makes me a real "official" villain, right? I don't actually know all that much about the inner workings of the PRT…. Maybe they have some special paperwork that has to be done before someone is really a "villain." That's probably it. I bet there's some "Official Declaration of Villainy" form that they have to fill out (in triplicate of course) and put in a person's file before they're a REAL villain. Something like form "666E" or form "EV1-L." Governments love stupid jokes like that, my dad said so. Something about being a bureaucrat makes everything, even a sense of humor, more dull… What was that joke he told me?
How many bureaucrats does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Two! One to assure everyone that everything possible is being done, while the other screws the bulb into the water faucet!
Yeah, I didn't get it either, but he thought it was hilarious. I guess that makes sense, the Dock Worker's Union was basically a bureaucracy…
What was I talking about again?
Oh Right!
So yeah, I'm a Cape! (With a capital C!) I've got a super flashy costume and a secret identity and everything! Oh! And the unexplainable, physics defying Parahuman powers, can't forget those.
Powers make the Cape! Without them, you're just an idiot in a costume waiting to get shot. Hero or Villain, you're not "Super" without one… And the costume, you need that too. Otherwise everyone knows you have powers and no one will ever leave you alone… Or you're a psycho…
Ahhh! I lost my train of thought again! Sorry, sorry!
Anyway!
I have powers, so I'm a Cape. Simple as that. I have a costume too, I'm not an idiot! And they are AWESOME! My powers AND my costume. Way better then others I've heard of, like that Blaster guy in Iowa who can spit kernels of corn like a machine gun, or that Shaker woman in Utah who can add or remove salt from water…
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Yes, I'm stalling. I'm drawing this out as long as I can to build anticipation. Is it working? Are you anticipating yet?
Did you notice I only gave you my Cape name? Blink. Simple and easy to remember, right? But I didn't mention my real name, or what my powers are. That's on purpose, trust me. You see, I have this reveal all planned out. I actually started with the reveal then wrote the rest of this.
Yes, I'm serious!
...I may have reworded it a few times as I went though, but that doesn't count!
Right.
OK.
Here we go!
Time for the BIG reveal!
Are you anticipating yet?
Good!
Alright so…
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HI! My name is Taylor Hebert, and I can freeze time!
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Damn, I didn't leave enough time there did I? Did it ruin the anticipation? Fuck, it did, didn't it!? I ruined the whole thing! After all that Planning!
No! You know what?
It's fine! (It is fine right?)
I've still have to tell you the rest of my story. No use dwelling on the beginning, or I'll never finish the rest right?
Alright, so let's do it!
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Fuck, I definitely ruined it…
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Fuck...