Hello Sister
by Ms. Kinnikufan
disclaimer: Pixar owns them.
"Andrew McHayden" stood in the office of Getrude Manson, the head of C.A.S. (Civilians against supers).
He was feeling quite naked in normal clothes instead of his costume and fidgeted uncomfortably.
"Mr. McHayeden, Mrs. Manson is now ready to see you." The secretary escorted him to the office.
"So Mr. McHayden I understood you wish to make a do-" Getrude froze in mid-sentance.
"Anne, cancel all my appointments for today. After you done that, you may take the rest of the day off with pay."
Once Gertrude saw Anne walk out the door, she returned to her office, where Universal Man alias Andrew McHayden was waiting.
The two stared at each other in silence.
Universal Man gave an awkward cough and commented:
"You have such a nice office Una. Is that a real painting on the wall or just a poster?"
Getrude cringed at her brother's old pet name for her.
"My name is Getrude. Not Una."
"Why in heaven's did you chose such an ugly name sister? Why not a nice name like Susan or Rose or Emily?"
"It's not ugly. It's normal. It's not freakish." Getrude's hands (which were resting in her lap) curled into fists.
"Freakish-you mean like the supers we both are? You are as much as a super as I am sister, no matter how much you don't want to be."
"I may have powers, but I can choose not to act on it. Just like a homosexual will always be homosexual, but can choose not to act on his unnatural impulses I choose to be normal instead of a schizophrenic freak with a secret identity.
"You don't like gays either sister? Phylange must keep you up all night with great anxiety because he's neither ashamed of being gay or being a super. Though he should be ashamed of that stupid yodel he had for almost a year.
Anyway, I was talking to Everseer and I think the term you are looking for is 'multiply personality or dissociative personality disorder, plus it's not very humane to refer to people have those disorders as freaks-indeed it would make them very upset."
"You know what I mean!"
"No, I don't know what you mean. I am a super, but not a freak. You are a super, but not a freak. You are my sister-"
"I am not your sister! I refuse to be your sister!"
"But we are twins. We were born to the same mother and father (to the best of knowledge Atomic Lass wasn't cheating on Cosmic Captain) thus making us relatives."
"That's not what my husband knows! That's not what my kids know!"
"Kids? You have kids? I'm an uncle?" He was suddenly filled with a warm affection for these children he had never met. He wasn't all alone in the world after all! He suddenly had fantasies of family filled Christmases, birthdays and Thanksgivings like the ones seen on TV.
"Oh Goddamn it all." Getrude dramatically stood up and swept random files off her desk with a violent arm gesture.
"Can I meet them?" He was sure that these children would love to play with Universal Dog. All kids loved dogs, didn't they?
"Goddamnit, Universal Man, does it look like I'm going to give an affirmative answer? For God's sake I runaway when I was 12 years old because I wanted to escape you and the lifestyle our insane family left behind. Goddamn it, Why did you have to come here and disrupt the life I've worked so hard to create?"
"Una, calm down. I came here because all these past years I've wondered if you were still alive and doing well. I've been worried about you all these years because I'm your twin brother. Siblings are supposed to worry about each other if one just runaways like you did.
Plus, if you didn't want to deal with me, why did not simply deny you were Una?"
"I'm not Una, I'm not the sister you once had! Don't you get it! I don't want to see you! I hate all the super and everything that has to do with the supers! Don't you get it, I hate you too!" These words sent a dagger to Universal Man's heart.
"But we are brother and sister-brothers and sisters have filial bounds of love. Your my sister, your suppose to love me because we're siblings." Universal Man babbled like an upset preschooler.
"Look. Just get the hell out of my office. " Getrude took a few deep breaths to calm herself down. Her blood pressure had been unnaturally high ever since her campaign against supers began.
Universal Man repressed his tears. His sister didn't love him. All he could do now was keep her from destroying the own life he had created for himself.
"You know I wonder what the proper media would think of our genetic connection-you may not act like a sister, but genetics don't lie. It be pretty weird to learn that the leader of a campaign against supers was a super herself. The public doesn't like it when things like that turn up," He gambled.
Two can play whatever game you're doing, Getrude thought.
"Like they would believe you. Exposing any physical resemblance would involve taking off your precious mask. We all know how you hate doing that. Especially all those women you've disappointed."
"If the cause was good enough, I'd do it. Preventing from destroying my life and the lives of my fellow super would be worth it."
"Wouldn't admitting that we're sibling have bad results that for you also? The other supers would learn that you're related to an avid anti-super activist." Getrude tried a different move.
"Yes they would. But I know the allies I have would remain loyal to me, and the ones who hate me, well who gives a damn what they think."
Getrude was all out of ideas, except for the ones that involved murder. And she knew that was illegal and possibly impossible since she knew her brother was nigh-invulnerble.
Universal Man got his coat.
"I'll leave since I have nothing left to say to you."
Blazestone later came to the Beta Force hideout to find Universal Man drunk off his ass and babbling about people ignoring the bounds of siblings.
In the end, Universal Man never revealed to anyone that Getrude Manson was his sister. He told himself it wouldn't have made a difference anyway.
In the end she was his sister, and he couldn't hurt her even though she hurt him greatly.
In the end, he acknowledged the bounds between siblings, even though she didn't.