A/N: This ficclet was based loosely on the song 'Ghost of You' by My Chemical Romance. This is my Sky High reality where Speed and Lash aren't really evil, cos that's how I like it. Like the fic? Read my other Speed/Lash story 'Thank You'. And please, don't forget to review, they make my day.
Some days I just clean forget you've gone. I wake up, and it takes me a good half hour for my sleep addled brain to register that you no longer lived next door. And that it was all my fault. My 'bad' influence is what caused your parents to move you to another state. And I am eternally sorry.
If you were here, you'd say it was just as much your fault, but we both know that's a lie. I'd just had a fight with my Dad, and I was feeling rebellious when Gwen told us of her plan. I jumped at the chance to turn my Dad into a baby, no questions asked. If I hadn't, let's face it, you wouldn't have. You're not an evil person. You weren't even a good bully, always feeling guilty afterwards. There's no use denying it, I could see it plain as day.
When we were little, you used to be wiser than your years, so much so, that sometimes I didn't have a clue what you were saying, even though I acted like I did. I never wanted you to think I was too immature for you. I never wanted you to leave me behind. But there was something that you said to me, something that I understood, and cherish as my little piece of wisdom, praying that it's true.
"All the greatest superheroes have to be bad at some point. That's how they know to be heroes."
So maybe I'm not a supervillain, just a hero who needed to find his way to greatness.
But I guess we'll never know. I can't live without you anymore. My best friend. My soul mate. My one and only. May you find your path to greatness…