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Max's Reasons
Barbara looked at her surprised. "Back? What do you mean back?"
Phoebe eyes filled with tears. "She died several years ago" Phoebe said hiccoughing. "I don't know how, or why, but Max has been doing everything in his power to impress the dark side, so they'll bring her back."
Barbara hands started to spark with electricity. Tears fell down her face. "Oh that stupid boy." She said. "Resurrection is forbidden, even if he does succeed, if the hero council hears of this, she's dead anyway."
Phoebe shook her head. "I know, but I don't think Max cares anymore."
"Why didn't you tell us?" Hank asked his voice barely concealing his rage.
Phoebe looked away. "I was afraid telling you would make matters worse," She said to them. "Nothing you can say or do will stop him; I didn't know how far you would go to stop him." She said.
Hank looked away. "Clearly you called bad judgement"
"Bad judgement?" Phoebe screeched. "You want to talk about Bad Judgement? You couldn't even see your own son drowning in his sorrows, before it was too late; you took your son's need to be a super villain and treated it like a phase." Phoebe told her father venomously. "You never bothered to question him about it, never bothered to wonder why, you just wrote it all off as some teenage phase, and just allowed your son to sink deeper and deeper into the wrong crowd."
The family stared at Phoebe in surprise.
"This entire family called bad judgement when it came to Max, at least I bothered to find out why." Phoebe hissed.
Silence descended on the Thunderman household, before Hank spoke up again.
"It doesn't matter" Hank said softly. "It doesn't matter what we did or didn't do, it's in the past, and we can't do anything to fix it." He told his family. "No matter our failings as a family, Max had no business joining the Super villain league, no matter what we did, It was still Max's choice, and it is our duty to stop him."
Phoebe wiped the tears from her eyes. "What, do you have in mind?"
Hank looked old and warn, the recent development having taken quite a toll on him. "We call the hero league and tell them everything."
"They'll wipe his memory"
"After everything that he's been through and done, that would be the least of his worries." Hank said conveying next to no emotion.
Phoebe looked toward the door.
"Max, I hope you know what you're doing." Phoebe said.
"So let me get this straight." President Kickbutt asked the Thunderman's, "Your son, has joined the Villain League and not just the Villain's league, but the most evil villainess in the league Madam X mind you, because he's trying to get a friend he used to have back?"
"Did we mention that said girl is currently deceased?" Barbara stated. "We don't know the full story"
Kickbutt sighed. This had been a story heard far too often. "What was the girl's name?" She asked.
"Crystal LeClair" Phoebe piped up. "She was a non-supe, but a very observant girl, I don't know w if she knew about Max or the rest of us being Supers, but if she did she kept it to herself."
The President nodded. "Phoebe if you knew what your brother was doing and why, why didn't you come forward?"
Phoebe looked away. "I was afraid it would make things worse."
"Phoebe…" Kickbutt sighed. "I understand he's your brother and you want to protect him, but being a hero means, putting the law above your own preferences, I'm Sorry Phoebe but, I'm revoking your Hero Status."
"President" Hank cut in. "She was a young child, And Max is her brother."
The President shook her head. "No, She knew the rules when she received her cape, and she still violated them, we take down those that threaten the world, not give them a free pass, because of their relation to us, She knew and she let it slide, she is not ready to be a superhero." President Kickbutt said before switching topics. "Now your mission is to find Max and Madam X and stop them by any means necessary."
Barbara and Hank nodded once. "Understood."
The President nodded once before fading out.
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Oh BTW Quick note a while back I wrote a short scene called 'Facing Her Murderer'. It's about Max finding Crystal's father and what he doesn when he finds him. So if you want to... go check it out!
