I had returned to my home town where I resumed my super heroine duties. It has been over a month since I dated Gamma Jack and I had moved on with my life. I realized our relationship was short and moved way too fast. It was doomed from the start, yet I failed to realize it.
I was glad to be swinging from familiar roof tops in the city I was much more used to. Crime and chaos was just as active as ever, so I was yet again alone on my usual duties. I thought today was just going to be a normal day.
Suddenly a meteor crashes in the outskirts of the city. The city is in an uproar as I swing away to check on the situation. I could hear the astonished citizens below.
I found the huge molten rock from the sky in a deep crater in the forest. It had an ominous glow with steaming fumes rising from it. Policemen and a hazmat team had arrived beforehand to check on the matter. One of the terrified hazmat people slowly approached it with one of their scanners.
"There's defiantly radiation from this meteor!" the timid man calls back to them.
"We had a feeling from the glow," another one of the hazmat team members calls back to him sarcastically on a megaphone. "But what type of radiation is it giving off?"
"That's just it… it's giving off multiple types of radiation. And it's off the scale!"
Just then the meteor begins to crack. The timid hazmat man falls back in fear and cowardly crawls away from the meteor. We all watched in grotesque horror as a huge monster breaks out of the space rock. It glows a menacing red and roars loudly before it approaches one of the hazmat trucks and smashes it to bits. The hazmat team now makes a run for it as the policemen keep their distance and fire their guns at the monster, but their bullets fail to wound the monster. The monster grabs a boulder and tosses it at the policemen. The policemen scatter as the boulder crushes one of their patrol cars. I noticed the glowing handprints the monster left on the boulder. It was obvious that this beast wasn't at all safe to touch. The monster grabs another boulder and tosses it again at them. Another vehicle is flattened by this gigantic falling rock. The policemen continue to fire in a futile effort. The monster approaches them and lifts its fists up high in the air then brings them down to smash them into the ground. I managed to save them with my stretching ability before they were turned into policemen pancakes.
"Elastigirl!" one of them called to me. "Thank heaven you're here!"
"Everybody run!" I shout to them. "I don't know how long I can hold him off, but you have to get some help!"
Thankfully the police listened to me for once and made a run for it. Immediately I had the monster's full attention. It began to swing its huge fists at me breaking down trees in the process. I managed to dodge its slow movements, but I knew this couldn't last forever. Obviously I had to figure out a way to stop this creature without touching it, or else the whole world could have been in danger. Before I could come up with a plan, one of the trees fell down and my ankle was pinned down by one of the tree's big branches. With me immobilized the monster found this opportunity to be perfect, and began to reach for me with its radioactive hand. I pulled and tugged at my leg, but I was unable to break free. Never in my life had I ever felt so helpless.
"Help me!" I shamefully screamed in fright. I don't know who I expected to hear me, but I was so terrified that I couldn't help it. Luckily, there was someone who heard my plea.
"Did someone need assistance?" a voice called out from above.
The monster and I gazed up to find a caped man floating above us with a charming smile. I recognized this superhero as Metaman, one of the most powerful superheroes of all time.
"Metaman is here to stop this evil abomination!" he shouts out as he flies into the monster and knocks it away from me.
"Thank you, Metaman!" I told him. I felt so relieved that I laid back and sighed.
"Here, allow me to help you."
He lifts the tree up with barely any effort and throws it aside.
"Oh, again thank you-"
Before I could stand up, Metaman lifts me off the ground and floats in the air. I began to blush considering one of the most famous superheroes was holding me in his arms. I could feel the bulging biceps against my body, and for the first time I found masculine muscles to be very sexy.
"Are you alright my dear?" he asked me with such concern.
"I am now," I admitted as I rested my head against his chest and gave into the magical moment.
Suddenly the monster came roaring back through the forest in pure rage. Metaman gazed seriously back at the monster before gently placing me on the ground.
"Please stay back," he told me. "I will deal with this."
With that he flew off to once again fight this huge atrocity. All I could do was stand behind a tree and idolize him as he displayed his great powers.
The monster tried its hardest to fight Metaman, but it was no match for this superhero. In the end, Metaman knocked the creature onto its back, lifted him, and then flew up high past the sky to send the creature hurtling away from the planet. The buff superhuman came floating back down to confront me with a handsome smile.
"I'm glad to see you're okay Elastigirl."
"You… know my name?" I felt a great amount of pride just then.
"Why yes I do," he told me. "I've heard of you're heroic duties, and you're cute features, though the newspapers hardly justify their words about your beauty."
I smiled as my face went red. "Thank you."
"Last I heard you were dating that young fellow, Gamma Jack?"
"We broke up a while ago… Why do you ask?"
"Well…" Metaman nervously rubbed the back of his head. "I was wondering if you weren't doing anything…"
"I'd love to go on a date with you," I tell him.
"Great!" he exclaims as he makes a heroic pose. He holds out his hand. "Would you like me to bring you back to the city? It's a bit far."
"Sure," I said as I take his hand. "I always wanted to fly."
He smiles as he once again lifts me romantically into his arms and flies me back to the city. It felt magical being high above the city, like I was a bird in the wind. We smiled at each other as he carried me to the park to drop me off. We made our plans for our first date and then he flew off. I stared after him, admiring him from a distance. He even had a cute, tight but in that spandex costume!
Metaman flew me to a romantic drive-in movie where we sat on the projection shack in the back. I allowed him to keep his arm around me as we watched the movie together. It felt nice being in caring, comforting arms again. I had missed the feeling.
"So what are you doing in my town?" I asked him, since he had never been around before.
"I had dealt with a creature exactly like the one we just faced earlier today. The so re have been others like this one in numerous parts of the world; Russia, New Zealand, Egypt, all over. When local astrologists found this familiar meteor coming down towards this city, I flew as fast as I could to stop the menace. Luckily I found a beautiful woman who I had an interest in."
"You had an interest in me?"
"For some time now. You're the most beautiful super woman I have ever seen."
"Oh Metaman," I blushed and giggled.
"Would you like some popcorn and soda pop?" he politely asked me.
"That would be lovely."
"Excuse me then."
He flew not too far away and purchased some popcorn and a drink from the snack bar and then he flew back.
"Here you go." He handed me the popcorn. All night long he was a perfect gentleman, and he treated me like a lady. I felt so lucky.
After the movie was over, he flew me to a place near my apartment.
"Well, good night… Elastigirl."
He leaned in and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I found it to be very cute, but I desired more from him. As he began to turn around to leave, I grabbed his head to turn it back to me and I kissed him on the lips. He totally took it by surprise and gave into it. He even embraced me and kissed me back. I felt lighter than air. We finally separate our lips and gaze into each others' eyes while still in an embrace.
"That was… super."
"I know," I replied to him. I lean into his ear and whispered, "Goodnight."
With that, I watched him fly away and cheer for joy. I giggled to myself as I went back to my apartment. I had a good feeling about this relationship, but I was wrong.
Like my last relationship, the press took their pictures and made their stories about this development in the superhero world. Also like my previous relationship, we spent a lot of time fighting crime together.
However, this time my boyfriend treated me more like a sidekick than a girlfriend. Metaman was so obsessed with his reputation as the greatest superhero ever that he kept taking all of the action, all of the choices, and all of the credit for everything we did together! It got to be really annoying really quickly.
For instance, when there was a robbery at the bank where the criminals were armed with advanced weapons and body armor, we had both arrived to the scene together ready to help the police. We saw some lasers shot from inside the bank.
"This looks dangerous," Metaman told me. "You should stay here…"
"But I've fought against men with laser guns," I reassured him. "I've even faced robots with lasers. They can't get a clear shot of me. I can help."
"Nonsense, those are real lasers and you're body can't withstand them like mine."
"I don't need to withstand them, I just need to-"
Before I could finish speaking, he flies into the bank to beat the crooks before I can even come in after him. He comes out of the bank in his heroic pose as the innocent civilians come out with him. The press, police, and nearby viewers swarmed over him in no time to thank him for his heroic deeds. I was left in the dust while he enjoyed his glory. I was annoyed, but I thought this was only one time so I let it slip.
Another time, Dr. Destructo had built this fortress to hide in while unleashing his nano-bots onto the city. Metaman and I arrived to the scene after I figured it all out.
"My goodness," Metaman replied as he gazed at the whole base with his x-ray vision. "The whole base is covered with weapons. He's got lasers, mines, and flying circular saws ready to kill!"
"Predictable old Dr. Destructo," I grinned to myself. "Let's go."
"Whoa there!" Metaman shouted as he grabbed my wrist to prevent me from doing my job. "This all seems a bit dangerous for you. You better let me handle this."
"Darling, I do like that you're protective of me, but I'm a superhero too. I am used to all of this type of danger. Could you please trust me?"
"Sorry Elastigirl," he told me as he tied me to a tree with my own flexible arms. "You're just going to have to sit this one out…"
"But you've been making me sit out on everything!" I shouted angrily as he flew into the fortress to save the day.
I could hear the sound effects of him battling inside as I struggled to free myself from the bonds. I finally managed to untie myself when Metaman came out of the building with an unconscious Dr. Destructo wrapped in a sheet of steel.
"Once again, I, Metaman have saved the day!" he shouted as the base blew up behind him.
I just stood there glaring at him as he looked down at me.
"What?" he asked dumbfounded.
"Oh nothing-" I said sarcastically.
"Okay then," he idiotically says floating past me. "For a moment there I thought you were angry at me."
"Metaman," I called to him, stretching my arm out to place my hand on his shoulder. "We need to talk."
"Can't it wait? I need to bring Dr. Destructo back to jail."
"Why do you keep casting me into the sidelines to watch? I'm a superhero damn it, your partner in justice. I'm not just a girl, I'm your equal. Don't you see that?"
"Really?" he says to me. "You wanted to be treated as an equal?"
"Yes, after all I am your girlfriend."
"Yeah, which entitled you to be my sidekick," he tells me. "I really don't care what powers you have, if you're going to be with me you'll have to stay back while I do the hard stuff. I'm the man of the relationship and must act as such."
With that demeaning remark, he flew off to put the criminal behind bars. I was left standing there, totally speechless at his sexist remark. A moment later, the rage filled up in me, and I began screaming curses into the air while punching at branches on the trees breaking them apart.
I eventually cooled down and breathed calmly. I figured I could at least allow him one last chance to apologize. That apology never came.
The very next day, we found three thugs breaking open an ATM. Two of the thugs had crowbars while the other one had a gun. This was an easy task for even the most unknown of superheroes. We were both approaching them as they turn around and fear for their current predicament.
"They're all armed," Metaman told me which I could plainly see. "You better stand back."
"What?? Are you kidding me? I could take care of thugs like these alone? What good am I to you if you just keep me in the background?"
"You're very important to me," he assured me. "You're always there standing pretty, and making me look even better than ever!"
He seemed quite surprised when I stretched out my arm and slapped his face. Even the robbers were able to tell how I would react to a remark like this. I know he barely felt it sting his face, but it definitely hit his ego.
"I'm done being you're sidekick! Go look for another woman who can tolerate you!"
With that I stormed off. At that point I didn't care about the robbers anymore, I was just sick and tired of this ridiculous relationship.
"Elastigirl wait!" he called after me. A moment later I could hear his calling after the criminals while they were running away.
Later that evening, I sat down to rest on a rooftop after successfully stopping about seven criminals and saving a whole bunch of innocent people.
"Honey?" Metaman greets me as he floats down next to me. "Can we talk about this?"
"There's nothing to talk about," I tell him as I get up to leave.
"Just let me explain," he tells me. I don't know why I bothered staying to listen to the jerk. "I care about you, I really do. I know you're unique and all, but you're not as strong as me. In a given fight against a powerful villain, who do you think should face him, you or me?"
"I don't know, depends on the villain."
"Right," he scoffs at me. "Like whom would you be able to take on that I couldn't-?"
"Finally!" we heard a voice shout out across the rooftop. It was coming from a strangely dressed man in a purple suit with power gauntlets on. "I found you Elastigirl! Prepare to meet your death at the hands of the Neutralizer!"
"Stand back Elastigirl!" Metaman told me. "I'll handle this! Whatever this guy has, he can't beat my abilities."
Metaman flew straight for the villain head on. I just stood there twiddling my fingers waiting for the outcome I knew would happen. Metaman got hit by one energy blast and began to lose control of his flying ability until he fell onto the ground. He was very surprised to see the Neutralizer up close, and found his bigger muscular body to be quite intimidating now. A few minutes went by as Metaman got beat up by one of the lower class villains I knew. Metaman was throne to my feet with bruises all over.
"How did he-?"
"Isn't it obvious?" I told him. "His name is the Neutralizer, he's able to make supers lose their powers. Don't worry though, it's only temporary."
"Yes… I can feel my powers returning again. Now that I know what I'm dealing with, it should be easier to beat him!"
He flew off yet again to fight the Neutralizer. I watched and waited until Metaman was thrown back to my feet covered in even more bruises.
"Yeah…" I mentioned to him. "He's a very good shot. He's been practicing for years. If you don't move quickly enough, he'll get a clear shot of you."
"Fine, I will defeat him even if I can't use my powers!"
Again he flies off to fight the Neutralizer, and gets thrown back. This time he isn't just covered in more bruises, he is also bleeding.
"He's also very good at fighting. He practices boxing while stuck in prison. Plus, I don't think you can deliver good enough blows when he's wearing steel gloves."
"I will defeat him," he cries out as he tries to climb to his feet. He appears to be very woozy from tremendous blows to the head. "For I am Metaman!"
"That's it," I tell him as I push him aside. "I better do this or else you'll get killed by your own stupidity."
"Wait Elastigirl!" he cries after me, but his opinion no longer mattered to me anymore.
"Finally!" the Neutralizer says. "A real challenge!"
"Don't get started with me," I angrily tell him. "I barely care about this douche bag of a superhero anymore."
The Neutralizer fires his energy blasts at my direction, but I dodge his shots very easily. I begin to run around him keeping my eyes on my opponent as he tries to hit me. When I manage to get close enough, I lunge off the ground with an elastic stretch to my legs, and I punch him in the face. Our fight continues in a similar manner where he tries to hit me, I dodge, and then strike when the time is right. The Neutralizer falls to the ground after a good beating from me. Metaman is speechless at this outcome.
"You see," I tell him as I cuff up the Nuetralizer. "My powers may not be as good as yours, and I maybe a woman, but I am just as good of a superhero as you. All I wanted was for you to see that… But now I am breaking up with you Metaman. Goodbye."
After that, I leap off the building and stretch my arms to swing away. Metaman denies this story ever happened, but a photographer and numerous witnesses saw it from a nearby apartment building. It seemed that I had been given a bit more respect after that in the superhero world. However, it also got me a bit of unwanted popularity.