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I heard the alarm go off and I grabbed it from the night stand throwing it
against the far wall. It smashed into tiny pieces on impact and left a dent in
the wall. I grumbled and rolled back over, burrowing under the covers. But
less than a minute later my bedroom door was flung open by my assistant
and the sound of the main alarm blared into the room once again.
“Get up. My God you broke the alarm again? Hurry up it’s a 3 alarm!”
my assistant Samantha shouted over the alarms clanging.
“I don’t give a shit.” I mumbled from under the pillows pulled over my
head.
The alarm cut off and the pillows were yanked from off my head. I
glared up at Samantha who whacked me over the head with one of the
pillows. “Get up!” She yelled.
Before I could tell her off or burn the flesh from her face with my heat
vision my sidekick flipped into the room in his full blue shiny spandex outfit
and face mask. “Let’s go Sapphire!” he shouted excitedly.
“I told you to stop calling me that. My name is Nicole you idiot.” I hissed
out at him. My sidekick who calls himself “Steel” but is really Dave, blurted
out an apology as he ran for the hideous costume that hung in my closet.
“Get up damnit you’re a superhero and your dragging your ass.”
Samantha demanded as she scrolled through her schedule on the
blackberry.
Dave tossed a shiny blue matching costume dress onto the bed by
me. “I’m not wearing that shit. You know what….why don’t you just go
without me.” I said as I plopped back against the mattress.
“Really?! Wow! Okay I got this one!” Dave flew out the door before a
startled Samantha could grab him.
“You know very well that idiot is useless and will get himself killed along
with whoever else is in danger!” Samantha snapped furiously.
“Fine! I’ll save the city. Again.” I crawled out of the bed and stalked to
the closet and threw on a t-shirt that said ‘bite me’ and a pair of
sweatpants. I pulled my dark hair into a pony tail, shoved on sneakers and
jumped off the balcony.
As I flew through the sky yawning I reflected on how much I hated being
a superhero. Ooooh you have powers so you have to save the world.
Goody. I wondered how everyone else would like being woken at all hours
because the policemen can never seem to handle the job.
I received a satisfactory salary from the city for services rendered but
the hours sucked, the press was fickle as were the people and there is no
anonymity. Everywhere you go its ‘Sapphire can we have your autograph’
or ‘Its your fault twenty people died in the explosion.’ No one appreciates
the risks or the fact that while the twenty didn’t survive four hundred others
did. I felt lost and without purpose.
Years ago when I was only a child my parents pushed me to work with
the city. Its respectable and an honor they’d said. Fighting crime was my
duty. Soon after they paired me with the moron Dave. I’d wanted to be a
kid. Go to the mall, see the show and have fun. They’d just tell me I had a
responsibility to society. I’d dreamed always of growing up some day and
living a life on my own terms. And yet here I was doing the honorable,
respectable thing. I was completely miserable. I sighed as I spotted the
police cars surrounding the bank.
I didn’t even bother speaking to the head officer. Samantha had
already sent me the information over the cell and I scanned over it as I
landed on the rooftop. I found my way in through a second floor window by
breaking through the glass with a quick kick. I marched through the offices
and toward the stairwell where I could hear the bank robbers below.
My sidekick was tied to a chair and the robbers were taking turns
beating the shit out of him. I smiled as I heard Dave cry out then sat down
and waited a bit longer. Fifteen minutes later and tired of hearing Dave’s
blubbering as they questioned him I sped down the stairs and knocked out
two out of three of the robbers. The third I shoved against the wall.
There were thirty civilians in the bank and they were huddled in the far
corner. I scanned the room without feeling and ignored Dave begging me to
untie him. Something inside me turned like a switch. All those years of
servitude. The civilians didn’t look on me with appreciation or relief. They
watched me with fear. As a child I’d be ostracized because I was different
and they looked at me that same way. Dave was whining now and I turned
on Dave and slapped him until he shut up. A rush slid through my blood and
I felt my life take a turn.
I spun on the civilians and blasted them with a heat wave that left them
a huge pile of smoking ash. Dave was screaming in horror so I snapped his
neck effectively ending his sidekick status. I sped out the front door and
proceeded to wipe out the entire police force gathered. They fell easily as
they were completely confused and my super strength and fire disposed of
them quite nicely. Afterwards I gathered the money sacks from the bank
and returned to my home where Samantha was talking on the phone.
She snapped the phone closed as I approached her and began
scrolling through the blackberry. “So I just spoke to the Mayor who is
sending everything he can to kill you. I’ve taken the liberty of setting up your
Villain account online to catch prospective work for money and set the
perimeter to armed. Is there anything else you need?” Samantha said as
she finished her work on the blackberry.
“Get rid of the city’s alarm. We won’t be needing that anymore.” I said
with a smile.
against the far wall. It smashed into tiny pieces on impact and left a dent in
the wall. I grumbled and rolled back over, burrowing under the covers. But
less than a minute later my bedroom door was flung open by my assistant
and the sound of the main alarm blared into the room once again.
“Get up. My God you broke the alarm again? Hurry up it’s a 3 alarm!”
my assistant Samantha shouted over the alarms clanging.
“I don’t give a shit.” I mumbled from under the pillows pulled over my
head.
The alarm cut off and the pillows were yanked from off my head. I
glared up at Samantha who whacked me over the head with one of the
pillows. “Get up!” She yelled.
Before I could tell her off or burn the flesh from her face with my heat
vision my sidekick flipped into the room in his full blue shiny spandex outfit
and face mask. “Let’s go Sapphire!” he shouted excitedly.
“I told you to stop calling me that. My name is Nicole you idiot.” I hissed
out at him. My sidekick who calls himself “Steel” but is really Dave, blurted
out an apology as he ran for the hideous costume that hung in my closet.
“Get up damnit you’re a superhero and your dragging your ass.”
Samantha demanded as she scrolled through her schedule on the
blackberry.
Dave tossed a shiny blue matching costume dress onto the bed by
me. “I’m not wearing that shit. You know what….why don’t you just go
without me.” I said as I plopped back against the mattress.
“Really?! Wow! Okay I got this one!” Dave flew out the door before a
startled Samantha could grab him.
“You know very well that idiot is useless and will get himself killed along
with whoever else is in danger!” Samantha snapped furiously.
“Fine! I’ll save the city. Again.” I crawled out of the bed and stalked to
the closet and threw on a t-shirt that said ‘bite me’ and a pair of
sweatpants. I pulled my dark hair into a pony tail, shoved on sneakers and
jumped off the balcony.
As I flew through the sky yawning I reflected on how much I hated being
a superhero. Ooooh you have powers so you have to save the world.
Goody. I wondered how everyone else would like being woken at all hours
because the policemen can never seem to handle the job.
I received a satisfactory salary from the city for services rendered but
the hours sucked, the press was fickle as were the people and there is no
anonymity. Everywhere you go its ‘Sapphire can we have your autograph’
or ‘Its your fault twenty people died in the explosion.’ No one appreciates
the risks or the fact that while the twenty didn’t survive four hundred others
did. I felt lost and without purpose.
Years ago when I was only a child my parents pushed me to work with
the city. Its respectable and an honor they’d said. Fighting crime was my
duty. Soon after they paired me with the moron Dave. I’d wanted to be a
kid. Go to the mall, see the show and have fun. They’d just tell me I had a
responsibility to society. I’d dreamed always of growing up some day and
living a life on my own terms. And yet here I was doing the honorable,
respectable thing. I was completely miserable. I sighed as I spotted the
police cars surrounding the bank.
I didn’t even bother speaking to the head officer. Samantha had
already sent me the information over the cell and I scanned over it as I
landed on the rooftop. I found my way in through a second floor window by
breaking through the glass with a quick kick. I marched through the offices
and toward the stairwell where I could hear the bank robbers below.
My sidekick was tied to a chair and the robbers were taking turns
beating the shit out of him. I smiled as I heard Dave cry out then sat down
and waited a bit longer. Fifteen minutes later and tired of hearing Dave’s
blubbering as they questioned him I sped down the stairs and knocked out
two out of three of the robbers. The third I shoved against the wall.
There were thirty civilians in the bank and they were huddled in the far
corner. I scanned the room without feeling and ignored Dave begging me to
untie him. Something inside me turned like a switch. All those years of
servitude. The civilians didn’t look on me with appreciation or relief. They
watched me with fear. As a child I’d be ostracized because I was different
and they looked at me that same way. Dave was whining now and I turned
on Dave and slapped him until he shut up. A rush slid through my blood and
I felt my life take a turn.
I spun on the civilians and blasted them with a heat wave that left them
a huge pile of smoking ash. Dave was screaming in horror so I snapped his
neck effectively ending his sidekick status. I sped out the front door and
proceeded to wipe out the entire police force gathered. They fell easily as
they were completely confused and my super strength and fire disposed of
them quite nicely. Afterwards I gathered the money sacks from the bank
and returned to my home where Samantha was talking on the phone.
She snapped the phone closed as I approached her and began
scrolling through the blackberry. “So I just spoke to the Mayor who is
sending everything he can to kill you. I’ve taken the liberty of setting up your
Villain account online to catch prospective work for money and set the
perimeter to armed. Is there anything else you need?” Samantha said as
she finished her work on the blackberry.
“Get rid of the city’s alarm. We won’t be needing that anymore.” I said
with a smile.
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