SuperCorp Chronicles

Chapter 116

Maeve Nal was furious. It was bad enough that Nia, the fake woman she called her sister had stolen her birthright and become some big hero in National City, but now her youngest sister Sasha had also somehow gotten those powers, something that was supposed to be impossible, since only one member of their family was supposed to be able to receive the powers and it was supposed to be her.

But she'd been skipped over twice. It wasn't fair. She was the one who'd devoted her life to preparing to become the Dreamer, even making Sasha design a superhero suit for her, but instead she'd been skipped over. Twice. Not to mention the fact that her mother had kicked her out after her fight with Sasha, so now she was crashing on a friend's couch and she couldn't even come clean about why she was pissed, since she wasn't able to tell anyone why she was pissed.

And she couldn't help but wonder why this had to happen to her. She'd done everything right, and yet she'd been denied the power that was meant to be hers.

Anyways, she was out at a bar, drowning her sorrows once again and hoping that something horrible would happen to her sisters, since maybe if they died, she'd somehow get to take their powers, since that power should've been hers in the first place.

"Why? Why wasn't I the one who became the dreamer?" Maeve asked, as she downed a drink right before some clown put a hand on her shoulder.

"Hey baby, you look like you need a good time." the guy said, only for Maeve to toss him over her shoulder.

"Back off asshole." Maeve said drunkenly and the next thing she knew, a cop was there and putting handcuffs on her for drunken assault.

"How did my life become this?" Maeve asked herself as she was escorted to the police car.

Maeve had tried to use her one phone call to get her friend to come bail her out, but apparently that friend was getting tired of this happening, since it happened more often than Maeve cared to admit, not to mention the fact that Maeve had already gotten fired from her job at the university so she can't even afford to pay that friend back anymore.

Maeve had lost everything and it was all Nia's fault. She'd stolen her birthright and cost her life.

And Maeve was going to find a way to make Nia pay for it. Maeve was going to find a way to claim what was rightfully hers. She was going to take back her life.

And since she was likely going to have to spend the night in this cell, Maeve tried to get comfortable on the cot and fell asleep and fell right into a nightmare.

"What's going on?" Maeve asked as she found herself dreaming that she was in some kind of red swirling vortex.

"Maeve Nal, you have been chosen." a male voice said and Maeve turned to see a man in black with glowing red eyes standing in front of her.

"Who are you?" Maeve asked.

"I am the one who can give you what you want." the man said.

"I don't understand." Maeve said.

"You were never meant to be the Dreamer. You were meant for a greater purpose." the man said.

"What purpose?" Maeve asked, since he'd piqued her interest.

"You are destined to become the Nightmare. The Dreamer's opposite and superior." Nightmare said.

"I've read about the Nightmare. Apparently they plagued Naltor until the Dreamer sealed them away." Maeve said, since she'd learned about the Nightmare when she was studying to become the Dreamer.

"But now I've finally found someone worthy to give the powers to. And with them, you'll be stronger than the Dreamer ever could be. You'll be able to do things you never thought possible." Nightmare said.

"I'll be strong enough to get my revenge on my sisters?" Maeve asked.

"And more. All you have to do is accept it." Nightmare said.

"I accept." Maeve said instantly and Nightmare grinned.

"Good choice. It's time for the Nightmare to reign again." Nightmare said with an evil laugh as he turned into red energy, which surged into her body, causing Maeve to wake up with an evil grin on her face and her eyes glowing red.

"Better get a good night's sleep Dreamers. Because I'm gonna give you a nightmare you'll never wake up from." Maeve said sadistically.