My worst enemy?

Chapter 5.

"So what happend when you got to the city centre?" Lucille yells from the other side of the room while i'm cleaning the desk so i can put the computer next to the cash register. It's the next day and we started to clean our skating centre. "Well, when i got there he had left but i found the rope on the ground. I flew down to pick it up when someone walked up to me." I say. "They got some nerve." She says. "Not really, it was the journalist guy i met in the hospital. He asked if he could get a picture." I say while shaking my head. Lucille starts laughing. "And? Did you let him take a picture?" "No, but the asshole took one when i flew away." I say. She laughs. "Let's hope it's a nice picture!" She yells. I laugh and place the computer on the desk. "When will the mirrors arrive? And the tables and chairs for the restaurant?" I ask her. "The mirrors for the dance studio will arrive tomorrow around 10 o'clock, and the new sign will come in the afternoon, around 4 tomorrow. Then Jess will come to check the safety and the tracks at thursday and if that's okay we can start making flyers for the grand opening!" She says. "Next week saturday if we have the furniture placed and everything's OK right?" I ask. She nods her head. "That's really fast! I can't wait!" I yell at her. "Can you go get the mail then i can continue cleaning these windows. I think we're done for now when i finish these!" She yells. I nod and walk towards our office to get the mail. There's an extra room behind the office and we filled that with all kinds of stuff to do research and to communicate for her roll as Alfred. I get the mail and go trough it. It's only some bills and the newspaper. When i unfold the newspaper i see a picture of me (princess of chaos) and a text with the titel: 'The story behind the princess of chaos' "Lucille! check this out!" i yell. She runs toward the office and screeches that annoying high school girl screech. "Lucille please stop that!" I yell at her while slapping her with a towel. "As you wish, your royal highnes." I laugh and we read the article together. It's mostly him telling the story and i almost decide to stop reading when i notice the last few sentences.

"Even though people mostly just see her as a dangerous villain i believe that the real villain in our town is called Future Boy. Because of him she turned to the bad side and even though she sometimes hurts people and commits crimes, the one who saves the people in this town is almost always her. While looking for more information about her i found old pictures and articles about fights between her and Future Boy. While reading them and inspecting the pictures i found out that most of the times when The Princess Of Chaos lost, it was because she lost her focus on Future Boy because she noticed other people getting hurt. Even in one of the most recent battles, the one where people clamed to be her servants robbed a bank, the only reason that she lost was because of her saving the hostages and focusing on what they had to say. And yesterday she also lost because of her accidently hurting a witness. She immediatly brought her to the hospital after someone comfirmed that the witness was alive. That's where i met her and got her side of the story. this gave me an entirely new look at the situation, and i hope it does to you, our readers, too."

"Whoa..." Lucille says next to me. My eyes start to tear up and i need to sit down for a minute. "That's the nicest thing someone ever said about me." I say. Lucille puts her arm around me and we just sit there staring at the wall. after a few minutes Lucille starts to talk again. "Let's go to the Ikea this afternoon for some furniture, with a little luck we can open up next week already." I nod and we leave to get some furniture.

When we get back around 5 in the afternoon, we have all the furniture. "So everything will get her tomorrow at 9?" I ask Lucille. She nods and says. "Let's go home, I'm soooo tired!" You laugh and nod. You drive home and make dinner for you and Lucille. After dinner you watch the news and see that the article the journalist made is on the news. "Look, they're asking opinions about the article!" You yell towards the kitchen where Lucille still is. She jumps on the couch next to you and you watch the reactions in complete silence. First on is a young woman with blond hair and bright green eyes. "I think the journalist is right," she says. "Me and my friends did some research after we read the article and noticed it too. She only hurts people if she has to, and there isn't any proof that she ever killed the victims." Some other people get asked questions and most of them either agree with the article or don't have an opinion. Just a few didn't agree or said that the story was made up. One older lady said she cried when she read the story. Then i see the journalist on screen, together with someone from the news. "I'm standing here with Danny Goodman, the journalist that published the article and i have to ask, Danny, weren't you scared when you first saw her?" He shakes his head. "No, not at all!" He says. The interviewer looks at him with a questioning look. "Why not, if i may ask?" Danny laughs. "Ofcourse you may! I wasn't scared of her because i saw her in a state that most people will never see her in. She kept walking up and down the waiting room, had panick, fear, sadness and guilt in her eyes and barked at everyone that dared to even look at her. She was completely lost and was just like a scared little girl." I hear Lucille laughing next to me and give her a glare. "But if she barked at everyone looking at her, why did she agree for you to interview you?" The interviewer asks. "Well, i honestly don't know. I was looking at her, like everyone in the room and she also got mad at me. And i don't know why but i suddenly saw a story popping up. I mean, someone this scared for the life of someone couldn't possibly be the worst villain that ever fought against Future Boy? So i decided to ask her. She looked at me like i was a ghost and then she just said 'sure' and told me her story." Danny says. I snort and Lucille shusses me. "Yes, about that, her story was a really heavy one wasn't it?" Danny nods and the interviewer continues. "But how do you know she didn't just make it up so that people would side with her?" I get pissed but Lucille shusses me again and puts a calming hand on my arm. "Well ofcourse it crossed my mind but then she had to be really good at lying! But ofcourse i can only state the facts so i did my research and found some articles about her colour change, and some about a mass murder that happend in the fight. Then i watched a video, really bad quality but i could make out what was happening, and i saw her flying towards the rock, and saw her suit change colours. I saw exactly everything she told me. So it had to be true. If you would hear her tell you the story you would immediatly believe her too!" He says and i smile. "Yes, we would love to invite her to the studio but we don't have a way to contact us. So," the interviewer says while turning towards the camera. "If you're watching, Princess of Chaos, please contact us so we can try and schedule something if you want that." Then they go on with the weather. "You should call them!" Lucille says. I shake my head. "No, that would just seem like a stunt to get the people on my side. I don't want that." Lucille thinks for a bit and then says: "Then at least call them and tell them you don't want that. Cause i have a feeling they're desperate to meet you." I think about it for a bit and grab the phone and make sure it's untracable. Then i call the news station. "Hello? We're kindoff in the middle of a show could you maybe call back later?" Someone on the other side. "Oh, no rather i'd not i just wanted to say that i don't want to make an appointment with you." I say. "Wait what? Who is this?" The man asks. "Oh yes sorry, it's me, the princess of chaos." I hear some noise on the other side and then the man starts talking again. "Oh, would you mind to tell the people back home why not? Just over the phone?" He asks. I shrug, but then i realise he can't see that. "Yeah sure, why not?" I hear some noise again and then i see someone running onscreen on the television. "The princess of chaos reacted! She doesn't want to make an appointment but is willing to tell everyone why!" There's some unclear talking and then there appears a phone on scrren. "Hello, you're life now, would you mind telling us why you don't want to make an appointment?" Someone yells into the phone. "This all looks like one big stunt to get people on my side but i don't want that. I'd rather have no one else involved and you already got my side of the story. People deserved to know why i did what i did, so i told them. That's it, nothing more, nothing less. I'm not going to change into a hero or something because of this. I'm still a villain, the way you see me, and you still have to be carefull. Because i may not kill anyone, but that doesn't mean i won't hurt anyone to get what i want. Even if that means taking or torturing the innocent." Then i disconnect the call. It's quiet in the room, it's quiet on the news. No one knows what to say. "I'm going to bed." I say. Without waiting for a response i walk to my room.

The next morning i wake up at 8 and get my breakfast as fast as possible. I walk to Lucille's room and shake her awake. "What the fuck!?" She yells, but i already opened up the curtains. "The furniture will come at 9!" Lucille immediatly jumps up and starts getting ready. Suddenly the doorbell rings. "I'll get it!" I yell while brusing my hair. I open the door and start rambling. "Yeah sorry we're kind of in a hurry so... Oh, it's you." I look right into Colin's eyes and wanted to slam the door in his face but he put his foot infront of it. "Please just listen to me here! I want to apologize and explain!" I look at him and back into the hall, considering my options. It couldn't hurt to talk but i don't have time right now. "I don't have time right now but i can talk in the afternoon." He nods and looks at me with a thankfull look. "I'll pick you up at 5 ok? Maybe we can go get dinner?" I nod, "yeah sure but i have to go so i'll see you later." Then i close the door and run back into the kitchen, telling Lucille what happend while getting my purse. Then we leave to go to the skating rink.

When Lucille and i get home at quarter to 5 i quickly change into a black dress and brush my hair and my teeth. Just when i'm ready the doorbell rings. "Bye lucille!" I yell before grabbing my purse and walking towards the door. I open it and see Colin. "Let's go." I say and i get in the car. I'm still pissed but i'm willing to hear him out.