Professor Collins: She nodded. "Oh good, it probably is Brandon and Joan then." She rummaged in her desk. "I met them first as heroes, before I met them as people. Both had water-related powers, which is why I'm not at all surprised that you do. Your father was called Drop. He could fly and rain down on people. But those rain drops could have energy blasts or poison or whatever he chose in them, so they would hurt his enemies. Your mother was called Mermaid, and whenever she went into a body of water, such as a fountain, a pool, a pond, or another kind, she could take energy from the water and heal herself and others."
The professor found what she was looking for and pulled out some photos. The first one had both her parents in it, wearing their uniforms. Drop had a navy suit, with a mask that was pulled over his face, so his hair flopped over it, hiding the edges. He also had a silver right hand glove. Mermaid had a silver suit, with just goggles that wrapped around her head. She also had a navy right hand glove. The oter two pictures were one of Drop by himself and one of Mermaid by herself. "The mismatched glove thing was on purpose, I think to identify themselves as a duo or something. I found them interesting because most heroes are in or around New York City, Metropolis, or Gotham City, and these two weren't. I honestly think there should be more heroes in the other big cities in the world. Everything happens in New York, but that doesn't mean there isn't crime to deal with elsewhere. Anyway, when I met your parents, they were saving hostages from bank robbers. We ran into eachother several times after that, and I usually ended up helping them with gangs or muggers or the occasional supervillain."
At this point, Professor Collins smiled. "Yes, in my younger days I was a superhero. I did most of my heroics in the summers, or at nights back when I was a high school student and a college student. Anyway, I met them as people when we ran into eachother on accident and recognized eachother. We became good friends. On Saturday nights instead of going to the club or watching SNL like normal people we got take out, ate, talked awhile, suited up, and went out and fought bad guys all night." Professor Collins snorted, as if amused at that period of time.
"One day, sometime after you were born, a very powerful villain came to town. I told them to wait, I knew some people who could help us, I just had to call. But while I was contacting my friends, Brandon and Joan went to face the villain alone. They were never seen or heard from again. No one really knows what happened to them. After all this time, the general consensus, if you ask different heroes, is that they're dead. Legally, Brandon and Joan Carson are presumed dead. Of course, you'll get the odd conspiracy theorist, but no one takes them seriously. In my opinion, if they didn't die fighting that villain, they're dead by now. I knew they wouldn't leave you behind if they had a choice."
Professor Collins put more photos and news clippings on the desk of Drop and Mermaid, aka Brandon and Joan Carson, with the news clippings with the heroes and the photos as citizens. Occasionally they had Professor Collins or another friend of theirs in them. "That's about it really. If you have more soecific questions, feel free to ask," she said.
OOC: Dang, I wrote a lot. I didn't really plan this, it just came to me as I typed it.
that's okay it was really good
