211 - Old Acquaintance
[private entry]
We were friends originally. A long time ago. At some point though, it changed. We were rivals. She wanted, more than anything, to beat me. She would do anything to do so.
And she scared me. I’m almost ashamed to admit that, but it is true. An old rival from college shouldn’t be one to inspire fear, but for a while, the fact that she was just better than I was did scare me.
And then she came for my team. She took my team from me, she hurt my friends. And there was nothing that I could do about it.
I beat her eventually. Not bad for a woman in a wheelchair.
But it wasn’t my beating her that made a difference, the thing that made Katarina truly leave me and mine alone. It was other friends, other operatives. Everyone who had ever worked with me, everyone who I had ever been able to call on. They all came. They let me her know that I was not as isolated as I appear to be. That I have friends. That if anyone tries to mess with me, there will always be someone to back me up.
Sometimes I forget that.
It is nice to have friends.
OOC: references Gail Simone's last arc on Birds of Prey
We were friends originally. A long time ago. At some point though, it changed. We were rivals. She wanted, more than anything, to beat me. She would do anything to do so.
And she scared me. I’m almost ashamed to admit that, but it is true. An old rival from college shouldn’t be one to inspire fear, but for a while, the fact that she was just better than I was did scare me.
And then she came for my team. She took my team from me, she hurt my friends. And there was nothing that I could do about it.
I beat her eventually. Not bad for a woman in a wheelchair.
But it wasn’t my beating her that made a difference, the thing that made Katarina truly leave me and mine alone. It was other friends, other operatives. Everyone who had ever worked with me, everyone who I had ever been able to call on. They all came. They let me her know that I was not as isolated as I appear to be. That I have friends. That if anyone tries to mess with me, there will always be someone to back me up.
Sometimes I forget that.
It is nice to have friends.
OOC: references Gail Simone's last arc on Birds of Prey