Heroes, "Home Away from Home" Prologue - The Return of Ms. Strauss || rated PG-13
Fandom: Heroes
Title: Home Away from Home
Chapter Title: Prologue: The Return of Ms. Strauss
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Tracy, Ricky, mention of Samuel, Eli
Genre: Character Study/Adventure
Word Count: 500
Warnings/Spoilers: No warnings. Post-Series after "Brave New World."
Notes: I've started a Heroes serial! Ever since I read the chapters of the graphic novel Reaching Out, involving Tracy's halfway house, I decided to start a serial about it, where Tracy's plan to help others brings together a lot of people with abilities, namely ones we know like Sylar, Peter, Claire and many others. This is the prologue of series based on prompts from contests and claiming communities. This prologue was written for the "Breath" challenge at heroes_contest.
Summary: Tracy Strauss returns to her halfway house in Georgia and begins her plans to help children with abilities.
Tracy inhaled a deep breath as she stood at the front door of a familiar house, and she took a moment to calm herself after returning from her long journey in New York. She could do this; this was something she’d wanted to undertake for awhile now. She honestly felt like this was her true calling, and after all the terrible things she’d done in her life, well, Tracy actually found this work meaningful, and maybe it was a way she could make up for her sins and do right by these abilities given to her.
It’d been no more than two months after she’d started the halfway house in Savannah, Georgia for people with special abilities. One crazy mission to find Eli for Samuel had led her onto this path, and it made her realize she didn’t need people like Samuel or Eli to find worthiness in life.
She didn’t lose control of her powers anymore, and people, young people who were as scared and frightened as she had been when her ability had manifested, now looked up to her as a mentor and guide. Consequently, after Claire Bennet’s stunt on the Ferris wheel, people with abilities needed her help more than ever - whether the entire world believed Claire Bennet’s healing abilities were real or not.
Samuel Sullivan was thankfully in jail, and Eli was gone. He’d never shown up around her again, and he probably knew she’d freeze his ass and all his copies if he ever came back and tried anything against her students either.
Yes, Tracy Strauss could take care of herself, and her kids, and though she worried about money (Angela Petrelli’s final check would only last so long), she knew she could make it. Somehow she’d figure out a way to continue funding the house and taking on people with abilities who needed help. She hated that money was an issue at all because her house and plans weren’t about that. It was about doing what was right for people like her.
She had to make it, if not for her sake anymore but also for her kids. Perhaps in the future she’d realize she couldn’t do this alone. Tracy could call in favors, and she knew plenty of other people out there who could help. Until then, she’d make it on her own.
When she opened that door, Tracy was greeted with smiles and hopeful faces.
“Welcome back, Ms. Strauss,” said a voice, and she turned and saw Ricky grinning at her. She drew him into a hug and looked him over proudly, and her gaze swept through the room to the other faces, some old and some new, waiting for her next move.
“It’s good to be back, and you did a great job holding up the place, Ricky,” she said, squeezing his arm. She straightened her pose and met everyone’s eyes again after taking another long breath. “Now, we have a lot of work to do, so let’s get started.”
Title: Home Away from Home
Chapter Title: Prologue: The Return of Ms. Strauss
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Tracy, Ricky, mention of Samuel, Eli
Genre: Character Study/Adventure
Word Count: 500
Warnings/Spoilers: No warnings. Post-Series after "Brave New World."
Notes: I've started a Heroes serial! Ever since I read the chapters of the graphic novel Reaching Out, involving Tracy's halfway house, I decided to start a serial about it, where Tracy's plan to help others brings together a lot of people with abilities, namely ones we know like Sylar, Peter, Claire and many others. This is the prologue of series based on prompts from contests and claiming communities. This prologue was written for the "Breath" challenge at heroes_contest.
Summary: Tracy Strauss returns to her halfway house in Georgia and begins her plans to help children with abilities.
Tracy inhaled a deep breath as she stood at the front door of a familiar house, and she took a moment to calm herself after returning from her long journey in New York. She could do this; this was something she’d wanted to undertake for awhile now. She honestly felt like this was her true calling, and after all the terrible things she’d done in her life, well, Tracy actually found this work meaningful, and maybe it was a way she could make up for her sins and do right by these abilities given to her.
It’d been no more than two months after she’d started the halfway house in Savannah, Georgia for people with special abilities. One crazy mission to find Eli for Samuel had led her onto this path, and it made her realize she didn’t need people like Samuel or Eli to find worthiness in life.
She didn’t lose control of her powers anymore, and people, young people who were as scared and frightened as she had been when her ability had manifested, now looked up to her as a mentor and guide. Consequently, after Claire Bennet’s stunt on the Ferris wheel, people with abilities needed her help more than ever - whether the entire world believed Claire Bennet’s healing abilities were real or not.
Samuel Sullivan was thankfully in jail, and Eli was gone. He’d never shown up around her again, and he probably knew she’d freeze his ass and all his copies if he ever came back and tried anything against her students either.
Yes, Tracy Strauss could take care of herself, and her kids, and though she worried about money (Angela Petrelli’s final check would only last so long), she knew she could make it. Somehow she’d figure out a way to continue funding the house and taking on people with abilities who needed help. She hated that money was an issue at all because her house and plans weren’t about that. It was about doing what was right for people like her.
She had to make it, if not for her sake anymore but also for her kids. Perhaps in the future she’d realize she couldn’t do this alone. Tracy could call in favors, and she knew plenty of other people out there who could help. Until then, she’d make it on her own.
When she opened that door, Tracy was greeted with smiles and hopeful faces.
“Welcome back, Ms. Strauss,” said a voice, and she turned and saw Ricky grinning at her. She drew him into a hug and looked him over proudly, and her gaze swept through the room to the other faces, some old and some new, waiting for her next move.
“It’s good to be back, and you did a great job holding up the place, Ricky,” she said, squeezing his arm. She straightened her pose and met everyone’s eyes again after taking another long breath. “Now, we have a lot of work to do, so let’s get started.”