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Title: The Nobody
Author: ML
Email: msnsc21@aol.com
Spoilers: Monday
Rating: PG
Classification: V, A
Summary: A day in the life of an invisible woman.
Disclaimer: none of the characters described herein
belong to me, unhappily. They are the sole property
of Chris Carter, the Fox Network, and the actors who
portrayed them so well.
She knew it was wrong, but she did it anyway.
After so many mornings
just like this, she knew what
to do. If only everyone else did, too. She took a
deep breath and ran for the tall man, calling him by
name, only to be held back, only to watch the inevitable
once again...
She knew it was wrong,
but she did it anyway. With
trembling fingers, she dialed the phone, holding her
breath while she listened to it ring and ring and
ring...
Then he came back into
the room. "Who you calling?"
he asked suspiciously.
"Nobody,"
she said. A nobody calling nobody. There
was no time left for them; he was urging her out the
door. Only a matter of time before she saw everyone's
life pass before her eyes. She was just the nobody who
got to watch it, who was powerless to stop it.
She knew it was wrong,
but she did it anyway. When she
finally spotted the familiar red hair, she approached
her. The other woman stared at her as if she was crazy.
Well, she probably
was. Crazy for thinking that there
was any way out of this endless loop of anger and death.
But she couldn't let it stop her from trying.
When he showed up at
the bank again, and looked at her
standing there, she thought maybe she wasn't wrong after
all. He remembered her, she was certain. And then he
went on into the bank anyway.
She was surprised when
the red-haired woman tapped on
her car window. She was scared when she was escorted
into the bank to see the others standing there. It was
going to happen again, and she was as powerless as always.
She knew it wouldn't
change things, but she did it anyway.
She moved quickly, unsure of what she could do, and for a
fraction of a second, saw the flash and felt the pain.
When she opened her
eyes, everyone was still there. The
building was still standing. She smiled a little at the
man who hovered above her, his face filled with concern
for her. When was the last time anyone had really even
looked at her at all, let alone with compassion?
"That's never
happened before," she said with wonder, and
closed her eyes for the last time.
end.