Yep, another vignette. Actually, I wrote this one a while ago, but never posted it. I finally decided that I couldn't do anymore with it, and decided to share it with everyone (and to make up for the slowness of "Exoneration"). This is a sequel to "Now & Forever" and although you don't have to be familiar with that story to read this one, it helps. (The story can be found at the Tomorrow People Creative List Archive and at the Tapestry Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Cavern/9012/tapestry/index.html).
Enjoy.
Disclaimer: The character of Lisa Davis, Mrs. Davis, and the Tomorrow People do not belong to me. They are the property of Thames/Tetra Televison, Roger Damon Price, et al. I am using them here without permission, purely for enjoyment and not for profit.
As always, questions and comments are welcome: chelesedai@hotmail.com Michele R Mason
Alyssa Daniels.
Lisa Davis stared for a long time at the driver's license in her hands. Her face, her half-smile stared back at her, but the name was not hers. The birth date was not hers. The social security number was not the one she had memorized all those years earlier. They all belonged to Alyssa Daniels.
And she was Alyssa Daniels.
A reminder of the sacrifice made to protect her mother and herself from those who would seek to control and harm her. A reminder of the sacrifice she made leaving her friends behind. No more Tomorrow People; no more special powers. No more of Adam's smile, or Megabyte's jokes.
Lisa still remembered the hurt she felt from Megabyte and Kevin when they left the beach. She remembered Megabyte's bitter remarks. She would never forget. No matter where she went or who she became, she would never forget the friends she had left behind. And she would never forget how much it hurt them-- or how much it hurt her to hurt them.
She still heard Adam's voice, the tenderness and his concern for her. "Is this what you want, Lisa?"
"It's what I have to do," she had replied earnestly.
For me. For my mother.
Still it wasn't easy. It wasn't easy walking away from the only life she had ever known. They were leaving Virginia-- probably forever. She was leaving Lisa Davis behind. She was losing everything and starting all over again.
"Lisa, honey, is everything all right?" Her mother's voice was low in her ear, barely audible above the drone of the airport.
Lisa looked up suddenly, meeting the concern in her mother's eyes with a half-hearted smile. "Yeah, Mom. I was just thinking."
"You think too much." Mrs. Davis/Daniels rose to her feet, giving her daughter a gentle tug. "They're boarding us now."
Lisa nodded numbly. "Right." She stood slowly, taking a deep breath, and giving the driver's license a last cursory glance, she slipped it back into her wallet.
"Good-bye," Lisa whispered to no one in particular.
Then without a backwards glance, Alyssa Daniels boarded the plane.
The End