Gerard's POV. "Hey Mom, I'm home," I called out

"Hey Mom, I'm home," I called out. My Mom had been in the kitchen making a sandwich for herself to eat.

"Hey boys. Gerard, I'm ready to forgive you now," she said, putting her sandwich down on the table and wrapped her arms around me. It felt good to finally have my Mom accept me and have her be happy for me. She pulled away from me and noticed Frank standing behind me.

"I hear you both got together. That's good to hear. Frank seems like a lovely young man," my Mom said to me. I looked back at Frank who was looking at his shoes and blushing.

"He is a lovely man. I'm really happy you can accept this Mom," I informed her.

"It's fine. No more secrets, ok?" she said.

"Uh," I said. You see, Frank's Mom knew about his super powers and mine too. But my Mom didn't know. And I figured that I should probably tell her.

"What do you mean uh?" my Mom asked, looking worried.

"Don't be alarmed, but there's more to that picture outside my bedroom of the superheroes kissing," I said to her, grabbing Frank's hand and squeezing it tight.

"Oh?" she asked.

"I'll tell you, but you have to promise not to get mad, ok?" I asked her, feeling scared. This was harder than coming out to her.

"Ok..." my Mom said, sounding wary.

"You might wanna sit down," I told her.

"Why?" she asked, sitting down. "Do I have a grandchild out there? Have you had sex with one of the superheroes and contracted something nasty?" she asked, wondering about the possibilities.

"Um, not yet," I said to her. My Mom looked puzzled. "I'll start from the beginning. You know how when I was young I was exposed to that toxic explosion?"

"Yes," she said, wondering where I was going with that.

"Well, as a result, I kind of got some superpowers and have been using them to fight crime in New York City," I mumbled, unable to look at her. There was a silence and I didn't know why. So I looked up at her. Her eyes were pretty fucking wide.

"You're The Dark Ninja?" she asked. I slowly nodded. "My son is a superhero?" she asked. I nodded once again. "Oh my god!" she said, jumping up and hugging me again. "And, since The Dark Ninja is dating The Skeleton, that means..." she trailed off.

"Yeah, I'm The Skeleton," Frank stated.

"Oh my god. My son is famous! How long have you known about the superpowers?" she asked me.

"Since I was younger," I told her. She looked like she was having problems believing me. "Here, I'll show you," I said, hovering off the ground before disappearing. I reappeared and flew to the other side of the room before clicking my fingers and making a flame appear from them. My Mom was speechless.

"This is unbelievable," my Mom said.

"You can't tell anyone. I don't want people harassing Frank and I. It would put us in danger," I pointed out.

"Ok. But I want you and Frank to stay safe ok? I don't want either of you doing anything too risky," she worried.

"Mom, we'll be fine. We have to get going now to save people," I pointed out to her. Now was not the time to tell her that Frank and I had sat on top of the Empire State Building.

"Ok. I'll be gone by the time you return home, so gimme a kiss and a hug goodbye," she replied. I did just that before Frank and I went back to his house where we got changed into our costumes.

"Oh my god!" Frank exclaimed, bending over and looking at something on the table in the corner of his bedroom.

"What is it?" I asked, walking over to him.

"I took two small crystals from the weird car crystal today because I thought they looked pretty. And I put them on this table. And now they've liquidized and are burning through the table like acid," he said putting his hand out to touch it. I slapped it back.

"Don't touch it. It could be dangerous. It might burn you or eat your flesh or something. Just leave it. We'll grab some cleaning supplies on the way home to clean any remnants of it off the table," I decided. Frank moved over to me and wrapped his arms around me, still fascinated by the 2 small holes the crystals had burned in the wooden table.

"I wonder who put the crystal on the car... it's like nothing I've ever seen before. If only we knew of someone smart to run tests on the crystal acid and find out what it can do and what it's made of," Frank thought aloud.

"Well, if we see it again, we know to be careful with it now," I spoke, making him nod.

"Ok, time to be superheroes," he said, putting his Skeleton mask on.