[ wp ] A teen realizes that his mom is a supervillain and his dad is a superhero but that they do n't know eachothers secret .

Dad was always helping people, and mom was always breaking things. I probably should have seen this coming. There were always little hints. Seeing both of them sneak out at night, finding dad ’ s cape in the laundry, finding the missing president tied up in our basement. 
 
 It wasn ’ t until the big battle broke out that I finally clued in. The city ’ s strongest superhero was fighting the city ’ s worst supervillain in an effort to stop the giant death ray pointed at the city. I was watching the battle live on T.V. when I noticed the hero ’ s watch. It was the same watch I had given dad for father ’ s day. The closer I looked, the more I realized what an idiot I had been. The hero ’ s mask barely covered his cheekbones! How could I not have recognized him? That was my old man alright. 
 
 Then who was the villain? Did I know her too? Was it a neighbour? A teacher?... Oh great! It was mom. That ’ s when I really started freaking out. Mom and dad loved each other, why were they trying to kill each other? And then it dawned on me. 
 
 They didn ’ t know.
