Post by Micah Walker on Apr 7, 2011 14:13:57 GMT -5
<Norma Lane>
Full Name: Norma Louise Lane
Age: Sixty
Civilian or Special: Civilian
Currently Located: Staten Island, New York
Affiliated with: Hero
Celebrity Claim: Rhodes, Jennifer
Relation to You: Mike’s grandmother and legal gaurdian
PERSONALITY
Norma is a very caring woman, also very responsible and hard-working. She is always putting her family first before her own needs and always comes through what she says she is going to do weather it is for her friends, family, or work. She is responsible because she somehow manages to cook, clean, take care of her family, work all night, and still find time to sleep somehow in between. The only thing that keeps her same from the stress of her complicated life is her grandson Michael that she's lived her since he was a baby.
She’s has a lot of determination and doesn’t stop until she literally cannot go anymore. She’s also a perfectionist. She likes things the way she likes them and that is spotless and perfect. She’s also a clean freak, everything must be picked up and organized or she gets stressed by the sight of clutter. To calm herself she smokes, that is what takes her edge of most of the time. When people don’t listen to her or she gets really annoyed, she tends to lose control and starts yelling when the stress comes into play. She’s usually good at control her emotions, but when she gets really upset or feels disrespected, that’s just a snap for her.
APPEARANCE
Norma does her best to look younger than she really is. Everybody always thinks Norma is really Mike's Mom because she looks so young, this is not the case. Her hair appears short, but really those are just curls. She’s a grandmother, but dresses nicely when she isn't wearing her work scrubs which she has a variety of. She also wears lots of makeup to look her best and dyes her hair when it starts getting gray after awhile. She also always wears her wedding band when she isn't working, cooking, or cleaning.
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HISTORY
Norma was born in New York and that's where she lived for most of her life. She had a good childhood although her parents were strict. Her best friend was a bad luck charm and Norma almost got herself killed on a few occasions, other than that she wasn't trouble growing up. When she was in her early twenties she fell in love and married a name named Daniel and married him. He had a power. Norma knew it but accepted it till he tried to kill her so she left him and found out she was pregnant. After having her first born son, Bobby who had powers like his father. Norma met the true love of her life, Eugene. They got married and had two kids Michelle and Geno. Their kids grew up and now they have kids. Michelle had it rough and her son Michael had to live with Norma and Gene and then Geno got married and had a daughter but ran into problems and had to live home as he did most of his life but now he's gone to live on his own.
She raised Mike unaware of the possibility that he could be special. She was scared to think that it could happen to him too. After Mike manifested Norma was left in the dark for some time. He was under protection his whole life, not just by Norma, but by the Knight family. They all worked for the company and were mostly all specials. Mike’s best friend and neighbor, Sam Knight, was also special. But he couldn't tell Mike until he found out whether or not Mike was special. Norma know all this, but not if Mike was special. Of course Mike finally came out to his grandmother. He told her about everything after he got a sickness only specials could get. That’s when she started to get worried about him. She tried to help him, tried many medications and hoped it would help but in the long run nothing did. He had to take care of this on his own. And that was exactly what he did. Mike eventually got the cure and that was when Norma realized that his grandson was all grown up now.
April fourth was the worst day of her life. She remembered it so clearly, and that is what hurts the most about it. She got the power to heal on that day, she was still had work because they were running low on nurses. The hospital was out of control. People were on fire, in pain, flying around the room. It was bizaar to witness but that was just happened all over the world. She used her power to save as many people as possible. It felt good to be able to use this gift and help people that needed it. She saved a lot of lives on that day, but she lost the most important. Her husband died that day while working at the funeral home. The dead bodies there came to life and attacked Eugene, killing him. She almost lost Mike that day, too. He came into the hospital and almost died. She tried to heal him, but by that time her powers were already gone. Luckily Ricky was there, Mike’s boyfriend at the time. He used his natural special powers to heal Mike and that’s when he told him about Eugene being dead.
Times were tough after that, Norma was upset for a very long time. All those years with being married to Eugene all taken away in a matter of minutes. The world changed for everyone on that day, especially for specials. He had to work even more to keep up with paying the bills, but Mike started helping out with the funds since he was working at the aquarium after its reopening. It was nice to have some help, because she was just starting to, lose hope. People are still protesting specials, and they came up with this registration act for all specials to follow. Mike of course was against it. Norma tried to tell him registering might be for the best, but he saw differently. One day when she came home the house was a mess and there was a letter for it. Mike said he had to disappear because the Registration Strike Force came for him and he needed to get away for awhile. He was gone, and she was alone again. The only other people that knew about this was Mike’s friend Sam. She didn’t know about Mike’s love interest, Oscar.
After two months of Mike being in hiding, he came home. She was so thrilled to have him back and made the teen explain everything to her. She understood in the long run, and was glad he went to get help from the very company his father was forced to work for. Things slowly started getting back to normal. He took his old job back and paying the bills started getting easier again. Mike mentioned there was a new love interest in his life, and after stumbling upon a text from Oscar O’Grady one day, she already had a pretty good idea of who it was. She was not going to judge him, she just wanted him to be happy.
