Editing Vista (section)

==History==
===Background===
Missy was born on 15th May [[1998]].<ref name="II10.10 eBirthday"/> She triggered in 2009, joining the Wards a month shy of eleven years old.<ref name="9.5"/> It is implied that her trigger event was due to her parents' hostile relationship with one another. Her father had cancer, and her mother cheated on him with his brother. Her father then got back at her mother by getting rid of her dogs. This enmity grew over time.<ref name="II15.a eParents">Vista met with her parents. Crystal had talked to Vista enough to know the details. Give even a hint of being on one parent's side and a bystander could earn the lasting enmity and suspicion of the other. Her dad had gotten cancer, her mom had slept with his brother instead of supporting him. Her two dogs had both disappeared around the time he found out about the cheating, and that had been the start.<br><br>Ask him, even today, and he would be ready with an argument about how she couldn't take care of him or her daughter so how could she take care of animals, he'd given them away to caring owners, she was a psychopath whore, and so on. Ask her, and she would describe how he'd neglected their relationship and they'd been on the outs for a long time before she cheated, he refused to give any proof he'd given her dogs away and not killed them... It was the same for every set of incidents thereafter. Neither had wanted to move from the family home because that made getting an eventual share of the house in the divorce harder, and neither had wanted to initiate the divorce because they'd believed in their own righteousness enough that a 'fair' divide of assets wouldn't be enough- they had to break down the other. So they'd stayed together and lived in the same house for a year before even initiating the separation, while having fights loud enough that police had been called. All with a ten year old girl caught in the midst of it.<br><br>Later, a frustrated judge had found what he thought was a compromise: that the house would remain unsold, with Vista remaining in one place while the parents alternated a paired custody of house and Vista, each parent maintaining a separate residence they would be in when not taking care of Vista and the house. Bad fucking idea, when competing renovations, rearrangement of furniture and things, and other passive hostility came into play. The divorce hadn't happened until a few years into it. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/07/02/dying-15-a/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 15.a II]]</ref> They divorced, causing her to withdraw into her position as a Ward and identity as Vista.<ref>It felt strange, removing her costume. It was like she wasn't herself. When had she started seeing herself more as Vista than as Missy Biron? When her parents divorced, and she started taking extra shifts to get away from the oppressive atmosphere? After one year on the team, two? - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/04/17/sentinel-9-5/ Excerpt] from [[Sentinel 9.5]]</ref>

She had a scar on her chest where she was stabbed by [[Hookwolf]] and sewed it up herself, rather than risk looking like a baby in front of her team.

===Story Start===
Vista was deployed alongside her teammates once news arrived of the [[Undersiders]] [[Battle at the Bank|robbing a bank]]. Shortly after she arrived, the Undersiders released some of their hostages before [[Grue]] flooded the street with darkness. She took a few steps backward to avoid being caught in it and then used her power to swell and widen the street.

After [[Aegis]] and [[Clockblocker]] had been taken down, [[Rachel Lindt|Bitch]] rode [[Judas]] towards Vista. Vista raised a short wall to trip Judas and send Bitch tumbling off. [[Gallant]] hit Bitch with his power and Bitch sent Judas after him before going towards Vista. Vista stretched out the space between them and then pinched the space behind her and crossed a third of a block before returning the street to normal. Grue stumbled out of the darkness near Vista, screaming about bugs, and then collapsed. Thinking that he was [[Browbeat]], Vista approached to help, and Grue struck her against the side of her head, knocking her down. Grue then covered them both in darkness.<ref name="3.10">[[Agitation 3.10]]</ref>

Later, Vista traveled to the PRT Building where her team was met by [[Director Piggot]], who berated them on their poor showing. After the team, sans [[Kid Win]], arrived in their quarters, Gallant asked Vista to grab two whiteboards. She grabbed the whiteboards, set them up, and blushed after Gallant thanked her.<ref>[[Interlude 3]]</ref>

After the [[Bakuda|new leader]] of the [[ABB]] went crazy and broke out her predecessor from custody, the other villains of [[Brockton Bay]] banded together to take on the ABB operations, while the heroes focused on the leaders themselves. In capturing Bakuda in her workshop Vista and Clockblocker were able to stop Bakuda's final bomb.<ref name="IRC1">Wildbow: shrink bomb with Vista, surround with clockblocked material. - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/17045786 IRC comment by Wildbow, archived on SpaceBattles]</ref><ref name="SV1">Or you contain it in a time-invulnerable container while it is continually shrunk, until the explosion is proportionately minor. - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/17045786 comment by Wildbow] on Sufficient Velocity</ref> In doing so they saved the city from an EM Pulse that would have devastated the east coast.

She lied to attend the [[Battle against Leviathan]], saying her parents gave her permission to participate.<ref>"I can't understand how they'd be that bothered by you working overtime and then let you suit up and go fight Leviathan."<br><br>"I volunteered, I lied and said you and dad gave your permission. Things were hectic enough they didn't check. I think they didn't want to check, because they needed every body on the ground they could get." - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/05/02/last-20-end/ Excerpt] from [[Last 20.end]]</ref>

===Post-[[Battle against Leviathan|Leviathan]]===
With Weld called in to lead to Brockton Bay Wards, Vista was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt when it came to him serving as leader.<ref>[[Sentinel 9.1]]</ref> She had an argument with [[Clockblocker|Dennis]] over the disagreement he had with [[Glory Girl|Victoria]]. Vista later participated in a skirmish with [[The Travelers]], and was prioritized as the most dangerous threat.<ref>[[Sentinel 9.4]]</ref>

Weld assigned [[Flechette]] to Vista to get a second opinion on how she was acting. Meeting her, she gave her a pep talk about life and told her it was okay to cry. Getting into a confrontation with Shadow Stalker, she asked why the other hero was so disdainful of emotions and her attachment to [[Gallant]]. Shadow Stalker slammed her into the wall before leaving on patrol.<ref name="9.5">[[Sentinel 9.5]]</ref> When Shadow Stalker returned, supposedly having captured the Undersiders by herself, Vista was suspicious. 

Vista was one of those who volunteered when [[Director Piggot]] asked for volunteers to flight the [[Slaughterhouse Nine]]. When deployed against the killers, she was able to keep [[Crawler]] at bay while other members were being retrieved from [[Cache]].<ref>Crawler spat, and Vista used her power, reducing the distance the spit traveled to a tenth of what it might have been. Crawler leaped, and she widened the distance between him and everyone else so he stood in the midst of a clearing.<br><br>[...]<br><br>Miss Militia interrupted his gloating with a shot from a rocket launcher. His claws dug deep into pavement as he resisted being knocked over. She used her power to reload the rocket launcher and shot him again, uprooting him. Triumph used a full-power shout to send Crawler sliding across the clearing Vista had made. Vista widened the distance by stretching the landscape. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/09/22/prey-14-6/ Excerpt] from [[Prey 14.6]]</ref>
===Post-[[Slaughterhouse Nine]]===
During the [[Battle against Echidna|attack]] by a [[Echidna|new S-class threat]], Vista was taken out early, deliberately kidnapped before the Protectorate was fully informed about the threat.<ref>[[Queen 18.4]]</ref> The [[Scape|duplicates]] that the threat created harried the responding forces and prevented them for disposing of the threat for hours.

Eventually freed, Vista was trapped in the ruins of Coil's base, and while digging through the rubble, she met [[Shatterbird]]. Forced to defend herself, she killed her fellow shaker.<ref name="MI">[[Missing Interlude]]</ref><ref>"Grue supposedly killed Burnscar, Piggot killed Crawler and Mannequin, they killed Cherish themselves, basically, Vista finished off Shatterbird after things caved in on them at the Echidna fight... no, Skitter didn't kill any, I don't think. She was there, though. Have to give her credit, she made a difference in that last fight with Mannequin and Crawler." - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/cell-22-3/ Excerpt] from [[Cell 22.3]]</ref> She was later reunited with her team.

===Post-[[Battle against Echidna|Echidna]]===
Vista reacted badly to Flechette's defection and blamed the supposedly surrendering Skitter for Flechette's actions.<ref>Mrs. Yamada started to step inside, then paused while standing in the doorway. "I'll be in my office all day. If any of you need to talk about Flechette, or anything else that's going on, come see me."<br><br>There was no reply. There might have been nods, but I didn't have bugs on top of any of the Ward's heads.<br><br>The doors shut, and a few seconds passed, Kid Win, Crucible, and Vista standing in the hallway with a handful of PRT officers.<br><br>"Fuck," Vista said. "Fuck this. Fuck you, Skitter, if you can hear me." - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/cell-22-3/ Excerpt] from [[Cell 22.3]]</ref> It is unknown if Vista participated at [[New Delhi]] like her fellow Ward teammates did.

===Post-[[Timeskip]]===
At nearly fifteen, Vista was one of the most experienced capes in the wards. She was chosen to deploy against the Slaughterhouse Nine due to her versatility.
===[[Gold Morning]]===

Late in the story, on the near un-populated Earth Bet, Vista extends her power over a huge track of land, from one end of the horizon to the other, as she is not limited by the number of people there.<ref name="29.1 e1"/> She uses this in combination with another cape called [[Silk Road]] to provide transportation while [[Doormaker]] was unconscious.

She later joined the [[Wardens]], and accompanied Miss Militia in her meeting with Bitch, who preferred being called Rachel.<ref name="Te.4">[[Teneral e.4]]</ref><!--ref>"My parents never even congratulated me. I don't think they even really get it."

"Still living with the parents?" Dennis asked. "At least-"

He stopped as Vista shook her head.

"You're living out on your own?"

"Dormitory, now. But basically."- [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/10/05/sundown-17-2/ Excerpt] from [[Sundown 17.2]]</ref-->

===[[Ward]]===
Working with the Wardens, she helped deal with a [[Broken Trigger|broken trigger]] event at a workers' protest, where she was helped by [[Victoria Dallon|Victoria]] and [[Laserdream]].<ref>Except- no. No, this was a familiar smudging and smearing. One that worked with us.<br><br>''You made it, little V,'' I thought. I felt emotionally numb from the series of events, the deaths I'd seen, my momentary use of my power and how the feelings I'd tapped in that moment weren't easy to bring back into order. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2017/12/19/flare-2-4/ Excerpt] from [[Flare 2.4]]</ref>

She was finally able to meet up with big V during preparations for the [[Mathers Compound Assault]], and expressed an interest in meeting up some time.<ref name="II5.7 eNickname">"Hey, little V," I said. "Not so little anymore."<br><br>"Hey big V," she said. "What a time to meet, huh? We need to hang out."<br><br>"We do. So much," I said.<br><br>She approached and gave me a hug, the breastplate of her armor clacking against mine. She squeezed me and I squeezed her back. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/03/20/shadow-5-7/ Excerpt] from [[Shadow 5.7]]</ref> They later fought alongside each other during the battle. Vista also found that she worked well with [[Capricorn]], though Victoria later confronted her about Capricorn when she noticed their getting along.<ref>"You have a problem," I told her, quiet. "You have a thing for unattainable guys in heavy armor."<br><br>I saw her react, like she'd been punched in the gut, before she steeled herself. I could even work out the thought process, as she noted that others were in a position to see us and her. She couldn't react too visibly.<br><br>"Dead son of a c*nt, I might actually," she said, under her breath. "Unattainable why?"<br><br>"Can't say. He'll tell you soon, I think. He thinks you're cool." - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/04/21/pitch-6-3/ Excerpt] from [[Pitch 6.3]], censored for filters</ref> She had enough control over her power that she was able to fly on one of [[Narwhal]]'s force fields by bending space to change its path.<ref>"Traveling up the east perimeter," Capricorn said. "Vista says she would appreciate a lift down to solid ground. She's not super confident of her ability to land."<br><br>"Land? You're actually on a Narwhal forcefield?"<br><br>"Doing loops. They travel in straight lines, but Vista can bend straight." - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/04/24/pitch-6-4/ Excerpt] from [[Pitch 6.4]]</ref>

===Post-[[Goddess' Takeover]]===
She was mobilized as part of [[Wardens]] during the African crisis.<ref name="II10.10">[[Polarize 10.10]]</ref>

Vista fortified the ruins of [[Brockton Bay]] with extensive use of her powers, in order to defend it from an attack by [[March]] and [[March's Megacluster|her team]]. This ultimately resulted in her being "killed" by March during her rush to the time-bubbles.<ref>[[Heavens 12.all]]</ref> It later turned out that this was a fake-out, and that Vista had shortened March's blade as it had entered her chest plate, stopping the attack from being lethal.

The morning of next day, this fake-out was used to outplay and kill March, and scatter her team.<ref>[[Heavens 12.x]]</ref>

===Post-[[Time Bubble Pop]]===
Decided to attempt to get a boyfriend post chest injuries caused by [[March]] during a rather humorous rant on how she is old enough to swear.<ref>[[Black 13.1]]</ref>

Vista escorted [[Breakthrough]] to [[Earth Shin]] together with [[Golem]] and [[Miss Militia]], and was imprisoned with them. She was instrumental in bypassing the prison's security and foiling Shin's provocations.

Fought in [[Cinereal]]-led group during the second [[Wardens]]' assault on [[Teacher]]'s Compound.<ref>[[Dying 15.1]]</ref>

===Post-[[Attack on Teacher]]===
Started dating [[Byron Vera]].

Met resurrected [[Clockblocker]] and [[Kid Win]].<ref name="II17.2">[[Sundown 17.2]]</ref>

Vista was reprimanded by [[Narwhal]] for the event with Capricorn.<ref name="II17.4">[[Sundown 17.4]]</ref>

===[[The Ice Breaks]]===
Vista was in the [[Narwhal]]'s team during the assault against the [[Titans]].<ref>"Narwhal expects everyone working for her to keep up with her," Vista said. "I was up most of last night, too." - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/12/14/radiation-18-9/ Excerpt] from [[Radiation 18.9]]</ref> During the off-time she briefly visited [[Breakthrough]] and [[Byron Vera]] several times.

During the fights with [[The Simurgh]] she stayed by the side of Byron. With the help of [[Clockblocker]] during the initial fight they attempted to anchor and freeze The Simurgh through Byron's constructs.<ref name="II20.1">[[Last 20.1]]</ref><ref name="II20.6">[[Last 20.6]]</ref><ref name="II20.7">[[Last 20.7]]</ref>

During the parahuman plague deployment Vista helped out with the logistics. She received the virus from [[Victoria Dallon|Victoria]] and through [[Byron]], after assurance that it will not knock her out too early.<ref name="II20.10">[[Last 20.10]]</ref> During the sleep she met shard-ghosts of [[Gallant]], [[Bastion]], and [[Aegis]].<ref name="II20.end">[[Last 20.end]]</ref>

===Ward Epilogue===
Vista was promoted to the leader of Junior Wardens team.<ref>Missy's squad of kid Wardens were in attendance, drinking soda and chattering away. Bonding. She'd been offered a variety of posts, and she'd asked for this one. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/05/02/last-20-end/ Excerpt] from [[Last 20.end]]</ref>