Mrs. Delaney

"*Mrs. Delaney is our water polo coach. She's super-nice and also a great source of information about the outside world. She came to town about six months ago when she married one of the Purple People Eaters.*"
—Eli Frieden, *Masterminds*

### Affiliation

Serenity, New Mexico (previously)Bryan Delaney (previously)

## Biographical information

### Marital status

Divorced (previously married to Bryan Delaney)

### Date of birth

Before 1993 (as she had graduated college before 2015)

## Physical description

### Gender

Female

**Mrs. Delaney** was the wife of Bryan Delaney, a member of the Surety, whom she later divorced. She became the water polo coach of Serenity, New Mexico, after playing in Division One in college, and she helped Eli Frieden, Tori Pritel, Amber Laska, Malik Bruder and Hector Amani get back home when they attempted to escape the first time. Mrs. Delaney is from Philadelphia and moved to Serenity about six months before *Masterminds* takes place.

Although Mrs. Delaney was only a minor character in *Masterminds*, her actions might have saved the kids' lives. She brought them home when they attempted to escape the first time when they were all fell ill from continuing past the Serenity town border. Mrs. Delaney has stated that "the effects of the barrier only get worse," and since we don't know how terrible they might have gotten, she could have been the first person to save their lives.

## Biography

Mrs. Delaney was born in Philadelphia and played water polo for Division One while in college. Not too long afterwards, she met Bryan Delaney while on a vacation in Cancún, Mexico. They decided to marry, and Mrs. Delaney moved to Serenity to live with him about six months before *Masterminds* took place. She stated that she found Serenity hard to get used to, as it was a much more isolated place than the one she had grown up in.

After Randy Hardaway leaves the town and is sent to McNally Academy, Mrs. Delaney makes Eli his replacement for their water polo team (Team Community) and sits down besides him to talk. Later, when Eli falls ill because of his trip to the border, she is the first to visit him in his home and takes him for a stroll in the backyard.

When Eli, Tori, Amber and Malik attempt to escape Serenity together for the first time, they fall ill to the effects of the border and Mrs. Delaney drives toward them in a pickup truck. She hustles them and their belongings into the truck and drives them back to town, saving them and keeping their secret.

Sometime before *Payback* took place, Mrs. Delaney left her husband, and this information is found out by a few private investigators hired by Tamara Dunleavy.

## Personality and traits

Mrs. Delaney is kind, caring and sympathetic, which is shown when she sits next to Eli Frieden to talk after Randy Hardaway leaves, and when she takes the clones back to town after trying to escape the first time. She can also be mischievous.

## Physical description

Mrs. Delaney is described as having an expressive, kind face. Due to the fact that she coaches water polo for a job, she's most likely fit. She's also quite young and sometimes has a playful smile.

## Relationships

### Bryan Delaney

Mrs. Delaney and Bryan met while on a vacation in Cancún, Mexico. Bryan Delaney is a member of Serenity's Surety (more commonly known as the Purple People Eaters), and Mrs. Delaney moved to Serenity with him after their marriage and worked there as the water polo coach. Bryan told her that some of the Serenity kids were part of a study and weren't supposed to leave, but not much beyond that. When she went to rescue the clones from the border, Mrs. Delaney worked against him and risked her marriage. However, sometime before *Payback*, she left her husband for unknown reasons.

### Eli Frieden

Mrs. Delaney is very kind to Eli Frieden, sympathizing and talking to him after his best friend Randy Hardaway leaves Serenity to attend McNally Academy, a boarding school just outside Pueblo, Colorado. Mrs. Delaney told him that he can always count on her if he needed someone to talk to. Eli also believed that when he left the town, she was the only person there that he would actually miss.