I got comfortable on our leather couch and glanced at my father.
"What are we watching daddy?"
"The news," he replied without tearing his gaze from the flat screen.
I too fixed my eyes to the television. My mother, Blazing Storm, was fighting a newborn 'villain', who called him self Indestructible-O.
You might think a responsible parent wouldn't let his seven year old daughter watch a violent crime scene. But as you can probably tell, our family's a little different.
On the screen, Mom screeched terrifyingly. Man was she mad. She shot lightning bolts at Mr. -O and rain suddenly thundered down.
Mom glared at Indestructible-O and his eyes go wide. I saw fear in his eyes. Hope. And... Sadness?
I had wondered why he would be... sad.
And why hopeful? Weren't villains only supposed to feel well- villainous thoughts?
Blazing Storm gave the villain one last zap, and he was down. The police handcuffed the criminal.
Another victory for mom.
Dad and I sat in silence as the make-up covered news reporter gives more information of the scene.
"Just six months ago Indestructible-O's wife and daughter died in a house fire. One month later Indestructible-O was caught in a gun shooting at a bank. He was later put in prison, and just recently escaped."
Have you ever noticed that when people do these reports, they have absolutely no emotion? I know there trained to do so, but in this particular moment, I felt a little offended. Was she even feeling the tiniest bit of sadness? Or thought?
"Dad?" I started hesitantly.
"Yes sweetie?"
"Do you think, maybe, just maybe, the villains are-" I breathed and found the word I was looking for, "are- scared? And-and lost? So they blindly do things- things they are unsure to do?"
My father looked at me in complete shock. "Go to your room!"
"But- but- I was just-"
"Now!"
And that's when my little rebellion began.
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Villian
General FictionI was born into a superhero family. But guess what? I'm that one in the family with lame powers. In my opinion, my entire family pretty much sucked. Though of course there was always the chance that one family member was a little different. "We don'...
