To Overthrow Power

Everyone Has Gift - How Will You Use Yours??

I was born into a seemingly perfect family, that is if you were an outsider. On the inside, it was a hellscape. My mother was abusive, and my father was an alcoholic. They fought daily, we were lucky if we went longer than 30 minutes without some sort of argument. My older brother ran away as soon as he could understand how to properly use his power, and get a steady job.
My younger sister was always hiding somewhere, I was lucky if she came out for dinner. I worried for her, but because she spent so much time away, I assumed she'd learn how to use her power faster. I didn't realize how soon she'd leave though.

It's been years, my sister is gone, got caught in a fight and I never heard from her after, my mother and father have been constantly fighting, and my brother cut off all ties with us. A bad fight was going on downstairs. I just wanted them to stop. I just wanted them to get along. I hate the sounds of their yells, their fists hitting counters. I hate them.
The yelling picks up, and I want to pass out and forget about it. I'm not really sure what's happening but I feel myself walk over to the window and climb out. Since the house is one story there's no drop. I walk off. I'd learned to use my power a year or so ago, but I just didn't want to leave my family. I was scared they'd kill each other. I'd called heroes so many times for help, all of them ignored me. Went to save some cat in a tree or something stupid like that.

That's how I found myself here. I'm sitting in a tree pondering what to do. People with the power to help others don't use it how they should, so maybe I should teach those people a lesson. I guess that makes me a villain, but who really cares what side of the spectrum they're on. It's based on perspective anyways.
The world is so difficult to live in, and heroes always seem to have such a sad backstory, and the "villains" are always made out to be horrible no matter what. I'm a so-called "villain", do you empathize with me? Or do you see me as horrible for wanting to put awful people in their place? Do you regret that I became a "villain" and not a hero in your eyes? Or are you okay with the fact that the "villains" can have evil backstories too. I honestly couldn't care less, you're reading my story so it doesn't matter to me whatsoever.

Honestly, if I could take my power and rid the world of all those who have power (including myself) I would. It just proposes a problem to everyone else. It's so much more difficult living in a world where most everyone has powers and even more so if you're one of the unlucky few born without them. I wish I'd had a "hero" for inspiration, to grow up aspiring to be like them. Sadly, all heroes are ruined for me. Rightfully so; in my humble opinion.

I wish I'd had the life some "heroes" had, growing up to fight crime and save people. Unfortunately it's not meant to be. I guess that's why I'm here now, killing any person who claims themself a hero, especially if they have powers. Morale of my story? You can try to find one, read in between the lines, but honestly I don't know what you'd find other than a frustrated person fighting for their opinion.