only fools fall

New villian

"Nightwalkers? You're telling me we are called the Nightwalkers?" Malik complained as he turned his chair towards his dad. "We aren't trying for a cool name we are just trying to take over the world" Malik's dad replied in annoyance. "Aren't you surprised sweetheart?" his mom said as she came into the room. "What's there to be surprised about? y'all work in the basement but we live in a big house, isn't it obvious y'all are doing something suspicious down there?" Malik turned his chair back to his computer. His parents looked at each other and back at him "We were gonna tell you when you were 18 but we really need your help." his dad said in a low voice. Malik turned back to his parents "Hm? I didn't get that, what'd you say?" Malik grinned as he waited for his dad to repeat what he said. "we... need your help..." his dad repeated in embarrassment. Malik was satisfied, his father always favored his brother and never gave Malik a chance to do anything. "what do you need from me?" Malik smiled, "We are sending you to public school, There is a new hero in town and our men can't seem to... kill them." Malik's dad said as he motioned to his mom something. His mom left the room "So what does me going to public school have to do with this?" Malik asked, clearly confused. "we've recently learned that the hero is still in school. I would've got your brother on the case but he graduated..." His dad said snarly. "You will be posing as a very wealthy student who just wanted some friends. If anyone asks what your parents do for a living, you say we are scientists." His dad said as his mom returned to the room. His mom walked to him and handed him some papers "These are the instructions" his mom said smiling at him. Malik smiled back and looked at the papers. His mom left the room and his dad turned around to do so as well "Your villain's name will be Milo" his dad said walking out of his room. Malik paused "That's... at least they didn't call me nightcrawler." Malik whispered to himself as he read the papers. Malik's parents signed Malik up for public school. The day Malik stood in front of his new school he let out a big sigh before entering. once he entered all eyes were on him. He knew that if he wanted to fit in he should make some friends but first, he needed to get to class. once he got in the room he was greeted by the teacher. "welcome Malik, my name is Mr. K, and I am so glad you came to this school. You will love it!" the teacher said shaking Malik's hand. Malik gave the teacher a warm smile "I'm happy to hear that" Malik said as the teacher patted Malik on the back. "You can sit next to Delilah over there." the teacher said pointing to a long-haired girl. Malik sat next to Delilah, once he put his bag down he looked at her. She looked pissed at something, he gave her a disgusted look but quickly changed his expression. "You must be Delilah" Malik said with a smile, she looked at him. Her face softened and she nodded. "Are you, not the type to talk?" he asked curiously, she shook her head. "this is gonna be a pain" he thought to himself but kept a smile, "well my name is Malik" he said holding his hand out for her to shake. she shook his hand and smiled more, "maybe I should get her to warm up to me..." he thought to himself. Malik was about to say something else to the girl before someone stood in front of him. Malik looked up "Leave my girl alone." the guy said as he hovered over Malik. "Sorry, I didn't know she was yours," Malik said as he stared back at the guy. "Well she is so stop talking to her." the guy said angrily. Malik rolled his eyes and looked in his bag. He was minding his own business until he heard the guy beside him getting angry at the girl "I told you not to talk to other guys, do you ever listen?" the guy said with his hands on her desk. "Sorry..." she muttered clearly sounding like she was holding back tears. "To your seats" the teacher sighed, The bell rang and then the teacher started to teach. A couple of hours passed and it was now lunchtime, Malik stayed in his seat thinking about how boring everything was. after a couple of minutes, he looked around expecting everyone to be gone but Delilah still sat in her seat. He looked at her and then around the room, "you know sign language?" he whispered to her as he looked her way. She turned to him surprised and nodded. he smiled "I can read it but I have a hard time signing it myself" he chuckled. She chuckled too "I'm not great at it either" she signed, he smiled "Do you even like that guy" he whispered as he leaned back on his chair. She sighed and shook her head "Really? Why are you with him then?" he said in surprise. She put a finger over her mouth, "some struggle with money so my parents are making me date him in return for some cash." she whispered. He chuckled "I'm guessing you didn't know how to sign that," he said smiling, she nodded and chuckled as well. Malik talked to Delilah for a while before heading out to get a snack. Malik walked the halls and bumped into some girls, knocking one of them down. "Sorry," he apologized as he helped the girl up. "it's okay... hey aren't you the new guy?" she said as she stood up. Malik nodded "Trevor hates you already," the girl said laughing. "I guess I had a bad start then," he said smiling at her. "you're cute... don't worry WE don't hate you." another girl said in the group. Malik grinned "I'll see y'all later," he said walking away. "bye bye~," the girls said as he left. After Malik grabbed a snack he headed back to the classroom and as he expected, Delilah was still in her seat. "Have you eaten anything today?" Malik asked Delilah. She turned to him and shook her head. He put the snack in his bag "Don't wanna or can't afford" Malik said sitting in his seat. She stuck up two fingers "Both huh?" he said looking at her, she nodded with a smile. Malik tried to say something to Delilah but was called to the office. Malik headed there, wondering what was up. He saw his mom, "you're leaving early" the front desk lady said as she walked away. Malik looked at his mom who motioned him to follow her. He walked with his mom, and as he left some girls winked and gave him goodbyes. Once he and his mom got in the car she looked at him with tears "Are you okay? What happened?" he asked worriedly. She hugged him "My baby is getting girls," she said hugging him tight as tears rolled down her face. "really mama..?" he said embarrassed, his mom stopped hugging him and wiped her tears. "okay, okay now to why I got you out early," she said chuckling. Malik started to listen to what his mom had to say. "Your brother started some chaos and he doesn't seem to be able to wrap it up, could you help clean up your brother's mess? Please, Malik." His mom said in a sigh. Malik chuckled and nodded, his mom drove them near the scene and snuck him through the back. "Here is a suit." his mom said throwing him something. Malik took a look at it and rolled his eyes, he put it on and followed his mom out to a room. He saw his dad had someone hostage and his brother was tied up at the other end of the room with the armed policeman. "go right, ill go left" his mom whispered, he nodded and went their ways. Malik didn't know their plans but all he knew was his mom wanted the four of them to be out safely. Malik took a look around the room to see if there was any way he could distract the police. After a while of looking, he put the items together and found a plan. Malik found a gun and quickly shot each light bulb, causing some police to take cover. The ones who didn't take cover backed up to a wall to ensure they wouldn't be sneak attacked. Malik grabbed his brother and made his dad let go of the hostage. As he ran out of the room, his mom followed. Malik let go of his brother and father before sprinting up the stairs of the building. His dad untied his brother and ran out of the building, his mom stood there at the bottom of the stairs to make sure he came back safely. After a minute, Malik ran back down and his mom led him to the escape vehicle. Malik's brother was angry, "That was humiliating." his brother said in annoyance. "It's humiliating how your brother of all people had to get you out of there." Malik's dad said in anger. Malik rolled his eyes, "Y'all should tell us when you're going to do something big like that, we could have lost y'all!" Malik's mom said worried. Malik scoffed "I wouldn't mind that..." he thought to himself. The rest of the ride was quiet, Malik looked out the window. Soon, Malik and his mom got out of the vehicle to get back in the family car. Once they got inside the car, they started to head home. Malik thought back to what had happened the whole day. All of them got home, Malik went straight to the stairs. "Malik." he heard his dad say before he went upstairs. Malik sighed and looked at his father, not saying a word. "I need to talk to you after Dinner." his father said walking away. Malik rolled his eyes and ran straight up the stairs, into his room. He quickly took off the suit "That thing is so uncomfortable." he said angrily before throwing it on the floor. Malik sat on his bed and started scrolling through his phone. He was bored out of his mind until he came across a video of someone making their own iron man suit. He watched it curiously and it gave Malik an idea. He quickly stood up and grabbed the suit off the floor and laid it flat out on his bed. He stood there and examined the suit for a little while. A light bulb went off in his head and he ran down the stairs. Malik walked into the kitchen, completely ignoring his dad. "Ma, is it alright if I order some things?" he asked innocently. His mom turned to him "Okay, but make sure to make use of them and don't waste the items." his mom said with a smile. Malik nodded excitedly and ran back upstairs, into his room. Malik sat at his desk and went to some online stores to order a couple of things. He sat there as he searched for what he needed. He couldn't be sure of what he needed yet so he went on Google for inspiration. He thought about it over and over. "I love Spiderman... but he's more of a hero and I'm not wearing that, it might show a little too much..." Malik thought to himself as he searched through superhero and villain outfits. Then he came by something that caught his eye, Prowler Miles 42. Malik searched it up and searched through all the pictures. "This is part of the new spider movie isn't it?" he said in an excited tone. Malik started to watch scenes with Prowler Miles in it. It didn't take Malik long to really fall in love with the outfit. As Malik looked at his new favorite character he drew some ideas down. He didn't want to steal the guy's whole outfit even if it was super cool to him. Malik walked over to his closet and searched, "Cargos could work..." Malik said as he picked a few out and put them aside. Malik continued to work on his designs and quickly ordered what he need for a few days. Throughout those few days, Malik continued making friends at school. No matter how many friends he made, he always sat in the classroom with Delilah every lunch break. "Can I be honest with you?" Malik asked Delilah curiously, Delilah nodded. "I always hate it when I talk to someone and they don't say anything back. I hate it when they just nod instead of saying something." he said sounding annoyed. Delilah raised an eyebrow at him "I hate it because it feels as if they aren't interested in what I have to say or that I'm annoying them. But with you... it feels different." he smiled at her and she chuckled. "did you think I hated talking to you?" he laughed. Delilah rolled her eyes as she smiled, "but you really do listen and care about what I have to say, right?" he asked now in a more sad tone. She smiled and nodded "Allways." she whispered. He smiled "You know I can barely make out what you're saying right? I just guess." he said chuckling, she chuckled along with him. Sometimes Delilah's boyfriend would catch them talking and drag Delilah out of the room, this always made Malik angry. He just wanted to get rid of him, but he didn't know why he wanted to so badly. Malik walked into the house and flopped on the sofa. "What's wrong, baby?" his mom asked in a worried tone. "There's this really nice girl at my school and this stupid guy that she's dating. I just want to..." Malik said as he clenched his fists. His mom chuckled and walked over to him "So... you're jealous?" she asked teasingly as she sat on the couch beside the sofa. He sat up quickly "What? No. she just deserves better..." he said as he thought about what his mom said. "And you think you'll be that someone better?" his mom asked as she looked to the floor. He let out a sigh "No... she's being forced into the relationship by her parents. I've seen her boyfriend kiss half the girls in school and she knows but she can't do anything about it." he said in a sad tone. "If you really care about this girl, you could..." his mom trailed off. "I could?" he asked curiously as he awaited his mom's words. "Kill him." she said smiling at him, he chuckled "but then her family won't be able to get money anymore." he said as he continued to chuckle at his mom's response. His mom was about to say something else before his dad walked in "We're going to retrieve something, y'all coming?" he said as he was in his suit. Malik's mom looked at him and indicated for him to join. Malik sighed and went up to his room to get his suit. "I can't wait till I finish my new suit," he thought to himself as he puts on his old suit. They headed out to the sight, and his dad, brother, and mom went down to retrieve this THING. Malik stood outside of the only entrance to the thing to make sure no one went inside. Malik made sure not to stand directly at the entrance and hid somewhere in the shadows. As a few minutes passed, Malik started getting bored. He sat there and watched the door until he saw someone wearing pink drop down from the roof. The person in pink tried opening the door but quickly stopped as Malik threw something to distract them. The person quickly turned to look at where the noise came from. A few seconds passed before the person turned to look where Malik was. Malik knew he could be seen so he just waved. The two stared at each other. "What the heck are you..?" the person asked as they let out a laugh. "I know, it's horrible. but you really have no room to talk." he said standing up. "At least I fit in my outfit." they chuckled, and Malik rolled his eyes. The person opened up the door "I can't let you go in" Malik said taking a step forward. The person smiled and slipped inside, closing and locking it behind them. Malik sighed and sat back "They can deal with it." he said as he sat back down. A few minutes passed and the person ran out and swung away, this caught Malik by surprise "Spiderman?" he thought to himself. His dad ran out of the building and screamed. Malik raised an eyebrow as his dad punched a wall. "Why didn't you stop her?!" his brother said as he walked out of the building with his mom. "she swung away." Malik said standing up. "Why did you let her inside?!" his dad screamed as he turned to Malik. "I ain't even see her go in, she's slick." Malik said as he looked away trying not to laugh. "Well we have one bottle of the stuff, we can work with what we have." his mom said looking at the dad. The dad took a small glass bottle of green liquid out and held it in his palm. "What even is that..?" Malik said curiously. "It's-" his dad said before someone webbed the glass bottle, pulling it up. They all looked up and saw the girl, "Thanks for the help." The girl in pink said before running off. His dad yelled in frustration and his mom sighed as the brother started to cry. "why are y'all so upset? we'll get it back." Malik said as he crossed his arms. His dad angrily walked back to the vehicle and all of them got in. When they returned home, Malik saw some boxes on the front doorstep. He quickly got out and grabbed the boxes, his mom unlocked the door and Malik ran straight to his room. Malik started to build up his suit. Malik's brother walked in as Malik worked, "What are you making lil bro?" his brother said as he walked closer to Malik. Malik stopped what he was doing and looked at his brother with angry eyes "What does it look like?" he said before turning back to look at his suit. Malik's brother came closer and took a look at the suit "Is that a new suit?" his brother asked in surprise. Malik nodded, he was annoyed by his brother and wanted him to leave. "Can I see it after you're done?" his brother asked as he smiled at Malik, Malik nodded. An hour passed before Malik fully finished his suit. He stood up excitedly and put it on top of his black tank top and attached the bottom to his camouflage cargo with a belt. He turned to his brother, and his brother stared. "So how are you supposed to hide your face..?" his brother asked curiously. Malik smiled as he pressed a small button behind his ear, a mask-like object came out from behind the suit and covered his face. "Can you see and breath..?" his brother asked as he held up 3 fingers. Malik nodded and held up 3 fingers as well. His brother smiled, "I knew you were the more creative one in the family" he said chuckling. Malik's brother always looked down on Malik so he was surprised by this, but it made him smile. "Thanks," Malik said in a deep voice. "Woah! you sound like Dad!" his brother said laughing. Malik pressed the button behind his ear again "I wouldn't want anyone recognizing my voice." he said chuckling. "so you made your voice deeper?" his brother asked as he looked at his younger brother. Malik nodded "I'm actually speaking in my normal voice inside the mask, it sounds deeper to people outside of the suit." Malik chuckled. "That's awesome! You HAVE to show Dad!" his brother said excitedly as he ran out of the room calling for his dad. "He probably wouldn't care." Malik thought to himself as he got off his chair to show his parents. Malik could hear his brother calling for his parents to come out of the kitchen as he walked downstairs. He stood there as he waited for his parents to walk out. His dad came out first with an excited expression, and his mom followed behind him. His brother ran behind him as their parents stood and watched "Look!" Malik's brother said as he waited beside Malik. Malik pressed the button behind his ear and the mask came on. His dad clapped "That's amazing!" his dad said as his mom agreed. Malik smiled, "How did you come up with it, Calvin?" his dad said smiling. "I didn't come up with it dad, it was all Malik!" his brother, Calvin, said a little worried. His dad had a look of disappointment on his face, his mom then said that it was amazing but Malik couldn't stop looking at his father's disapproval. "Malik, talk! show them the voice thing." his brother said hoping to lighten the mood. "I'ma test the suit outside." Malik said as he walked out the door, his dad went back into the kitchen angrily. Calvin and his mom looked at each other worriedly. Hours passed and it was now midnight, Malik hadn't come back yet.