Darknesss united

Chapter 10: Who Are You, Really?

Scar

"We need to catch this "Cuteguy"." Notch said "However, him speaking renders us all useless. I need you to wear earplugs to keep yourself safe. Are you up for the challenge, Scar?"

Scar nodded his head. "Yes, sir." "Good. be ready to go at sundown. That's rumoured as to when his next crime will be."

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Grian POV

"Ready, G?" Impulse said. I nod my head. I can't wait. I need to save him. This might do it. We were going to break into a bank and donate all the money to people on the streets. We need to head out now. "Let's go."

I go around the back of the bank while Impulse distracts the heroes. Canary and Hotguy fly in. Scar.

Wait. What's that in their ears? Earplugs. I could die if I don't get out of here. I reach in my pocket to pull out my communicator and realise I left it in the base. "I NEED TO LEAVE NOW!!!" I yell to Impulse. "THEY'RE WEARING EARPLUGS!!!" too late. Now they know I'm here and that their plan worked. "THEY'RE OVERPOWERING ME!" Impulse called back. "IF YOU DON'T HELP ME, I'M DEAD!"

I run toward him. I can't let someone else die. "I'm coming!" They had his hands tied behind his back. "Strike the ropes with lightning! They'll catch on fire, and it won't hurt you!" "Good idea!"

He calls back, and the air feels different. Suddenly, lightning strikes Impulse, and the ropes holding him in place set ablaze. "Feels good to be back." he said as he levitated up into the air. "A little bit of extra power never hurt me." I remembered what I was taught about electricity-based powers in hero school. They were extremely rare, could not be acquired, and the people with them became overpowered when struck by lightning. But only natural lightning. "The gods must be in our favor!" he called out to me. I would hate to be on the other end of him. He caused a massive shock wave to pulse through the ground, which threw the heroes back 20 feet. However, a shockwave of that size drained him of all the extra power the lightning gave him. "Run!" I call to him. "I can handle this!" Impulse hesitated, as I had not used my powers. "GO!" I yelled, forcing him to.

He went just as Hotguy grabbed my arm. I pull it free, but it's too late. There's a metal cuff on my arm. A power-nullifying cuff. I couldn't fly away. I couldn't stop them. The voice changer I was using whirred to a stop. I wasn't safe.

Scar brought out a knife. "Speak. Or else." He said. Could this really be the same Scar who had cuddled me last night? Who made me breakfast to apologise for something he didn't do? That Scar wouldn't threaten me with a knife. I wonder what they did to him there. In that cursed 'Hero' headquarters. I stayed silent, to see if he'd really do it. Pain. A slash across my wrist oozing blood. I look up at him in terror. This can't be Scar. Scar would never hurt me. "Talk." He repeats. He holds up a baseball bat. He pulls it over his shoulder. I speak just as he swings. "I'm sorry, Scar." a flash of recognition in his green eyes.

It all goes black.

Scar POV

I didn't recognize that voice. I couldn't've recognized that voice. "It wasn't Grian." I reassure myself aloud. "It can't have been" I decide one look under his mask can't hurt. One look to put myself at ease. I reach out with a tentative hand to peel off the mask. Those piercing purple-blue eyes I've known all my life drill into my soul. It's him. I want to run off and keep him safe. I can't let them take him.

No. He betrayed me.

That's when I notice he's not breathing. I press my fingers to his neck. No telltale beating of his heart to prove to me he was alive. All it proves is that I'm a murderer who killed their best friend. I try CPR. Push, push, push, push, push, breathe. After a few repetitions, he sits up in a flash. A wild look of confusion crosses his face until he realizes where he is. "I'm sorry, Scar. I can explain everything." He looks like the man I thought I knew. The man I thought I loved.

"Save it for Notch" I say, my voice dripping with venom. "I don't know you anymore."

I can't get the look of the utter betrayal in his eyes as I turn my back on him and walk away out of my mind.

I'm sorry, Grian. Whoever you are.