Darkened Hearts

Prologue

Nikolai's POV:

"People are speculating about the superhero's sudden disappearance." I hear the news woman babbel on. I'm not usually interested in the news but this story catches my full attention. I sit forward in my seat.

"It's uncharacteristic of her to not swoop in and save the day." She continues. "Three men were apprehended earlier today for an armed robbery in Summer side bank. Rumours were going around after Aquamarine didn't respond to previous incidents but after something so big we're left to wonder, where is our superhero?" She questions and I roll my eyes. "Has she abandoned us in our time of need? Stay tuned for more updates."

Everyone is always "in need" of something, this time isn't any different. It's the same shit, different day.

I hate the media, they twist shit all the fucking time. They're making it out as though they desperately need her help and she's not coming through. They act so entitled.

They're always so quick to turn on the so called "hero" they supposedly worship. Don't get me started on the people, how quick they are to change their minds. It makes them so easy to manipulate. It's like they have no mind of their own, they're just following what they're told when they're told it, it's pathetic really.

I'm a firm believer that you should stick to your beliefs, only when necessary should you change them. People nowadays are too afraid to be wrong, too scared so they follow the crowd of people instead of having an opinion of their own. All it takes is one person to start a revolution and I think it's about time for some change.

In the midst of the lying and decit, the fact still remains though, Aquamarine is gone. It can't be a coincidence that I got a glimpse of her face right before she disappeared.

It all happened so quickly but I'll never forget her face. The two of us were fighting the night before she "disappeared" and her mask slipped. I saw her face, her real identity that she's kept tightly under wraps. After that, she fled and she hasn't been seen since.

Her efforts to hide from me are pointless though, now that I've seen her face, she can't escape me. I will find her and bring her to her knees, it's just a matter of when.

After everything she's done she deserves to pay. She's stood in our way for too long now.

I don't care who I have to hurt or what I have to do, I will end her. I will find her and nothing can stop me.

We've been at each others throats for years but I've never been so close to taking her down. She's always seemed to be one step ahead of us and while she hasn't been able to take us down fully, she's always puts an end to what we're planning, it's most annoying.

We're on two different sides to the war, destined to be enemies. We're both on a sinking ship with only one life jacket. In this world it's either kill or be killed.

She thinks herself as better than us and that infuriates me to the core and fuels the burning fire in my lungs.

I hate her. She's like a relighting candle. Incessant, no matter how hard you try she just won't go away. A fucking pain in the ass. She's a thorn in my side. She's firery and stubborn. She's deciving, disguising herself as something that she is not. You can't even throw a trick candle away or it will burn your fucking house down. Don't even get me started on using water as the solution because that would just be playing into her hand.

I will see her fall, I will be the reason for it. There's no line I won't cross, no mountain I won't move to make it happen.

She claims to have morals but morals only get you so far in this world, clever gets you further.

Now that I've seen her face and she doesn't know mine, I have the upper hand and we both know it.

I may not know what her name is or where she's gone but I know her face and I'm nothing if not determined. She's running because she's afraid of us and so she should be.

She might have the full world fooled with this charade but we know the real her. Underneath her Superhero persona, she may look and act like a normal human but she's not. She's not like us and she needs to be taken down before the damage she causes is irreparable.

If she wants to be the hero and to cast me as the villain then so be it. I'll show her what a real villain can do.

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