Darknesss united

Chapter 17

Scar

"I'll be your villain!"
I let my wings unfurl behind me. I let the crowd take it all in. Then I get ready to go. To fly off and let them wonder what just happened. Wonder who I really am. And wonder about the rest of the hidden secrets. I decide to fly through the building. But someone grabs my sleeve.
Speedrunner.
The fastest hero.
Of course he'd be here.

I slip on the mask of the Vex and hold up a blazing ball of blue-white light.

"You wanna dance?" I say. "Let's dance!"
I throw it down and the world explodes beneath me. I watch Speedrunner fly backwards and into the crowd. Burn marks scorch the ground. The first few rows of people stumble and the closest are holding parts of their body and clenching their teeth.
I fly backwards into the wall, passing through it with ease. The people in front of me gawk. I soar over them.
Looking down, I see a battered and bruised Speedrunner lying on the floor. He's covered in burn wounds and blood from his scrapes is visible on the ground around him. The number two hero looks utterly defeated.
I should feel bad, seeing him lying there wounded. Wounded by me. He was once an ally.
But I don't. I want to see him burn in my flames and die.
I want someone to die.
"Kill him" they say. I don't know who they are, but I know I need to listen. More than that, I want to. "Show them what they did. Show them that you're not a hero anymore."
"Show them that you're not afraid."
That's all it took. I want to kill him. And I can.
I land in front of him. The people surrounding me back away in fear.
I slice my claws across his throat.
His strangled cries echo in my mind.
"Void take you." I whisper as I finish him off.
I take to the skies once more. Everyone stares up at me. I look down on them.
I guess I'm really a villain now.
And I've never been better.
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Grian

"Are you ready?" I ask, tapping Scar on the shoulder.

"I was born ready." Scar replies, making a slight gesture to the wings spread behind him.

"Let's do this."
Cub hands him a button. I don't know what it does, but I think they did that mind reading thing again. I rest my hand on his shoulder lightly. I want to do so much more, but I settle for just this. Maybe if he lets it stay, he loves me back? I don't know.
He jerks away. I guess...
A few minutes later, I fly in for Hotguy's new unveiling. He looks just like he did as a hero. I have no idea how Cub managed that. That man can work miracles.

A nod of approval from Scar causes an eerie silence to settle over the square.

A comment from the crowd sets the whole thing alight as Scar mumbles before plunging into a rant. He speaks about all that Notch did to him, and when a member of the crowd disagrees, I know he'll make sure they wish they didn't.

Some guy in the audience throws a tomato at Scar's face, and I watch in a combination of awe and satisfaction as it goes right through him. It splats as it hits the wall next to me. The crowd erupts into a series of questioning whispers.
Someone in the crowd objects again, calling him insane.
"You call me mad but I make perfect sense. Wouldn't you turn against the man, no, monster, who hurt and killed and hid so much?" I'm so proud of him.
"He's hiding nothing!" someone calls out.
Scar mumbles something and raises his hands in an 'X' above his head like a movie scene. I stand just far back enough not to be hurt.
He pulls down his hands and a great ball of blue fire is where Scar once stood. Rising from the ashes in his new costume with Vex wings spread behind him, he signals to me to leave. He looks incredible. I want to go out there and kiss him. Just before we leave, a flash of bright green grabs Scar's sleeve.

Scar slips on his mask and exclaims "You wanna dance? Let's dance!"

An orb of light from Scar's hand explodes against the floor. From the sky, I remain uninjured. The same cannot be said for Speedrunner. He's flung through the crowd, his blood scraping on the floor. His costume is covered in scorch marks.
Scar joins me in the sky. After a few seconds, he dives back down into the masses. They back away.
A flash of scarlet and blue reflects up towards me. I barely make out a faint, strangled cry. Again, Scar scores his claws across Speedrunner's throat.

Scar Just killed someone. I don't know what I expected, but not that. A feeling of pride blooms in my chest. Scar takes to the sky beside me, and we head home.



Author's notes
1. This chapter is intentionally nameless.
2. Yes, I did in fact use Villain by Neoni as my climax.