I smile as a thorn scratches Zed's cheek; I'm probably enjoying this a little too much but it's what he deserves. When people do bad things, they need to be punished, it's like the rules of the universe. It just so happens I'm the one who gets to punish Zed. A thorn rips Zed's grey top, Zed attempts to struggle but the thorns just tighten.
"When people do bad things, they get punished. But what am I supposed to do with you? You didn't just do a bad thing, you're a horrible person" I say, smiling as I look at the fear in Zed's eyes, the footsteps are getting closer, but I don't care. I'm sure Zed's friends share his morals, I won't kill them, but I will hurt them if they get in my way.
My heart sinks as I see Tony entering the room in his iron man suit. Of course, I'm assuming Henry warned Peter that I'll probably kill Zed and Peter went running to Tony. Why can't they let me be just this once? Zed deserves this, he deserves so much worse than what I'm doing.
"Storm, what are you doing?" Tony asks softly, his eyes filled with confusion and sympathy. I look away, more thorns scratch Zed who lets out a tiny whimper, I hope the thorns are deep. Tony heads over to Zed but thorns appear, causing a wall to emerge, Tony can't get to Zed.
"Stay out of this" I warn Tony, I remove the thorn around Zed's mouth since Tony is aware he's here. I don't care if Tony arrests me after Zed is killed, I don't care if I spend the rest of my life in a cell, I just want Zed to pay for what he did to Clover.
I roll my eyes as Charles enters the room. I should kill Zed before they try to stop me, but I don't want to just kill him, I want him to suffer. I want Zed to experience everything I felt when Clover died in my arms, I want him to beg for death.
Fire appears on Zed's knee, and he screams, Tony glares at me and I simply shrug in response. "He killed Clover, Tony, this is what he deserves." Zed stares at Tony and Charles, waiting for them to save him, but they aren't going to, I won't let them.
"You've hurt him enough, this is over" Charles says firmly, locking eyes with Tony. I try to create more fire, but I can't, my body isn't responding to me. I frown as I see the thorns disappearing, my eyes narrow as I glance at Charles.
"Give me my powers back" I snap, shouldn't he be on my side? He's my dad, not Zed's. I roll my eyes, I guess I'll do this the hard way, I step forward to pick up the knife but all of a sudden, I can't move my body. I close my eyes, Charles is controlling me, I've heard about how powerful he is, I am no match for him.
"He killed Clover, why are you taking his side?" I ask, staring at Charles. Charles and Tony know how much Clover meant to me; they know that I was in love with her.
"You're full of anger, if you kill him, you'll regret it, I'm doing this for you" Charles says calmly, just once I want him to actually react like a normal person, he's always calm and practical, just once I want to see him full of rage or sadness.
"I won't regret it, I want to kill him" I say, glancing at Charles. "Give me my powers back, this doesn't concern either of you." Zed gasps and looks at me, his eyes are wide with horror, he's realising just how powerful I am. I enjoy the fear radiating off his body, I want him to beg for his life as I kill him, then I want him to be in so much pain he begs me to kill him.
"This isn't you; I must say I'm disappointed" Charles says. Rage fills up inside of me, he doesn't get to be disappointed, he's been my dad for all of five minutes, he doesn't get to come in and say he's disappointed in how I'm reacting to Clover's death.
"Maybe I'm disappointed you're my father" I snap, Charles, once again, doesn't react. I clench my fists, wishing I could move. Maybe Charles will act like a human and not a robot if he sees me kill Zed.
I flinch as Tony comes over, pulling my hands behind my back. My eyes widen as I feel something cold around my wrists, Tony is handcuffing me. "I'm sorry to do this, Storm, I am, but it's for your own good" Tony says.
"Let me kill him! You can arrest me after and I'll spend the rest of my life in your stupid cells, I don't care. Just let me kill him!" I snap, my voice rising. Charles and Tony both ignore me and glance at one another. My powers aren't working, I'm not sure whether it's Charles stopping them or if the handcuffs can stop my powers.
"I'll erase Zed's memory of this encounter" Charles says to Tony who nods in agreement. Tony places his hand on my shoulder and leads me towards the door. I'm able to move now, Charles knows there is no way of me killing Zed now that the two of them have shown up and ruined everything. "Maybe get her out of here."
"Tony, let me kill him, please, you can do whatever you want to me after, let me avenge Clover" I plead, Tony sighs slightly but ignores me and keeps pushing me outside.
"I'm really disappointed, Storm, I thought you of all people know that murder isn't the answer" Tony says as we walk up to his plane.
*Author's Note* Storm has been through so much and it looks like Clover's death is the tipping point.
YOU ARE READING
Beautiful Ruins
Action"Maybe there was a fleeting moment where I wanted to be a hero and believed I could be one, but the truth is I'm not, I won't ever be. My past does define me, it made me a villain" - Storm. Fifteen-year-old Storm is the daughter of Black Widow and I...
