Big City Villain | BOOK ONE

Wattpad Exclusive Bonus Chapter: Falling For Her

You asked for it (well, actually only two people did but why not?), so here it is: Flaming Spark's A.K.A. Coal's POV when he went to Molly in Chapter Twenty-One: What's Your Secret, Coal Black. I also threw in something extra:

"Come and get me, Flaming Spark!" Headphones yelled.

The flashback was sudden and hard to resist. With a close of my eyes, I was back in time almost six years ago when my whole world change with one challenge from my archenemy.

From where I was, I could see the spot where the infamous super villain Headphones defeated me. It stood there tall in the sky, taunting me for deceiving everyone about what happened that night.

The whole rooftop was on fire, the heat from the flames nearly causing the Brickland building to go up in flames, but I kept my fire under control, I would not burn this place down. Not if I can stop it.

"Flaming Spark! You've got backup! I'm here!" Some superhero yelled from outside of the flames.

Snap, Red was supposed to keep everyone away! "Stay back! It's dangerous!" I yelled, keeping my voice unnaturally deep to Spark's tone. I turned in a full circle and tried to see through the flames to find out who was foolhardy enough to burst through the hot flames.

Trying to keep this whole charade as convincing as possible, I raised my tone of voice a little higher. "Why don't you just go away? No one wants you around anymore, Spark. You're an old has-been and you're not even twenty!"

I made a great big fireball and threw it in a random direction like I was trying to attack Headphones, otherwise known as myself, my pretend opponent. Trust me, this was all Red's idea, not mine. He must be getting a kick out of this, but if I don't follow his rules then it's just a snap of his fingers and I'm out of superhero work for good.

"I'm coming in!" The annoying, unhelpful superhero yelled.

"No! Stay back!" I made the fire hotter, trying to discourage them from flying in and getting hurt. It didn't seem like they were going to listen because the wind blew hard enough to reveal a dark shadow shooting closer.

I gritted my teeth and quickly took my red mask off, throwing it over the edge of the roof and slipping on a black mask, just in time for the superhero to slam into me, knocking the both of us to the ground.

"Leave Spark alone!" They yelled, throwing wild punches. I was able to dodge the majority, but the ones that did get me hurt.

We rolled a few times, and this time I landed on top, pinning the super down and letting the wind whip away the flames. I jerked back when I saw who it was. "Aero?"

She scowled at me, a fiery expression on her face. "Headphones. If you dare hurt Flaming Spark-"

I laughed loudly, cutting her off and jumping to my feet. "Flaming Spark is gone, and what are you going to do about it? A superhero who only has flight and no other powers, you're hardly an opponent. Try and stop me."

Aero looked around, her eyes widening with the realization she was all alone. "Where's Spark?"

I felt disgusted with myself, hating what I was forcing myself to turn into. All for what? To keep this stupid charade up? I sucked in a deep breath and squared my shoulders. "I defeated him. I'm the new super villain in town, and if I were you, I'd disappear and never come back."

I mentally slapped myself out of the flashback and turned from the building that was still somehow my favorite place despite all the bad memories connected to it.