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Nonchalantly,Jinyoung dangled the woman  by her legs from the skyscraper as she screamed to an unknown deity. As the woman writhed in terror,Jinyoung yawned slightly,his mind on other things like getting home in time for the new episode of The Psychometry Guy, a drama that Jinyoung has started a couple days ago. He reckoned the lead was pretty handsome.

"PLEASE,GOD,LET ME GO!"screamed the girl,hair blowing in the morning wind. With his super vision,Jinyoung could even see small crowds gathering at the ground.

"I do love being called God,"scoffed Jinyoung,shaking her slightly,"Yet my name is Chaos,it's not that hard to remember."

"I DON'T CARE!"

"Rude. Come on,it's easy.Cha-"

He let go of one of her legs,making the girl scream impossibly louder.

"PLEASE,GOD,NO!"

"Os-"

Jinyoung released the other leg and the girl fell fast. As if brushing invisible dust of his hands,he rubbed his hands on his blue suit.

"Rather rude,that one was,forgetting my name,"said Jinyoung to the body on the ground.

Listening out,Jinyoung could hear the sounds of police vans on the ground. That was surprisingly fast,the police actually came almost on time.

"CHAOS,WE HAVE YOU SURROUNDED!"cried out a police officer on the ground,Jinyoung could only hear it with his enhanced hearing.

Slowly,Jinyoung let out a deep,malicious laugh,turning to the policemen on the ground. His face was contorted a sadistic smile,the smile he held when he knew he had won the game. He had control here. No heroes to mess it all up,no sign of King Justice anywhere.

"No,you don't,"he stated simply and he snapped his fingers quickly.

In a blink,there was no trace of him. Audible,the police and civilians gasped and yelled,pointing at the door where he had been.

Jinyoung had disappeared into thin air.

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"Yugyeom!"called Jinyoung as he walked in,"Did you save any food for me?"

Unmasked and in a shirt with jeans,Jinyoung walked into the flat he shared with another college student called Kim Yugyeom,who Jinyoung didn't mind because he was a mini version of himself. Their flat was nothing special,actually kind of messy to be honest with Jinyoung not being the tidiest man alive. Jinyoung could even smell something strange in the air.

Jinyoung weaved through the random piles of books that he kept promising to make a bookshelf for. Eventually he stumbled into the kitchen,and immediately realised why there was a strange smell,running towards to help Yugyeom at the stove.

"Oh my god,you dumb rat,you set the meat on fire!"exclaimed Jinyoung,feeling his powers building up but he stopped himself and scrambled to get baking soda from the cupboard,pouring it all over the griddle. This put the fire out but ruined the meat.

Yugyeom looked annoyed at him,staring mournfully at the baking soda covered meat. Feeling uncomfortable,Jinyoung poured the mess straight to the bin.

"You didn't have to put it out like that,"complained Yugyeom,taking off his apron,"I spent all day on that."

Suddenly feeling bad,Jinyoung cleaned up the area. Opening the fridge,he looked for any food,but was greeted with half a lemon and a carton of milk. Hoping for more,Jinyoung opened the cupboards,only to find a few bottles of wine and flour. Turning to Yugyeom
,he thought of a plan on the spot.

"How about..."began Jinyoung,remembering he had a few banknotes in his pocket,"How about you sit down and study or whatever,whilst I order some Beef Bulgogi?"

Relaxing,Yugyeom grinned and walked back to the living room.

"Thanks,Taehyung!"shouted Yugyeom as he left.

Jinyoung felt a small stab at the fake name. When most rich kids were getting cars from rich family members for birthdays,Jinyoung had gotten a whole new identity from his uncle.

Kim Taehyung,an orphaned man only three years younger than him,who'd lived a hermit lifestyle and barely socialised until he died. Total identity theft bait.

Seizing this opportunity,his uncle gave Jinyoung this name,paid off the few people who knew him and fixed all the records to remove Park Jinyoung from existence. Whilst this was probably the best gift from his family in his entire life,Jinyoung missed the sweet familiarity of Park Jinyoung. It was a name he had only for himself.

Park Jinyoung.

Kim Taehyung.

Trying not to lose himself down memory lane,Jinyoung steadied himself and picked up his phone. Dialling the number for the takeaway,Jinyoung ordered the food and went to his room. He had a live theatre performance that he had to review and analyse,which was his one of the most boring parts of doing theatre at college.

A mess of clothes and more books than the landing,Jinyoung flopped onto the bed. It's strange how people would always have the expectation that he would be almost clinically clean,to match his cold outer personality. Jinyoung knew the lived-in look very well,grabbing his laptop from underneath a giant pile of clothes.

Typing away,Jinyoung was just writing some paragraph on the use of lighting when he heard the doorbell ring. Bouncing up,he went out of the room and answered the door to the delivery guy,paying him and bringing the food into the living room.Yugyeom was watching some breaking news and didn't even notice.

CHAOS DROPS WOMAN TO HER DEATH FROM SKYSCRAPER was emblazoned on the tv,showing grainy video footage of Jinyoung casually dropping the woman and disappearing.

Couldn't have thought of a catchier title,could they?

"Chaos has,once again,murdered an innocent civilian,"said the newsreader in a serious voice,"Police are baffled by his unorthodox disappearing,which is a power that can only be harnessed by heroes. King Justice,Chaos' arch enemy,did not come to the scene. He is unavailable for comment."

Jinyoung always found it funny whenever he came on national television. It was always his dream as a child for his name to be remembered. Ironically,they'd remember this name (it'd go down in history) but never his real name.

As for King Justice,Jinyoung was glad he didn't show up. He could've done his little do-gooder act and save everyone. Honestly,it was unlike him to forget to come. Almost offensive,really.

"He's a monster,"stated Yugyeom simply,without the usual malice that came with that sentence,staring at the screen. Jinyoung put the takeaway on the coffee table.

"This sounds mad,but I want to meet him,"said Yugyeom,which almost made Jinyoung chuckle,musing aloud,"What's he doing this all for?"

For revenge.

For my name to be remembered.

For payback.

For the crushed hopes and dreams.

"There are some things you can't explain,Gyeom,"answered Jinyoung quietly.

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Yes I fully exploited the "super hero/villain sees themselves on news" cliché kms.

Enjoyyyyyy

-PEN!

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