PENANCE UNFORGIVEN

(A Marvel Fanfiction, taking place between the Events of ThunderBolts: Dark Reign and Avengers Academy, revolving around the betterment of Robbie Baldwin, AKA Speedball, AKA Penance)

Robbie Baldwin.... A Pawn for the Media.... Then.... A Pawn for Tony Stark and the Civil War..... And even still after..... A Pawn for Norman Osborn and his Thunderbolts.... Tossed around, used as a weapon for the public.... Although now.... A free man.... Taken in.... And for the most part.... His colleagues in the Superhero community.... Have forgiven him for Stamford.... For the deaths he caused..... He blames himself for.....

Nothing can make it right in his eyes.... He is.... Unforgivable..... Rotting away in a cocoon of misery he doesn't know if he can escape from..... The suit haunts him..... 612 spikes within it to remind him of the worst day of his life.... 612 spikes to remind him to never forget...

Although it's been years since the incident, years since his torture by the hands of the government and the media.... Despite his freedom.... Despite his new life.... His demons forever haunt him.....

And it remains to be seen.... If his demons..... Will be the end of him.....