A Supervillain Appears
"P-Please, help me!" A helpless woman cried, she was naked and bleeding. Her nose was crushed and her teeth were missing.
"HELP ME!" She screamed as she crawled, trying to get away from whoever was responsible for this cruelty but all she heard in response was the dreaded footsteps of the person that had done this to her.
"If you want to scream, do it properly," The husky voice said behind her and she froze in fear.
"What do you want!? I have money! I will give you anything you want!" The lady pleaded but the man did not bulge upon hearing this response.
He had on a mask that covered his entire head, it had no distinctive features, it was just blank. The only thing of note is the color white.
"What do I want? I have never thought of that but I like songs, can you sing me one before you die?" The man requested, walking towards her.
"S-Stay away!" She screamed, before trying to stand up to run and her ankles snapped the moment she got to her feet, breaking in three places.
The agony she was in was known by the ear-piercing scream she let out, she was in so much pain that she found herself wishing for death,
"Where are your superheroes?" The man mocked her as she was crying and losing her mind, she wasn't listening to anything he was saying anymore and she soon lost consciousness as her body went into shock.
"You humans, you can only take so much pain…" The man sounded disappointed as he walked up to her unconscious body and slit her throat.
"I don't want to play with you ladies anymore," The man said, walking away, and behind were multiple bodies, all of which were women.
Michael hated his mother more than ever and he knew he couldn't be around her when he found that his thoughts could comprehend physically hurting her, he didn't like that.
He knew he needed to leave and he needed to do so fast but something was interesting on the television, his mother was crying but she wasn't shooting any drugs which was a wake-up call but her withdrawals were horrific.
She had scratched through her skin and left bruises all over her body but Michael was done with her bullshit, he had reached his limit.
"Breaking news, a famous singer has been found dead with her neck slit. This follows a series of similar events. We cannot disclose other details as the families have asked us to respect their grieving at this time." The news reporter said, standing outside the place of the incident.
The news report was strange because they rarely reported normal killings, this sounded like your average serial killer but the news reporter said something that caught the interest of Michael.
"The killer responsible is believed to be the one that killed Wonder Kid, the superhero that had his throat slit similarly. It is believed the one doing these killings is a supervillain." The news reporter rounded up the report and Michael's face lit up the moment he heard, this was the first time that they were reporting the death of a supervillain.
"W-What? A superhero was killed?" Michael questioned what he was seeing, he wanted to run to Edward to tell him and he didn't think twice about running to tell Edward this news.
But upon going outside, he saw Edward surrounded by suspicious-looking people.
Edward caught a glimpse of him and signaled with his eyes for Michael to stay back but Michael wasn't hearing any of that as he approached them.
"Hey, Edward!" Michael greeted him, walking right into the center of them.
"Hahaha! Don't mind him, he's a bit slow," Edward tried to play it off, trying to push him away but it was too late.
One of the two men looked familiar, it was the man that had confronted him before, he was with another man that looked equally as dangerous but Michael didn't show any fear.
"I know this lil' shit head, he's the kid's friend or something, Pablo…" The man said, and Pablo focused his attention on Michael but Michael didn't flinch.
Edward was scared out of his mind because these men were real killers but the look on Michael's face scared him even more, it felt like he had switched off something himself.
"Oi, how about we beat your little friend to death and maybe then you will give us that money! We don't give a shit about your 'Papa'!" Pablo warned, equipping a knife from his pocket.
He pushed it against the neck of Michael and Michael's eyes went dead, he felt like an empty shell as these words left his lips.
"Do you want to fucking die?" Edward was shocked by these words that escaped his best friend's lips. This wasn't Michael and now Michael's carelessness was about to cost both of them their lives.
"What the fuck did you say?" Pablo asked, daring Michael to repeat himself but all Michael did was take a step forward and into the knife. It was sharp as it gradually pierced his skin and Pablo inadvertently withdrew the knife from his neck but he didn't even realize when he did that, it was a reflex.
"Pablo, what the fuck are you doing?" The man with him asked but Pablo knew that there was something damaged in Michael, something dark that shouldn't be disturbed.
"Michael…" Edward said and the moment he heard Edward's voice, his eyes came back to life. And he looked in Edward's direction with a smile.
Michael soon felt a push as he tumbled to the ground, he looked up to ask Edward what the hell that was for but before he could speak, he understood why.
The man they called Pablo had tried to stab Michael and Edward pushed him out of the way but unfortunately, Edward didn't come out unscathed. This sight horrified Michael and he lost it.
"EDWARD!" His scream echoed but no one was coming to save them.