REformed Supervillain

The windows shattered into the house, cutting through the air like a claymore blast. The soft tan sofa was mauled by the hot glass. Behind the sofa, Susan laid on top of Lilly while the glass sunk into Susan’s hip. Lilly’s screams were dwarfed by the loud train whistle the wind made inside their home.

“Everything’s going to be okay. Just close your eyes,” Susan said, trying to cover Lilly’s head. 

“Susan! Lilly!” Henry yelled, while he entered the living room. 

“Dad!” Lilly said.

Henry ran over to them before being lifted off his feet and thrown into the wall. He was unable to move, embedded into the wall. A man wearing a dark skin tight suit and dark blue cape floated into the room.

"Henry Sefield, I'm here to take you in," Dark Tornado said.

"I'm no longer a supervillain. I'm reformed now."

"I won't fall for that."

"I had it cleared with the Mayor. Give him a call."

"Mayor Cheerheart? I severely doubt that."

Dark Tornado floated up to Henry so he could look into his eyes. He could tell Henry was telling the truth. Henry did not fight back like he would only a few years ago. Dark Tornado squeezed his fist tight, then relaxed it and placed his hand on Henry's head. 

"Okay. I believe you," Dark Tornado said and blew into his eye. Henry's eye flattened and squirted juices out of the socket. 

"Aggghhhh!" Henry screamed and tried to cover his eye. 

"But no one will believe you didn't deserve what comes next."

Dark Tornado inhaled, his chest growing twice it's size. He was about to blow again when Susan jumped on Dark Tornado back and dug a shard of glass into his neck.

"Take that you bastard!" Susan yelled.

His neck sprayed red and drenched Susan's face. His chest deflated like a balloon, letting out a sputtering sound. Dark Tornado reached around, grabbing her by the back of her shirt, and slammed her head first into the wall next to Henry. Her body hung limp outside the wall.

"Susan!" Henry yelled.

Dark Tornado pulled the bloody shard of glass and chucked it at the sofa, cutting through it and piercing Lilly in the chest. She let out a high pitched shriek. Dark Tornado's eyes got big and looked behind the sofa. Blood ran pooled under her body and she gurgled on her own blood. 

"Shit." Dark Tornado scooped Lilly in his arms and flew off with her while Henry rolled out of the wall. 

"Susan!" Henry said and pulled her head out of the wall, cradling her in his arms.

Her mouth full of blood, she coughed and winced in pain.

"Henry…" she said, barely gasping out his name.

He brushed her hair back. "Yes. I'm here,"

"Make them pay...all of them."

"I will. Just stay with me." 

"Make them feel it…" she said, before her head tilted back and eyes lost their light. 

Henry cried blood and held her tighter. Her lifeless body sat in his arms like a doll. All those years of rehab were out the window. He was going to honor his wife's last request. To make them pay.

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