A/N: This is just a quick one shot I thought of. Let me know what you think!
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Hero
Hero. The word leaves a sickeningly bitter taste in my mouth. I loathe to be called hero, for it implies something I am not.
A hero is someone who puts his life at stake for altruistic purposes. A hero is brave, noble…just. A hero is a role model that children can look up to and admire.
I am not a hero. I do not put my life at stake for the goodness of others. I am not brave or noble. I am no role model, and I should not be admired.
I am sick, stricken ill by the demons of my past. My soul is cold and black like coal. The cowl I hide under ensconces the perverse joy I receive from instilling fear into the hearts of criminals.
It is revenge that steers me into this heroic profession, not love. Justice is worthless; retribution is the only reward I seek. Taking charge of what I couldn't control in my youth is all I have to live for.
Everything was taken from me on that cold night decades ago. My mother, my father…my normal, average life. In one instant, everything I knew and loved forever disappeared. I could never reclaim what was lost in those darkest hours of my life.
It drove me near the brink of insanity. Sleep continually eluded me, and what few moments of slumber I could capture resulted in nightmares of my parents' bleeding corpses. Food lost all taste, school became irrelevant…even the friendships I had soon disintegrated.
I was alone, lost in the oceans of my despair.
To think that the one thing that saved me would in turn destroy others. My vigilante work brought down numerous villains and outlaws, whether the police wanted it or not. I didn't care what it took; I put everything on the line for the sake of apprehending an offender, even the lives of others. I didn't care if I endangered innocent civilians; all that mattered was that I won.
I am not salvation; I am devastation.
A/N: This is soo different from what I have written before, and I think I might have rushed it. What do you think? Should I try to extend it? Let me know! Thanks for reading!