S y m p a t h y F o r t h e D e v i l

"What is it? …You? What are you doing here?"

"...I wanted to talk to you...can I come in?"

"..."

"I'll just stand here if not,"

"..."

"If you don't want to talk to me that's fine too. I'll just talk to your door,"

"...What do you want?"

"Are you going to listen?"

"That depends on what you have to say. If it it something trivial, pointless, stupid, then no I will not pay you any mind,"

"...I don't think it is, but everyone else seems to think so. You're different...I thought maybe you'd think different,"

"...What do you want? What is it you desire to discuss? And make it quick. I have no time for 'teen drama',"

"I promise it's not teen drama...listen...we never really got a clear answer from you. At least, I don't feel like...like I ever gave you a real chance to even give a clear answer. And I wanted to...come here and fix that, since I think you deserve a chance to...explain yourself,"

"What is this you are blabbering on about? You're making absolutely no sense; there is no logical conclusion that can be drawn from the that which you are saying,"

"I'm sorry...I guess some of you has rubbed off on me, huh?"

"What do you mean by that? What are you implying with such a statement? W-Why are you laughing? There is to be no snickering, no giggling, no chortling of any kind in the presence of-"

"No, no, I'm sorry. You just...nevermind. Please...can I come in and talk? About...family things,"

"...Family?"

"Yeah...stuff like...why you left, why you hate us...why you became...evil,"

"...Come in, it would seem that there is much to discuss..."

"Thank you,"

"Don't thank me, this changes nothing between us. You are still the hero and I am still the villain. Soon...I'll try to destroy you again. Try to smear you across the pavement, to crush you into dust,"

"Yeah...yeah I figured, but let me get a few answers first...please?"

"...Sit down..."

"...This reminds me of that time we threw our baseball through your window..."

"Remove such thoughts from your cerebral process! Perish any remembrance of that accursed day from your memory banks!"

"Right...sorry, won't bring it up again..."

"...Very well, where shall we begin? That is to say, with which question do you desire to start?"

"...Why did you leave?"

"Hmph...as if I was ever wanted to begin with,"

"Don't dodge the question, why did you leave?"

"...Fine...I'll answer your question, but I don't wish to! It is against my wishes to reveal such personal things to someone I consider a foe, an enemy, a nemesis, a..."

"...A sister?"

"...I ran away because, with you, I wasn't needed any more,"

"How do you know!? If you'd stayed...maybe things would be different,"

"No, there would be nothing different! Nothing would change! Nothing would be altered in any fashion! Not one thing..."

"Okay...then why did you decide to be...to be evil?"

"It wasn't a decision I made, I did not choose to be cast aside and hated, I did not choose to be demonized, vilified, made into a monster!"

"Then...what did you hope to accomplish?"

"There are many things wrong with this world...I spent time thinking about these things...turning them over in my suddenly powerful mind. I reflected on Townsville, on this stupid world...so much that needs to change...to be fixed,"

"..."

"The world would never listen to a monkey...so I decided that day that the only way to fix the human world was to take it over! To seize control, to take the helm, to bind it in chains!"

"Then why did you betray us?"

"...What? What did you say?"

"We trusted you...we believed what you were telling us! About change...about being special...about saving the world! You used us! How can you sit there and tell me how you wanted to fix the world, when you were just as corrupt as the rest of it!"

"...I didn't use you. You were instrumental in my bid for world domination. Perhaps...it seemed as though I had, but you fled, ran away before I could further explain!"

"You weren't ever going to explain anything! You were just going to wipe us out with the rest of them!"

"No! Don't you dare think such things! Until you chose to fight me I would have never thought to destroy you! You made war against me!"

"We came back to save our dad!"

"He's no different than any of the others! Humans...they're all the same, not a single one worth saving...they're the creators of such concepts as...good and evil, just and unjust. They've brainwashed you, manipulated your thinking, twisted your thoughts until you believed only what they told you!"

"...What about me? Am I just like them? Are we just like them?"

"...You aren't human, you never were,"

"We've tried to be...we wanted to be,"

"You'll never be human...you'll never lower yourself to their level,"

"What...what's that supposed to mean?"

"Nothing, forget I said anything,"

"No...no tell me what you meant,"

"I would never invite your annoying sisters into my home for such...civilized conversation,"

"I don't...understand,"

"You're different. I saw that when we first met that day in the rain, when I saved you,"

"You...you did?"

"You are a strange...disgustingly beautiful mess...a paradox, an impossibility. You defy all it means to be human by being more than human,"

"..."

"They preach a gospel of good versus evil, they feign a struggle to wipe out evil, hiding it behind a prettier evil they falsely label as good...but you...you really are good. It's sickening...it's why I could never destroy you,"

"...I don't..."

"We're finished...get out of my home, vacate my property, leave immediately."

"But..."

"Get...out!! Before I lose my patience!"

"..."

"...I don't know what you're trying to do..."

"I..."

"And as far as we're concerned...this conversation never happened, never occurred, is non-existent. But...I want you to be careful..."

"You what?"

"Get out of my laboratory,"

"...Alright...goodnight..."