Disclaimer: Not mine, I happen to on the DVD though. Oh, and the laptop I'm typing it on. That's a first!
A/N: Thanks for all the reviews on the last chapter. I'm sorry that this is months late.
When a young budding hero (or sidekick) first enters Sky High he or she receives a copy of The Official Hero's Handbook. Or the sidekick equivalent I'm not sure what those look like, I've never actually seen one. I don't think the sidekicks actually read them. Probably destroy them on sight actually. I think Layla tried reading her copy and found it to be more boring than watching grass grow, that's after she apologized to the nearby lawn for insulting it…yeah, shes an odd one I know. I think Zack just threw his copy off the side of the school. Probably fell out of the sky and thwacked some poor dude half way across the world who is still confused as to where the book came from or as to which language it's written in. Anyway I think you get my point…
Back to The Official Hero's Handbook (yes this does have to do with my life story I'm not stalling here, no honestly, I'm not) the book lays out the law for what every young budding hero needs to study and learn while in High School. It goes through year by year semester by semester the required classes.
Well guess what my least favorite, most abhorred class is? You got it, Villains 101. Guess why? I know, I know a really hard question that is…um, lets think big bad villains here…right!
My old man has got an entire chapter devoted to him in our text book. That's really saying something, because there are a lot of bad guys out there that we need to know about. That really makes class great fun for me, his son. Who has his powers and slightly resembles him. It's a blast, let me tell ya. I just love those horrified mutters in the corners when they think I'm not looking or listening to them along with the gasps of horror stemming from reading the chapter.
So why does he have his own chapter? He is hardly the first "Super" Villain the world has seen and he certainly isn't the last.
Well there is actually an answer for all of this. Most super villains one sees on the news are of your "Disney" verity. You may ask "Disney" huh? Look at it this way. One day your average Joe or Jane finds out that he or she has superpowers, because hey it runs in the family or you fell into a vat of toxic waste or got bit by a radioactive…creature. That's cool, right; it feels like the whole world is at your fingertips. You're powerful, and playing by the rules isn't quite your niche. You're told by school and society that every one is equal. That's BS and will always be BS! You are bigger and badder than most. (Not all super villains have bad grammar, actually many have an excellent vocabulary and conversation skills. It does take a decent amount of intelligence to be a super villain. Well, a good super villain that is…) You want to show people just how powerful you are. Brag a little, show the civilians what they are missing. So, you stop playing by the petty little rules society likes to enforce on people. Instead you form your own rules. Have a little fun in the process. You decide to take over a city, build an 'evil' robot, army, or try and brainwash what ever interests you at the time. The 'good guys' gain wind of your nefarious plans and swear to put a stop to your plan. In the end you have a show offy battle with your mortal enemy…usually lose and flee town to lick your wounds….UNTIL NEXT TIME…because you…WILL RETURN!!!! Cue 'evil' laugh that supposedly strikes fear or amusement into your enemies hearts.
Sound kind of familiar? Same old story.
Every one knows your name, but, besides some damage to public property and peoples' pride no one really gets hurt.
That doesn't describe my old man, not by a long shot. People get hurt. Some get killed. It's not a game with him. He makes his point and doesn't let people forget. He can be truly terrifying.
I'm not the only son of a Super Villain at Sky High. But I am the only son of a murderer there.
I really don't understand what drove my Father to do what he did. I hope that I never will understand, truly. What ever pushed him to far… I'm completely capable of becoming even more terrifying than him. I'm powerful, I'm intelligent, and I know that the good guys aren't always good or right and the bad guys aren't always wrong. It's just the measures that they go to, to make a point. I have had a glimpse of those measures through my father, and have seen glimpses of it in my self and others.
Some of them have logical reasons for their actions. My father had logical reasons for his actions. Politics, world affairs, society and the super society as a whole, some things do need to change, and so he did his best to change them.
I don't think the five or so people he burned to death quite agreed with his tactics.
Mom and I certainly didn't.
Contrary to popular belief around here I'm not going to follow in his footsteps. Oh, I could, I could be a lot worse if I wanted to be. I'm not denying that.
I'm just pointing out that, I actually have a choice about my future and I'm positive I'm not what people expect.
Well, I've ranted here to you guys today and told you very little else 'bout my life. I guess I'm supposed to move the story along a little more, huh? Yeah, I get it. But you got me started on my sorry excuse for a father (that I actually like…under some circumstances) and I just went along with that.
I'm sure the gang here will drag more of my life story out of me later.
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