Ch. 5: Betrayal is at hand

(I figured I would go and cover Victor's perspective first and then come back to Mike so without further or due enjoy this next portion of the Perfect Trio.)

If there is one thing I regret doing in all my life as an assassin is the fact that I murdered people and yet I didn t feel terrible after everything I had done. However, everyone else I knew didn t care so I did what I did since I knew no one could stop me. What I didn t know then was that that was all going to change. One day as I threatened to kill the mayor of Edmonton like Devil asked me to do, the weirdest guy in one of those classic superman wannabes outfits came into the scene to save the day. He was very tall in a blue outfit with dark blue gloves and boots and he had a light-blue helmet on as well. He looked exactly like John Travolta oddly enough.

Fear not Mr. Mayor! The great Captain Hero is here to save the day!!! The mayor sighed in relief. You better not try any funny stuff or else the mayor gets it. , I yelled. The mayor then gritted his teeth and looked at me in fear as I placed a gun to his head. Cease and desist you ruffian!! The next thing that happened was he laid a punch on me and smacked right out the door and out into the hallway. It was the first time someone actually could hit me. Devil trained me for all sorts of hand to hand combat moves. He trained me for defense and offense, he trained me to anticipate any danger, but I never expected Captain Hero to attack me at point blank range at over 60 km/h. I admit you have moves super-stingy but it won t get rid of me that easily. , I replied with some dignity regardless of the wounds I received. With that I up and left the scene faster than Chris did when we made it into outer space (which occurs much later into the future of the story I should add). I looked at my face in a mirror and with disgust found blood running down my check. Why that little arrgh!!! That clown in blue tights actually made a hit on me. No sooner was I thinking about Captain Hero did I see a commercial about him and deodorant. Captain Hero: smell fresh!!! Then I saw the news report about the mayor saying he was grateful. By the next few days everyone was talking about how they wished they were Captain Hero (who does this guy thinks he is? I ve been a wanted man longer than he could at saving people and yet he s stealing all of the spot light!!)

It just didn t make sense at all. He had all the attention and I had my criminal record longer than he did as a hero. To take a step back, before I met Captain Hero on that fateful day, Devil and I managed to come back to my home planet and we did some bad crimes in couple of big places: Los Angeles on May the 15th, 1997 and then later we travelled to Latin America and to create a chaos filled land of crime, deceit and corruption (not that it wasn t like that already for places like Cuba, Mexico somewhat and even Costa Rica). Devil was always the main man doing all the hard work, with me at his side as like his pet sort of like Diablo to Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty) and Iago to Jafar (Aladdin). Yet I heard the people talk of me like I was a monster, despite my age or anything else and I heard others ask why I would do such terrible things and cause such evil (if only they knew). Our trip to Latin America lasted only a couple weeks and in that time we caused enough havoc to turn the communities of the Latino world into that of the African Nations were at the time: barely a sign of hope, war ravaging the land, and chaos at every turn. Yet the main worlds that would be a big part of my life, as I learned from Devil about their existence and other life on them were the Land of Demons, five hundred and fifty years into the past and a place that would be later on the place where I would meet a girl named Kagome and a rough half-demon at first named Inuyasha, and that of going off to England in the present where I would meet a man known for his swinger side to life and his love for England and women and be caught up dealing with his arch nemesis, a man bent on world domination, through my master Devil. This all happened so fast so I m surprised I could even say word for word what happened but on June 17th,1997 I met Captain Hero on that fateful day.

Heck, even the women seemed to like him. They even said they wanted to marry him as well. {Bleck!!!}. How he made me so sick I couldn t explain at all. A couple of days passed. I was still figuring out why I lost to that man and had to retreat. Then without warning, back at the old, dusty 1960s warehouse that was our base of operations, Devil came out of nowhere with a grin on his face. What s the matter? Are you jealous? I looked at him in stupidity. Oh yes! That s the way to put it: I m jealous. Can t you see he s a weakling as much as I do? I can see it in his dumb blue tights, face it the guy s an amateur.

Devil begged to differ. If Captain Hero is such a weakling and amateur, then how come he beat you up and left your check bleeding in one punch. People are calling you chicken because you won t face him again. Now why is that? I didn t know what he was even talking about but I accepted what he said. I m waiting for the perfect moment to put him to the test that s all. Devil s grin soon became a frown. Why wait when you could take him out now. He ll get stronger you know. Besides with the training I gave you, you should be able to outsmart him in a nanosecond. I started to walk away. If I don t prepare I won t be strong enough to take him out. Devil was outraged as I walked away from him. I can t believe you re doing this. After everything I did for the past three months for you. I was like brother to you. Even a mentor if it were. And this is the thanks I get from you. You are nothing, but a traitor boy!! A child like yourself could never defeat the likes of someone that powerful. If you can t even defeat me, what makes you think you ll beat him? I looked at him with confidence in my eyes. He knew what I was thinking: I would train hard, be the best I can be, and somehow find a weakness on that man s tough exterior. Mark my words Victor!!! If you walk away from me right now we will no longer be the best of chums anymore. I will find you someday and end your pathetic life!! I won t have mercy on you the next time we meet.

Then I guess you should may as well prepare yourself. I m not as weak as I was before I met you! , I retorted. I vanished into a dark alley and Devil flew off into the Abyss were he prepared and waited for my return for the next eight years. As for me, I went training for the next two weeks and then I committed my next full proof murder: it wasn t anything too fancy, but a classic strangling like what the Mafia did in the movies. Anyways, as I was training on my moves, I overheard something go on in Heritage Mall in Leduc. It was none other than Captain Hero laughing and drinking alcohol in the lobby of the area. Unfortunately for Heritage Mall, it blew up in smoke so to speak: business was bad for it and they had to shut down the store and the place was boarded up good. He found himself a way in after all. Those fools are actually cheering my name. Hah!! Aren t they stupid? {Oh Captain Hero, you re so big and strong} and {Oh Captain Hero you know how to please a girl}!! I never thought these idiots could be so stupid into believing I m a true hero. Oh well, as soon as that kid Victor is out of the way I can set Operation Firebelt into action!!!!Hahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!

That stupid liar was setting these people up and they didn t have a clue. Now s my lucky day, I thought. I can get rid of him and get money in the process. What I didn t learn until seeing his blueprints was that Operation Firebelt involved him becoming a god to the people of Edmonton and making the entire country eventually all his slaves. At first I wanted to fight for the glory of killing a hero and money, but a tiny part of me actually wanted to do something more than kill and kill. It didn t last and soon enough the month passed from hard work and training. As I trained myself over the next two weeks, I prepared myself in creating the perfect murder ever. I killed the CEO of CIBC. Listen to me people! If Captain Hero is so great, why doesn t he show himself then? , I said with confidence.

Without hesitation, Captain Hero appeared before me and the body of a female CEO. So you want more eh? Well let s get it on. I hope this is the last time we fight. I looked at him in agreement. My thoughts exactly! First one to make a false move is going to die!!! I also hope to make a wager that is unless you re chicken!! Captain looked at me in disgust. I would never make a wager!! It doesn t set the hero thing right by doing it! , he said. To be honest, his voice similar like that of Tuxedo Mask a man I was more jealous of than Captain Hero for always snagging the girl and being loved and pampered like a spoiled rich kid, regardless of him being nice. Back to the point, I pitied Captain Hero. Having to be a liar to all those people. I was the bad guy and yet he was stealing my job away in the palm of his hands. Not even if I told everyone what you were talking about to yourself in Heritage Mall two weeks ago!! Everyone started wondering and asking what I was talking about. Captain Hero fearfully said it was nothing at all. I knew he would see it my way. You re on! If I win I get to kill you in front of thousands here today and be the new famous guy in Edmonton!! I also had something in mind as well. And if I win, the whole city will have to pay me 100,000 Canadian dollars. To make sure we do this right, I ll just use the clothes on my back to keep me safe. I of course on that day dawned a new set of clothing: instead of a white shirt, I wore red, and instead of red shorts, I wore grey track pants. Reluctantly they agreed thinking that Captain Hero would win with over confidence. Some of the people said Take him out!! or Make him cry to his mommy!! Captain Hero also had something to say. I ll go easy on you so you won t have to take a nappy-wappy anytime soon!! People were starting to laugh as well. Even Captain Hero showed no respect for his competition by laughing. People expected this fight to be over quite soon and quickly.

I soon became very pissed off. You are so dead!! That s when they all took the cake. No one talks to me like that and gets away with it. The battle was ready to get started. Everyone was cheering Captain Hero s name as if he were Batman or Michael Jordan. So it began. I punched him in his gut and then he punched me in my face. I blocked him when he attacked and he blocked me when I attacked. It was an even match either way you looked at it.

At least at first it was. Captain Hero then with his mighty physique launched himself towards me and upper cutted me into the sky ten feet into the air and slammed me into the cement paving on the empty road (since this was 149th ave everything alongside the road was all closed and no traffic was there nor cars either) Captain Hero then used a force of power I never saw before. He said, With God s power I shall unite and conquer!! Then at a fast pace while I was in mid air he punched me in my gut and my face five hundred times. Any kid my age would have been killed, but thanks to the hard training I had with Devil that took over ten years in another world (I would come to know as the Anime Planet), only took a month back on Earth. Captain Hero then grabbed me before I landed on the ground and began to squeeze my neck. I grabbed towards my neck as nightfall soon came in. Give it up boy!! You re no match for me. Scum like you deserves to die. These people will suffer the same fate as well (the people were cheering so loud behind us for Captain Hero they couldn t even hear him). I find it absolutely amazing a child could have such an impact on the lives of people when you yourself are a poor orphan!! I remembered at that moment about Mike and Chris and their importance to me, regardless of my naivety at the time being my shield to the world around me. I felt sorrow for the first time in a long time shower my body as I kicked the giant brute out of my face and yelled, You don t know me you coward!! Tears then dripped down my face as people continued to laugh and laugh. Captain Hero, to make things worse said, an Oh look person, the little guy is crying waaaahhhh waaahhhh you little cry baby!!

However I still had one last trick up my sleeve. Since it was pitch black outside and seeing as it was Midnight, Captain Hero s senses would grow dull. I attempted to use his famous whip-o-rope and do the old strangle assassination, but he grabbed me and threw me like I was a ball getting chucked at someone. You re going to have to do better than that if you hope to defeat me!!! I also attempted to use my knife I used to kill Mr. Spy a while ago, but he grabbed it as I threw it at him. He threw right back at me nearly 10cm away from my head. I thought I was just going to go and give up.

To make matters worse, he threw me on the ground yet again and kicked me in my crotch and held me down using his body to beat the living tard out of my body and make me suffer, like the vermin he said I was. It was terrible for me: not only was I going to die, but I was going to die alone, in pain and sorrow and without one last chance to see my brothers. Amongst the laughing of Captain Hero and the people of Edmonton and from my black left eye that got punched good came a tear of regret. I was going to die. There was no joke about that. I saw Captain Hero s punch head towards me, but it missed. I wondered as to why. I thought he would retaliate.

However, what I noticed next was one of the crucial things that kept me alive in those last five minutes. He couldn t kill me because of my small height and speed. Even a hero like him would need time to regain his strength and keep up with my kid sugar high attitude. I soon found a weakness in his attacking strategy. He wasn t used to attacking people from underneath him. So I gave him an upper cut which knocked him 20 feet away from me and then I took my knife and ended his life by stabbing him in the neck. His last words were You win kid. I hope your precious city sees to it that you get what s coming to you. and then his eyes closed never to be open again. People gasped at him and knew what it would be like if the good guys failed and the bad guys won. Life was terrible for them after seeing someone they idolized was dead now. The city eventually in 20 minutes gave me my money and I ran off only hearing crying and sadness throughout the entire city. On that day it began to rain, covering the city in a shower of pain and misery in the same way they gave me. Yet I didn t feel rejoice. Instead I felt the same pain that I felt when I lost Torahne to Darkness and when I lost my own parents to pneumonia. I also felt that I was seeing things as well because just when I turned around to look upon Captain Hero s dead body before I left, I could have sworn I saw a little girl holding her hands in a clenching position to her heart crying and looking at me as if it were pity. I turned away and then ran on. Little did I know that girl would find me again two years later in a city just three hours from Edmonton to the south where our true adventures would begin.

As quickly as I had ended the poor Captain Hero s life, the city, country and eventually the world as I would learn broadcasted this event globally: August 1, 1997 would go down in history as the day that for once the good guy failed!!!!! (Now I know what you d be thinking. How could Captain Hero still be a hero after what he was planning. A lot of stuff involves action and he was still a hero because he didn t carry out his plans and vice verse for Victor because he didn t do any good at all.) Little did I know that not only would this be a shocking day for my brothers and I as well, but elsewhere somewhere in the Kingdom Hearts universe, a great disaster like none their kind had known had occurred. How would I know such a thing? My brothers and I would soon learn the truth of the keybearers in time and how my own parents were the first ever to wield such weapons.

I saw Mike walking through the city in shock as he watched the news cast. They wouldn t understand even if I told everyone about this idiot s secrets, I thought. I followed Mike to Blue Quill over the next forty five minutes running from roaring police sirens and news reporters all talking about the same story: my murder in Canada and Chris murder in London England. I learned this because the reporter said he was a child that loved Nintendo and sure enough a classic (and the first game boy ever in handheld console history for Nintendo) was found just ten feet from Buckingham Palace. I ran towards an old, green and classic European looking house and snuck around the other side and hid in the bushes that lay underneath a neighbourhood covered by Evergreen trees around this part of the city. I sighed from remembering this place and saw Mike look around the house for something. Then I slowly put two and two together. The news and us (Chris and I) it all made sense. He wants to talk to us again. So I saw something behind me as well. It was Chris and I asked him what he was doing here. It s a long story. Let s just say I have a criminal record now. , the little guy said. So I told Chris my side of the story and Chris told me his and we decided to go and see Mike. So we walked out onto the grass which Mike heard and saw it was us.

(I decided to start off things again in this story with Victor s fight with Captain Hero. I ll go back and finish Mike s part of the story as well, but I really wanted to emphasize where I m going with this story. As it has been said in this story and the Legend of the White Knight, Victor did in fact kill a hero. The reason Captain Hero stayed a hero instead of being a villain is because he didn t become evil just yet. He wanted to be, but didn t. As I will show in my story, Mike becomes the most powerful hero in the entire universe, while Victor the most powerful villain in the universe. Chris s story is slightly different in that he didn t accept being totally good or evil but a mix of both (ahhh the Kingdom Hearts similarities. There is quite a lot to come yet, so stay tuned. I will post up Mike s story in the Terminator first and then come back to Victor s story with Inuyasha and Kikyo and Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.)

(Next Time: Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.)