Context: You’re making no progress on your next plan, because Triton won’t talk about the Hero Association’s next move. Your thoughts wander back to his words when you first captured him. Maybe if you told him your story, he’d be more willing to talk?

Words: 1166

Monetization: It’s perfectly ok to monetize and record any of my scripts, you can change pronouns and stuff around too! Just please remember to credit me! However, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PAYWALL MY SCRIPTS!

Notes: Once again, you can find the extra violent version right here ←

A/N: And it seems like I’ve ended up making part 2. Watch this become another long running series lmao. Also, this is partly based on a writing prompt from tumblr. Enjoy!

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[coughing]

“... How long have I been here…?”

“So far, I’ve counted seven days… but that’s when I’m not passed out from the pain… So who really knows…?”

[chains jingle]

“... Where are the others…? I’m sure they’re looking for me but… man I wish they’d hurry up…”

[door opens]

“... Huh?”

[footsteps]

“... Oh? What’s this…? The big bad evil person come to torture me themself?”

[water sloshes in a bottle]

“Heh… a water bottle? Surely you know better than to–”

[handcuffs shock him]

“ARGH!”

[short pause as he recovers]

“Ugh… h-hey… you shouldn’t… shock me too much… I might build up a resistance to it.”

[pause]

“Alright, I k-know my powers literally make it t-twice as effective but– gah, now I’m stuttering…”

[he takes a few shuddering breaths]

[you tilt his chin up]

“Hey! No need to do that! It’s not as if I’m gonna turn down water…”

[pause]

“Wouldn’t dream of trying something… these handcuffs would stop me, remember?”

“So– Mmph!”

[you shove the bottle in his mouth]

[he takes a few big gulps]

[you pull away, and he gasps for air]

[coughing]

“... Couldn’t have given me… any more warning?”

[pause]

“... Fine. I’m not in a position to complain.”

“So… what brings you here? I already told your lackeys that I’m not spilling anything about our plans. You already tried to raid our main computer, didn’t you? Too bad our firewalls are too strong.”

[pause]

“... Not here for that? Then what for?”

“Just to taunt me, maybe?”

[pause]

“... Ha… hahahaha!”

“Aren’t you the one who tried to cut my head off for trying to talk to you about our academy days…? And suddenly you want to talk to me about that?”

[handcuffs start charging]

“Yeah, go ahead and shock me again, you hypocrite! I’m not afraid of whatever you’ll do to me!”

[handcuff charge dies down]

“... You stopped…?”

[pause]

“... No, I… do want to talk.”

“So… go on.”

(quieter) “... Tell me everything. Everything that’s happened ever since you went missing.”

[long pause]

“... Do I remember Yarrow?”

“The one with the healing powers? … Didn’t she… didn’t she die before we graduated…? I mean… I miss her, I was her friend too.”

[pause]

“Well yeah, her death was never actually confirmed, but… she was near the site of the train crash… and that was the last time anyone ever saw her.”

“What does Yarrow have to do with you?”

[long pause]

“... What?”

“I– I don’t understand. Why are you asking me to remember all this? None of this seems related.”

[pause]

“Ugh, fine.”

“The stadium started construction a week before Yarrow went missing, right? I remember that Yarrow seemed concerned about the new stadium for some reason… I mean she wasn’t really a fan of the Hero Games, but you have to admit that the stadium was impressive…”

[pause]

“... None of this seems connected, you know. What does this have to do with you?”

[pause]

“... Trying to tell me all of this in a way so that I’d understand you?”

“Ugh… fine.”

(exasperated) “The Hero Games used to use the same stadiums that the Olympics did, but the events kept tearing up the ground so they needed a new stadium, and there was a big building space controversy and stuff…”

“I’m not up to date about all that, I was busy studying.”

[pause]

“... Huh?”

[pause]

“... You’re kidding, right? Wouldn’t we have heard this from Yarrow while the stadium was being built?!”

“There’s no way that Yarrow would have stood still while the stadium was being constructed on her hometown! She– she would have said something!”

[pause]

“... The people there were being deliberately silenced?!”

“Wait, h-hang on. This doesn’t make sense! Why would they be silenced?! Was it the work of a villain? Was the stadium a cover for a villain group and that’s why it was blown up?!”

[pause]

“... It was the work of the Hero Association…?!”

“But why?! What about the people living there?! It was a poorer neighborhood but no way in hell the association displaced that many people without giving them another option!”

“And wouldn’t the people in that area have tried to reach the people on the outside?! T-Tell the news outlets or something?!”

[pause]

“... The train… the train was crashed deliberately because Yarrow’s parents were trying to reach her…?”

“So the reason why Yarrow was there was because…”

[shuddering breath]

“... No.”

“... Yarrow was behind the stadium being blown up…?”

“But–! H-her powers are based around healing! Didn’t she join the academy because she wanted to help people?!”

[pause]

“... Yarrow never wanted to come to the academy…?”

“Why…? Are you saying that she was a villain all along?”

[pause]

“... The Hero Association forced her to go because they knew she was the only person in that area with powers?!”

“Are you kidding me?! Did they do that because… they knew that Yarrow would stop them if they tried to build there…?”

[pause]

“No… h-how do I know that you aren’t lying to me?!”

“You’re just trying to get into my head, right?! Trying to make me question everything I’ve been taught?!”

“There’s no way that the Hero Association would do something like this…! Their motto is to protect and serve the world!”

[chains jingle]

“You’re just trying to trick me, right?! Admit it! You’re trying to make me turn on my team, you’re trying to turn me over to your side!”

“SAY IT!”

[heavy breathing]

(weakly) “Please… say that you’re lying…”

[pause]

“... What…?”

[pause]

“Y-Yarrow is alive?”

[pause]

“Because… you were at the stadium… and you saved her…”

[long pause]

“... Why did you start going around and doing such things…?”

“You’ve destroyed so many hero teams… just to get back at the Hero Association?”

“... Did those great heroes before us… deserve to die…?”

[pause]

“Full story or not, you– you killed so many heroes! I don’t care about whatever philosophy you have in your head, your actions have consequences you know!”

“... Didn’t you want to be a hero…?”

[pause]

“... You didn’t?!”

“But– but that doesn’t make sense! Why did you go to the academy if you didn’t want to be a hero?! Does that mean that you were always going to turn on us–”

[you punch a wall]

[he gasps]

[long pause]

“... Your fist is bleeding…”

“... Are you okay…? You punched that wall hard enough to leave a mark…”

[pause]

“... I can’t help it, you know… you can’t stop me from worrying about you.”

"I don't understand either... I want you to die, but I want you to come back to me. I want you to pay for everything you've done, but I just can't stop thinking about you."

[chains jingle]

"... No matter what you do... no matter how much I despise you... a part of me will still love you."

[pause]

"I told you long ago... didn't I? ... I'd always love you, no matter what..."

"I always have."

[you start to walk away]

“Hey...”

[you pause]

"I remember you saying... that in this society, if you have powers, you're either a hero or a villain."

"... Now that I think about it... you never said that you wanted to be either..."

“... Is this why your perfect world changed...?”

"From a world where there wasn't a need for heroes... to a world without superpowers...?"

[pause]

“... I still don’t know if everything you told me is real… and you still captured and tortured me. I’ll decide for myself if I believe you.”

“So don’t think that this means that I understand everything you did.”

[you walk out of the room and slam the door shut]

[long pause]

“... Did you really… not want to be a hero?”

~END~

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