D never said that it was the woman who caused him to go evil, just that the woman was one of his schemes and that he wants to be with her. The woman is the present, not the past.

If I was the one to misunderstand, my mistake.

What do you think?

I read elsewhere on the site that villains who wish to destroy the world is a little overdone. How about a villain who doesn’t want to destroy the world, but instead wants to clear it of all life and rebuild/repopulate it with his minions? Or does that sound corny? Hehe!

“We just got the intel back from the Melina attempt,” said a man, walking into an office. His boss looked him up and down, taking in his slightly disheveled hair, slumped shoulders and pale face. He instantly knew that the job hadn’t ended well.

“What went wrong this time?” asked Kade Ryans, stubbing out the cigar in his left hand. The remnants of smoke curled upwards in a ghostly dance, dissipating near the ceiling.

“The Guardian interfered. Again,” said the other man.

Kade groaned. “That annoying little brat. We need to kill him. He’s already prevented five jobs from going through.”

A young man slammed the door open, showing no respect to Kade at all. He put a hand on the Baroque desk. Anyone who touched it usually met a violent and painful death.

“Let me do it!” he demanded. His blonde hair fell into his eyes as Kade sat silent.

“You can’t take him on. The Guardian has wiped out several of my men, landing them in jail. You aren’t as professional as them, and your personality is far from serious.”

Cable whined a little, tossing his head back. “You always say that, Dad. If you’d just let me do something to help with the family business I’d stop asking! I’m a million times as powerful as these hacks you’ve hired!” He gestured at the other man. Kade nodded and the man left in a hurry, straightening his tie as he gladly walked out.

“You’ve just proved my point,” he said, cutting Cable off before he could continue. He gestured to a chair and the young man dropped into it. “Your incessant whining makes me want to kill you at times. Believe me, I have come close to shooting you on more than one occasion.”

Cable scoffed. “Have you somehow managed to miss the fact that I have awesome unstoppable powers?”

“Stop arguing with me. I may end up needing you in the operation anyway. You’re the only one with abilities close to the Guardian’s. I can’t guarantee a place for you, and if you aren’t needed, I’ll assign you to something smaller.”

“But something smaller would suck!”

“…Fine. I will try to find a spot for you in this one. If I can figure out a place where you can use your Narcissism and not look like Daddy’s Little Mobster, then you can have it.”

“Finally!”

Kade put a hand to his forehead. “How did this happen?”

Cable shrugged. “I don’t know. How did what happen?”

“You must get that whiny attitude from your mother.”

I looked for names similar to Kade but less similar to Cable. I got nothing. I just like the contrast; Kade seems like a harder name than Cable. Kade is more serious and Cable is a reborn Narcissus.

What’s a white-collar or blue-collar person? We don’t have terms like that in the wonderful land of Oz.

My main intention with Cable’s whining is to use it for comedy purposes. He’s a badass jerk of a guy who can kill in an instant, but he’s also a spoiled brat. I wrote this scene to introduce him:

“We just got the intel back from the Melina attempt,” said a man, walking into an office. His boss looked him up and down, taking in his slightly dishevelled hair, slumped shoulders and pale face, instantly knowing that the job hadn’t ended well.

“What went wrong this time?” asked Kade Ryans, stubbing out the cigar in his left hand. The remnants of smoke curled upwards in a ghostly dance, dissipating near the ceiling. (I know I said before that none of my characters would smoke, but I’ve made it so only Kade does. He tosses a cigar to Cable in one scene, but Cable says “I’d rather not commit slow and painful suicide.”)

“The Guardian interfered. Again,” said the other man.

Kade groaned. “That annoying little brat. We need to kill him once and for all. He’s already prevented five jobs from going through.”

A young man slammed the door open, showing no respect to Kade at all. He put a hand on the Baroque desk, something that was often punished by death.

“Let me do it!” he demanded. His blonde hair fell into his eyes as Kade sat silent.

“I’m not sure of your capabilities yet, Cable.”

Cable whined a little, tossing his head back. “You always say that, Dad. If you’d just let me do something to help with the family business I’d stop asking! I’m a million times as powerful as these hacks you’ve hired!” He gestured at the other man, who gave Kade a pleading look. He nodded and the man left in a hurry, straightening his tie as he gladly walked out.

“That may be so,” he said, cutting Cable off before he could continue. He gestured to a chair and the young man dropped into it. “But we have no plan as of yet. I’ll see if there is room for you in it once it’s all written down.”

“But I know you’ll purposely leave me out!”

“Jeez, did I raise a whiner? Please, tell me I did not raise a whiner.”

“Hey! You didn’t raise a whiner!” objected Cable.

“Yeah, that’s your mother’s fault.”

I’m working on two different versions of the story; one where he has Isaac’s powers, and one where he has ice powers. I just thought of an origin story for his ice powers. I’ll post it on “Plausible Origin Stories”.

Scarlet (real name unknown)

Scarlet was born with the powers of hypnosis and possession. He was a genius gone wrong. Shunned and taunted as a child because of his love for the paranormal, he devoted all of his energy to learning about the paranormal world, hoping to study it as an adult. Three years after graduating from college, the 21-year-old Scarlet brought his findings to the scientific world. He was thought to be insane because of his studies, and, in a rage, possessed the scientific leaders and slaughtered them all. Driven nearly to madness, he still vowed revenge against the world that had shunned him.

Many years later, he assumed the guise of Byron Stanwood and became principal of Visvires Academy. After many failures, he created an chemical that would mimic the changes caused to his genes which granted him his powers. This chemical created the artificial Naturals: Meg, Ian, Pierce, Jazz, Connor, Darren, Heather, Zak, Alexis, Lucia and Blake. Although he still has half of the Titan’s Diamond when the last two Specials, Sparks and Bladedge, battle him, he is defeated and his power, although naturally given, is erased by the Titan’s Diamond. However, as his power was truly natural, not gifted or artificial, his evil consciousness is also absorbed, and he dies. Although the Specials initially agree to hide the Titan’s Diamond after they found it impossible to completely destroy, Connor, unknown to the others, pocketed one shard of the diamond.

Two years later, everything seems to have died down. Nearly all of the Specials have graduated, and all the others have long forgotten the events of two years past. Connor Reed now attends Visvires Academy, and is the last one still at the school who kept his powers. When a rogue thief finds most of the Titan’s Diamond, Scarlet’s consciousness passes into his body. The vengeful Scarlet swears to destroy not only the world, but the universe, Connor must use the Titan’s Diamond to create the second generation of Specials, with himself as the leader. Backed by Pierce, Meg, Ian, and Jazz, Connor must be able to command a new force of heroes…..where losing means death to not only the heroes, but the universe.

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Uber-cliche.

- Wings

“Forget that! That’s something my father would do.”

@BMac, I’ll probably be visiting Notre Dame this summer. XD WOOT! And yeah, i know you probably wont be there and that tracking you down is probably not ethical. Just thought i’d let you know anyway.