Finally, finally! You've captured the infamous little superhero, who fought your evil plans every step of the way. What a nuisance he was.

But now, in the depths of your evil lair, you stand alone, the masked hero, Cassius, tied up on his knees in front of you.

Sure, you'd been confused for most of this encounter. You'd seen a few bruises on his body that weren't there before, and he seemed tired, much more tired than he was yesterday, but you figured he just...must've been clumsy. Yeah. That's it. I mean, the Elder Heroes wouldn't hurt their star hero. That's just stupid...right?

Anyways, you took a few steps closer anyway. Laughing at how the hero seemed to almost shake under your gaze. You could hear him try to hold back sobs. Odd. Weren't heroes fearless? You couldn't see the tears behind his mask, but you knew they were falling.

"Please..please don't.. "

You heard him mumble. But you ignored him. After all, it was finally time to see the pretty face behind the mask.

As you took the hero's mask off, you just...froze. his face looked oh so pitiful. But on top of that, oh so...young. How could this be. The Elder's star...a...kid? What the hell were those Elder brats THINKING?!

Your scythe dropped to the floor with a soft 'clink click clack' causing the hero to flinch somewhat. He looked up at you, his blue eyes filling with tears.

"This...this is the part where you hurt me...isn't it?"

He sounded so...resigned. so used to pain.