Years. It had been years since Kad, your villain sidekick, your partner in crime, had been taken by the heroes. Years since you stopped having hope to see him back.

But you and your team broke in the hero headquarters to steal weapons, you separated from them and went to where the cells were.

And oh.. no one will get your hope when you read his name on one of the doors.

And no one will get your dread when he looked at you with dull, emotionless eyes from a malnourished body.