Walking by a cemetery one night I hear a cat meow. I bit my lip, it was a cold, foggy, October night. But the meows of a hurt cat echoed in the air. I follow them through the headstones. I stop when the meowing does. In front of me a marble monument… With my name.
Mayhem, Death, & Destruction. What do you expect? I leave a trail of bodies. Choosing my victims like fine wines. I invite some friends along. It is a Devil’s Hour Smash. Blood & Death we revel in. Mayhem, Death, & Destruction; That is the way of my undead life.
I hid how I have felt for so long. Around my heart a belt. Hid myself to keep the peace. My soul is dying. I’m at a cusp. Continue to hide. Or let myself free. Or let my soul die. How this will end I cannot forsee. Come out & show my Pride! Or die, never being me.
We prepared for the Harvest. If it was not successful our villiage would not survive. We worked the land. Tributes chosen. Tears running down. 1 tribute my own blood. The sacrifice for the greater good. It was the price of being a slave to the occult.
The goal was satori. I was heavily into the occult. The goal of enlightenment was the road I was on. I made it my goal. I dived deeper into soul magic. Going darker & darker. All to find the light. I met my end in darkness. But was reborn into the light.
I knew the risk of libel & slander. Moving from the shadows into public eye. Lies spread far & wide. I would not back down. I would not be driven away. The world needed change. Ignoring the past. I spoke my voice. Aftet all, the world can’t change if we stay silent.
I hung the lantern high. We could not relax our guard. We had our shovels in hand. Salt, gas, matches. He not come back as a ghost. The hate in the soul would corrupt a world. We watched the fire Our souls found peace. All they found was a lantern & ash.
I cried out, enough already! I don’t know to whom. The pain I couldn’t take. I wanted it over. Ice baths. Electric shock. Experiments. My body had enough. I let the blackness take me. And now my soul roams these asylum walls. Restless. Seeking my revenge.
Can’t you see me in the eyes of the moon Can’t you feel me in the burn of the sun Can’t you see that we all become dust Can’t you feel the power between us Can’t you see your heart’s desire Can’t you feel my heart’s fire Can’t you see me in the eyes of the moon Can’t you feel me in the burn of the sun Can’t you see the void without me Can’t you feel that we are meant to be Can’t you see I was created for you Can’t you feel my words are true Can’t you see me in the eyes of the moon Can’t you feel me in the burn of the sun Can’t you see I may have left this world But… Can’t you feel me in your heart’s fold
They went corporate and used their powers for fear in their world. Superheroes went into the shadows. Many died.
Doctor Arc got the Villains of the world together.
Hundreds of years later, Etain AKA Doctor Arc, finds out something so wrong she can’t let the corruption, even as much evil as she is, continue.
Etain is beaten and left for dead when she stands against her corporation.
She goes to the only hero that is left.
She is a Villain who needs a hero.
The hero once known as Earth Phoenix now just goes by her name her father gave her hundreds of years ago, Catriona.
When the villains one, she moved to a small city, opened a bakery, lives her extended life in peace.
Until one day she finds the villain on her doorstep.
The Queen Villain is asking Catriona to save the world.
Will She answer the call once again?
Excerpt:
Chapter One: In The Beginning
There was Darkness.
Humanity didn’t just evolve into the normal beings that make up the vast majority of the world’s population. It is said that some were said to be touched by God’s divine grace.
That grace gave birth to the heroes and the villains.
In reality, it was a chromosomal anomaly.
But one many exploited.
Chaos reigned.
And it was glorious.
For life without chaos is like a superhero without a cause.
There used to be a time where superheros reigned over and protected the lands.
They reigned in the chaos.
They brought order.
They were loved.
For millennia.
Until the villains became corporate.
For hundreds, thousands even, of years it was the typical bad guy blows something up, steals something, does something super villain-y, and the hero would come in and save the day. Very basic. Exceptionally ordinary. Citizens worshiped the heroes and hated the villains. The superheros, however, knew the chaos the villains caused gave them a cause and a reason to exist.
One villain loathed it. She hated the whole… flamboyance… of her… evilness.
Etain.
Also known as Doctor Arc.
And with that, she vowed to change the way the world work.
She was tired of the hero always winning.
She was tired of the hero lording over her.
Her arch-nemesis, who had the stupid ass name of Earth Phoenix. It was so not her real name.
Back then they protected their real name. But since Phoenix was her number one enemy, she knew her real name. Catriona. But she never gave it up.