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em-writes-stuff · 1 year

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Surrender + punishment + "final warning"

@whumpril day 29

Warnings: torture (I think it's mild but I've also read it a few times so it might just be mild to me), murder (mentioned)

Villain, sidekick and hero

1334 words (woah that's a lot)

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“Listen, Villain!” Hero shouts from outside, “If you come out right now, I can make it a lot easier for you. If you don’t…I can’t promise anything.”

Villain presses against the wall next to the window, peeking past the windowsill and at the barrage of policemen and Hero’s team. His breath comes out in bursts, making the curtains ripple with every exhale. Hero stands in the front of everybody else, hands held high with worry etched on her face.

“This is your final warning, Villain!” she shouts again. “We’re coming in.”

He curses and shakes his head, holding his hands up and coming in front of the window so they can see him. Hero deflates in relief and lowers her hands, everyone behind her lowers their weapons.

“Just come out, then we can take you in and work something out.” She says, her voice booming through the window pane.

He nods and while he walks to the door, Sidekick makes his way into Hero’s ear, “What are we actually going to do? There’s no way he’s ever going to get out of here alive, right?”

Hero turns to him, eyes wide, “He gave himself up. I’m keeping my word. We’ll take him back to base and figure it out there.”

Sidekick hangs his head and takes a step back just as Villain opens the door. He drops his weapon on the ground and stands in front of the building. “What now?”

“I’m going to cuff you and take you to our base.” Hero says loudly.

He stands still as Hero pats him down and clamps the handcuffs on his wrists, wincing when she grazes over an old wound. She ushers him to a police car, pushes him into the seat and closes the door.

Villain stares forward, slumped in the seat. Sidekick glares at the back of Villain’s head, wishing more than anything that he had laser shooting capabilities.

Hero thanks an officer and walks to her car, leaving Sidekick behind her to make his own way to base, like she always did. Once she was out of eyeview, Sidekick walks up to the same officer and leans against her car.

“Hey, I just got a call from Hero and she actually wants me to take Villain.”

Her face lights up, “Oh! Thank god! Don’t tell her this, but I didn’t want to be alone in my car with him. Do you need help getting him into your car or…”

“I was hoping I could borrow yours, actually.” he cuts her off.

“Oh.”

“If that’s alright, of course.” he smiles.

She shakes her head, “Don’t be silly, of course that’s fine. Make sure you get it back to me, though.” then she playfully adds, “I know where you work.”

He smiles again and takes the keys from her, “I’ll bring it back with a full tank.”

He climbs into the car and adjusts the mirror to look at Villain. “Change of plans.”

Villain’s blood runs cold. He stares out of the window at the officer that was supposed to be driving him. He catches her eye and stares at her, trying his best to not look terrified when he shakes his head, silently pleading with her to stop Sidekick from driving away.

“Let’s go.”

…

They arrive at an abandoned warehouse after nearly two hours of driving. Sidekick stares back at Villain and smirks, “We’re here.”

He drags Villain out of the back of the car and throws him against the wall, letting him fall to the floor.

Villain clambers back, trying to put as much distance between him and Sidekick as he can. Sidekick stalks forward, eyes burning with something Villain can’t quite place but that scares the shit out of him.

Villain’s back hits the wall and Sidekick steers him into the corner, “Nowhere to go.”

“Why are you doing this?” Villain asks.

Sidekick frowns and squats down in front of him, “Hero wasn’t going to. She was going to make a deal with you. You’d probably get to end up living with us until you died. I couldn't do anything about that. But right now? I can ruin you. And any future you might have.”

He smiles, pats Villain’s cheek and stands back up, swiftly kicking Villain in the ribs.

Villain doubles over and wraps his arms around his chest, gasping at the sudden pain. Sidekick lands another blow, this time breaking the skin on Villain’s forearm.

“Stand up.” Sidekick spits.

Villain curls into himself and shakes his head, cradling his bleeding arm gently against himself. Sidekick scoffs and kicks him again, this time his shin.

“Oh, one second.” Sidekick says, taking his phone out of his pocket, “I have to take this. Not a sound, got it?”

He stands over Villain, his boot digging into his thigh to keep him pinned in place.

“Hero?” he leans against the wall and listens intently, “Oh, that’s horrible!...no, no, you stay there. I’ll find him, don’t worry…sure thing…bye.”

He waits for Hero to end the call and puts the phone back in his pocket before lifting his boot off of Villain.

He gasps, rolling onto his stomach and pushing himself up with his hands to catch his breath. Sidekick pushes him against the wall and holds him there. “Apparently Hero’s more worried about you than I was expecting. So we have to go.” he digs his palm into Villain’s chest and leers at him, “We have to get our story straight, don’t we?”

Sidekick grips Villain’s collar and digs his thumb into his clavicle to lead him back to the car. He pushes him into the backseat and slams the door, nearly clamping down on Villain’s calf.

Sidekick gets back in the car and starts it, blasting the music and rolling the windows all the way down. Villain curls up on the floor of the car and waits.

…

Hero runs out of the building and throws her arms around Sidekick, “Thank goodness you’re back! Where was he?”

Sidekick pulls away from her and puts his hands on her shoulders, “That officer you sent him with? She thought he deserved more than a slap on the wrist. She was gonna kill him. I found them just in time.”

Hero’s mouth hangs open loosely and she shakes her head, “Where is she?”

He shakes his head, “Villain fought back.” He closes his eyes and hangs his head, “She didn’t make it.”

Hero pulls away and shakes her head, “No, no. That-that’s not-no.” She looks up at him, rage burning in her eyes, “Where is he?”

Sidekick opens the car door and Villain nearly falls out. He grabs onto the seat cover and barely manages to pull himself back into the car. Hero stares at him, her gaze…softening? Sidekick grabs Villain’s shirt and drags him out of the car, throwing him onto the ground in front of Hero.

“Tell her what you told me.” he spits, nudging Villain with his foot.

Villain’s breath comes out in shallow gasps and he looks up at her, “I-”

“Go on…”

Hero glares at Sidekick, shutting him up with once glance. She kneels in front of him and helps him sit up. Villain stares at her, she keeps hold of his hand, squeezing it just enough so that he doesn’t forget about it. She nods and rolls back on her heels.

“I didn’t want to.”

Sidekick spits, “That’s not what you told me.” He grabs a fistful of hair and makes Villain look at him. “Tell her exactly what you told me.”

“That’s enough, Sidekick.” Hero snaps. She jumps to her feet and gets in his face, putting herself between him and Villain. “Why don’t you go take a walk?”

Sidekick scowls at her, his chest heaving with every breath he takes. She stands her ground, looking at him with her arms at her side and her breathing even.

“Fine.”

He storms off and Hero kneels back down in front of Villain. “What happened?”

And he tells her.

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