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It had taken Villain an hour of focused training to calm down. They found Henchman sitting beside the bed, leaning forward, thinking of something. “Hey,” they said and Villain realized they were definitely thinking of something.
“Hey, what’s on your mind?” Villain asked, surprisingly Henchman turned to look at Villain. “Come on, you’re my kid. Just tell me.” Villain almost laughed as Henchman turned seeming concerned.
Villain pulled a chair to sit on, Henchman pointed at Vigilante, who mumbled in their sleep. “Aren’t Vigilante a little… Familiar.” Villain observed Vigilante, their face, which twitched of what Villain could imagine was fear.
“Of course they…” Villain couldn’t figure how Vigilante was familiar, except for the years they fought each other.
Henchman hawked before mutter, “I mean, I can’t help but… Isn’t it…” Villain turned their gaze to Henchman, “it’s probably nothing.” They finally said, but Villain knew them better.
Villain gestured to them to continue, “speak your mind.”
Henchman rubbed their eyes, “Vigilante remind me of you. A lot.”
Villain leaned closer to analyze Vigilante closer, who did they look like? “They do?” Villain didn’t look at Henchman, just tried to think of who slipped their mind.
“Yes, but as I said it’s probably nothing.” Henchman dismissed, but Villain looked back at them. They held back, crossed their arms.
Reassuringly Villain grabbed their shoulder, seeing a small smile. “You’re as sharp as your mother.” Villain did remember Henchman’s mother, it had affected their life in a way that had surprised them. But their mother was smart.
Henchman smiled looking down to the floor, “she would have loved to hear that.” Villain laughed, nodded in agreement.
“Just like her, a compliment gets to your head.”
Henchman shrugged, “well, she did raise me.” Villain sighed, looking at Vigilante seeing them flinched. Things could have been so much better if they hadn’t done so many mistakes.
“Apparently my timing always was wrong.” Villain rose up and leaned to a wall. “If it hadn’t been for the tax fraud.”
Henchman laughs aloud, leaned back. “That’s nothing, you’re way worse now.” Villain looked down, being disappointed to not be there for Henchman as a kid. “Not that I mind.” Villain smirked and sniggered low. How could their kid turn out so much like them?
Henchman pulled their hair back, seeing Vigilante groan in their sleep. Villain knew they weren’t best of friends. But it had turned out better, “I never wanted them to get hurt… Sounds like a nightmare.”
“A very, very bad one.” Villain agreed, coming closer. “Um… Sounds so real.” Vigilante mumbled in their sleep, what Villain couldn’t hear.
A few hours ago in the kitchen Vigilante had seemed distracted. Henchman said, “yeah. They didn’t seem okay. You think they gonna talk?”
“Nope, why would they?” Villain answered and knew Vigilante that well. They locked their feelings up and this time it was shown.
Henchman tapped their hands on the armrest, thinking. “Right… How are we gonna get them to talk?” Henchman looked at Villain, but both of their gazes turned back to Vigilante as they sobbed.
“DON’T LEAVE ME!” Vigilante screamed as they startled awake. Villain saw the tears rise up in their eyes.
Henchman almost stood up in the chair, “wow…”
Shaken Vigilante faced them, confused. Clearly trying to mask whatever buttered them. “You feeling alright?” Villain couldn’t help but ask tense, when Vigilante didn’t answer Villain took a deep breath. “Vigilante…”
Vigilante gulped, “I’m okay…” They rubbed their neck where the collar had been, “It’s just a nightmare.”
Villain didn’t believe them, knew that they still could feel the collar. How much the recent events haunted them, the fact that Vigilante could be mentally hurt was even worse than the bruises they’d got.
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