Chapter 104: Villain (1/2)
The bunker doors opened as Emil was pulled out with a look of genuine horror on his face. The other Montagues looked at him with disgust and disappointment all apart from Florence. The bunker doors shut as Emil jumped crawling back. His whole body was shaking as Florence looked at him muddled. ”What happened?”
”I saw I saw my mother. She attacked me. I couldn't fight back, don't. Don't make me go back in there!”
Monty began mocking Emil laughing. ”Just as I thought, the Imposter falls apart at the first sign of trouble. How pathetic, he's no Montague, he's nothing more than a fake. To think he actually thought he stood a chance. Give me a break.”
”Will you leave him alone, Monty! He's traumatised.”
Monty stared at Florence before shaking his head tutting. ”Traumatised. Whatever, He's nothing. You're no better if you're sticking up for him Truman. I'm looking forwards to seeing you collapse under pressure when it's your turn next.” Jinx sighed, jumping down from the wall, walking away. ”Hey, where the hell do you think you're going?!”
”Like you'd care hotshot. Your boasting is giving me a headache, I'm taking a bubble bath.” Jinx groaned walking away. ”I don't care about any of this. If Emil passed or failed, it all means nothing to me.”
”Yeah, alright then, walk away like you always do. Acting like you never give a fuck about anything. Curses like you deserve that. You see Butch, this is why I'll always be the best Montague.”
Jinx gave him the middle finger as Butch looked a little uncomfortable. ”Shouldn't you tone it down a bit Monty? You don't have to pick a fight with everyone?”
Monty snarled walking away. ”Whatever, hanging out with you losers is cramping my style anyway.”
Butch turned to Emil and Florence mouthing sorry before walking off. Emil stared on at Monty, biting his lip so hard it began to bleed. ”Don't listen to him Emil, he just hasn't been himself in a while. He'll come around.”
”You've been saying that same tired old line now for months. The Monty we knew is long gone. He's dead. He ain't coming back, and you know it.”
Florence stared blankly as she wiped her eyes standing up. ”You don't have to remind me, take away my false hope Emil.”
She ran off as Emil lay back in the dirt, feeling alone and desperate. His eyes gazed to the bunker as he slammed the ground. ”I don't need those trials! I'll show them. I'll show the whole world. I don't need the Montagues. I'll be the biggest Streamer I can be and prove to them Emil Montague is not a pathetic imposter.”
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A storm had consumed the sky of old Rhinefield. An endless downpour had succumbed, and evil was rising. Emil knew he didn't have long before Zinnia was forever lost to the trials, he's seen it first had with many others. He refused to let it happen to her.
Zinnia pointed at Emil with a killing intent which even startled him. ”I beg of you, don't stand in my way. I don't want to, but I will hurt you.”
Emil scoffed smacking his crowbar against his hand. ”Don't act so noble Zinnia. Killing that girl won't change anything.”
Bolts of lightning crashed down just missing Emil as he gave an alarming look readying for battle. Zinnia slouched over sobbing as she leaned back her once kind and caring eyes consumed by fear and rage. ”I refuse to go back. I can't go back as the daughter of a villain. I refuse to accept such terms. I will bury the past and destroy anyone who gets in my way!” Zinnia zapped across the street at lightning speed appearing in front of Emil. He had no time to react caught off guard by powers he had never seen before. Blocking the oncoming attack with his crowbar the weapon was snapped in two as Zinnia broke through his defences like it was nothing. Emil was launched back crashing to the floor almost taken down in a single blow.
Pulling himself up, he was struck by serval lightning strikes making him scream out in pain. His body began emitting smoke as he managed to stand up. ”Alright, that's it, no more mister nice guy.” Running at Zinnia, he went to throw a punch one which she would counter. The moment the counter came, Emil sunk into the ground throwing Zinnia off completely. He raced up from the earth spinning around kicking Zinnia. She, however, used her gained momentum to flip around meeting Emil's attack with her own, and of course, Emil was of no match as he was smashed back into the wall. At least that's what he wanted Zinnia to think. Gathering all that speed, he built up he flew inside the wall before propelling out like a bungee jump skyrocketing past lobbing a punch right across Zinnia's face knocking her to the ground. ”Stop this Zinnia! This isn't what you want. You're the biggest hero I've ever met, killing that villain will send you down a path you can never come back from.”
Zinnia slammed the ground, turning into a streak of lightning jolting back up to her feet. Her whole look was slowly changing, corrupting as her green eyes were morphing to a purple spark. Her once carefree and happy go lucky smile was tainted into a mindless rage-filled glare. She looked betrayed, angry and sinful. A tremendous burden of guilt and grief sunken on her shoulders. The responsibility for Percy, Alton and now Emil. She couldn't hold herself back anymore as her hands began to crackle with purple electricity flooding around. Emil stared at her, walking towards his friend. Zinnia screamed her voice cracking. ”Don't make me do this!”
A shot of electricity struck Emil, stopping him on the spot. Yet he still kept pushing. Furious, she shocked him again with a higher voltage making him almost fall to the ground as evident pain was written all over his face. But somehow against all the odds he kept marching towards her his fists clenched. Zinnia was thrown off to how and why Emil was still going on, she knew this was entirely against his mindset. He wasn't one to recklessly run into battle without some kind of plan, he strived himself on that. To him, this would be a dumb move. Zinnia didn't want to know why. She had become to blind to think as she erupted her final blast of power onto Emil. This one hit hard as Emil was stopped in his tracks falling to his knees collapsing with smoke pouring from him. ”What were you hoping to achieve you, idiot?”
Emil lay on his front, feeling faint as everything was blurry. His body refused to move as he had his hand out in front of him, still clenched. ”I don't really know. I'm not strong like Alton, I'm not cunning like Scarlett, I'm not bold like Gale, I'm not brave like Percy was, and I'm not kind like you Zinnia. I'm the rock bottom when it comes to being a member of Team Rhapsody. Sometimes never change. I've always been that underdog. The one everyone looks down on. If Gale or Alton was in my place now, they would be able to save you. Their dedicated willpower would have been enough to drag you from the darkness blinding you. I'm nothing more than a failure, I can't get anything right. Being a part of Team Rhapsody, I hoped things might have been different. I acted so bold and cocky because none of you knew any better. I was hoping to trick you all into thinking I was amazing. A top of the class streamer, the only person I was tricking, was myself. I am a total noob…”
Zinnia stared down at Emil with little pity as she had a faint smug look creeping in. ”Then why did you even bother fighting me? If you knew the circumstances, why force the pain?”