>>>~~~~<<<
Dr. Devilish was the
(self-proclaimed) greatest supervillain in the world, and no one could halt his
fury save for his most despised nemesis, Captain Justice. Their battles were
the stuff of legend, but Devilish often came out as the loser in those encounters.
The reason for this was simple, he always struggled to get the drop on Justice.
While his genius mind was unparalleled and his technology unmatched, he was not
exactly a subtle person. However, this would all change today.
“That being should be around here
somewhere,” Dr. Devilish stalked the alleys of his home city of Justopolis.
“How arrogant they are to think no one would notice a moving anomaly through
all methods of radar and detection. If I hadn’t double-checked the readings
myself, I’d believe it was a freak coincidence of simultaneous malfunctions.
But while a massive reading is the most obvious thing one can see, a
suspiciously large lack of readings is just as blatant.” The mad scientist
monologued to himself as he scanned the area.
“I wonder what this creature could
be? An alien? A creature from another dimension? A powerful sorcerer? Perhaps a
newly developed form of stealth technology? I can hardly wait to discover it
for myself,” he pondered. Alas, finding a being with an aura of nonexistence
surrounding it was a difficult endeavor. It was doubtful he could see with his
own eyes. All he could see in the alley were trash cans at that drab-looking
woman and more trash cans and a drab-looking woman and a hobo and a
drab-looking woman and…
“Wait, something is wrong,” Devilish
snapped out of a daze. He couldn’t quite remember why he was counting the trash
cans multiple times, and…what else did he see besides the hobo? Nothing right?
“Hold on, my Devilish Detector will see me through this,” he put on a pair of
overdesigned goggles that glowed to life. The world viewed through the goggles
was broken down into its base components. It was like staring into the building
blocks of reality. Which made it all the stranger when there was a woman-shaped
hole in his vision. “Aha, thought you could hide from me by disguising yourself
as an unassuming person, did you?”
“Are you talking to me?” The woman
replied, startled.
“Yes, you!” Devilish almost pointed
at the hobo before righting himself. “I do not know where you come from, but
your power of being ‘un-observable’ will be mine!”
“Power? Me? That’s ridiculous. I’m
the last person in the universe to have something as special as a power,” the
woman denied.
“What nonsense, she thinks she can
trick me, but Dr. Devilish is no fool,” he monologued. “But while she continues
to feign ignorance, I shall capture her with my Devilish Stunner! Then I shall
drag her paralyzed form back to my lab to discover the secrets of her
mysterious powers!”
“Hello, I’m standing right here. I
can hear everything you’re saying,” the woman pointed out.
“Blasted, she can read minds to?”
Dr. Devilish was taken aback.
“No, you’re screaming everything out
loud,” the woman explained.
“Answer me, being of unknown origin,
who are you!” Dr. Devilish demanded.
“Mary Brown,” the woman answered.
“Do not jest with me. Reveal to me
your true name!” He refused to accept such an answer.
“I’m not lying, not that anyone
cares whether I’m lying or telling the truth. It’s not like anyone listens to
me,” Mary sighed.
“Let’s see if you keep that smart
lip after you taste the wrath of my Devilish Stunner,” he pulled out what
looked like a cross between a taser and a hand crossbow. “Fire!...Fire!” He
pulled the trigger, but it refused to activate. “Darn safety…wait, what does it
mean no target? Curses, my dedication to proper weapon safety has foiled me
today. My device cannot detect your lack of presence. Ergo, it trips the safety
mechanism that prevents me from firing
the weapon at an empty space!”
“Right,” Mary rolled her eyes. “I’m
just going to leave before you pull out a laser or something,” she started to
walk away.
“You shall not flee from me!” Dr.
Devilish chased after her and, to no one’s surprise, quickly lost her. “Curses,
you take your eyes off her for a moment and you lose her! Not that I actually
had my eyes on her. She only showed up as a blank space in my detector…but
enough with the details! I shall find you woman!” He ran into the city at a
frantic pace.
“Figures,” Mary shook her head.
Devilish had overtaken her immediately. If he had simply turned around, he
might have spotted her. “I should get out of the city before he sends robots or
something after me.” She made haste in the opposite direction this time.
Dr. Devilish continued his chase of
the mysterious being throughout the rest of the day. Growing more and more
desperate to locate her by the hour. Alas, he would never find her. Instead,
Captain Justice found him gibbering to himself behind a coffee shop that night.
Despite being the bitterest of enemies, Justice granted mercy to his foe that
night and carried him off not to prison but to a therapist.
>>>~~~~<<<
There are few greater follies than chasing what is not there.
Until next time, Read, Comment and Enjoy.
