This Makes My Heart Hurt

This makes my heart hurt

Villain had Hero pinned against a wall. Hero was kicking and trying to get Villain off of them, but it was no use. Hero was only a child after all.

“No, please! I- I need to save those people!” Hero cried, Villain made no move to let Hero go.

“You don’t need to do anything, my child. Stop fighting.” Villain motioned to one of his henchmen to come closer. The Henchmen did, and Villain whispered in his ear.

“Kill them. All of them.”

Hero panicked, and struggled against Villains grip around their neck. Villain was only using one hand to keep them in place, and that made Hero feel so much weaker.

“No! No, please! You can’t!” Hero dug their nails into Villains wrist, which didn’t do anything.

“Those are innocent people! Please!”

Villain turned to see tears running down Hero’s face. But Villain didn’t mock them.

Villain placed their forehead against Hero’s, blocking their sight from the scene about to unfold.

“Kill me! Kill me instead! Just not them, please!”

Villain removed their hand from around Hero’s neck, using their hands to cover Hero’s ears. Hero still couldn’t get away, Villains body weight keeping them in place.

Hero could hear screams, then several rounds of gunshots.

“No! NO!” Hero punched and kicked Villain with all they had. Even with the hands over both of their ears, Hero could hear bodies drop to the ground. Then everything went back to silence, apart from Hero’s sobbing.

“How could you? Those were- those were innocent people!”

Villain still covered their ears and didn’t move, they didn’t want Hero to see what happened. Blood was all Hero could smell.

“I could’ve saved them!” Hero screamed.

“No, you couldn’t have. But I do promise you that this is none of your fault.” Villain told Hero.

“You are a child, you shouldn’t be involved in any of this.” Villain moved their hands to Hero’s shoulders and took a step back. Hero fell to their knees, sobbing.

“But-“ Villain cut Hero off.

“But nothing. Your parents clearly only care about the money you bring them, not their actual child.” Villain removed Hero’s bloody mask, Hero was covered in blood and dirt. Hero couldn’t stop Villain from taking their mask off.

“You are going to come home with me, and I will take care of you. I will make sure that your parents suffer immensely.” Villain said coldly, Hero continued to panic.

“No-“ Hero was cut off with a sharp pain in their neck. Villain had drugged them. Hero wasn’t prepared for how fast their world started to spin.

“Just go to sleep, you’ll feel better when you wake up. “