"Is that all Alex? Is that your best? How on Earth did you ever defeat anyone but the powerless? Well, the powerless need not worry about you any longer now. Because your days as a hero are over."
And in the time it took me to blink, everything had changed. No longer was he on the other side of the wall. He was clutching me by my shirt collar. Smiling as if I hadn't laid a hand on him. But I had...I had given him my best effort...and it was as if I hadn't touched him at all. "This isn't possible...I had thrown you through the wall."
He laughed. "Ha ha ha!!! Pity, for you Alex that you never discovered the true power of this suit. I have but figured out the barest bit of it and already I am more than just powerful Alex...not that you will have to deal with me when I return. Hmmm, no, in all likelihood, you'll be dead by then."
I struggled futilely to escape his grip, but it was no use. "What have you done to me?"
"I've sickened you Alex. And the sickness will first take your power and then your life. As of this day...you are a hero no longer. Enjoy the months you have left Alex. Be thankful I gave you that much time, if I had wanted to, I could have killed you now."
"Liar, the suit isn't as powerful as you make it out to be...it's the smoke, it has to be. There's something in the smoke that is affecting me. You cannot bend reality like you seem to be doing. And I am not done as a hero. I'm just feeling the effects of what you've done."
"Yes, you are, but not the way you claim. I am speaking true to you Alex. And if you don't believe me...then you really are a fool. Look with your eyes and see what I have done. How can you not know that this is really happening you fool?"
"It just can't be happening! Not to me. I've been a hero for too long to believe that it is over."
October
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