When the
newspaper lays scattered on the front step in the morning, I resign myself to
picking up the pieces. I am bound to civilized man's
duty: the creation of
order from chaos. But, sometimes you have to make a
mess before you can
clean up. A big mess.
You can't make a utopia without cracking a few continents.
In a world without
larger than life heroes, I wouldn't even have to be that
good. A big super-criminal
fish in an empty
pond, such as it is. Most villains would kill for so ripe a
plum. I picture
crushing the globe in my garishly colored glove like rotten
fruit. The rolling laughter in my head washes over the
human sheep on the bus. In my mind, I have already shattered their
puny society.
The evening news seems to
mock me. Fools dance in mockery of my
godlike intelligence. Politicians roll like
vermin across verdant fields. They would dry up and blow away in face of a simple
orbital laser. What can minds squabbling over
budgets and public opinion do in the face of
building sized mutant monsters? A
run of the mill army of
demonic ninjas would make short work the puffed up peacocks preening before me. I recline on my
throne, dreaming of the
terror I could sow. Can't they see? I can crush them like bugs!
BUGS!
I
slave for corporate masters while my mind leads armies of
atomic supermen to stunning victories across the
globe. I burn for a
worthy foe. As I wait in cafeteria line, I slay those who
delay me with a casual glance. I
seduce the secretary in the lobby with my boundless intellect and
dark criminal allure. I am a master of all men. A
Titan upon the Earth.
The power of a thousand stars is trapped within my skull. I can give them all a paradise, if only they would
submit. Just bow before your
new god. It all makes sense to me. The doctor says that’s when its time to take the
medicine. Chemical chains for my lightning fast mind? My foes would like that. Soon. Soon
I'll show them all.
All for want of a
death ray. But I'm working on that.
I have to fight the urge to become a superhero? Dude, thats just sick.