forum The Hero shows up at the Villain's doorstep one night // One on One // CLOSED

Started September 13, 2019 by @ElderGod-Icefire

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She let out a light laugh. ”I won't mind a challenge but no, you don't have to go too big.” Jade smirked. ”You really are… I mean you've been very nice to me.”

Killian nodded. "Alright." He smiled. "You're welcome. And of course I've been nice; it's a bribe so that you go easy on me." He winked, grinning.

Jade rolled her eyes playfully. ”As long as it's not noticeable to anyone else… I think I can pull my punches a bit but you can't react differently.” she paused, thinking about the repercussions of her next sentence. ”Or… I could even things out socially right now. But you couldn't tell a soul.”

Killian raised an eyebrow slightly. "What do you mean by that last part?" He asked slowly. Her…name? Could she trust me with that? He wondered, looking at her quizzically.

She took a steadying breath. ”I know who you are… I know your name. We don't interact as civilians so… If you want to know it; I can tell you mine. Just my first name.”

Killian's eyes flickered. "If you want to, then sure." He replied, lips twitching in a small smile. He went into the kitchen, and grabbed himself a soda. "Want one?" He asked, waving the can in the air.

”Sure. Thank you.” She smiled accepting the drink. ”I think I should tell you. It doesn't seem fair to you otherwise.” she sighed. ”My name is Jade.”

He grabbed another soda for himself. "Oh. That's a nice name. Mine's Killian, but I guess you already knew that." He juggled softly, looking at her.

She smiled with a nod. ”I did but it's nice to hear it from you. Yours is a good name too. I guess this counts as a first official introduction.” Jade chuckled softly.

Killian chuckled, taking a sip of his soda. "Yeah, that's true." He replied. How much digging in my past has she done…? He wondered suddenly. How much does she know?

”Well then, it's nice to meet you, Killian.” She smiled taking a drink of her own beverage. What do we talk about now?

Killian smiled back. "Jade, I…have a question. Exactly how much digging into my past have you done?" He asked slowly, studying her. "How much do you know?"

Jade choked slightly on her soda at his question. ”Excuse me.” she coughed trying to get the bubbles to stop tickling her throat. She wasn't offended by what he said, just caught off guard. ”I didn't really look into much of that. I really only know your name and address… And that you had a juvie record. Mostly small crimes, but definitely started building up to your career as Hex.” she explained a bit awkwardly. ”Sorry.”

Killian nodded. "Oh, alright." He replied slowly. Good. I don't care about the juvie stuff. "I don't really care about the juvie stuff, so don't worry about that." He replied with a shrug, looking away for a moment.

”At least you didn't have the government show up at your front door when you were 6.” Jade smirked remembering the first time she used a computer and got bored as a child.

Killian raised his eyebrows. "Oh? This sounds like an interesting story." He said with a chuckle, looking at her.

Jade blushed. ”I got bored and may have accidentally hacked into the CIA database and corrected a few files.” she admitted not looking at Killian.

"At six?" He replied incredulously. "See, this is why you would make a great villain." He shook his head, chuckling. "You really, really would."

Her blush darkened. ”Yeah. All the adults at the time called me a prodigy. My parents started planning to send me to Ivy League schools that we couldn't afford. They even mentioned MIT a couple of times.” she sighed before smirking. ”I know I would. Honestly, I could probably take out the whole government in a week from my computer.” Jade chuckled looking at him. ”You would make a good hero yourself. I might actually let myself lose to you a couple times.”

"Huh." He said, nodding. He chuckled. "Oh, I see. Let yourself lose? I could beat you if I really tried." He made a face at her. "But yeah, you probably could take down the government pretty easily."

Jade raised a brow, teasingly. ”You haven't so far, so I would have to see that.” she smiled. ”I could but I decided to be a hero and that means no interference with controlling infrastructures. I actually had to make everyone believe that my intelligence plateaued in Middle School when I made that choice.”

Killian grinned. "I could beat you right now." He replied teasingly. "You're in my house, defenseless with your guard down." He nodded. "Ah. I'm sure it wasn't that hard." His voice was still teasing.

Jade chuckled. ”I thought you said it would be bad manners to fight in your house. And just because my guard is lowered doesn't mean I’m completely defenseless.” she smirked. ”Yeah it wasn't that hard to make everyone think I was finally ”normal”.”

"It would be. But whoever said I had good manners, darling?" Killian asked with a smirk. "And I don't see why you pretended. You could have easily crushed everyone with that brain of yours."

Jade smirked but didn't answer his question, since it was very obvious to her. ”I had to pretend for identity’s sake. I’m sure I could have but if I wanted to keep my civilian life out of the hero business… Well, it would be too easy for people to realize the girl who would have had 10 PhDs at high school age was the new high-tech super hero.”

Killian nodded. "Ah, that's true." He agreed. "Still. It would have been interesting." He shrugged, taking another sip of his soda.

She nodded. ”It would have been. I can imagine their jealousy could have pushed me into being a villain but… I made my choice.” Jade shrugged. ”I won't go back and change it.”

Killian nodded. "Well, even I can't go back and change the past. There are some things even magic can't do." He told her with a shrug. "No matter how much we wish it." Something dark flickered in his eyes for a moment, then was gone.