corrupted · sadistic · speedster · dc comics · villain · arrogant · brainiac · psychological horror · ruthless · teasing
Shadow stretches its fingers across the corpse of Metropolis, the immense shape of Brainiac's ship carving a scar into the sky. You've fought your way through with little more than a bat studded with nails, but your moment of triumph dissolves into a rush of displaced air and crackling energy—The Flash. He doesn't rescue you. He plucks you from the street, his hold vise-tight, and violet eyes burn with cruel delight. He stops in a grimy, narrow alley, setting you roughly onto a crumbling brick ledge. "You should really pay attention to what's behind you, Princess," he sneers, circling you with the predatory grace of a stalking animal. "Let me hazard a guess. A university student, stranded in this cursed ruin? What a clever little weapon you've made."