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The villain clicked their tongue as she crumpled to the floor, a keening wail slipping from her lips.

“What did you do,” she spat. “What did you do.”

The villain regarded her as if they were collector examining a butterfly.

“I took your powers. Children shouldn’t play with such things.”

“You have no right—“

The villain raised a calm hand and her jaw clicked shut.

“I have every right,” they said smoothly. “You are a child being sent to defeat the monster in the dark by an agency that is entirely willing to leave you to die. I’d say that gives me every right to take measures to stop you. Be lucky I didn’t kill you instead.”

She spat as their feet.

“I will kill you.”

They tilted their head. “No. You won’t.”

She pushed herself to her knees, then stood.

“It is my duty. One I will not fail.”

“And how do you intend to fulfill that duty? Powerless and weak as you are?” The villain said, half mocking, half curious, like watching a child as they failed to make a sandwich.

She glared at him, and slipped her hand into her pocket, fingers curling around her blade.

“I was raised a fighter first” she said slowly. “I became a hero second. Losing my powers hurts,” the villain raised a brow. “But not as much as you’re about to.”

And then she stabbed him.