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Tommy shrieked, ducking behind their couch and covering his head. He felt around the floor, using the very limited scope of his vision to find his phone.
“Where is it… where is it… where is it.. Aha!!” He grabbed the device and started to dial in the Hero Hotline phone number. He wasn’t sure if Purpled could handle this by himself while also keeping his identity intact.
His hands were shaking as he punched in the numbers, and he was so focused on dialing in the correct number that he didn’t notice the hands reaching towards him until it was too late.
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As Tommy was scrambling around the floor, Purpled launched into action. He had gotten knocked across the apartment into the opposite wall, so he quickly crawled along the floor, using the dust thrown by the explosion as cover, and grabbed his hero costume.
After the dust was settled, he jumped up, hero costume fully on, and turned to see Tommy held in the villain Crows’ hands
Tommy’s head lolled to the side, his eyes unfocused. He was obviously still a little blinded because of his power, but there was also blood running down the side of his face, obstructing one of his eyes.
“Ah! Viorel! Funny meeting you here!” the villain smiled wickedly.
“Crow.” Purpled growled, he glanced around the destroyed apartment, wincing at the ripped up carpet and the shattered windows. Tommy was going to have a heart attack when he saw what they had to clean up after this.
He readied his swords, crouching down and widening his stance, preparing for the fight to come. Just as he was coming up with a plan of attack Crow collapsed, gripping his head and screaming in pain.
Purpled took the opening, leaping forwards and grabbing the teen that Crow had dropped with him.
He backed up, prepping to run to a hero hideout and call for backup, when a boar-masked figure stepped through the hole in the apartment wall.
The new villain grunted, “Viorel! Come here, it’ll only keep him down for a moment.”
Purpled stared at Skull in shock, did he just attack his own mentor? The villain waved his hands in impatience, shocking him out of his stupor.
“And why should we trust you, Skull?” He questioned, there was no way that the infamous villains would lower themselves to the point of working with a hero, Skull most of all. Purpled had spent many hours scouring the internet, and saw many moments of the villain monologuing to a dying hero about the strife that heroes are on the world, and how they should all be eradicated.
“Because, Orchestra is coming, and I really don’t want to see Regen hurt again.” Skull whispered the last part.
“I’m sorry what was that?”’ Purpled asked, tilting his head.
“I DONT WANT TO SEE HIM HURT AGAIN!!” The villain yelled, then his voice dropped back down to a whisper, “I spent so many hours patching him up when he lived with those sickos, and he secretly healed me so much too.” Skull looked up at the two teens, reaching under his mask to wipe tears from his eyes, “I’m tired of the abuse and torment Purpled, really tired.”
Purpled started at him for a couple of seconds, then sighed “ ok, I’ll take you to a safehouse, then we’ll actually talk about all of those bombs you just dropped.”
Skull straightened, gesturing for the two to follow him. Purpled grunted and hefted the bloody and blind teen on his shoulder.
Then the two (an a carried tommy) of them walked out the front door of Tommy and Purpled’s old apartment, and entered a new phase of their lives.
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Purpled deposited Tommy on the safehouse bed in the medbay, the blonde had somehow fallen asleep while the villain and hero had jumped across rooftops to get to the safehouse.
He turned around, taking a deep breath and turned towards the villain lurking in the doorway.
“Alright! If we are going to work together there needs to be some trust here.” Purpled said, he knew he was being rash about trusting the villain so quickly, but he needed allies who were willing to work under the law
Skull shifted on his feet, “Ok, how do I show my trust. And… how do I know you’re not going to turn me in to the heroes the second you don’t need me anymore?”
“Well, if we both know something about each other that can hurt us, then we’ll have security right? Purpled shrugged, then reached behind his head to take off his mask.
Skull startled, reaching towards the hero in panic, “wait, maybe don’t be so rash?!?”
Too late, the hero took off his mask, showing his identity to the villain in front of him. Skull stared at him, shocked.
“Purpled?!?!?” he almost yelled. Then he giggled, “of course I personally know a hero.” Then he reached behind his head slipped the boar skull off of his face, revealing the red eyes of Techoblade.
Purpled stared at his friend, then he also broke into giggles, “well, I’m glad we can skip the introductions. It’s nice to see you again Techno.” He grinned.
They were going to have fun together.
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“Wait… what do you mean by abuse?”