Dynamite And A Laserbeam - Redux

Vol 6 - 4: Internships, and Choices - Part 2

[Internships, and choices – Part 2]

Tenya Ida was a mess of emotions, but the main one he was feeling was anger. He was angry because something precious had been taken from him—something that could never be replaced—something that had driven him to pick his current internship.

But first, some context.

Two days ago, his older brother and former Pro Hero, Tensei Ida, fell victim to The Hero Killer Stain—a lunatic hell-bent on "cleansing society" based on his twisted views of heroes. And, unfortunately, Tensei didn't meet up to those ludicrous standards. His wounds were worse than what they had previously been thought to have been, and as a result, Tensei succumbed to his wounds and passed away.

His family was grief-stricken, and for that day, everyone took the day off to mourn. Everyone except for Tenya. It wasn't out of malice, nor was it because of some stupid sense of self-pride like his mother had accused him of. It was because he didn't know what to do with all of his rightful anger.

He wasn't prideful; he was wrathful.

He didn't blame his mother for the words she had spoken to him. She had every reason to be upset with him. That being said, it wasn't as if those words didn't hurt him. They did, but the hurt that came from those words was nothing compared to the fury and rage that Stain's mere existence filled him with.

What made that fury burn brighter than it already usually would have, was the idea of standing still while that rat bastard Stain was running around and separating more families. It made Tenya feel ill.

He wasn't about to let anyone else feel the pain that he was feeling ever again, and he was going to do it the only way his heart would let him.

Through cold-blooded revenge.

He wasn't about to let Stain get away with this. He wasn't about to allow Stain the agency to take away his older brother, all for the expressed purpose of making society a "better place." If he wanted to do that, then he should've been a hero and changed it from the inside rather than do what it was he was doing now.

Was it mad to do things this way? Probably, but as far as Tenya cared, he was running on his emotions right now, refusing to allow logic to take its place. There were times for logic and times for emotion. Besides, this was personal. He wasn't doing this out of some sort of fantasy of finally defeating a coldhearted villain for fame or money. This was about taking a murderer out once and for all.

He wasn't just going to beat Stain. No. That was a mercy.

No.

He was going to kill Stain.

He was going to do the same thing that Stain did to his brother. He was going to make Stain repent the hard way, and if he died in the process, then so be it. He'd rather die knowing that Stain was dead than die a meaningless death by failing to do what he set out to do.

He would hunt Stain down to the ends of the Earth for his revenge. When he did, his brother would be able to rest in peace. It also meant that the name "Ingenium" wouldn't be tainted in a stunt like this. It was why his current hero's name was Tenya. It was so that his family's legacy wouldn't be tainted by his anger and his bloodlust.

He might have been wearing a version of his brother's hero costume, but as far as he was concerned, it was merely a shell. Speaking of his costume, it consisted of a black one-piece suit with a high collar decorated with various pieces of silver armour, including a bulky chest plate, which had two sets of three wrap-around engine decals around the torso, just for the added flair. A metal collar around his neck and another around his upper arms, and metal vambraces that extended past his elbows with points at the ends.