I stood there staring into the frozen faces of the ones who murdered my son. They were celebrating when I found them, gleeful in their victory. The son of a washed up villain, harmless, murdered for stealing insulin from the pharmacy. The heros talked about stock losses and how my son was destroying a proud business. My son, who was only trying to help those this country turned their backs on. This world was corrupt, but I hadn't realized just how corrupt. I played my pranks while my son talked about change. He took after his dad that way.

"Kira, I expected to find you here."

I didn't turn towards him "Are you here to stop me, Chronus?"

"You know I couldn't stop you, even if I wanted to."

Time stood still around us, and memories came flooding in. Chronus was assigned to be my hero early on in my career. Apparently, pulling pranks on the top heros demanded the attention of one of the greatest new heros of the generation. Who knew a few pies thrown into some faces and tacks on chairs could warrant such a threat? Unfortunately, for the council and Chronus, he wasn't the only one that could stop time, nor could he stop my time.

"Where were you?" I asked. This time in-between time had been our getaway. No one could find us or stop us here. When you have all the time in the world together, things like heros and villains fade away.

"I was stuck, explaining how you got away with defacing the statue of Thunderus again. I had checked the routes earlier in the day, there wasn't a threat. I didn't realize..." He wrapped his arms around me. "They weren't supposed to do this, they were supposed to be on patrol in another city!"

"Why were they here?" As the tears stream down my face.

"They took on a contract job, lied to the council. No one knew until the press got the story." I can still see the blurred images of my son beaten body left lifeless on the ground and the smiles on these heros faces.

"I will be taking them, their families, and the ones that hired them." I felt Chronus flinch behind me. He was always able to keep my rage in check. To keep my contained. While the council might think he does an awful job of stopping me, it couldn't be further from the truth. We have balance. I stay harmless because I found happiness. Hidden away, in my pocket of time between time, and they somehow took that away from me. I would make them regret their actions for the rest of their miserable lives.

Chronus didn't say anything for a long while, but what was time for us anyway. "Let me help." I smiled a cruel, dark feeling came over me. My hero, my golden boy, they finally broke him. The world will remember the day they killed our son as the day the world would be changed forever.