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This is my interpretation of how Sinister Mark came to be.
A vicious crack is heard as a shockwave echos through the skies. Mark Grayson is sent flying into some buildings.
One of his goggles shatter as he coughs up dust, his lip bleeds. He looks down at his black and yellow suit, stained with the blood of those that were slaughtered in the impact. Mark grits his teeth in frustration as he looks at the chaos and destruction all around him, people are dying, buildings fall, and fires spread as Chicago is now in ruins.
As Mark tries to get his bearings, a figure flies into him, pummeling him further. He tries defending but his attacker is too quick for him to dodge.
“Damnit!” He shouts in frustration. Mark then sees a shadow looming over him, he knows who it is.
The dust clears revealing Nolan Grayson, also known as Omni-Man. His suit black with a giant red O in the middle. Nolan bares his teeth, looking at his son with pure hatred. He looked at Mark as if he was a monster.
“Just because you’ve got your powers you kill your OWN MOTHER? FOR WHAT REASON?” Mark charges forward trying to land a punch, but Nolan catches it easily.
Nolan glares with pure hate. “Please.” Nolan then throws a punch of his own, one that sends Mark into a skyscaper. This impact being enough to cause it to collapse. Thousands of lives are lost once that skyscraper falls. “You will DIE for what you’ve done to her!” Omni Man lectures walking up.
“Fuck her, and FUCK YOU TOO!” Mark shouts in defiance. A mix of blood and saliva fly out of his mouth, hitting Omni Man directly in the face.
Omni-Man's eye twitches, he rears back his fist, hitting Mark in the face. Mark does a 360, fully dazed. Omni Man flies forward, hitting him with a giant clothesline that shatters Mark’s nose. While still holding Mark, he slams him into the ground again.
Nolan stands over Mark, grabbing him by the neck. Mark can do nothing but glare into his father’s hate filled eyes.
“You continue on this destructive path, what will you have after FIVE-HUNDRED YEARS?”
“Heh I know one thing you won’t have in five hundred years. Your family. Debbie Grayson is dead and you look ready to kill your son too.” He replies coldly.
Nolan looks at him disgusted.
“You’re sick in the head. I knew something was wrong with you, I wanted to discipline you my own way, yet your mother stopped me. She said its something like developmental issues that you’ll get over it... I shouldn’t have listened. I should have done something long ago! I was stupid!” Nolan says with self-hatred as he recalls those times.
“Yeah well look what listening to mom got you! Show’s how much she knows! That’s what you get for listening to these insects!” He shouts defiantly.
Nolan glares at him, tears in his eyes. “I’m gonna do this world a favor and finish this. I should have ended you a long time ago! You’re a monster.”
“I’m the monster? Look around us! I didn’t do this. You did. You got mad because one puny human die so you went and slaughtered thousands more.” Sinister Mark gives one of the biggest grins showing his blood-soaked teeth. Omni-Man's eyes widen.
"Your mother is the ONLY REASON you're alive right now! Her love is what held me back from ending you!"
"Like I said before, now she is the one dead and you're next. She was soft, mushy, and weak like all these other humans you killed in cold blood." Mark's voice clearly strike a nerve in Nolan.Mark points up. “You see those helicopters? They’re reporting on you. You’re the evil SOB here. Fighting someone that isn’t known to the public, sending him through buildings, murdering so many people. You’re this world’s enemy.”
“Shut up...” Tears go down Nolan’s face.
He doesn’t shut up. “All this destruction and chaos. Is this what mom would’ve wanted?”
“SHUT UP!” Nolan looks around. As he does this Mark takes advantage, he rears back his leg and kicks his father, sending him flying back. Mark flies in ready to deliver more, but Nolan recovers quickly, dodging Mark’s attack and landing a brutal blow of his own. One that sends him out of the city. Mark screams as he slams into a mountain. The land around the mountain quakes.
Nolan flies in, grabbing Mark by the neck.
“Those deaths are NOT on me! This is your fault!” Mark’s face turns red. Nolan was strangling him, he couldn’t reply. Mark tries kicking him off but Nolan wasn’t budging.
“I’ll just start over, make a new kid. One that isn’t so fucked up in the head!” Nolan barks, eyes red and puffy.
Its then that the two feel rumbling. Not just any rumbling, but it felt as if the entire continent shook. Even Omni-Man starts to slowly lose his balance. A massive screech echos across the landscape as dozens of huge, centipede-like creatures burst from the Earth itself, all letting out a war cry.
On top of one of these giant creatures is Doc Seismic, the self-proclaimed servant of Earth.
“Fool! You dare cause so much chaos and destruction for no reason?! Look at all the lives you’ve taken! Children of Gaia, slaughtered for what reason?” Doc Seismic glares at the two. He sees Omni-Man, holding a guy in a black and yellow suit. He assumes Omni-Man was going to kill him. That Omni-Man was going to take another innocent life.
“GET OUT OF HERE! THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU!” Omni-Man orders. Doc Seismic doesn’t budge. Instead Doc Seismic does a gesture, and as if they shared one mind, all the creatures begin charging towards Omni-Man.
Nolan growls as a creature charges into him, grabbing him in its massive jaws. The creature’s massive body and power able to knock him into the ground, far away from Mark. The others begin following it underground.
Doc Seismic leaps off before they go underground. He looks to Mark noticing his damaged state, his face softens. He approaches him.
“Son are you alright?” Doc Seismic leans down, looking at Mark’s injuries. Mark looks at him vision blurred.
“Where is he?” He asks, puzzled.
“Omni-Man is being taken care of by those of the earth. He won’t survive for much longer.” Doc Seismic smiles, expecting Mark to do the same. Instead this causes his eyes to widen. Not in fear for his father’s life because he loves him, but because he fears his kill will be stolen.
Mark was always a dark child. One that did everything to ruin anything good and make the lives of everyone around him miserable. As a kid he would kill animals, purposefully break expensive things, hurt people, along with other signs of psychopathic behavior.
Despite his mother’s best efforts Mark never changed. He harbored a deep hatred for his parents. One that he would hold onto for a long time. Then the day came. The day his powers emerged.
He was at school, of course when he walked through the halls, everyone did their best to avoid him.
Mark found his target, William. He LOVED tormenting him specifically. As Mark goes to grab William, WIlliam was scared. Mark slams him against the lockers but to his shock, instead of just slamming against the lockers like normally. William... died on impact. His body broke apart immediately.
Mark was shocked as he looked at the mess. Everyone ran. They were all screaming in terror. Mark however wasn’t upset, he was... elated. He now had powers just like his dad. He breaks through the wall flying through the sky, as if he always knew this would happen. Like he prepared for that moment. He knew where to go. He had to visit Art, it was time he took over this world.
Mark now donned his new suit as he looks over at the mess that was once Art, the man who made his dad’s suit. Mark forced him to make it, under the threat of death. Mark wasn’t one to stick to his word. Right after he made the suit, in a psychotic fashion. Mark stucks his hands inside of Art’s chest and proceeded to rip him in half.
“Guess you weren’t useless after all old man!” Mark cackles. He now wore the yellow and black suit WITH the cape. He chose the colors of the yellowjacket, one of the most aggressive things on the planet. He wanted people to feel FEAR when they saw the black and yellow heading their way.
“Now its time to see mom...”
Mark flew to his home, landing outside.
His mom was in the kitchen, washing dishes. Mark smirked, he saw the TV was on. His dad was fighting some Evil-doer named the Immortal?
He wasn’t home.
“Oh hi honey! Welcome back!” Debbie shouts, not looking at Mark. She thinks its her husband, Nolan returning.
Mark walks up eyes wide, a huge grin on his face.
Debbie, not hearing a reply turns confused. That’s when she sees her son, covered in BLOOD from head to toe. Instead of fearing for her life, her motherly instincts kicked in.
“OH my god Mark! What happened?! ARE YOU OKAY?” She asks, tears coming to her face as she grabs his shoulders. Despite the outfit, she could recognize her son from anywhere.
“Its not mine.”
Debbie blinks, thinking she didn’t hear that right.
“Wh-what was that son?” Debbie now felt fear beginning to overtake her. She lets go of Mark’s arms and starts backing up.
Mark looks her in the eyes. “This isn’t my blood. Guess who’s got their powerrrrrrrs.” Mark says with his eyes wide, his head tilts to the side and he gives a smile that could rival the Joker’s.
Debbie finally puts the pieces together.
Mark wasn’t hurt. He... murdered someone. Debbie runs to grab the phone, trying to contact the GDA, but Mark was on her in a second. He lifts her up by her neck, Debbie flails her arms and her face goes red as Mark begins to strangle her with no effort.
“That’s right. You’re first, then dad.” Mark says with a smirk. As he was about to end her, he hears the sound of someone landing outside. He turns.
“Even better.” Mark says facing the door.
“Honey I’m ho-” Omni-Man's jaw drops at the scene in front of him. His son was covered in blood from head to toe. He looked... happy. That wasn’t what made Omni-Man shocked though. Mark had his mother, his wife by the neck.
“Mark, put her down. Please.” Nolan pleaded. Nolan wasn’t one to beg or feel fear. This was different. He realizes that his son must have gained his powers. A day he dreaded.
“Hmmmm how about no?”
“Son, please.” Nolan’s voice cracks. To Mark’s shock, tears go down his dad’s face. Mark looks down, not knowing that his dad was capable of crying.
Nolan looks on with a glimmer of hope as Mark’s face changed.
CRACK
Nolan reaches out a single hand as he watches his wife fall to the ground. Her neck now broken as she faces the other way. A single tear goes down her cheek, her eyes lifeless.
“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” Nolan cries out. He flies over, crying at his wife corpse.
“No time for tears father, you’re-” Mark is cut off as Omni-Man charges into him. They fly out the house and into the city.
That was how their fight started. The day Mark got his powers.
“You idiot! Why would you do this?” Mark glares at Doc Seismic, the old man seeming surprised at his reaction.
“He was causing all of this destruction. He had to be stopped. Who are you anyways?” Doc Seismic asks confused.
Mark now stands. “I am {TITLE CARD}”
Before Doc Seismic can reply, an arm goes straight through his chest. Doc looks down, mouth opens in shock as he sees the boy’s arm goes through him.
“Next time mind your own business old man...” Mark yanks out his arm, looking at it.
Doc Seismic falls to his knees only gasping as blood pools around him. He looks up at Mark his eyes asking one last question before he passed on, "Why?". Mark doesn't show the slightest bit of interest at all as he watches Doc Seismic die.
“Humans are so weak. I wonder what else I can do to them.” He says darkly.
He turns his attention underground. He knew his dad wouldn't be contained forever, but he also didn't know how far those things took him underground. He would probably end up in a completely different place. Mark made a decision to fly to the nearest city, he needed to see where his father ends up. He knows the news will report once he re-emerges.
Nolan cries out in pain as one of the creatures bites into one of his arms with its sharp pincers. All around him, the bodies of the others littered the ground. Despite their numbers and size he slaughtered most of them easily.
Nolan reaches out with his arm and stabs it through the creature. The creature shrieks but doesn’t let go. With one swipe, the creature’s massive head is chopped from the rest of its leviathan body.
Nolan grits his teeth and with an aggressive scream, pulls the creature’s head and teeth from his arm. He uses both hands to smash its head into pieces. He flies back to the surface, breathing heavily. He looks around realizing he was somewhere new. He re-emerged in a city, looking at the architecture, he deduces it as somewhere in Europe.
He didn’t know it, but he was now poisoned. His breathing picks up as he looks at his arm. That thing was strong enough to break skin. His arm bleeds as he grits his teeth in frustration.
Its then that he sees a green light, then another, and another. Dozens of green lights appear, teleporting in new opponents.
“So you turn on us eh?” A Mauler replies.
“Heh, Machinehead saw this comin’ a mile away.” Another Mauler replies.
“So the GDA turns on me?” Nolan questions looking around him, holding his arm.
Surrounding him are the Maulers. Not just two Maulers, but DOZENS. Each one being different whether its gender, outfit, scars, or other abstract features, all the Mauler clones look at Omni Man with smiles.
In sync they all crack their knuckles.
“Hey you turned Chicago into a mess. Killed thousands. We all saw it.” A Mauler says shrugging.
“You think you can stop me?! This is a pathetic attempt!” Nolan replies.
“Nahhh we’ve got backup.” As a Mauler finished that sentence an ungodly roar is heard as Nolan looks up, he narrowly dodges as a giant green dragon shoots past him. As the dragon circles back around, the Maulers take advantage.
While Nolan was distracted, a Mauler hits him from behind, catching him off guard. He goes to slaughter that one, until another puts him in a headlock. The Maulers all begin running in to get some hits in. Nolan starts to get pummeled, blood being drawn and his chest starts to bruise.
As Nolan takes damage he thinks back on everything. His son. His son must DIE for what he’s done.
“RAAAAAAH!” He breaks free reaching forward and ripping out the skull of one Mauler. That Mauler drops dead as Nolan throws that skull, killing another on impact. Two Maulers try charging, but Nolan grabs their heads, slamming their skull together so hard it kills them both.
He looks around waiting for the next attack, daring anyone to step up. The Maulers look pissed but stay back, Nolan then looks up catching the jaws of the dragon before it swallows him whole. As he holds back the dragon, the Maulers charge in again.
Mark looks at the TV, he had flown to a city to see where his father went to. He knew those creatures weren’t gonna be enough to stop him.
“So he’s in Naples now...” Mark notes to himself as he jumps, blitzing through the skies with incredible speed. “Don’t die on me old man, you’re MINE!”
Dead Mauler clones are seen around the battlefield. Nolan punches the dragon sending it into some buildings.
The dragon lets out a grunt of annoyance.
“What the hell are you supposed to be anyways?”
“Your powers come from the stars, mine come from another reality. I am the GDA’s trump card for when you turn on us.” The dragon replies.
“So you do talk. Tell Machinehead after I’m done with you and my son, him, the Guardians, the GDA, all of it is FINISHED.” Nolan goes over, but to his surprise the dragon launches forward. Nolan dodges its fangs, but gets hit by its tail, sending him to the ground.
The impact actually causes Nolan to lose his breath for a second. The poison grew stronger as the battle raged on. The dragon’s attacks and Nolan straining himself make it easier for the poison.
Nolan is about to get up until two more mauler clones jump on top of them, sending him back into the ground.
“GET OFF!” Nolan pushes one back but the other slams its massive fists against his ears. Nolan lets out a bloodcurdling scream as his ears begin bleeding. The Mauler’s grin grows.
“So Machinehead was right. Your ears are your weakness.” The other Mauler jumps on top of Nolan like a trampoline, beginning to curb stomp his head.
Nolan’s eye twitches. He grabs the Mauler’s foot throwing him into the other twin. Nolan flies forward, literally going through the Maulers, ending them both.
As he tries to gain his bearings, the dragon returns, flying back in and constricting him.
“VRRRRRRRRROOOOAOOOOOOOOOO!” The dragon lets out a massive roar directly in his face. Nolan lets out a bloodcurdling scream as his nose bleeds along with his ears.
“GGGGIIIIIIIIIIIIYYYYAAAAA!”
The dragon smiles. “This world will celebrate your demise!” The dragon constricts its body , trying to pop Nolan, but Nolan did his best to not break.
With his weakness being exploited and the poison growing stronger, Nolan begins to break. He feels some of his bones shatter. The whole time, the dragon laughs.
The dragon is then punched aside as someone flies in. The punch was strong enough for the dragon to release its hold on Omni-Man. Nolan falls to the ground, coughing blood.
“BACK OFF!” Mark shouts.
The dragon glares at him. “Who might you be?”
“Someone who is going to murder this fucker myself!”
The dragon bares its teeth, ready for combat, but to its shock. Isotope appears.
“Boss says we’re leaving. Casualties are too high, we don’t know who the hell this guy is, and we can’t risk losing our best weapon.”
“I CAN-” The dragon doesn’t get to finish as Isotope teleports it away.
Isotope looks at Mark. “You're impressive ya know that? Not many people can move the dragon with a single blow."
Mark charges at Isotope, but Isotope teleports away in a nick of time. “GRRRRRR!” Mark growls at not being able to kill his prey.
“Gotta say boss I almost pissed myself.” Isotope looks at his boss, the director of the GDA, Machinehead.
Machinehead turns in his chair. “YA DID GOOOOOD ISOTOOOOPE. WE CAN GAAAATHER INFOORMATION AAAAABOUT THIS KID” He replies in his auto-tune voice.
“He says he wanted to kill Omni-Man himself, what’s that all about?”
Machinehead shrugs. “WHOOO CARES? I’VE SEEN MI-KNEE POSSSSIBILITIES WHERE THIS ONE ENDS OMNIIIIII MAN!”
Isotope faces the monitor. Machinehead does so as well.
Mark walks up to his dad, grabbing him by the suit. “To think you would be weakened by those things. I thought you were the strongest on the planet.” Mark hits Nolan, Nolan’s head rears back as he tries a headbutt. Nolan’s head cracks against Mark’s face, causing him to let go. Mark growls, gripping his nose as it gushes blood.
“I’m not done yet with you Mark!” As Nolan tries to stands, Mark shot forward slamming his own knee into his father’s skull. Nolan is sent flying back.
Nolan rolls across the road, before stopping. He looks up only to see the shadow of his son diving down. He isn’t quick enough to block as the poison finally begins to slow him down. Mark is on top of him, delivering shot after shot to his face.
Nolan can’t defend, his equilibrium was thrown off, along with the poison starting to shut down his body.
“You asked me what I would have after five hundred years remember? Well I finally got a straight answer for you.” Mark stops punching and looks down at his father.
Nolan’s face was caved in, his body twitches as his breathing was slowing down. He leans in next to his father’s ear.
“In case you can’t hear me I'll tell you like this. I’ll have the honor of knowing I was the one to end my father and take control of this planet.”
With that final statement Mark reaches back his arm, impaling Nolan. He doesn’t stop there. Sinister Mark RIPS OUT HIS HEART and watches as Nolan dies for good. Ended by his own son.
Mark watches his father’s heart as it stops beating. He eyes it tilting his head in curiosity. In one swift move he bites into it. As he tastes it he can’t help but smile.
He finishes eating it, fully claiming his victory. “You don’t control me any more old man, this world is MINE!” Mark flies up, admiring the destruction. He decides he can do better and flies off to cause more chaos.
That ends it. In this world Sinister Mark does indeed kill his father. Let me know what you all think of in reviews.