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Tommy takes a deep breath. This was all well planned, it wasn't going to go wrong. He had been patrolling as a vigilante for a year and a half now, some called him a villain, they definitely would after this. He is going to murder mayor of Manburg, J. Schlatt. They had been planning this since his villainism started, he has been working at the hero tower (where Schlatt has an office and often works, the city claims It's for his safety. Tommy thinks it's to make sure he doesn't make a fool of himself) for months under a false identity entirely.
Everyone is born with a power, some more than one. Tommy has two, one of them is shapeshifting which is fucking epic! He thinks it's the 3rd best power in all of Essempi. His power has limits, but he was able to morph his face into something not of his own, he worked as an unpaid intern for months to learn the layout and scheduling.
Luckily since he's incredibly charismatic (and always got their coffee orders right) many of the heroes and other employees there took a liking to him, he quickly learned many details of the building. It's a crazy environment. It's no wonder they ‘hired’ Tommy without so much as a background check, although Tubbo did have some fake shit set up just in case they did.
Tommy walked into the building disguised as the intern. Oh god, he's nervous as hell. He is not scheduled to work the night shift but no one would question him, everyone is too busy with their own shit. There's a syndicate attack going on in Kinoko currently, so many of the heroes and employees alike will be occupied but mayor Schlatt won't have anyone guarding him since the attack is far enough away from the tower.
He walks into the elevator and presses the button for the 54th floor and the box of death shoots up with such a speed it scares Tommy every time he takes it. The doors open in no time he is staring down the office door of J. Schlatt. This feels too easy, no sneaking around or giant guns, just some insider knowledge and a good power. He brings his keycard up to a small slit in the door handle and the door easily clicks open.
Tommy walks in confidently, lies ready on his tongue. He doesn't even have to talk though, Schlatt, mayor of Manburg, is snoring loudly, he's asleep in his chair with his head lying lazily back. The room is fairly large, the walls are lined with bookcases and cabinets with the mayor's desk in the middle, dramatic big windows covered with giant curtains behind him shine a sliver of light through them. Tommy has the urge to look for any useful documents or files, but he can't, this needs to be in and out.
He watches Schlatt carefully as he walks towards him, he shows no signs of waking up. Upon closer inspection he's holding a half empty whiskey bottle in one hand with another bottle at his feet.
This will be easy as fuck.
Tommy walks up to the window and pulls the curtains open, Schlatt jolts at the noise but quickly settles his head on the desk mumbling something about the light. Tommy takes a second to look out the window, the sky is dark, but no stars shine, the city lights dim them enough that only the brightest are visible, even those are hard to spot. He finds that the city has the same effect on the people that live in it.
The cameras in this room should be disabled, and he's perfectly undercover, but he's still anxious about his face being so exposed. Tommy pulls one of the windows open in preparation. He slowly slips a small knife out of his pants pockets, it's a normal hunting knife that he had just sharpened before leaving his apartment.
He lazily throws a note on the floor, then in one swift movement Tommy lifts the mayor's head and slits Schlatt’s throat. He does so as quickly as his body can. Schlatt tries to fight back, and to his credit, does pretty good for a drunken mess. But it's not enough. By the time Schlatt hits the floor Tommy is out the window and flying above Manburg.
It's more fun than it should be, Tommy thinks as blood rushes through his ears. He just took a man's life and he's happy about it. Then again it wasn't an innocent man. Schlatt wasn't a great mayor, or even a good one.
He didn't care for the city, he was smart but greedy and had an ego. Tommy doesn't think he even ever wanted to be mayor, but none of that matters much, what matter is that Schlatt was a rich fuck torturing the working class, and is the first of many Tommy plans to murder.
He touches the device in his ear lightly and hears a small beep a second later.
“It's done.” Tommy states as he lands in a grassy field.
He hears a laugh erupt from the earpiece, “why are you laughing Atom?” he frowns.
“I told you not to call me that! It sounds like you're calling me Adam, like the name, and that's lame.” Tommy can hear the eye roll in his voice. “And I was laughing ‘cause you sounded so serious!-” he pauses to giggle some more “-it's done” he mocks Tommy, lowering his voice in an attempt to reach the unnatural tone Tommy's voice changer reaches.
“Dickhead, Forgive me if I'm in a bit of a dramatic mood right now” he scoffs. “I kind of just did the most serious thing a man can do!” he swings the door open to the abandoned church he uses as a hideout of sorts. It was once a lively church of Prime but worshiping Prime has long since been shunned.
“Fair I suppose. When are you coming home?” Tommy hears shuffling as Tubbo probably looks through blueprints. Tubbo is the smartest person Tommy knows, Tommy doesn't know that many people, but he's sure that Tubbo is the smartest in all of Manburg, maybe Essempi. Tubbo is the only reason Tommy pulled off what he just did.
“I'm coming home soon I just wanted to change clothes, these ones are bloody” he'll probably burn this whole outfit later, it was just for looking professional while at the tower anyway. He won't be needing it anymore.
“Do you mind picking up some ink on the way home? My printer ran out.." Tommy takes it all back Tubbo is stupid. Tommy hangs up before Tubbo can say any more dumb shit, he is NOT going to the store. He should get a break from chores; he just killed the mayor of Manburg.
He takes the earpiece out carefully, puts it in its case and sets it in his bag. If Tubbo requires him he can just call like a normal person.
He changes quickly into a plain hoodie and jeans leaving the bloody clothes in an old crate. He decides to walk home not wanting to catch any unwanted attention from flying. They live on the south outskirts of Manburg, not the worst side of the city but not the best.
There's nothing but forest and farms past the south border so it's nice. Their apartment is rundown but mildly expensive due to being in a less crowded place.
The closer you get to Las Nevadas the more dangerous the streets get. Las Nevadas is a city on the west side of Essempi, Tommy avoids going to Las Nevadas but it's not uncommon for him to patrol west Manburg.
Tommy makes it home without trouble. He trudges up the steps and jams his key into the door. “Tubbo, I'm home!” he announces before promptly collapsing on the couch, turns out murder takes a lot out of a man.
“What is the syndicate doing?” he asks Tubbo while burying his face in a pillow. “I dunno” Tubbo seemingly appears beside Tommy and picks up the remote to turn on the news. Nothing about Schlatt’s murder yet, It's been about an hour since Tommy slit his throat.. Holy shit Tommy killed the mayor. He fucking killed the mayor. “Tubso I fucking did it” Tommy sits up and looks at his friend “I killed him! Bang on! No mistakes!”
Tubbo smiles wide “you did Tommy! You just started so much shit! Think of how mental everyone is gonna go” Tommy is scared shitless for the future but at the same time he can't wait to kill some other rich asshole. He's going to right all those fuckers wrongs.