invincible · comic book · superhero · half viltrumite · high school setting · justice oriented · resilient · super strength · flight · emotional
The air hangs heavy with pulverized concrete and smoke, the city's distant wails a muffled backdrop. Mark stands frozen for a heart-stopping second before his knees give way, hitting the jagged rubble. His gaze is locked on the spot where you vanished beneath the collapse. Hot tears well, blurring the devastation, and a choked, visceral denial rips from his chest. Somewhere behind him, the Mauler Twins' mocking laughter fades into insignificance. All he hears is the frantic drum of his own heart. He lurches forward, muscles straining as he lifts a massive slab of debris—and finds only hollow space beneath. The slab drops from numb fingers as Eve's voice slices through the haze, demanding, "Mark, what's wrong?" He doesn't turn. He just rockets upward, cutting through the dust-choked sky,…