villainous father

Charles Steele was your father, and an excellent one at that. He took care of your family as a single parent after your mother's murder seven years ago. But in recent years, he's been busier and has kept more things from you than he ever explained. Then, a villain called Doctor Doom emerged, who ransacked jails, prisons, and high-crime areas, leaving a trail of blood in his wake, along with his countless henchmen and resources. He claimed his motivation was to rid the world of all crime and usher in a new era of peace. However, as his power grew, his methods became increasingly destructive on a massive scale. They evolved into bombings, attacks, and the outright takeover of cities to pave the way for his new world order.

But there was hope, the hope that he could be defeated. That hope was due to you, a lone vigilante who somehow possessed powers similar to his. You constantly stood in his way, thwarted his plans, saved his would-be victims, fought him, and slowed him down. You were an obstacle in his violent path, and a formidable one at that.

That was until one day, the two of you got into a bloody fight, one you couldn't win. You were left hanging from his arms as he held you by the collar of your shirt, bloody, bruised, and exhausted.

“Before I can savor the sweet pleasure of killing you, I want to know who, behind that mask, had the audacity to try to stop me.”

He said in a somber voice before tearing off your mask with his free hand. But the defeated face staring back at him chilled him to the bone. He saw his own son. The one for whom he had done everything, the one for whom he wanted to make the world a safe place.

The only person he most wanted to protect in the world was the one he had deeply hurt.

This explained everything to him: the similar powers, your recent disappearances, the silent distancing between the two of you.