[ WP ] A supervillain takes over the world . Inexplicably , the quality of life improves .

Six months. That's how long it took Jeremy to get the world back on it's feet. Six months and the homeless disappeared. Six months and poverty was gone. Six months and war and disease and famine and everything that made Earth so *bad* was gone. 
 
 I never took him seriously when he first started, when we lived together in that tiny apartment in downtown D.C. And I took him even less seriously when we moved for him to extend his `` laboratory of destruction'' in New York. I usually never went down there, but there were times where I needed to. I never understood what he was creating, but he always had *evil* names for things. I mean the man may have been preaching supervillain, but to the people of his new world, he was their hero. To some, even greater than that. Jeremy, or Doctor Redding as he went by, was a God. 
 
 Once he defeated Knightflyer, yeah, he was right about Richard being a superhero, I found it as a surprise too, he moved on to defeat the `` heroes'' of the world. I do n't know who he viewed as a hero, but the people he went after were far from it. Yes, Doctor Redding enlisted organized crime organizations and big science corporations to further his cause, but the man made progress faster than anyone I had ever met. He came into so much power and wealth from the victory, all of which he *poured* into the world. I remember when he first approached me about it, him ranting about how he would be able to power his creations for lifetimes and the world would be under his fist. 
 
 His first, as it turned out, was more of a warm blanket for the people of Earth. A week after he took down Knightflyer, New York City converted entirely to solar power. A city of ten million running on the sun. Two days after that, he had every major city on the East Coast turning to solar. And a month after that, he had the world. Doctor Redding, my childhood friend from Minnesota, had solved the energy consumption issue in a little less than a month. And the influx of installations created jobs, which flipped the economy, which as Redding began to end the need for big companies, began to decrease the poverty line. Six months and he changed the world. 
 
 Jere -- Doctor Redding never forgot his friends either. Sure, there were times that I doubted him, even more times that I wanted him to leave the `` evil'' behind and move on. But Redding always got back on his feet, always strove for more, always wanted to fight. Once he fought, and defeated, the hero; he had better things to do. And he helped me, his childhood friend, so much in those six months. 
 
 Doctor Redding had an interesting beginning, an even more interesting life. And if there's one thing I've learned from him, it's that you can always do more. You can always be more. He may have been a smalltown kid, but now, he's the leader in every known subject in the world. 
 
 This is his story. 
 
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 `` What do you think?'' I asked Jeremy as he read the beginnings to his biography. He had commissioned me to write it about three days ago and I was eager to get feedback on the first chapter. 
 
 `` What do you think I am?'' 
 
 I raised an eyebrow, `` Excuse me? I do n't understand.'' 
 
 `` What am I Nick?'' 
 
 `` Well, uhm, you're a Doctor, a man whose changed the world for the better.'' 
 
 `` You wo n't say it will you?'' 
 
 I sighed, `` Because you're not a goddamned supervillain Jeremy! Look what you've done to the world,'' I threw my arms open, `` Look what you helped create!'' 
 
 He shook his head and dropped the pages on the table in front of me. He had come to visit me in my home, the penthouse suite in one of New York's finest new buildings. `` I wo n't let you print something that does n't tell the people the truth.'' 
 
 `` See!'' I pointed at him, `` That right there, that proves my point. A supervillain would hide things! He would try to block the truth from his'underlings.''' I put up bunny ears when I spoke. 
 
 `` Be that as it may, it's a cliche. Not all supervillains have to follow the trope, you should know that.'' 
 
 I sighed and we stared at each other. I owed Jeremy a lot, but he had to see it my way, at least some of it. `` You've got to give me some credit.'' 
 
 `` The Minnesota touch was nice,'' he nodded, `` shows where I'm from. But I want more.'' He searched for the word as he punched his hand, `` Oomph. More spectacle.'' 
 
 `` More villainry?'' 
 
 `` Exactly!'' He stood from his chair, `` I'm glad you can see it my way.'' He straightened his cufflinks, an image of his first raygun design, as he stood. Now that his days of fighting `` superheroes'' were over, he did n't wear battle armor everywhere he went. `` I want a better copy ready to read in six months?'' 
 
 I nodded. 
 
 He began to walk away, patting my shoulder as he left. `` Oh,'' he stopped before he left the room, `` I forgot to mention. The first inhabitants to Moon 1 just arrived and everything went perfectly. I'd like you to add that in there.'' Then he left. 
 
 I threw my head backwards, `` You've got to be kidding me.'' 
 
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