[ WP ] An egocentric supervillain decide to take a day off from evil and do heroics . Just to show the Heroes that ( s ) he could do their job much better .

`` The only thing you were ever good at was stopping me,'' she choked out with a bloody laugh. 
 
 The larger woman picked her up by the front of her lab coat and slammed her into the wall in response. `` And this time wo n't be any different,'' she snarled. `` There are n't many people we would trust with a plasma capacitor that could turn the city into a crater, much less an evil genius fresh out of the asylum.'' 
 
 At this, she had to laugh again, despite the pain. `` So you just invite yourself over to break my toys. Typical hero complex with a side of intellectual inf-'' 
 
 She was cut off by suddenly being thrown across the room. 
 
 `` Save the monologue for your next cellmate,'' the other woman snapped. `` This ends now.'' She quickly scanned the expansive control panel and jabbed a spandex-covered finger at a red button marked `` Emergency Release''. 
 
 She might have coughed up a little blood as she picked herself off the floor, but it was hard to see for sure as her eyes strained to adjust to the loss of her glasses and the dim red emergency lighting. Just as the floor started to come into focus, there was a blinding flash as the capacitor vented a white-hot plasma stream straight up through the emergency hatch in the roof. 
 
 She shielded her face reflexively, as much from the wave of heat as from the light. A split second later, she felt a muscular arm knock the wind out of her as it swept her off her feet. The sudden chaos and inability to breathe paralyzed her, and it was an agonizing eternity before the slam of the heavy door sealing them off from the lab snapped her back to reality. 
 
 Her battered body screamed at her to stay down, but an unexpected wave of fury lent her the strength to launch herself at her antagonist. `` You useless, ignorant, insufferable -!'' she shrilled, trailing off into a flurry of wild punches as she reached the other woman. Her unskilled strikes were coolly dodged or blocked, and the she was only saved from a punishing counterstrike by the floor beginning to shake violently, knocking both women off balance. 
 
 `` What is this, a self-destruct?'' the other woman demanded, standing shakily over her. `` Trying to make sure you take me down with you?'' Behind the mask, her eyes darted around the room, looking for a control panel or escape route. 
 
 Her laughter this time was still cynical, if a few shades sadder. `` Where did you think all the energy came from in the first place?'' 
 
 The other woman's eyes widened. 
 
 `` Did you and your little friends think you were shielding us from earthquakes all this time through moral superiority? Through sheer force of good alone?'' she mocked. `` Half the people in this city would be dead or homeless by now without my geoseismic generator. The only thing that got me through those interminable years in a box was the knowledge that I would n't die under a collapsed roof unless you idiots brought it down yourselves.'' She chuckled again. `` Ironic, given our current situation.'' 
 
 `` Well, turn it back on then!'' A note of desperation had crept into the other woman's usually steely voice. `` We still have time to – `` 
 
 `` No.'' 
 
 The other woman was on her in an instant, pulling her to her feet somewhat less roughly than the last time but still with disorienting swiftness. `` What do you mean'no'?'' 
 
 `` *No*, half of that equipment is now charred lumps of plastic and metal; it would take years to rebuild, and we only have minutes,'' she said, eyes full of venom. `` *No*, you hunted down and exterminated my suppliers while you had me locked up, so I have nothing to rebuild it *with*.'' 
 
 The other woman started backing away slowly, but she followed. 
 
 `` *No*, you dedicated your life to stopping me, and now you finally have. Who am I to take that away from you?'' 
 
 She pointed to the camera in the corner of the room. 
 
 `` And *no*, because if I ca n't save these people, I can at least show them that you mindless brutes have no idea how to protect them – everyone who loves you, trusts you, *idolizes* you. Now you can live with the consequences of your inadequacy.'' 
 
 The ceiling chose this moment to begin to falling around them. 
 
 The other woman snapped into action, sprinting past her toward the closest wall. In one swift motion, she transferred her momentum into a massive punch, ripping open a hole to the outdoors. She turned back reflexively to extend a hand to her nemesis, only to find a pile of rubble where the woman had stood. She hesitated a moment before disappearing into the night. 
 
 `` *No*, because I *win*.''
