It's Probably Not Going to Be Like This

The only thing raging harder than the vengeance in the air was the driving rain storm. Creating a slick surface on the roof tops, I knew I'd have only one chance to take down The Warlock's helicopter.

"Nice try, you ignorant fool!" he called to me, his hideous voice barely audible over a thunder clap tearing apart the sky. "The aftershocks of my retaliation will shake the very foundations of this earth, and sicken the souls of your murdered family!" He spat whatever fluid congealed itself regularly in his mouth to the echoing city below.

"Ah," I thought. "Now there's an idea."

As he swung inside the flying steel beast and threw me a sarcastic farewell wave, a final insult drifted across the air to me: "I can hardly believe they let you hold a sword!"

"Maybe you're right," I breathed, a sly smile crossing my face. The legions of dead henchmen behind me agreed... perhaps now was not the moment for The Warlock to get cocky.

He failed to hear my threat, which made its execution all the more perfect. With a mighty leap, I let loose the sword that had become more of a friend than a weapon into the screaming night sky. Catching the propeller head-on, a small stream of sparks signified a direct hit, and separated the most critical part of the chopper from its passengers.

"Great work, Skullthirst," I stated, the wind savagely taking what was left of the helicopter deep into the stratosphere. "Now... return to me."

Like an arrow, its handle appeared back in my eager hands, a blood lust quenched. At least for a few moments.

Warlock had managed to grab the edge of the building as he fell and was struggling to pull himself up; the last cockroach in the gas cloud, squirming for a survival it didn't deserve. I stepped on his fingers and he screamed.

"How?! HOW DID YOU LEARN TO--"

Lifting my foot, he bid a fond farewell to being alive and his cranium met the pavement in a most colorful display.

"Swordplay for the Actor. Mondays, 3:40 to 6:10 in Tomlinson Theater," I replied. "Attendance is mandatory."