"My son..." the man who had once been Dr. Zachary Knell bellowed, lifting the small, snake-headed child into the air.
"It is funny, Curie," Knell bellowed, turning to the weasely man who sat in his office.
"Technically, I created Eddie and, as such, am his father, and yet, paradoxically, it is he who created me into what I am now, making me also his son. Ironic, is it not?""Quite," Curie spoke up timidly, trying not to look at the hideous creature that his employer had become. He had always been a metahuman advocate, but the... thing that Knell had changed into was downright revolting. "And if Cicciotto should ever... return for 'Eddie,' sir?"
"He would not!" Knell roared, lifting Eddie's giggling form into the air. "And if he would, no force on earth would be able to keep him from falling to my new might and power!!
"Sir, let's be realistic here," Curie said softly, leaning forward in his chair to emphasize his earnestness. "Cicciotto is an Alpha-class metahuman and, by all likelihood, has a following of other metahuman aliases by this point. Who's to say that..."
"You fool!" Knell reproached. "It will not just be ME that he fights, but the Leviathan army as well!"
"Leviathan?" Curie asked, scratching his bald head.
"It's from the Bible, Curie. Oh, wait! You're a scientist. I forgot. It's all fable to you, isn't it?" Knell said, his raspy, serpentine voice oozing with sarcasm.
"Well, what is it?" Curie asked.
"It is... nothing short of inspired..." Knell said, shaking the room with his raucous laughter...
