The time was 8:55pm. At Stephanie Lane Subway.I was hanging within the darkness, waiting for my cue.Dylan was right there already, oblivious of my presence. He was waiting for the men who had struck a deal with him on phone, they would be here in five minutes. But I could see the signs of panic in him. He knew that if he stayed too long in that place, anything could happen to him. And when I say anything, I mean anything! Stephanie Lane was definitely the most dangerous place in the entire city.The golden lights shone from above, spreading through the entire landscape of the Twillightoria community, but not even a single ray could make it to this evil part of the hellhole. That was really suspicious, why did Dylan's buyers choose this place as their exchange location?If there was anything my city never lacked, despite the troubling activities of its mutants, it was electricity. Lights and lights all around at every part of the city. So if there was any place where darkness persist

I could not believe how fruitless my efforts had been, how dumb my actions had been. I had been wrong about Dylan, he did not have the bracelet. But what if he did not have it? Then who did?Out alone in the middle of nowhere, I hurdled through the night. I was still in my shadow form, unable to return to my normal self. Apparently, I had stayed in the form of Shadow Man without my bracelet for too long and now, I could not just get back to normal. That was the only explanation. Han Eduardo did say that the bracelet was left by mother just to protect me. How come I never realized this for three whole years?"I have been so ignorant..."Perhaps it would take a while before I can be Jude Rutherford again, so I decided to take a walk in the night, away from anyone's eyes until I am able to switch form again.Dylan would have returned home by now. If he told anyone about what happened tonight, about his encounter with Shadow Man, there was very little chance that anyone would ever believ

The past few days have been absolutely weird. I mean, even though the past three years was decorated in all shades of weirdness, coloured with the emergence of mutants and fragranced with their heinous crimes and horrifying actions, there was still some limit to how much shocked I would be.But ever since Han Eduardo showed up as another Shadow Man, wearing my outfit, everything collapsed.Since then, a lot of weird things began to occur, putting me at the edge of my seat every now and then. First, Shadow Man died. I died! Technically, Han Eduardo was the one who died but somehow... I died too.Then father decided to stay home with us. Like, who would have thought my father would one day decide miraculously that he needed more time with his family.Also, Ariana had a proper conversation with me for the first time... That was a win but still weird. Dylan ended up getting himself into trouble with dangerous mutants. Even fat Christy happened to be losing some calories!!To make matters

Now this mutant called Raphael had a weird sense of humour. The evil things he said, the way he said them. And the coldness his words bring into the environment. He was a monster."You dare have a child without me..." He let out a breathe of thick fog. "How about I freeze the life out of her? She would look so pretty now, would she not?"His cold claws remained fixed upon Ariana's neck, oozing with hatred and anger. It was obvious that he had history with Ariana's mother. And whatever history it was, it sure happened a long time ago. "Please..." Ariana's mother begged as her daughter remained frozen in his possession. "Let her go, Raphael. She is just a child...""Just a child..." He scoffed. "I was just a child when I fell in love with you! I was just a child when I was turned into this by that pedo!!" As his voice heightened, so did the spikes of ice surrounding the entire scene.All along, while I listened to their recounting exchange, I also came up with a master plan to free the

"What's up, guys? I'm Ash. Not happy to be here, but my dad's a jerk." She chewed stylishly, erupting a wave of murmurs."She's so cool.""I'm having a crush already.""This one is hot!" I heard Dylan whisper to his group of friends.All the boys were thrilled by her presence. Not me. I fumed hard."And here is Darken Quantermain. Transferred from Utopia." Miss Huxtable pointed to the other boy. He was quite shorter than Ash. His hair was blue, dyed as well. Unlike her, he was a shy one. He couldn't even raise his gaze to face us."Introduce yourself to the class, Darken." The maths mistress urged with a smile."Yes, Darken! Introduce yourself!" Someone screamed, evoking a wave of laughter."My... My name... My name is...""My... My... My... The cats have your tongue?" Another person interrupted mockingly, further increasing the tempo."This one's a loser.""I know right, look at his feets shaking. I'm sure there is an earthquake beneath him."It was Terry and his notorious friends ta