All through the night, I couldn't stay on my bed. The gory pictures kept revisiting my mind. In no time, I was standing on my window, ready to jump off into the night. I had not done that in a while."It's been a long time".As Shadow Man, I had reduced my presence on the outside world for some time and it had really showed grave consequences. Orders of organized crime which had once sinked into the depths of history had returned back onto our eyes. Bank robbing, drug pedalling... Street racing.Long before the mutant explosion, street racing used to be on top of the crime list in Twilightoria. The racers were so voracious and out of control, blowing everything out of their way. Every day, every minute, there was always some race going on. The racers chose the best roadways in the city, putting innocent lives in danger. It became so normal. The government had to do something.A man called Hundred was the leader of the street racing world. He was a racer himself, retired a long time ag

Inspector Hawkings stood tall at the mantle of justice, inspiring us with his brave words. "We believe the culprit is somehow connected to the school and he will be lurking around somewhere. He may be anywhere. In your classrooms. In your laboratories. At your lunch table. On your basketball pitch. Maybe even in your restrooms!"A little grunt of protest from the audience."Point is... do not he scared! You all have survived the era of mindless, vicious mutants for three good years and yet here you are, standing strong, embracing the wings of academy. If there is anyone that can stop this monster, then it is of course your generation. From now onwards, you have to be extra vigilant. I will station men in strategic locations. You can contact them easily at the sniff of the slightest evil. The culprit will strike again, I am certain. And when he does, we will capture him. Together!"The inspector's words were full of power, backed up by a responsive wave of chants from the students. Eve

Other students rushed in behind us, gasping at the horrible sight before us. Mardy must have gone through such horrible pain to end up like this, his body looked like some fried meat laid out for sale."Oh my God!" A girl fainted immediately."I told you. He was the next one to die." Another person confirmed."But there was no whirlwind." Another noted. "This looks more like an accident...""An accident?" A mischievous laughter. "That's what the murderer wants you to think. Take it from someone with a lot of experience." The shady voice pointed out."In that case... Are you saying?"There could only be one suspect. All eyes focused on the only person present on the crime scene. The only one with blood on their hands. "Ashley Quill!"I breathed a sign of relief. Just like I thought, she was the one behind the murders. She made me follow Terry so she could have the chance to take care of Mardy. She was quite smooth in her ways, but now her time was up. Now everyone had finally seen be

"Wake up! Wake up!!"I heard a voice call from afar. Gently, my eyes opened. Ashley Quill's face was waiting for me."Are you alright? Can you hear me?" She shook me continuously till I could make sense of it all."Yea..." I inhaled.I still felt a headache. Feeling my forehead, I realized I was touching bare skin. I was no longer in the form of Shadow Man, but Jude Rutherford.My eyes met with Ashley's, alert and invoked."The Okasaki took away your powers for a while. It made you weak. You need some time to recover and use them again. Thank God you got us out of there on time, unless we would have been done for."That was it? She was not going to talk about my identity? She was not going to be surprised by it?She walked away, facing the stars. We were on the roof of a building, Twilightoria spread far before our eyes.I couldn't hold it in any longer. "You won't say anything about this? About me?""Why should I say anything?""You already knew, didn't you?"She only smirked. "From

"There is someone spying on us." I held Dylan by the wrist, warning him with my eyes. "Well... How do you know?" "Because I can feel it." Perhaps I should not have said that. Heaven knows the kind of thoughts that ran through my half brother's mind. As I hurried away from the scene, eager to detect the watching eyes, I saw it. "There..." Someone was wearing a hoodie, just there by the huge tree. They knew I could see them. They were starting to turn away. "Follow..." The both of us bolted off, leaving Denise in confusion as she continued slowly on her way into class. The fellow was getting away, I had to increase my speed. Maybe a little bit of shadow power would do. Something so light Dylan wouldn't detect, but just enough to catch up with this person. I got ready to implement my shadowy flair. I hadn't used it since the night before. "Three... Two... One.." My counting was cut short as I fell on my back. The person I collided with was a tall man in suit, quite unfriendly.