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Shadow Man; A Dark Story of Jude Rutherford Girl In The Mask
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
Shadow Man; A Dark Story of Jude Rutherford Another Murder
"Wake up, Jude. Get ready for school."I lay on my bed, eyes open, probably red. I hadn't slept all night. I kept thinking and thinking, Ashley Quill was the one in the mask? The whirlwind? That meant she killed David yesterday! But she was standing right beside me when it happened, how could she do that? What kind of power did she possess to carry it out without being noticed? And what was her reason to kill him? They had not even said a word to each other.My door burst open, drawing me out of my thoughts. "Hey Jude! Get up!" Dylan stood by the door, looking all normal. "Dad is taking us to school today..."I stared at him hard. "Where were you last night?"I could hear his throat swallow something, but his face kept normal."Where else? Home right here... Sleeping... Why you asking?"Such an expert in the gentle art of dishonesty. "No reason. Just didn't find you in your room.""Uhh... Why were you looking for me?" He seemed a bit interested now, trying to be sure he wasn't in tr
Shadow Man; A Dark Story of Jude Rutherford The Speech
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
Shadow Man; A Dark Story of Jude Rutherford The Third Murder
He was going to kill him. I had to do something to stop it. "You scoundrel! You should go back to whatever hellhole you ever crawled out from!"He smashed Darken Quantermain against the tiled wall again, threatening to cause more damage. Then he raised his fist in the air in an attempt to land the final blow.Creak...I lost my footing as I peeped, falling forward and causing the door to open. Terry turned around instinctively, wearing a frown when he saw it was just me."You... What are you looking for?""Me? I don't know. Probably some peace and quiet. What about you? Did you make a new friend? Principal Collins would be glad to find out how well you're getting along with the new student."Fiery Terry walked towards me with a scary gait, his eyes looked into mine, deep and far. "Stay out of my business, noodle hair."Noodle hair? Like seriously? Everyone was calling me that now?He walked past me, not bothering to take a last look at his victim. I could see it in his eyes, hear it
Shadow Man; A Dark Story of Jude Rutherford Ashley Quill Escapes
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
Shadow Man; A Dark Story of Jude Rutherford The Mutant Control Officer and The Okasaki
I wasn't able to sleep all night. In as much as I was certain to have done the right thing, something still felt off. I needed to be sure.Right now, I was on my way to the police headquarters. By the time I reached the place, I knew something had happened."Check the corners!""Close the gates!""The mutant control will be here any minute!!"The lights flickered aggressively and a battalion of police cars roamed the streets. It was a vicious search, and I knew whom they were searching for."Ashley Quill!"She found a way to escape already. That only proved how badass she was, proved how she could kill three boys in the space of twenty four hours.The police would search all night, but they would never find her. I would find her. Because I knew what the police did not know, I had information they did not possess.Like a dark angel in the middle of the night, I soared in the sky, flying to that location I was so sure of."You are late!"That was the first statement that came into my ea
Shadow Man; A Dark Story of Jude Rutherford Ashley Quill's Story
"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
Shadow Man; A Dark Story of Jude Rutherford The Eyes In The Shadows
With Ashley Quill's hook and rope, we made it into the building, barely and roughly.Landing on my back, my sight was met with Fiery Terry's red eyes. He was running out of breath and it looked as if his eyes would crack within his skull. The whirlwind circled around him continuously."He..lp... Plea..se..."I jumped into the scene, trying to wade off the circling wind with the strength of my feet. I was thrown off against the wall immediately, breaking a few things along the way."Fuck! That was so fast!" My eyes dazzled.There was not much I could do, my powers were absent. Ashley set to work instead, pointing towards them with that thing she took from the bike."What's that?" I whispered."That man isn't the only person with an Okasaki..." She smriked, pulling a trigger.It beeped twice, flashing in blue. Something shot out towards the struggling duo. A screeching echo befell my ears, the voice of a male teenager. It was not fiery Terry, it was the whirlwind.Terry tried to break f
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The Knight In Shining Armor
As Shadow Man, I had fought against several types of dangerous criminals. Think about the most vicious, most miserable and most toxic superhero environment, that would be Twilightoria. And every other night, I was out there in the city, shining in the knight's armor, keeping things in order. Despite the sinister records of each one of my adversaries, Pedro Don Piero was not in the same bracket.The mutant control officer was just exactly as they called him, a mutant expert. On his sleeves were several tricks. Every time I thought I was getting the upper hand, he would come up with something sinister, something tech like which prevented me from using my abilities to the maximum. He was just human, but with the weapons he had access to, a mutant was no huge threat."You! It is my destiny to arrest you!" Piero screamed at intervals as I tried to maintain my sanity. All the weapons were stored in his briefcase. And no matter how many times he took out something from there, the case was ne
Villains Winning
The day was going peacefully, I mean apart from the tension flying in the air and the police officers crawling on land. Everything else was calm and cool. There was no mutant yet, no emergencies. And we was on the roof, waiting. Until the alarms sounded."Emergency! Emergency! All units stay alert. Hospital ward infiltrated! Patient attacked!"Ashley walked up beside me. "Something has definitely happened." She said.I listened, using my shadow abilities. Inspector Hawkings was fuming to someone. "How did this happen?! I told you that nobody was allowed to see him!""But we are his parents! Are we not meant to speak to our son, give him some comfort?" The woman was in tears. Definitely Terry's mom.I heard Hawkings sigh. He asked for Piero, but the officers say Piero is nowhere to be found. Then in a fit of frustration, he requested his phone be brought to him."Shadow Man.""Inspector Hawkings.""I think you were right. The boy is dead and he was murdered with a knife. The killer is
A Dark Story of Darken Quantermain
"What is plan B?""Shadow Man.""How do we get through to him? Nobody even knows who he is!" Dylan was much concerned over the phone."Well, I have his phone number." I smiled.In the next few minutes, I was standing over Twilightoria, on the tallest roof in the city. Ashley Quill was beside me, looking as dangerous as she was cute."Are you sure this is gonna work?" Her hair blew back continuously as the wind passed."Let's find out." I dialled a number using a phone that Ashley brought but didn't buy, off the jacket of a man on the street. A necessary crime."Who is this?" Piero had a hard and cold voice, even on phone."The people call me Shadow Man.""And I call you a mutant criminal. To what do I owe this pleasant surprise?""It's about the boy in the hospital. I'm sure you know his life is in danger."Piero groaned. "I'm keeping him safe and alive as bait for the likes of you. If you have the balls, Mr Hero, trying showing up at the hospital. I would love to host you in the cont
The True Killer
Darken Quantermain. The innocent pretty boy in the school, known for being gentle and minding his own business. Shy, afraid to speak in front of everybody, the easy victim of all those bullies. He was a cold blooded killer mutant all along?I rose from my seat as my suspicions arose. I knew what I saw. A spider, drawn in black just on the inside of the left wrist. That was the tattoo I found on the whirlwind, that was the tattoo I spotted on Darken.I hurried to my step brother."Dylan..." I held him close. "Find Ashley... Tell her I know who the murderer is."Dylan was a terrible student. He knew all the methods of skipping school or leaving early, I knew he was gonna do this easily. But he had questions."Who is it?"My tongue told no tales, but my eyes did. Following my gaze, Dylan's eyes widened in disbelief."Him?""I am completely sure." I affirmed. "He must not know we are onto him. Get Ashley here as soon as possible and we can get him before it is too late. I will keep an eye
The Tattoo
"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.
The Eyes In The Shadows
With Ashley Quill's hook and rope, we made it into the building, barely and roughly.Landing on my back, my sight was met with Fiery Terry's red eyes. He was running out of breath and it looked as if his eyes would crack within his skull. The whirlwind circled around him continuously."He..lp... Plea..se..."I jumped into the scene, trying to wade off the circling wind with the strength of my feet. I was thrown off against the wall immediately, breaking a few things along the way."Fuck! That was so fast!" My eyes dazzled.There was not much I could do, my powers were absent. Ashley set to work instead, pointing towards them with that thing she took from the bike."What's that?" I whispered."That man isn't the only person with an Okasaki..." She smriked, pulling a trigger.It beeped twice, flashing in blue. Something shot out towards the struggling duo. A screeching echo befell my ears, the voice of a male teenager. It was not fiery Terry, it was the whirlwind.Terry tried to break f
Ashley Quill's Story
"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
The Mutant Control Officer and The Okasaki
I wasn't able to sleep all night. In as much as I was certain to have done the right thing, something still felt off. I needed to be sure.Right now, I was on my way to the police headquarters. By the time I reached the place, I knew something had happened."Check the corners!""Close the gates!""The mutant control will be here any minute!!"The lights flickered aggressively and a battalion of police cars roamed the streets. It was a vicious search, and I knew whom they were searching for."Ashley Quill!"She found a way to escape already. That only proved how badass she was, proved how she could kill three boys in the space of twenty four hours.The police would search all night, but they would never find her. I would find her. Because I knew what the police did not know, I had information they did not possess.Like a dark angel in the middle of the night, I soared in the sky, flying to that location I was so sure of."You are late!"That was the first statement that came into my ea
Ashley Quill Escapes
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
