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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
Shadow Man; A Dark Story of Jude Rutherford 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.
Shadow Man; A Dark Story of Jude Rutherford 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
Shadow Man; A Dark Story of Jude Rutherford 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
Shadow Man; A Dark Story of Jude Rutherford 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
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Hawkings Succumb to the Virus
Hawkings stood of in front of his TV. A cigarette burned between his lips as he fumbled with the remote control. The glass cup in his other hand spoke of whiskey, and he did not expect to be having a visitor."The protests in the street have turned to riots and the riots are going crazy wild. If the mutants themselves were to go on a global rampage, it couldn't be any worse than this." Hawkings scowled. "Damn TV reporters." They always made things seem worse than they actually were, undermining the efforts of the police force. His men were out in the middle of the street trying to contain all these madness, and there was someone who hid on the streets, flashing cameras and thinking they can make stupid statements like this.His radio chimed. "Inspector, we are having a bigger situation here, it can no longer be contained. Permission to request for backup from the mutant control agency."It was Bolton, Hawkings's right hand man."No." The irritation grew from his stomach. "Request for
The Madness Spreads Into Society
GOD POVIt was a crazy dawn in the city of twilights. Banners bounced up and down the streets. Posters held high above shoulders, bearing black ink, red ink, and fire. Men echoed the voices of women, women screamed in support of men. Chaos had chosen to boil. Radios and televisions told the same stories, the stories of a revolution, distant but not far. The creations of God were ready to dispose of the creations of men's insanity, and the news were ready to report it in every way possible."Protesters have taken to the street all around the nation following a recent mutant attack on Twilight Academy. This attack came after a group of high school student protesters have called for an end to mutany.""It is a wild madness taking the nation by storm! And it does not look like it will die down anytime soon.""They are calling for the non weapon to be passed!""This revolution began when a brave young man from Twilight Academy named Teddy Abrahams first gathered his mates at the basketball
It Became a Revolution
Dusty Dylan. That was the name he had chosen for this show. A few minutes earlier, Dylan had realized that his fake villain bailed on him in the last moment even after receiving half his payment. Yet the show had to go on. So he raced back to the site of protest to find Jude, but Jude was nowhere to be found. Worse, he found Ariana giving a speech to the public."Okay this is going really bad."Thankfully, he found Ashley Quill."What's going on? Are you not supposed to be planning the fake attack?" Ashley Quill was suprised to see him."Something has happened. He won't be joining the plan anymore.""Why?""He suddenly thinks Teddy Abraham is right. That we need the non weapon to save society". Dylan was more confused as he recounted the shock. The bloke he chose for this mission did not even care about society. He was a guy who cared nothing about laws or reforms or movements. He only cared about money. Yet today he had seemed totally different, as though Teddy Abraham had gotten thr
Embrace The Darkness
The shadows around me came closer with new and crazy forms of attack. Some variants of deadly strikes which I had never come against earlier. I even learnt new shadow tricks I had never thought possible before. But all these meant one thing - I was losing."You foolish boy! The master knew you would come here. He is too wise, too wise for the likes of you. Now tell us where the bracelet is."I wasn't ready to let go of the bracelet. I also was not ready to prolong this fight. The plan was to take care of Teddy Abraham before attending to this. If only these dark misfits could come back later.If I did not get to the rally on time, I would not be there when the fake villain showed up. When Ariana would be attacked by the arranged mutant and Ashley Quill would defend her, I would just be here, picking straws with shadows!The fight was getting more intense. I was outnumbered. I would soon be done for. Then I heard a familiar voice over the base of the speakers."When I used to be young
Ariana's speech
"Young boys and girls of vision, for so long we have lived under dire oppression, our lives by certain abominations who now walk among us. We have lost parents, brothers, sisters, even little children to these terrible monsters and yet for three good years, we have endured. We had hoped the powers above would protect us, we had waited for their intervention. But now, it is over. The endless wait is over. Today I present to you the Non Weapon! With this harmless defensive weapon, you can always protect your family from the terror of mutany. You can always remain safe!"Teddy Abraham's voice was everywhere in the school, and even in some other parts of the neighborhood. He had make sure to plant wireless speakers in strategic locations. His movement must rock the entire city, the entire nation."We have seen one of our own, a young girl, she took down a mutant on her own. From her we draw hope. No more, I say. No more. We have seen too much deaths on account of these mutants. The non we
Shadow Man and the Shadow Men
The morning held a sweet fragrance of tension. I buttoned up and wore a tie, ready to confront the present. The plan was simple, show up in the school as Shadow Man and destroy Teddy Abraham's speech. Then in the night, I go after the abductors of Mrs Ricochet. The later was the more important of the missions but I had to get the first one done first.Opening the door, Dylan was already waiting for me."What? You couldn't wait till morning?""I can't wait to take down that jerk and his so-called movement." He had so much energy.Truth is, without Dylan's crazy efforts tne other day, Teddy Abraham's speech might not have gotten so much attention. He was really a jerk to pull him out when the going got big."Well Dylan, you know what you have to do.""Of course I do. Arrange a fake mutant villain, use the fake non weapon to take him down and wait for Shadow Man to finish the rest. But what if they find out that it was all fake? The villain and the non weapon?"I was not going to let th
The Tales of the Bracelet Were Never Gone
It was a Sunday night, the night before the the big day. Ashley Quill and Ariana went to meet Shadow Man on the highest roofs of the city. There they found me, extremely distressed that I had to do this. It was all Ashley's fault. She could have just said no, but she had a desire to torture me with this acting."Hey Shadow Man!" She called so casually and yet so formally.I was facing the city and its stars and they were standing behind me. Slowly, I turned around, hoping I won't give myself away to Ariana one way or the other.You see, she was always so beautiful, even when she was angry, sad, evil, sweet, annoyed, or even distressed. And Jude would trip anytime he wanted to talk to her. Of course she was now used to the human me being a simp, I had to make sure my alter ego was immune to her charm. But he was not."Hey Ashley Quill. And the beautiful lady.""My name is Ariana Ricochet.""Oww... What a pretty name for a pretty face."Ashley Quill's face was enough to force me to keep
The Black Bird in the Kitchen
Dylan was a jerk in human skin. A young man whose mannerism was manoeuvred by his manhood. It was mandatory for him to get his time out with Ashley Quill and he was ready to remove every obstacle in his way. In a world of mutants, super criminals and absurd laws, he was the woman wrapper.But I never expected he could do this."Sure come in, Arry." He drew her in when I was too stunned to say a word.Ariana chose to stand rather than sit, the furniture around were not so inviting. "I was just coming from Teddy Abraham's special meeting." She said, checking around the building to be sure there was no monster lurking behind those spider webs."A special meeting?" Ashley Quill was suprised. So was Dylan."Teddy held a special meeting and did not invite me?" My step brother must have thought he was so important.Ariana sighed. "Apparently, he said the both of you cannot be trusted because of your relationship with Jude."I was stunned too. I had not made my antagonisms of Teddy's initiat
The Smart Plan
GOD POVEven far away in a large containment unknown, lost in the middle of the wide blue sea, chaos was the order of the moment."A breach! There is a breach!"The officers jumped into conscious alert but alas, as they set forth to see to the situation, so were they taken out with swift movements.Gunshots. Okasaki fragments splashed and scattered on the walls along with blood, making blue become crimson, and making the basement to beam red with danger."Backup! Requesting backup! Over!" Agent Gemini Watson shot every moving shadow around her, but they were too many. They kept coming like the waves of an ocean."I repeat. Requesting back..." Her screams resonated through the radio communicator as she landed on her back, slid away into the darkness. Silence soon resumed, and all that remained was a distant footstep, slow but certain.Darken Quantermain stood behind the bars of his prison, his hands on the metallic restraints, watching out for the intruder. The face soon appeared, surr
