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Shadow Man; A Dark Story of Jude Rutherford Another Shadow Man
"Should I go back?" I asked myself. "Or should I go forward and talk to her??"All my time in school, I had always watched Ariana from afar, trying to somehow get her attention. I followed her halfway from school each day just to make sure she was safe from the deeds of evil mutants. But now she was right in front of me, and I could not bring myself to walk forward and speak.Not that I was scared or shy or anything like that, it was just that there had not been enough time for us to get to know each other. I mean, it had only been a few years... Regardless, I was ready to speak to her today. Afterall we were both skipping classes and we were both missing my second identity, Shadow Man."Okay, Jude. You can do this..."I walked forward briskly. She had not noticed me yet. Just a few more steps."No... I should not do this..."She was probably still in pain about what happened to Shadow Man. I should just leave her to get over it.I turned around."He is the only reason I am still ali
Shadow Man; A Dark Story of Jude Rutherford The Foundation of Everything
"You petty thief!" I sneered at Dylan. He responded with a dismissive wave and continued to speak on the phone, negotiating the price for the precious bracelet my mother bequeathed to me and me only. But I was not ready to allow him to conclude his negotiations. Not in a lifetime."It is not for sale!" I made that as clear as light, screaming into his phone and forcing him to end the call. "What is your problem, Jude?"My problem? He wanted to know my problem! My problem was that I had a whole city getting ready to be consumed by the roaring flames of mutant fires! A whole city waiting to be saved by me and I was not even able to use my powers, scared that I would become a shadow monster again all because some random kid that lives in my house wants to become a pirate of bracelets. "You are not the one who found it. I found it." He defended his theft immediately, almost as if he had been preparing for my confrontation."And that's because I left it there where you found it.""That
Shadow Man; A Dark Story of Jude Rutherford Stephanie Lane Subway
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
Shadow Man; A Dark Story of Jude Rutherford Chasing A Shadow
Network man was some crazy maniac with the ways he attacked me, different styles and different methods which I had not seen before, but I just had to stay on my feet.My battle with him was stale, because even though I had the advantage of the dark, I did not want to tap into the darkest of shadows so I would not go out of control. The black bag was still with Dylan."I just need to collect the bracelet and wear it. Then I can take this guy out!"I thought it would be easy, but Dylan proved me wrong."Give it to me!" I landed right in front of him, trying to collect the bag.But that nimbo was just too stupid to understand that his life depended on this, and not on the money he was hoping to receive."No, I can't!" He declined, foolishly."Listen to me, this is important..."I tried to convince him, but Rico was coming behind me again.Swarm!!I dashed back to defend the large electromagnetic wave of attack. But another one followed right after, I was not able to defend this one. It
Shadow Man; A Dark Story of Jude Rutherford At The Ricochets
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
Shadow Man; A Dark Story of Jude Rutherford Ariana's Father
"I know your secret, Jude. I know all about it."My heart beat violently in forceful rhythm, I could hear it as loud as I could hear my breath. Ariana was staring straight into my eyes, expectant. If she knew about my secret, then it would be a disaster. I had always kept it from her, I had always kept it from everyone.How did she even know about it? Did she see me change from Shadow Man to Jude the other time? The time when I was standing in front of her house?A thousand thoughts were running through my mind, none of them telling me the answers."So you mean that you know I am sha...""You have a crush on me, don't you?"My words were nipped in the bud. So that was what it was about. Not about Shadow Man. But about my feelings for her."You figured that out...?""No." She shook her head. "Dylan told me."What? Dylan? I knew I should have left him in the hands of Rico. He never ceased to aggravate my problems, the bane of my soul in every ramifications.He not only teased me every
Shadow Man; A Dark Story of Jude Rutherford The True Inspiration for Shadow Man
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
Shadow Man; A Dark Story of Jude Rutherford Cold Man...
"What are you doing, Jude? Why are you still up?" Mrs Ricochet was standing right by the door. In her eyes was suspicion, a deep and fixated one. It was as though she knew what kinds of games I was up to."Nothing. I just could not sleep."The bracelet box was right behind me, hidden by a small emerging shadow of darkness which I created. She could not see it yet but I think she knew."I heard some footsteps outside. Did someone follow you to this place?" She was speaking in whispers. Something must really be going on."No one. Nobody..." I came here all alone. There was no way...Bang! Bang!! A noise came from the main door. Someone was knocking."Stay here!" She turned around in alert, walking slowly towards the door.I was not a kid who listened to instructions. Of course, I followed her in secret.Mrs Ricochet peeped through the security cameras, she gasped with happiness on her face. It felt like she just saw someone whom she had not seen in years."Honey..."I heard her even th
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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.He said,
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
