THE LEGEND OF THE SHADOW BEINGS BOOK ONE: THE SHADOW MASTERS

Chapter 4

"Jeez! Your place looks too grungy!" Joshua croaked out as he scrutinized Clark's house which looked too scruffy.

"Yeah, I haven't cleaned it today. But that's not the main point. We are talking about Dahlia, the lady I told you I met today," Clark protested as they both sat down opposite each other on the armchair in his sitting room.

"Ooh, and so what's wrong? You said she was pretty, so what's the problem," Joshua replied indifferently.

"No, am talking about the fact that I am going to try and convince her to leave the city since she just arrived with her mom," Clark clenched his teeth.

"What! No way! What's wrong with the city!" Joshua protested gritting his teeth.

"Monsters and other supernatural creatures. They all exist, and I have encountered them," Clark said as he cupped his palm effusively.

"That's not true. You need to learn to filter rumours. I mean it could be a new species of animals and that's what everyone is calling monsters. Thank goodness I came to investigate it," Joshua said.

"That's even what I wanted to ask. Why in the world would you return to this place?" Clark scowled at Joshua.

"Of course, I am a journalist, so I am here to do my job to investigate such animals," A huge grin appeared on Joshua's face.

"Ooh... I see, so you are going to be stubborn about what am talking about right?" Clark seethed through clenched teeth.

All of a sudden, a supernatural portal shining lividly appeared in the sitting room, and Vivian, Storm Bender and Frozen Claws came in through it.

"Ooh, my goodness!" Joshua exclaimed, puzzled at the sight and he flinched backwards slumping from where he sat.

"It's okay. They are the supernatural creatures I was talking about. You can leave now, I will call you later" Clark said amicably facing Joshua who was a tad polemic about leaving.

"Are you sure that I should leave you here," Joshua rose finally getting over himself from the fear.

"Yes, right now!" Clark ordered and Joshua exited the house immediately.

Clark knew that he was feigning indifference to their presence as he stood and faced them with feigned unblinking courage.

"Dragon Master," Vivian stuttered nervously as she drew close to him.

"Big brother, there isn't much time. We have to prove to you why we are the only ones you can trust," Storm Bender huffed as he went with his supernatural speed before Clark could speak and touched him causing a domino effect of the revelation of the memories about his past.

4000 Years Ago

High in the heavens, the bustling sounds of the shadow gods getting ready for their meeting were very tenable.

All the gods appeared in a dark silhouette form since they were shadow gods.

"Quiet!" The great one spoke. His voice was very thick and succinct and the rest shadow gods obeyed.

"As you all know, we the shadow gods have been given the task to protect humanity for the next 6000 years, so shadow god Humu stepped forward," The great one spoke and Humu rose and went to the centre.

"My lord," Humu knew that the great one would handle matters vicariously thereby giving him the mandate to ensure that as usual.

"You know what to do," the great one said with a stern expression.

"Of course my Lord. As we speak, I am creating the shadow beings right now, starting from the first in ranks" Humu said.

"My lord, why do we need to protect the humans?" Josea the shadow god in the same rank as Humu scumbled in.

"Excuse me!" The great one scowled at him. "Forgive me great one, but I think that they should be destroyed and instead the shadow beings that we create should substitute and we should dominate whatever is left of the human race," Josea spoke indignantly.

Humu was perplexed at how Josea had acted gnarly.

"And why do you presume so," the great one enquired curiously and in a more scrutinising manner.

"Because they don't fear us as gods over their lives and affairs. Many of them go on living their lives anyhow in disregard of us as if we don't Matter, it's high time we show them we are the gods and that they are the humans," Josea croaked out in regard.

"We are supposed to be responsible for their safety, so whatever way they place us is not our business as long as we Keep them safe," Humu bloated out in a polemic manner.

"O great one, if only you can allow me to prove to you that his shadow beings are weak and the humans don't need to be protected," Josea smirked inwardly facing the great one.

"And how are you going to do that?" Great one enquired curiously scowling at him.

"I would copy Humu creatures but my creature's objectives would be different to annihilate the human race. So if he wins against me, fine but if I win, humans are done," a sinister glint flashed through Josea's eyes.

"But oh great one," Humu cut in. "It's enough, if Josea wins within this 6000 years then Josea takes over and vice versa," The great one spoke with his intense thick voice and vanished.

Josea waggled towards Humu with unblinking courage and hot heated stares at him.

"No matter what you do, humanity will be safe, because my creatures will ensure that," Humu said with a stern expression.

"Would be routing on that, because my creatures would ensure otherwise, "Josea lips curved out a smirk at the knowledge that he has also commenced creating his horrendous evil shadow beings.....

3000 Years After. San Jose, California, U.S.A

Electro the head of the shadow lords entered his flashy mansion in his shadow state and headed towards where his wife sat. "It's coming," Reaper his beloved wife blurted out in pain of childbearing.

"Take it easy dear," Electro's face beamed with concern as he dropped his boomeranged blade on the table aloof from them.

"Wooh!" Reaper screamed as the first infant being came forth with his eyes glimmering with dragon aura.

"Ooh my, his birth had been foretold," Electro croaked out at the sight of his first son.

"The dragon master," He added as he helped to move the Dragon master who was muffling as he was placed on the Carrier.

"Dear, there is more to come," Reaper said as she focused on continuing the childbirth because she still has more infants to deliver.

Tide Rider his younger brother and also a shadow lord and his assistant came forward with their younger sister, Bio Metal to support him afterwards...

100 Years Later

"I have told you several times without numbers, you all have to train very hard because of the polemic attitudes of the shadow beings since you know how nefarious they can be," Electro blurted out when he came to the backyard of his mansion and observed that his children where sitting down idly.

"Ooh, I'm sorry Dad," Dragon Master said as he rose. It's been 100 years and so far they have only reincarnated once in their battle against the shadow beasts.

"We had done our training this morning," Frozen Claws shrugged.

"That can never be enough! Haven't I told you, we have to be consistent because Zemas and the rest of the evil shadow beings under him would never stop not until we win over him and humanity is finally saved," Electro gritted his teeth.

"Alright Dad, we are sorry, "Storm Bender said summoning his hammer that came towards him immediately.

"And where the hell are those two, Biggie and Crimson Arrow?" Electro croaked out.

"Ooh, they went out together," Frozen Claws answered. "Ooh, of course, those two were always inseparable I just hope when they return, their work remains on the course at hand," Electro turned to leave the scene.

"Noted Dad," Dragon Master said as he turned to summon a dragon aura with his cupped hands.

"It's training time," He said. "Ooh no, Uncle Tide rider is supposed to train me," Frozen Claws. "Of course I know but we can train amongst ourselves and you can even find out that it's going to work faster," Dragon Master said.

"Alright, no problem," She said as she controlled her freezing aura and they began training...

Present Day

Clark was hitched through various memories after the latter memory was shown to him and he was shown some specifically designated memories which he understood.

"So that's who we are, shadow beings, we are the fourth in rank," Storm Bender let go of Clark's arms and observed how he sweated profusely.

"I don't mean to be cursory in what I intended to do, but you have to understand that it's very irrefutable for you to believe us that we are on your side against Benovio and the others," Storm Bender picked up his shadow hammer.

"Wait a minute... Did you show him the memories of how we almost died twenty years ago?" Vivian enquired curiously facing Storm Bender.

"Of course I did," Storm Bender confirmed. "Yes, I remembered. Now I understand. Our Mom was trying to kill us all, and Dad had to stop her somehow the shadow beast where against us and we were at all odds, not until I transformed into my full dragon state and emitted my dragon aura and that's all I could remember," Clark stuttered as he faced them looking quaintly...