"You testing my patience, white boy," he says, "now we can either do this the easy way or we can do it the hard way, your call' he says. Logan realizes that he's in no position to refuse or accept as he sees the others cheering their leader on. Regardless of his choice, the outcome will be the same.
'What do I do?' he thinks.He clearly can't fight all of them off. Hell, he can't even fight a single one of 'em!'I'm so fucked!' he thinks (literally)."Can't we work something out?" He asks the skinhead."Oh you're the one who's not willing to cooperate" the skinhead accuses, "and I ain't waiting around for your compliance no more. I'm taking the damn thing!" He says as he forces Logan down to his knees with a single downward press on the shoulder. "Now put it in" he orders as he tries to shove it in his mouth. Logan dodges and punches him in the nuts.He immediately arches down in pain."Why you....." The others infuriated, walked up to him. Before he could try to move, a huge right hand landed on his cheekbone. Then they all begin to beat him up, kicking and stomping him as he wheezes for breath and wriggles in pain."Beat him up! Break that boy!" The black skinhead orders as he limps crouched, with his hands holding his nuts with care.As the beating continues, Logan peeps at the steel bars to see if there are any guards around to come to his aid.'Am I going to die here?' he thinks amidst the kicks, punches, and stomps.Suddenly, he sees a short figure in a hooded cloak. It almost looks like the Grim Reaper.'I guess I'm dying already' he thinks as his bloodied mouth etches into a nirvanic smile.Suddenly......"Ahhh!" One of the men drops on the floor, causing the others to stop the beating, wondering what could have happened. As they stare at the guy wriggling in pain on the floor......"Ouchh!" Another yells as he falls on the floor and begins to have a seizure right then and there.'What is happening?' Logan thinks, with his face swollen and one eye closed shut, as he tries to make sense of what is going on. His vision is blurry and he feels his consciousness waning."What the hell's wrong with y'all mo'erfuckers?" The black skinhead asks as he stares at the men dropping to the floor like a couple of dominoes, "Y'all niggas better be trippi......"'Ssstchkk!' he suddenly feels something pierce his neck, interjecting him.Reaching for it, he feels something in his neck and yanks it out to take a glance. It's kinda like a needle."What in the world...is... the..." He drops down to the floor, unable to coordinate his movements as his limbs and phalanges twitch sporadically.Meanwhile, Logan's vision is getting even more blurry as he feels his consciousness dwindling. He sees the men dropping on the floor almost in slow motion and his hearing seems to be muffled as a high-pitched noise similar to a poorly tuned mic clouds his hearing, other sounds being heavily overshadowed by the pitch.'Who...who are you?' he struggles to say in faint mutters as he sees the blurry picture of a short person in a hooded cloak walking up to him before he blacks out.Many hours later>>>> In a prison cell, with a single bunk bed. The cell is clean and has a sink and mirror on the wall directly opposite the steel bars enclosing the cell. There is a very small window (way too small for a person to pass) at the corner and humming sounds of a nice melody saturate the air"Urrghh!" He groans as he wakes up and tries to sit up. Finding it painful, he lays back down, wrapping his hand around his stomach in pain."Oh, you're finally awake, my friend" a voice penetrates his ears. It sounds non-threatening and compels Logan to open his eyes (well...eye. Since one of 'em is swollen closed) only to see a little old Asian man beaming a huge smile at him."Took you quite a while," he says as Logan continues to stare at him in surprise.'Where'd he come from?' he thinks, 'and were those other guys at?'He glances around and soon realizes that he's all alone with this old guy in a different cell (a much better one at that)"I wasn't able to get much food except this piece of bread," the man says as he walks up to the bed, where Logan is lying, and drops a tray of bread and water on a little stool beside it. Logan remains quiet and still surprised as he tries to wrap his head around what is happening."Who are you? And what am I doing in here?" Logan finally musters up the courage to ask."Oh pardon me, where are my manners?" He says with a smile, "My name is Xi Fenghuan and I brought you here because the other guys in your previous cell were beating you up" he declares.'Talk about straight to the point'"Well beating me was the least of their crimes" Logan mutters."I know they tried to rape you," he says, "I was watching the whole time"."Wait, you were there?" Logan asks, surprised."Of course. Who do you think got you out of there?" He asks."You?" Logan says, staring at him with brazen incredulity evident on his face, "You beat those guys up?""Uhun""You expect me to believe that you, a little old man, beat those hulks?" He says."Well, you don't need to believe as long as you're okay now," the old man says. While they continue talking......."Alright everyone, roll call!!" They hear the warden shout. Loud grumbling sounds can be heard as the door automatically opens and everyone heads out. Names are called, owners answer and the warden moves on to the next in line. The warden soon gets to the old man."The great dragon," he says as he takes a bow and then ticks his name without even calling it out. The old man simply smiles and watches him walk past. No one seems surprised about it except Logan.'Why is no one saying anything?' he thinks as he stares sideways at the man, who keeps looking forward. Any warden or guard that passed by him would immediately bow before moving on'Just who was this guy?'*** Back at Lucas's house ***"..........And that's how I got the ring," Logan says."Whoa man, he did all that?" Lucas asks in surprise."Yeah man, I swear it" Logan responds, "I really wouldn't have made it out of that shit hole if it weren't for him," he says."I still can't wrap my head around why those thugs let us go when they saw the ring though" Lucas responds, "There's something the old man didn't tell you. After all, there's gotta be a reason why even the prison wardens bow when they walk past him, right?""Right, and that's exactly what I'm gonna have to find out," Logan says.
'Chinatown? Why didn't I think of it before?' Logan thinks smacking his palm against his forehead."Thanks a lot, man," he says, "you've been a big help"."No biggie bruh," the jap says as he plugs his earphones back into his ears and walks away."Chinatown, here I come" he mutters as he begins to walk towards the nearest bus terminal. Finally, a clear path shows up. Will he find what he's looking for?"Alright, thanks" Logan waves at the dude in the yellow cab."No biggie man" the man responds before he drives off .'What a nice guy' he thinks as he watches the car zoom off into the buzzing traffic. Then turning around, he sees a gate with two huge reddish posts between which a huge neon arched sign, wrapped around with colorful strings of blinking lights, is placed on top reading " 歡迎來到唐人街. " With an tiny English translation underneath that reads, "Welcome to Chinatown".'Hwweeww!' he exhales from his mouth as he walks in>>>>>>>__________________________________________________**
"I can't say any more than that," he says, " just get rid of it, if you don't want any trouble, that is" he adds and then resumes howling after customers. Logan is surprised and leaves the kiosk."Why are they all acting weird when they see it?" He asks within himself. Their mysterious reactions sparked his curiosity. "I need to know what they are hiding" he mutters and then continues meeting and asking other random people about the inscription on the ring.A few hours later>>>>It's already nightfall and Logan's incessant questioning has led him to the Jade Massage Spa. He stands in front, staring at the building and preparing himself to find out what he came here for in the first place. The building is quite the traditional Chinese building. With a chara roofing style, the spa is in the shape of a two-story pagoda, with traditional Chinese lanterns surrounding the premises. There are well-sculpted bushes studded with flowers also surrounding the premises."Hwweeww!" He exhales after
CHAPTER 1"Hmph" Logan exhales in a sigh after taking in a huge breath as the huge prison walls crowned with barbed wires create a rather photogenic backdrop behind him. It has been three long years since he got locked up and he was ready for a fresh start."Hmmm that's odd," he thinks as he stares at his dulled silver watch, which surprisingly is still working after all this time, "I thought she would be here by now" he mutters further as he glances around in search of his girlfriend.Just then........"Vroom!" a red sedan suddenly pulls up in front of him, garnering a little dust and startling him a bit as he jerks backward. He squints his eyes as he tries to peer through the tinted windows, which then suddenly slide down."Logan! My man, what's good?!" the driver with his sunglasses on, asks excitedly as he stares at Logan from inside the car."Lucas?" Logan asks rhetorically as he recognizes his voice."In the flesh dawg," he replies"How did you know I was.......""Nonsense!" Luc
Three years ago>>>> At a high-end club with changing colored lights and loud music, Logan is to meet some business tycoons for an investment in his company. They had suggested that they meet at the club first to get to know each other on a personal level before doing actual business with each other. Over at the counter, Logan in a black suit, and his girlfriend dressed in a short silk red gown discuss and laugh together as they sip from their wine glasses."You haven't seen them yet?" Chanel asked him, almost yelling to avoid getting drowned by the music, as he glanced around the room while sipping on his wine."I don't know what they look like but I'm sure I can identify them when I see them" he replied."Pssst!" He heard and turned around only to see a blonde man with a crewcut in a suit walking up to him."Yeah, how can I help you?" He asked. Judging from his outfit, he was a security personnel."Are you Mr. McCarthy?" He asked sternly."Yeah, why?""Please follow me," he s
"Okay man, I got it!" The voice said in a eureka moment."Alright man, text it to me""Done dawg""Aiit thanks. I'll call you later""Ain't nothing wrong with that homie. Catchu later" the voice said before he hung up."44 Rotown Street. You dig?" Logan asked Lucas as he read out the location on the text."Yeah man, I fuck with that place. But you really wanna go there?" Lucas asks."Man, you don't gotta go with me if you ain't comfortable with it" he responds.Lucas thinks about it for a moment. What's the point? Maybe he should just go there and get this thing off his chest."So what's your take?" Logan asks."Let's go, man. I'm with you" Lucas said as he turned the car around and sped off.___________________________________________________ The interior of a nineteenth-century-styled classical building with white plaster of Paris ceilings with perfectly sculpted art engraved in it. From the ceiling hangs several chandeliers studded with gems that brilliantly reflect colored l
"How is it my fault your life turned out so terrible?" She asks with a shrug, looking at Sebastian for validation, "Nobody boards a sinking ship Logan. So get out of your feelings and get your shit together. I've moved on Lolo and I've found someone better" she says with a smile as he hugs her soon-to-be husband, "I'm sure you will too if you look hard enough. I mean, there's gotta be someone better than me out there. Right baby?" She asks Sebastian, who stalls for a while, looking up at the ceiling as if trying to think."Nah, I highly doubt it" he replies"Hmph!" She sighed feigning a bit of sadness, " I guess you're right baby. There is no one better than me" she said at which point they both broke out into laughter."What a bitch" Lucas thinks as he glares at the couple.Logan tries hard to keep his cool, but how can he?His emotions are welling up inside him. "He'll pop at this rate," Lucas thinks."You were right Lucas" Logan finally breaks his silence, startling Lucas a little
"Oh we'll see just how weak they are," he says with a smirk on his face."Well, I ain't waiting around to find out," Logan says as he walks up to him and lands a direct jab on his face, causing him to stagger backward. He glares at Logan and touches his nose only to feel the warm fluidity of blood. "What happened? You don't seem to have much to say anymore" Logan teases."Get away from him!" Chanel yells at him, stomping her heels on the floor in a tantrum-like manner. A smirk etches up on his face as he turns to look her in the eye."Oh, so you're worried about him?" He asks sarcastically, "Geez that hurts""How dare you raise your....... right!" Sebastian falls on the floor as he receives an uppercut from Logan.Lucas by the way, isn't comfortable with what's going on. "There's too many people watching," he thinks. It's all the more severe since Logan just got out of jail a couple of minutes ago! Walking up behind him, Lucas whispers, "We gotta get the hell outta here. What if the c
"I can't say any more than that," he says, " just get rid of it, if you don't want any trouble, that is" he adds and then resumes howling after customers. Logan is surprised and leaves the kiosk."Why are they all acting weird when they see it?" He asks within himself. Their mysterious reactions sparked his curiosity. "I need to know what they are hiding" he mutters and then continues meeting and asking other random people about the inscription on the ring.A few hours later>>>>It's already nightfall and Logan's incessant questioning has led him to the Jade Massage Spa. He stands in front, staring at the building and preparing himself to find out what he came here for in the first place. The building is quite the traditional Chinese building. With a chara roofing style, the spa is in the shape of a two-story pagoda, with traditional Chinese lanterns surrounding the premises. There are well-sculpted bushes studded with flowers also surrounding the premises."Hwweeww!" He exhales after
'Chinatown? Why didn't I think of it before?' Logan thinks smacking his palm against his forehead."Thanks a lot, man," he says, "you've been a big help"."No biggie bruh," the jap says as he plugs his earphones back into his ears and walks away."Chinatown, here I come" he mutters as he begins to walk towards the nearest bus terminal. Finally, a clear path shows up. Will he find what he's looking for?"Alright, thanks" Logan waves at the dude in the yellow cab."No biggie man" the man responds before he drives off .'What a nice guy' he thinks as he watches the car zoom off into the buzzing traffic. Then turning around, he sees a gate with two huge reddish posts between which a huge neon arched sign, wrapped around with colorful strings of blinking lights, is placed on top reading " 歡迎來到唐人街. " With an tiny English translation underneath that reads, "Welcome to Chinatown".'Hwweeww!' he exhales from his mouth as he walks in>>>>>>>__________________________________________________**
"The great dragon," he says as he takes a bow and then ticks his name without even calling it out. The old man simply smiles and watches him walk past. No one seems surprised about it except Logan.'Why is no one saying anything?' he thinks as he stares sideways at the man, who keeps looking forward. Any warden or guard that passed by him would immediately bow before moving on'Just who was this guy?'*** Back at Lucas's house ***"..........And that's how I got the ring," Logan says."Whoa man, he did all that?" Lucas asks in surprise."Yeah man, I swear it" Logan responds, "I really wouldn't have made it out of that shit hole if it weren't for him," he says."I still can't wrap my head around why those thugs let us go when they saw the ring though" Lucas responds, "There's something the old man didn't tell you. After all, there's gotta be a reason why even the prison wardens bow when they walk past him, right?""Right, and that's exactly what I'm gonna have to find out," Logan says.
"You testing my patience, white boy," he says, "now we can either do this the easy way or we can do it the hard way, your call' he says. Logan realizes that he's in no position to refuse or accept as he sees the others cheering their leader on. Regardless of his choice, the outcome will be the same.'What do I do?' he thinks.He clearly can't fight all of them off. Hell, he can't even fight a single one of 'em!'I'm so fucked!' he thinks (literally)."Can't we work something out?" He asks the skinhead."Oh you're the one who's not willing to cooperate" the skinhead accuses, "and I ain't waiting around for your compliance no more. I'm taking the damn thing!" He says as he forces Logan down to his knees with a single downward press on the shoulder. "Now put it in" he orders as he tries to shove it in his mouth. Logan dodges and punches him in the nuts.He immediately arches down in pain."Why you....." The others infuriated, walked up to him. Before he could try to move, a huge right ha
"Move along!" Logan is ordered by one of the two prison guards who shoves him forward as they escort him to his cell."Alright, this is gonna be your new home," one of the guards says as he searches his bunch of keys for the key to that cell. In the cell are situated a lot of jocks, mostly skinheads, black and white. It's one hell of an intimidating sight to see them glaring at you. And that was exactly what they were doing, glaring at Logan, who shyly and more due to the intimidation averted eye contact. As the guard tries a couple of keys, Logan hopes that he doesn't find the key quickly. His face at this point kind of seems like he's desperate for some miracle.'Maybe it's a dream' he thinks, 'it has to be. I'll wake up and it'll all just be a dream' he repeats to himself in a whispery mantra. Then......'Clink!'"Finally, I got it," the guard says to the other laughing as he tells him about how he always finds this cell key difficult to identify."Alright, pretty boy. Get in" the
"Oh we'll see just how weak they are," he says with a smirk on his face."Well, I ain't waiting around to find out," Logan says as he walks up to him and lands a direct jab on his face, causing him to stagger backward. He glares at Logan and touches his nose only to feel the warm fluidity of blood. "What happened? You don't seem to have much to say anymore" Logan teases."Get away from him!" Chanel yells at him, stomping her heels on the floor in a tantrum-like manner. A smirk etches up on his face as he turns to look her in the eye."Oh, so you're worried about him?" He asks sarcastically, "Geez that hurts""How dare you raise your....... right!" Sebastian falls on the floor as he receives an uppercut from Logan.Lucas by the way, isn't comfortable with what's going on. "There's too many people watching," he thinks. It's all the more severe since Logan just got out of jail a couple of minutes ago! Walking up behind him, Lucas whispers, "We gotta get the hell outta here. What if the c
"How is it my fault your life turned out so terrible?" She asks with a shrug, looking at Sebastian for validation, "Nobody boards a sinking ship Logan. So get out of your feelings and get your shit together. I've moved on Lolo and I've found someone better" she says with a smile as he hugs her soon-to-be husband, "I'm sure you will too if you look hard enough. I mean, there's gotta be someone better than me out there. Right baby?" She asks Sebastian, who stalls for a while, looking up at the ceiling as if trying to think."Nah, I highly doubt it" he replies"Hmph!" She sighed feigning a bit of sadness, " I guess you're right baby. There is no one better than me" she said at which point they both broke out into laughter."What a bitch" Lucas thinks as he glares at the couple.Logan tries hard to keep his cool, but how can he?His emotions are welling up inside him. "He'll pop at this rate," Lucas thinks."You were right Lucas" Logan finally breaks his silence, startling Lucas a little
"Okay man, I got it!" The voice said in a eureka moment."Alright man, text it to me""Done dawg""Aiit thanks. I'll call you later""Ain't nothing wrong with that homie. Catchu later" the voice said before he hung up."44 Rotown Street. You dig?" Logan asked Lucas as he read out the location on the text."Yeah man, I fuck with that place. But you really wanna go there?" Lucas asks."Man, you don't gotta go with me if you ain't comfortable with it" he responds.Lucas thinks about it for a moment. What's the point? Maybe he should just go there and get this thing off his chest."So what's your take?" Logan asks."Let's go, man. I'm with you" Lucas said as he turned the car around and sped off.___________________________________________________ The interior of a nineteenth-century-styled classical building with white plaster of Paris ceilings with perfectly sculpted art engraved in it. From the ceiling hangs several chandeliers studded with gems that brilliantly reflect colored l
Three years ago>>>> At a high-end club with changing colored lights and loud music, Logan is to meet some business tycoons for an investment in his company. They had suggested that they meet at the club first to get to know each other on a personal level before doing actual business with each other. Over at the counter, Logan in a black suit, and his girlfriend dressed in a short silk red gown discuss and laugh together as they sip from their wine glasses."You haven't seen them yet?" Chanel asked him, almost yelling to avoid getting drowned by the music, as he glanced around the room while sipping on his wine."I don't know what they look like but I'm sure I can identify them when I see them" he replied."Pssst!" He heard and turned around only to see a blonde man with a crewcut in a suit walking up to him."Yeah, how can I help you?" He asked. Judging from his outfit, he was a security personnel."Are you Mr. McCarthy?" He asked sternly."Yeah, why?""Please follow me," he s