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Chapter 2: The Darkness of the Truth

"Ah, Mich. I am disappointed." sounded a voice from Raiden's left. "You manage to avoid me for the past few years and even before then, I was unable to kill you, but here, a child of a mere 14 is able to defeat you? Pathetic..." said the man hidden by the swirling darkness

"Maybe this 'child' is stronger than you, Jinn." replied Mich through half closed eyes. The pain of his arm was unbearable, and his body was aching. Raiden had weakened him too much to be able to fight back against the strongest of all the Shadows that he has ever encountered.

"I doubt that." replied Jinn calmly. He stepped out of the darkness, allowing Raiden to get a better look at him. He was draped in loose fitting silk robe, resembling that of some sort of king. His hair and eyes were both pale white. The man had a very odd feeling about him; almost pure evil, but something was also hidden in it. He seemed to have second side to him. Raiden felt that he was staring at two people rather than one.

"Raiden isn't it? Well, I must say, good job defeating my enemy over there, but I can take care of this from here. If you refuse, I will kill you." said Jinn. Raiden had no death wish, so he just stood to the side. He wanted no part of this. All he wanted was to be left alone, but at the same time, he didn't want this man named Jinn to defeat Mich. From the moment the darkness appeared around both Mich and himself, he has felt this strange feeling, as if no matter what happened, Mich should not be harmed..

Jinn made his way to Mich. He crouched down right in front of Mich's face. "Well Mich. I hope you have no regrets. This is were you die..." Jinn raised out of his back pocket a small piece of paper with some strange symbols glowing on it.

"Sorry Jinn, but I will not be going into oblivion today..." said Mich.

"Oh really? And why's that?" asked Jinn. His eyes squinted as he asked the question.

"Turn...around..." said Mich. His vision was beginning to blur, but he was almost positive that he was seeing correctly. Jinn turned his head and as soon as he did, Raiden grasped his forehead.

"What th-" The exact moment Jinn began to speak, Raiden exploded all of his possible energy into Jinn's head. Jinn's immediate response was to stick the paper on Raiden's forehead. Raiden felt a burning sensation. He began to see creatures materialize out of the darkness behind Mich while at the same time Mich and Jinn's body seemed to be overtaken by darkness. Raiden could still feel Jinn's head and refused to let go.

The monsters skin was a dark tan color. Their faces were moving back in forth making them appear as a blur. Their hands and feet were skeletal and covered in what appeared to be blood. Around the creatures neck, they had more symbols resembling that of the paper that Jinn had. On their chest were faces of children stitched into them. The children were speaking some sort of chant even though their mouths were sewn shut. Raiden could smell the children's breathe. It was a mixture of decomposed flesh and dirt. Like a graveyard.

"What ever you see Raiden....do not...let go.." said the distant voice of Mich. As Mich's voice echoed through Raiden's head, one of the monsters grabbed the back of their head and their jaw and tore its face in two. Through the blood of the creatures now broken head, Raiden saw something he wouldn't dare believe was real. It was his father's bloody and decaying face. His skin was boiled and had a burned imprint of Raiden's hand on his forehead.

"Jason, come give your father a hug." as Raiden's fake father spoke his voice became deeper and distorted. The fake fathers eyes began bleeding and his head start to convulse. His fake fathers flesh had melted and revealed Raiden's mother's face. He face looked similar to Raiden's fake father in the aspect of being decayed and bloody. Her eyes were solid black and looked at Raiden. When she opened her mouth, a maggot fell out.

"We loved you Raiden...but you killed us. You even killed..." The creature lifted its hands. In them was a baby curled in the fetal position. It looked at Raiden. It skin seemed to be undeveloped. Its ribs were prodding through its flesh and its ears appeared to just be holes. "...you unborn brother." As she spoke, her voice turned into that of a young child.

Raiden felt like vomiting. He tried to move his head to look away, but he couldn't. His whole body was paralyzed. They creatures continued to move closer to him. He could smell decomposing flesh an soil even stronger than before. He felt tears drip down his cheeks. Raiden closed his eyes and gripped onto Jinn's head harder. Out of fear, he shot all the power he had left in his body into Jinn's head.

Mich saw Raiden's eyes get covered in some sort of black mist. His body was shaking from what Mich believed was fear. He heard Raiden scream and he clutch Jinn's head tighter. A enormous amount of electricity gathered around Raiden's upper arm and made its way toward his fingers which then went straight into Jinn's head. Jinn's body began to shake as if he was having a seizure and his mouth began to foam. His ears began to bleed and his eyes started to bubble. His skin began to peel back from the area around Raiden's hand. The black mist surrounding Raiden's face slowly dissipated as Jinn's arm fell limp to his side. In the area Jinn placed the paper, a burned mark was noticeable. It had the same symbol as the paper did. Mich noticed Raiden was in tears.

Raiden lifted Jinn's limp body slowly and threw it to the side with incredible strength. Immediately the blackness surrounding them began to fade. "I...won't...die....so...easily..." Raiden and Mich heard as if Jinn was speaking directly into their minds. Raiden fell to the ground and wiped away his tears. Mich looked around. They were back in the alley where they were fighting. It had stopped raining and the moon was covered by a thick black cloud. Some light from the street lamps managed to find its way to Raiden and Mich.

"What...was he..." said Raiden. He felt the burn mark on his forehead. It stung a bit. It will scar thought Raiden.

"He is the reason I do this. Ever since then, all those years ago. He is a Shadow...and he killed my family when me and my brother were just small. I don't understand though Raiden. You wanted me dead, so why did you help me?" said Mich.

"There was no way I was going to just allow him to kill you when I'm the one who weakened you. Besides, it just didn't feel right. I have a hating feeling towards you, but that man...he just seemed pure evil." said Raiden. He was on his knees breathing deeply. Mich assumed that he used almost all his power on Jinn. Mich smiled. Raiden took a deep breathe. "What is a Shadow?" he asked. Mich considered just not telling Raiden about the Shadow, but he decided that it would be payment for saving his life.

"In the world we live in, there are two types of living beings. One of them has special powers that they acquire from an area known as the Shadow Relm, the other are just regular powerless beings. Those creatures who have the powers have a ratings given to them by those who hunt them. They are rated from zero to ten with zero being the benign to ten being the most dangerous. Any creature above 5 we have to hunt with desecration, and anything above 8 could destroy entire cities if not kept in check." said Mich.

"I don't understand though. What is a Shadow? Do the creatures with the powers from the Shadow Relm turn into a Shadow?" said Raiden. He was struggling to his feet and some how managed to stabilize himself on the ground. His curiosity was growing.

"No, they do not. The Shadow Relm has two types of creatures like in this world, but they are drastically different. Some have powers, who are known as Shadows, and others are controlled by those who have powers, which are called Spawn. Jinn is a Shadow who has the ability to control the Spawn. "

"Is Jinn some sort of king of the Spawn?" asked Raiden.

"Yes. But he isn't just limited to that. He is also the king of the Shadows." said Mich. "On top of that, Jinn has a special ability to allow Shadows and Spawn alike to enter our world. Im assuming the creature he was trying to use on me where Shadows, but since he used them on you, I can only guess how much energy he used into the summon. From the fear I could see reflected in your eyes, he used Spawn"

"Are the Shadow the stronger of the two?" asked Raiden. His curiosity was at its peek now. He have never learned the origin of his powers.

"No. Shadows have levels as well as those with powers here. It's no different for the Spawn, except they have wider range of levels. Some are only as scary as an old creepy doll, but others, well, I have seen tough men die at the sight of them." said Mich. He pulled out of his pocket a pill and tossed it to Raiden. "Jinn might go after you after what you did to him. To stop him, swallow that pill. It is a aura block. He smells peoples aura and is able to locate them that way, but with that he wont be able to." explained Mich. Its odd though. He could still smell mine thought Mich. Mich pushed the thought from his mind.

"What about taking me into the police?" asked Raiden. He knew that if Mich so chose it, he would be in handcuffs right now.

"Well, I guess that this fight will have to be withheld for now. You just saved my life, so as far as I'm concerned, you esca-" Mich was interrupted by police cars driving up behind him. He turned immediately. He had forgotten he sent out a beacon to them. Police officers began jumped out of their cars and pulling their guns instantaneously.

"Hands up Raiden!" yelled the Police Cheif over a bullhorn. "You have done well Mich, but this is where we step in."

Mich looked back at Raiden. "Hey...can you still move?" whispered Mich.

"Yea. Well, good enough for doing what I think your thinking." whispered Raiden back.

"Good, I have an escape plan...attack me..." said Mich. Raiden threw a punch at Mich, Mich easily dodged it since Raiden had almost no energy left, but he wasn't wanting him to hit him, he wanted to make a distraction so he could slip out something. The police were more focused on Raiden and Mich used that to his advantage. Mich's fingers fiddled around a packet in his belt and found what he was looking for.

"Oh no!" yelled Mich as he dropped a smoke grenade which hit the floor and began pouring out profuse amounts of smoke. The police officers where blinded. "-now run Raiden." whispered Mich in Raiden's ear. Raiden took advantage and took off in the opposite direction of the police officer's vehicles.

"Wha-? Mich! Why'd you do that?" yelled the Police Chief who was choking on the smoke even after it had dissipated.

"What do you mean? I dropped it. But I swear to you, I will be able to capture him again. I want the police force to continue the investigation in the morning." said Mich with a slight annoyance to his voice.

"Why in the morning? He was weak! We can get him now!" protested the Police Chief.

"That's exactly why you WON'T find him. Since he's weakened, he might try something desperate till he regains his energy before you can capture him. I personally don't want any innocent civilians to be a hostage. But if you can live with some human beings lives on your hands, be my guest." said Mich coolly. He turned away from the Police Chief and pulled out his cell phone. Fried. Big surprise thought Mich. He check his watch and hit a rather odd looking red button. He looked on the ground and picked up his gun that Raiden had taken earlier. He put it back into its holster under his jacket where is other gun rested snugly. He lifted his broken arm and examined it. Hopefully it wouldn't slow me down to much. I have a feeling that something bigger is about to happen. After a few seconds, there was a large noise in the sky. Mich looked up to see his brother and his private mini-jet.

"Need a lift bro?" said Bix.

"Throw the rope down." said Mich as he smirked. Bix threw down a steel rope with notches in it for Mich to easily climb up. Mich looked back at the officer. "Ill contact you tomorrow. Let your men get some sleep. We have a busy day ahead of us. I have a feeling that Raiden will be the least of our worries after what I have witnessed tonight. Ill be sure to inform you tomorrow."

The Police Chief looked at Mich and nodded. Mich began climbing the rope onto his private jet. It was smaller than normal jets which allowed it to reach lower areas such as the alley Mich was located in. Mich made sure that his jet would be able to fly under the radar and allow for a quick pick up incase something was going wrong during a mission.

Mich eventually made his way up the rope and back onto the plane. His brother looked at him. "So how did it go? You look like trash, bro." said Bix. Bix looked a lot different than his brother. His hair was short and blond. His eyes were hazel and under his bottom lip he had a soul patch. Mich looked at his brother.

"Yea, well I have a reason for looking so bad. We have a big problem."

"Oh really? What's that?" asked Bix.

"Father's back."

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Chapter 2: The Darkness of the Truth

"Ah, Mich. I am disappointed." sounded a voice from Raiden's left. "You manage to avoid me for the past few years and even before then, I was unable to kill you, but here, a child of a mere 14 is able to defeat you? Pathetic..." said the man hidden by the swirling darkness

"Maybe this 'child' is stronger than you, Jinn." replied Mich through half closed eyes. The pain of his arm was unbearable, and his body was aching. Raiden had weakened him too much to be able to fight back against the strongest of all the Shadows that he has ever encountered.

"I doubt that." replied Jinn calmly. He stepped out of the darkness, allowing Raiden to get a better look at him. He was draped in loose fitting silk robe, resembling that of some sort of king. His hair and eyes were both pale white. The man had a very odd feeling about him; almost pure evil, but something was also hidden in it. He seemed to have second side to him. Raiden felt that he was staring at two people rather than one.

"Raiden isn't it? Well, I must say, good job defeating my enemy over there, but I can take care of this from here. If you refuse, I will kill you." said Jinn. Raiden had no death wish, so he just stood to the side. He wanted no part of this. All he wanted was to be left alone, but at the same time, he didn't want this man named Jinn to defeat Mich. From the moment the darkness appeared around both Mich and himself, he has felt this strange feeling, as if no matter what happened, Mich should not be harmed..

Jinn made his way to Mich. He crouched down right in front of Mich's face. "Well Mich. I hope you have no regrets. This is were you die..." Jinn raised out of his back pocket a small piece of paper with some strange symbols glowing on it.

"Sorry Jinn, but I will not be going into oblivion today..." said Mich.

"Oh really? And why's that?" asked Jinn. His eyes squinted as he asked the question.

"Turn...around..." said Mich. His vision was beginning to blur, but he was almost positive that he was seeing correctly. Jinn turned his head and as soon as he did, Raiden grasped his forehead.

"What th-" The exact moment Jinn began to speak, Raiden exploded all of his possible energy into Jinn's head. Jinn's immediate response was to stick the paper on Raiden's forehead. Raiden felt a burning sensation. He began to see creatures materialize out of the darkness behind Mich while at the same time Mich and Jinn's body seemed to be overtaken by darkness. Raiden could still feel Jinn's head and refused to let go.

The monsters skin was a dark tan color. Their faces were moving back in forth making them appear as a blur. Their hands and feet were skeletal and covered in what appeared to be blood. Around the creatures neck, they had more symbols resembling that of the paper that Jinn had. On their chest were faces of children stitched into them. The children were speaking some sort of chant even though their mouths were sewn shut. Raiden could smell the children's breathe. It was a mixture of decomposed flesh and dirt. Like a graveyard.

"What ever you see Raiden....do not...let go.." said the distant voice of Mich. As Mich's voice echoed through Raiden's head, one of the monsters grabbed the back of their head and their jaw and tore its face in two. Through the blood of the creatures now broken head, Raiden saw something he wouldn't dare believe was real. It was his father's bloody and decaying face. His skin was boiled and had a burned imprint of Raiden's hand on his forehead.

"Jason, come give your father a hug." as Raiden's fake father spoke his voice became deeper and distorted. The fake fathers eyes began bleeding and his head start to convulse. His fake fathers flesh had melted and revealed Raiden's mother's face. He face looked similar to Raiden's fake father in the aspect of being decayed and bloody. Her eyes were solid black and looked at Raiden. When she opened her mouth, a maggot fell out.

"We loved you Raiden...but you killed us. You even killed..." The creature lifted its hands. In them was a baby curled in the fetal position. It looked at Raiden. It skin seemed to be undeveloped. Its ribs were prodding through its flesh and its ears appeared to just be holes. "...you unborn brother." As she spoke, her voice turned into that of a young child.

Raiden felt like vomiting. He tried to move his head to look away, but he couldn't. His whole body was paralyzed. They creatures continued to move closer to him. He could smell decomposing flesh an soil even stronger than before. He felt tears drip down his cheeks. Raiden closed his eyes and gripped onto Jinn's head harder. Out of fear, he shot all the power he had left in his body into Jinn's head.

Mich saw Raiden's eyes get covered in some sort of black mist. His body was shaking from what Mich believed was fear. He heard Raiden scream and he clutch Jinn's head tighter. A enormous amount of electricity gathered around Raiden's upper arm and made its way toward his fingers which then went straight into Jinn's head. Jinn's body began to shake as if he was having a seizure and his mouth began to foam. His ears began to bleed and his eyes started to bubble. His skin began to peel back from the area around Raiden's hand. The black mist surrounding Raiden's face slowly dissipated as Jinn's arm fell limp to his side. In the area Jinn placed the paper, a burned mark was noticeable. It had the same symbol as the paper did. Mich noticed Raiden was in tears.

Raiden lifted Jinn's limp body slowly and threw it to the side with incredible strength. Immediately the blackness surrounding them began to fade. "I...won't...die....so...easily..." Raiden and Mich heard as if Jinn was speaking directly into their minds. Raiden fell to the ground and wiped away his tears. Mich looked around. They were back in the alley where they were fighting. It had stopped raining and the moon was covered by a thick black cloud. Some light from the street lamps managed to find its way to Raiden and Mich.

"What...was he..." said Raiden. He felt the burn mark on his forehead. It stung a bit. It will scar thought Raiden.

"He is the reason I do this. Ever since then, all those years ago. He is a Shadow...and he killed my family when me and my brother were just small. I don't understand though Raiden. You wanted me dead, so why did you help me?" said Mich.

"There was no way I was going to just allow him to kill you when I'm the one who weakened you. Besides, it just didn't feel right. I have a hating feeling towards you, but that man...he just seemed pure evil." said Raiden. He was on his knees breathing deeply. Mich assumed that he used almost all his power on Jinn. Mich smiled. Raiden took a deep breathe. "What is a Shadow?" he asked. Mich considered just not telling Raiden about the Shadow, but he decided that it would be payment for saving his life.

"In the world we live in, there are two types of living beings. One of them has special powers that they acquire from an area known as the Shadow Relm, the other are just regular powerless beings. Those creatures who have the powers have a ratings given to them by those who hunt them. They are rated from zero to ten with zero being the benign to ten being the most dangerous. Any creature above 5 we have to hunt with desecration, and anything above 8 could destroy entire cities if not kept in check." said Mich.

"I don't understand though. What is a Shadow? Do the creatures with the powers from the Shadow Relm turn into a Shadow?" said Raiden. He was struggling to his feet and some how managed to stabilize himself on the ground. His curiosity was growing.

"No, they do not. The Shadow Relm has two types of creatures like in this world, but they are drastically different. Some have powers, who are known as Shadows, and others are controlled by those who have powers, which are called Spawn. Jinn is a Shadow who has the ability to control the Spawn. "

"Is Jinn some sort of king of the Spawn?" asked Raiden.

"Yes. But he isn't just limited to that. He is also the king of the Shadows." said Mich. "On top of that, Jinn has a special ability to allow Shadows and Spawn alike to enter our world. Im assuming the creature he was trying to use on me where Shadows, but since he used them on you, I can only guess how much energy he used into the summon. From the fear I could see reflected in your eyes, he used Spawn"

"Are the Shadow the stronger of the two?" asked Raiden. His curiosity was at its peek now. He have never learned the origin of his powers.

"No. Shadows have levels as well as those with powers here. It's no different for the Spawn, except they have wider range of levels. Some are only as scary as an old creepy doll, but others, well, I have seen tough men die at the sight of them." said Mich. He pulled out of his pocket a pill and tossed it to Raiden. "Jinn might go after you after what you did to him. To stop him, swallow that pill. It is a aura block. He smells peoples aura and is able to locate them that way, but with that he wont be able to." explained Mich. Its odd though. He could still smell mine thought Mich. Mich pushed the thought from his mind.

"What about taking me into the police?" asked Raiden. He knew that if Mich so chose it, he would be in handcuffs right now.

"Well, I guess that this fight will have to be withheld for now. You just saved my life, so as far as I'm concerned, you esca-" Mich was interrupted by police cars driving up behind him. He turned immediately. He had forgotten he sent out a beacon to them. Police officers began jumped out of their cars and pulling their guns instantaneously.

"Hands up Raiden!" yelled the Police Cheif over a bullhorn. "You have done well Mich, but this is where we step in."

Mich looked back at Raiden. "Hey...can you still move?" whispered Mich.

"Yea. Well, good enough for doing what I think your thinking." whispered Raiden back.

"Good, I have an escape plan...attack me..." said Mich. Raiden threw a punch at Mich, Mich easily dodged it since Raiden had almost no energy left, but he wasn't wanting him to hit him, he wanted to make a distraction so he could slip out something. The police were more focused on Raiden and Mich used that to his advantage. Mich's fingers fiddled around a packet in his belt and found what he was looking for.

"Oh no!" yelled Mich as he dropped a smoke grenade which hit the floor and began pouring out profuse amounts of smoke. The police officers where blinded. "-now run Raiden." whispered Mich in Raiden's ear. Raiden took advantage and took off in the opposite direction of the police officer's vehicles.

"Wha-? Mich! Why'd you do that?" yelled the Police Chief who was choking on the smoke even after it had dissipated.

"What do you mean? I dropped it. But I swear to you, I will be able to capture him again. I want the police force to continue the investigation in the morning." said Mich with a slight annoyance to his voice.

"Why in the morning? He was weak! We can get him now!" protested the Police Chief.

"That's exactly why you WON'T find him. Since he's weakened, he might try something desperate till he regains his energy before you can capture him. I personally don't want any innocent civilians to be a hostage. But if you can live with some human beings lives on your hands, be my guest." said Mich coolly. He turned away from the Police Chief and pulled out his cell phone. Fried. Big surprise thought Mich. He check his watch and hit a rather odd looking red button. He looked on the ground and picked up his gun that Raiden had taken earlier. He put it back into its holster under his jacket where is other gun rested snugly. He lifted his broken arm and examined it. Hopefully it wouldn't slow me down to much. I have a feeling that something bigger is about to happen. After a few seconds, there was a large noise in the sky. Mich looked up to see his brother and his private mini-jet.

"Need a lift bro?" said Bix.

"Throw the rope down." said Mich as he smirked. Bix threw down a steel rope with notches in it for Mich to easily climb up. Mich looked back at the officer. "Ill contact you tomorrow. Let your men get some sleep. We have a busy day ahead of us. I have a feeling that Raiden will be the least of our worries after what I have witnessed tonight. Ill be sure to inform you tomorrow."

The Police Chief looked at Mich and nodded. Mich began climbing the rope onto his private jet. It was smaller than normal jets which allowed it to reach lower areas such as the alley Mich was located in. Mich made sure that his jet would be able to fly under the radar and allow for a quick pick up incase something was going wrong during a mission.

Mich eventually made his way up the rope and back onto the plane. His brother looked at him. "So how did it go? You look like trash, bro." said Bix. Bix looked a lot different than his brother. His hair was short and blond. His eyes were hazel and under his bottom lip he had a soul patch. Mich looked at his brother.

"Yea, well I have a reason for looking so bad. We have a big problem."

"Oh really? What's that?" asked Bix.

"Father's back."