Chapter 1: The Takings
Lok's House (Inherited from Dante) 5 years after the death of Rssimov and Wind, Sophie and Lok are Married...ahhhhhhh.
Lok woke up after another nightmare but didn't open his eyes, he felt for his wife. Knowing she was there he opened his eyes and left the bedroom, he entered the bathroom and washed his face. The nightmares were getting worse, they started at new years and were bareable but they had become worse. In the nightmares all he could see was a face, he recognised it but didn't it was like he had seen them before but it was a very long time ago. Then he heard Sophie scream.
He immediately ran back into the bedroom without drying his dripping face. He could see shadows 'gripping' at Sophie's body, she was screaming but was gagged by more shadows. Lok ran to the shadows trying to rip them off her but they were as hard and cold as steel, he shouted Dragonfist and his hand impacted the shadows. The shadows flexed and appeared to be about to break but they flexed back into position. The shadows had begun to drag Sophie out the window, she had stopped struggling and she just stared at Lok as he attempted to reassure her and break the dark binds. "I won't lose you again" he said recalling 5 years earlier "I just won't!", Lok made one final effort to break the binds which ended in failure. "Sooopppphhhhhiiiieee!" he shouted as he watched her fly out the window, she flew into the arms of a hooded figure who looked up to him and was suddenly devoured by shadows which when seperated revealed no-one; it was as if the person had teleported. It didn't take long for long to remember the face and the name, it was the face of his nightmares, it was Shauna.
Meanwhile in Dante's country house (Bought after his retirement) Dante and Zhalia are married.
Dante was normally awake at 4am to go jogging til 7am but today he optede to not put his alarm on and sleep in. Zhalia was also very active and got up at 5am to go running, but she was a lot more disciplined and NEVER opted for a lie in. Dante woke up to the sound of their bedroom window smashing, he jumped out of bed ready for battle. He found Zhalia in her jogging clothes slumped against the opposite wall unconscious, he looked back at the window she had just come through. He saw a swarm of shadows make their way through the window, they forced him onto a wall and pinned him their, he tried every power he could think of but none of them worked. He watched in anguish as Zhalia's unconscious body was gently lifted by more shadows out the window, "Were retired!" he said angrily to himelf. After Zhalia had been safely carried out of the window Dante's holds were released and he rushed to the window and looked out, a hooded figure looked back at him and was momentarily covered by shadows before they parted to reveal nothing. He remembered the face from 8 years earlier "...Shauna" he whispered, he got dressed and headed for the city, Guggenheim was his first stop.
Author Note
Sorry bout the long wait, i had the worst case of writers block ever recorded, review please, give me ideas and finally i decided to change my mind about writing the whole story at once, i'm just not creative enough.
Monty