Paths of Darkness

by Sunset16

Another time my apprentice... with those words, anyone would know he'd come back, we just didn't know when or the cost, or that our leader would go down a dark path from which he may never return...sequal to A Nightmarish Reality

1. Prologue

Paths of Darkness

Chapter 1: Prologue

"Another time my apprentice."

The words still echo in my head as if it were yesterday-when in reality it was three years ago- A Nightmarish Reality.

Those have probably been some of the darkest days I've ever experienced, even my morals seemed to diminish during that time- yet Slade made a threat that it wasn't over, and I don't think that it ever will be. He is so determined to make me his 'perfect apprentice'.

I shudder at the thought that he's still out there and that I'll never be rid of him.

I had killed him-KILLED HIM- but he still came back, and since then the crime rate has increased, making me and my friends more tired than ever.

Just recently the crime rate has dropped dramatically, and I fear Slade has something to do with it. I'm afraid that he might have another plan, that he might restart this endless game of cat and mouse. I just hope it will not involve my friends or family and I'll be able to handle it and defeat Slade once again...