"where am I?" though Marian as she looked around in what appeared to be a long cave.

As Marian walked through cave like tunnel she wondered she wondered where she was going, as walked she realized that she wasn't alone. There were two other people with her she couldn't make out what they looked like, but they felt familiar. As the three walked they came upon a door with a symbol on it.

"that symbol where have I seen it."

As all three began to push on the door a light began to shine through however before she could see what was on the other side…

"WAKE UP HAPPY CAT SAYS YOU SLEEP TOO MUCH." Yells an alarm clock.

The sound of the alarm was all she could hear as she woke as she sat up on her bed, turning off her alarm clock.

"damn what a…. night?"

Suddenly Marian remembered everything how her & her team were about to destroy a drug factory, how they were ambushed & on the verge of being killed only to be saved by mysterious figures who not only save them but also destroyed the factory.

"who were those guys & what was up with that dream."

Heading down stairs into the dining room she saw her cousin marc, a chubby brunette teen a year younger than her eating a bowl of cereal as he watches the local news. The main story was about the destruction of the drug factory the power corps targeted last night.

"congrats cuz look like a major victory for the power corps." He said as he watches Marian making her own bowl of cereal.

"it would have been if we actually were the ones who took it down."

"say what."

"lash trapped us we were just about finished when these guys came in, none of us saw them but they moved like lighting all I saw were Red & Blue blurs, took out all of lash's goons including her before smashing all her equipment & her shipments before disappearing."

Marc was shock hearing what happen last night feeling that he should have been there to help.

"I should have been there to help…we built the power corps together."

"no you needed be here with Anna I know you'll keep her safe unlike him."

Suddenly a man wearing a metro city police uniform came down stairs in his arms was a little girl with brown hair about 4yrs old.

"good morning kids."

"morning uncle."

"morning." Said Marian as she got up taking anna from her dad placing her in her booster seat.

"uh so uncle I thought you were off today."

"I was but thanks to this the departments are having an emergency meeting…we're trying to figure out a way to do damage control…"

"damage control…"

"thank to this the gangs might retaliate we need to find a way to prevent this…no doubt this is the work of those vigilantes the power corps."

"so just because they're taking a stand against the gangs they are the problem." Said Marian

"we've been over this before the truce may not be the best thing we have but it's better than what it was like before."

"this isn't a truce it's a surrender you gave them the city at night, you let them do whatever they want."

"you were too young to remember what it was like in the beginning riots day & night this was the only way to regain some level of order if we hadn't agreed to this the gangs would have won."

"they already did dad you just won't admit it…I know it & so did mom"

The tension was rising so much that anna was being affected as she looked like she was about to cry something marc noticed & tried to change the subject.

"hey guys did you here."

"what?" they both said

"someone bought the land that old restaurant where Aunt Sarah used to work…I hear it's being opened up again."

"good maybe someone else could help bring some else hope back to this city."

"I don't have time for this…keep an eye on you sister I'll be home later." He said leaving

"coward."

"You really should cut him some slack."

"not now…not ever…"

As they continued to watch the new they began to hear more stores of other shadow warrior businesses being attacked in different parts of the city & many members being sent to the hospital. Marian really became interested she knew for a fact that her team had nothing to do with these attacks it had to be the ones from last night.

"it had to be them the guys who saved me last night."

"you sure."

The news revealed one of the other location attacked inside the calling card for the ones responsible could be seen carved into the wall causing Marian's eyes to widen with shock as the expert reveal the symbol was called the three toed mark of the dragon .

"you ok?" asked Marc

"…you said the old restaurant was sold right"

"yes…"

"keep an eye on anna I'm going out..."

Later…

After getting cleaned up Marian made her to the old restaurant in the outdoor shopping district she hadn't been there in a long time since it was shut down when she was little but still had fond memories of it. It used to be ran by a friend of her mother's Marika Lee & her husband John Lee, they had twin sons Billy & Jimmy who she played with all the time until one day her mom came home very sad crying even telling her & her dad the bad news that Marika & John had died.

"I remember that day it was the last time I saw them the restaurant was shut down fast & they were being taken away by a lady who claimed to be their aunt."

Despite the overwhelming sadness there was a small glimmer of hope as before they left promising that they would come back.

"it's been so long since I've seen them but that symbol from the news was so familiar I have to check it out."

Coming up to where the old restaurant used to be, she saw a wall right between two

other shops, however a rectangular arch was the opening into the restaurant's dining area. The entrance was closed off but that wasn't going to stop her as she snuck into the dining area.

"good I'm in…kind of strange I got in so easily you think the new owners would have done a better job keeping people out." She thought

As Marian looked around the roofless empty dining area she began to remember being little playing with Billy & Jimmy while customers ate there were even times where they were told stores. Moving to the open kitchen she remembered seeing how her mom & Marika worked together cooking.

"I should have visited this place sooner."

Next to the kitchen was a door Marian remembered that it led two ways, one way was into the kitchen the other was upstairs.

"Ok let's try upstairs."

Taking the stairs, she made her way to the upstairs' apartment to her surprise the door wasn't lock ether.

"this place looks like no one hasn't been here in a long time…was marc sure someone bought it."

Once inside she felt as if she became guided by her instincts she made her way through the two-bedroom apartment into one of the bedrooms. Expecting to find something to her surprise it was completely empty much it her frustration.

"damn it what am I doing here I haven't thought of this place or them in years…I didn't even remember until to…day"

Marian began to wonder about what she just said, it was true up until that morning she had forgotten all about this place. It was her favorite place so why did she forget it & are these memories coming back now. Suddenly another memory popped into mind, one where she was spending the night in this room with Billy & Jimmy however all three heard a sound & investigating the found something.

"the kitchen…"

Heading back downstairs into the restaurant she looked around the small kitchen to see if what she saw in that flashback was true. Looking around all she saw was an empty kitchen one that hadn't been used in years. There was nothing on the walls but dust.

"it's official I'm going crazy."

As she looked around she noticed something that was out of the ordinary even for the kitchen over the stove. As she moves in close she saw it was a facial recognition panel.

"that's weird why would this be in a kitchen plus this is a really old model."

As Marian wiped away the dust from it away is panel went on line scanning her face in the process.

RECOGNIZE SARAH KELLY

"mom?"

Suddenly the arch way entrance disappeared leaving only a wall followed by the shutter for the kitchen's open window closing. The ground beneath her feet rumbling before a section area of the kitchen floor dropped in converting into stairs. Marian watch in shock as this happened she never knew about this place.

"I think I stumbled on to something big."

As Marian made her way down the steps she found herself in the same dimly lit cave from her dream.

"I remember."

As she made her way deeper her memories once again guided her leading her deeper underground, as she remembered being very young the last time.

"if I'm right then the door should…be here."

Finding the door Marian took a deep breath as she talked her talked herself into pushing that door open.

"ok Marian you came this far; these weird memories have to mean something." She said as she was about to push the door open

As the doors opened to her surprise there were two people standing on the other side of the door.

Though she couldn't make out what they looked like she felt something strange from them something familiar.

"well done Marian you made it here fast." Said one of the figures

"much fast than we thought." Said the other

"who are you?"

End Of CH 2