Shadows Of The Heart 4: Darkness Falls – Prologue
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Lightening flashed, briefly illuminating the metal sign on a brick arch.
ARK-ANGEL ASYLUM.
An old psychiatrist walked through the halls. Too used to the screams and cries of the inhabitants to care. He was here for one patient. A once famous scientist of Warfang's R&D lab who had grown sadistic, and turned to bounty hunting as a career. And from then on things had spiralled into hell. In his last job, he had ended up soaking half his body in some unknown chemical after his target had defeated him. The chemical had destroyed his entire left side, causing corroded skin and left-brain damage. Though in a recent chat with the inmate, they had learned that problems had existed for the patient since cubhood; an abusive father had created a fear of making a wrong decision and had also made the patient a schizophrenic. Though after the chemical incident, the schizophrenia had developed into full-blown multiple personality disorder. The patient's name: Dario Shtyle. Common aliases of crime include: Mr. Quick, Darius E. Nygma, and Lance Napier.
He stopped in front of a metal door, two guards stood outside it. The security for only one person, who resided in that room. "One hell of a night eh doc?" Commented one of the guards. The psychiatrist showed only indifference.
"Hell's in here," he replied before opening the door, shutting it behind him. The inmate sat on a chair, limp. His body looking away from the door so the facial features were unknown. "Mr. Shtyle?". The man walked closer, no movement. "Professor?" Still nothing. The man walked up to the still body, grabbing the shoulder and speaking with an I'm-not-falling-for-it attitude, "Dario." The head turned as the body fell from the chair lifeless. The face fell into the light. And it was NOT Dario Shtyle. Lightening flashed again, and for the first time the man noticed the hole in the wall, merely a foot from him. Written next to it in blood: The dragons must die! In fear the man hurriedly turned around, prepared to call the guards and alert them of the escapee when suddenly a hand shot out of the hole. Finding the man's neck it pulled him to the hole, and choked him to death due to the fact that the hole wouldn't fit the perpendicular figure. A young looking panther climbed from the hole. Dusting himself off, he leisurely strode to the door, and in turn strangled the two guards. The guard on the left watched as he and his companion were strangled to death by the black panther. But for the other guard it was a different story. The guard on the left of the door saw a partially corroded face, horrible scars burnt into the left side of the mouth creating a perpetual grin, an eye without an eye-lid, and several scars. The panther, finished with what prevented his escape, moved to the next part of the plan.
(Track: The Dario Two-Step (Noir))
Suddenly an explosion went off in the cells around him. Unperturbed by it he kept walking, eventually coming to a clothing rack. Searching around he eventually came to what he was looking for. A suit he had got custom made for him during his last break out. The left side was a trench coat with a spiked cuff, steel-knuckled glove, black turtle neck sweater, and leather pants. The right side was a white lab coat (It wasn't his from his scientist days, but it was symbolic of them) with a white turtle neck and red bell-bottom pants. But first and foremost… Searching in a pocket he soon found what he was looking for: A coin purse, opening it he pulled out a single coin from among the rest. It was a misprint coin, both sides depicting his homeland's monarch; A cruel trick from his father. But when it had come into Dario's possession, the young heir had scratched the one side to give it a 50-50 chance. And now he wondered if he should make a little plan of his own. Such as causing some distress so to attract the purple hero and his black scaled mate's attention, and enact his revenge. But yet he felt he needed to wait also.
"We are of two minds about what to do," muttered the panther. Brandishing the coin, he flipped it.
Elijah Wood
As the voice of Spyro
Look at the sky, tell me what do you see?
Just close your eyes and describe it to me.
Celine Dion
As the voice of Cynder / Malice
The Heavens are sparkling with star-light tonight,
That's what I see through your eyes.
David Bowie
As the voice of Necros
I see the heavens, each time that you smile,
I hear your heartbeat just go on more miles,
And suddenly I know my life is worthwhile,
That's what I see through your eyes.
Tommy Lee Jones
As the voice of Dario
Here in the night, I see the sun,
Here in the dark, our two hearts are one,
It's out of our hands, we can't stop what we have begun,
Music by
Elliot Goldenthal
And love just took me by surprise,
Looking through your eyes.
Shadows Of The Heart 4: As Darkness Falls
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"No Rock! For the last time: I will not teach you how to fight! That's your grandfather's job and besides, what I learned is not for the naive of mind!" Growled Dayn, annoyed at the young green beside him, pestering him. Suddenly a flash of white went of, possessing the element of Nightfire, Dayn was unaffected, and seeing a silver tail flag him over, he quickly rushed over to the bushes. Crouching next to his mate, the silver scaled Dezameen. "Thanks," he muttered.
"Anytime," she replied before giving him a kiss on the cheek. "Now let's leave before your little green buddy over there begins using his earth powers to find us. After they were a good distance away, the pair slowed to a walk.
"So, have you asked your parents yet?"
"I asked Malice, she's went on a walk with my father, hopefully she'll tell him then."
"On the subject of Malice, what is your mother's opinion about our relationship?" Asked Dayn.
"She's undecided, kind of at the point where she'll go with Ignitus's choice."
"Let's hope it's a: yes."
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"No," said Ignitus briskly.
"But father-!"
"It's in your best interests dear," spoke Malice.
"Mom! Please listen-."
"Dez, our choice is final-."
"SHUT UP!" Dezameen's shout cut her father off. "Dayn has done nothing to harm me! You know, sometimes I wish Spyro and Cynder were my parents rather than you, they'd understand!"
"Dez, Cynder was unconsciously corrupted by the Dark Master, Dayn here, was not," replied Ignitus.
"How could I have known any better? He raised me like a son-," Dayn was cut off by Ignitus.
"Exactly, Maximillion Necros treated you like a leaf of his own family tree, so what are the chances that some of him rubbed of on you?" Retorted Ignitus.
"It's true I never knew hurt, pain, fear, or sorrow there, but that's because he trained it out of me. I equally knew not of joy or kindness, not until I met your daughter."
"There are similarities between Cynder's case and this one dear," commented Malice to her mate. Ignitus only growled under his breath in aggravation.
"We'll decide at the ceremony," before Dezameen could get another word in he added, "And that, is final."
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CEREMONY
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LEAVING
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Duke walked through the temple halls deep in thought. His brother couldn't honestly be in love with that dragoness could he? They had made a pact after all. To stick together as friends, brothers to the end, right? He was currently walking through the south wing of the temple, the part built for earth dragons. The hall was decorated by all manner of trophies, battle gear, and tapestries relating to earth dragons. He noticed small things, hard to notice things that told a lot about the armour. Like the gold head piece that had horns jutting from the top in a cross shape; it had the archaic 'T' shaped like a throwing axe carved into it. Another piece had a 'T' made to look like both a 'T' and an 'F'. So he could tell the head piece came before the other. Because Terrador's birth family had used the 'T' as a mark. And when Terrador and River (AKA Flora in disguise) had started their own family, the new insignia was created. And next on the wall was…his twin brother's crystal door. They had rooms in the south wing because their grandfather Volteer was too busy 'thinking' of new ways to build a new wing. Using his powers over electricity to shock the crystals, they shrunk, allowing him to see the room. But what he saw totally set his mind to rage. And so he fled, furious at his brother and his new mate.
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A Cheetah sat shrouded in shadows at the back corner of a bar. His face only further concealed by the red cloak he wore, the hood up. He did not belong here, it was not his place. The rest of the creatures in the bar were either gypsies or hardened criminals. At the best seat sat a panther with a tight black muscle-shirt and leather pants, a trench coat thrown onto the table, in the company of two females, a snow leopardess and a tigress. Though the panther carried the assured smile and posture of someone too elegant to be in such a place, his well-built muscles and sadistic look told the story of an infamous killer. Across the room, at the bar counter, a boar and a pig conversed. They were obviously small-time criminals, who merely threatened with weapons rather than used them. Obvious because of the way they seemed to flaunt their weaponry by placing it in plain view. And another bunch was a trio of triplet sisters, lionesses. They all wore cloaks and spoke in hushed tones. But none of them were his concern, not until someone paid him to catch them. He was a bounty hunter after all.
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Spyro and Cynder, along with the guardians and their mates, were gathered around the pool of visions. Spyro and Cynder had left Star with Leaf (The young couple quickly going off), and Ignitus and Malice had left Silvador with Malefor (He being the young dragon's favourite uncle). Currently they were conversing with Dayn, who refused to meet Ignitus and Malice's eyes, still angry at how they had hurt Dezameen. "Diavolo's men run a night-club in Sinclaipe city-." That caught the attentions of Terrador, River, and Ignitus; the last time any of them had been there it had still been a town in a valley. "An entrance through the Sinclaipe marshes is the fastest way to get to the club-." The three were shocked to hear that the valley was now a marsh. "The club is called the Kiss Kiss Club. Dez has a job as a singer there, I can't get in without Diavolo seeing me, Dez hasn't seen anything unusual yet though."
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DUKE MEETS DARIO
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