Author's Note!* Hey guys! I'm SO sorry for the complete lack of updates; my new job of working at the jail has taken a LOT out of me! But the good news is, I've finally got a brand new idea for a brand new kind of story. After playing hours of The Wolf Among Us, Tom Clancy's The Wildlands, and Far Cry 5...and watching a couple of bad ass anime shows and movies (Hardboiled, The Killer, The Foreigner, Angel Cop, Violence Jack, and Wicked City just to name a few!) I have finally come up with a brand new idea! So picture this:

Raizo (My OC!) has spent the better part of his life living as a Special Forces Agent hunting and killing some of the most savage, ruthless, and evil criminals known to mankind; fanatical terrorist groups, cartel gangs, and even corrupt politicians, you name it. But after so many years of bloodshed and violence, Raizo has had enough. But before he has a chance to walk away from this shady life, he's betrayed and murdered by one of his own best friends from the Special Forces.

Several years later, Raizo has awoken from the dead as a Hellspawn. Not wanting to go back to his old ways, Raizo decides to take matters into his own hands and decides to help defend the weak and innocent. But his violent antics as a vigilante are noticed by many, including a group of special people dedicated to defending toons from the outside world. Among them is a former member of the Special Forces, as well as an old friend: Ken Roland. (Another OC of mine!)

Long story short, Raizo is given a choice: He could join up with this group or spend the rest of his life in hiding from the law. Remembering his wife Lily and her last words, Raizo decided to take up on Roland's offer. And that, my dear ladies and gentlemen, is where our story proudly begins! I just need to warn you all, though. This story is NOT for kids, despite some famous cartoon, comic, and anime characters that show up. There are sequences of gruesome and realistic violence, strong language, strong sexual content, nudity, and drug and alcohol use; reader's discretion is strongly advised! So with that out of the way, let's begin our story: The Spawn Among Us!


Chapter 1: A New Life in Empire Plaza!


*John Maus: Cop Killer plays!*

Once upon a time in Empire Plaza, there lived a special group of people called toons. They once lived happily in California, where a place called Toon Town once flourished and thrived full of toons. However, over the years, crime became a bigger threat to the people of California. After a horrific event took place in Las Vegas, the toons fled in fear for their lives and sought shelter over in Empire Plaza.

Unfortunately, life in Empire Plaza was not any easier for the toons. The humans were not too fond of these newcomers, and as such, tensions grew between the two factions. In an act to preserve the peace, the President of the United States decided to give a small fraction of the city to the toons. There, they would be kept under close watch by a special forces group to keep the peace. The group was called the Toon Protection Program, or TPP for short. Among those people was a man named Raizo. His job was simple: Keep the toons safe from the outside world, as well as from hurting each other.

A man in his 30s stepped onboard a metro train, sighing heavily as he stood still and rode his way to the other side of the city. This man had black hair in an 80s mullet fashion (think of Rambo's hairstyle or Patrick Swayze), blue eyes, white skin, and wore a black leather jacket with some jeans and black and white sneakers. His name was Raizo, and he was on a job. Earlier this evening, he received a tip from an anonymous source that trouble was brewing at one of the toon tenements. All he had to do was get there and see what was going down before he had to step in and take action.

When the train finally stopped, Raizo slowly stepped out and made his way down a set of steps before walking through the darkened streets. He lit up a cigarette before he was able to catch a ride from a taxi cab. "Where to, partner?" the cabbie asked. Raizo responded by showing him a street address scribbled onto a piece of paper he pulled out from his jacket pocket. "All right then. Hold on, tight!" the cabbie chuckled.

As Raizo rode in silence through the city, he sighed as he looked out the window. Things were so much more simple back then, back when toons and humans got along together. But as the years went on, the atmosphere and climate of politics ruined everything. Now, people were so damn sensitive, politically correct, or at each other's throats. In Raizo's mind, it was no wonder why some people turned to crime...or worse.

Finally, the taxi dropped Raizo off where he needed to be. As Raizo stepped out of the taxi, he handed him a wad of cash before he walked away. Raizo took a deep breath and sighed before he looked up at the large tenement building; this was the place he needed to be all right.

*Song ends!*

As Raizo entered inside of the building, he was immediately greeted with the sight of a blue hedgehog in red and white running shoes looking up a set of stairs. Raizo shook his head and sighed in annoyance as he approached him. "Sonic." Raizo gruffly said. Sonic gulped nervously as he was caught off guard. "Oh, shit...ok, just play it cool." Sonic muttered before he turned around to face him. "Hey, Raizo! How are you doing buddy old pal?" Sonic began in a friendly tone.

Raizo just folded his arms across his chest, frowning as he stared at Sonic. "Ok, look...I know I don't look human. It's a problem, I get it. But all I was doing was just stepping out of my apartment to get a good look to see what this drunk asshole was doing, that's all." Sonic explained. Raizo continued to smoke, not having any of what Sonic was saying. "Look, I'll get my pill first thing in the morning! Cross my heart and hope to die, and all that jazz. There's no need to get upset!" Sonic continued nervously.

Raizo held up his hand to silence him before he finally spoke up. "Sonic...I've heard more than enough of your bullshit excuses. This is unacceptable! You know that you're not allowed out in public unless you take your humanization pill. It's completely irresponsible and you know it!" Raizo scolded in a gruff tone. "Raizo...cut me some slack, will ya? You know it hasn't been easy for me lately! Or anyone for that matter! I mean, do you even have any idea how much it costs to have an entire household of toons to be able to take those pills?" Sonic complained.

Raizo sighed as he shook his head. "It's not my fucking problem, all right? You're the one who's risking getting your ass shipped away for breaking the rules. Don't believe me? Just as everyone else that I shipped back to the Farm!" Raizo growled. "Whoa, dude! That's a low blow." Sonic exclaimed in dismay. "You don't like it? Too bad! Those are the rules; you either take your pills and look human like the rest of us, or you get shipped off to the Farm back in California. It's that simple! You don't want me catching you off your pill again, Sonic." Raizo said sternly. Sonic grumbled as he kicked the floor. "All right, already! All of this will be taken care of as soon as I get the money and the doctors are able to make their pill!" Sonic finally said in defeat. "Whatever the cost, it's worth it! So don't make me have this conversation with you again!" Raizo replied.

Suddenly, a piano fell from the floor above and startled them both from the loud crashing noise it made. "Holy shit! You see, Raizo?! This is exactly what I'm talking about; please tell me that you're gonna do something about this!" Sonic exclaimed. Raizo raised his eyebrows a bit before he took in another drag of his cigarette. "Ok...so, what exactly am I walking into here?" Raizo wondered. "I'll tell you what it is; it's that fatass walking carpet, Pete! He's been going on like this for hours; he'll turn this place into dust if you let him. He's in a fucking rage!" Sonic explained angrily.

Suddenly, another loud crash was heard from upstairs. "Damn it, Raizo! This is the final straw; he's gotta go!" Sonic said as he folded his arms across his chest. "Why's he so pissed? Do you have any clue what set him off?" Raizo asked trying to understand the situation. "Who the hell knows what it was this time? That dude's gotta a hair trigger; no pun intended. So I try to keep as far away from him as possible!" Sonic explained. "When did he start drinking?" Raizo asked with a raised eyebrow. "Huh! Between you and me, I don't think he's ever stopped!" Sonic snorted.

Another crash was heard from upstairs, along with another voice. "FUCK YOU, YOU OVERSIZED FUZZBALL!" a feminine voice shouted. "Holy shit! I wasn't even aware anyone else was up there, I swear!" Sonic cried in shock. Raizo finally crushed out his cigarette and began climbing up the stairs to deal with the situation. But as soon as Raizo left, Sonic began to grumble curses under his breath. "Stupid asshole! Telling me what to do and how to spend my money? Who does he think he is, that-" Sonic grumbled before he was interrupted. "Hey, Sonic? The chandeliers fell from the ceiling again!" a yellow two-tailed fox cried. "What?! Oh, not again...Knuckles is gonna be pissed! What are we gonna do, Tails?" Sonic cried. "We ran out of tape yesterday, so we won't be able to fix it." Tails began. "What?! Well, what about the glue? We got plenty of that left over, right?" Sonic pressed. "Uh, no...we used that to fix the leaking pipes yesterday." Tails reminded. "Damn it! All right...we'll figure something out. Come on!" Sonic said as he got back into his home with his room mate.

Back upstairs, Raizo slowly made his way towards Pete's apartment. He could hear him causing quite a ruckus as he was fighting with someone. "Just stop it! You're drunk!" a young woman's voice cried. "You're gonna learn to respect me if it's the last thing I do! Hey; look at me when I'm talking to you!" Pete yelled. Raizo finally approached the door to the apartment before he kicked down the door. As he entered inside, he saw everything that was going on. Pete, a large and rather fat black furred anthropomorphic cat in blue overalls, was drunk off his ass and was apparently assaulting a young anime woman. "God damn whore! You know who I am now?!" Pete snarled after he punched her. "HEY! That's enough!" Raizo shouted as he tackled Pete to the wall.

Pete was caught off guard from Raizo's sudden attack. "What?! You again!" Pete snarled. "Hey, you got something on your face!" the anime woman snapped as she approached Pete. "What the fuck are you blabbin' on about, you stupid cu-" Pete began before the woman spit blood at his face. Pete growled in anger as this happened, making it hard for Raizo to restrain him. "Ok, everyone shut up and tell me what the hell is going on!" Raizo cried before Pete butted him away. As Raizo stepped back and wiped blood off his face, he glared at Pete, who glared right back at him. "This don't concern you, boy! So you best high tail it outta here while you still can! Don't make me whup you again!" Pete growled as he rolled up his sleeves.

Raizo was already tired and pissed off enough as it was, but he was livid at the fact of Pete thinking that he was above him. "Pete...you've got three seconds to calm down, or I'm coming over there and I'm gonna break your fat, fucking face!" Raizo threatened. "Is that a fact, boy?" Pete scoffed. "Yeah, that's a fucking fact!" Raizo snapped. Pete chuckled evilly as he cracked his knuckles. "You got balls, I'll give you that boy! Too bad I'm gonna have to rip em' out!" Pete sneered as he put on some brass knuckles. "Guess what? Whatever bullshit you're fantasizing about isn't going to happen!" Raizo snarled as he stood his ground.

Pete roared as he charged forward and tried to punch Raizo, but Raizo was able to dodge his punch before he grabbed hold of Pete's arm and held him in a tight lock. Raizo tightened his grip, making Pete cry out in pain. "You gonna calm down? Or do I need to put you down?" Raizo cried angrily. "Up yours!" Pete shouted as he tried to buck Raizo off. Raizo eventually shoved Pete into a table, keeping him pinned down from behind. Raizo smashed his face into the table a couple of times before he grabbed a large glass bottle and smashed it against Pete's head. "You're a fucking glutton for punishment, Pete." Raizo sneered. "Fuck you!" Pete growled in pain.

Raizo hoisted Pete back up before he pinned him to the bed and began punching his face several times. Eventually, Pete was able to push Raizo off of him before he struggled to stand back up. Seizing an opportunity to fight back, Pete grabbed a lamp and tried to smash Raizo with it. But Raizo dodged his attack and stomped his foot into his leg, making Pete scream out in agony before Raizo grabbed his face and smashed it against the wall.

Pete was bloodied up, but still refused to give up. He grabbed a chair and attempted to swing at Raizo's head, but he missed. Pete angrily threw the chair at Raizo, but Raizo moved out of the way before the chair smashed up into pieces as it crashed against the wall. Enraged, Pete charged towards Raizo to try and finish him off, but Raizo avoided his attacks and finally finished Pete by tripping him and then grabbing him before smashing him into the kitchen sink, knocking him out cold.

Raizo panted heavily as he tried to catch his breath after the lengthy fight with Pete, while Pete just laid on the floor like a slug. "Argh! Damn...that was fucking sloppy!" Raizo gasped as he keelhauled over on his knees. As he caught his breath, the young anime woman approached him with a concerned look on her face. As she stood there, Raizo was able to get a better look at her. She was roughly the same age as Raizo, had light brown skin, beautiful green eyes, long black hair in a ponytail and a large pair of size DD breasts. "You all right, hon?" she asked softly.

Raizo grunted as he stood back up. "What are you still doing here? You need to leave!" Raizo replied snappishly, ignoring her concern. The young woman was offended by his attitude. "Well, if that's how you wanna do this-" she began. "Look! I've had a long, shitty day. It would be better for us both if you just did what you were told!" Raizo growled. "You think you're the only one who's had it rough?!" the woman snapped. Suddenly, Pete slowly sat back up and growled as he pointed his finger at the woman. "You think that's bad, bitch? Just you wait and see! When I get my hands on you, I'll-" Pete began. "SHUT UP!" Raizo shouted as he kicked Pete in the face.

Pete screamed in pain from Raizo's sudden act of violence, further shocking the anime woman. "OW! Jew sunova bidch! Jew boke mah jaw; jew won't gettaway wid dis!" Pete cried out in pain as he held his bleeding mouth. "Unless you want me to throw your fat ass out the window, shut the fuck up and sit down!" Raizo threatened as he gave Pete a dark look. As Raizo approached the anime woman, she just looked at him with resentment. "You're still here? Why?" Raizo demanded. "Look, I'm not going anywhere until that fucking deadbeat pays me!" the woman stated as a matter-of-factly. "HA! Pay you?! Fer wat?!" Pete snorted. "I let you have your way with me for over an hour; you're lucky that I don't charge your fat ass extra!" the woman cried angrily.

Raizo rubbed his forehead in frustration as she said that. "So that's what this is all about? Fan-fucking-tastic! All right; so let me get this straight, sweetheart. You're telling me that he assaulted you because he didn't want to pay you for your...eh, services? Is that what this is all about?" Raizo said in frustration. "Gee, took you that long to figure that one out? Now maybe you'll let me take what's mine and then I can go!" the anime woman said with pure sarcasm dripping in her voice. "Not so fast! You need to tell me what happened beforehand!" Raizo said as he approached her. "Like I'm gonna give you all the details!" the woman scoffed in anger. "What? No! Not that! I mean, tell me why he was hitting you!" Raizo snapped.

The woman would have argued, but knew that she and Raizo would be here all night if she did. She took a deep breath before she explained what happened before. "He asked me if I recognized him. I said that I didn't, so he got angry and started beating on me. Then you showed up and started beating on him. That about cover it, hon?" the woman explained. "I'm Peg-Leg Pete, jew whore! I wuz da best viwain back in da day! People feared me; people wespected me! Until deez fuckers cum and ruined evewyting! Da gubberment tinks dat dey can just send psycho killaz like did won to...(breaks jaw back in place) push us hardworking simple folk around and tell us how to live our lives while they go halfway across the world just to kill of a group of innocent people for some multi-billionaire for a plot of land! Yeah; I know what you did, you fucking psycho!" Pete rambled angrily.

Raizo began to feel his blood boil as Pete said that. That information was not meant for anyone to know about or even speak of; let alone from a toon! "Pete...shut the hell up right now!" Raizo seethed. "You see, sweetheart? I might be a villain, but even I have a certain level of class. This guy on the other hand, doesn't care for anyone but himself! No sir! All he cares about is getting paid to beat people like you and me up, and then get paid for it! And while he gets to live on the other side of this city in comfort, us hardworking toons have to suffer! You care to tell me how that works, boy?!" Pete cried. "HEY! What the hell did I just say?! I said sit down and shut the fuck up! Or your fat ass is getting thrown out the WINDOW!" Raizo roared as he charged towards Pete and tackled him through a window.

Pete and Raizo both screamed as they fell out the window and fell two stories down below, crashing into a car. After a few minutes of blacking out, Raizo woke up and found himself laying on top of a crushed yellow car. "Ugh...what the fuck?" Raizo grumbled as he struggled to lift his head up. As he finally managed to look around him, he saw that Pete was lying on the ground in a pool of his own blood. "Aw, shit!" Raizo cursed as he laid his head back down.

But as he did, he turned to find Sonic staring at him with his jaw dropped. "Grr...hey, Sonic." Raizo grumbled. "My car!" Sonic finally managed to say. "Yeah...give me a minute, will you?" Raizo groaned. "Oh, no...please! Take your time. Can I get you anything? A pillow or blanket, maybe?" Sonic sarcastically said. Raizo just groaned as he turned to face Sonic. "Sonic...get off the street! You're not on your pill!" Raizo simply said. Sonic shook his head in disbelief; it was bad enough that he was harassing him about his pills, but now he didn't even care about his car? "So sorry for smashing up your car, Sonic. Oh, it's no problem. No, really! I'm really bummed out about it, man. It's a real shame! But that's just not you, is it? You always gotta play the hardboiled cop!" Sonic said with angry spite. "You know what, Sonic? I couldn't care less about you or your fucking car right now! There's more important shit happening at the moment!" Raizo snapped.

Suddenly, Sonic looked up to see someone approaching them. "Well, it sure is nice to see you're not fucking dead!" Sonic sneered before he walked away in a huff. "Wait, what are you-" Raizo began before a large pair of hands grabbed him by the throat. Raizo suddenly found himself being pinned to a brick wall with Pete choking the life out of him. "I've got you now, boy! So what's next? Huh?! Come on out; I know you're in there, you monster! I'll put you out of your fucking misery!" Pete growled as he tightened his grip around Raizo's throat.

Raizo struggled to break free from Pete's grip, but found himself failing due to the amount of energy he spent trying to stop him earlier. But just as everything seemed to fade to black for Raizo, his eyes suddenly started glowing bright green and a demonic growl left his throat. Pete smiled wickedly, that is until something hit him from behind. As Pete fell to the ground knocked out cold, Raizo fell to his knees and had difficulty breathing. But as he was helped up, he was very surprised to see that it was the same anime woman from earlier. She had grabbed a fire axe and smashed into the back of Pete's head, much to Raizo's surprise.

But as Raizo was helped back up, the woman looked a bit frightened as she saw Raizo's face. Raizo immediately recognized this and shook his head, trying to get himself back to normal. After a brief moment, Raizo was back to his normal self...for now. "Thanks!" Raizo finally said out of breath. The woman smiled as he said that. "You're welcome." she replied as she bent over and began searching through Pete's pockets. "Huh? Wait, what are you doing?" Raizo demanded. "Don't worry...I'm just taking what he owes me. You ok back there? I mean...those eyes...that's not supposed to happen to you, is it?" the woman responded. "Not if I can avoid it!" Raizo answered honestly.

The woman grew visibly irritated as she pulled out a bunch of coins from Pete's pockets. "God damn it! You fat fucking piece of shit!" the woman snarled as she began kicking him. "Honey...he's got an axe in his head; I doubt that he's feeling that!" Raizo pointed out. "Son of a bitch can take more!" the woman cried angrily. "Aisle kill jew! Jew fukin' bidch!" Pete groaned. "Let me help you with that!" the woman growled as she rammed her heel into the back of his skull. Ordinarily Raizo would have stopped her, but after all he went through tonight, he decided Pete needed to be punished. "Someone's having a bad day!" Raizo smirked. "Yeah, no shit Sherlock! That makes two of us!" the woman snapped before she finally quit and began walking off in a huff.

Raizo sighed as he removed the axe from Pete's head. "Stay there, fat boy!" Raizo said as he tossed the bloody axe aside and went after the woman. As Raizo approached her, he noticed that she was crying. "What the fuck am I gonna do now? If he finds out that I have nothing-" the woman began. "Hey! I gotta talk to you for a second." Raizo said as he approached her. The woman looked up at him, tears running down her eyes and ruining her makeup. Raizo noticed this and took out a napkin and offered it to her, to which the woman gratefully took. "Thanks!" she said simply as she dried her eyes. "Smoke?" Raizo offered as he pulled out a pack of cigarettes.

The woman smiled softly as she given a light, and for a brief moment the two total strangers enjoyed absolute bliss as they smoked. "So, what's your name?" Raizo asked finally. "After what you did for me tonight? Whatever you like!" she replied jokingly. "I'm being serious. I am gonna have to make a statement about this; I'm sure you understand." Raizo said calmly. The woman grew sad as he said that. "Young girls back then looked up to me as a hero in my community. Before everything changed. Before everything became so...so harsh and unforgiving. I remember there was a time when people used to be so happy. I used to be so happy. But then...everything just became so different." the woman explained with a sad look on her face.

Raizo grew grim as she said that. "I know what you mean. People were a lot happier back then. Before politics and religion plagued society." Raizo said gruffly. "It's not politics or religion honey! It's...it's people! People have changed, and not in a good way! I...I used to have a lot of friends back in Anime City. You know, that huge urban place in Toon Town? But because of what happened to the people of the human world, they began to change. I can't explain it...but I still remember seeing the looks on their faces from that fateful day." the woman continued as she kept smoking.

Raizo nodded his head sadly as she said that. "I was there when it happened; when all those innocent people died. That's one of the many reasons I chose to do what I did. Before joining this group, I mean!" Raizo admitted. "Oh, really?" the woman said in surprise. "Yeah...but that was a long time ago. I'm a changed man now...or so I keep telling myself." Raizo said grimly. As he finished smoking, he suddenly noticed that Pete was gone. "Fuck!" Raizo cursed as he was about to run out and chase him. "Stop! We don't need to make this any bigger than it already is!" the woman said as she grabbed his arm. "It's not just about you, all right? I can't have him running around in the state that he's in!" Raizo snapped. "Oh, so it's not just about me? I thought this was all about me!" the woman snapped back.

Raizo regretted his bitterness. "I didn't mean it like that, you know!" Raizo said. The woman felt the genuine concern on his voice and turned away, blushing as she released her grip. "Um...how much was it that he owed you, honey?" Raizo asked. The woman sighed as she shook her head; she knew that it would lead to this. "He owes me $150!" she said plainly. "Damn! I'm guessing it'll be real bad if you showed up empty handed, right?" Raizo said as he held his hand behind his head. "I'll be fine." the woman responded quickly.

Raizo took a deep breath before he made his next move. "Ok, let me see...I've got 10, 20, 30, 40...here's $86 for you. I know it's not enough, but it's all I've got on me right now. It'll help, right?" Raizo said after he counted out some money. "What?! No, you don't need to do that! It's fine; you've done enough for me tonight, really!" the woman objected. "Just take the damn money, all right? I'm trying to help you." Raizo said trying his best not to lose his temper. The woman hesitantly took the money before she shoved it in between her cleavage. "Thanks. I, uh...need to drop this off. But I guess you and I can talk again later afterwards?" the woman suggested. "You still haven't told me your name. And I still need to make that statement." Raizo pointed out. "I know...but things are a little complicated for me right now. Look, how about you and I meet at your place later, since it's too late for an office visit." the woman offered.

Raizo raised his eyebrow as she suggested that. "How do you know-" he began. "Hey, everyone knows that you live in the smallest apartment over on the other side of the city." the woman said with a smile. "Good to know!" Raizo muttered. "You ought to go home and get cleaned up, babe. You look like hammered shit!" the woman said as she wiped some blood off his face. "Eh, looks don't mean nothing to me!" Raizo shrugged with a chuckle. "You'll never get a girlfriend with that attitude!" The woman giggled with him before she grew silent again. "Hey, hon? I need to tell you something." she said after a moment of silence. "What is it?" Raizo asked.

The woman approached his ear and whispered her answer. "You're not a monster like everyone says you are." she whispered before she kissed him. As she walked away, she smiled at him. "See you around, Hellspawn!" she said. "Um...yeah. I'll see you!" Raizo managed to say at last. After the woman walked away, Raizo was left along in the darkened streets. But that didn't bother him one bit. "Well, I gotta long walk ahead of me. Better get moving while I still can!" Raizo said to himself as he lit up another cigarette.