Chapter 2: It was all a dream

Lloyd was on his usual patrol. He had been a cop for at least two years. There wasn't a lot of trouble this night. Only a domestic assault, and a small scuffle. Nothing he couldn't handle. He wanted to go home to his wife, Jessica and daughter, Carmen. His patrol was almost up. He thanked God for that and kept driving.

He put the hovercar on auto pilot and picked up his cell phone. He dialed his home number and put it on speakerphone. It rang but no one picked up the phone. Jessica had always waited for Lloyd to get home. He thought that she must be in the bathroom.

The hovercar pulled into the station. Lloyd got out and the car sped off to the parking garage. He then hailed a taxi and told the diver his home address. Lloyd tried his house again but no answer. As the taxi stopped in front of the house, Lloyd paid the driver and exited the car. He walked to the door. The TV was on and he could smell popcorn. He walked in to find his wife asleep on the couch.

He carried her to the bedroom and laid her down. After he tucked her in, he walked to Carmen's room. She was asleep. She was as beautiful as her mother. He kissed on her forehead. He went back to his room and went to sleep.

A loud crash awoke Lloyd and Jessica. Lloyd grabbed his gun.

"Jessica, go get Carmen and hide. Don't come out until I tell you to."

Jessica sneaked out of the room, heading towards Carmen's room. Lloyd cocked his gun. He never kept the safety on the gun. He slowly made his way to the front room. He heard voices as he crawled.

"Find him! Shadow must not live through tonight."

Who the hell is Shadow?!?, Lloyd thought to himself.

Lloyd peeked around the corner. He saw four masked men. Behind them emerged a man with shoulder-length white hair. Two pieces of it were arched over his forehead going down to his cheeks. He was around the same height as Lloyd and was dressed in all black. He looked around the room, then suddenly his eyes darted to the spot where Lloyd was.

Did he see me? Well, here goes nothing. Lloyd thought.

He sat up a little, did a side roll, and aimed his gun at the white-haired man.

"Who the hell are you?" Lloyd pulled the hammer of the gun back.

"Ah, Shadow we meet again. It has been awhile. Almost 6 years." The white-haired man replied.

"Wha...What are you talking about?" Lloyd stood.

"You don't remember me? Well, they did a good job on you."

"What the fuck are you talking about!!!"

"My name is Vincent. Or as you may remember Seth."

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"Well, it doesn't matter anymore, as you die tonight. Though I am hurt you don't remember me."

The man turned around and walked towards the door. His footsteps were heavy and intimidating. He lifted his hand and the men ran forward. Lloyd shot and killed one with a head shot. He threw away his gun as the other three were too close to fire at. One of the men threw a punch. Lloyd dodged it easily and landed one of his own. It sent the man flying as Lloyd was kicked in the back. He fell forward and landed on his hands. He used the momentum to flip over onto his feet and speared one of the men into the dinning room table. Lloyd quickly rolled to the side as one of the men came from behind with a knife. The man stabbed his comrade in the throat, killing him instantly. The man stared at what he had done but looked up to late as Lloyd dropkicked the man into the wall by his neck. Lloyd felt his neck shatter underneath his feet. The battle was over. Lloyd stood to see Vincent standing at the entrance of the dinning room. His gun was pointed at Lloyd.

"No wonder he wants you dead." Vincent said.

"Who?" Lloyd asked. He looked around for a way to attack safely.

"My boss, Daniel. He was your mentor but you most likely don't remember that ether."

A bullet flew in front of Vincent's face. Jessica was there pointing a gun at him. She was never a good shot.

"Jessica, leave run now." Lloyd calmly said to her.

"That won't save her now. She will die before you for that." Vincent said. He had a dark tone to his voice.

"No, you bastard."

Vincent took a step into the room. He fired at Lloyd hitting him in the leg. Lloyd fell in pain. Jessica ran to him as Vincent shot her in the head. Her body went limp and fell before Lloyd. He crawled to her not feeling the pain in his leg.

"No, no, Jessica get up. Please get up. You're not dead now get up." Lloyd cried over her body.

Lloyd's sadness quickly turned to anger. He stood up slowly. The pain in his leg almost non-existent. He walked towards Vincent. Vincent unloaded the rest of his clip into Lloyd. He fell unable to move. Lloyd's will still was not broken. He would kill Vincent, no matter what. He tried to crawl toward Vincent.

"My God. I now truly know why he wants you dead. You will not stop, will you? Alright lets see where this goes."

Vincent walked out of the front door laughing. He entered the hovercar parked outside. It started up and flew off. Lloyd rolled over. He was crying. His grief was filling up inside, he couldn't continue to live, then he remembered Carmen. He would have to live.... For her. His vision began to fade. He couldn't stay awake. His eyes closed slowly.

"Huraagaaa!!"

Lloyd shot up. He was sweating and breathing deeply. The ship was lonely. He looked at what time it was. The clock flashed 3:42AM. Lloyd rubbed his eyes. Everyone else was sleeping. He could hear Richard's snoring from there. He stood and walked out of his room. The hallway was dark. He walked a few doors down and pressed the pad to open the door. Carmen was asleep. Even at 21, she looked like her mother. He was 36 now. He walked back to his room and went back to sleep.

A/n: Please review and tell me what you think. I need some input on this. Hope you liked this chapter. More good stuff to come.