There's not much action in this chapter except one really crappy fight scene and a death but that's all. Over the course of a few more events, though, a big fight scene will break out and (hopefully)span two chapters. I'm not gonna end at cliff hanger but I'm not gonna tell you EVERYTHING because the next 12 stories will tell secrets of each of the boys. In the meantime enjoy this chapter.

Chapter III

Five miles off a beach that spills into the atlantic Ocean there is an island. The land, known as Queen's Island, has a mysterious aura around it. But the tower on the east end is another story. The forbidden Tower was abandoned many years ago when a group of Japanese soldiers found the skeleton of a man with seven axes running through it's skull and one man then died of mysterious causes. The Tower of Death. But for Julian that didn't matter. He stood about 6'2" and had glowing red eyes. The eyes, along with the rest of his face, were hidden by a gray mask. His long ebony black hair was spiked so dangerously that you could draw blood just by touching it. He wore black robes and the whole outfit was topped off with a cape that swirled in the night's wind.

"Heh, not much of an island. I'm sure the builder of this tower sued." The speaker had messy brown hair and wore the same robes and mask as Julian but had no cape. His red eyes seemed to glow more intense as he spoke.

"Silence Justin." Julian cautioned the other man next to him. "This tower has been known to kill. Now where are the assassins?"

As he spoke, an orb of liquid blue energy opened and four Justin-look-alikes climbed out.

"There is a boy with a sword that bears the mark of injection." Jirto's voice had an unearthly hiss to it.

"Kill him." Julian said simply. "And for God's sake someone go find Bat."

The alleyway was about as empty as a sardine can in Deep's grandmother's kitchen. John, Freeze and Dennis were obviously elsewhere for the evening. Deep walked with his arm around Lindsay as the two of them walked home from the movie theatre. Ninth grade was a whole lot easier for Deep ever since he had started dating her.

"Damn, it's hard to think that tomorrow we go back to school. The weekend is way too short." Lindsay smiled.

Before Deep could reply, a trash can fell from a nearby fire exit as a masked man in all black appeared before them.

"I am Jirto." He hissed. "We have much to discuss, you and I. Man to man bonding." With that he took a dagger and stabbed Deep's shoulder. On reflex, Deep jammed his sword into Jirto's throat and twisted it. A sickening crunching sound could be heard as Jirto gagged. He pulled out the dagger and Deep removed his sword taking the tissue that was once Jirto's vocal chords with it.

"Stand back Lindsay." He said but as Jirto held up an increasing ball of energy she jumped into the path of attack. "No!" he shouted.

The ball of energy hit the girl and seared Deep's face. Dark red blood began to flow from a wound between his left eye and his nose. The cut was about 5 inches long and stretched across a severe distance of skin. As he held the dying Lindsay in his arms, she whispered "I love you Juan." and touched her lips to the bloody wound. The nothing.