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Many years Ago Sun found himself laying on his back holding a bloody nose, it's the third grade and some kid he never even met just punched him in the face as a bet.
Sun was never a strong kid, he was picked on quite a bit, and the teachers never seemed to give two craps if he lived or died.
But one person did. Standing in his defense was a boy with red hair and eyes that looked like they could shoot lasers at will.
Adam…
Sun just watched as Adam handed his bully his ass in a sack with ease. And when Adam was done he reached out to Sun with a smile. "Hey, you okay friend?"
Sun reached up and took it.
A few years later in Junior high Sun and Adam became the top gang in the area, they stood back to back and beat down all comers with the help of Sage, Neptune, and Scarlett…
No one was stronger than them, at least out in the open…
At home things were different, Adam's dad died in an "accident" last year, at least that was the official story. The gang called it as it was, his mom knocked off his dad.
Scarlet's parents had also divorced some time ago. Something about his mom was cheating on dad with some low time crack dealer, got hooked on drugs and skipped town before she even had the chance to lose custody to his dad.
Sage was still all right at the time, hell he helped sort out Neptune after the son of a bitch tried to get inside of the pants of one of Sun's oldest friends Penny.
Sun was, however, less than politely told by Penny's adopted dad to fuck off, to not spend time around her anymore. It didn't help at the time that she was one of his pillars. The best friend he could ask for in hard times outside of Adam.
Sun's parents were fighting near-daily, his dad was drinking more than daily ever since the lay off from the Schnee Trash Plant. Sun was at his wit's end and would spend entire days at a time scared out of his damn mind that his parents would divorce.
Sun, however, found strength in Adam during this time, Adam had been through so much worse. He took beatings from his dad, watched his mother get the soul beat out of here. Hell, there were rumors about his dad that were too depressing to even put words to.
But Adam never seemed to bow, never seemed to break, He never even seemed to be phased. He even got himself a girl in the form of Blake.
If Adam could take the worst this world could offer and come out clean, then Sun could put up with a few shouts and broken plates around his house.
He would be like Adam. Ever since that day on the playground Sun wanted to be as strong as Adam was, and every single day Adam showed Sun what strength looked like.
Sun didn't learn how wrong he was thinking that way till three days ago…
It was around five in the evening of the 7th of February, the day that would change everything. Sun had only a short walk to his neighbor's house to do his part of Adam's plan. In his coat pocket, he kept the snub-nosed .357 his father owned, fully loaded in his pocket.
"God I hope you're the one to answer the door Penny, I don't want you to suffer," Sun said with a broken rasp to his voice as he walked up to the door to Penny's place and knocked on the door.
Each knock against the oak door felt like a bomb in his head as Sun rapped his knuckles against it. When he heard the heavy deadbolt on the door unlatch and watched the door open he swallowed hard.
Penny opened the door and saw Sun. All he could do was stare for a moment as he took in the frankly cute look she was wearing as she smiled at him. "Hey sun, what's up?"
"Uh…" Sun said before he paused and swallowed hard "Your dad around?"
Penny's smile faded a bit seeing the distressed look on his face. "No... Is something wrong?"
Sun took a deep breath to calm his nerves and to build his resolve as his grip tightened around the grip of the revolver. He just looked up at her and said in a broken tone "I'm sorry Penny…" Before he pulled the revolver out of his pocket and aimed it at her head.
Elsewhere Tai was sitting around his desk at the office looking over paperwork. It had been almost three days since Adam killed his mother and vanished into the dark, and they were no closer to trying to locate him than they were when they started the hunt.
"I don't get this, we checked every broken down abandoned shack, crack house, abandoned building, and public restroom in the damn county and we don't have a god damn thing to show for it!" Tai said to no one in particular as he rubbed his head.
Harriet set a cup of coffee in front of Tai before she sat herself down on the other end of the desk and got back to going over her pages of gathered material. "We got about a dozen false reports in the last few days" Harriet said before she took a sip of her drink. "At this rate every one in the county is going to have an 'Adam sighting' before the end of next week."
Tai leaned back in his seat and rubbed his eyes while growling out. "God damn it all, that son of a bitch is out there, and no one around Blake Belladonna is safe until we catch him."
"Your kids included I noticed," Harriet spoke up. "Tai when was the last time you went home to see your wife?"
"Yesterday, but my wife understands the importance of what we're doing. We need all hands on deck to tackle this one and you know it Harriet" Tai said out loud to Harriet
"I just wish we were making progress, we got most everyone out there hunting for that bastard, hell even the sarge is out there right now," Harriet said
"Clover's been at the Belladonna's place for so long he's started to name the cows," Tai said in response causing them both to chuckle slightly at their co worker's expense.
"Let's face it, that guy is a ghost, a freaking ninja… We need a lucky break or we'll never find him and this is going to end up with us standing over a couple bodies…" Harriet said.
"We already have one on ice right now," Tai said looking up and sipping his coffee.
"If only we had the manpower to put more people on watch…" Harriet said.
They both turned and looked at they heard someone barge into the office "Guys, It's kicking off… we just got a 911 call!"
"Everyone, let's go, we can brief in the motor pool!" Tai shouted as he kicked off the desk and grabbed his sidearm.
Penny was taken back for a second as she saw herself staring down the barrel of a gun aimed at her head "Sun… W-What are you doing?"
"I'm sorry, If I don't do this, it'll be Adam doing this and he'll do so much worse to you." Sun sobbed out as the gun shook in his hand. "He'll kill you, he'll kill your dad, then he'll kill me and my parents as well. He'll even rob you of your dignity before he does it"
Penny swallowed her fear and tried to think clearly, she could tell that Sun was struggling with this. If he wasn't she was sure her brains would have been on the wall behind her by now. "Hey, Sun put the gun down, we can talk about this okay?" Penny said in a soft wavering voice."
"You don't get it! We can't stop him, none of us can! Do you think I want to do this?!" Sun shouted as a sob escaped his throat.
"I know you're scared right now. I know you're not thinking straight." Penny said as she took a tentative step forward "Just put the gun down and let's talk okay?"
"He's stronger than us, he's stronger than the cops. The fucking cops couldn't even keep him locked up. At least this way he won't hurt you Penny!" Sun shouted through gritted teeth as he struggled with holding the gun straight.
"This is not you, you're not a killer Sun, You've been my friend since I was five years old," Penny said as she took another step towards Sun. "Let me help you, we can stop Adam together."
"The cops can't even stop him! I know what he did to his mother, I know what he's having the others do, I can't stop him! No one can!" Sun cried out as he stood there shaking.
"I know you feel powerless, I know you think you have to stand alone, the police will protect us." Penny said as she kept closing the gap the gun now a couple inches from her forehead "Let me help you, I can protect you from him."
"I… He's too strong for us Penny…" Sun said with his voice cracking. "He's been strong for us for so long I don't know how to even stand up to him."
"He hasn't been strong for me Sun," Penny said as she gently moved the revolver aside and out of her face and cupped her sobbing friend's face. "Give me the gun and let's call the police while he can be stopped…"
Sun in what felt like it took every ounce of strength, moved his finger away from the trigger as Penny took the revolver from his hands. Unexpectedly he looked up at her "My god, Maybe… It's not too late, call the police, I know where the rest of the gang will hit!"
Penny took Sun by the hand and led him into the house. She was dialing 911 by the time Sun even have time to register what was going on. An operator answered the phone instantly. Penny smiled and handed the phone to Sun "It's time to be strong Sun."
Sun took a deep breath and said to the waiting 911 operator "My name is Sun Wukong, I'm part of Adam Taurus's gang and I know where he's going, you have to hurry they might already be there!"
"Alright, people get in the damn cars we have multiple sites to reach and lets hope to fucking god we're not too late!" Sergeant Vine shouted as his team of deputies got into squad cars and started driving.
"I need two people to get to the Arc residence, we know one of Adam's gang will be headed there!" the Sergeant said as two officers called out that they were on their way. "Tai I need you there as well."
"I'm going to the Belladonna house!" Tai shouted.
"You're too close to them Long!" Vine shouted back.
"My fucking daughter is over there! I'm going that way to back up Clover!" Tai shouted back.
"I'll ride along with him Vine!" Harriet shouted back. "I'll keep him from doing something stupid!"
"Alright, I'll ride with Elm then and we'll hopefully get to the Branwen residence in time to stop their attacker," Vine shouted back. "How in the hell did this kid organize this big of a raid?"
Marrow shouted, "I'll take the Arc home, let's hope we're not too late!"
With that, all the Officers tore off screaming into the night.
The first shots of this battle were fired, all the players were in motion.
At the same time that Sun was making his phone call to the police, another member of Adam's gang was just walking into view of his destination on the outskirts of the town. The red-headed teen Scarlet was quickly approaching the small manufactured home of Yang Branwen.
As he saw his destination in mind, he smiled, he knew he was going to finally take something he thought was his.
He didn't care who tried to stop him, it's not like any of them would be alive when it was done anyways.
Adam's war was just starting, and he would draw first blood.
With that, it begins, Adam's gang is on the move, and one of them has already given himself up, I'll be honest I never really had any intention on killing Penny, building up the friendship between the pair should have been a major clue as to what I had planed, but I can't claim that for the others, I have a hell of a ride planed for you all and I hope you remember that the safety bars are their for a reason.
Dragon Lord Syed, I'm glad you caught that, I did want to play on Jaune's conflicted feelings a bit, I mean he did choose to be there with Blake and Ruby rather than his own girlfriend after all. Blake pushing the buttons is easily seen as her trying to distract herself from what's going on right now as well.
Gustrubio, EmperorCookies, Calamk and Big Bad Beowulf, your reactions kinda reassured me that i'm doing this storyline right. My big fear right now is the story arc falling flat, hopefully it stays that way till the end of it. I also hope you all enjoy my emphasis on making sure the bad guy's have their story told as the arc unfolds, this arc is about the villains more than the heroes in many ways.
In anyrate, Thanks again for reading, and I'll see you all next time.
