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Ch.6: Evil Twin part 1
One night, in the streets...
As usual, everything was quiet and calm. No one was seen in the streets. But, that was about to change when inside of a building... A fight was breaking out and whoever was fighting it was one-sided.
It was heard in the alley, next to a bar.
The fighter was Ethan.
"Agh!" someone crashed into a wall.
"Who's next?" Ethan said. He turned to some punks. "Well anyone?" He challenged.
The punks growled and charged at him, at the same time.
"You're dead!" one of them snapped. He tried to throw a punch at Ethan. But Ethan dodged, and spin kicked him towards a wall.
"Too slow!"
One of them tried to sneak on him from behind. "I wouldn't do that if I were you." Ethan warned.
The punk froze at being found out which gave Ethan an opening to back-punch him without turning around. He lost his teeth and knocked out in the floor.
The last one stood behind Ethan and smirked. "I won't fail like they did!" he smirked.
"Try it." Ethan glared.
The last one arms himself with a switchblade knife.
"Is that all?" Ethan raised his eyebrow.
The punk swings the knife towards him, but Ethan grabbed his wrist and uppercut him, knocking him out.
"Well then..." Ethan crunched his fists. "Now... to my true target." He walked away.
{000}
In the alley, a man with a red outfit was running away. He's called Adonis.
"Oh man I heard he was tough. I just didn't think he was that tough." Adonis said panting and running. "I better go! I don't want my butt being kicked by him!"
He kept running, unknown that someone was watching him.
It was Ethan, who was in a roof. "There he is. I won't let him get away." he whispered. He vanishes out of existences.
Adonis hid behind a wall and looked everywhere. Soon, he sighed in relief.
"Looks lime I'm safe now. Not that I have power to beat him yet."
"I don't think so!" a voice called him.
Adonis was startled from hearing a voice.
"E-E-E...Ethan...?"
"I'm not Ethan... I'm your death." the voice, similar to Ethan, but demonic replied.
"W-W-W-W-What?" Adonis gulped in fear. He could see Ethan, but not as he looked actually. He was now dark and different color on his skin and clothing. "You're not Ethan! Who are you?" he demanded.
"Like I said before, I'm your death."
"What?!" Adonis in a panic mode grabbed a trash can and tossed it hard at that Ethan lookalike.
This, however, didn't hurt him.
"Pathetic. And you call yourself a villain?" the lookalike smirked, "I'll show you the gates to Heaven!" However he looked like is having a second thought on what he said. "Or maybe something even better, the fiery pits of Hell!" He dashed at Adonis, before a huge scream was heard on the street.
Ethan on his way to apprehend Adonis, only to hear the scream as well. "What the?" He turned, "Was that... Adonis?" He ran to check it out. "That scream was not good. I feel it." he thought as he ran.
He finally made it, but gasped as he saw something horrifying. "Oh my god..." Adonis was dead. His body was on the ground, not moving or breathing. And blood was moving slowly out of the corpse. "W-What happened here?" he stammered. He looked around, thinking he could find the murderer. He felt an unknown presence, and he looked to source of it to see a shadowed figure that just disappeared. "You! Wait!" he called.
Ethan ran to the spot that shadowed figured disappeared at, however he can't no longer detect that unknown's presence now feeling that is vanished without a trace. Ethan narrowed his expression. 'I don't know who you are, but I will find out and when I do, I'll put a stop this madness.' he vowed in his thoughts. He jumped away.
{000}
Ethan returned to the SHIELD base, in order to report the news. "Then as soon as I got there, I found Adonis dead..." Ethan finished on reporting on what happened.
"Dead?! How?" Sakura gasped.
"I don't know! I saw him like that when I found him!" Ethan replied.
"But who could do that? Did you see it?" Sam asked.
"That's where I tell what the bad part is. Whoever that person was not only was shadowed in the darkness I couldn't identify but also suppressed the energy down so quickly that I didn't get a chance to sense the signature the moment he disappeared." Ethan explained.
"Man, so I guess you couldn't get him."
"Unfortunately." Ethan said.
"Hmm... It means trouble. We must think on something to do." Sakura said.
"But what?" Alura asked.
"We will go tomorrow to watch the streets. And we will make sure he pays for whoever it is pays for the crime." Ethan pressed his fist.
A female voice comes in. "That's not going to happen unfortunately." Ethan, Sakura, Alura and Sam looked at the source of the voice to see Maria Hill with a look of concern.
Ethan looked confused. "What do you mean?" His answer was the Deputy Director hands him the tablet device.
"It's best you look, watch and see for yourself." was all she said.
Ethan activated it and a image was shown.
"Shocking news! A figure was murdered last night on the streets." a woman said. "The mysterious figure was not clear to be seen, but the police department does the best to find it."
"That doesn't help!" Sam glared.
Ethan felt a chill up in his spine, like it's telling him something big is going to happen and it's going to somehow involve him in it. 'I don't like the feel of this...'
Alura noticed him, "Ethan, you okay?"
"I don't know if I want to say I am or not." Ethan sighed.
"You're scared, I know." Sakura put her hand on his shoulder.
"Really?" Ethan turned to her.
"I would kill you if you did that, but there's no proof it was you." Sakura answered. "And besides, you dislike killing." she added.
"While I am glad about that, however it's not you guys I should be worried, there maybe someone else who I have not met out there that would not hesitate to put the blame on me." Ethan said.
"What do you mean?" Alura asked.
"That seems unlikely man, the chances of that happening are one to hundred." Sam assured. "But who?" he asked.
Maria voiced in. "The agent named Dolores Umbridge is investigating the case and she thinks it's you."
Ethan stared at Sam with a deadpan look. "You were saying?"
"Never mind." Sam sweatdropped.
"Well in my opinion, I don't like her." Alura said. "When Sam and I came into S.H.I.E.L.D, everyone welcomed us. Dolores however looked at us like we're animals that needed to caged and locked in." She frowned.
"Yeah, I know what you mean." Sakura agreed. "Other agents warned us including Kakashi-sensei to never ever make contact with her at all."
"That's unfortunately true, she was never liked by anyone even Director Fury and myself with that attitude she carries." Maria confessed.
"That's true." Sam nodded.
Ethan looked confused. "But why me, I never done anything to her in the past to give her a motivation to put a blame on me for what just happened."
"You're right, Ethan, but I wish I would knew too." Alura agreed.
"I know." Ethan sighed. "What a drag..."
Sakura gave an amused smile after hearing Ethan's statement, she knows a certain someone would so agree to that. 'Shikamaru, looks like you and your clans are not the only ones who says those phrases.' She giggled. 'Of course, Ino on the other hand though...' she grinned at the thought of one of her friends' reaction should she happen to hear that statement Ethan made.
{000}
Inside the Police Department, the Chief was discussing with his men about the murder of Adonis.
"The murderer must be outside somewhere!" the Chief snapped.
"But, Chief! The murder just dissappeared!" one of the officers exclaimed.
"Plus that, we have no witnesses that saw what happened." He added.
The Chief thought for a moment, "You're right. We need clues..."
They were quiet as he thought.
"Guess we must count with that team named... S.H.I.E.L.D." he said.
"S.H.I.E.L.D.?" an agent asked.
"That's right. Maybe they can help shed some light on this."
They all nodded.
"Johnny, get the phone and call them. Hurry!" the Chief ordered.
"Yes, boss." The officer, Johnny dug into his pocket to get a cell phone out.
He marked and called, "Hello? S.H.I.E.L.D.?"
{000}
Back to the base...
The phone rang. A hand grabs it, to answer it. "Hello?"
"S.H.I.E.L.D. Agency? Police Department. We need your help."
{000}
Back to the streets, Ethan and his friend met with the police.
"Any problem, Chief?" Ethan asked.
"We need help on the investigating the murder of Adonis." the Chief answered.
"That's what we were planning to do too anyway." Ethan shrugged. "We will help."
"Thank you for the assistance." The Chief nodded. "Do any of you have any leads or clues as to who could have done this?"
"Nope, but that is what we are looking for." Kakashi replied.
"Where should we start?" Alura asked.
"Some of you will check in that alley." the Chief pointed. "Others will take a look on the main street and the others will check everywhere."
The S.H.I.E.L.D. members nodded.
"The rest of you." the Chief turned to his men, "Watch the other streets."
They nodded.
Ethan and his team now in a room, discussing on pairing for the investigation.
"Okay, so what shall we do?" Sakura asked.
"We shall split in teams. Sakura, you go with me." Ethan instructed. "Sam and Alura, you'll both investigate on the slums."
"So all that leaves is Genie with Kakashi." Sam said.
"Don't worry, I'll be his guardian angel!" Genie smiled as he dressed himself as an angel.
Sakura and Kakashi sweatdropped.
"Sure, Genie. Sure..." Sakura sighed.
"Well... Let's go." Ethan shrugged.
They nodded.
The teams soon splited up as they walked to their respective points.
{000}
Ethan and Sakura were watching their chosen street.
"Nothing around here." Sakura looked around.
"You still can't sense that person's energy can you?" she asked Ethan who shook his head.
"No, still hiding it very well."
"Oh."
"I would feel it otherwise if he or she would be this close."
"Well, if you feel it from here, maybe we can find him, or her."
"Now we talk the same language."
Sakura sighed sweatdropping. 'Good grief...' she thought as she mentally groans. 'Why does he always have to show off?'
"Now, I'll try to focus to see if I can find whoever is." Ethan focused.
"Let's hope it works." Sakura replied.
"You and me both." Ethan agreed.
She nodded.
Ethan was quiet doing what he had to do, focusing. At the first 10 minutes, he didn't felt nothing. 'Still nothing...' he sighed mentally. But he didn't give up and kept trying. Some minutes later, he felt something... "Wait I got something."
"What is it, what do you feel?" Sakura noticed.
"Well this may sound odd, we're right here right?" Ethan asked Sakura.
"Yeah?" Sakura nodded, confused wondering what her partner is getting at.
"It's coming towards us." he answered.
"What?!" she gasped.
Ethan started to look everywhere. "Get ready, Sakura!" he called.
"Huh?"
"It's coming!"
"Who?"
"All I can say is it can be anyone, our unknown suspect or some random person." Ethan replied.
"You mean...?"
"Why are you here, pipsqueak?" a voice called.
"Huh? Who's there? Show yourself!" Ethan demanded.
A shadow dashed from a roof to another as Sakura and Ethan looked up.
"What the...?" Sakura noticed.
Ethan narrowed his eyebrows. "He's coming." he whispered.
"Ethan, do you know who that is?" Sakura asked.
"The voice is familiar however his name escapes me at the moment." Ethan's response made the pink haired kunoichi sweatdropped. "I had ran into this guy before I joined SHIELD."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Well, at least you could tell me who he is!" she snapped swinging her arms.
Ethan thought for a second until he snapped his finger. "I remember now! It's Punk!" he exclaimed in realization.
"Punk?" Sakura was now confused.
Then they hear a sound of thud.
"It's Fung, you numbskull!" The figure jumped from the roof and landed in front of them.
Needless to say that Sakura was surprised to see that this person in front of her would make a certain shark user ninja not the only one with unusual appearance. It was a humanoid crocodile with green skin and yellow eyes. He wore a small helmet and armored purple pants.
"So...you're Punk, right?" Sakura asked a bit uneasy.
The revealed Fung facepalm himself. "Oh for crying out loud, it's Fung!" he exclaimed in annoyance.
"Oh, sorry." she sweatdropped.
What do you want?" Ethan shrugged.
"Simple, I got a bone to pick with you." Fung replied.
"I don't have time for this," Ethan declined. "my partner and I are in a middle of something."
"What?"
"We're looking for a murderer."
"A murderer? The one who killed Adonis?" Fung asked.
"Yeah that's ri...Wait, how do you know?" Ethan asked.
"Let's just say I know who did it, if you are going ask on why that I don't know." Fung said. "I saw the guy and you want to know who did he sort of remind me of?"
"Who did this guy remind of you?" Sakura questioned.
"You." Fung answered, glancing at Ethan.
"Me?!" Ethan yelped. "Have you suffered a recent head injury?"
Fung raised his hands in defense. "Whoa hey now, let me be specific. He did indeed look like you, but there are few exceptions that made it easy for me to tell the difference."
Ethan and Sakura looked at each other, then nodded as Ethan and Sakura stare at Fung.
"Alright, you got our attention." Ethan said.
"It had a different outfit and color on hair and eyes." Fung replied.
"What else?" Ethan demanded.
"Hmm... He talked in a... oh yes! A demonic tone."
"What else?"
"His clothes were black. I think so."
"Anything else?"
"Nope, at the moment."
'Great so now, I have a lookalike that someone is bound to easily mistaken him for me.' Ethan thought to himself. 'Looks like someone is trying to make believe I'm the assassin.' he sighed. "In other words, a double of me, right?" Ethan asked.
"Yep, a bad one at that." Fung replied.
"Guess it was created by someone that hates me." Ethan shrugged.
"Maybe it would be the case, but until we find this guy we can't be sure that it is the case." Sakura pointed out.
"You're right. We need proofs."
Ethan looked at Fung. "If you have a bone to pick with me, wait after this is over with."
The humanoid crocodile shrugged in accepting. "Might as well."
"And you could help too."
Fung thought for five seconds. "Okay. But you owe a big one when the time to pick the bone comes!" he warned.
"Got it!" Ethan winked his eye.
Sakura facepalmed. "Oh, brother." she sighed.
Sometime later, Ethan and Sakura followed Fung. He somehow knew where the evil clone of Ethan's could be.
"Needless to say Sakura, I admit that I wasn't expecting this." Ethan conversating with his teammate.
"Me neither, since you told me about him." she replied.
"Yup."
"Will you both shut up and follow me?" Fung snapped.
"Yes." Ethan and Sakura said in usion.
"Then, come on."
They followed him.
{000}
Meanwhile, Sam and Alura were watching close to a mall center. They didn't found nothing yet, but that didn't stop them.
They looked around while then.
"Anything you find?" Alura asked.
"Nope." Sam replied.
"This is getting so complicated as I thought."
"No kidding, but we'll just have to keep trying." Sam replied.
They both walked away to try on another street.
{000}
Kakashi's leaning against the wall reading his dirty book. As usual. He remembered that when Ethan saw him reading it, curiosity got the best of him. And that reaction was that his face was so red as a tomato. He chuckles as he remember that. Who knew Ethan can read Japaneses books, no doubt that Karai must have taught him to not only read Japaneses but also speak that said language. He shut his book and walked away. "I wonder how are Ethan and Sakura going?" he asked. He reaches for the comm in his ear to contact them. "Ethan! Sakura! Can you hear me?" he called.
"Ethan here!" Ethan's voice called.
"What did you discovered?" Kakashi asked.
"At first nothing until Sakura and I ran into one of my old acquaintances." Ethan responded.
"Who?"
"Fung."
"That crocodile guy that attacked you? What's he doing there?" Kakashi questioned.
"He is giving us a lead about the murder. And lead to a possible evil lookalike of mine." Ethan answered.
"Does he know something? Don't lose him at sight, he may help." Kakashi whispered.
"We are not sure if he knows, but we will do this." Ethan replied. "This madness has to stop and we're ending this tonight!"
Kakashi nodded. "Could have said it better myself."
"Why do you say that?"
Kakashi shrugged. "Tell you that later. Keep your mission."
Ethan nodded. "Right."
"Kakashi out. Good luck." He shuts off the comm as he walked away and hope their okay.
{000}
To Ethan and Sakura...
"So, Fung. What do you have in mind?" Sakura asked.
"Yeah, we must find a way to catch the look alike me." Ethan added.
"It's gonna be tough to get him, but." Fung said,
They listen.
"Go on." Ethan beckoned.
"There has to be another way getting him and find his location." Fung said.
"Wonder where we could find him?" Sakura asked.
"I don't know, but think about it though. How he was there in the murder of Adonis." Fung said.
They think as Ethan got one. "I think I know." They looked at Ethan and listen. "How about if we make him a trap?
"What kind of a trap?" Sakura questioned.
"We need someone who plays like a prey." Ethan replied.
Sakura's eyes widen. "Are you saying that-"
"I be the prey?" Ethan guessed on what Sakura was going to say. "Yeah."
"ME?!" she jawdropped.
"Not you, me." Ethan corrected her.
"Huh? How?" she calmed down.
"I can disguise myself as a normal citizen and then, you and Fung catch him by surprise." Ethan explains.
"It's crazy enough to work, then let's get to it." Fung said.
"It better work." Sakura frowned.
"Trust me. It will." Ethan smirked.
Sakura sighed. "I don't like the sound of this."
"Why not?" Ethan asked.
"What about if he traps you?" she asked.
"Me? Nah!" Ethan waved that idea off. But that doesn't mean he won't take it for granted. If that is likely to happen.
This made Sakura sighed once again. 'Sometimes I wonder if he's a distant relative of Naruto.' she said on her mind.
Later in 30 minutes of planning traps...
"Nothing." Fung groaned.
Sakura was silent. "Nothing neither." she sighed in misery. "Where's a break when you need one?"
"You mean as in getting good results than a rest?" Fung guessed.
"Yeah." The pink haired kunoichi replied.
Ethan didn't give up though. He was still thinking. "Hmm..." Either Ethan was being patient or maybe he may have been wrong that this plan wouldn't work. "Let me see..." he said. He goes and check it out. Then light bulb popped up on top his head. "Yes!"
Fung and Sakura noticed.
"I think I know what to do." Ethan said.
They watch.
"Go on." Sakura said.
"I'll dress as a citizen." Ethan replies. "That way I'll bring him here!" He realized.
"But where will we get citizen clothing for you?" Sakura glared.
Ethan thought again.
Sakura rubbed her forehead.
"I think I got one." Fung runs off and come back with brown trench coat and hat.
"Ah, that works for me." Ethan takes them.
"Let's hope it works." Sakura said.
"It will." Ethan gotten dressed up and smirked. "Now to act like one!" He went away. While at the street, he kept walking and hoping he'll come. He looks around and hope he'll appear and wait.
"Come on..." He looks around as someone behind him sneak around. 'I feel as though I am not alone...'
A shadow figure smirked and when Ethan turn around.
"Huh?" Just as Ethan turned around he gets tackled by the figure. "Ugh!" Ethan got tackled and looked to see who tackled him.
The double of Ethan glaring and smirking. "Hello me." he spoke in a demonic tone.
Ethan kicked him off and move away glaring, "It's far enough, buddy! If I were you, I'd stop these deaths."
"You're already me, my me." the clone chuckled.
"This madness has to stop." Ethan glared at his lookalike.
"Why? We are having fun here."
"You killed a man, even though what he did was wrong but killing him was worst." Ethan growled.
"Wrong and worst you say, then how about these disgusting humans?" Ethan's lookalike asked with a venom tone. "What they did was way wrong and worst than I did."
"What are you talking about?" Ethan asked, confused.
"You don't understand yet? Their actions!"
"Their action?" Ethan looks confused. "You lost me there." he watches his double smirking and chuckling.
"Doesn't it occurred to you why everything happened in the Space Colony ARK?" Ethan's look-alike grinned evilly. "The government tried to play god and control something they authorized to be created but becoming afraid that we ultimate beings are too powerful that they believe the 'right' thing to do is exterminate the very things they created."
Ethan frozen when he said ARK. "ARK...?"
"Exactly, the same place where you were created... born."
Ethan couldn't believe what he just heard. "How did you... know about this?" he demanded.
His double laughed upon that question. "You have no idea, do you?"
"What?" Ethan asked, "What... are you talking about?"
"You'll see."
"Huh?"
The doppelganger vanished leaving Ethan confused about him and how he knows ARK.
"Hey! Wait!" He stopped and was quiet. 'Just what the heck it going on here?' Ethan wondered.
"Ethan!" a voice called at him.
Ethan looked to see Sakura and Fung. "Guys!"
"You found him?" Sakura asked.
"Yes," Ethan replied. "but Fung is right...that guy does indeed look like me."
"What?!"
"I knew it!" Fung snapped his fingers.
"So what did you find out about him?" Sakura asked, getting to the point.
"He knows... everything about me." Ethan looked down.
"What?" Sakura couldn't believe it. "How's that possible?" She wondered.
"He also knows about... ARK."
"Wait, what is the ARK?" Fung wondered.
"The place where Ethan was born." she replied.
"Really?"
Sakura nodded.
They all looked to where Evil Ethan went away.
"But what does he really want?" Sakura wondered.
"Destroy all of them." Ethan replied. "All the humans."
"But why?" Fung asked, confused.
"For what happen in the ARK..." Ethan responded.
"What?!" Sakura gasped.
"Like he said; the government tried to play god and then took the lives in the ARK to ensure the 'safety of humanity'. He wants to make everyone else that was and wasn't involve with what happen in the ARK pay for their 'crimes'." Ethan added.
Sakura gasped hearing that. "Absurd! Not of all us did that! You know it, Ethan!"
Ethan agreed to her with a nod but still had the frown on his face. "Unfortunately he doesn't care, if he is indeed me then that means he is in a great deal of pain as I was. But he still must be stopped."
"Right." she nodded.
"Let's notify Kakashi and the others about this." Ethan said.
They ran forward.
{000}
Meanwhile to Kakashi, he's with the others reading his book.
"So far nothing we got on our end." Sam reported.
"Hopefully Eth and Sakura may be lucky to have found something." Genie said, trying to lighten the mood.
Kakashi sigh as he too hope they found something. Kakashi hears a beep on his comm. "Kakashi here." he answers.
"Kakashi." Fury's voice was heard in Kakashi's comm.
"Fury. Is something comes up?" Kakashi asked.
"Yes, Maria Hill told me what's be happening lately, so I went in called in a friend, asking her if I could barrow someone to help with the problem."
"Her?" Kakashi wondered.
"Yes, the female version of you sort of; Najenda." Fury answered.
"Najenda?" Kakashi asked confused of that name and version of himself. "Version of myself?"
"Yeah, so she send someone to rendezvous with you guys." The director of SHIELD replied.
"Who is it?" Kakashi asked.
"She said it was a surprise." Fury responded.
"I see." He close his book and stand up. "When does back-up arrive?" Kakashi asked.
"In few minutes."
"Okay. We will wait. Kakashi out." He turned off the communicator off. After then, they waited. Just then...
"Kakashi-sensei!" Sakura's voice called out.
Kakashi turned to the point where her voice was heard.
"We're here!" it was Sakura, with Ethan and Fung.
"What did you guys discover?" Kakashi asked.
"We found out the killer of Adonis is a doppelganger of Ethan." Sakura answered with a frown.
"Really? A clone of him?" he frowned.
"Hard to say," Ethan frowned as well. "the only thing he hinted out that he is me. But that doesn't explain much about him."
"Meaning?"
"He only knows something about me." Ethan glared.
"There's more is there?" Kakashi narrowed.
"Only he knows." Sakura replied.
"And that's not the worst part." Fung joined in the conversation.
"Huh?"
"He wants to eradicate all the humans even those that had nothing do with what happened in the Space Colony ARK." Ethan answered with a serious expression.
Kakashi stood quiet hearing that. He couldn't believe someone knows not only of Ethan but the ARK. He stood there all quiet still as Sakura stared.
"Kakashi-sensei?" she asked.
Without them noticing, that help showed up. He has green shirt, pants and shoes, blue eyes and spiked hair named Terrence Silva who listens and overheard everything as he comes out walking to them. "I couldn't help by overheard about this, Kakashi." He said.
They all turned to him, "Who are you?!" Ethan asked.
"I'm Terrence Silva, Keybearer and member of the Royal Silva Family." Terrence introduced himself.
They looked each other's hearing that.
"Royal Silva Family?" Ethan wondered, confused. "Never heard of that."
Terrence nodded in understanding. "That will wait, I will cut to the chase that Najenda send me to aid you guys on the mission."