Meanwhile, in a prison somewhere in New York…
Intruder Alert! Intruder Alert! This was the message playing throughout the prison. As guards were rushing to stop the intruder, a tall dark haired person, I blasted them out of the way with physic energy. When he got to a certain cell, containing one of my friends, he opened the door. This custom built cell, designed to hold a shadewalker, was empty. To his left, the shadows thickened and became solid. A figure walked out of the darkness, the shadows trialing him like a cloak. This was a shadewalker, a creature capable of walking through shadow. "Hello Dennard." I said. "Have wards been erected?" he asked. His voice was rough from 3 years of disuse. Guards ran around the corner. "We've located the intruders. Cell block S. Shadewalker is out!!" yelled one of them into their comlinks. "Open fire, full authority to execute." their boss replied. As the squad fired at Dennard and I, we turned towards each other and started playing rock-paper-scissors. The bullets seemed to hit an invisible wall midway between us and the guard squad. I turned to them and said "Can't you see we're trying to see who gets to kill you all? Leave us be for two more moments." One of the guards was an idiot and said, "Why don't each of you kill half of us?" "Good idea, lets do it." I replied. Five minutes of ass-kicking later, "Maybe we should leave before anyone else comes," I said, "Lets go, my contact said to meet her in central park in five minutes."
In Central Park… "God damn it! I should have synchronized watches with my friend. He's more than 15 minutes late." said Jill, my contact with Special Tactics and Rescue Squad, also known as S.T.A.R.S. "He better have not stopped to spring one of his friends from jail." The shadows thickened and a Dennard and I stepped through them. "Sorry, I had a mess to clean up." I apologized. "A few of your 'friends' stopped by earlier wondering if I've seen you. They both left." she let me know. Knowing who she meant, I said, "Two, you're positive that it wasn't three? Our squads only travel in three or four." I responded. "Too predictable, Brendan. I thought you would do better than this." said a voice that echoed from everywhere and nowhere.