Summary: Based loosely on a post Elektra story written by Musicismysoul, called New Lives New Evils. Its a really good story, but there is always two sides to every story, a lighter one, and a darker one. This is from the other Point of view.

Disclaimer: I do not own elektra (or would be very rich), or New Lives new Evils, although Musicismysoul is mine. Mwahahahaaaaa...

He sits in the dark, perched on the roof of an abandoned apartment block, looking as if he was alone in the world. Far below him the streets of New York City bustle with life, a million pointless existences unaware of the doom that surrounded their little bubble of reality. They didn't realise it, but he was their protector, in a way. If anyone fought the good fight, it was he. He fought for the light, and the dark, he was in balance, choosing neither light nor darkness, but the road in-between. He fought for what he believed was right, rather than what he was told was right. In a world of sides and alliances, he was alone; he was the man without alliance, the man without a name.

And yet, like you and me, he has both a name and exists as a normal person, while the sun is up at least. He called himself La Phantom, after the ability he shared with his idol, one of being and existing as a shade, someone not quite a part of this world, or any other. He was the balance point, the shatter point in a war that was not his responsibility, a war that lay not in the chaos around him, but in his own heart. Not a treasure, not female, but more than her in a way. If he chose he could do anything he could ever imagine doing, and had no limits. His reality was the stuff of most people's dreams, and his dreams were the nightmare of his failure. As he sat there, deciding what to do he reflected on the events, which had lead to this rooftop….

…. Born into the relative backwater of northern England, he grew up not knowing his true potential. His abilities were blocked as a child, both physically due to an accident with a 150V power cable as a small child one which, according to the doctors, was bad enough to kill a fully grown adult, and also mentally, as he was brought up by a family who despised all things supernatural, being very Christian in their beliefs. It was not until he was sixteen or seventeen that things started to change. His dreams became nightmares, he dreamed of pain and destruction every night, and started to fall asleep at different times as his whole sleeping pattern adjusted to being awake during the night. The doctors put this down to a hormonal problem in his brain, but deep down he knew that it was something else, the same thing that had saved his life many times over his short existence. He was meant for something, had to do something.

He went to university to study Physics and invested a lot of his money into the duality principle. He thought that this might be his ability, to turn thought waves, the waves of his soul, into reality. However, he proved nothing, and dropped out of university, penniless and rudderless. He tried to kill himself, and woke up in hospital, feeling powerful. His breakdown had released the mental blockage in his mind, and realised his powers. One night, not long after his powers emerged, while he was shivering in the homeless shelters of Manchester, he decided to move to somewhere where his ability could make a difference, New York City.

He had saved up money over his time on the streets, and purchased a single ticket to New York in the spring of the year 2010. When he arrived, he scoured the city for living places, until he found himself in Chinatown. As he was walking through the back alleys of this bustling part of the city, he felt a presence behind him, and neatly blocked the punches of the would be muggers creeping behind him, before neatly and quickly knocking them to the floor. It was then that his future boss Kirigi spoke to him.

"So you are the disturbance I felt this morning"

"I don't know what you are talking about sir"

"This morning I felt a disturbance within the delicate balance of power in this city, it seems that a new champion has arrived to fight the wrongs of this world. Boy, I have lived longer than you can imagine, and I know what you dream. I dream it also."

"Who in the world are you? How do you know what I dream?"

"You dream of the end of the world, of the secret war of light and dark failing, and the world descending into chaos."

"What can I do to stop it?"

"Join me, I am Kirigi, and looking for people to help fight the war, Just tell me your name, child. And then you can join the side of power, one which can fully develop your powers."

"My name is La Phantom"

"No Boy not your chosen name, your birth one."

"I have no name now, but used to be called Gareth."

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