Chpt.23

"Ughhh…" I groaned. I don't think it's great for my health to be constantly hit on my head. I thought to myself. Woo, Apollo, and I were tied on a conveyor belt with chains. Woo was already awake. Apollo wasn't. There was no sight of Shannon.

"So the imposter of Meghan Luciani is finally awake. Along with the lackey of that shadowy girl." Luis smiled.

"I'm not a lackey!" exclaimed Woo.

"Sure you're not." laughed Luis. "Anyhow it won't matter in a couple of minutes." he smiled as he pulled the lever, yanking us forward to steaming hot melted metal. Suddenly I wished this was an ice cream factory.

"I will finally be able to finish you nuisances." Laughed Luis.

"Not if I got anything to say about it." I herd a voice say from behind Luis. Shadow came swooping down. She turned off the conveyor belt, and started beating Luis up. He ran up the latter leading to where Woo, Apollo and I were, and Shadow followed. Once at the top he drew his gun from a pocket, and pointed it at Woo's head.

"Don't move or your partner gets blasted." he threatened.

"Not again." Shadow muttered, throwing something similar to a Batarang, knocking the gun out of Luis's hand. "Never again!" Shadow exclaimed. She came running at him, and Luis stepped back, making him slip. He was about to fall into the melted metal, but was able to grab the edge of the unmoving conveyor belt. Shadow stood over him.

"Please. Arrest me! I did things wrong! Don't let me die!" Luis pleaded.

"You're right. You did tons of things wrong!" shouted Shadow.

"Who are you?" questioned Luis. Shadow removed her hood. "No… no, it can't be." muttered Luis.

"Yes Uncle Luis! It's me! Shannon! Your niece! The one you kidnapped for money, and controll! The one whose father you killed right in front of her face! The one who needed to hide her face from fear that you would find her and kill her! I was weak then, but now I'm strong enough for my revenge!" Shouted Shannon. I couldn't let her murder someone.

"Shadow stop! Revenge isn't the way to go!" I exclaimed.

"Is it? Theresa, this man killed my father, and a lot of other people too. He disserves what's coming to him." Shadow yelled.

"He probably does, but not from you. Let him go to court. Let the people decide his fate, not you. If you kill him, what's the difference between him, and you." I said. She paused looking down at the man, who was helplessly whimpering. She picked him up by his shirt, and threw him back on the conveyor belt. She took out some of her rope and tied up Luis. She walked over to us and freed us from the chains.

"You did the right thing Shannon." I smiled. She pulled up her hood, and muttered,

"I hope I did."

"Ugh…" Apollo groaned. He was waking up. "What I miss?" he questioned.

"A lot." smiled Woo.

"How… oh never mind." sighed Apollo.

"Where's Luis?" I heard a voice come from underneath. I looked down at the ground to see a group of the Bolero's lead by Carlo. When I looked down, he looked up.

"Up There!" Carlo shouted.

"We're not out of the woods yet." I sighed. I knew that a long fight was in the near future. This is not going to be pretty.