Well this is the first chapter i hope you injoy ^^
The Shadow Slayer
"When a father dies…you don't know how hard it can be…" "pretty much all you want is to be alone…" "You don't talk, smile, or laugh your just depressed…"
The sky grey as ash… the rain showers down below. Family members gathered around paying their respects; tears on their faces. The family all wearing black; few holds black umbrellas to prevent the rain hitting them.
"Here lies a husband, a brother, a cousin, an uncle, and a father as well as a good friend a man that kept this family together even through bad times…we will all miss you Franqui Contreras…" The priest praises.
"Look it's him" as the girl point; the other girl turns.
"That's Tony…he seems so depressed." The other girl says.
"No really…he lost his father" the girl replies.
"I heard he's 13 and has a brother and sister" the girl explains.
"His mother is all he has for memories of his dad" she said.
Tony stands across from the two girls; with the grave between them. Tony wears
A black tuxedo with a white under with a black tie, and black dress shoes. He stands beneath an umbrella; he reaches out his hand and watches as the rain shower on his light brown skin. His Dark brown eyes take a glimpse at his hand.
A flash back comes through his mind; a couple months ago…
"Dad…Do you think well see eachother again?" Tony asked.
His dad turns and grins; his black trimmed goatee slick back hair and dark brown eyes look down on him.
"Well see eachother soon…" he says.
"Promise?" Tony asked.
He knees down and puts his hand on Tony's left shoulder.
"promise…" he said.
"Franqui its time… we have to go…" A voice called from behind.
"I'll be right there…" he turns his head looking back. He looks back at Tony "Here… I want you to have this…"
Franqui takes off his chain from his neck and puts it on Tony.
"When I was a shadow slayer in training; my father gave it to me so whenever it shined it lets you know a shadow appears… so I want you to have it… even if I'm not there with you; ill always be right there guiding you…" Franqui grins.
Tony looks at the cross on his chain and smiles and hugs his dad; Franqui smiles.
"Franqui lets go" The voice called again.
"I'm coming!" Franqui yells.
He turns to Tony and grins.
"Well see eachother soon I promise…" Franqui leaves.
Tony wakes from his flash back…he puts his hand back beside his waist. His forward spike hair was the same color as the umbrella. His small diamond earring on his left ear shined a nice glymphs. His chain with a silver cross shined a white glow. Tony quickly covers the cross and looks away and something catches his eye. A shadow appears and stands next to a tree behind the family. A chilling feeling went down his spine. He looks back towards the grave stone and sees the girls looking at him; Tony takes a deep breath.
sigh "Great…" he stumbles.
Tony runs away from the funeral and after the shadow his family turns and watches as he runs.
"Why now… especially at my own dads funeral" Tony tells himself.
A shadow aurora flowed on Tony's back making his blade appear; he grabs it and brings it out. Tony sprints and catches up to the shadow.
"Stop right there!" Tony points; The shadow turns.
"ooh… you're a fast one! But you can't catch the Nick here"
"What do you want!" Tony yelled.
"Ooh…tough guy" Nick said.
Tony dashed towards Nick so fast that Nick didn't see Tony move; He pinned Nick down against the tree.
"Oh! no! no! no! I'm not here to fight!" Nick yelled.
"Well you came here at the wrong place at the wrong time!" Tony yelled.
"ooh…so feisty" Nick's eyes widened and sunk into the tree when Tony swinged his blade towards him; cutting the tree in half.
"What? " Tony looked to his left and right.
"Over here big boy!"
Tony looked behind him; Nick appeared on top of the tree branch.
" Come back over here so I can send your ass back where you came!" Tony yelled.
"Don't have to be so violent…" "now.. why did I come over here in the first place?" Nick thought. "Ahh… yes now I remember…I have a message for you…"
Nick smiled.
"A message?" Tony thought.
"you see it's about your father…"Nick said.
" And what do you know about my father!" Tony yelled.
"Many things…" Nick replied. "Things that you don't even know" Nick laughed and vanished. "things that will crush your little heart"
Nick reappears on a different tree branch.
"You see the truth about your father is…"
Nick appears behind Tony and whispers.
"He was murdered…"
Tony's eyes widens and waters.
"I hope you liked the message tough guy " Nick laughed and vanishes.
Tony drops his blade; tears comes out of his eyes.
"M-Murdered?" he tells himself. "no…"
Tony goes down to his knees… a flash back went through Tony's mind. His dads face grinning.
"Well see eachother soon again… I promise…" Franqui said.
Tony looks at the ground tears running through his eyes.
" Tony…sweetie are you ok? "
Tony wipes off his tears.
"Yeah… I just wanted to be alone…" Tony grabs his blade and stands putting it away.
"Why did he leave mom?" Tony asked.
Tony's mom puts her hands together and takes a deep breath.
"your father was a good man he was always strong hearted and kind…he would always make anyone laugh…as well your father was the leader of the shadow slayer organization… he was the strongest, the fastest, smartest, he was the best… everyone wanted to be like him…but your dad had something that no one else had"
Tony turned facing his mother.
"Something from inside him that wasn't him…something that wanted to get out… and take over… It was a power known as Excetra…it also runs through your blood too" she explained.
Tony observes his arms.
" your father let Excetra take over him"
"but he changed!" "he changed because he wanted us to be together again!" Tony yelled.
" it wasn't his time to go…your father…he would have wanted you to take his place as a shadow slayer" she said.
"I know…" Tony said softly.
Tony turns and walks away towards the cliff looking at the hills below.
" you said that I'll see you again" Tony tells himself. He curls his hands into fists and shuts his eyes.
The rain started to stop.
"I swear…I'll find out what happened to him…and ill never rest until I do…"
Somewhere in a shadow world… Nick appears and walks towards a group of shadows.
"The message has been sent master…" Nick bows.
"Well done… a great opportunity for us in the future"
Nick stands.
"Why is their reason to this master?" Nick asked.
"The Shadow slayer Organization has been a secret and a success for many generations…they keeps us out of their world…we once ruled that world…until the human race has begun" He said.
"But master…if it used to be our world why do the humans have it? " Nick asked.
"Because the human race blamed us for their wars and chaos…so they formed an Organization known as The Shadow Slayers…since then our race was moved from the lands that once was ours…" he said.
"But why did it take us so long to take action?" Nick asked.
"Because of one man…the Shadow Slayer Organization was a great success on keeping our race from entering their world…that man had powers like no other the power of Excetra…the power obtaining unlimited strength by anger…that man was known as Franqui…" He said.
"The kids Father?" Nick replied.
"For many years we've been in this darkness world…and we had to take action…a war had to be started…with help of two members of the Shadow Slayer Organization we managed to take down the Excetran" he said.
"What about his son?" Nick asked.
"The kid…He holds the same Excetran power…now for the next step…Ben…Marcos…" he called.
Two shadows stood beside Nick from his left and right.
"You know what to do…find the Excetran and take him down" He said.
"Yes Master…"Marcos and Ben nodded than vanished.
"If they take down the Excetran the Organization will fall and we will take back what's ours…" He said.
"Yes we shall!" Nick laughed.
One month later…
"I may not know a lot about him…But I've seen him before…in my dreams as well…happy and laughing smiling every time he looks at me… but the way he is now….but he doesn't talk much anymore…he's so quiet…he doesn't care about anything around him…
She looks at Tony as he looks outside.
"Lupita! Stop daydreaming again!" The teacher yells.
Lupita snaps out of it.
"oh! Sorry! Miss Denziel!" Lupita embarrassed a smile. While rubbing the back of her head.
" good grief this is your fifth time! Maybe I should call your father to straighten you out" Miss Denziel replied.
"Heh…Heh… no need!" Lupita forces a smile.
bell rings
sigh " saved by the bell" She relieved.
Class gets out; Lupita embarrassly hides outside beside the door watching Tony get his stuff.
"umm…Tony? Will you please come over here for a minute? " Miss Denziel asks.
Tony walks over to Miss. Denziel.
" Tony I've been going through your work and you still seemed to have not turn in work… you used to have an A now your to an F… you were such a good student…" Miss Denziel explains.
Tony looks away and stays quiet.
"Tony I heard what happened…"
"It's none of your concern…" Tony replied.
Tony started to walk out of the classroom.
"Tony…I'm sorry about your father…" Miss Denziel said.
Tony stopped walking.
"Tch…don't be" then walks out of the room.
Walking pass Lupita; she stood embarrassed.
"so that's why he's so depressed…" she said sadly. " I know! I can make him lunch to morrow! That would surely cheer him up" she smiled.
Tony walks home unpacks and sits in the porch. He thinks about earlier.
"Tch…don't be" Tony said.
A flash back of his dad comes to his mind. When Tony was young; Shadows raided the house about 30 of them.
"Claudia! Go! Take Tony and Vanessa somewhere safe!" Franqui yelled.
"Daddy!" Tony and Nessa cried.
" Tch…don't worry about me" Franqui grins. Two daggers appeared on his hands. Franqui gets a grip of the daggers.
The shadows all dashed towards Franqui.
Franqui grins; and fights off all the 30 shadows without getting touched.
"Daddy!" Tony and Nessa ran and hugged their dad.
Franqui hold them both on each arm Tony on the left Vanessa on the right.
Franqui smiled a big smile.
Another flash back…
"If you want to be as strong as me…you got to learn it…" Franqui said.
Tony stands concentrating.
"Watch this" Franqui said.
Franqui closes his eyes; Tony watches. Franqui's veins grew bigger his muscles grew bigger.
"Excetra!" Franqui yelled.
Franqui sprinted to the trees nearby and punches through trees cutting through several of them.
Franqui walks back and cracks his knuckles and grins.
"now that's how you take down trees and that wasn't even my full strength" Franqui said.
Tony looked with excitement and tries; but fails. Franqui walks beside Tony and rubs his head.
"don't worry you'll learn to control it one day…" He said.
Tony snaps out of the flash back; and watches the sunset. Tony's cross started to shine again.
"Huh?"
Tony looks at his cross then looks out and sees a shadow jumping from tree to tree.
"aw man not now…" Tony stumbles.
Tony gets up and his blade appears; Tony grabs it and jumps off the porch chasing after the shadow.
Once Tony got close the shadow; It sprinted away.
"huh? Quick shadow…" Tony told himself.
Tony tries to swing at the shadow but it was too quick.
"wait… were going around circles…" Tony stops and grins. "alright… how about you follow me…"
Tony dashes and cuts the trees down that was ahead of him.
"that ought to slow it down…" Tony said. Now to just find it…"
Tony spots the shadow and realizes it was trapped.
"Gotcha!" Tony yelled.
Tony throws his blade towards the shadow.
It jumps and the hand was cut off. The shadow escapes and vanishes.
Tony runs down towards his blade and grabs it; he saw the shadows hand.
"Heh got his hand." He said.
Tony returns home. Tony opens the door and sees his 5 year old brother watching the door open and close.
"Hey Marcus…" Tony rubs his head and walks passed him.
"Mom Tony's home!" Vanessa yelled.
"really? Do you have to yell?" Tony replied.
"Tony it is late…" Claudia said.
"ran into trouble…going to sleep…" Tony replied.
Tony goes to his room and turns off his light and lies down.
"Heh…another day" He tells himself then falls asleep till the next day.
"Tony…" A voice called
"Huh?" Tony gets up and sees a portal opening in his wall.
"The shadow portal? "Tony walks into the portal and vanishes inside.
Tony appeared and fell onto the floor.
"What's going on? As Tony gets up looking around him.
"Tony…we summon you here to warn you…" A voice called.
Tony turns looking above him.
"Warn me? What are you talking about? " Tony replied.
"Rumors are heard that the shadows are after you…" Destiny replied.
"But what for?" Tony asked.
"We don't know yet but be on your guard…but if you get any clues let us know…"Destiny said.
"Alright "Tony nodded.
"Remember Tony…no one is to now about your powers except for your family"
Tony looked down and nodded.
"If any finds out about your powers you may be expelled from your powers…"
Tony looks down "damn…"he tells himself.
A portal opens beside Tony; and walks towards it.
"Remember Tony…" Destiny said.
Tony turns and looks at Destiny.
"Be careful" She said.
Tony nods and goes through the portal; appearing back on his bed.
sigh so there after me huh? But why?" He tells himself.
The next day…
Bell rings class starts…
Lupita is nervous looking at Tony
"There he is…I hope he likes my brownies…"
Tony sits looking out the window dozing off as usual.
"Every year desert roses disappear more and more but are rarely found here…does anyone know where Desert roses are found? " Miss Denziel
asks.
"Tch…just kill me already…" Tony mumbles.
"You got something to share with the class Tony?" Miss Denziel asks.
The class started to laugh except for Lupita.
"poor Tony" she says.
"Tch…no" Tony said.
3 hours later…bell rings
Lunchtime…
Tony sits alone; Lupita hides looking at Tony.
"But what should I say? I don't know if I can do it…well I got to do it" she tells herself.
Lupita walks towards Tony; and puts the lunch bag in front of him.
"Here" she said.
Tony looks at her.
"I hope you like brownies…I made them for you…" she said smiling.
Tony looks at the bag then closes his eyes.
"why did you make me brownies?" he asked.
Lupita blushes. " well…I wanted to make you feel better" She said.
A shadow appears on the balcony above watching as Tony and Lupita talk.
"Shadow slayer located…he still looks the same…" he grinned.
"You're just wasting your time…I don't need to feel better…" Tony gets up and walks away; the shadow vanishes.
Lupita sits down quietly and sadly. "I don't think he likes my brownies…"
After school…
Lupita walks home by herself thinking about earlier.
"your wasting your time…I don't need to feel better" Tony said.
sigh "if only there's a way to cheer him up…" she said.
A trash can Tilted over…Lupita turns.
"Who's there?" she said.
Lupita looked but no one was there…she turns back and a shadow was in front of her.
Tony is walking home on his own "I'm fine I don't need any ones help…" Tony tells himself. Tony's cross shined again.
sigh He grabs the cross; and looks around. And down the hill and sees a shadow jumping tree to tree.
"not again…" Tony told himself.
Tony grabs his blade and chases after the shadow.
"man I don't have time for this…I could just ignore it…but then again if I do ill turn into a shadow myself…man this is so annoying" Tony tells himself.
The shadow stops and Tony stood and pointed his blade.
"Hey you! I don't have time for this! So just go back to the world you came from!" Tony yells.
The shadow turns "you don't remember me huh…big shot?"
The shadow shows his hands; one hand is missing.
"He's missing a hand…" Tony told himself.
Tony thought for a moment. "Hmmm…a shadow with a missing hand?" he scratches the back of his head.
"Sorry I don't remember…" Tony said disappointedly.
The shadow grew mad steam came out of his head.
"I'm the shadow from yesterday! When you were chasing me; you threw your blade at me and cut off my hand!" The shadow jumped up and down and pouted.
Tony scratches his chin and thought.
"Oh you're the shadow from yesterday" Tony said.
The shadow stopped jumping and pouting trying so hard not to explode it takes a deep breath.
sigh "Correcto! And that hit from you hurt! Look what you did to me! Look no hand!" it points at its left hand.
"Save it Ben…" a voice from above.
Tony's eyes widened.
"That voice…it can't be…" he tells himself.
"Yeah sorry Marcos…" Ben said.
"Ben? Marcos?" Tony thinks for a moment.
A flash back of when Tony was in 4th grade.
"Hold him down!" Marcos yelled.
Ben held down Tony from behind.
"Let me go!"
Tony cried struggling trying to get free.
"shut up crybaby!"
Marcos punches Tony in the stomach Tony spits out spit.
"This'll teach you to come close to my girlfriend again!"
Marcos kicks Tony's legs rapidly.
"My Turn Marcos"
Ben pushes Tony on the floor and kicks dirt in Tony's face.
"Stop please!" Tony cried.
"You like that?" Ben laughed.
"yea go cry to your mama" Marcos said.
Another flash back when they were in training.
"Okay to our next destination…Ben check the map…" Marcos said.
"Next destination: Desert playgrounds…" Ben replies.
"I need to be on this mission too" Tony said.
"Tch…you'll only get in the way…" Marcos said.
"plus we don't need a crybaby and weakling anyways" Ben laughed
Tony stood alone.
Tony woke from flash backs.
"They would beat me up almost everyday…call me names…make me cry…"Tony thought. "but they disappeared…there was no where to find them…"Tony looked at Marcos and Ben.
"What happened to you two? You guys vanished…" Tony said.
Ben started to laugh. "We sold our souls to the shadows that's what!"
"So that's why…you betrayed the shadow slayer organization" Tony said.
"Seems that you haven't changed Tony…always so out of it…" Marcos said.
Tony grinded his teeth and points his blade at them.
"Ill kill both of you for the sake of the organization!" Tony yelled.
"Tsk…Tsk! I wouldn't do that if I were you!" Ben laughed.
Tony paused "What?" Tony glanced with curiosity.
"You wouldn't want us to hurt her do you?" Marcos said.
"Her? What Is he talking about?" Tony told himself.
Marcos took the girl out; Lupita opened her eyes and saw what was around her.
Lupita saw Tony; Tony's eyes widened.
"What's going on? Is that…Tony? What is he doing here? Is he here to save me…just like in my dreams?" Lupita told herself.
"Hey Tony it's me Lupita! Are you going to save me? If you are please
hurry!" She yelled.
"Great…the girl from earlier…how is she involved in this? shit! They must've seen her talking to me earlier" Tony told himself.
"Ben shut her up" Marcos said.
"Right away!" Ben replied.
Ben creates a shadow tape and gets close to Lupita.
"Okay stay put" Ben said.
Lupita bites Ben's hand.
"ow! Yaaa!" Ben screams while jumping up and down.
Ben puts shadow tape on her mouth so she can't talk; Lupita mummers trying to open her mouth.
"damn she bit me it hurt" Ben rubs his hand.
"Enough Ben!" Marcos said.
"Right…Sorry" Ben replied.
Marcos turns to Tony and grins.
"I was having good ideas for this one here…wonder how she would do if she turns into a shadow…"Marcos grinned.
"So what are you going to do Tony?" Ben laughed.
"Damn…if I show her my powers I might be expelled…from my powers…but I have no choice I have to save her…or else they will turn her into a shadow…shiiit…"Tony tells himself.
"People say you look just like your father…" Marcos said.
Tony's eyes widened. "My father?"
"Ahh…yes your father…weeks ago you must've heard from my teammate nick…"Marcos grinned.
Tony had a flash back to the day Nick came.
"Now…why did I come over here in the first place?" Nick thought. "Ahh… yes now I remember…I have a message for you…"
Nick smiled.
"A message?" Tony thought.
"you see it's about your father…"Nick said.
"And what do you know about my father!" Tony yelled.
"Many things…" Nick replied. "Things that you don't even know" Nick laughed and vanished. "things that will crush your little heart"
Nick reappears on a different tree branch.
"You see the truth about your father is…"
Nick appears behind Tony and whispers.
"He was murdered…"
Tony wakes from the flash back.
"You see…The truth about his death is that he was murdered…but the thing is…I know who it is…" Marcos said.
An image of Franqui went through Tony's Mind.
"Well see eachother again soon…I promise…"
"Your father was always hard headed…just like you…" Marcos said.
Tony's eyes grew in rage and curls up his hands into fists.
"Through out the years you always make me feel like shit…" Tony's Veins grew bigger.
"you always would beat me up mostly everyday…" Tony's Muscles grew bigger.
The ground trembled and cracked and rocks jumped up and down Tony punches the ground and creates a crater like dent. All the trees that surrounded them trembled down. Two giant blades from Tony's left and right popped out from the ground. Tony grabs both of the blades and pulls them both out from the ground. Tony swings Both of the blades creating a gust of wind.
"Holy shit…" Ben told himself…
"Is that really Tony? " Lupita told herself.
"Now Ima show you that I can kick your ass!" Tony pointed.