A War Ends Part 4 + Epilogue

Act 4 Scene 23: May 24th. 12:39 am. Outside Headless Dragon Clan HQ. Almost everyone got out of the destroyed building expect for Sasuke and a couple others. Justin and Steve are picking up all rubble from the blast zone.

Steve: "Sasuke, please. Tell us that you're okay. We can't afford to lose you." Al (leader of the Headless Dragon Clan) starts to laugh.

Al (to The Ninjas): "Sasuke was a third of the pain that you gave me. Now he's gone. I couldn't be more happier!!!"

Justin (to Steve): "Don't listen to him. He's not worth it." Something starts to move.

Steve: "Justin, look." Just as Justin touches the rubble, Dylan Martyr appears and is going totally crazy.

Dylan: "Al, you tried to kill me!!! I'm going to kill you!!!" Dylan charges at Al, grabs and they both fall off the cliff. Both of them scream and hit the water really hard.

Thomas: "Whoa, I'm kind of glad I wasn't there."

Lady Mayumi (to Justin and Steve): "Gentlemen, you both suffered a lot. You need to get medical attention, immediately. We'll try to find Sasuke.

Steve: "No, please. We need to find him together. We're his brothers. We won't rest until his body is..." Steve gets a blow-dart in the neck as well as Justin. They both fall asleep.

Act 4 Scene 24: May 24th. 10:00am. Oceanview City Hall. Police Comissioner Winslow and the Mayor of the city are having a press conference.

Police Commissioner Winslow: "Last night, we experienced a late-night war against the police, The Ninjas and The Headless Dragon Clan. Headless Dragon Clan leaders Al Chapman Jr. and Dylan Martyr were two of the many victims killed of this event. Leader of The Ninjas, Sasuke, is currently reported missing and no evidence of the body."

The Mayor: "Any questions?"

Act 4 Scene 25: Oceanview Hospital. Justin and Steve are recovering with Steve's little brother, Donald.

Justin: "Hear that, Steve. Missing. Not dead."

Steve: "I know, Justin. I know. It's still eating me in the inside. We couldn't save Tohru and we couldn't stop Dylan from killing himself and Al." Donald tries to calm his worked-up brother.

Donald: "Steve, it's okay. We've lost a lot of people." (to both Justin and Steve) "Listen, guys. Oceanview changed when you and several other people appeared to help cleanse the city of its corrupt evil. I think they are some people who want to thank you." Donald opened the door and people from the city are lined up to see their heroes.

Justin: "Steve, how long do you think our fame?"

Steve (to Justin): "I don't even know anymore."

Epilogue: 3 months after the final fight between The Ninjas and The Headless Dragon Clan. Justin and Steve are walking at the beach.

Steve: "This was the beach where we gave Sasuke a relaxing time here."

Justin: "Yeah, until we had to stop those guys from killing the nightclub owner."

Steve: "True... true... These last couple of years were nuts."

Justin: "Yeah... your brother's doing a lot for your parents' company."

Steve: "I'm very proud of him. He's going to do great things."

Justin: "That's great. The graduation ceremony was wonderful. We not only became honor students, but also become respected heroes to the whole town."

Steve: "It's a little sad that Sasuke and the other ninjas didn't show up when graduation happened."

Justin: "Don't you remember? The surviving ninjas knocked us out with tranquilizers. They didn't even show up at the hospital."

Steve: "I just wish that we could get some closure for Sasuke's "disappearance"

Man: "What disappearance?" Justin and Steve turn around to where the voice was. "Do you wish to know what happened to me?" Justin and Steve smile and run to the man with tears in their eyes. The Man was Sasuke.

The End... Forever. Happy 2015.

A War Ends Part 3

Act 4 Scene 21: May 24th. 12:22 am. All over Oceanview. The police are detaining corrupt citizens and avoiding any more carnage than there already was. Cops are informing people in their homes and back at the police station that they are succeeding in the effort to arrest and detain all corrupt citizens.

Police Commissioner Winslow (on the TV screen and the Internet): "Attention, all Oceanview citizens. I'm pleased to announce that The Headless Dragon Clan situation is coming to a close really soon. We will inform everyone when it is safe as soon as possible. Thank you." At the Brandywine Manor, Steve's little brother, Donny, and The Ninjas' classmates start to applaud for what the police commissioner said.

Donny: "Finally, some good news arrives, huh?"

Classmate 1: "Absolutely." However, back at the Headless Dragon Clan headquarters.

Act 4 Scene 22: Headless Dragon Clan HQ. Dylan Martyr is trying to murder Justin and Steve after Al gave him the order to kill them.

Sasuke (to Justin and Steve): "Guys, fall back! That's an order!"

Al (to Sasuke): "You know something; you really should paid attention to your own situation." Al sucker-punches Sasuke and throws him at Thomas after Thomas tried to kill him.

Thomas (to Al): "Is this really how you want to end?"

Al (to Thomas): "No. Maybe if you weren't such a sniveling p-y, I wouldn't have ordered Dylan to rip you apart." Dylan's chains lock onto Steve's leg and Justin's arm.

Dylan: "Time to die, boys." Dylan pulls out his sword and charges toward them.

Sasuke: "No..." A flash-bang lands nears Dylan. It blows up in his face. Dylan is blinded and deafened by it. When the light dies down, the surviving ninjas appear.

Lady Mayumi (to Dylan): "End of the line, you monster." (to Sasuke) "Forgive us for the delay."

Sasuke (to Lady Mayumi): "You are forgiven. It's over, Al."

Thomas (to the surviving ninjas): "I already surrender."

Al (to Thomas): "You are already dead to me." Al pulls out a bomb trigger. (to everyone) "I have you all right in my hands. When I returned here, I planted a bomb underneath the HQ. It's over, a-holes. "YOU ALL D..." A kunai knife soars and stabs Al in the arm. He screams a bloodcurdling scream. The bomb trigger falls.

Lady Mayumi (to Al): "I'm so tried of hearing you talk. This war between us and you needs to end. The bloodshed itself needs to end." The bomb trigger's button is somehow pressed.

Steve: "Whoa... what the hell's going on?"

Justin: "The bomb has been detonated. We need to get out of here!" Everyone is running away from the exploding building. (to Sasuke) "Hurry, Sasuke!"

Sasuke (to Justin and Steve): "I'm getting there as fast as I can." A loud blast explodes near Sasuke. Sasuke DISAPPEARS.

Justin and Steve: "SASUKE!!!"

To be continued...

A War Ends Part 2

Act 4 Scene 19: May 24th. 12:13am. Brandywine Manor. Steve's little brother, Donald, and some of Justin and Steve's classmates are receiving a transmission from a ninja informant.

Donald: "Come in, informant. Any word on my brother and his friends?" The informant responds in a breathless state.

Informant (to Donald via radio): "Affirmative, it seems they have made contact with the Headless Dragon Clan.

Donald: "The Headless Dragon Clan?! They'll get killed. They need to get backup quickly." Nancy Andrews comforts him by hugging him.

Nancy (to Donald): "Calm down, Donny. You're starting to have a panic attack. The Ninjas are going to make it. Mark my words, okay?" Donald starts to cry a little bit.

Act 4 Scene 20: The Headless Dragon Clan secret headquarters. The fighting intensifies. The Ninjas giving it their all against their enemies.

Sasuke (to Al): "This fighting will end with Oceanview still intact. Are you so hell-bent on burning innocent men and women?"

Al (to Sasuke): "Why do I need to answer your stupid question? This city hurt me in ways you can never understand. You wouldn't know; you lived in a compound in the outskirts of major cities." Justin and Steve are dodging gunfire, punches and kicks from Dylan and Thomas. "It's amazing that you and I are different and yet also the same."

Sasuke (to Al): "Maybe you're right." Sasuke throws a kunai knife at Al, but Al dodges it. Al takes out his katana and charges toward Sasuke. "You never learn, you piece of work." Sasuke charges with his katana toward Al.

Dylan (to Justin and Steve): "You boys remember when you stabbed me in the arms? Payback, you little s-ts." Dylan reloads his mini-UZI and goes nuts. Justin and Steve run like hell away from the bullet storm. "Now this is what I call a party." Thomas is trying to avoid this fighting.

Thomas (to himself): "I got to get the hell out of here." He watches Al and Dylan in shock seeing how happy they are trying to kill The Ninjas. "No, no and no. F-k this noise. I quit." A shot nearly hits Thomas. Al tried to kill Thomas.

Al: "You made an oath, Thomas. You will fight The Ninjas or I'll give Dylan the order to rip your head from your body. What's your choice, Thomas?" Thomas takes out his gun and he starts breathing heavily.

Thomas: "I'm not afraid of you." He points the gun at Sasuke and Al. "By the way, I hate both of you." He fires at both of them. Justin and Steve hear the gunshot and see Sasuke and Al fall to the ground. Sasuke gets up quickly. He wasn't shot at. Al slowly gets up and he was the one that got shot. The bullet missed any vital organs. Al was wearing a bullet-proof vest.

Al (to Thomas): "God, you're dumb." He smiles a little. "Dylan, kill Justin and Steve quickly then kill Thomas for me."

Dylan (to Al): "Yes, sir." He pulls out his katana sword. "Happy birthday to me." Both Justin and Steve are really hurt.

Steve: "Justin..."

Justin: "Yeah, Steve."

Steve: "We are f..."

To be continued...

A War Ends

Act 4 Scene 16: May 24th. 12:06 am. Inside the Headless Dragon Clan secret headquarters. The Ninjas are inside the vents of the building.

Sasuke (to Justin and Steve): "We should be getting close." Justin and Steve are quiet. "Listen, guys. I know we just lost someone who had the insight of our enemies. He was very important in our fight against The Headless Dragon Clan. We wouldn't be here without him."

Justin: "Do you think all 3 of us will survive after this?" No one talks after he said that question.

Steve: "Uh... we better get moving." The Ninjas found a room with lights. They got out of the vents and turned out the lights. They activated their night-vision goggles and continued to move forward to Al's location.

Justin (whispers to Sasuke and Steve): "Guys, movement by the door."

Steve (whispers): "Engaging on target." Steve knocks-out target and revealed it to be a dummy. He then hears beeping. It was a bomb. "Everyone, scatter!!!" The Ninjas flee and the dummy bomb explodes.

Act 4 Scene 17: Al's office. The explosion rumbles in the building. Al, Dylan and Thomas hear it.

Al: "It appears they're here."

Thomas: "I'll get the weapons ready." Dylan pulls out his mini-UZI ready to fire.

Al (to Dylan): "Patience, Dylan. I know your trigger finger is itchy. Just wait a minute."

Dylan (to Al): "Very well, sir. I will do what I can."

Al (to Dylan): "Good. Good." Al opens the door. He and his associates leave the office with guns and katana swords.

Act 4 Scene 18: The area where the explosion occurred. The Ninjas look at the damage.

Steve: "That was insane. I could've died."

Justin (to Steve): "You should be very lucky to still be alive."

Al (loudly to The Ninjas): "I agree with you!!!" The Ninjas see Al, Dylan and Thomas walk in the area casually. "Quite the mess you boys made."

Steve (to Al): "People died and you're surprised of a "mess"!"

Sasuke: "Steve, calm down. Look at Dylan and how he's tempted to fire at you." Al sees Dylan and sighs.

Al: "Dylan, steady your trigger finger. We need to be professional when it comes to killing our enemies." Dylan slowly relaxes his hand. (to The Ninjas) "You boys want to end this war as much as I do, right?"

The Ninjas (shouting): "Yeah!"

Al (to The Ninjas): "Very well then... let's go!!!" The Ninjas and The Headless Dragon Clan charge against each other.

To be continued...

A Shadow Fades Part 2

Act 4 Scene 14: May 23. 11:37 pm. The Headless Dragon Clan Headquarters. Al, Dylan and Thomas are watching The Ninjas getting clobbered.

Al: "Beautiful... absolutely beautiful. Only a matter of time until they breathe their last breath."

Thomas (to Al): "What's going to happen once they die?"

Al (to Thomas): "I will give the order to the corrupt citizens near major buildings and neighborhoods to detonate their bombs. I don't care how many innocents die. They were screwed up since the day they were born. I REALLY want Oceanview to be a f-king crater."

Dylan (to Al): "Are we going to have front-row seats to that carnage?" Al chuckles.

Al (to Dylan): "Of course we will, Dylan."

Act 4 Scene 15: Outside the headquarters. The Ninjas and Tohru are bleeding and breathing heavily.

Justin: "I'm losing too much blood. If this continues, I'll die of blood loss." Steve lands on his back after getting pummeled by a corrupt citizen.

Steve (in pain): "Ow..." Justin grabs Steve and drags from the fight. Sasuke and Tohru are giving it their all against the threat.

Sasuke: "This isn't good. Tohru, how many smoke bombs do have left?"

Tohru (to Sasuke): "I ran out a while ago."

Sasuke (to Tohru): "No... it can't end like this!"

Tohru: "Sasuke, I'm sorry. I have no choice but to use lethal force. If we don't stop The Headless Dragon Clan by sunrise, more innocent people will die because we didn't take any lives."

Sasuke: "Tohru..." He looks toward Justin and Steve surrounded by corrupt citizens. (yelling) "Boys, catch!" Sasuke throws smoke bombs. Justin and Steve grab them and throw them on the ground.

Tohru (to Sasuke): "Sasuke, you give your last smoke bombs to them. Your bond is very strong with them."

Sasuke (to Tohru): "I am willing to sacrifice my life for their safety."

Tohru: "Sasuke, please give the order. You would sacrifice for them. I would sacrifice for all 3 of you."

Sasuke: "Tohru, it was nice knowing you." Tohru nods a "yes" gesture. Sasuke runs to Justin and Steve. (to Justin and Steve) "Boys, we are going to give Al a surprise visit."

Steve: "What about Tohru?" All 3 of them hear screams. "Is he...?"

Justin: "Oh my god. I'll... I'll miss him."

Sasuke: "We will all miss him. We need to get going and end this endgame." Tohru is fatally wounded and a corrupt citizen  prepares to detonate their bomb near Tohru. A loud explosion erupts the area.

The End... for now.

R.I.P. Tohru Miyazaki.

A Shadow Fades

Act 4 Scene 11: May 23. 11:00pm. Hours later and good amount of the well-known staples of Oceanview were destroyed. A couple of deaths here and there. The Ninja, along with the surviving ninjas and the police, are giving it their all to prevent any more causalities. The Ninjas are couple of miles from The Headless Dragon Clan headquarters.

Steve: "Sasuke, I don't know how much more we can take."

Sasuke: "I don't know what else to do. If we sit around here, we'll get picked off."

Justin (to Sasuke):  "If the corrupt citizens see an opening and we don't see it coming, we'll die that way." Tohru appears.

Tohru (to The Ninjas): "We almost there, guys. What's the hold-up?"

Sasuke: "Tohru, we all distraught. We just another beating. We've been doing this for hours."

Justin: "There just seems to be no end in sight." Steve throws up near Justin. "Oh, god."

Steve: "I'm sorry. I'll just rinse my mouth out and then I'll be fine."

Tohru: "I can't stand to see you guys like this. We're almost there."

Act 4 Scene 12: The Headless Dragon Clan headquarters. Al is spying on The Ninjas.

Al: "They seem to be getting close." (to Thomas) "Thomas..."

Thomas (to Al): "Yes, Al."

Al (to Thomas): "We need to even the playing field. Prepare our back-up citizens."

Act 4 Scene 13: A couple of miles from The Headless Dragon Clan headquarters.

Sasuke (to Justin, Steve, and Tohru): "I'm done sitting around here, guys. Al wants to fight me one-on-one; that's what he's going to get."

Steve (to Sasuke): "That's suicide. You'll get eaten alive in there."

Justin: "We're going with you. Brothers to the end, remember?" The Ninjas hear a loud footsteps. It's some corrupt citizens that Thomas was ordered to unleash.

Tohru: "We're surrounded." He tries to call in some ninjas. "My communicator has no frequency." The Ninjas try their communicators as well. The same goes for their things as well.

Justin (to himself): "Must be a jammer somewhere."

Al (over loudspeaker): "Attention, Ninjas. The darkest hour is almost upon us. You all have survived a great deal of combat. However, you still haven't killed anyone. The question from me to you, "Why?" Do you fear that if you kill them, you transform into a bloodthirsty demon? I've got news for all of you. This world is a very unstable one. The gruesome deaths of your loved ones are gateway drugs to revenge and murder. Don't you want to kill me, or do you still think you stop me with your words?"

Sasuke: "You son of a..."

Al (loudspeaker): "Unleash hell on The Ninjas!!! Make them suffer!"

To be continued...

A Town's Hidden War part 3

Act 4 Scene 8: May 23. 8:12 pm. Maple St. Mall. The Ninjas are still being targeted by The Shooter from the previous chapter. Sasuke using his kunai knife as a mirror.

Sasuke: "There he is." A bullet hits his kunai knife. "Whoa! This guy is really playing hard-ball."

Justin (to Sasuke): "Should we still call the others?"

Sasuke (to Justin): "I don't think so. This guy has a knee-jerk reaction. I think when he sees or hears anything; he will point and shoot without stopping."

Steve (to Sasuke and Justin): "What are we going to do now? The Headless Dragon Clan probably destroyed 20% of the city right now. They... they... they won. They got suicide bombers, trained gunsmen and escapees from the nut house and what do we got, huh?"

Justin (to Steve): "Calm down. He'll hear us."

Steve: "Sorry, guys. I got worked up. If I die, there's no telling what my brother will do if that happens."

Sasuke (to Steve): "It's okay. I think I know a way to get rid of our current obstacle."

Act 4 Scene 9: The Headless Dragon Clan headquarters. Al Chapman Jr. has The Shooter on his phone.

Al (to The Shooter): "Keep me posted. If you kill The Ninjas, you will have the greatest honor in pressing the main kill switch. Would you like that?"

The Shooter (on the phone): "I would like that."

Al (to The Shooter): "Good, don't forget." Al hangs up the phone.

Act 4 Scene 10: Maple St. Mall. The Shooter uses his sharp ears to hear anything suspicious. He hears a whooshing sound. He assumes that it's a shuriken star or kunai knife. He dodges but it's a net. The net hits him in the stomach.

The Shooter: "Get me out of this thing!" He tries to get out of the net. His gun is a couple of feet from him. "God F-king Dammit!!!" The Ninjas appear. "So, my targets reveal themselves.

Sasuke: "Trigger-happy Masochist. (to The Shooter) "Where are The Headless Dragon Clan?"

The Shooter: "Like I'm telling you." Steve stabs The Shooter in the hand. The Shooter screams in pain. "Okay, okay, they're in at the secret headquarters."

Justin: "Thank you for your cooperation."

Steve: "Let's get going." The Ninjas start to leave. The Shooter start to laugh sinisterly.

The Shooter (to The Ninjas): "The night is still young. Do you 3 honestly believe that you survive the night? This city and its secrets will burn and nobody involved will go to jail. Al knew about the demons that protect this luxurious hellhole. I want to see him and his right-hand men cut your heads off clean."

Justin (to Sasuke): "Sasuke..." Sasuke stares at The Shooter.

Sasuke: "You need to stop talking." He throws a rock at The Shooter's head knocking out. The Ninjas leave quickly before more corrupt citizens show up.

The End... for now.

A Town's Hidden War part 2

Act 4 Scene 5: May 23rd 7:53 pm. 2nd Street. Thomas Nelson Tyson drives his truck to 2nd Street. He parks it and takes a deep breath.

Thomas: "Well, it begins." (to the Corrupt Citizens) "Ladies and Gentlemen, you have orders. Al wants you to unleash Hell onto the city. If a ninja appears, kill them without mercy. If a bystander tries to help them, kill them as well." They open the door and walk out the truck. (to himself) "F-k this, I'm out of here." The phone rings.

Al (on the phone): "Are they out and ready to attack?"

Thomas: "Uh... yeah. Yeah."

Al: "Very good. Get back here. Run over a couple people before you get here."

Thomas (on Al): "Can do." He turns off the phone. (to himself) "No f-king way. I'm not going to do that." He starts the truck and gets out of 2nd Street. The Corrupt Citizens start shooting.

Act 4 Scene 6: A couple of miles from 2nd Street. The Ninjas hear gunfire.

Sasuke: "Shots fired. How many out there?" Steve zooms in with his binocular goggles.

Steve: "I see 8 corrupt citizens. Should we strike or let the others engage?"

Sasuke: "I'll radio Lady Mayumi and some ninjas to resolve the problem."

Justin: "Wait a minute." He points at one of the corrupt citizens. "What's that one doing?" The corrupt citizen pulled a pin of a grenade off. The grenade drops and blows up killing the corrupt citizens instantly.

Steve: "What the hell just happened?"

Sasuke: "We're obviously not dealing with stable people. Al is so hell-bent on destroying Oceanview that he is mentally lobotomizing their stable mind to do unspeakable things."

Justin: "Well, we can't let cops or the other ninjas to walk right into a suicide bomber trap." A gunshot is heard.

Steve (to Sasuke and Justin): "Guys, get down!!!" All 3 duck and the bullet hits the ground a couple of inches from them.

Sasuke: "Someone is shooting at us! Evade!" All 3 drop smoke bombs and the shooter can't find them.

The Shooter (on phone): "Mr. Chapman, my attempt failed. Should I end my life now?"

Al (to the shooter): "No, don't stop until you're out of ammo. Then, you end your life."

The Shooter: "Yes, sir. I will not fail." Al hangs up.

Act 4 Scene 7: The Headless Dragon Clan secret headquarters. Thomas gets out of the truck and runs into the dining room. Al and Dylan are waiting.

Al (to Thomas): "Took you long enough. When morning comes, the city will be a huge graveyard. We will be heroes to those who get pushed around."

Dylan: "This is going to be great. Oh, yeah. This is going to be great."

To be continued...

A Town's Hidden War

Act 4 Scene 3: May 23rd. 6:00 pm. The Headless Dragon Clan secret headquarters. Al Chapman Jr. is looking at his "father" memorial. He then puts his gun in his holster and grabs his katana blade and puts in its holster.

Al (to his "father's" statue): "Sorry, Father. I going to need this sword as well." He grabs the other katana and does the same.

Dylan (to Al): "Everything is ready. So, this is it, huh? The final showdown and the fate of Oceanview are all happening today and onward."

Al (to Dylan): "Indeed." Al calls Thomas on his phone. (to Thomas) "Thomas, is everything ready?"

Thomas (on phone): "Affirmative. I'm ready on this end. I'll be rolling out shortly."

Al (to Thomas): "Excellent. This plan must not fail. You understand?"

Thomas (to phone): "Yes, sir." The phone cuts out. Dylan prepares for a bloodbath of epic proportions.

Dylan: "I'm so happy that you can't imagine."

Al (to Dylan): "It's been a real honor having you join our ranks, Dylan."

Dylan (to Al): "You make it sound like we're lose." Al leaves the room.

Al (thinking): "The Ninjas have been a thorn in my side for too long. This final standoff will determine everything. The town and everyone's fate will be in my hands. I've chosen to accept my new status as a judge, jury and destroyer of this scar-hiding glamour town."

Act 4 Scene 4: Brandywine Manor. The Ninjas are with Donald and some of the students of Oceanview High.

Sasuke (to Donald): "I promise you that I will protect your brother from any threats. Do you accept my promise?"

Donald: "Yes."

Sasuke: "Good." (to Justin and Steve) "All right, boys. Let's get started." (to all non-ninja personnel) "Attention, everyone. Thank you all for coming. We would like to have a few words."

Steve (to everyone): "Tonight will going to be very dangerous. Do not leave this place. If you leave this place, it's your fault. The cops will not accept any defiance."

Justin (to everyone): "Any signs of danger occurs here, you all get into the bunker no questions asked. Is that clear?"

Everyone: "Yes."

Sasuke: "Excellent." (to everyone) "Goodbye." Sasuke throws a smoke bomb and all 3 disappear into the smoke.

Donald: "The Ninjas will save us. I'm sure of it."

Act 4 Scene 5: Outside Brandywine Manor. 6:34 pm. The Ninjas are with the ninja survivors.

Tohru: "About time. I was itching for revenge."

Lady Mayumi: "Everything is ready. Tonight, we put our lives on the line for this city."

Sasuke (to Lady Mayumi): "Right. Okay, ladies and gentlemen. Time to go."

To be continued...

The Shadows' Hard Decisions

Act 4 Scene 1: May 19th. Sasuke's safehouse. Every single ninja is preparing for all-out attack against The Headless Dragon Clan.

Justin (to Sasuke): "This is really it. The point of no return is upon us."

Sasuke (to Justin): "Yup, the following events will change everything once and for all."

Steve (to Sasuke and Justin): "There will be a lot of people who are willing to fight the opposing side. A good amount of them are going to be people we see at the mall, restaurants, school, and neighborhoods."

Sasuke and Justin: "Yup." Lady Mayumi and Tohru appear.

Lady Mayumi: "We're all ready. We await your command, Sasuke." Donald (Steve's little brother) appears.

Donald (to everyone): "You just going to leave." Donald starts to slowly cry. Steve comforts his brother.

Steve (to Donald): "The town needs our help. The Headless Dragon Clan won't rest until everyone is dead. Do you understand?"

Donald: "It was already too late to save Mom and Dad." Donald's head lowers.

Steve: "Donny..." Donald leaves the safehouse.

Justin: "Is he going to the cemetery?"

Steve: "I think so."

Act 4 Scene 2: Oceanview Cemetery. A couple of minutes later. Donald stares at his parents' gravesite. The Ninjas appear.

Steve (to Donald): "I knew you were going to be here."

Donald (to Steve): "Mom and Dad's last words to us was "Good bye". They weren't supposed to die that way. Why did that have to happen?"

Steve (to Donald): "I wish I knew." The remaining ninjas appear.

Donald (to everyone): "So I guess this is it, huh? The last time I get to see my big brother before he goes to war and dies. Go on then. Leave!!!" He then starts to get upset. Lady Mayumi gives Donald a hug.

Lady Mayumi (to Donald): "This is hard for everyone, little one. We want to protect everyone in the town. However, you need to support us in the town's time of need. It's not just the traditional soldier that fights for their values; it's also the people who fight in the soldier's shadows to help them out."

Sasuke (to Donald): "We all have to make hard decisions, Donny. Pretty soon, you need to do the same for yourself. Your parents are still with you no matter what."

All surviving ninjas (together): "We will all protect this city and its citizens!!!" Donny runs to his big brother and hugs him. Everyone smiles and applauds.

The End... for now.

The Enemy's Dark Ritual

Act 3 Scene 21: May 16. The Headless Dragon Clan Headquarters. Al Chapman Jr., Dylan Martyr and Thomas Nelson Tyson are in a meeting. Dylan is in restrains and two corrupt citizens are feeding him.

Al (to the citizens feeding Dylan): "Leave us." The corrupt citizens don't say anything and just leave.

Thomas (to Al): "It's like I don't see their pupils anymore. You sucked their souls out of their bodies. It's amazing that they stay loyal to us." Thomas looks at Dylan. "Now I know why."

Al (to Thomas): "This town, along with so many others, are filled with dark, little secrets. It just takes someone like me to use and manipulate all dark secrets against everyone."

Dylan: "I love it. It's so fun. I killed someone and they didn't even scream."

Al (to Dylan): "It's only a matter of time before The Ninjas show themselves again. You and I will have the privilege to kill all 3 of them." Thomas feels uneasy.

Thomas: "I'm sorry. I need to excuse myself." Thomas leaves the room.

Dylan: "That was weird. What's his deal?"

Al: "I don't know, Dylan. I'll talk to him later. I'll get to the bottom of this situation."

Act 3 Scene 22: Thomas' room. He locks his door and sits on his chair.

Thomas (thinking): "I really don't feel safe. Al is the mastermind. Dylan is a rabid dog. The citizens on our side are pretty much lobotomized slaves. I really don't know what to do..." A knock on the door stopped Thomas' thought.

Al (on the other side of the door): "Thomas?"

Thomas (nervous): "Uh... yeah?"

Al: "I've done some thinking and I think there's something wrong with you."

Thomas: "What's that supposed to mean?"

Al: "If you let me in, I can actually talk to you eye-to-eye." Thomas starts to get more worried. Thomas quickly grabs his gun and slowly unlocks his door.

Thomas: "You can come in now, Al." Al opens the door and Thomas quickly points the gun at Al. (to Al) "I don't want to die, Al! I am scared of you and Dylan. As a matter of fact, I'm scared of you the most because you made me break a crazy animal (Dylan) out of the nuthouse!"

Al (calmly): "You're afraid that you will end up like our army, right?" Thomas can't speak; he just shocked to see Al's calm demeanor and no gun or katana in his hand. "Understand this, you are an important part of this whole thing. Do you want to leave?"

Thomas (still scared): "N... n... no..." Thomas is still hold his gun. "The Ninjas must suffer. It's their fault that they ruined so many people's lives and reputations."

Al: "So, you're staying?" Thomas nods a "yes". "Good. I'll leave you alone to your thoughts." Al closes the door. He hears Thomas lock the door. Al walks away. As Al walks away, he smiles in a scary way. (thinking) "This city will burn and The Ninjas will die."

End of Act 3.

The Shadow's Strategy

Act 3 Scene 20: May 14th. Sasuke's safehouse. The Ninjas and the surviving members of Sasuke's clan are preparing the next move against the Headless Dragon Clan.

Lady Mayumi: "The Headless Dragon Clan will surely do a head-on attack and destroy Oceanview in a matter of days."

Tohru: "The corrupt citizens will do whatever it takes to protect the main 3. They are willing to protect their dark secrets. However, if Al destroys the city, he will probably throw every single corrupt citizen under the bus."

Steve (to Tohru): "Are you saying that we should make a deal with them? That's suicide! They are loyal to their higher ups. They are completely brainwashed."

Justin: "Maybe Sasuke should think of an idea."

Sasuke: "Oh, I don't know..."

Justin (to Sasuke): "Sasuke, The Headless Dragon Clan took everything away from us. Your clan's legacy, your father, my father, Steve's parents, both our homes, Steve's brother's innocence and you don't have a plan. Why do you say that?!"

Sasuke: "Because everyone... I fear that my plan could lead to a darker path. A path that no one can walk away from. None of us have blood on our hands. I would like to keep that blood away from our hands."

Steve: "It's just the Headless Dragon Clan. They are nothing but monsters in human clothing."

Lady Mayumi: "That is true."

Sasuke (angry): "Steve and Justin! I can't believe I trained you guys to be murderers! Lady Mayumi, you have to agree with me that this f-ked up."

Lady Mayumi: "Oceanview and our surviving members will finally have closure if every Headless Dragon Clan monsters die."

Sasuke: "My father and the elders saw something in me that the others never saw. Yes, I engage in hand-to hand combat. There was one thing that made me different."

Steve: "What's that? Let me guess... Tohru knows."

Tohru: "I was a violent troublemaker. Sasuke would see a wounded or dead animal and would start to cry. I called him a p-y, but he would cry louder. Ninjas never show emotions to their enemies, but he would."

Justin: "Sometimes, I forget these things."

Steve: "After almost dying at the hands of Dylan, I realize that you didn't want to kill him. You wanted to reason with him."

Sasuke: "I know it's messed up. Reasoning will never work especially when there are lives on the line. I still think that there is a non-fatal strategy; I know there is one in my head."

Lady Mayumi: "Instead of one mind, we get help from everyone here." All the ninjas appear. Sasuke, Justin, Steve and Tohru prepare to write down every ninja's idea on pen and paper.

Sasuke: "Boys, this is not going to be easy."

Justin and Steve: "We can handle it." Tohru nods a "yes" gesture. Sasuke smiles.

The End... for now.

The Psycho's Birth

Act 3 Scene 16: A couple of minutes after Dylan Martyr set the HDC-hired ninja home on fire. Dylan walks to the car he came on before.

Corrupt Citizen 3: "Where to, sir?"

Dylan: "Home. Make it snappy before I snap your neck like the last guy." The corrupt citizen takes a hard swallow and starts the car. The fire trucks appeared to get to the fire Dylan started. The firefighters ignored Dylan's car.

Corrupt Citizen 3: "Don't worry, Mr. Martyr. Mr. Chapman said he will have a doctor ready to look at those wounds for you."

Dylan: "F-king wonderful." Dylan starts to look out his window. (thinking) "This stretch of road reminds me of something. Yeah, that's right. I was born here."

Act 3 Scene 17: 29 years ago. The following narration will be spoken by Dylan Martyr.

Dylan (narrating): "A long ago time, my parents and my older brother, Eric were rushing to the hospital because Mommy was pregnant with me. My father wasn't going to stop for anything even the cops. My mother was in serious pain and they were nowhere close to the hospital. A deer came out of nowhere and the car hit the deer. Thus, by ending the life of brain-dead animal, I was born in the most unusual way. 911 was called and eventually we did make it to the hospital."

Dylan's father (to Dylan): "Hi, son. I am your daddy and this is your mommy. And... Eric what are you doing? Drop that scalpel right now, young man!"

Eric: "Okay, okay, sorry." Eric grabs the scalpel with no one looking.

Dylan (narrating): "My brother was interesting in his own unique way. Time to fast forward."

Act 3 Scene 18: Dylan is 7 years old. A heavily wooded area. The day is very cloudy and Eric wants to show him something.

Eric (to Dylan): "C'mon, squirt. We're almost there."

Dylan (to Eric): "I'm trying." (narrating) "He tells me to stop and shows me a dead human body."

Eric (to Dylan): "Pretty cool, huh?" Eric starts to poke the body with a stick.

Dylan (narrating): "I wasn't sure what to tell him." (to Eric) "Who is it?"

Eric: "Don't know. Probably some piece of crap that was under-looked." Eric still continued to play with the dead body.

Dylan (narrating): "Over the years, my parents drove me and Eric to school. My brother got into trouble with staff and students. I made sure to do my schoolwork. My mother helped me study while my brother was scolded by my father. One day changed my family forever."

Act 3 Scene 19: Dylan is 15 years old. Eric is reading newspaper. The front page is a story of missing woman. Their parents aren't in the house.

Dylan (to Eric): "Eric..." Eric makes a hmm sound. "Do you think that girl will be found?"

Eric (to Dylan): "Let me show you something."

Dylan (narrating): "The missing girl was in his room this whole time. Long story short, parents saw the missing girl. Brother went to jail, girl's family sued us, I go nuts and wind up following in my brother's footsteps, parents put me in the crazy house and never came back. The rest is history and now you know."

The End... for Now.

A Shadow's Lineage part 2

Act 3 Scene 14: The Headless Dragon Clan headquarters. Al is on the phone with one of the corrupt citizens. Thomas is a couple of feet from the phone.

Al (on the phone): "Excellent. Keep me posted on the details." Al hangs up. (to Thomas) "Dylan made it to our former hired help's residence."

Thomas: "I'm surprised we're still alive. That psycho could've killed us a million times, but he never did. Why is that?"

Al: "Simple, Thomas. It was the way his brother taught him."

Thomas: "I don't follow."

Al: "You will know soon enough once Dylan kills them all."

Act 3 Scene 15: Back at the former HDC-hired ninjas' hidden home in the woods. The Ninjas are outside of the house. Sasuke, Justin and Steve are in their battle stances and are ready for Dylan's first move.

Sasuke (to Justin): "How is your wound?"

Justin (to Sasuke): "I'm sure manage, Sasuke. Our family's killers will pay dearly."

Steve: "My little brother only has me left. I won't allow myself to die at the hands of this nut job." Dylan and the corrupt citizens charge towards The Ninjas. The Ninjas stay perfectly still. The former HDC ninjas pounce the corrupt citizens. Dylan leaps and kicks Sasuke in the chest.

Steve and Justin: "Sasuke!"

Dylan (laughs): "Pay attention to your enemy, boys!" Justin and Steve both throw kunai knives at Dylan. He dodges them and starts shooting at them. "Nice try; you 3 have to do better than that."

Sasuke: "Very well, then." Sasuke attempts to engage in close quarters combat. Dylan laughs and blocks with ease. Dylan kicks Sasuke in the stomach.

Justin (to Dylan): "You bastard! I'll f-king murder you!" Justin throws a rock and knocks Dylan in the head. Dylan feels blood on his head. Dylan slowly walks towards Justin. "Stay back, you psycho!"

Steve: "Leave him alone!" Dylan sees Steve about to attack him. He throws a hidden throwing knife at Steve, but Sasuke intercepts it with his left arm. "Sasuke, you saved me."

Sasuke: "I lost my father and the elders. You two lost your parents. I never want to see you guys die."

Dylan: "Touching. You can all share the same gravestone." He starts swinging chains. The Ninjas charge towards Dylan. All 3 strike at Dylan. Dylan falls.

Sasuke: "We beat him." Dylan was faking and he starts choking Justin and Steve with the chains. "No, let them go!" The other ninjas charge toward Dylan.

Dylan: "I don't think so. You know, you all never knew my life. My brother was my teacher and he taught me clever ways to kill the wicked."

Sasuke: "You're a sick man! I'll..."

Dylan (still choking Justin and Steve): "You'll what?! Kill me?! They were dead before the chains wrapped around their necks." Justin and Steve slowly grabs kunai knives and quickly stabbed Dylan in the arms. Dylan screams in pain. Justin and Steve manage to escape. Dylan starts tearing up.

Sasuke: "We need to get out of here, boys! Everyone, fall back!" All ninjas escape.

Corrupt Citizen 1: "Dylan, we'll get you help." Dylan loses it and snaps the corrupt citizen's neck. Dylan grabs a flamethrower and torches the HDC ninjas' home.

Dylan (yelling): "I'll kill every single one of you motherf-kers!!! You hear me!!!"

The End.. for now.

A Shadow's Lineage

Act 3 Scene 11: A wooden area just 20 miles from Oceanview. Sasuke, Steve, and Tohru stop on top of a tree. Steve told his little brother to stay with the Andrews siblings. The letter told them to go to a hidden house in the woods.

Tohru: "This is the area, guys. Whoever wrote this is either our friend or we just walked into a trap."

Steve: "I don't care anymore. Al and the Headless Dragon Clan is going to pay dearly for taking my parents away from me and my brother."

Sasuke (to Steve): "That attitude is going to kill you. You need to calm down."

Steve (to Sasuke): "Don't tell me to calm down. Your nightmare is already over. Why are you still here?! You could've followed Al to Japan and stopped him before this happened!"

Tohru (to Steve): "Steve, keep your voice down. Ninjas must be..." The Headless Dragon Clan-hired ninjas appear from the trees and the grass and they outnumber them. (finished his sentence quietly) "... silent."

Male Ninja 1: "Friend or foe?"

Sasuke: "What?"

Female Ninja 1: "He said, "Friend or foe?" Answer the question quickly or you will die." Sasuke, Steve and Tohru start to tighten their muscles and prepare to attack.

Sasuke: "F..."

Justin(interrupts Sasuke): "They're friends! Don't kill them!"

Steve: "Justin..." The Headless Dragon-hired ninjas lower their weapons. The female ninja removes her mask.

Female Ninja 1: "The 3 of you follow us to our home."

Act 3 Scene 12: The Headless Dragon Clan headquarters. Al is on phone and is trying to contact his ninjas.

Al (on the phone): "Come in, ninjas. Do you read me? Respond. That's an order." He throws his phone at Thomas Nelson Tyson.

Thomas: "What's going on?"

Al: "Our ninjas seem to have resigned from our organization." (to Dylan) "Dylan?" Dylan Martyr appears.

Dylan: "Yes, Al."

Al (coldly): "Go hunting. You know where your prey is." Dylan laughs evilly.

Act 3 Scene 13: The Headless Dragon Clan-hired Ninjas' secret home which is an abandoned house in the middle of the woods. Sasuke and Steve told Justin about the deaths of Steve's parents.

Justin: "I can't believe it. Al doesn't plan on killing us. He wants to us to kill each other or commit suicide. He won."

Steve: "My brother is scarred for life because of him. I would need to keep a close eye on him if he plans on hanging himself in the future."

Tohru (to Justin): "This may be off-topic, but how did you survive the gunfire from the prison riot?"

Justin: "They (the HDC ninjas) grabbed me, took me here and were very careful to make sure to get the bullets out of my body as painlessly as possible." The female ninja appears.

Tohru: "I know you. You're Mayumi Ito. One of the surviving teachers of the massacre years ago."

Mayumi: " That's right. Please forgive us, Sasuke. We all had no choice. The Headless Dragon Clan's new boss gave us an ultimatum. It was either join him and destroy Oceanview or live the rest of our lives with no home."

Sasuke: "You all are forgiven. Al needs to be stopped. We all have lost something important from Al, from Kohta and from everyone who shut us down." More ninjas appear.

Male Ninja 2: "We will be at your side, Sasuke. You and your new family here will never lose any more loved ones for as long as you live." The silent alarm went off.

Female Ninja 2: "Lady Mayumi, Dylan is here and he brought friends." Dylan is a couple of feet from the house.

Dylan: "To the ninjas we hired, you made Al very upset with your betrayal and you will be punished. Finally to the Ninjas, come outside and you will be reunited with your loved ones in their new home... IN THE F-KING DIRT!!!"

To be continued...

A Shadow's Anger Towards His Brother

Act 3 Scene 9: The area where Sasuke and Tohru are surrounded by corrupt citizens. A couple of seconds after the explosion from the previous chapter occurred.

Sasuke (to Tohru): "That came from Steve's neighborhood... you don't think Steve's..." Tohru doesn't say a word. He is watching the laser sights pointing at the both of them. Police cars and fire trucks are heading toward the fire.

Corrupt Citizen 1: "I wonder who died." (to Sasuke and Tohru) "Do you two know?"

Corrupt Citizen 2: "Maybe it's one of them." Both are laughing loudly.

Tohru (to Sasuke): "Don't get angry, Sasuke. They were probably given orders to shoot us if we flip out and attack them."

Sasuke (thinking): "Steve can't be dead. I lost my father; I can't lose my brothers. Wherever the traitors took Justin, I pray that they didn't kill him."

Corrupt Citizen 1 (to Sasuke and Tohru): "Well, Al gave the order to kill you guys. I guess you lost." Just when the corrupt citizens were about to shoot Sasuke and Tohru, all corrupt citizens were knocked out cold.

Sasuke (to Tohru): "Did you do that?"

Tohru (responding to Sasuke): "No, that wasn't me. Quickly, we need to get to the Brandywine home." They both run to the scene of the explosion. Neither of them had any thoughts of who took the corrupt citizens down.

Act 3 Scene 10: Brandywine Manor. Sasuke sees Donny crying in Nancy Andrews'(classmate of Justin and Steve's) arms. He then sees the firefighters putting out the fire of the car Steve's parents were in. Steve comes from behind and punches Sasuke in the cheek.

Sasuke: "Steve, I'm sorry."

Steve (angrily): "You're sorry?! We lost our parents, you idiot! Was this part of your sick plan?"

Sasuke: "What do you mean?" Nancy's brother, Johnny, is holding Steve back so he doesn't hit Sasuke again.

Steve: "To have Justin's dad and my parents killed so you wouldn't have to answer to them if we died."

Johnny: "Steve, calm down. You know, that's not true."

Steve (to Johnny): "Get off me, you ass-clown!" He manages to get out of Johnny's hold.  (to Sasuke) "All 3 of our families are gone, Justin disappeared and Al is probably laughing at us and plotting the final killing blow!

Nancy: "Steve, relax and let him talk." Steve tries to calm down. Steve sees his brother crying and makes an effort to breathe normally. "Go ahead, Sasuke."

Sasuke: "Thank you, Nancy." (to Steve) "As I said before, I'm sorry. This job takes sacrifices even if it means your own family might die."

Steve: "Al and his damn group needs to pay. Life sentence or death penalty. I really don't care anymore." Tohru appears.

Tohru: "Sasuke, I think I know who helped us back in the woods. Also, Justin might still be alive. I found this note."

The End... for now.

A Shadow's Harsh Reality

Act 3 Scene 7: Still May 9th. An area near the prison. A couple of hours after the prison riot and when Justin was shot and taken away from the Headless Dragon Clan-hired ninjas. Sasuke, Steve and Tohru are searching for Justin.

Sasuke (yelling at no one): "You f-king traitors! Where is my brother?! If you kill him, I swear I won't stop until you are all f-king dead! Do you hear me?!"

Steve: "Sasuke, please stop shouting. Someone's going to hear you. Believe me, they are not going to be very talkative." Sasuke breathing heavily. "Calm down."

Sasuke (trying to be calm): "I feel responsible for his father's death. He was so angry, he got shot and those people who once were my family took him away. He could be dead." Steve's cell phone is ringing.

Steve: "Who's calling me?" The caller ID says that it's his little brother. He answers the phone. "Donny, what's up?" He hears a struggle the phone. "Donny, what's going on? Hello?"

Donny (yelling): "Steve, help us! Someone is in our house." Steve hears a gunshot.

Steve: "No!!!" Steve runs away from Sasuke and Tohru. He's going straight to his home.

Sasuke (to Tohru): "We got to help him." As Sasuke and Tohru attempt to help Steve, they are stopped by warning shots by the corrupt citizens of the Headless Dragon Clan.

Female Corrupt Citizen: "That's far enough, ninjas. This place will be your unmarked tomb."

Act 3 Scene 8: Brandywine Manor. Steve enters his house. He looking everywhere for the intruder in the house. He hears something and throws a kunai knife at the sound. Nothing happens.

Steve: "Whoever's here, get the hell off of my property immediately." The Intruder appears looking like a scary masked killer from a slasher flick. "Where is my family, you son of a bitch?" The Intruder does the "I don't know" gesture. "Don't be stupid. If you did something to them, I'll bash your brains in!!!" The Intruder does a fighting pose and Steve charges after him. Things getting thrown, punches and kicks. Steve starts to choke The Intruder. Donald appears.

Donny: "Steve, stop! You're going to kill her!"

Steve: "Her?" Steve takes off the mask. The Intruder was actually the next door neighbor, Mrs. Samantha Baker-Michaels. "Samantha? Where are my parents?!" She points at the master bedroom. Steve knocks Samantha out cold. He rushes to the master bedroom and sees his parents tied up. "Hold on, Mom and Dad."

Steve's mom: "Thank you, son."

Steve's dad: "We need to get out of this town. Things are going to Hell in a big way."

Steve's mom: "We'll take the car out and get the hell out of Dodge. Son, get Donny.

Steve: "Right." Steve gets his brother. Both his mom and dad are in the car. Steve's dad puts the key in the ignition.

Steve's mom (tearfully to her sons): "Steve and Donny... goodbye..." The key is turned and the car explodes up in flames.

Steve and Donny: "No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The End... for Now. RIP Gregory and Elizabeth Brandywine.

A Shadow's Sorrow and Rage part 2

Act 3 Scene 4: California State Prison. The whole place is going to Hell. The inmates and the cops are fighting each other as well as some surviving members of the Shadow Village massacre. Meanwhile, Sasuke, Steve and Tohru got inside the prison and are trying to find Justin and Al's former stepfather, Robert Calhoun.

Sasuke: "Justin can't be too far. We need to split up and cover more ground. Agreed?" Both Steve and Tohru nod and both go to different corridors of the prison. All 3 find some people in the way and take care of them quickly as they can. Meanwhile at another area of the prison, Justin and Robert Calhoun are trying to avoid some of the Headless Dragon Clan-hired ninjas.

Robert: "So, Al's still alive. I guess he finally grew a pair after all these years." Justin gives a punch in the jaw.

Justin: "You f-ked up his mind. It's your fault he's like this!"

Robert: "It's not just me, ninja boy. It's also you, the other ninjas and those kids who tortured him for their own amusement. Maybe if you killed them, none of this would've happened." Justin punches Robert to the point of bleeding from nose and skull. "GO AHEAD AND KILL ME, NINJA BOY!!! END HIS REIGN OF TERROR RIGHT NOW BY KILLING ME!" Robert smiles and Justin is disgusted at the evil smile.

Justin: "No. I am not a killer." Sasuke and Steve appear.

Sasuke: "What the hell is going on here?"

Justin: "Guys, ninjas are here. They work for..."

Steve (interrupts): "For Al, we know. So that's Al's former stepfather."

Justin: "Yeah, he's just as twisted as he made Al."

Sasuke: "Al probably wants to cause a prison riot so his ninjas would either kill or kidnap him."

Steve: "So what do we do?" Sasuke sees something and has an idea.

Act 3 Scene 5: A couple of feet in the air. Al and some of the Headless Dragon Clan are on their way to the prison.

Al(to Dylan and Thomas): "Our stealth team informed us that The Ninjas are at the state prison."

Dylan: "Why are they there?"

Al: "Not sure. When they made contact with one of The Ninjas, we went silent." A huge explosion roars in the prison.

Thomas: "Something big going down out there." Al prepares to load a gun.

Act 3 Scene 6: Near the exit of the state prison. The Ninjas are running away from the destruction.

Sasuke: "We're almost there, guys. Hopefully, no one will find and follow us. Pick up the pace, boys!" Sasuke and Steve manage to get over the prison wall. "Justin, come on! We're running out of time!"

Justin: "I'm going as fast as can. I swear if I ever see Al again, I'll..." The Headless Dragon Clan helicopter stops Justin in his tracks. He sees Al, Dylan and Thomas in the helicopter. Justin charges and screams at the top of his lungs. "I'M GOING TO KILL YOU GUYS!!!"

Steve: "Don't do it, Justin!!!" Gunshots are fired upon Justin.

Sasuke: "NO!!!" Justin falls on the ground. Sasuke and Steve run to their wounded friend. However, Tohru stops them and they see the Headless Dragon Clan ninjas grab Justin. "Give him back, right now!!!" They disappear with Justin.

Al (to Dylan): "Dylan, go and find what The Ninjas were looking for." Dylan runs inside the prison. Al talks to Thomas. "Thomas, if they move towards us, pull the trigger." The Ninjas leave in a flash.

Thomas (to Al): "They're gone, Al." Dylan contacts Al.

Al (to Dylan): "What is it, Dylan?"

Dylan: "I found someone named Robert Calhoun. What should I do?" Al pauses.

Al: "Leave him in the rubble, along with the other f-ked- up individuals." Al smiles. "Well, I guess the real gloves are off."

The End... for now.

A Shadow's Sorrow and Rage

Act 3 Scene 1: May 9th. 3 days after Justin's dad (Det. Kevin Myers) was killed by a corrupt citizen driving a tank. Oceanview Funeral Home and Cemetery. Cops, residents, and Justin and Steve's classmates attend the funeral. They give Justin their condolences. The minster recites the sermon. After Justin's dad was buried, the cops identify the madman as Kyle Baxter, the executive of the local surveillance company. Citizens of Oceanview decide to get rid of their own surveillance systems and decide to buy a different system that they can depend on.  A couple of hours after the funeral, Sasuke and Steve tend to their emotionally-shattered friend.

Sasuke (to Justin): "Listen, I'm so sorry that this happened to you. Al and his sick group will pay for this. Do you have anyone that will let you live with them?"

Justin (to Sasuke): "No, my grandmother lives in a retirement home. My dad had a brother, but my deadbeat uncle relocated to Parts Unknown, Canada. My dad was the only real family member who worried about me. Now he's gone."

Steve (to Justin): "My parents feel responsible for letting him go after that psycho." Justin punches Steve in the stomach and gut.

Sasuke (restraining Justin): "Justin, calm down! Relax! It's not Steve's fault!" Steve gets up and trying to breathe normally.

Justin: "Your overprotective parents ordered my dad to chase after us and try to protect us. The lunatic promised that if no one interferes; no one would get hurt. Guess what, Steve?! My dad interfered and now he's dead!" Justin starts to leave the cemetery.

Steve(recovering from the punch to the stomach): "Justin, where are you going?"

Justin: "I'm going to the person that started this whole f-king thing!"

Sasuke: "It's not me?"

Justin: "No, I'm going to the state prison. I'm going to kick the living s-t out Al's abusive stepdad! He's the real reason why Al wants to kill everyone in the city." Sasuke runs after Justin, but Justin kicks Sasuke in the face. Justin disappears in a flash.

Act 3 Scene 2: California State Prison. A man in his cell minding his own business. Suddenly, the prison wall explodes. Justin (in his ninja attire) appears from the smoke.

Justin (yelling):  "Robert Calhoun!" Robert Calhoun is Al's abusive former stepdad. He gets up and sees Justin.

Robert: "Whoa! What's going on here?!" Justin grabs Robert by his prison uniform collar and punches him 3 times.

Justin: "You are responsible for doing this!"

Robert: "Doing what?" Justin shows him a picture of Al Chapman.

Justin: "I guess you haven't been watching the news. A former victim of yours is pissed and is hell-bent on turning Oceanview into a graveyard site. All of his actions point to you; the #1 cause of this path of destruction. What do you have to say for yourself?!"

Robert: "I thought you came alone, Ninja." Justin turns around and is shocked at what he sees. He sees the ninjas that the Headless Dragon Clan enlisted to fight and kill. "Are they the other Ninjas that you work with?"

Justin: "No..." One ninja smokes a smoke bomb at Justin and Robert. It explodes which alerts the jail staff. (to Robert) "We still have a lot to talk about, you son of a bitch." Justin and Robert start running away from the enemy ninjas.

Act 3 Scene 3: Miles from California State Prison. Sasuke and Steve see the prison in total panic mode.

Steve: "Is this Justin's doing?"

Sasuke: "I really hope not, Steve." Tohru appears.

Tohru: "It is not."

Sasuke: "What you mean? Are you hiding something from us?" Tohru takes a breath and begins to tell Sasuke and Steve what could be the reason the prison is going to Hell.

Tohru: "I believe the Headless Dragon Clan had enlisted the help of the surviving members of Shadow Village."

Steve (shocked): "Wait, are you serious?! We need to get Justin out of there before he gets killed."

Sasuke: "Understood, Steve. Let's get down before it is too late." Sasuke, Steve and Tohru leap from a tree and go to where the destruction is.

To be continued...

A Loved One's Final Moments part 2

Act 2 Scene 28: May 6th. 3:32 pm. The road to The Headless Dragon Clan headquarters. The Ninjas are walking slowly while the tank-driving assassin has the tank cannon pointed at them.

Steve (whispering to Sasuke): "So, what do we know now? Any great plans?" Sasuke nods a "no". "What do you mean? We're dead either way."

Sasuke (whispering to Steve): "If we do anything too risky with this guy, we are going to be a huge hole in the ground."

Justin (whispering to Sasuke and Steve): "Steve, as long as no one else gets threatened by this lunatic, everyone else is safe. Very smart idea, Sasuke."

Tank-driving assassin: "Just a little further, Ninjas. I'm surprised you agreed to surrender."

Sasuke: "We have a code. Something you need to learn the next time you and The Headless Dragon Clan does something so dangerous."

Act 2 Scene 29: The police near the road closed sign. Justin's dad, Detective Kevin Myers, is worried that his son and the other two ninjas are going to "The Gates of Hell" aka The Headless Dragon Clan headquarters.

Officer 1: "Detective Myers, The Headless Dragon Clan have terrorized this city for the last time. Are we really doing this? The Ninjas are in danger. Are they going to convince The Headless Dragon Clan big wigs to leave the city?"

Justin's dad (takes a deep inhale and long exhale): "I wish I knew." (thinking to himself) "My son and his friends need to stop this. This whole vigilante thing has gone too far. People have died and they could have died a million times." A car appears. Mr. and Mrs. Brandywine are in the car.

Officer 1 (to the Brandywines): "I'm sorry, folks. The road is closed because..."

Mr. Brandywine: "Yes, we know. Can we speak to Detective Myers?"

Officer 1: "Uh... sure. Detective, this couple wants to talk to you." Detective Myers approaches the car.

Justin's dad: "What are you guys doing here?"

Steve's dad: "Our son and his friends are in grave danger."

Justin's dad: "The madman threatened to kill people if they didn't show up and surrender. What the f-k would you do differently?!" He cleared his throat. "Look, they know what they're doing here."

Steve's mom: "They could get killed out there even if they surrender. What if that guy is trigger happy?" Justin's dad stares at the road and he rushed to his car.

Act 2 Scene 30: Near the entrance of the Headless Dragon Clan headquarters.

Tank-driving assassin: "Almost there, boys."

Justin (to the assassin): "Why are you doing this?"

Tank-driving assassin: "None of your damn business! Stop talking and keep moving!" Tohru (the ninja that joined The Ninjas' side is watching over the trees.

Tohru (to himself): "Sasuke, you have entered the demon's lair. I doubt that this will pleasantly." Tohru saw more than one flash of light. "What the f-k was that?" Then, he realized something. "It can't be. Can it?"

Tank-driving assassin (hears a car heading towards the tank): "Huh?!" The tank cannon moves away from The Ninjas and points it at the police car. "Some d-khead is trying to play hero." The Ninjas see the police car.

Justin: "No, Dad! Get out of here! You're going to get killed!" The tank-driving assassin aims and fires at Justin's dad. He misses. Justin gets on top of the tank. "You bastard!" Justin starts punching the man. Sasuke and Steve try to stop him. "Get the f-k off of me, boys!"

Tank-driving assassin: "Bad move." He points and fires at Justin's dad again. Detective Kevin Myers' car explodes and kills him instantly.

Justin (yells): "Dad, no!" Both Sasuke and Steve are shocked that the man shot and hit Justin's dad. Sasuke sees someone with a RPG.

Sasuke (to Steve): "Steve, get Justin! We're leaving!"

Steve (to Sasuke): "Right!" Steve grabs the shattered  Justin and run away. The person with the RPG fires at the tank and kills the tank-driving assassin.

Act 2 Scene 31: The Headless Dragon Clan headquarters.

Al (to Dylan and Thomas): "Boys, today we made history. A toast."

End of Act 2. RIP Det. Kevin Myers. Father of Justin Myers.

A Loved One's Final Moments

Act 2 Scene 24: May 6th. 2:30 pm. Headless Dragon Clan headquarters. Thomas Nelson Tyson runs to Al Chapman Jr.'s room.

Thomas: "Al, the assassin in the tank made his..."

Al: "I know. I gave him the signal to unleash terror into the city. It's time to see what my assassin's next move will be."

Act 2 Scene 25: The assassin in the tank drives his tank into a busy street. People running and avoid getting hit by moving cars. Police cars giving making sure that they don't get shot at by the tank's dangerous tank.

The assassin: "What to do, what to do... I know." The assassin rams the tank into a clothing store and turns it into a pile of rubble. "That was fun. I need to do something bigger than that. Something to really get The Ninjas' attention."

Officer 1 (on a megaphone): "Tank driver, this is the police. Whatever you are planning right now, stop immediately.

Tank-driving assassin: "You got something to say to me. Speak into this megaphone!" The assassin points the tank cannon at the police. "I have demands and I want them right now."

Officer 2: "What are your demands?"

Tank-driving assassin: "They are plain and simple. I want The Ninjas to come out of hiding and present themselves to me in the next hour. If they don't show up, people will die starting with you (the police)."

Act 2 Scene 26: Brandywine Manor. Steve is preparing to go to the location that the assassin and the police officers are at.

Mrs. Brandywine: "Steve, I forbid you to go out there."

Steve: "Mom, innocent people will die if me and my friends don't personally go there."

Mrs. Brandywine: "What if you die when you get there?"

Steve: "I can tell that man isn't lying."

Mr. Brandywine: "Stephen, no!" Steve leaves the house and Sasuke and Justin are waiting for him at the driveway.

Sasuke: "That must be hard for you."

Justin: "We should get going. My dad is with the police trying to calm the guy to get out of the tank." The Ninjas leave Brandywine Manor. Donald (Steve's little brother) runs outside.

Donald (to his parents): "Mom and Dad, is Steve going to be okay?"

Mrs. Brandywine: "If Steve gets killed, Sasuke is going to answer to us."

Act 2 Scene 27: The road leading to the tank-driving assassin. 6 minutes until the assassin open fires on the police. The Ninjas in their outfits see a bunch of kids rooting for them to survive. Tohru is hidden in the trees waiting to see what happens next.

Tohru (to Sasuke via earpiece): "Sasuke, you are doing the right thing. No mess-ups and it won't end in bloodshed."

Sasuke (to Tohru via earpiece): "Right... and if this situation does end in bloodshed?"

Tohru (to Sasuke via earpiece): "Then, the city will hate you while The Headless Dragon Clan plans a new way to blow up the city sky high."

Sasuke (to Sasuke via earpiece): "I understand." (to Justin and Steve) "Okay, guys. We know what we are dealing with. Just don't show fear and the assassin won't kill anyone."

Justin and Steve: "Right." The police see The Ninjas and they make room for them to get to the man in the tank.

Justin: "How nice. They prepared the red carpet for us." (to his dad) "Dad, make sure that the cops don't act too quickly."

Mr. Myers: "I'll make sure of it."

Sasuke (to the assassin): "Okay, sir. We're here. What do you want with us?"

Tank-driving assassin: "Simple. Go to the Headless Dragon Clan's headquarters and surrender yourself to Al Chapman. The cops are not allowed to follow and the same goes for news helicopters. Any interference and someone will die."

Sasuke: "Fine, the three of us agree."

To be continued...

The Enemy's Angel and Devil

Act 2 Scene 20: May 3rd. The Headless Dragon Clan secret headquarters. Al is watching "America's Most Wanted" and he sees his picture on the television.

Al: "Thomas, look at this." Thomas sees the television and is disgusted by the picture.

Thomas: "Wow, if looks could kill. Well, they would commit genocide."

Al: "Very funny, Thomas. One more smart remark out of you and my masked assassins will kill you before you hit the f-king ground."

Thomas: "Why you just kill me now?" Al pulls out his gun and points it at Thomas. Thomas keeps a stone face while Al's gun is out. "I'm here because you want The Ninjas and the whole town to suffer. I hate them both as much as you do. You can be edgy sometimes, but I stay by your side no matter what. If you kill me, you lose everything. The remaining funds and the corrupt citizens of the town go away fast." Al puts his gun away.

Al: "That's what I like about. You are essentially my good side of my conscience."

Act 2 Scene 21: May 3rd. 11:56 pm. Near the "Leaving Oceanview" sign. One of the corrupt citizens is running away scared while the Headless Dragon Clan's ninjas and Dylan Martyr go after him.

Dylan: "Run all you like. You're going to die." The scared man pulls out his gun. A ninja throws a kunai knife at the scared man's gun. "Hi, Chicken S-t! Are you planning on moving? What about Al's master plan?"

Coward: "Listen, I... I..." Dylan punches the man in the face. He is scared and crying uncontrollable.

Dylan: "What's the matter? Afraid to die?" The Headless Dragon Clan ninjas appear from the shadows. "There are more of them than you, so don't f-king lie to me. Are you afraid to die?"

Coward (crying): "Yes..." Dylan smiles a little and then shoots the man in the stomach. The man dies from the gunshot wound.

Dylan (to the Headless Dragon Clan ninjas): "Rule number one: never show cowardice to someone who might kill you."

Act 2 Scene 22: Brandywine Manor. May 4th. Steve and his family are eating breakfast.

Steve's mom (to Steve's brother): "Donald, eat your breakfast. You have piano lesson at 10."

Donald: "Yes, Mom." (to Steve) "Steve, can I see one of your ninja tricks?" Both Steve's mom and dad stop eating.

Steve's mom: "Absolutely not."

Steve's dad: "Out of the question."

Donald: "But..."

Steve's dad: "But nothing, young man. It's already dangerous as it is with a bunch of missing people out there."

Steve: "He's safe with me. Since Sasuke taught me and Justin how to defend ourselves, we are not weak."

Steve's mom: "Son, this is getting ridiculous. No more talking about this." Both parents resume eating. Steve sees his brother sad and disappointed.

Steve: "Mom and Dad, can I play catch with Donald?"

Steve's mom: "Fine, there's nothing dangerous about that."

Act 2 Scene 23: May 5th. Midnight. A local army reserve base. The Headless Dragon Clan, their hired ninjas and one of the corrupt citizens are stealing something.

Ninja 1 (to Al): "Lock is broken, sir. Would you like to do the honors?" Al opens the door and sees a huge tank.

Al (to the corrupt citizen): "Listen very carefully. The last candidate had to be taken care. You will not do the same, right?" The corrupt citizen nods "yes". "Good. Get ready on my signal." Al, Dylan and Thomas go to the car.

Thomas: "A little extreme, don't you think?"

Dylan: "I think it's a great idea. Showing Oceanview some real fear is pure genius."

Al: "I don't think it's extreme at all, but it is genius. The last assassin failed. This one promised not to fail. And Dylan, did you dump that coward's body?"

Dylan: "As a matter of fact, I did it with ease."

Al: "Excellent. Tomorrow is the real turning point of my revenge."

The End... for now.

The Enemy's New Recruits

Act 2 Scene 15: April 20th. California State Prison. Sasuke leaves the unconscious assassin by the entrance of the prison.

Female Officer: "Detective Myers, we need you to id the man that attacked you and The Ninjas." Detective Myers takes a good look at the assassin's face.

Justin's dad (shocked): "It's Dr. Phillip Carter. He's a well respected doctor and he operated on my son's stab wound weeks ago."

Male Officer: "Why would a doctor decide to attack somebody?" Detective Myers leaves the prison.

Act 2 Scene 16: April 21st. Sasuke's safehouse. Sasuke and Tohru have a conversation.

Tohru: "Shouldn't we wait for your friends?"

Sasuke: "I'll tell them when they get out of school. I should be thanking you for saving us from The Headless Dragon Clan and the assassin."

Tohru: "Let's just say you changed the way I used to see things. Let's stay on topic right now. The assassin was a doctor that operated on one of your friends."

Sasuke: "Right. I want to know why he would help scum like The Headless Dragon Clan."

Tohru: "Unless he was forced to help assassinate you and your friends."

Sasuke: "What?!"

Tohru: "Think about it. The Headless Dragon Clan rears their ugly head again with a new leader. Dr. Carter clearly had something to hide and Al uses fear to get help. There are probably a lot of Oceanview's elite with dirty little secrets that they want to help keep hidden from everyone including you."

Sasuke: "Al still holds grudge on us and the city. He wants us to suffer for the death of Kohta Sanada and the suicide of his mother. Whatever he plans next will have horrible consequences."

Act 2 Scene 17: Oceanview High School. April 22nd. The Vice Principal Mrs. Black goes on the intercom.

Mrs. Black: "Good morning, staff and students. Here are your morning announcements. The big game against our rivals Greenwood High is coming three weeks from today. I want to see you on all on your best behavior. If I see anyone being disrespectful and/or rude, your butts will be suspended from all football games." Steve throws a piece of paper at Justin. It says, "Got a text from Sasuke. We need to see him after school." Justin throws the paper back at Steve. The paper says, "I'll tell him to come at lunch.

Act 2 Scene 18: Oceanview High football field. Justin and Steve are waiting for Sasuke to show up. A couple of girls show up.

Female Student: "Hey, boys. Can you show us a ninja trick?"

Justin: "Sorry, girls. We're waiting for someone to show up." The girls moan and beg for them to do one trick. In order to get the girls to leave, Steve throws an apple in the air while Justin throws a kunai knife at the apple and it splits into two. The girls applaud and then leave happy. Sasuke appears.

Sasuke: "What's next, boys? Sawing someone in half."

Steve: "Sorry, Sasuke. So, what's up?" Sasuke has a picture in his hand. He gives it to them.

Sasuke: "Do you recognize this man in the picture?"

Justin: "Yeah, that's Dr. Carter. He operated on me a while ago."

Sasuke: "He is also the assassin that tried to kill me, the hostage and your father. Al is going to great lengths to kill us. From hiring an escaped lunatic to blackmailing the best and brightest of your community, he will not stop until Oceanview is a smoldering crater."

Steve: "What about Tohru? Can we actually trust him? He and his friend tried to kill us."

Sasuke: "That was my fault, Steve. I didn't know at the time that he was on The Headless Dragon Clan's side. I believe that he has seen the errors of his ways. He's willing to help us out."

Justin: "All right, Tohru is on our side. What if Al hires someone a lot more dangerous than Dr. Carter and Dylan Martyr, are we going to be prepared?"

Sasuke: "I guess only time will tell."

Act 2 Scene 19: The Headless Dragon Clan's secret hangout. Al and Dylan are shooting at targets with The Ninjas' faces. Thomas enters the room. Al and Dylan point their guns at Thomas.

Thomas: "Don't point those weapons at me, please! I'm unarmed!"

Al: "Are they here?"

Thomas: "Yes, it wasn't easy and we lost a few men." Shadowy figures enter the room in a flash.

Dylan: "Who are these guys? They look cool."

Thomas: "They are the young ninjas that survived the massacre at Shadow Village." Al smiles.

Al: "Welcome, my friends. Do you know why you're here?" They are all silent. "Well, one of your own has taught outsiders in this town your sacred ninja secrets and techniques. They also killed the people that I love. I want you to weed them out and kill each and every one of them. In exchange, I will go to Japan and help you rebuild your fallen village. May we shake on it?" Dylan and Thomas look to see what happens next. A ninja holds out their hand and shakes Al's hand. "This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."

The End... for Now.

A Shadow's Redemption part 2

Act 2 Scene 10: Oceanview General Hospital rooftop. Al Chapman Jr. watches Sasuke and Justin's dad fighting the assassin while Thomas Nelson Tyson aims the sniper gun at Justin and Steve.

Al: "Whenever you're ready, take the shot." Thomas is breathing heavily. Al starts to get impatient. "Take the shot, now!"

Thomas: "Stop yelling. I never used a gun like this. It takes precision and practice."

Al: "Oh, my God. Give me that." Al grabs the gun from Thomas. The trigger is squeezed and a bullet whizzes past Justin's head missing him. "Damn it!"

Act 2 Scene 11: The hospital wing that Justin and Steve are in.

Justin: "Steve, get down!" Both of them hit the floor. "Someone is shooting at us from the rooftop. We got to take them out."

Steve: "Good idea. Beat the gunman and then find Ignacio. On the count of 3, we run to the stairway to the rooftop. 1... 2... 3!" They run to the stairs while Al shoots at them. They make it to the stairway. "Weapons ready."

Justin: "All set. Let's go!" They run to the rooftop and they encounter the gunmen. "Al..." Al fires at the ninjas and they dodge the bullet.

Al: "That's enough of that." He drops the sniper rifle and pulls out his pistol. "DIE, NINJAS!!!"

Act 2 Scene 12: The room that Sasuke and Justin's dad are in. Sasuke and the assassin in doctor clothes engage in hand-to-hand combat. Justin's dad, Detective Kevin Myers, is trying to untie Ignacio's restrains.

Justin's dad: "Hang on, Ignacio! I'm getting out of here and back to your family."

Ignacio: "Hurry and help The Ninja."

Justin's dad: "He can take care of himself. You are the top priority right now." The assassin grabs a hypodermic needle for his lab coat and tries to stab Sasuke with it. Sasuke retaliates with a two kunai knives.

Sasuke: "Why are you here?! Whoever you are, you don't belong here."

Assassin: "You should talk!" A gas sprays on Sasuke. It turns out it was knock-out gas. "Feeling sluggish, ninja boy. You should be. The assassin kicks Sasuke in the stomach.

Justin's dad and Ignacio: "Ninja!"

Assassin: "You two are not worth my time. Don't be a hero, Detective. I got my secrets that this one wants to get his hands on."

Justin's dad: "Ignacio, get out of here! Call 911 when you get outside immediately." Ignacio runs for the main entrance. Justin's dad pulls out his gun and points it at the assassin. "Drop the needles and I won't put a bullet in your head! I'm warning you." The assassin sprays more knock-out gas at Justin's dad.

Assassin: "I don't think so, you son of a bitch."

Act 2 Scene 13: The rooftop. Justin and Steve are dodging bullets from Al's gun.

Al (to Thomas): "Thomas, beat the living s-t of them for you. I got to reload." Thomas charges at Justin and Steve. Thomas manages to strike them both in the gut.

Thomas: "They're both down. Whenever you're ready, Al."

Al: "This feels like a wonderful dream. I got to savor the moment. Once you ninjas are gone, Oceanview will die with a whimper." Suddenly, a dark figure appears. "Who the f-k are you?!" The entity throws a shuriken star at Al's gun. The gun falls on the ground. Thomas tries to hit the entity, but he gets tripped. Justin and Steve get up while Al runs to get his gun. A kunai knife hits his gun a good couple of feet. Al decides to run away. Thomas follows him with a limp.

Entity: "Boys, where is Sasuke?"

Steve: "At the other side of the hospital." It runs to the other side. "Justin?"

Justin: "Yeah?"

Steve: "Who was that?"

Act 2 Scene 14: The room where Sasuke, Justin's dad and the assassin are in. The assassin throws Detective Myers' unconscious body to the wall. He takes out a needle from his pocket.

Assassin: "Stay down, you bastard! Your time has come." The lights go out. The lights turn back on. The entity appears. "What the..." The entity sprays a hallucinogenic gas at him. The assassin coughs and starts seeing things.

Entity: "What's wrong? Are you scared? The demons are going to get you, you snake in the grass." The assassin starts to throw up.

Assassin: "Please, no more!" The entity punches the assassin in the face knocking him out cold.

Entity: "Sasuke, wake up!" Sasuke wakes up and sees the entity. Justin and Steve wake Justin's dad up. "You are safe now."

Sasuke: "Who are you?" The entity takes off the mask. It was Tohru, the ninja that hates Sasuke.

Steve: "No way."

Justin's dad: "Who is that?"

Justin: "Either an ally or an enemy with a grudge, Dad."

The End... for now.

A Shadow's Redemption

Act 2 Scene 5: April 18th. Oceanview High School. Justin and Steve are studying at the school library. Steve slides a piece of paper to Justin.

The paper: "Hey Justin. It has been awhile when the hospital janitor disappeared." Justin writes on the paper and slides it to Steve. "I know. His family was on the news before stating that they fear the worse." Steve writes on the paper and slides it to Justin. "Sasuke found the man's address and is talking to the man's wife and children right now."

Act 2 Scene 6: The janitor's home. Sasuke (wearing the ninja outfit) comforts the janitor's wife, Carmen.

Carmen: "Please, sir. Find my husband. The police don't seem to care enough to find my husband, Ignacio."

Sasuke: "Carmen, I pledge to find your husband and bring him back to you safely. I need to know one thing about the hospital. Are you restricted areas that only the staff would know?"

Carmen: "You don't think that my husband is still in the hospital, don't you?"

Sasuke: "Someone is keeping their mouth shut about this whole thing. I'll assemble my help when they are ready."

Carmen: "God bless you and the others."

Sasuke: "Thank you." Sasuke leaves Carmen and her sobbing children, but he comes back for a second. "Calm your children down and think happy thoughts, okay?"

Carmen: "Yes, we'll try." Sasuke leaves for real this time.

Act 2 Scene 7: Nighttime near the hospital entrance. Sasuke is waiting for Justin and Steve to show up. Justin and Steve show up with Justin's dad.

Sasuke: "What the hell is this?"

Justin: "Sorry, Sasuke. After the whole thing with the escaped mental patient, my dad waits to protect me from any danger." Sasuke looks at Steve.

Sasuke (to Steve): "What about you, Steve? Are your parents and little brother going to show?"

Steve: "No. As long as Justin's dad is here, they can trust me."

Sasuke: "Doesn't matter to me. Ignacio Perez's last whereabouts was cleaning the second floor of Oceanview General Hospital. We will check every nook and cranny of this hospital. Starting... now."

Act 2 Scene 8: Inside Oceanview General Hospital. The Ninjas and Justin's dad enter the hospital. They decided to separate into the groups of two, Justin and Steve are one and Sasuke and Justin's dad the other.

Steve: "Do you think your dad will get along Sasuke?"

Justin: "Who knows? I guess only until this mission is done, we'll find out." At the other side of the second floor of the hospital. Sasuke and Justin's dad are searching for anything suspicious in the restricted area.

Justin's dad: "What we're doing is very illegal you know that, right?"

Sasuke (annoyed): "Sir, a man is missing and his family is worried sick about him. If you were missing, I would be more than happy to help your son find you. I was shocked when that psycho wounded Justin. I wish it was me that got attacked that day." A shadowy figure runs passed them.

Justin's dad: "What was that? I'm calling for backup."

Sasuke: "No. I'm following it."

Justin's dad: "Sasuke, get back here!" Justin's dad runs after him. Sasuke opens a door and find Ignacio. He and Justin's dad run to him and takes off the duct tape off Ignacio's mouth.

Ignacio: "Get out of here! He's right behind you." The door slams closed and a man in operating clothing appears.

Man: "Welcome gentlemen. Today is the beginning of the end of your lives." Sasuke prepares to fight the masked man.

Sasuke: "I don't think so."

Act 2 Scene 9: The other side of the hospital. Justin and Steve are still looking for Ignacio.

Steve: "Still nothing. Maybe Sasuke and your dad found him; try calling them." Justin tries to call them, but nothing except static.

Justin: "No response."

Steve: "That's strange. You think something happened to them?" Unbeknownst to them, someone pointing a sniper rifle at their heads.

To be continued...

A Shadow's Weakness

Act 2 Scene 1: March 19th. The Headless Dragon Clan's secret headquarters. Both Thomas and Dylan walk into Al's office. Al smiles and hugs Dylan.

Al: "Congratulations, Dylan. Thomas has told me all about your skills against one of The Ninjas. It is with great pleasure that I give these." Al gives Dylan a gun and a sword.

Dylan: "A gun and a sword?"

Al: "Is there a problem?"

Dylan: "No, I always wanted an UZI and a katana." Al grabs his sword and unsheathes it.

Al: "It's not just any katana. These are called The Dragon Guillotine. Every Headless Dragon member that survived the trials get these great weapons. In one fell swoop, the head falls right off."

Dylan (bows to Al): "Thank you, sir."

Al: "Get some rest, my friend. We have a big days ahead of us." Dylan leaves the room. Thomas walks toward Al.

Thomas: "Al, he scares me. Are you sure that it was okay to give him those weapons?"

Al: "He won't use against us. When we encounter The Ninjas again, the only people Dylan will use the gun and sword on The Ninjas."

Thomas: "What if he kills them and then comes after us?"

Al: "You will kill him. Any more questions, Thomas?"

Thomas: "No, I'll be quiet now."

Al: "Good."

Act 2 Scene 2: 4 weeks later. Oceanview High School Boys Restroom. Justin is staring at his stab wound Dylan gave him. Steve enters.

Steve: "You should be lucky the wound didn't get infected."

Justin: "Well, Sasuke's a little overprotective of us."

Steve: "I agree. Every time we get hurt, he starts panicking. He needs to take care of himself."

Justin: "If he doesn't take care of himself, he's going to die."

Act 2 Scene 3: Justin and his father's apartment. Justin's father examines the stab wound.

Justin: "I know you're not a doctor, Dad. What do you think?"

Justin's dad: "I think that's going to stay there for the rest of your natural life."

Justin: "I'm sure you've got a lot of scars as well, Dad."

Justin's dad: "Don't start with me! You got lucky. Next time you're playing vigilante, you might not wake up to see tomorrow!"

Act 2 Scene 4: Oceanview General Hospital. A janitor is cleaning up. He hears a scream. He runs to the scream. Dylan Martyr ambushes the janitor. The janitor is awakened by a pistol whip. Thomas and Al also appear.

Thomas (to the janitor): "Okay, Paco. Listen up. You're going to disappear for a little bit."

Janitor: "Hey, you racist! I can speak English." The janitor is punched by Al.

Al (yells): "Shut your f-king mouth!" Al takes deep breathes and calms down. "Okay, you are going to be bait for us."

The Janitor: "I hate to ask, but who are you guys fishing?" Al laughs evilly.

The End.. for now.

A Psycho's Trial Run part 2

Act 1 Scene 22: Sasuke's safehouse. Sasuke and Steve are on phone and are trying at get a response from Justin.

Steve: "Justin? Justin?! What happened?! Do you read?!" No response on the other line.

Sasuke: "This is not good. This is very bad!"

Steve: "What should we do?" Sasuke starts thinking of a plan.

Act 1 Scene 23: Back at the bottom of the bridge. Justin is face-to-face with the assailant.

Man: "Let's go a couple of rounds. What do you say?" Justin's mind is racing. "I'm waiting for an answer, friend." The man smiles an evil smile.

Justin: "Very well, then. One thing before we start the fight, what's your name?" The man is able to undo the restrains of his straitjacket. He then stretches his limbs to prepare for the fight.

Man (chuckles): "I'm called Dylan Martyr. A new edition to the organization called The Headless Dragon Clan. Since you're one of The Ninjas, I'll give a sample of my skills." Dylan charges at Justin.

Justin (thinking): "This will be easy. It looks like he's going to punch me." Dylan throws a punch at Justin, but Justin grabs Dylan's hand. "I got you." Dylan smiles. He's got a sharp piece of glass in his other hand and he aims for Justin's face. Justin sees the glass and it misses him by inches.

Dylan: "Nice dodge. Try dodging this one." Dylan kicks Justin in the stomach with both feet. Dylan escapes Justin's hands; the kick left Justin breathless. "I guess I used too much force, huh?"

Justin (finally talks): "You got lucky. Watch this." Justin throws a smoke bomb at Dylan. The smoke blinds Dylan making it hard for him see. Justin is behind Dylan. He gets Dylan in a sleeper hold. "Time to go sleep, crazy man."

Dylan: "Oh, yeah. That's what you think!" Dylan's arm has chains on it and he clubs Justin in the head.

Act 1 Scene 24: Justin and his father's apartment. Sasuke and Steve tell Justin's father that they lost contact with Justin.

Justin's dad: "What?! What do you mean "lost contact"?" Justin's dad was red in the face. Sasuke and Steve are trying to calm him down. Justin's dad rushes to his police car. "I already lost his wife! I can't lose my son! Where the f-k is my keys?!" Sasuke has them in his hands.

Sasuke: "Whoever is fighting Justin, you getting backup."

Steve: "What do you say, Mr. Myers?"

Justin's dad: "Get in."

Act 1 Scene 25: Back at the bottom of the bridge. Justin is going at it with Dylan. Punches and kicks are getting thrown at each other. A couple of misses and blocks and some of them cause damage.

Justin (thinking): "He's good. He definitely spits out his meds when the nurses aren't watching."

Dylan: "Come on, Ninja Boy. Let's keep fighting. I f-king love it!" Dylan charges at Justin only until a gunshot fires. Justin's dad, Sasuke and Steve (both Sasuke and Steve are wearing their ninja outfits) appear.

Justin's dad: "Leave the ninja alone, right now." Dylan lowers his hands. In a second, he throws a sharp piece of glass at Justin. Justin falls. Justin's dad is shocked and angry. "How dare you do that dirty trick!" He fires blindly at Dylan. Dylan runs away.

Steve: "Mr. Myers, stop! You're going to end up firing at your son!" Sasuke runs to the wounded Justin.

Sasuke (to both Justin's dad and Steve): "Guys, he's still breathing. Call an ambulance."

Justin (weakly): "We got to go after him."

Sasuke: "No, Justin. You need to your rest." Justin is out like a light.

Act 1 Scene 26: A couple of miles from the bridge. Dylan stops running and is breathless. A car honks its horn. It is Thomas Nelson Tyson at the wheel.

Thomas: "Get in." Dylan gets into the car. "That was impressive, Dylan. You have proven yourself worthy of being a Headless Dragon Clan member."

Dylan: "Thanks."

Thomas: "How was the fighting?"

Dylan (smiles): "It... was... GOOOOOOOD!" The car drives away and no one is following them.

End of Act 1.

A Psycho's Trial Run

Act 1 Scene 20: March 18th. A week has passed after Al ordered his forced hired help to wreak chaos on Oceanview. The Ninjas are trying to see if the police got any leads from the disasters all over the town.

Sasuke: "I got nothing. What about you guys?"

Justin: "Nope. Nothing."

Steve: "Sorry, Sasuke. There is still not enough information on the preps." Sasuke puts his hand on his face. He starts to rub his hand very vigorous.

Justin: "Hey, Sasuke. Not so hard, buddy. You're going to leave marks." Sasuke stands up from his chair and walks toward his window.

Sasuke: "Guys, this is a big deal. The Headless Dragon Clan came back and the city is living in fear. We can't seem to do anything right." Justin and Steve's phones start ringing.

Steve: "Sasuke, I'm going to need to take this."

Justin: "Same here." Both Justin and Steve leave to talk on their phone. A couple of seconds later, both of them reappear with their phones still in their hands. "Sorry, Sasuke. Ever since we helped you face the Headless Dragon Clan, both of our parents gave us curfews."

Steve: "My parents told me to start heading back home ASAP." Sasuke flips a table.

Sasuke: "I don't believe you guys! Curfews, written homework and your precious electronics are going to be the deaths of both of you."

Steve: "Sasuke, what's with you? Ever since you had those recurring nightmares, you have constantly been on edge."

Sasuke: "I seem to be the only one who cares about the well-being of the town. My own "brothers" don't care that their hometown will become a crater ."

Justin: "Whatever happened to staying calm under pressure? Did that just go away once you had that nightmare?" Sasuke is about to open his mouth until a police ham radio starts making sounds.

Act 1 Scene 21: Under a bridge. A few minutes later. Justin left the safehouse to check on the emergency that came from the ham radio. It was some records of a man in a straitjacket being spotted around the area he's at.

Justin: "I'm at the location, guys. Are you sure neither of you guys wanted to come?"

Steve (on phone): "Sorry, Justin. Sasuke didn't want to bother going. I'm only here to keep him company."

Justin: "Fine." He checks every corner of the area. "I don't see anyone here."

Steve (on phone): "Keep looking. He couldn't have gotten too far even for you."

Justin: "Watch your mouth, Steve. You had problems finding targets yourself." Suddenly, an entire trashcan falls over. "Shhh! Someone's here. Steve, tell my dad that coming home late. I'll call you later." Justin turns off his cell phone. He walks very slowly so no one can hear him. (to the man) "Hello... is anyone there? The mental hospital is worried sick about you. Please stop running away."

Man: "You want me to stop running. Well, here I am. Take me to mental hospital if you must." Justin looks at the man and he decides to lower his weapons.

Justin: "Okay, I dropped my weapons. Time to go to your house."

Man: "Actually, think again." The man does a judo flip on Justin. "You are in the presence of an era. The Fall of The Ninjas."

To be continued...

The Enemy's Ignited Fire

Act 1 Scene 18: March 11th. The Headless Dragon Clan's secret headquarters. Al is on the phone with someone.

Al (on the phone): "Yes. That's excellent. Make sure it all comes to this location. I'll talk to you later." Thomas enters Al's office. (to Thomas) "Yes, Thomas. What can I do for you?"

Thomas (clears his throat): "Um... Al. It's about our new help. He bothers me."

Al: "How so? Did he threaten your life?"

Thomas: "No, it's just that ever since I brought him to you; he has done some strange things."

Al: "Like..."

Thomas: "Well, I saw scratches on the floor. He punched holes into the walls and don't get me started on what he did to his bed sheets."

Al: "He's just getting used to his new home. He'll calm down in a matter of days."

Thomas (under his breath): "If I can survive a matter of days."

Al: "What was that?"

Thomas: "Nothing, Al. Nothing at all." Al reaches for his phone. "What are you doing, Al?"

Al: "I'm informing our new helpers to do something for me quickly."

Thomas: "And what is that?"

Al (smiling): "A big surprise for the gated community we all call "home".

Act 1 Scene 19: Elsewhere. The people that Al hired in An Enemy's Growing Army are planting bombs in various buildings. Some others are driving to various locations with all sorts of weaponry.

Al: "Thomas, meet me at the rooftops in 5 minutes."

Thomas: "O...kay." The henchman are lighting the explosives and loading up their guns. One person lit a molotov cocktail and throws it in a house. At the rooftop, Thomas showed up.

Al: "Ah, good. You're here."

Thomas: "Why are we on the roof?"

Al: "Watch this." He reaches for his phone and sends his henchmen a text to start the "party". Thomas is hearing screams, gunfire, explosions and sirens.

Thomas: "Holy s-t! You planned this whole thing."

Al: "I did, my friend. Oceanview and its citizens must pay for their sins. They betrayed us for the last time. The Ninjas have to pay as well. They refused to kill the people who hurt me. I found that as an insult."

Thomas: "I didn't know that your hate was so powerful."

Al: "This "party" is only step one of our revenge."

Thomas: "What step two then?"

Al: "You'll know soon enough, my friend. You'll know soon enough."

The End... for now.