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.