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...