Anna: What’s going on? You've been staring at Michael for at least five minutes.
David: It’s nothing.
Anna: It doesn't seem like nothing; ever since we left the camp, you two have been acting...well...different.
David: Like I said, it’s nothing. (looks down)
Anna: Ok... If you say so...
(Anna goes back and talks with Rex) ****************************************************************************************************** ~flashback~ Red Dragon: How about a third one? ...Ah, to hell with it. Let’s just see how long you can dodge it.
(throws flame after flame after flame while Shinrok dodges them) ****************************************************************************************************** David (in thought): Wha-what exactly is he? (looks up at Michael)
WAR Chapter 10: Memories better Left Forgotten...
(see feet walking on a cracked ground)
(Rex runs to Anna on the other side of the group)
Rex (whispers to Anna): So, umm...Who are these people exactly? And why are we trusting them?
Anna (whispers back): I don't really know their story... I found them lost in the middle of nowhere…
Rex (whispers back to Anna): Ok… That’s helpful.... So why the hell are we trusting them…? They could be some of V--
Anna (interrupts Rex, still whispering): Trust me… The blonde-haired one hates Varcus… I can guarantee that…
Rex (whispers back): Are you sure?
Anna (whispers): I have no doubt…
Rex (whispers): Is this your damned "woman’s intuition" again?
Anne (not so much a whisper anymore): What’s wrong with my intuition? (with clenched teeth)
Rex: Ohhh, nothing.
Anna: I oghta knock.......*memories of the burning camp flash in her mind*...Never mind...Just shut up.
Rex: *sigh*...Ok...
(all walk silently for a while)
Rex (whispers): Hey, why does his sword look like the…?
Anna: Yes…I know… It’s bugged me, too…but we’ve got more important things to worry about now.
Rex: But what if he is...?
Anna: then you know what… But really, does it matter right now?
Rex: ...I guess not...
Michael: Hey… What the hell are you two whispering about up there?
Anna: Nothing! …Mind your own business, will ya?!!
(Michael puts his arms in the air)
Michael: Ok, ok...jeeze...
(Michael starts to look around)
David: Umm... Michael... What are you looking for…?
(stops and looks at David)
Michael: Nothing... I just feel like I've seen this all before...
(Rex runs over and starts whispering to Anna again) Rex (whisper): Anna... Why are we going this way…? It’s heading straight for Varcus's castle…
Anna: I know...I'm hoping there aren’t any guards or anything…so that we can sneak right past…
Rex: But why go this way?
Anna: Because it’s the fastest route.
Rex: Why don't take a slightly longer--
Anna: Because we need to report what happened ASAP... What the--
(Michael stops and stands with his eyes wide open, staring at the ruins of a castle)
David: ...No. No way… This can't be...
Anna: Haha… Looks like we lucked out with this castle... (looks back) Anna: Seems to have been....
Anna: …Umm...Michael... Are you…o…k…?
(images of chapter 3 flash)
(silence)
Anna: …Umm… Hello? ...We should really be going... What’s the matter with you?
David: This..... This.....castle...was…the--
Michael (interrupts): --Was the place where we were not only betrayed by that back-stabber…but…where…where... (Michael takes off running)
Anna: Hey, wait! Where the hell are you going?!!! Get your ass back here!!
Anna: What the hell is wrong with him?
(David stares at the ground)
Anna: ...You, too... What happened?
(stays silent)
Anna: Ok, then...
David: This... This is where we first came…
Anna: Wait. This was the first place you came?
David: The first time we saw Varcus... It’s also where…
*************************************************************************************************** A memory of Olivia's dead body flashes in David’s mind. ***************************************************************************************************
Anna: Also where what?
David: ...I'll explain it later...
Anna: Anyway, I'm going to find that dumbass...
David: No! ...Let him go... He'll come back...
Anna: He shouldn't wander around here alone... This is Varcus's territory. I'm gonna go find him.
David: Just leave him alone.
Anna: We can't let him-- (gets interrupted)
David: His oldest friend was killed here, damn it!!!!
Anna: …
Rex: …
Anna: I-I…had...no clue.
David: That bastard...Varcus…killed her…I don't remember much of what happened there...but I remember seeing her body...
David: Michael…was…cut all over when I woke up...
Rex: Are you saying that that kid went up against Varcus and is alive??!!!
Anna: ...But… How? ...It takes armies of us to even fight him off…and yet…he alone was able to fight him and live...
(Rex grins)
Rex: He really is just a kid... Our last hope of winning...is just a brat... To force a kid so young into war...is just... But…then again… Being able to stand up to Varcus at such a young age...really shows how strong he is...
(see Michael running)
Rex: But I don't see why he's so young...
(fades back to Anna, David, and Rex)
Anna: Who knows...?
Rex: Hey, kid... What else do you know?
(David explains all that he knows)
(Michael stops running and starts digging into the ground)
(Michael runs back to the castle ruins with buckets of black liquid)
(David, Rex, and Anna sit around a campfire again)
Anna: David... Your friend’s been gone for a while now... It’s had to have been at least three hours.
(see Michael stand up after kneeling in the ruins)
(a stick cracks)
David: Michael!!
(the castle ruins explode behind Michael as he walks toward the others)
David: What the-.....?
Anne: .....
Rex: ...
Michael: Grab your crap and lets go.
(see the castle ruins as it burns to the ground)
(the four of them walk past the burning ruins)
(sad music plays)
Michael’s voice comes in:
I'm really not one hundred percent sure why I blew up those ruins… Maybe it was to get back at Varcus... Or maybe it was to get rid of memories...or even to use it as a type of funeral for her... Maybe I didn't even have a real reason... Either way… What’s done is done...
David: Michael...
(fades to black) (fades to a dark room)
Varcus: Attention all my servants…
(camera angles up at Varcus)
Varcus: For the first time ever...someone has finally passed Shinrok’s test.
Dark figure 1: Someone actually passed his test... Nobody has been able to pass his test... Not even any of us!!
Aren: Are you sure it was a test? I bet he just kicked his ass for once... Maybe he's not as strong as we think he is.
Varcus: I doubt that.
Aren: What makes you doubt-?
(Aren screams and falls to his knees)
(Shinrok walks into the light from the shadows)
(Shala pops up right behind him)
Shinrok: It actually was a test. Lord Varcus's orders were clear… Test everyone… Never use my full power unless needed.
(Shala stomps Aren on the head)
Shala: Don't ever insult my Shinny! He’s ten times the man you'll ever be!!
(everyone looks at Shala)
Varcus: Shinny?
Shala: Well...I kinda…gotta...
Varcus: Shala....just get outta here.
Shala: Umm… Yes, my lord. (walking out, embarrassed)
Varcus: As I was saying before that interruption...
Varcus: It was true... I did order Shinrok to never use his full power.
Varcus: But now that someone’s finally passed that limit...it seems that someone is an actual threat!!
Varcus: So now... No more games! Use all the power that you have!! Do not hold back!
Varcus: Now, go destroy these two vermin!!! Destroy their bodies… Burn them and devour their souls!!! Don't allow them to interfere with us anymore!!
Varcus: Go now!!! All of you!!!!
(all Demons go charging out the door screaming, while Shinrok casually walks out)
Shinrok: *sigh* Demons.
Varcus: And by the way… Keep a close eye on Shinrok... I'm still curious of what that other personality was talking about..."Brother".
Zenkar: As you wish...my lord.
Varcus: Shinrok may have more power than even I thought he did...
Varcus: I can't have him be consumed by darkness so early.
(fades back to the group)
(they begin to see the HQ of The Bloods)
Michael: So... You call yourselves "The Blood”?
Rex: That’s right.... "Blood” ...For all the blood Varcus has spilled.
Anna: And now... He’s gonna drown in all the blood he’s shed.
Michael: The name sounds very good.
Rex: Hmm... I think I'm starting to like this kid.
Rex: Hey... Where’s that little shrimp kid....?
David (in a tired voice): I AM NOT A SHRIMP!!! (falls flat on the ground)
Michael: Don't over-exert yourself now.
Rex: Wow... That’s a really...weak angel....I've seen 4-year-olds stronger than him.
(Michael: flash-backs of David’s 3-year-old little sister beating him up)
Michael: Meh... I've seen a 3-year-old.
(David lifts his head out of the ground)
David: I told you… I let her win!! (face plants back into the ground)
Michael: Ok… So who’s carrying him...?
(Anna and Rex take off running)
Michael: You bastards!!!
Michael: I'm gonna kill you when I catch up!!!
(picks up David and starts running)
(Once he catches up, he finds Anna and Rex stopped at a gate.)
(A demon pops up from the top)
Gate Watcher: Who’s there?
Rex (yells): Commander Rex with new recruits and important intel.
Gate Watcher: Clear!
(the giant gates open)
Michael (as he walks through the gates): ...What is it with you demons and giant gates?
(Michael stops)
Michael: ...That’s...a…big demon...
Rex: See why we have to make such big gates?
Michael: I do now...
(a bunch of shadowed figures scattered around; whispering to each other; staring at Rex, Michael, and David from above)
David: Why are they staring at us?
Rex: It’s just not every day we see an angel…and a human in the demon planes... Especially a human...
David: Wait a minute… If there are tons of other angels... Then can't they fight Varcus as well?
Rex: Yeah... They've tried...
Rex: But every attack on Varcus failed devastatingly...
Michael: So he’s really that strong...
Rex: Yep... In fact...I think you’re the only one who went up against him and lived...
Michael: ...Wait... How the hell do you know about that?!!!
Rex: Your friend’s a real jabber-jaw.
(looks at David)
Michael: David... SHUT YOUR MOUTH FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE!!!!
David: I didn't know it was a secret!!
Michael: It wasn't... But what if it was?!!!
David: You just like yelling at me, don't you?
Michael: ...Maybe...
Michael: Umm... Do you guys have a sudden feeling that we’re surrounded...?
Rex: No...
David: I kinda feel it, too...
Michael: Wait... I think I recognize this.
(Rex and everyone else sense a large presence)
Rex: I’d know that damn aura anywhere...
Anna: What is it?
Rex: Shinrok.
Michael: What?!! Where’s that bastard!!!
Rex: You know Varcus's boy?
Michael: Know him? ...I fought him twice!!
Rex (with an awed expression): You fought him not once, but twice?!!
Michael: How much worse is he than Varcus?
Rex: Far worse... And what’s worse, he never uses his full power... So we have no clue what he’s even capable of!
Michael: Wait... He was holding back...
David: We barely defeated him… No, he barely defeated him... And he was holding back...
Shinrok: That’s right… Congratulations Avon... You were the first person to ever pass the test.
Rex: So… He is the Avon...
Michael: What the hell is a god damn Avon?!!!
Rex: There’ll be time for an explanation later… Right now doesn't seem like the best time.
(hordes of demons pour into view)
Michael: Ooooh...shit… The first test I ever passed...and look where it got me...
Shinrok: I thought Rex could have done it... But it turns out a mere child was the one able to... I really never saw this possibility until now.
Michael: Ok! First of all, I am so not a damn child. And second of all; where do you have room to talk... It looks like you’re the same age…if not younger!!
David: Oh, right... Now that I look at him... He is a kid, just like us...
Shinrok: Believe me… I may look the same age… But I am far older.
Rex: Umm... Isn't anyone else worried about the huge horde of demons surrounding us...?
Shinrok: Enough talk! Lord Varcus has no more use for you… He has ordered the Death Dragons to seek and kill you, Avon and weak angel.
David: I am not weak!!
Michael: Wait… I thought you said you were The Twilights...
Shinrok: This is the demon section of Twilight.
Shinrok: I've had enough talk! Everyone! Carry out the lords orders and kill everyone here!!! Show no mercy...and take no prisoners!!
Michael: I've said it once and I'll say it again... Ooooh shit...
(all the demons pour in, attacking ruthlessly)
(a little while into the fight)
(Anna spots Shinrok through the horde)
Anna charges: You bastard!! You’re gonna pay for what you did to my friends and family!!!
(Shinrok back-hands Anna in the face and sends her flying)
Rex: Damn it!! (jumps up and catches her)
Rex: Anna, you fool!! What the hell are you thinking, taking on Shinrok by yourself? ...And even more, a direct attack!!
(Shinrok goes looking around and sees Michael)
Shinrok: There he is. (smirks)
(Michael turns around, seeing Shinrok)
Michael: Heh heh. Ready for me to kick your ass in round three?
Shinrok: You know... You've become a real smartass.
Michael: Meh... Maybe I have... What’s it matter to you, though? ...Intimidating?
(Shinrok slowly unsheathes his sword)
Michael (pulling out his sword): Shinrok... It really doesn't have to be this way...
Shinrok: Oh will you stop with this shit? ...Why do you even care…? I'm the one who led that girl to her death… And I knew it would happen, too.
Shinrok: Thousands have died before me!!
Shinrok: And yet you still talk as if I am a tool to my lord.
Michael: That only further proves my point...
Shinrok: But why do you care? ...Why do you think I'm so much more different than any other Black Dragon?
Shinrok: I am Varcus's son…and yet you still show sympathy and kindness, which will only end up in death.
Michael: You know...if he's really your father… Then why the hell do you call him "lord"?
Shinrok: A mere vermin like you would never understand...
Michael: No! I don't think you understand!!!
Shinrok: Understand what?!!!
Michael: He ditched you!! When his life was threatened, what did he do? ...He left you there!! How is he your father if he doesn't even protect you?!!! He’s using you as a pawn!!! And a simple tool for whatever his twisted mind has in plan!!
**************************************************************************************************************** ~Flashback~ Shinrok: Fucker... What is this?!!!!
Shinrok: What did you do to me?!!
Varcus: Damn. As much as I'd love to see the ending to this, I'm afraid I have to go. We will meet again...Avon.
Shinrok: Sooo...none of us have any room to have a true heart.
Michael: Then why the hell are you so god damn loyal to him?!! You have no reason to trust him!! ...He shows no sign of giving a damn about you in the least!!!
Shinrok: I've had enough of your god damn lectures… Shut the fuck up and fight...or not… I really don't care… Either way, you’re dead!!
Michael: Ok, then let’s go, "daddy’s boy".
Shinrok: Now you are so fucking dead.
(Michael pulls his sword out while Shinrok picks his up, and both charge at each other) (Michael and Shinrok collide with a blinding white light)
