Misfit Boys--Chapter 2

This is the second chapter of Misfit Boys and I hope you guys like it! --KatDon 

Chapter 2: I’m With You, My Friend

As a young lady; Lacey possesses a mysterious yet innocent look, she has black hair and with no bangs. She's 168 cm tall and she weighs 42 kg. In her own view; Lacey feels like she is infected with the people around her and the setting she is in, she wants to leave and live without all of the disruption. Lacey is empty inside as she wants to be like people in reality. She feels like there is no support from family or friends in her time of need, she wants somebody to help and go through a troubling time in her life. When crying or in a state of anxiety, most people feel like they’re unable to breathe properly which is what she's going through right now. People will say that the state she’s in now will blow over shortly, but to her it’s more than that. She’s allowed to ask for help, she then recalled what her master once told her: "No matter what mistakes people do you got to remember that we are only humans and are not perfect." She knows that however she is traumatized by the branding on her skin and how she hates being touched by others around the area at her side. While on her walk; she comes across a boy where he was lying on the grass and looking up at the blue sky. But the boy said, "There's a storm coming, it's going to sweep things in its path." Lacey looked up and saw that the beautiful sky's yonder blue was now a dark purple. When Lacey turned back to the boy, she saw that he was already gone! So she decides to head back. As she walked back; Lacey looked up and saw that the hurricane while she was determined to get home soon. She regrets on going on this walk, it was a bad idea and she wish she stayed home. She wished that it passed or washes away like rain. But it was getting closer and nothing could stop it. She hopes she won't blow away as she saw in horror of every debris, every part crumbling and it was blowing harder and harder. Lacey managed to dodge every flying object and nearly went flying, it was so strong but she made it back home safe. However, she was horrified to discover that her house has been capsized and she managed to get in the house where she found that her adoptive parents were nowhere in sight. Lacey begin to panic a little bit, she cried quietly; fearing that her adoptive parents could be dead. The next minute afterwards, Poor Lacey was sitting near the mailbox, thinking about if her parents possibly got caught in the storm and possibly died but she didn't want to jump to conclusions. Then, she felt a shadow upon her and saw the boy. "What are you doing here?" Lacey demanded. "I came to help you." The boy replied. “I don’t need your help! Get away from me!” shouted Lacey, she was about to run but the boy stopped her, “I’m not pitying you...But I will say your adoptive family is still alive.” He said. Lacey didn’t believe him and ran away but for some reason, the storm had stopped and Lacey comes across a wacky studio. The studio is called Lucid Sky Diamonds where a show is called Strawberry Fields that is produced by Desmas Jones and his wife, Molfrid, with their son Junior to star as the protagonist of Strawberry Fields. As she was walking around this studio; Lacey saw a young fanatic woman name Eleanor Rigby trying to find her superstar name Miniver Cheevy and follows her as she might get herself into trouble. Eleanor always calls herself ‘The Biggest Fan’ and always says the world ‘please’ in each sentence she speaks with! Eleanor also calls Miniver Cheevy ‘Her Majesty’. Lacey watches as Eleanor gets herself into trouble where she tries every scheme to get past the guards and getting her chance to meet Eleanor but ultimately fails, Lacey found a tarot card that resembles Eleanor as it says ‘The Fool’. Lacey bump into a thug boss and his idiotic lackeys, the boss is named Bongo Bill Sherman while his lackeys are David and Mark. They are always slapping one another around for being an idiot and it’s a constant frustration but luckily, she finds a second tarot card titled ‘The Hierophant’. Lacey come upon a surfer guitarist who talks nonsense who is known as Jojo so Lacey gets tired of listening to him and leaves however she discovers a third tarot card—The Chariot.  Lacey runs into two sisters who are idiotic hillbillies name Rose and Valerie that enjoyed hitting one another and Lacey finds another tarot card that reads ‘The Lovers’ which disgusts her; she also meets a dysfunctional class who tells their substitute on doing these crazy stunts that their teacher wouldn’t normally do. The substitute is an idiot and does so, Lacey then finds a tarot card called The Chariot. Lacey encounters three children: Rocky Racoon, Daniel Boyd, and Nancy McGill have exciting these that involved with different types of food or items that Lacey finds disturbing. She meets a daughter name Vera and her father Mckenzie where they own a fast food with different foods but with gross things in it. In the process, Lacey discovers a tarot card titled: Wheel of Fortune. Two workers, Charles and David, who have the wrong DVDs at a store and not the right one, these DVDs are parody titles! A woman hosting a show about crazy people and has a long title in the works of calling this woman’s hotline but her show is always interrupted when the crazy people invade her show and chases her away. Lacey manage to get away before trouble arises however she finds three other cards such  as Temperance, The Devil, The Tower, and The Moon as she meanders into the Flora Sorority, where it is all lead by Lady Madonna and her girls: Sally, Mary Jane, Doris, Pamela ‘Pam’, Anna, Rita, Michelle, Clarabella, and Sadie. Lacey could see Lady Madonna believes to be popular when she really isn’t it. Some of her friends are tough girls who get violent and force the victims’ heads down the toilet water. Some are somehow not in the right mind, and others claim to be ‘foreign exchange’ from not so ethical countries. The Flora Sorority tries to force Lacey’s head in the toilet but she fights back and finds a tarot card in here that reads ‘The High Priestess’. Lacey then meets a girl in a hot tub name Vera as she claims of seeing famous people but she doesn’t seem all that right in the head. Lacey moves on and has a chance on a woman name Mademoiselle Kitty as she seemed nice but then, she makes horribly cruel prank phone calls to her cranky neighbor name Mr. Mustard that she calls ‘The Fool’ as she takes great amusement in. And her neighbor has no idea that it is her because she always refers to herself in these prank calls ‘Acid Queen’. Making him do what he wants and he reluctantly does so, he shouts at the ‘Acid Queen’ while Kitty makes faces at him as a way to ridicule her neighbor before he hangs up. Lacey is disgusted by Kitty’s cruel pranks and leaves, she finds other cards called ‘Justice’, ‘The Hermit’, ‘The Sun’, and ‘The World’ and then, Lacey meets a superhero that is causing disaster and always claims, “Not a problem!” when it is a problem and the superhero is known as ‘Sergeant Pepper Eggman’. Sergeant Eggman is a klutz as he deems that he is doing well but he really isn’t and neither is this loser name Constable 31, Sergeant’s rival. After finding a tarot card known as Death; Lacey went to the courthouse where there is a judge name Judge Marvel who is mistreating the adults and she is nice to the kids no matter how obnoxious they are! Marvel’s guard by the name of Dennis O’Dell is allowed to physically harm the adults and they are sentenced to a horrendous fate. Judge Marvel doesn’t care as she then ends the trial and leaves while a celebration goes on but she finds two cards called The Hanged Man and Judgment. Lacey walks away when she thinks that here in the studio of Lucid Sky Diamonds doesn’t make any sense to her when she comes across Eleanor again, who is going to see the King and Queen of Marigold to ask for their help. But the two of them are at a party with the Duke of Kircaldy and his wife, the Duchess of Kircaldy! Lacey finds three cards: The Emperor, the Empress, and the Star. The King and Queen of Marigold, the Duke of Kircaldy and the Duchess of Kircaldy were angry when Eleanor Rigby interrupted their party as they want to take her as prisoner but Lacey stepped in and all the people she encountered with chase after her! However, Lacey destory the studio and took down the cast members, ruining the shows. 

That night from that crazy day; Lacey meets a hooded figure and buys him a drink as she tries to make a little conversation with him but to no avail. Lacey was angry as she was trying to do good for others and now she was going to punch the hood until the hood caught her fist in his hand. He knows who Lacey is, Lacey tries to find out who the masked figure is but he releases his grip on her fist and leaves. Lacey follows him however she lost sight of him! Then, Lacey was shocked to discover undead monsters, zombie! They growled with such ravenous hunger. Lacey shudder in fear, she has a phobia to zombies! Just then, a strange boy who came to Lacey’s rescue, this young man was Jethro. Lacey noticed that his hand was bleeding, he try to assure her that he was fine but Lacey insists for she wanted to check. She looked at the hand for any cuts he might have but his entire arm turned red, it then became like mangled flesh. Lacey gasped, she points at it as she said: “Whoa, that’s freaky but cool.” Jethro was nervous, he was afraid she would run off screaming but she didn’t. She was fascinated by it. Once the arm returned to normal; Lacey introduced herself to Jethro as she reassured him, “Don’t worry. I’m good with weird.” Jethro smiled a little, “Thanks.” He said. He sure was relieved. However it got stranger when she was investigating on a case involved with someone by the name of Kobus Kiddo, a ‘savior’ among teenagers as he helps them out. It was then on the rooftop where she encounters the legendary Kobus Kiddo, she could not believe it was him! But Kobus Kiddo turned on his heel and sprinted so Lacey climbed the ladder as she chased him, “He’s fast!” She noticed. However, Lacey won’t stop until she catches up with him. She won’t let him escape from her; she then slipped and fell from the rooftop. Lacey screamed for dear life as she was about to glide up when Kobus Kiddo swooped down and rescued her. “He….he… saved my life? But why?” thought Lacey. Kobus Kiddo placed her down on the ground as he went away. Later on while she took a walk around the neighborhood she used to live; Lacey noticed that a young man was lying in the white particles of snow. That boy followed her and became protective to her. Lacey didn’t mind but she discovers this young man’s name and it was Funske Gholam! Meanwhile; Lacey meets a young man by the name of Sherrod Collins, he seemed so beautiful and nice. A while later, Lacey was doing paperwork when she was interrupted by more Lizard Beasts until Kobus Kiddo took them out as he unmasked himself to be some attractive, yet friendly person. Afterwards, Ruby sat at the long table where she watched the Kobus, Lacey begins to have faith in Kobus and believe his purpose is not threatening to society. While investigating on the guys she encountered with; Lacey then learns the stories about each of these boys from an inexplicable girl in a hooded jacket name Edith: From Amerik Metropolis; Hand in hand, brother and sister were in front of their new home of the Korvin Manor run by Mrs. Valentine Korvin herself. The sister is Nina Venen and her little brother was Parthalan. Their father went missing and their mother died in a car crash so now they are orphans. They have no relatives, no grandparents, no uncles, aunts or cousins—nobody. Thankfully; Nina managed to contact Mrs. Korvin and told her the situation, Mrs. Korvin was gracious enough to let the siblings stay at her manor. But they weren’t the only orphans staying there: There were boys about Parthalan’s age. Their names are Lysander, Nico, and Eric. While he was exploring, Parthalan meets a red haired boy. “I’m Lysander, what’s your name?” asked the boy with the red hair. “Parthalan.” Replied Young Parthalan. “Cool name. Boy, am I glad you’re here with us. It gets really creepy around here alone at night.” Said Lysander. “What do you mean by that?” asked Parthalan. “Well, I don’t know if this is true or not but there are rumors that say there’s some murders going around here.” Whispered Lysander. “At night, just like this one orphan boy that went missing. He left for one minute and never came back, the police found the boy’s body and said his body was cut apart by a ‘monster’, scary isn’t it?” Indeed that scared Parthalan but for a different reason: He didn’t want his sister Nina to be involved in this madness. He may have been the younger brother but he was very protective of his sister. In the morning, the orphans went to see an exhibit of bugs at a museum where they met a kindhearted professor where he demonstrates on these kinds of insects called cicada. Immediately, Parthalan took noticed of this critter and was amazed by the sight as well as the facts where the cicada show no interest on pestering humans and only eat wood from the ground. “Would anyone like to hold it?” asked the professor. The three boys shrank back in fear but Parthalan didn’t. “I will.” He said. He held the insect cicada in his hand and smiled. “My Jove! I never seen a cicada act this way. I see you show no fear towards it.” Remarked the professor. “Insects don’t bother me, I love them.” Replied Parthalan, he let the insect crawl his arm. He saw the cicada flew a little and went up Parthalan’s wrist down to his hand. Nina smiled, “My brother has a soft spot for bugs.” She explained briefly. “I can see that, they are part of life my dear.” Said the professor. Parthalan seem to have a connection with this cicada and for some reason, he knew what it was feeling. Once that was over, the orphans went home and went through the daily rountine of eat and sleep when it was time for bed. However, things would change on this particular night. Parthalan woke up in the middle of the night and went to get a drink of water. As he was doing so, he heard a bang and a body fell to the ground—all bloodied and not moving. Parthalan jumped and approached it with caution. He turned the body around and was shocked to see it was that nice professor from before! He rushed back to his room where he shook Nina and whispered, “Nina! Nina, wake up!” Nina roused from her slumber and saw her brother was scared. “Parthalan, what’s the matter?” She asked softly. “Sis, I saw him! The professor! He was dead!” claimed Parthalan quietly. “Oh Brother, you must have been dreaming.” Nina replied gently. “No, I wasn’t!” Parthalan muttered to her, “I just woke up from a bad dream and wanted to get some water. I heard a noise and—Bloody, the body, oh sis!” Parthalan whispered. He begins to wept as Nina hugged him, soothing his fears. In the morning, the police was at the Korvin Manor as the policemen talk to Parthalan, much dismay and anger by Mrs. Korvin. “How could you disobey my orders of going downstairs and wandering about?” scolded Mrs. Korvin. “Do I have to repeat myself? I wasn’t wandering; I woke up from a bad dream and wanted to get some water. I heard a noise and there was a body that plopped to the ground. I approached it cautiously and saw it was the professor who was in charge of the cicada bugs.” Said Parthalan. “Did you see anyone else?” asked the policeman. “No Officer, I was so scared that I went back to my sister and woke her up to tell her what I saw.” Explained Parthalan. Later, he was about to go to bed and saw the others weren’t in their beds as he went around to find them, exclaiming for their names but no luck. “Lysander? Nico? Eric?” called Parthalan. Nobody answered. “C’mon you guys, this isn’t funny! Come on out!” Parthalan said. Just then, he heard a boy’s scream! He knew who it was! “Lysander!” exclaimed Parthalan. He ran to the direction of where the scream was coming from! It came from the bathroom. By the time he got there, the screaming had stopped. Parthalan walked to the bathroom to wash his hands but recoiled in fear when he saw blood and maggots coming out of there. He turned it off and approaches the shower, pulling back the curtains. There he found a horrifying discovery—a dead boy! It looked like he was tied up and hung by his wrist, stabbed multiple times. “Lysander?” stammered Parthalan. Then, a knife cut the dead boy’s body apart and a masked figure try to attack Parthalan! Parthalan dodged it and escaped with ease however he was scared and would not stop running until that masked murdering figure would not find him or chase him. He ran, and ran until he felt like his lungs would burst. He stopped finally to catch his breath and walked a little but Parthalan looked out the window and saw a figure falling out the window, he could not believe it. “Nico!” He bellowed as he rushed down and got outside to see Nico frantically waving in the water. “Glub—Glub—Parthalan! Help—glub glub—me!!!” sputtered Nico. He stopped waving and drowned in front of a shell shock Parthalan however something else had emerged from the pool, it was that masked figure again! He begins to chase Parthalan, who was already running away. However, he managed to find Nina who was exploring around and shows him what she discovered. “Nina, what did you find?” asked Parthalan. Nina pointed down, “Dad.” She simply said. There was a skeleton on the floor and had a name on him that said ‘Parthalan Venen Sr.’ on its tag. The siblings read his journal and found out that he went missing for he was a prisoner in the manor by the cruel mistress Valentine Korvin and her two deformed children! His death was caused by beaten to death and starved for days. Nina took the skeletal corpse in her arms and cradle it, “Oh Papa.” She sobbed. Parthalan patted the bleach white skull of the man once known as his father. “Dad, what happened here? What’s going on here?” He thought. Further into the house, the siblings discovered the mutilated bodies of animals such as crows, dogs, and cats—even deer and rabbits too! There was one body that looked human,  Parthalan was horrified to discover that this was none other than Eric! “Oh no, Eric.” He gasped. During this time, he was looking around and turned to find his sister was nowhere in sight. He found a secret passage way that lead to the cave and he went in where Parthalan found his sister tied to the ground and released her from her bounds. The two managed to get out of the cave until the masked figure appeared, chasing them! He pulled out a gun and shot Nina in the back. “NOO, NINAAAAAA!!!!” shouted Parthalan. Poor Nina was dying as she managed to speak her last words to her little brother: “Parthalan, I—please, stop her! Stop Mrs. Korvin and her children! They are the ones responsible for the murders. Save yourself, goodbye Parthalan…” And died. Parthalan try to scream out her name but it was hopeless, she was dead. Parthalan managed to get to the lab and hide from the murderer. Hiding in the lab alone; Parthalan was crying like a baby over the death of his sister until he heard a buzzing sound beckoning to him—the insects cicada were trying to communicate with him telepathically! Parthalan then freed the bugs as he learns that he can control them! He faced the masked killer—whose name is Ross—and he uses the cicada to take Ross down while killing him too. However, this was short lived when an enraged Mrs. Korvin nearly killed Parthalan with an ax however he dodged her as Korvin panted and her hair was a mess as well as her eyes were red. “You stupid boy!!! That masked murderer was just deformed, imperfect but still he….he…He was my son and you killed him! You are nothing more than a disease in this manor! A catastrophe to us all! To me, you Parthalan are just as your father!” screamed Mrs. Korvin. It was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. However, the silence broke when Young Parthalan begin to chuckle, and then he laughed a maniacal laugh. “Catastrophe huh. Fine, from this point on, I will use that codename. I will train myself to get stronger and I’ll return to come and find you Valentine Korvin! Just you wait!” vowed Parthalan, he then disappeared. Mrs. Korvin watched him go and muttered, “I’ll be waiting for you—Parthalan! I’ll have my revenge too!” Looking over the city from high above, Parthalan thought about how he will use the cicada to avenge for Lysander, Nico, and Eric. Even for you, sister. I will eliminate all monsters in my path.” Claimed Parthalan, “I promise you Nina….REVENGE!”  There is a curse of Millhaven amongst the people is what happened to Funske when he was a child. He was an orphan just like Parthalan but this couple was nicer and not so malevolent. Funske noticed there was a lot of crimes and murders going on in this crazy town. It turns out in Millhaven is where an evil girl by the name of Loretta Martin, friends call her ‘Lottie’ where nobody knows how much of sociopath she is. However, Lottie went over to where Funske was and she killed his adoptive parents as well as the other orphans, shocking Funske who faced off against Lottie and lured her to the beach as he knocks her out. Tied her up and push her down into the ocean but not before taking her gun and killing her. He also disposes the weapon as well as held a cremation for the ones he lost on that day and decided to do good for others. So far, no one has seen or heard of Lottie again and this won’t be the last time. The town called Helpless Dancer had a miserable boy. Bitter heartened boy, that’s exactly what describes Jethro Starling. He was taken in by his absurdly youthful aunt name Ms. Terri. Terri has been through hardships of abuse: There was that unspeakable maltreatments from her perverted grandfather, her mother blames her for nothing—thinking it was Terri’s fault, her father was a drunkard, her brothers aren’t so supportive, and her boyfriend is an unstable, psychotic fellow that wasn’t too good to sweet, loving Terri. Jethro was nothing more than a selfish and seemingly apathetic boy that believes his aunt was privileged, he begins to have lustful dreams about pretty girls and bloody violence. He was into scars as he found a fetish in them. He finds scars ‘beautiful’ although the story behind them isn’t so pretty! There was one girl who had a good heart and saw his soul for what he is inside. Her name was Jolene Parton, she apparently showed concern and caring for Jethro, Jolene may have a crush on him because it was a loner and quiet guy but cute, eccentric. Jethro was into dissecting dead animals, dreams of gory mad scientist-esque nightmares that he finds appealing, and he fanatises about more pretty girls, open heart surgeries, and other violent things. Then, Jethro grew a heart for his aunt after learning that Terri was pregnant with her psychotic boyfriend’s child and help his aunt however one night when he was out for errands, Jethro found a meaty-mass in an alley that came to life and got on Jethro’s right arm where it became a manifest and was a blood-red, mangled flesh on him that would soon be of help to Jethro! One night, Aunt Terri never got to the hospital as her water broke! Jethro helps her aunt give birth to a beautiful baby boy look just like Terri. Terri cried, overwhelmed with joy and named her son Victor. Using his red right hand; Jethro stopped the bleeding and cut the umbilical cord. Terri was surprised as the relationship between him and his aunt was mended. But the father was not around and Jethro was protective over his newborn cousin who grew up to be a young boy. And Jethro was becoming like a mentor to Cousin Victor however it wasn’t long until Terri dated somebody else—a black male name Earl who was an abusive, mean man that soon beat Terri. Once again, Terri was pregnant with Earl’s twin daughters and gave birth to the twins by the names of Delia and Gwen. But Earl’s sisters made no hesitation to make Terri’s life miserable on her social media page where they wrote nasty things about her for her to see as well as insult her by calling her a ‘harlot’. The last straw was when Jethro came home to find Earl beating Terri—in front of the kids! Angered by this sight; Jethro’s right arm became mangled flesh and Jethro charged in as he brought down Earl with one slam to the ground. Jethro was mad as he glared down at Earl with viciousness in his eyes. “You son of a bitch! Who do you think you are doing this to me?” demanded Earl. “I am your curse filled with crimson of your blood. The next time you do this to my aunt, I will take you down and break your skull open, do you understand?! Don’t you ever lay a hand on my aunt in front of her children!” growled Jethro. Earl was terrified, Terri was amazed and her children were frozen with fear. After Earl left; Jethro treated his aunt’s bruises and cuts as he comforted Victor, Delia, and Gwen. The three of them were crying, they seemed so scared as Jethro vows to protect them all! At the same time, Jethro met a boy his age by the name of Sherrod Collins. Sherrod was a nice, sweet, and gentleman who never like violence however he had a split personality name Justice. This split personality was created in Sherrod’s mind after Sherrod suffered a terrible memory of his father’s murder by Sherrod’s mother, who learnt her husband was having an affair. In his life, Sherrod was abused by his mean old uncle and his bullying cousin. His mother’s crime, his uncle’s mistreatment and his cousin’s aggravation had caused Sherrod to create a split persona that fought back against his uncle and cousin, where they fear him now. Together, Jethro and Sherrod became a duo pair of friends to fight for justice under codenames. Sherrod uses ‘Justice’ while Jethro uses the name ‘Crimson Curse’ for he was the tall, handsome man in a dusty jacket with the red right hand! On the other side of town was Saylor Lake where a young boy name Kobus Kiddo that went through his adolescent years of dealing with a cruel teacher, a smothering yet over protective mother who thought she knew better, and a girlfriend name Fiona that cheated on him with infidelity of other loves. Kobus grew up without a father as he was the scapegoat and an only child however he found happiness when he met a girl by the name of Susie who became the love of his life until she was killed by radical terrorists while she was riding in a hot air balloon. This caused Kobus to become heartbroken, the love of his life was taken from him forever. One day, he went through depression and fell asleep where he entered a dreamland where he meets a magic man by the name of Barry Saturday, who convinces him to leave the boundaries of his ordinary life. It wasn’t until Kobus was on trial where the unbearable testimonies against him from others such as his teacher, his mother, and Fiona. His teacher admonishes him for lacking any potential; his mother just wants to keep him sheltered from the world, while Fiona calls out on Kobus for being an idiot for not suspecting of her unfaithfulness. Barry then took down the walls of Kobus’s comfort zone with a sledgehammer as Kobus awoke from the dream world where he decides to make changes to his life as he humiliates his former lover and shames her for her wicked betrayal against her other lovers. Thanking all three that inspired him even though he shouldn’t because they did him wrong but they taught him to not let others pin him down or tell him what’s wrong or right. Thus, Kobus gained the codename ‘Trinity’! They are the only hope in this world gone crazy; they are the five elite agents who are known as ‘Misfit Boys’. There will be a day when these guys will save the world; these boys will shake the foundations of the terrorists’ radicalization and bloodshed as they will change the course of history—if they can survive! Never underestimate them; they are so desperate they’ll battle even if it means fortifying their lives. Those who lay eyes on these guys won’t be allow to live! Parthalan Venen— prepared for mêlée! He ambles the route of a soldier; he is between ardor and odium. When it comes to his emotions, he has no idea what is wrong with him. Funske Gholam—to his enemies, their dilemma has drop like a domino! He’ll find a way to salvage lives or convey all with him alive. Anyone who be drawn against him will have a rendezvous with a astringent demise. Jethro Starling—stoic nearly to an omission. He concludes tasks with callous fulfillment, he will rectify the errors of his enemy’s weakness. Sherrod Collins—while well-bred and scrupulous; he is a chief of a guy that won’t be taken frivolously.  Last of all, Kobus Kiddo— an additional worthy lineage of soldiers. He is viewed as a assiduous man with veracity. 

After looking at the picture of Parthalan; Lacey recalls on how she comes across a boy where he was lying on the grass and looking up at the blue sky. But the boy said, "There's a storm coming, it's going to sweep things in its path." Lacey looked up and saw that the beautiful sky's yonder blue was now a dark purple. When Lacey turned back to the boy, she saw that he was already gone! So she decides to head back. As she walked back; Lacey looked up and saw that the hurricane while she was determined to get home soon. She regrets on going on this walk, it was a bad idea and she wish she stayed home. She wished that it passed or washes away like rain. But it was getting closer and nothing could stop it. She hopes she won't blow away as she saw in horror of every debris, every part crumbling and it was blowing harder and harder. Lacey managed to dodge every flying object and nearly went flying, it was so strong but she made it back home safe. However, she was horrified to discover that her house has been capsized and she managed to get in the house where she found that her adoptive parents were nowhere in sight. Lacey begin to panic a little bit, she cried quietly; fearing that her adoptive parents could be dead. The next minute afterwards, Poor Lacey was sitting near the mailbox, thinking about if her parents possibly got caught in the storm and possibly died but she didn't want to jump to conclusions. Then, she felt a shadow upon her and saw the boy. "What are you doing here?" Lacey demanded. "I came to help you." The boy said. She recalled his monotone voice, his eyes, and how he was concealed so much as he doesn’t want to meet them. Lacey remembers the hooded jacket Parthalan has as it looks very much familiar: Lacey meets a hooded figure and buys him a drink as she tries to make a little conversation with him but to no avail. Lacey was angry as she was trying to do good for others and now she was going to punch the hood until the hood caught her fist in his hand. He knows who Lacey is, Lacey tries to find out who the masked figure is but he releases his grip on her fist and leaves. Lacey follows him however she lost sight of him! Shocked by this revelation; Lacey was in a daze where she came across a wannabe singer who tries to convince other people that he is a rockstar, which made people look at this geek in disbelief and looked at this weirdo with a strange look. Some exchange glances as he tries to sing but his crooning is terrible and everyone boos him. “SHUT UP, ALL OF YOU!!! I AM A ROCKSTAR!!!!” A banana peel was thrown at him as the hobo let out a roar-like wail as some folks laugh at what a loser he is, dressed up in that getup and wig.  Deep in the darkest night as Lacey recalls of stories about some enchantress by the name of Delilah Pandora; Delilah is a slender, buxom young Latina woman with black hair, deep red lips, and a soft expression. Delilah was dressed in blackish red bikini top and bottom; her head was adorned with a feathered headdress crown, and wore a snake wrap bracelet on her upper right arm. She was barefoot but has an anklet on the left as she was very stunning. A sexy, beautiful woman who has a hex for magic and cause people not being able to discern between good and bad! With her slinky, seductive figure; Delilah uses magic spells to entice men before entrapping them in her lair filled with blood thirsty monsters that were in disguise as gorgeous, lusty dancers. Delilah is like magic sticks to a voodoo doll as her stone cold hear expresses her desire to imprisoned, unchangeable male victims as they are forever enticed with Delilah but she was a vampire woman as she is a queen with a dark past. She is a superstition, like black cats. A premonition to make guys fall, a sensational kick in the candlelight, she's every man's addiction on every daily basis at night. Beware Delilah, a seductress of the night. She is a beauty demise. She is an enchanted siren who dances in the moonlight of the unholy hour. However, the succubus queen has her eyes set on a more feminine species to her, Lacey! While sleeping soundly at night, Lacey's bedroom window opened on its own. As she senses the intrusion, Lacey sits up and gasps when she sees Delilah at her bed, looking down at her. "You are magnificent, my sweet." She breathed. Lacey smiles darkly, "Am I the first girl?" She asked. Delilah’s gaze lingers as she continues to speak, "You are not like any other girl I've ever met." Lacey nodded, "I see. I have my boys as entourage as well as girls." She answered. "Pull your hair back, my pretty." Delilah commanded. Lacey obeyed, bears her slender neck as she said, "You think you can intrude in other people's homes with those dark eyes of yours? This is not how I fight." But she falters as Delilah sits on the bed, "I search for someone to be my bystander.....In this blood hunt fight." She purred. Lacey shudders while Delilah runs her pointy nailed finger along the curve of Lacey's throat, "So slender, your skin is so soft and smooth." She said in that sultry tone. She continues to talk until she gently caresses her as she says softly, "Don't fight; I can feel your fight, dear girl." And bend towards her, biting her neck. Lacey gasped, wincing at the pain. She woke up with a start and looked in the mirror to see no bite mark. Sighing with relief; Lacey managed to calm down and went back to sleep but had this where she observed some type of ritual and is very shaken up by it, was her dreams just images of her conscious when she’s asleep? As an outside observer, she witnessed a scary ritual. The shadow demons are sacrificing humans to eternal doom, "Am I awake or am I asleep?" If she is awake, then she has to inform for help. But she learns that she is changing and becomes a shadow witch herself. Lacey is getting ready for bed, when all the candles she lit up are all blown out as the room is now pitch black. Lacey was frightened as she looked around and begins to shiver in the cold. Then, she hears Delilah calling out her name. An image of Delilah hypnotizing her; Lacey slowly walks towards her; she actually walks through the mirror of her room into Delilah's tunnel. Delilah then says in an enticing voice, "I am Delilah, come to me my dear, sweet girl!" Delilah lures Lacey up to her lair in the clock tower. She seduces Lacey with her creation, her voice putting her into a type of trance. She tells her to forget the world and life she knew before. Then, snow begins to fall into the clock tower and Lacey smiles faintly while dully putting her hands out as she waltz around the room. As Lacey dances in the snow as she becomes the ultimate representation of the artist communicating his feelings through his work. Stopping her dance; Lacey looked around the clock tower, eventually pulling back a curtain to reveal a mannequin dressed in a white gown resembling a goddess. When she approaches it, it suddenly moves, causing her to faint. She wakes up in a room filled with clocks. The clocks surrounding the octagonal area also have this symbolism with a point in the center of a circle. Something that looks like gold dust is spread across the room causing Lacey to rub her eyes. The mannequins begin to sing in robotic but melodic harmony as their human-like hands caress her head and face as she changes into an altered state. But it was a dream as she woke up! "Did I sleepwalk? How else did I get here?" Lacey thought. From the top of the clock tower; a figure with a hood hiding his face as he smirked at it, how he tricked Lacey. He chuckles darkly to himself at this deception he had caused. Burgundy Seraph Dojo is where the martial arts class are taught self defense where Lacey was observing this with interest however they were interrupted by a man who was showing two men around, much to the chagrin of the sensei however this man introduces these two as the new owners while he is retiring. Everyone applauded after the man also introduces a young gentleman by the name of Sherrod Collins. Sherrod explained that he and his family own the dojo as well while he expresses great gratitude in them. He apologizes for interrupting as he has an important business to conduct to. After he was gone, a rather pompous show off woman name Avis would like to demonstrate her techniques but she is turned down by the sensei however she looks over at Lacey as she smirked: “Trying to impress her huh? She is nothing more like a spawn; she wouldn’t even try to show interest even if something fell onto her lap!” Avis remarked, she and her gang laughed but Lacey glared at her. Avis wouldn’t be laughing for long for a backdrop was about to crash onto her! Everyone screams, Avis dodged it as she was freaking out by having a primadonna-like fit! “It’s him, The Crimson Curse!” One of the students whispered. Lacey looked at her in confusion. Just then, Avis is angry that nobody is doing anything to prevent them from happening and leaves in a huff! Just then, the female assistant sensei approached with a message from the mysterious Crimson Curse. “Oh for goodness sake! You and the students are obsessed!” complained the main sensei. “He says, ‘I welcome you to my dojo that solely belonged to me and Mr. Collins. I would also like to point out two things—one is that you would keep Lacey Michael safe from harm’.” Said the female sensei. Lacey was startled to heart this, “Me?!” She gasped. The female teacher continues, “And second, his salary is due.” Lacey glances at her, “He has a salary?” She asked. “Why yes, the Grand Master pays him about twenty thousand millions of money a month.” Replied the female sensei. Lacey exclaimed: “Twenty thousand millions of hard money?!” However, Avis plans a hostage and violent betting against Lacey as shewas held in bounds by men who looked bulky and wore masks. Nobody was pleased to see however Avis loved to see Lacey in pain but she was doing is staying calm. From above where nobody suspects, Sherrod was watching this with fear and displeased, a dark silhouette in the shadows expressed his anger: “You’re kidding me right?” He asked. “Nope, they definetly have Lacey down there.” Confirmed Sherrod. “Put me on the microphone, NOW!” demanded the figure. Sherrod hurriedly gave the figure the microphone headset as the figure turned it on and spoke into it as the audience, Scarlet, and the gang were shock to hear a male’s voice booming through the speakers: “DID I NOT INSTRUCT THAT LACEY MICHAEL WERE TO BE KEPT SAFE FROM HARM?!” Everyone gasped! “It’s him, The Crimson Curse!” whispered the female student. “It’s him, I know that’s him!” claimed Lacey. Natasha slaps Lacey. “You are suppose to keep your mouth shut, you little tramp!” scolded Natasha. “You are the hostage of this betting scheme.” She laughs as if this was all amusing to her. “A hostage tramp, m’lady? Perhaps it is you who should become my hostage.” Crimson Curse said, scaring her again but she wasn’t afraid anymore. Avis went on like nothing happened however her joints begin to ache and begin to crack as she reacts with pain and her skin becomes red like a rash! There was a creepy laughter coming from the speakers that petrified everyone in the audience. Avis was trying to continue however she was in a lot of pain. Then, that creepy laugh was louder and more maniacally as Avis cries out for help! From the speakers, it was the Crimson Curse again as he managed to cry out: “BEHOLD! SHE FEELS THE WRATH OF THE CRIMSON CURSE!!!” The people fled in a panic while Lacey escaped the horror they saw! She went to the mysterious woman who told her that she was aware of the Crimson Curse explains that this man with the red right hand wasn’t representing evil but Jethro never considered himself a hero or a villain. There was the mysterious Edith again as she was naturally beautiful with doe eyed that has dark brown pupils, glowing olive tanned skin, and a petite figure to her. She stood there on the stage before singing into the microphone: “♫Steer me, secure me. Compromise to me your finery, ♫ Submerge no longer, never will I renounce you nor avert from authentic radiance. ♫My protector, I will never disdain you. Come in, my leading defender♫.” Once she ended the song on that final belt, the girl smiled as the audience in the club applauded. Sherrod was watching this was surprised, “Can it be? Can it be, Edith Hemming? Eda?” He asked. With a smile; Sherrod stood up and clapped with everyone else as he called out: “Bravo! Bravo!” After the performance; Edith was in her dressing room as she had happy tears coming out of her eyes and she felt so proud of herself. However, a delivery of flowers for her but there was a card and it said: “Hello Beautiful, you sang like an angel tonight.” Edith gasped, she knew who it was! She felt so excited to get this message! Later on, a statuesque woman was walking down to the office as she knocks on the door and opens it. “Master Dion?” A woman asked in that Czech-Russian accent of hers. A middle aged man looked up and said, “Yes Vendula?” The woman name Madame Vendula questioned him, “Do you know anyone by the names of Parthalan? Funske? Jethro? Sherrod? And Kobus?” Master Dion smiled, “Of course, they were my students. I am very well aquatinted with them, why do you ask?” He replied however then he realizes something and he replies with an inquiring smile: “Wait, they’re here?” Madame Vendula responds back with a nod, “They wish to speak to you, sir.” “Splendid, sent them in right away.” Dion answered. Vendula nodded and shut the door. Once she left, Dion use the communication button and he managed to get through the girl name Edith. “Edith, are you there?” Dion asked through the speakers. Once hearing his voice, Edith nodded and responds back, “Yes Master—I mean, stepfather. Is there something you need, Stepfather?” Dion replied back, “I believe your friends from early days are here.” Edith’s face light up every corner that shadows were amongst her face, “They are?” She asked. “Come on over to my office, sweetheart. I’m sure they’ll be happy to see you.” Replied Dion. Edith couldn’t help but squeal a bit. In the meantime; Parthalan and the other four were reunited with their mentor, who greeted them with open arms. 

“Master Dion!” Sherrod said. Master Dion rose up and smiled, “Hello boys, you’ve grown so much. I forgot how little you were.” He greeted. He then realize the others got to know one another however the five never met when they were children. “I can see you all already met now, I’ve trained each of you but I’d never dreamed that you would all meet each other face to face.” Dion remarked. Just then, there was a soft knock as the door opened as Edith peeked out, “Hello?” She asked. She was surprised to see them all turned to her. Sherrod smiled, “Eda!” He said. Edith rejoiced at this sight, “You guys!” She squealed with delight and embraced them happily. “I miss you all so much!” Edith said with bliss. "We miss too, beautiful!" Funske said. Edith smiled, she felt great to see them. In the morning, Parthalan was wandering in the city of Saylor Lake. Funske was in another part of Saylor Lake, by the balcony of the seaside. Jethro was on top of a building of the roof. Sherrod was in downtown and Kobus was on a bench meditating. It wasn’t until a song played that sounded like a tinkering dub-step of the song titled, Anyplace Yearn to a Voyage by the band—Prowess Defender. However, this was a remix version of the original by a music duo, Flock Bond and Noble. The song was only heard by Parthalan and the other four boys: “♫You’re wondering who will be the substitute for you to accompany me and share my burdens when you were gone. There is nothing to replace you. ♫If something should happen to me on this mission, it’ll affect all of us. In this dangerous situation, do you think I can make it without you? If you could follow me, would you go wherever I go despite all the hardships? But for some reason, it wasn’t meant to be. You can’t follow me now down this path. ♫Will you be my guardian angel? ♫To protect me if you are no longer with me physically, possibly for your murder? I know you can’t be with me because you and I are apart from one another. I wish for your guidance and your sweet words, so we can get through this together. If you were brave or strong like me, if you had the opportunity to, you would still be with me. If you could follow me around wherever I may go, then you would wouldn’t you? You can’t because you don’t have the opportunity to do so. ♫Yes, I am running for the sake of you with my heart, my hope, and I know you might never come back to me! Even so, I love you sister. I love you so much that you’ve become part of my life. ♫With you gone, I learnt that I need to learn to move on but you will stay with me forever won’t you? ♫Would you rewrite what would happen so you could follow me no matter where I go and protect me from harm? If we’d stay together, you would follow me wherever I will go?♫”


“That song…I know it…” Parthalan muttered to himself, he recalls that song when he listen to it with his sister, Nina. Young Parthalan lied there on Nina’s lap as she was singing to him to sleep and Parthalan drifted to sleep. In the present; Parthalan looked out there: “Nina, are you out there?” He thought.