Scarecrow Jack- The Awakening

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After a few years she told me about the immortality spell and what was needed for it. After thinking about it I decided to perform it. So, one night I escaped from the monastery and along the witch arrived at my castle. I knew the secret tunnels that led to my parent's chamber. I murdered them in their sleep and gathered their blood. Then I murdered my sister and my brother too. But the spell required five sacrifices bound by blood and I had no more blood relatives left. The witch performed a spell to preserve the blood. The news of my family's death spread across the kingdom. But no one suspected me as I escaped before sunrise. When I returned after a few years, I was crowned King and ruled the land. But I longed for magic, and wanted to complete the spell. I counseled with William's grandfather who was my advisor. The loyalty oath bounded him to obey my every command, he informed me about my ill legitimate brother, which was a result of my father's licentious nature. The mother of the child was a peasant girl, and she passed away giving birth. My father being the king kept this secret and disowned the child. The boy was brought up as an orphan. He was fifteen when William's grandfather informed me about him. No one knew this secret except my family and William's grandfather. For this I blessed William's grandfather, his father and their families with the power of the beast. I found the final sacrifice to complete the spell. I abducted the boy and brought him to the cornfields along with the witch and sacrificed him. The spell was completed and I was immortal. Then I unleashed my wrath on everyone that wronged me. I destroyed the monastery. The rumors of my powers spread through out the kingdom. No one dared to stand in my way. After many years to conceal my identity I came here and settled. It is here I found about the scarecrow and the only flaw in that spell. But now I overcame that obstacle too. So, you see I don't regard the value of human life at all, I sacrificed my family for power and won't hesitate to sacrifice anyone else." John was shocked at this revelation "You are not a God. You are a Monster. I hope you rot in hell." Viktor said while turning and walking towards the forest "William, finish him, we have much important matters to attend to." Just as William was about to slit John's throat, he was stabbed in the back with a dagger. Uncle Ricky came out of hiding. He had tears in his eyes as he also learned about Damon and Marie. He pulled out the dagger and stabbed again, causing William to fell on the ground. Viktor turned back to see what happened. He was about to intervene when William stopped him. William chanted a few words and transformed into the beast. William's beast form was different from Ben and Hammond's. His skin changed and turned darker, scales like a dragon grew on it, his muscles became hard as rock, his nails grew into claws and his teeth became sharp and pointy. His eyes became white and he grew larger in size, twice the size of Ben and Hammond's beast form. Viktor laughed in the distance as he saw this. John and Uncle Ricky were both frightened to see this creature. John quickly grabbed two bottles from his satchel. He gave one to Uncle Ricky and drank one himself. Uncle Ricky asked John what was it "It is the church's most powerful potion, it increases our strength, speed and resistance twice than a normal person's but it is limited for a short period, so make it count Ricky." Both men drank the potion and felt a surge of power ran through them. John picked up William's sword and Uncle Ricky grabbed John's sword. Under normal circumstances Ricky wouldn't be able handle John's sword but after drinking the potion he could. The beast lunged forward with great speed, the ground shacked by its movement, as it was huge and heavy. John and Ricky both manage to dodge this attack, they quickly attacked the beast. The skin of the beast was so hard that the swords had almost no affect on it. The beast swung his claws around left and right, John dodged it, Uncle Ricky tried to deflect the attack with the sword but he was thrown away by the sheer force of the beast. Ricky recovered quickly thanks to the potion. The beast roared, his roar shattered the windows of the mansion. The beast targeted John this time and came running towards him. John rolled out of the way and the beast slammed into trees behind John. The beast quickly turned around and struck again, this time John tried to stab the beast in the chest. The sword pierced a little in the beast's flesh but the beast didn't feel it and slashed its claws against John's armor. The armor was damaged and John was sent flying away. Suddenly three crossbow bolts were fired toward the beast. The bolts pierced the beast's body. One in its shoulder, one in the gut and one in chest. The beast was staggard by this. John stood up from the ground and said "Its about damn time you showed up." From the shadows a man with a crossbow appeared. Viktor looked at the man in complete surprise. "What are doing here Bradshaw?" said Viktor. It was Inspector Bradshaw. Uncle Ricky was also surprised to see him. Bradshaw walked over to John and embraced him. John said "You took your time, Marie is dead and Viktor Castellanos killed her." Bradshaw was spying on Castellanos mansion for the order. But even he didn't know about Viktor's identity until now. He wanted to gain their trust in order to know more about them. That's why he had to keep his relation to John a secret. The beast recovered and the three men were ready to fight it as well. Bradshaw drank the potion too and now they were ready to face the beast again.