X-TERMS

Chapter 1:Vision becomes reality.

Foxe began walking towards the destroyed front of The Underbridge, shaking his head at the damage.

'Alex is going to be pissed and broke by the time its fixed,'thought Foxe solemnly.

Stopping to look up the clouded night sky more lighting flashing across it, one all drop at a time it started to pour rain and Foxe couldnt help but think about how it reminded him of his family...and the night they died at his hand.

"Well well well, X-Terms must be so proud of you!"exclaimed a voice in the dark,"Tell me Foxe..how have you been?"

Hearing this Foxe turned around pulling his pistols from his back and looking for his target. From behind one of the bridges pillars stepped a man with long red hair tied into a ponytail that fell down to his back, he was dressed in a very expensive looking black suit with a red vest and tie a pair of red tinted sunglasses set on his head.

"My dear Foxe, its been so long,"the man bowed to Foxe as he spoke,"Allow me to remind you, Colt Maynard, also called Shadow."

Before Foxe could even speak Alex and Genovia came running up to him, Genovia rubbing against his leg and Alex thanking him for helping.

"Foxe who is that guy?"asked Alex.

"Genovia take Alex to safety, now!"said Foxe not moving his gaze from Colt.

"Foxe what's wrong? Who is he?"Alex asked again.

As lightning flashed again lighting up Colt's smiling face and thunder roared overhead, Colt looked at Alex with curiosity and then back to Foxe.

"Oh yes Foxe please do tell her who I am. Tell her all about your big brother!"

"Foxe doesn't have any family!"exclaimed Alex,"Right Foxe?"

"I'm sorry Alex I promise I'll explain sometime, please just go with Genovia!"yelled Foxe.

Alex slowly picked up Genovia,nodded, and ran towards the city as fast as she could. Once they were gone Foxe aimed his pistols at Colt and cocked the hammers back.

"Well Colt, I knew there was a bastard behind all the monsters coming after me lately,"growled Foxe,"But I didn't think it would be the survivor of my dead family!"

Colt simply shrugged as if the matter was nothing but a daily task for him and then straightened out the sleeves of his nice suit, he the proceeded to plunge his hand into the dark shadows of the bridge and pulled out an unsheated katana, the blade a dark blood red color.

"I'm happy I was away on business that night. I've gotten to watch you and your powers grow little brother,"Colt deftly whipping around the katana,"Sadly this where you and your share of the Leonard family Shadow Control ends."

Foxe pulled the triggers on his pistols emptying the all twelve bullets on his brother, twelve bright flashes lit up Colts visage as he easily swatted each bullet away with his katana like they were mere flies and just sighed.

"Come now Foxe, Father must've taught you better gunplay than that! What'd he use to say about pointing guns at others?"

Foxe in one smooth motion emptied the shells and reloaded his guns,"Make every shot count!"

Aiming again at Colt..there was nothing..he had vanished from Foxe's sight as easily as he does when fighting. Foxe moved in a slow circle, his darting over every nook and cranny he could as quickly as he could looking for signs of his bastard kin.

Footsteps here and laughter there Colt was toying with him in the way their assassin family had taught them. Foxe couldn't even catch his scent. Five minutes of this and Foxe growled to himself out of frustration as he did so Colt burst from the shadows to Foxe's right blade swinging at him, thanks to Foxe's X-Term training his reflexes were fast enough the cross his gun barrels and block the katana from slicing his arm off at the shoulder.

"Very good block little Foxe!"chuckled Colt,"Must be made of titanium seeing as I've not cut through them."

Colt drew away his katana and with one hand wrenches the guns from Foxes hands by the barrels and threw them away into the empty parking lot. He smiled slightly and backed away into the shadows vanishing again.

"As fun as this has been playing with you again little Foxe, our time has sadly run short"

Foxe's sight suddenly went white and the back of his skull screamed in pain as a resounding CRACK echoed out across the empty lot. Falling to his knees Foxe could only grunt from the pain and struggling to stop his vision from spinning. Before he could even recover he felt a powerful kick to his ribs breaking not just one but three ribs and knocking the breath from his body.

Foxe fell to his side and curled up out of  pain gasping and gasping begging the gods to return his breath to him. Finally it returned breathing in deeply despite the pain from his broken ribs. Just as he recovered Colt walked up laughing maniacally and sat down on Foxe, he felt Colt's hand slam into broken ribs and continue to press as he cried out at the excruciating pain

"Oh my did little Foxe get a boo boo!?"teased Colt, pressing in even harder,"Good! Time for you to experience what our family did!"

Colt stretched out each of Foxe's arms and pulled two sharp knives out his belt and raised them above his head, as if he knew the timing of the weather overhead he slammed the knives into Foxe's hands pinning him to floor.

Colt stood sneering at Foxe's useless cries of pain, the skies finally unleashing their downpour soaking Colt and Foxe. Then adding more insult to injury Colt reached down and pounded into Foxes jaw and with each hit said.

"One! Two! Three striiikes! You're out!"

Huffing Colt stood and pulling Foxe off the ground and dragged him towards the destroyed bar slowly.

"Tell me Foxe, if you can speak, why did you do it!? Why destroy our family!?"

"Because.."struggled Foxe, wincing at all the pain,"You all murder people for money..good..and bad. I just..want to save..people."

"Oh you self righteous little prick! You can't even save yourself from me!"said Colt standing Foxe up against the bricks left of the bars walls,"It's to end you, you little shit!"

As if in a scene Foxe knew was familiar to him, Colt pinned him to the wall with a sword. He hung there limply chin to his chest staring blankly at the sword in his torso, his breathes coming in slow short bursts. Foxe closed his eyes and focused on his breathing trying to draw in life before he blacked out or worse..he died.

"I will be your Nightmare..Colt"whispered Foxe as his life flashed into his mind.