(Twisted Fates) The Phantom

Chapter 29: One Last Patrol

North Tokyo
11:34PM

In the dimly lit city streets, Luke Miller, now seasoned and empowered, embarked on his final patrol as the Phantom. The air was heavy with the weight of past battles and the knowledge that this would be the last time he donned the iconic suit.

As Luke glided through the shadows, a Project Nightmare emerged, seeking trouble in the night. The Phantom, with newfound strength and mastery over his abilities, dispatched the Nightmare effortlessly. Sending his hand straight through the heart of it.

'It's odd... once upon a time this thing would've torn me to shreds...'

The victory felt bittersweet, a reminder of the countless foes he had faced on this journey.

Continuing his patrol, Luke sensed a disturbance... this was in the form of a cloaked figure who looked up in the air to attack Luke. He zipped up and hit Luke in the chest at the blink of an eye, massively outspending him.

"It was a fine distraction... unfortunately Nightmare's lost his edge..." The man said.

Seth zipped around Luke getting in a lot of hits before being stopped.

"Seth Young..." Luke grabbed his wrist and punched him with the other.

Luke made a clone of himself which helped him battle. Luke threw Seth into the clone who blasted Seth back into the real Luke. Luke caught Seth by the neck.

"You made a huge mistake joining the syndicate all those years ago Seth... I'm not scared of you anymore. You have encountered the Phantom God!"

Luke threw Seth down to the ground.

Seth scoffed and caught his breath. "A god... as if you could be anything of the nature!"

Luke laughed. "Well it seems to be me who has you in a corner."

Luke pointed at Seth and multiple copies of himself in a shadow form surround Seth.

"You've lost... and to think... I was just looking for you! You thought you were going to pull the upper hand on me?"

Seth backed up. "Get away from me, cretin!"

"Oh no, you don't get to speak to me that way anymore. You are powerless against me." Luke grabbed Seth by the shirt.

"Listen to me closely and I may let you live. You aren't old enough to have taken part in the Miller Massacre, I know you had nothing to do with it... you did however kill your very own father!"

Seth gritted his teeth. "He got what was coming to him! He abandoned me all those years ago, leaving me with Joseph Quinn and the syndicate."

"Your revenge is your own business... but Hanzo Hamada was a friend of mine."

"You don't know the Hanzo Hamada I do!"

"I don't care about that now... I only ask you one question now... where is Jason?" Luke asks tightening his grip.

"I'll never tell you... go on ahead, kill me. You don't have the stones." Seth said with a smile on his face.

"I'll take your soul and go handle Jason after the Kage no Senshi find him if you'd prefer." Luke's hand lights up. "I will not hesitate..."

Seth's expression falls. "You are just like him..."

Luke places his hand closer to Seth. "I never claimed to be a good guy."

Seth looks around before Luke pressed him against the wall.

"No one is coming to save you, you were nothing but a pawn to that man!" Luke said.

"You know Luke.. we were to be pitted up against each other since the day you were born.. Joseph always warned me about this Phantom that would oppose me and be my greatest rival. Now seeing that come into fruition, knowing it was to be me and you, fighting night and day endlessly with certain death being the only result, it's exciting.. and it only gives me more reason to kill you." Seth remarked.

"That's quite a speech.. just wanted to let you know, that last part was on my mind before any words I wanted to say to you." Luke raises his hand and sends it through Seth Young's chest.

Seth looked Luke in the eyes the entire time, not making any grunts. Just heavy breathing. Luke threw him off and watched him hit the ground. A weird aura came from Seth Young and Luke Miller caught it in his hands and absorbed the energy.

"The Ultimate Life Form... ME!"

Out of the sewers came a black shadowy sludge figure, which grabbed Seth Young and pulled him down through the ground with him.

Luke looked down. "What the hell??" He opened the manhole cover and saw nothing.

"Shit..." Luke looked forward in the way. The purplish energy surrounded him. He dashed down the streets at blinding speeds. Combining the 3 Phantom Souls into one being.

Middle Tokyo
1:03AM

Luke looked down at the city from the highest peak, he looked beyond, checking for all criminal activity. The Commission had all calmed down after eliminating the Syndicate.

Hanzo's Students had dealt with The Black Dragon issue in the city before Luke had arrived. From the city he could see that one side of it was encased in ice, as if it was snowing.

"Not my battle West Tokyo..."

All of a sudden, Luke's phone began ringing. He picked it up to see who it was. Q.

"Yes..."

"Luke! Hey man, it's me. It's been a minute since we've last spoke."

"Yeah, it has. I'm sure your accountant didn't tell you I was at your place of work the other day."

"He's not my accountant, he's my secretary."

"Doesn't matter, what is it that you are calling on the count of?" Luke asked as he sat down on the top of the building.

Q smiled from the other end of the phone. "I have a message from Kurai."

Luke stood back up and got ready to jump from building to building. "What is it?!?"

"He's got a secret base in Kyoto, think you can make the trip?" Q asked.

"Only if you can..." Luke jumped from the building. "Oh yeah!! Send the coordinates to my helmet!" Luke hung up.

Luke then called Brian Wright and Jin Mori together in one group. "Brian, Jin, we've got a location on him, he's in Kyoto, some sort of base. I knew he wouldn't stay in Tokyo."

Brian spoke up through the line. "Oh hell yeah!"

Jin spoke next. "It's about time... I can't wait to see that bastard burn."

"All in due time gentlemen, I'm sending you the location I just received. Be there."

Luke hung up and got into a car on the side of the street, he started it up via hotwiring and sent it down the road towards the location at 100 miles an hour, radio blasting the rock station.

"WALKER!!!"