The Tale Of The Assassin

Part 4: New Power

After Josh learned that he was a Henderson he spent less time socialising and more time down at the family shooting range. On the eighth day of his solitude, he was shooting once again, when he felt his gun slip out of his hand.

'Odd' he thought

Then he collapsed. He woke up in an odd place it was like a dream but also quite realistic he knew it was a dream when he saw Darkus. Darkus stood in front of him, smiling with his face.

'Well your stuck here too now are you' he said

'Where am I?' Josh asked

Darkus spread his arms wide still smiling.

'Welcome to the confined space of your mind we do hope you enjoy your stay.'

'Wait so if we are in my mind' Josh said 'who is controlling our body?'

'No one is' Darkus answered

Josh breathed out in relief.

'Right so what do you want?' Josh asked

'Just to share some info I found' Darkus replied

Josh was confused usually Darkus just wanted to kill, not share information.

'What info?' Josh asked

'Just a little power I discovered' Darkus replied

Darkus moved his arm so that it was pointing right at Josh, he watched as the shadows started collecting around Darkus's hand and finally the shadows moulded themselves into an assault rifle.

'Pretty cool huh?' Darkus asked

'How the hell?' Josh asked

'Shadow manipulation' Darkus said

Josh's mind went into overdrive, Shadow manipulation was new to him, and he thought it could be useful on contracts.

'How exactly do you learn it?' Josh asked

Darkus looked at the Assault rifle he now held in his hand, considering how to explain.

Then

'I'll show you how' Darkus said

He brought up the rifle, levelling it with Josh's chest and squeezed the trigger, the bullet slammed into Josh's chest and he awoke lying face down in the firing range.

'Why that son of a-'Josh said

His eyes then widened as all of a sudden images and sensations flooded his mind, suddenly he knew how to manipulate shadows.

'Josh?!' someone called.

Josh looked towards the sound and Dawn appeared on the staircase leading down to the firing range, she was holding something wrapped in a dark cloth.

'What's up?' Josh asked

Dawn looked down at the bundle she carried, and then she looked back at Josh.

'Mother and father wanted me to give you a few things.' She said.

She unravelled the cloth, and revealed a black sheath.

'What's this?' Josh asked.

'Your new sword, plus' she said

She threw a small yellow envelope to Josh and as he caught it he saw the jealous look on Dawn's face.

'Your ticket to Japan, you leave in five months' she finished.