Fusion

6. Dark Shadows

A FEW DAYS LATER...

The police radio crackles in my hand, "skshshh....We got a huge problem in Times Square....skshshh... Oh my god it's Shadow! Run!...skshshh...." I can hear gunshots and screaming over the radio.

"Who's Shadow?" I ask Kino.

Violet answers. "He's a psycho. He kills people for no reason and only cares about being evil for the fun of it. At least most villains have a reason. Be careful Jack, he's merciless and has no remorse."

She hugs me tightly and I hear Chase say, "Get it, Jack!" Violet turns and gives him a dirty look. In an instant, I teleport to Times Square before things get awkward.

There's destruction everywhere. I see a couple dead cops, but then I step near an injured one leaning against his car door. "Hey, are you okay?" I ask as he stares in fear.

He's holding his hand on his stomach where his uniform has a large hole and there's a large black wound. I can see his veins have slowly turned dark purple and he's dying fast.

"Run kid! You'll never make it! Shadow is a madman...we're all dead..." His head falls back and his head falls forward. I couldn't help him...

"Who is this man..." I say as another voice chimes in.

"Why me of course! The fantastical Shadow! Here to heed to all your psychotic and insanely evil deeds! No one else could be more evil!" I turn around to see the maniac.

"Well except maybe this one guy I met...What was his name...Tidal? No. Fireworks? No. I think his name was Void...Hmmm..." He stands there and ponders it.

This guy really is crazy. Who slaughters a bunch of innocents and doesn't even think about it?

I look at him coldly. He's a medium sized guy with a black hoodie, black pants, and black shoes. He's got black hair that's shaped like a fohawk and he's grinning wildly. Guess the name Shadow fits him. But what is his power?

"So you must be the little punk I've been hearing about who likes to "borrow" people's powers. You're quite the natural you know, but you can't take these powers." He grins and his hands light up with a dark energy. Guess that answers my question.

"We'll see about that, psycho." I sprint towards him and he swings a punch at me. I duck under his arm and uppercut him. As my fist impacts with his chin, a blast of black light explodes from it.

I feel as if my soul has been ripped out my body. I can feel pain worse than the lion and worse than when my family died. My life flashes before my eyes and I feel as if I'm drowning. Dying. I fall and hit the ground with a thud.

"Didn't I tell ya? You can't absorb my powers. Because I'm the opposite of them. I am Anti-Matter." He laughs maniacally and aims a blackish purple blast of energy at me, but someone flies into him and he misfires, blowing up a car simultaneously.

"Shadow I won't let you hurt anyone else!" Yells a slightly tanned guy who is about twenty and has black hair and is wearing a black shirt. He punches Shadow and I hear a thundering boom. He punches again. And again. And again.

Shadow then recovers and blasts him straight in the chest. The guy stumbles and clinches his chest. He looks at me.

"Are you gonna help?" He shoots a fireball at Shadow and it strikes his chest. He has fire powers? Then he shoots a freeze ray at him, but Shadow dodges it. The guy then blasts electricity at Shadow and misses, blowing up another car.