The Shadow Knight Begins: Part One: Dark Origin

Chapter 8: The Brain Of Crime Strikes!

The next day, thanks to the evidence I gave the D.A, blackie was going to be sent to the be executed by lethal injection, and the corrupt cop had been put under probation and inquiry... well 1 out of 2 isn't bad.

I watched the news on T.V in the hospital room with Rachel, who was now awake.

Nothing was said about any vigilante bringing blackie to justice, not that I cared... I wasn't doing this for the media.

I was doing this for my family, and my job wasn't over... but that job was for when it was needed... right now as Kagae Kishi, I needed to be there for my family.

Rachel was still devastated over what had happened, but she managed to try and buck up and try and look on the bright side, she was alive and she was glad I was alive too. She thought I was going to die when she saw blackie shoot me in the chest.

If she knew I was saved by a super powered blood that held a healing factor, I don't think she wouldn't find my miracle survival as miraculous, I sure didn't.

Rachel loved me so much, would she if she knew it was my fault she was like this.

"I'm glad they found that monster, now he can burn in the place he belongs" Rachel scowled at the T.V screen, and then she saw my face, my sadness.

"Kagae?" she asked me.

"Rachel...I'm sorry, what you are like now.... It's my fault" I said, trying to fight back tears.

"Kagae, it wasn't your fault... why would you think I would blame you" Rachel asked in disbelief, putting her hand on my shoulder.

"Because I blame myself, I hate myself for that night... Rachel I have..." I was going to tell her everything, like I did Mariko, maybe she would hate me for it... but I would have deserved it, but then she grabbed me and embraced me in a hug.

"Stop blaming yourself, you didn't kill our sister, and you didn't maim and rape me... it was that man and he alone did all that... I will not let you blame yourself for this" Rachel said as she hugged me.

"You've been here recuperating Rachel; I have been scared too... I've been having nightmares of that night and attacks of grief; I don't think I will ever lose it... I think its forever" I said embracing her back.

"And I will never walk without a chair or have a child, I'm just as scarred" Rachel assured.

"Oh no... not as much" I thought.

"But you have me, and the family... we'll help each other get through this. Like Mariko said "family is there for us, even in the darkest storms"

"I miss her, so much" I cried... dam, could never control my tears when it came to Mariko.

"I miss her too" Rachel assured, stroking my hair like she did when I was small.

The door to Rachel's hospital room opened, but instead of the doctor, (my parents were busy with dad running the company and mom as a lawyer who was persecuting Blackie alongside Salvador hardy) in came to my surprise Jeremy.

He had in his hands sunflowers, Rachel's favorite flowers.

Even though I still had anger at him for not doing the right thing, I understood he did it because he had no choice... but he needed to stay out of the way.

The Brain of crime was mine, and no one else was going to go against him.

Because I was the only one who could fight him without getting shot and killed by a bullet.

My cousin was liable to get just that if he kept going after the brain as I knew now he was trying to do.

"Oh..." he said, seeing the tears on our faces, hugging each other comfortingly brother and sister like, "I'm sorry, I'll come back latter"