The Man With No Name

Chapter One: The Beginning

Hi. My name is... actually I don't have a name. Don't ask how I don't have a name i actually have no clue. I was born without a name is all I can figure. Anyways I live on the streets. I have no home and I never have but I have a few friends who have cared for me ever since I've been on the streets. Don't ask how i am still alive i have no answer to that either. My friends have names and they are Blitz and Apollo. They have been on the streets for like 15 years and they are very experienced in what they do. Most days we spend pickpocketing other people so we can eat and function through the day. We live in a city called Buffalo. At this time we are currently in mid-winter and it is getting very cold here. Especially when you are homeless. Today is Christmas Eve and I am expecting nothing as i have the past 10 years of my 16 year life. As I am about to fall asleep I am whacked upside the head and all I feel is pain and all I see is darkness. (Now, when you are homeless you have to be sneaky, quick, and have a natural instinct for survival. Being whacked upside the head while you are about to fall asleep is not anyone's fault). I awoke and it took me a few seconds to remember what the hell happened. When I remembered I was furious. The only problem was I was tied to a chair with a blindfold and a gag. I did what anyone would have done trying to escape. I stood up and slammed the chair on the ground and it shattered like glass. Everything that was binding me as as weak as toilet paper. I found myself trapped inside a small metal prison basically and only one thing in front of me. It was a gift. My first gift in 16 years and I had to be tied up and knocked out to receive it. This made me even more angry and confused. I was determined not to open the box in order to spite my captors but eventually my curiosity got the best of me. I opened the box and there were three things: a note, a watch, and a sword. I picked up the note because even though i had never received a gift i always knew how to open it correctly. I picked up the note and dropped it almost immediately once i read who it was from. It was from Blitz and Apollo. The note read: Sorry kid. Didn't want it to have to go this way but we have to leave now. Our boss ordered it. Don't come after us you will be ok. Our boss ordered you to raise you until you were of age and 16 is when you are. Kid, we also have a quest for you. Boss ordered it. The watch not only tells time it helps you escape the trickiest of places, you just have to learn how to use it. The sword is self-explanatory you will need it on this quest. Now your quest. An archnemesis is planning on destroying the world and we have no idea how. Your quest is to find him and stop him before it is too late. Travel to Long Island and find someone who is unlike anyone you have ever seen and he will tell you where to go. Good luck kid.

I put on the watch and picked up the sword. It was a perfect fit and well-balanced. There was a button on the bottom of the hilt and when I pressed the button the sword shrank into a hat. I put on the hat and it fit perfectly. Now it was time for me to escape.