The Shadows Move: Ninja Killer

Death Before Life

     Chapter 1: The Life

  I awoke to realize I was still in alone in a dark house, no electricity just running water. I take off my bloody shirt due to getting beaten up pretty much by everyone. I read the papers and realized my cousin Natalie's house was burned down and she was no where to be found. As I sighed that's one less friend I have. Me and Natalie were pretty much the only family we had I knew all her secrets, about her brother and what was going on in her head, and she knew about mines, but now that she is gone I guess I have to survive with the other friends I have. I walk past my green, black, and silver ninja costume that i attended to wear in a week to a costume party.

        I showered, changed into clothes and a black wolf hoody, get my bag and start walking to school. The warm but not air hit my face as I walked, the city I live in is filled with, so much hate, killings, and criminals that it could be named second hell. I step over blood stains and chalked body line which isn't the first I saw. I entered the school and right away made my way to the table my friends sat at. They are the only reason I keep going to school that and soccer keeps me occupied.

        Like Always I was greeted by Charles which we preferred to call him Charlie, and saw J.T. was there too, we usually get to school around the same time. J.T said to me "What's up man?" greeting me with a fist pound, I replied "Shit not much the usual go home and letting the shadows hug me." We all laughed at the lame joke. Charles brought up the Halloween party "Man, I'm going as a Soviet I got my AK and everything!" J.T "Man if you dont shut your Soviet looking ass up, Im going as Ronaldo." "Man that's the dumbest shit you have said and school hasn't even started." T.J walked up sitting down with us. Me and Him have been friends since 7th grade where we got in trouble for everything I swear It was because we were black.

        Walking to class I get pushed into the bathroom and got my ass beat pretty bad till the point I was bleeding from my eye and mouth. Then TJ and Jacobi came in and helped fight them off me. Swear if I could I'd kill them, I thanked TJ and Jacobi after cleaning my face from blood and stopping the bleeding and continued to class. I was a high A to high B student always doing others work because I never could say no to others. As I make it through the day of school without getting into more trouble I start to head home.

        I walk in to my dark home well I feel safe, because for some reason the shadows seem to protect me, but it's always cold even if its blazing outside. The days go by I feel myself slowly fading due to all the bullying and neglect I get from the adults and others I try to ask for help. Tomorrow is the Halloween party maybe no one will notice me when I wear this costume. Possibly my chance to fit in for a change. I feel a figure standing behind me as I sit at my desk preparing the costume*

        I turn and It is a tall shadowy figure I feel its eyes on me even though it had no eyes. I felt as if it wanted to hurt me, or do something to me, but it seem it couldn't before i reached out it disappeared. I did my homework in the dark, for a kid who doesn't have standout abilities I can see perfect in the dark, so I guess that is a good thing. Then I get a text from an unknown number, as I read it my heart races, because it said "Meet me out in the back by a large Oak Tree at 10:30pm tomorrow From Your crush." To believe someone had a crush on me.

        As my friend and I walk to the party, I realize I'm pretty much the only one wearing something a kid would wear. A 16 year old wearing a ninja outfit pretty fucking ridiculous. While TJ was talking to me about coming over and playing Xbox after the party I was blacking in and out catching disturbing images. Talking to myself  "Why am I buried in organs" Charlie, "What was that TaVian?" I shook my head as we approached a giant house with lots of people.

        I look at my watch and it was 10:21pm, so I told the guys and Elizabeth who met up with us at the house I was going to go into the back. As I walked to the backyard it was dark, shadows from the Oak tree limbs reached out as if they were going to grab me. I saw a female figure wearing a white emotionless mask. Before I got out a word I was grabbed by two strong figures.

        There was blood everywhere, but it wasn't mine. The group of kids made fun of me after they dumped what I believe was animal blood. After they were done laughing they started beating me with huge sticks and whatever else I couldn't figure out. I slowly made my way back home through the side roads to avoid any attention. I fell down in my room bleeding feeling cold and almost lifeless.

        A sharp pain went into my chest. A male voice told me "Now we won't have anymore creeps like you anymore." I laid there bleeding out dying. The same tall dark figure stood over me and watched as I laid there in my own pool of blood now. The figure spoke in a vocal box like voice "You will soon get your choice." The last of my strength was pulling my mask off. As I took my last breath a light turned on.