Shadow-Cry: Episode 2 ( A chance )

To do anything for love is a difficult decision.

" Brad...Brad.... wake up!" I know those voices. Charlie. Diana. As their voices faded away, I knew it was finally over, my life on Earth has finally ended.

Suddenly, a loud voice boomed in my head. " You're alive!" I woke up with a start. I blinked my eyes several times before I sat up. I was fine, i did not feel any pain at all, I felt fine! But that wasn't the only thing that I noticed. I was sitting on what seemed to be a giant plataeu of rock surrounded by magma and fire. It had a hellish atmosphere about it.

The loud voice boomed again. " Brad..." Whoever this is I have a lot of questions to ask him. " Who are you? What's this place? What do you want?" The voice boomed again. " I am the angel of death. Just call me one of your human names, Ned will do. This place is between heaven and hell. Hell is much worse than this. Hell is down through the fire and Heaven is up there."

I was stumped. " So you're the one to decide who goes where right?" " Yes." Ned said. " Then where do I go?"I asked. " Back" Ned replied. " You mean back to Earth? But why?" " Because I like you Brad, you're special and I know it. You have a sad life and I'm not gonna make it worse for you."

A bit confused, I told Ned. " There's got to be a reason behind this pity." " Indeed there is. I want you to punish those who have sinned to face my judgement, they have sinned uncontrollably. Your city is the source of all this evil."

" But my city is a good city, I was a policeman of that city and I know how clean it is from sin."I stated. " Not anymore. It has become a sincity, brimming with crime and injustice."Ned said. " How do I claense it?" I asked.
" I have already prepared everything to get you started on this business." Ned said." You are a policeman, you should know how to handle a weapon. There is a weapon that you humans call a " gun" on the middle of the area."

Suddenly, several, creatures jump out of the fire. They look like tigers, just with longer fangs, and a body of fire. I never saw such a wild creature in my life. I knew they were hostile and that my only way of retaliating was the gun in the middle. I dashed towards the gun. I dodged the monsters swiftly as they pounced. " I couldn't do that before!" I exclaimed. " That's because I have given you powers no man would dare to have." Ned replied.

I finally reached the gun. It was a pistol with a long barrel, a grip that fit my hands suitably, and it had a bright silver colour. I lifted the pistol to point at the monsters. I fired 10 shots, which landed perfectly in their skulls, 10 down, 2 to go I thought. I pressed on the trigger but no bang was heard and no monster dropped. I ran out of ammo. ' Where am I supposed to find more ammo in this place?!'

There was a loud crack as platforms were formed out of the stone floor which floated above me. I instinctively jumped 20 feet up onto the platforms. " Enough with the sidearms. There's a new weapon 50 feet above you." Ned told me. So I jumped higher and higher. There it lay, a long rifle fully equipped with a scope and 3 extra clips. I jumped to a bigger platform above me. There waiting for me were nearly 80 of the monsters, prowling around.

I hid behind a nearby rock. Looked through the scope and fired, one by one the monsters fall, but the rest were approaching quickly. I jumped out of cover to face the monsters, firing madly at them. Dodging their claws, I filled each monster with lead. I was getting tired, it was easier for me to be clawed and bitten. Charred and injured I lay on the floor with the monsters surrounding me. " You can't die. I am giving you a new life and you shall fulfill it, I can't bring you in now. Use your powers!" Ned shouted.

I stressed myself to find a power helpful for this situation. I felt my wounds healing, my body rebuilding itself in a few seconds. I'm able to regenerate myself. I finished off the rest of the beasts.

" You have finished your training for now but you will discover new powers on the way." Ned said. " I will now bring you back to your world. Hide your identity, you can still maintain a normal life, but use your powers only when needed and for the right purpose. In the day you will stay as Brad, by night you will be known as Shadow-Cry." There was a flash of light then everything blacked-out.