The Melancholy of the Shadow X-Men

TOAA: I don't think this person knows his powers...otherwise, we may have seen a very different reality. As to how to find that person...I do know one thing...he's in Japan
Yama: How do you...
TOAA: Because before I lost my powers, that's where I pinpointed the disturbance's start

Jet: While I'd love to take advantage of the moment, if this person learns to control his power... So, Japan. That somewhat narrows it down. It would still be hard finding this person.

TOAA: We'll...there's bound to be incidents...problems. We just need to search

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"meanwhile, in Ikebukuro, the van with the girl has stopped in a parking lot, with the 3 guys resting while waiting"

guy 1: You said it was here...
guy 2: It should be...we just need to...hey...what's...that

"From the shadow, a person, wearing a yellow helmet with cat ears, appears. As she walks out of the shadow, it becomes clear it's a woman"

guy 2: You the guy that's here to pick up the cargo...

"the woman doesn't answer"

guy 1: Oi...answer...damn it you makin fun of us

"the guy pulls out a knife and heads towards her. She easily dodges and punches him in the gut with such force she knocks the wind out of him"

Jet: It'd b much easier to just destroy the entire place, but I take it you won't allow such a thing.

TOAA: That's a last resort...I'd rather not take innocent lives. I'll have to be careful to keep this place a new universe when I do reshape the multiverse...
Jet: Wait...do you mean...
TOAA: Yes. This person eliminated the entire multiverse...not just changed this reality. She's killed countless beings...enough that human mathematics hasn't yet discovered the number to count them...

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"Meanwhile, the two guys that are left look at the woman, and one of them pulls out a gun."

guy: You're dead...

"The woman, however, moves quickly and kicks it out of his hand, and then grabs his head and brings it to her knee, knocking him out."

guy 3: Oh...oh fuck...what the...what the

"The other guy, scared that his two friends got taken out, quickly gets in the van and drives off. The woman, moving fast, goes into the shadows she came from. The next minute, we hear a familiar sound of a horse, and the black bike from before, with how we now know to be the woman driving, jumps straight of the ledge of the parking lot to the road bellow, just as the van passes by"

Jet: The entire multiverse. That's one serious power. Logically we should just jump to the last resort before it becomes to late. But meh, you "good guys" are just hopeless like that.

Yama: S-shut up
TOAA: I'm by no means a good guy. I just don't want senseless death. But if we must, we must. Yama, takes us to Tokyo...we need to get searching.

"Yama nods and they teleport"

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"Meanwhile, the black rider has caught up to the van. She forces the van to stop by getting in front of him, but looses the helmet and crashes. The guy gets out of the van, laughing his ass off"

guy: Take that...AHAHA TAK...no...NOO!

"We see the woman getting up...she has no head, instead, a sort of black smoke/shadow is rising from the spot her head should be. She grabs the shadow, and pulls on it, revealing a scythe"

guy: Stay back...stay

"The woman quickly slashes him straight through the chest. However, no wound is visible, instead, the man simply falls to the floor. The woman drops the scythe and it looses it's form, as she grabs her helmet and puts it back on"

*They arrive on top a high building in Tokyo.*

Jet: We're here. Do you have any idea what this person should like? Or is being in Tokyo absolutely all you know?

TOAA: I don't even know if it's in Tokyo. We'll just have to look...lets get a room for tonight, we'll think about this in the morning.

(it's still night time in Tokyo)

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"meanwhile, the headless rider has opened the van and let out the girl"

girl: Thank you...thank you so much

"The headless woman pulls out a PDF phone and starts to type really fast. She shows it to the girl"

Hello, my name is Celty. Come with me, I'm here to take you to the person you were meting tonight

girl: Thank...you...can't you talk?

"the woman again writes on her PDF"

No. Anything I need to say, I'll say it through this

"She gives the signal for the girl to get on the bike. She gets on herself, and as the girl grabs on tight, the bike speeds off"

Jet: Very well. You guys handle the payment for rooms then.

TOAA: I've got that covered. Come on

"All three of them head out"

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"meanwhile, the headless rider has escorted the girl to the back alley. She pulls out her PDF again"

Woman: There. Just climb those stairs. My work is done

"The girl bows to the woman, and starts climbing. When she get to the top, we find none other than the man from before"

Jet: And here I was hoping we'd have to force our way in.

"The group heads into an hotel in the same street as the building they were on and checks in (Yama doing the speaking)"

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"Meanwhile, then girl faces the man"

girl: Who are...
man: I'm the girl you meet online...or rather, I'm the one that pretended to be a girl...you really shouldn't trust chat rooms that much
girl: What are you...
man: Did you know...this roof is famous for people who've jumped off and killed themselves. Uou wanted to do that didn't you? To kill yourself. You claim nobody likes you, you want to die...yet just now, when you were kidnapped you felt fear. You didn't want to die. So which is it? Are you angry at yourself for waiting to live when push came to shove?
girl: How did...you know...I
man: Because I told them to kidnap you. And I told the biker to save you. You wanted to die, so you didn't resist as much. Yet, when you were saved...you were relived.
girl: Why...did you do this?!
man: Because...I wanted to see your face, with all those emotions and confusion. I wanted to see your face when you realized I saw right through your lies and facade.
girl: That's...why would you want me to suffer like this...

"the girl is close to tears"

man: Well, simply put, I love humans. They're just fascinating creatures. I can't help myself. Although, let me stress, that doesn't mean I like you personally

"The girl is in shock. The man, smiling, takes her to the ledge of the roof. As she looks down and sees a bloodstain"

man: See...you aren't special for waiting this. Tons of people have wished for death...and brought it on themselves

"the man is balancing himself along the ledge easily"

man: I suppose, if you think about it, your troubles are actually pretty meaningless. What was it again...oh yes, your father cheated on your mother, and you found out. After you managed to find a way to indirectly tell your mother...nothing happened...so you wondered "why? shouldn't she have gotten angry? Shouldn't they have told me? Why are they keeping it fro me?"

"he turns back to her"

man: It's funny because if every little snot brat that had the same problems as you offed himself the world's age average would be oh so h-

"the girl reacts instantly and tries to slap him, but looses her balance and goes to fall. the man grabs her. She's now only hanging by the man's arm"

man: So you...want me to drop you? well?

"the girl doesn't answer and looks mortified at the bloodstain on the concrete bellow. The man smiles and pulls her up"

Man: I knew it

"he starts to walk away"

man: It was nice to see your ugly face as you contemplated your emotions and doubted yourself...truly a good night. The again, your worries are of no interest to me, only the ecology of said worries. Plus...I suppose you were so easy to read it was actually boring. Well...so long

"He walks back into the building leaving the roof"

"the girl looks at him leave and then turns around to the floor. She looks at the bloodstain again, and as if tempting what the main had just told her, just lets herself fall off. We cut to the man smiling as she leaves"

man: Exactly as I planned...

(Do we skip to the next day?)

(one second)

"As the girl falls, suddenly, the shadows of the alley all converge into a net, and the girl is slowly saved and lowered to the ground. There, the rider is waiting for her"

girl: Ah...ah...you...why...how...did you

"Celty pulls out her PDF and rights"

Celty: "I saved you...because your life isn't as bad as you think it is"

"She then walks away, without saying another word. The man who was still watching grins"

Man: As always...unpredictable...Celty...

(now skip)

*The next morning Jet is already awake by the time Yama and the others get up.*

Jet: Well, today is the day it begins.

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*Back in (Where'd we start, NYC?) we see Troy as he appears to be gearing up for something big.*

Troy: After this. I become a rich man. *grin*

(Recap plz..this story has my lost)

(TOAA and Yama has used Harry to find Jet. TOAA explained what is going on and now TOAA, Yama, and Jet has gone to Japan and is soon gong to start a search.)

(With the others, Milo hasn't done anything since. Tanya and Shin is introduced. Troy still plans on robbing a bank, but is only yet preparing to move.)

(Note we've now skipped a day.)

Milo's gang arrived downtown, Milo still remembering his brief encounter with Harry. He eventually let it go, as they heard the sound of gun shots going off. Milo took out his own weapon, and got out of the car dropping to his knees, Michael, and Lucy doing the same thing. Milo turned to look at his two allies.

Milo: Okay the plan is simple..Benjamin has his gang attacking the homeless people, so our goal IS NOT to go after the gang, we need to get the victims out of here
Michael: Then it's better to fight Benjamin head on, we can't escort anyone out of her ein the middle of this blood bath
Milo:Your Right, Lucy stay here. Michael come with me.
Lucy:W...W..What..M..ilo..I
Milo: Shut it call for back up, SWAT, whatever you can. Lives are on the line, stay down. Michael get the bullet proof vest's from the back.

Michael nodded, and went to the back grabbing two vests, tossing one to Milo. They both changed, and minutes later they descended into the bloodbath, taking place. Homeless people were seen running for their lives, Milo raised his gun, firing a bullet disarming one of the shooters, he stood up, holding his gun.

Milo: HEY SHIT HEADS OVER HERE!
Thug: HEAT~
Thug 2: Crap shoot em shoot em!

Milo leaped behind a damaged vehicle, firing like crazy, Michael doing the same, except taking a different vehicle. The sound of approaching sirens was soon heard, as well as distant sirens.

*Across from the bank, in a alley a man watches from the shadows as people go in and leave the building. He watches his watch carefully. We see it's none other then Troy himself. He appears to be wearing a long dark coat to conceal anything he may be carrying.*

(Is Milo at the place Benjamin's gang was at? Is Benjamin there?)

(No..Benjamin's gang is attacking homeless people, this is a scene from the beginning of the RP. Milo's gonna save Nate..or we can Nate killed, up to you Benjamin's there)

(Alright, all I need to know)

"A familiar face is amongst the thugs, Marie"

Marie: It's the cops! Aye ya bastards are useless. We need to get out of here before it's damn well too late!

*The familiar Mexican thug can be seen, holding a M16, none the less, firing some bullets...as the back up Lucy contacted is FINALLY Arriving*

Benjamin: Dang..Velon's gonna pissed about Nate's escape..
Marie: SCREW Him.
Benjamin: Let's move

Some of the thugs attempt to flee to the car, as Milo moves forward tackling an African American man to the different, Milo, and the homeless men barely avoiding a fatal gun shot.

Benjamin: OI COME ON!

Benjamin gets into his vehicle, with Marie, slamming into the gas pedal, and speeding off, as police are setting up a blockade.

(Want Marie captured? Velon's coming to get them..at least Benjamin.)

*Troy soon makes his move, he runs across the road and up the stairs to the bank. Once inside he reaches in his coat, pulling a bottle of flammable liquid from his belt. Igniting it with a lighter, he throws the bottle which causes a fire on impact, blocking the entrance. A worker reaches for the hidden alarm, but Troy sides a land mine looking bomb across the floor. The bomb explodes, taking out the full desk and leaving only a burned a bloody body of the worker. The guards try to aim their guys, but the panicked people running around seem to constantly get in the way.

Around a corner we her back to the wall, we see Tanya.*

Tanya: Why me, I only came in here to use the bathroom...