The trio continued their long quest through the city. Their car wasn’t far off now, and they all knew they were being followed by the Mafia. That was the deal. They followed them back and killed Gojinn. Finally they reached the car and climbed in.

So………are we sure about this……..?

“………..”

…………..

…..me neither.

She backed the car out, paused, and looked at them. She wondered if she could lose the tails she’d picked up, or possibly even lead them somewhere else and kill them herself, or with the help from James and Kevin. She quickly forgot the idea completely and took off. Having Gojinn after them was one thing, but a crew of professional hit men day and night wasn’t good.

Allyson, James, and Kevin all piled out of the Hummer as they pulled into the multi-car garage. James and Kevin headed into the house, and Allyson followed not long after, making sure to lock up the keys and the car, and close the garage door as well. Her eyes gazed up at the stars for a moment, as she stepped into the driveway, and the clouds parted a moment. The moist air had passed, leaving a cool breeze on the wind. Her feet slapped through the many tiny puddles on the way to the door, and she walked into the mansion, turning and locking the door behind her.

Meanwhile, the hit men had pulled up along the outer walls of the property, and parked. They’d driven without lights the last mile or so to keep themselves hidden. They climbed from their car, and over the stone wall, slowly creeping along the lawn crouched.

Allyson meanwhile stopped dead in her tracks, seeing a figure shift in her peripherals. She swung her head to the right to see something disappear around the corner upstairs. Quickly she darted after it, seeing nothing there. There was no way it was a mafia guy, and she couldn’t sense anything…

Oh no…

She suddenly and painfully became aware she couldn’t sense a thing. She couldn’t feel out Kevin or James in the house. She ran downstairs.

Kevin!?

He popped out of the kitchen, already wielding his knife tight in his hand.

You don’t even have to say it…

“It’s too late to run…”

The cryptic words James spoke made Allyson shake with fear a moment. Could it be?! Had James turned on them?! He raised a pistol for Kevin…!

“You actually thought I’d let the fucking mafia handle my problem with Gojinn?! He tried to kill me! He killed me family! He tried to kill you! We came back here to HELP him?! Why?! Huh?! Tell me that!!!”

Because we both know he’s just as lost as we all are!!

Why James? You were like the father I lost…. And Goj was my brother… and Ally was my big sis…. Why?!

“Because, unfortunately for you, your “big bro” fucked my life up! I want his corpse!”

And then they heard a loud crash in the other room. Kevin leapt at James as he turned his head, and stabbed his arm, making him drop the pistol. Allyson jumped forward with a sai she’d pulled from a sheath attached to her back, but she couldn’t impale him! The sai stopped, and was suddenly thrown across the room! Kevin’s knife was thrown the same way, and both Allyson and Kevin were pushed away from him!!!

“So you ARE here! Show yourself!”















[Hit Play]

Suddenly the piano went off. A song was being played, and a dazed James went after it, picking his gun up as he did. He stumbled through the mansion to the living room, and around the corner once more into the lounge area. He fell over the bar, and stared at the piano. In the seat was a small boy, no more than 8 or 9. Dumbfounded, James stared while the child played the tune, nailing every key just right, playing such a melodious and evil tune at the same time.

It’s him! Run James! GO!

NOOOO!

James ignored their pleas, because there was something about this boy…

And then he realized what. It was his son. His eyes welled up as he headed for him, and then his face went cold, and though a few tears fell he stopped, and raised the gun, shooting the boy through the back of the head. Blood and gore splattered against the piano, but he kept playing as if nothing had happened. In fact, not long after, everything faded, and left James standing there, as the piano tune suddenly began playing on the air itself…

“You sick fucker! Come out here so I can kill you myself!”

Everyone has a purpose in their life….

He whipped around, hearing the whisper and breath on his ear.

Gojinn, don’t do this!

Yours was the father figure to everyone…

Again, James whipped in a random direction, feeling the warm breath on his neck, and the whisper faded…

Hers was the sister and girlfriend and his was the student of all of us….

“Get the fuck out here now!”

Allyson dropped to her knees now, as she saw James raise the gun up in frustration. There was nothing he could do. Kevin turned away.

So… tell me… what is my purpose… ?

“To pay for the sins you’ve committed by dieing!!!!”

Gojinn appeared a long way away from James, hanging his head low. His trench hood was up over his head as usual, and he began walking through the house. His shoes slapped against the green marble, as he approached the man who’d helped him all these years as a father figure, a best friend, a loyal servant. He was the Alfred of his Batman like universe…. But now…it was time to end this.

James took the first shot, clearly aiming for his heart, and fired several more times for the chest. When he was empty, he quickly re-filled the clip, and aimed, unleashing the next sixteen rounds the gun could hold. Unfortunately, Gojinn only walked right through it all, simply flinching each time a bullet hit him.

Finally he was face to face with him, and by now James was full out crying, standing there with an emptied gun beside himself. Gojinn slowly lifted his head. His ice blue eyes stares into James, and they shook a bit, and welled up. James dropped the pistol and stood there. Gojinn leaned his head over his shoulder, and reached around with one hand to the back of his head, pulling him in close.

I love you old man.

And then he shot him.

Blood ran down James stomach, his legs, and his feet, dripping onto the floor, and pooling there, as Gojinn pushed the barrel against the wound, and twisted it, trying to muffle James cries of pain. As he pulled James off of him, he looked at his face. It was one of both pain, and happiness. He was finally gone now.

Gojinn slowly lowered him to the floor, and as he stood up, a few tears rolled off his face onto the body, and then he turned to Allyson.

How could you do this…. ?

You tried to kill us all!!! We needed to do something!

You’re fucking insane!!

The piano tune played louder, echoing through the mansion with it’s beautiful sound. Gojinn stared, and raised his gun, before unleashing two rounds. One struck Kevin in the chest and sent him crashing to the wall, and then spin to the ground, and the other struck Allyson in her heart. Gojinn finished off the clip on her, tears streaming down. His voice did not shake or tremble, and in fact he didn’t know why his eyes were watering the way they were. It was like he’d just…lost all emotion.

What…is…my…purpose…

He’d lost it all now: emotion, family, friends….purpose. And that’s when the front door came flying open, and he pulled out his other magnum, raising it to the men who started filing in with automatic rifles. They al began firing on a running Gojinn, who dove for the dining room, crashing onto the hard marble, and sliding into the rug.

It was time to fight.