Chapter 3: Double or Nothing.

The three proceeded to the black Lamborghini. Chain stepped into the drivers seat while Leash into the passenger. Fletcher opened the door into the back and sat in the middle. Chain put the key in and turned it. The engine gave a fierce roar and sped off. Fletcher looked out the window and thought of Myra. How could he let her get kidnapped. He turned his attention back to Chain and Leash. "So what powers do you have?" "I'm a necromancer and Chain is an elemental," replied Leash. "Where we going?" Asked Fletcher. "Were visiting an old friend who might be able to help us," said Chain as he slowed down and turned down a narrow dirt road. The road was bumpy and Fletcher found this very unpleasant. Soon they stopped and got out. In front of them was a small two-story house. It was beat and run down. The windows were tinted and the house looked like it was going to fall apart any minute now. Chain knocked on the door and a loud grunt was heard. Chain opened the door and the three of them walked in. Right there sat an old man. He was bold and wore a brown trench coat all over his body. There was no furniture and no light. The house looked even worse on the inside. "What do you want Chain?" Spat the old man. "Hello Daken," said Chain. "We need your help." Daken looked up slightly and said," And how am I going to do that?" "By telling us some things we need to know," replied Chain. "What makes you think I have the information you seek," spat Daken. "You're wanted in 3 countries and you have a giant bounty on your head, you need to know what's happening constantly if you want to live," replied Chain. Daken looked at them and smirked. "Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!" Laughed Daken. "Thanks for coming!" Spat Daken. "What!" Cried Leash as many Shadow Stalker ninjas appeared from the shadows.

Chain clicked his fingers and a fireball appeared in his hand. He threw the fireball at one of the ninja's and it hit dead on. He then bunched up both of his hands into fists and fire appeared on them. He charged at the ninja's and struck a heavy blow to five ninjas.

Leash flexed her right arm out to reveal her necromancer bracelet. Shadow's exploded from it and smashed into 7 ninjas. Leash quickly reached behind her back and pulled out a bat and threw it to Fletcher.

Fletcher quickly teleported behind ninjas and attacked them with the bat before teleporting away.

Chain produced a revolver from his pocket and allowed fire to flow into it. He shot 3 bullets out of it. The bullets however were made of fire and exploded on impact, sending 10 ninjas flying.

Leash used her powers to create a sword made of shadows and uses it to bat around a couple of ninja's.

Daken grew angry when he saw that Fletcher, Leash and Chain were winning. "Dang nab it!" cried Daken as he got up off his chair and revealed a cane. He shot three bolts of shadows out for it. Each blast hitting all three of them. Chain quickly got up pushed at the air. Daken fell back as the invisible wall hit him and Fletcher, Leash and Chain were back on their feet. Chain punched the ground and a small earthquake occurred. The ninjas fell of balance and Leash managed to attack all of them with a blast of shadows.

Chain strolled up to Daken who was still on the ground and picked him up by the collar. "Give me one good reason why you decided to help them?" Asked Chain. "I don't know, they just came and told me to do it if I wanted to live, they new you would come here!" Pleaded Daken. Chain dropped him and turned to the door. "Wait!" Cried Daken. "You can't leave me here for them to come and get revenge on me for failing!" "You've been wanted for 100 years," said Leash. "I'm sure you'll think of something." The three left Daken in the house, got in the Lamborghini and left.

"How did they know we would be there?" Asked Fletcher. "There's probably a spy in the Sanctuary," said Chain. Fletcher looked at him for a second and then said, "You don't look to worried," said Fletcher. "Well deal with the rat when we need to," replied Chain. "But for now we need to figure out what they're up to." "How do you know they're doing something bad?" Asked Fletcher. "Because they wouldn't keep trying to kill us then," replied Leash.

Suddenly the windscreen went jet black and Chain hit the breaks. The car made a loud screech as it came to a stop. Suddenly the car was off the ground and it was flipped. Fletcher did his best to keep his lunch down as the car did the longest upside down fall he had ever experienced. He wanted to teleport but he couldn't focus enough to do so. Fletcher could hear Leash cursing while Chain was whispering things like, "this is going to ruin the paint job," and "no one messes with my car." Finally the car came down with a crash and Fletcher felt the roof smash into his head and heard the windows smash. Fletcher took off his seat belt and turned his body so he was standing on the roof. There was blood leaking down his face and he had blood in his hair. Chain and Leash were trapped were they sat. The car had buckled and was nearly crushing them. Leash had blood all over her face and head and Chain was the same. Fletcher put his hands on their shoulders and teleported them and himself outside the car.

The three looked up to see a whole heap of Shadow Stalker ninjas, double the amount they faced at Daken's place and Brute and Stealth were also there. There was no sign of the person who made the windscreen go black. "Time to die," said Stealth as shadow's coiled around him and he disappeared. Brute cracked his knuckles and charged.

Chain let fire flow onto his fists and charged at Brute as well. They hit each other dead on and fell to the ground. Chain got up first and threw a couple of fireballs at him. Brute slowly got up, ignoring the burning pain in his chest. He threw a punch at Chain and he flew back into a tree. Chain recovered quickly and pushed at the air. The invisible wall hit Brute but he didn't seem to fazed by it. He charged forward but Chain jumped over him, grabbed him but the shoulders and flipped him. He came down with a thump and he tried to get up but Chain kicked him in the head.

Suddenly a back shadow came up behind him and took the form of Stealth who then proceeded to choke Chain. Leash came up behind them and punched him in the back of the head. Stealth let go of Chain who then turned around and kicked him in the groin. Stealth fell to the ground screaming.

Chain pulled out his revolver and said," that was for my car." He sent fire into his revolver and shot a couple of fire bullets at some ninjas. The bullets sent them flying and he continued to shot bullets.

Leash was sending wave after wave of shadows at the ninjas and Fletcher was teleporting behind them, hitting them, and teleporting away and finding a new target.

Suddenly a man bearing a black staff and wearing a black suit stepped out from behind a tree. He was tall and had black hair and red eyes. He held up his staff and shadow's burst from it. It smashed into Chain who was taken by surprise. Leash made a shield of shadows to protect her, but the man's shadows were stronger and they broke through and smashed into Leash. Fletcher quickly teleported out of the way of the shadows and the Man turned his attention back to Chain ad Leash who were just getting up.

Chain punched the ground and a small earthquake occurred. The Man however was not thrown off balance. Chain clicked his fingers and a fireball appeared. He threw it at the man but he protected himself with some shadows.

The Man shot out some shadows and picked up Chain and Leash with them. He then smashed them into the ground and called back the shadows.

Fletcher teleported behind the man and swung his bat at him. At the last moment shadow's coiled around the man's head as a shield and the bat snapped on impact. The man grabbed Fletcher by the shoulder but he teleported and suddenly they were in the sky. The Man let go and Fletcher teleported back to the ground. The Man swung his staff and shadows appeared and broke his fall. The man pressed a button on a small silver box on his belt. Fletcher charged at him. He was planning to teleport the man far away from here. As he went to though he felt a jolt of electricity go through his whole body and he collapsed to the ground in pain. The Man smiled and pointed to the box on his belt. He smashed his staff into Fletcher's gut and he screamed for about a second. The man picked up Fletcher, Chain and Leash with shadows. "Derek," said Chain. "Hello Chain," replied Derek. "Why are you working for the Shadow Stalkers?' Asked Chain. "They've offered me something I couldn't refuse and now, well I'm going to have to kill you," said Derek. "Well I'm going to slowly torture you to death actually. So good night for now."

Derek smiled and the shadow's covered Chain, Leash and Fletcher. All three started to fell drowsy and Fletcher attempted to teleport but he felt a shock go up his spine. The box was still affecting him.

Chain, Leash and Fletcher passed out.