(Okay, so forget the weekend thing, I'm bored and want to get this along...a reletively short episode, but gets the point across...enjoy!)

"You can't hide from me..."

Nothing is heard as he walks through the darkness...he turns on a flash light, and looks around the area.

"I know where you are..."

He points the flashlight to the ground; footprints are seen in the mud, and then to the brick wall, where he hugs against it.

"I always know where you are."

He pulls out a gun that was tucked in the back of his pants. He keeps it out, pointing along with the flashlight.

He backs against the corner of the wall, peeks his flashlight around the corner, along with his gun.

"Huh?"

"Dodge this!"

He turns his face around and is doused with water. He covers his face, to try and not get wet, the water stops coming.

"Okay little brother, you're pretty sneaky, I'll give you that!"

A nine year old boy smiles, showing his missing two front teeth, and then puts his water gun away.

"So Nick, know what are we going to do?"

"Well, we should probably get back inside the house before dad sees us."

A tear starts to come down little Blake's eye, "I don't want...to be caught by him"

"Don't worry, we won't"

They sneak back into the house, it's dark, all the lights are off, and they are just about to go upstairs when the lights come on...

They look over, and see a tall, heavier man...he was balding, and had a thick beard.

"I told you to go to bed over a half-hour ago!" He yells.

"I'm sorry, father, I was just showing..."

"I don't want any of that s***! You do what I tell you to do!"

"But..."

The father walks up to Nick and pushes him against the wall.

"Listen you son of a b****, I am your father..."

"No...no you're not...your just a monster who took out mom away from us, now don't talk about her that way."

He slaps Nick across the face. Blake stays silent, watching it...crying from the inside.

----5 years later----

Nick's father stands in front of him. Nick is 17 now, and has moved away, lived with Blake for the past 3 years. But Nick came back, and now stands in front of his father. Nick's face is all serious.

"What the **** do you want?"

"Ten years ago...You meet my mom."

His father's face looks confused.

"Eight years ago, you married her."

His face turns more serious.

"Six years ago, you killed her..."

"Okay, what the **** is all this bull**** about?"

"...and I couldn't do anything about it..."

"Listen, you better get the **** outta my house before..."

"Until now..."

"A noise is heard, sounded like a gun being cocked."

His father looks down. There is a gun being pointed at his belly.

"You don't have the guts."

Nick's face turns serious; his finger getting closer to pulling the trigger

"Get the **** outta my house Nick..."

Nick doesn't budge...

"I said get the..."

A gunshot is heard, his father looks down, as blood seeps through his shirt. He looks up at Nick, his eyes stare into space...he falls to his knees, and then back to the ground...Nick leaves the building as if nothing happened.

----5 years later.

Nick sits inside a bar, it looks somewhat Italian...there are strippers performing at the stage behind him, he doesn't care to look though...

Blake walks in, slamming the doors open, the music stops, and the dancers stop...everyone puts their eyes on Blake. He walks over to Nick.

"Evidence...Nick."

"What?"

"You killed him!"

"Who?"

"...Our father!"

"He's not our father Blake, just someone to talk the place of our real dad."

"It doesn't matter, Nick...evidence points to you, and they know you did it!"

"What are they going to do?"

"Jail you!"

"They're too scared of me!"

"What?"

"Don't tell me you didn't see the souvenir..."

Nick walks Blake outside, and into another alley way. There is a sword pierced into a wooden wall...on the sword is headless man above a big pile of blood. The head is covered in blood, right under the body.

"Nick, what the..."

"That'll show them whose boss."

"You killed him..."

"Listen Blake; don't go all innocence on me, because we were tortured just as badly in our whole childhood as this guy was in ten seconds!

"But..."

"No Blake, listen, why should we sit back and just take it...why take the abuse, why not turn it the other way around, why not take control..."

"Because it's wrong..."

"How do you know what's wrong?"

Blake just thinks for a second.

"I have plans...big plans for this country, I have a few men waiting to join up...this country will be ours Blake, so are you in, or are you out?"

Blake hangs his head before raising it up.

"I'm in bro."

----Present----

"You have much of a past with him..." Hisho Jr. says

"He's always been protecting me, teaching me."

Both Blake and Hisho Jr. meditate while waves of blue and purple surround the room...the power is in the air.

"So, you have more to teach me?"

"I have taught you a lot within a day...You grow fast, but this is only a minimum of what you can learn."

"A minimum?"

"Why yes, there are even limits, which I have not reached yet, but together, together, we can accomplish that task.

Blake smiles an evil smile.

Hisho meditates on Blake's mind for a few moments.

"Okay, Blake, you are ready."

"Ready for..."

"The main event!"

He opens a door...inside there are candles surrounding a circle in the floor, there are designs inside the circle, but other than that, it's a blank room.

Blake gets on his feet...and walks into the room. Hisho Jr. Walks back to a lantern, and blows out the candle, darkening the room they were in, he walks into the room with Blake, and shuts the door.

1. This episode was originally supposed to be episode 5, but changed last minute when I thought of a new idea, which was the last episode.

2. When I wrote the title for the blog, I put Italy instead of Japan. lol

3. This is my longest episode of the series yet, containing an exact 1,700 words!

Episode 6: Gift

"Please, please, come in..." Helga says.

Crystal and Shawn enter through a curtain, all there was in a small tent was a small circular table, two chairs, a candle on the table, and an old lady sitting down. She had a bright gray, almost white, hair, with glasses. She was not obese, but not skinny either. She wore a pink cloak over a dark green shirt, right in front of them.

"Are you the famous Japanese spirit talker?" Shawn asks

"Who wants to know?"

"Um, I'm Shawn, and this is Crystal..."

"Ah, yes...I see you two..."

Shawn is about to speak when Helga cuts her off.

"I don't need words...All I need is for you to sit down, and lay your hands on the table."

Shawn and Crystal look at each other, and then do just that. Helga then has lays her hands on Crystal and Shawn's hand.

She closes her eyes, and starts thinking...mumbling things to herself. They couldn't make out what she was saying.

She removes her hands, and opens her eyes...

"You come to me...looking for an answer?"

"Actually..."

She interrupts again, while pointing to Shawn, "You feel guilt for a past sin, and feel there is no way to recover from it..."

Shawn starts talking again, "Well, Not...I mean..."

"I am guessing you two are boyfriend, girlfriend...husband and wife?"

Shawn and Crystal look at each other, about to laugh.

"No, No...Were just cops, partners that is."

"Hmm, I would've thought otherwise, your feelings are very strong for one another."

Shawn starts blushing, trying to hide it, while Crystal is smiling at him, while he doesn't know.

"So...we heard you talk to spirits..."

"I hear you come for questions."

"Would you mind giving us a small amount of time?"

"But, of course not..."

----Meanwhile----

Jason is at the NYSO, nobody is there, except for the now dead cops...He walks into Shawn's office...goes through some drawers, gets on his computer, and looks through a few things very quickly...

"Come on, something..."

He goes into his banking account, and hacks his password...

"Oh, so my brother as taken an interest in Japan has he?"

On the computer, it shows his payments for two plane tickets to Japan.

"Now, what would you have down there...now if only I had a phone number..."

He goes through more of his papers, finding a cell phone bill...

"Well, that was way easier than I thought it was going to be!"

He walks out of the NYSO building with a cocky attitude...he passes by the dead Colonel's body...
"Good luck catching me this time, Colonel." He laughs at himself and passes by as if nothing had happened.

----Meanwhile----

Jon hugs tightly against the wall, and peeks around the corner, seeing nobody; he quickly runs into the next room, it was an old storage room. He peeks out once again, down the long hall, leading to the door...he quickly sprints towards the door, holding the blanket around his waist, he hears talking behind him, but he continues to run full speed.

He makes it out the door, and feels the rays of the sunlight against his chest...and when he finally comes to senses; he realizes he's in the middle of a sidewalk, around hundreds of people, wearing only a blanket. He lets go of the door, closing it, and runs down an alley, where a payphone was nearby.

As the door closes, a man walks around the corner of the hall, and he sees the door close...he becomes suspicious, and walks toward Jon's cell...

He takes his keys and unlocks it, and inside, he sees Susan sitting on top of Camille, who is screaming for her to get off.

"What the ****!!!"

Susan gets freaked out, and falls, Camille gets up and starts holding her to the ground...

"GIRLS!!"

They both look at him.

"Where is Jon!?"

"He locked us in here!" Susan says.

"I don't know why I thought you two could be of help...he closes the door, locking them in there.

"Hey!" Camille says.

Susan gets up and tackles her to the ground..."This is ALL YOUR FAULT!"

They continue their petty fights, as the man walks down the hall, and open the door...the rays of sun shine on him, and shown, is the face of Jon's capturer, an older, more mature, Blake.

----Meanwhile----

Brad is helping out Abby with the dishes, it's past sundown in U.S. time.

"So, how long is Jon supposed to be gone?" Brad asks.

"Oh, just a few days...he should be back soon."

"That's good...it must be hard being here all alone..."

"Yeah, I miss him."

"Think that I could...ask you a question?"

Abby goes through some thoughts before muttering, "Sure!"

"That night...when we were captured...and you told me..."

Abby interrupts, "Listen, I know what you're going to say..."

Brad kind of sighs and looks away in the uncomfortable situation

"It's just, I thought things were going to work out between us...and when they didn't I met Jon, and I love him...but when you come back...all these feelings came along with it..."

"I don't want to force you into anything like that Abby, and I hate to come between my two friends...but this is so uncomfortable, It...it just..."

"...needs to be settled?"

"Yeah...I guess...It's just so hard..."

Abby's phone rings, she doesn't recognize the number, but she picks it up anyway, "hello?"

"Abby?"

"Jon! Thank goodness!"

"Abby, is anyone in your house!?"

"Yeah, I have Zane and...."

The connection breaks up...

"Abby?"

"Jon!"

"Abby! Zane and who!?"

If you'd like to make a call, please hang up...

"NO!"

----Meanwhile----

Blake is sitting down at a long table...very upset that Jon has escaped. He gets up from his seat, and paces around before sitting back down again...he looks ahead, and sitting on the other end of the table is Hisho Jr.

Blake's eyes widen..."Who are you!?"

"Me? I am the son of Hisho Rimiocahn!"

"Oh and I am the brother of Nick Pick! Get out of here!"

"I know you are..."

Blake gets up from his seat and is about to leave the room.

"Listen, I don't know what kind....you know?"

"Yes, I know lots actually...about how you're pissed off at the men by the names of Jonathan Man and Shawn Sports..."

"But..."

"...and that's not all...they killed your brother...someone whom you worshipped very much..."

"He's always been an older brother...ever since we were little; he's taken care of me!"

"Well, let me share you a little story..."

"I don't care for any stories, I don't know how you know so much about me, but right now, I could care less..."

"What if I told you, I could help you..."

"Help me?"

"Yes..."

"What can you possibly do to help me!?"

"I can help you find Jonathan...I can help you find Shawn and his lovely partner...I can even help you connect to your brother..."

Blake turns around.

"Connect to my brother? He's dead!"

"You know, my father was killed by the same people who killed your brother...they cornered him, and burned him...and a few years ago...I visited a spirit talker...she taught me how to connect with my father...but not only that, I enhanced the power...I have more power than anyone on this earth."

"Yeah, because I believe in super hocus-pocus magic tricks!"

"You will..."

Blake is about to walk out the door, when he sees a glow on the wall...he turns around to see a now shirtless Hisho, and all his tattoos glowing a bright purple...the doors close by force, Blake looks quickly enough to see them slam. He looks at Hisho...

"So...do you except my generous offer?"

Blake smiles an evil smile...

----Meanwhile----

"Yes, I remember him, he was a lost man, that found a lot in me..."

Helga takes the picture of Hisho Jr. and gives it back to Crystal.

"You do know he's wanted for murders and thefts, right?"

"I knew no such thing."

"What did he come to you for?" Shawn asks.

"Well, he had lost his father to a burning building, and he had a hard time with it...He heard about my ability to talk to spirits, and he wanted me to teach him that...so for a handsome amount of cash...I did it...I taught him everything I know."

"Are you saying he can talk to the dead?" Shawn asks, and then laughs.

"Are you calling me a phony?"

"I...uh...you...well...um...see..."

"Listen, we really need to find this man, we think he could have a connection with the kidnapping of a good friend."

"Well, I can give you his current address, I don't know if it's real or not..."

"It's a start though, anything good you have we'll take it."

Helga gets up from her seat, and goes behind another curtain, as Crystal's phone starts ringing.

"Hello?"

"Crystal!"

"Abby? What is it?"

"It's Jon! He called me!"

"What?"

"He called me, he's free..."

"Yeah, okay, give me the number he called from..."

"Okay, hold on!"

Crystal looks to Shawn,

"Shawn, Jon just called Abby."

"What? How is that possible, was he let go?"

"I don't know...she's giving me the number...we can trace it back at the police station."

"Yeah, if we can read anything there..."

"Crystal?"

"Abby...go on..."

Crystal writes the number on a piece of paper.

"Please find him, Crystal...please..."

"We will Abby, trust me!"

She hangs up, "Okay, let's see where this number leads."

"What about Helga?" Shawn asks.

"Shawn, we found Jon!"

"Oh, Right!"

Crystal and Shawn quickly leave the tent...but behind the other side where Helga went inside...there is a pile of blood on the ground.

And Helga is high up in the air, and holding her up by the neck is Hisho Jr. his tattoos glowing bright, and he had pierced Helga with a powered knife, which had sliced through her like a light saber...blood was running out of her chest like water. Hisho drops her to the ground...

"Are you ready to learn more?" He turns around to the darkness, where Blake walks out, shirtless, there are tattoos marked on his body, he wears a jacket only, hiding some of them, and his eyes glowed a bright blue.

"These powers...their amazing..."

"Oh, but there is more!"

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first off, here is the sign-up for Side-Effect...just to say, THIS WILL BE YOUR LAST CHANCE! I will not be accepting any more participants afterwards...I would normally allow it, but the way I am doing this story, I'm not sure I could fit any in at last moment, or in the middle of a story, I'm sorry, but that's what I'm doing...

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Ok, so I have quite a few friends on here I hang with online, and I wanted to thank you all for making it just as fun to be on here. I wanted to take a small time to mention a few names I've met over the years.

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Thanks to you all, It's fun to get on here everyday, the last few mentioned I met in my early years, however, i haven't heard from them in forever, or they don't read my blogs, but I had to mention them!.....now for BRPG updates!

Unassigned II is going really well, I've had a lack of comments, but since school is starting, I'll give it to business, and not lack of interest, which keeps me going! I've actually found time to write yesterday, and have finished episode 6, which is titled "Gift"...I still won't post it until the weekend though. the next few are probably going to be my favorite, as they go deep into Blake's life, and even Nick's, as well as how they came to be! So NickPick, if you want to learn a little more about your character, you'll return soon :P

As for Side-Effect, nothing has changed, BUT I will say I am going to post one last sign up sheet this weekend along with Unassigned II: Episode 6! it will be the last one so if you want to join it is your last chance! it will be up for a whole week! the reason I am doing this is to get an early start on the writing, and ideas, I have planned a long time for this and I want it to be the best one I've ever done! thanks for reading, and remember to sign up this weekend!

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Jon sits in the corner of the room, he's got a blanket wrapped around him, he's shivering, his lips are almost a blue from the cold air in the room...it was dark, the candle in the lantern up top was about to go out. His eyes glare around the room, when something catches it.

He gets up and walks toward the door, he was limping, but he was still able to walk, he wrapped the blanket around his waist and tied it like a towel, you could see all the scratches on his back from the whip he endured. His whole back was just blood red, there were deep scratches, and light scratches, but you could tell he had been through a lot.

He starts messing with one of the stones near the door...he takes his fingers, and scrapes away the dirt little by little; soon enough, he was able to make a small hole, big enough for him to see through the other side. He looks through it, to see the two girls, Camille and Susan

----A few weeks ago----

Shawn walks into the meeting room, Kyle, Lisa, and Colonel Bernard were sitting at the end of the table, a few other cops were sitting in the other seats.

"Hello, Shawn...Please, take a seat..." the Colonel says.

"Yes, Sir..." he takes a seat..."So, If I may ask, what's with the sudden meeting?"

"Two and a half months ago, Jonathan Man and Brad Davis went to Italy, and they stopped on of the most dangerous Mob bosses in the world...Now, this was an unassigned mission...however, we recently came upon some news..."

"What news?"

"That you were a part of that mob for the past year."

"What?" Shawn exclaims. Yet he was secretly hiding the fear...

"That's what we heard."

"And where did you get this information?"

"We don't know, it was mailed to us, with no address, no name, it was printed, and there were no fingerprints on it."

"And you would believe this why? It's probably some kid trying to pull a prank."

"Some kid? You think some kid randomly knows something about this 'vacation' and is trying to frame you? Not only that, you were gone for three years, assumingly dead, and were a little suspicious...and If this is true, not only could you be thrown out of the NYSO, but you could be doing time in jail....a lot...maybe you can share one with your brother..."

Shawn starts thinking..."Who the heck would know, let alone tell anyone about this..."

Jon suddenly runs in, like he's late.

"Hey, sorry I'm late, what's the meeting about?"

Shawn suddenly puts a few pieces together...

"I still can't believe you think I worked with Nick sir, in fact, I'm somewhat insulted..."

Shawn gets up from his seat, and walks out the door, nudging Jon's shoulder on the way out.

----A few hours later----

Shawn walks into Jon's office and closes the door...

"Okay, dude, spill...what did you say to them?"

"I didn't say anything to them; I don't know where they got the information."

"Don't play dumb, you are the only one who knew about me working with them."

"Why would I tell them?"

"Dude, I tried to kill you, I was stupid to think you would forgive me for that."

"Wow, that's just a weird way of thinking Shawn, I think you've lost it, now if you would be so kind to leave, as I have lots of work to do..."

"Yeah, sure...he opens the door, and walks out, saying..."Way to avoid the subject..."

Jon sighs, and turns his swivel chair around, looking out the window...

"Who could've known about it...?"

----A few days ago----

It was late at night, almost two in the morning; Jon was sitting on the couch, in his boxers and a t-shirt. He had popcorn, and chips all over him, the couch, and the floor...the TV was on.

He looks at the clock, and decides to go to bed...he opens the bedroom door, and he is tackled onto the bed. He quickly turns around, knocking the attacker of the bed. He sits up, and another one comes from behind, he swings his head back, head butting the attacker, who falls back against the wall.

He stands on top of the bed, the two attackers were on both sides of him, both were in black, but he notices they were skinny, and they had long hair.

"Are you two...girls?"

One jumps on the bed, but he pushes her to the ground...

"Look, I'm flattered and all, but if my girlfriend ever found out about you two, I'd never hear the end of it..."

The other one comes up with a knife, and tries to stab his leg, but he jumps off the bed, and kicks her onto the bed and she falls off the other side.

Someone then comes from behind Jon, and starts choking him, he throws him over his head though, and he falls to the ground. He runs over to keep him contained, but he kicks him, and when Jon rushes again, he uses his feet to lunge Jon against the mirror. His face shatters the glass, and blood is splattered on the mirror and the floor...Jon falls to the ground.

The man gets up, and pulls off his mask, as do the two girls, who are revealed as Susan and Camille.

"I knew I couldn't rely on two girls to attack someone."

"Listen, the guy was cute! I didn't want to do much..." Susan says.

"Just take him to the boss! A shame his girlfriend isn't here, but we still got the guy."

Susan and Camille stand there, in an awkward silence,

"Well, Come on, he's gonna wake up soon!"

----Meanwhile----

"That explains the two girls..."

Susan turns around and sees the hole

Jon's eyes widen, "I know them..."

...Susan gets Camille's attention, and they both run to the door, and open it...

Susan runs in, and turns around behind the door, and soon falls backwards, as Jon punches her.

She holds her nose and looks to Camille...

"Well!"

"What?"

"Get him! That b****** just punched me!"

"That's what you get for..."

She gets knocked on the back of the head by Jon, and she falls to the floor...he takes her keys and locks them inside the stone jail.

Jon turns around, looking around the hall...

"I have to warn Abby..."

(Hey guys, This is probably my favorite episode so far, and I hope you enjoy it also, oh! and I just finished this last night, so episodes won't be up in a while, until I get back on track, or ahead of myself....been busy, as I'm guessing you are...school sucks!! anyhoo, here you go.)

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"You know it's only a matter of time before they track you." A deep, frightening voice says.

"I know, one of my Seekers have already spotted them at my old hideout." Another voice said.

"I am very much honored you are doing this for me, son...makes me proud!"

"But of course father, after all, these two men took your life away, and I want them to suffer for it..."

"But of course..."

Inside a dark cabin, in an unknown location, there is a small area, surrounded by a circle of candles lit...in the middle, in a meditation stance, is Hisho Rimiocahn Jr. He has tattoos all over his body, and they are glowing a purple color, along with his eyes...he is bald, not wearing a shirt, but baggy pants.

Around him, there is a purple aura; it is see through, and in that aura, you can see a face, floating around him, talking to him.

"I have located the other man, Jonathan; he is being kept at an old abandoned police station.

"Kept?"

"Yes, apparently someone else shares a grudge as I do."

"Maybe you can use this to your advantage."

"I will...Goodbye father, I will contact you again!"

"Goodbye, my son."

A force erupts from Hisho Jr. The purple glows disappear, and the aura fades away into smoke, along with the fire in the candles...the room is darkened, and nothing is seen.

----Meanwhile----

Abby quickly gets up from her chair and hugs Brad...

"I can't believe it...you're alive!"

"Hey Abby..."

Brad looks around to see Zane

"Oh, it's you"

"Yeah, it's me."

Zane gets up from his seat and walks over to Brad.

Abby quickly stops Zane from coming over.

"I don't want anything from you two! Got it?"

Zane snarls at Brad and sits back down in his seat.

Abby turns back around to Brad, "Brad, last time I saw you...you were taken, I mean, how did you survive?"

"The nuclear in the weapons healed me up, not only that, it gave me this strength."

"I still can't believe what I'm seeing."

"Yeah, where's Jon at?"

"Oh, Jon...he's..." she looks back to her bedroom, then back at Brad, "he's out on a mission, should be back in a few days."

Zane raises an eyebrow as he listens to the conversation.

"Well, mind if I stay, we can catch up."

"Please do!"

She turns to Zane, "Come, help me get out some snacks for our guest."

Zane rolls his eyes, puts his beer on the table, and walks into the kitchen while Abby closes the bedroom door before heading in as well. Brad sits down on the couch.

"Okay, Abby, talk!"

"What?"

"Don't what me..."

Abby turns away, grabbing some food from the cupboard.

"You dated this guy for over a year, you get married, he breaks your heart, he becomes your new lover's partner, and he just waltzes in here like he's family?!

Abby is about to talk, and Zane interrupts again, "Not only that! You lie to him about Jon!
"Brad's a good guy Zane, we've stayed close...and I don't want him to know that Jon is gone, he might try and help rescue him, and he's exactly what I need right now"

"What you need?...How close exactly have you two stayed?"

Abby remembers back in Italy, inside Nick's hideout.

Abby and Brad stare into each other's eyes, and they kiss.

Abby jogs the memory away..."We've stayed close friends, kind of have to with him being Jon's sidekick."

Zane looks into the living room, "Abb, you know I've never liked that guy..."

"Yes, I know..."

"So what you want me to deal with this guy?!"

"No, I want you to give him a beer."

Zane walks to the fridge, his jacket leans forward, revealing a gun in the back pocket, Abby turns around, "Make that a..."

Her eye spots the gun, and she can't take her eyes off of it.

"What's that Abby?"

"...a soda...he wants a soda..."

Zane grabs a can out of the fridge, Abby grabs a plate of snacks, and they walk back and sit down with Brad.

"Thanks, Abby."

Zane throws the soda at Brad, hitting him in the chest...

"Gee, thanks!" he says sarcastically.

"So Brad, what brings you around here?"

"Um, well, I was going to talk to Jon, hoping I could reinstate back as his partner, hope the NYSO doesn't mind me taking a break."

"Shouldn't be an issue, Shawn got back in."

"Shawn?"

"Yeah..."

"You mean, Shawn that tried to kill us in Italy, Shawn?"

"Yeah, yeah...don't worry, he's good, he's on the job with Crystal right now."

"Crystal?"

"New girl"

Brad opens the can of soda, and it sprays over his face...he quickly covers it up...

Abby looks over at Zane, who is just blankly looking at him.

"Whoops!"

"I'll get a towel..."

She opens the bedroom door, walks in, and closes it...she heads to her bathroom, and grabs a towel out of the closet, as she walks out, something comes to her mind.

She tosses the towel onto the bed, and pulls out a metal box from under it. There is a combo to the lock on it...it is broken open. Abby, curious, opens it...and when she sees inside, she stands up, and backs toward the wall, in shock.

----Previous Day (Japan - Day, U.S. - Night) ----

A few moments after the explosion...

The Colonel gets up from under some rubble, and helps up Lisa, Kyle however, has blood dripping from his head into a pile below him...Lisa is in shock.

"Who was that?"

"I don't know, but I'm going to find out..."

He cocks his gun, and peeks out the window, he finds nobody there though, just an empty street...Lisa screams suddenly, he turns around, and quickly points his gun. Standing there, is a taller man, crazy-looking, messed up hair and clothes...holding a knife to Lisa's neck.

The Colonel's eyes widen, "Jason!"

"Yeah, that's right, Jason..."

"What are you doing, why are you doing this!?"

"I want to pay a visit to my dear brother...but he doesn't seem to be in right now..."

"I see you haven't changed, first your family, now this?"

"I know, I'm sick...but Shawn's next on my list, and I get his location, or she dies."

He pushes the knife closer to her neck.

"Believe me, I wish I knew...rumors started that he worked with a mob down in Italy"

"Such a bad boy, mother always did like him best...shame he turned..."

"Listen Jason, just leave Lisa alone, and we can talk this over..."

"Oh, so Lisa is the name, ah?"

Lisa struggles in shock and fear...
"Sorry, Colonel, but I got a mission...and I don't care who gets in my way..."

Colonel Bernard aims straight at him...

"They're going down."

He slits her neck...she drops to the ground, as blood gushes out...the Colonel shoots his gun, it hits Jason in the shoulder, he halts as he is hurt, but quickly comes out with a gun and shoots him in the chest. The Colonel falls back over his desk, and then falls out the broken window.

Jason looks out to see a pile of blood under the body.

"Now...let's do some research..."

----Present (Japan - Mid-night, U.S. - Midday) ----

Shawn and Crystal move through the grass and trees.

"I can't believe we're lost in this wilderness" Shawn says

"I can't believe we were chased by a ghost" Crystal says

"It wasn't a ghost...it...it was..."

"What else could it have been!?"

"A Koala Bear..."

"What?"

"Aren't they big in Asia?"

"Oh Shawn..."

"What?"

She laughs, "You're just...Shawn!"

"Is that a good thing?" he smiles

"Maybe..." She flirts back.

Shawn spots a light through the forest, "Hey, look!"

They quickly run in that direction, and finally find a city, somewhere near Tokyo.

Moments later they are inside a hotel lobby, just sitting down.

"So Shawn, what's the plan?"

"Hisho has been visiting spirit talkers, demon worshippers, future tellers...frankly, I'm scared."

"But..."

"But, I think we should visit Helga..."

"Helga?"

"Yeah, Hisho had many pages, and information on her, I'm hoping we can get some kind of information from her..."

While that conversation was going on, two glowing purple eyes, surrounded by a black mist look through the window...but after a few moments, it quickly dissipates into nothing...

----Meanwhile----

Hisho Jr. sits on one a chair...sleeping, meditating, until, the black mist appears before him...He slowly opens his eyes, the eyes disappear, and the black mist fades, revealing an opaque, but shining purple, dragon shaped figure. Hisho shows a half smile.

The dragon enters his body, he makes a fist, and clinches his face, enduring the pain...his eyes start to glow a purple, along with all the tattoos along his body.

Everything soon comes into vision. From the old cabin, to the car chase...to the talk at the hotel, he gained the information within a second.

Hisho talks, but his voice is deeper and darker, almost has if there is another spirit talking along with him.

"Helga...I haven't seen her in months...maybe we should pay a visit to an old friend.

It was dark; the sun was about to rise, which means it was probably close to setting in the United States. Crystal and Shawn were driving a truck down into the outskirts of town.

"So that's what happened huh?" Crystal asks

"Yeah, I'm still not sure exactly what happened, but I trusted Jon would tell me the truth."

"That's good, trust is needed in partnership."

"Yeah, but..."

"But, what?"

"Somehow the NYSO knows about my partnership with Nick...and Jon was the only other person who knew about it"

"You think he told them...why would he do that?"

"I don't know, but I'm hoping to find out..."

Shawn and Crystal arrive at a small log cabin...there were no neighbors, trees covered most of the area, and there was a small lantern hanging in front of the door...

Shawn and Crystal get out of the truck, which they had just rented...

"You sure this is the place?" Crystal asks

"This is the address that was on his records..."

"It's so creepy..."

"Yeah, I do not like this..."

"And I'm about to stay in the car..."

"Crystal..."

"Okay, okay..."

She stays close behind Shawn, while he walks up to the door...he grabs the lantern hanging, and opens the door...nothing is seen, as it's so dark, Shawn searches for a light switch, but no luck in finding one...

They step inside; creaking is heard in the wood as they walk on it...

It was a small room, box shaped...on the right, there was a few seats...dust and spider webs covered it all.

On the left, there were papers nailed all over the wall.

And ahead of him was a back door, with a something hanging off the door handle...

----Meanwhile----

"It's getting dark outside...maybe I should just go to bed..." Abby says.

"Okay, do you want me to stay here?" Zane asks.

"You can if you want; there are blankets in the closet by the bathroom.

"I just want to make sure you're safe and all."

"I'll be fine, there's a gun Jon hides in our bedroom, and he has taught me how to use it.

"Okay, well, then I'll go, I'll be back in the morning though, okay?"

"Okay, thanks..."

Zane leaves the house and closes the door.

Abby undresses and puts on her nightgown, she goes to the broken mirror, with dried blood on it...

In the mirror she sees Jon's face, "Don't worry Abby...I'm fine...I love you...with all my heart..."

Abby's eyes fill with tears..."Jonathan..."

She picks up a picture of him, and holds it to her chest...holding on tight.

She walks back into the sitting room, still holding the picture frame; she lies down on the couch and slowly falls to sleep.

----Meanwhile----

Shawn walks to the left where the papers are...there are many on the wall...one that catches his eye is a headline in the newspaper that was torn out...

"Building burnt down, one body found..."

"I knew it..." Shawn says.

"What?"

"Hisho's son definitely has a grudge against us...I'm sure he has Jon..."

"Well he ain't here..."

"No, this was an old hideout..."

Another paper catches his eye..."Old Woman speaks to spirits, calms them."

"Hey check this out" he grabs the paper of the wall...

A noise is heard against the other wall, it was like a thump, Shawn quickly turns around, Crystal hides behind him, putting her hand on his shoulder...He points the lantern around the room, and nothing is seen...the noise is heard again.

"It's outside..." Shawn says.

He hands the lantern to Crystal, and slowly heads toward the front door, gun cocked in his hand...

He peeks out to see nothing

"Shawn..." She whispers...

"He sneaks over to check the back door, and sees nothing...he puts his hand on the handle to open and peek out, but the handle feels very weird.

It felt rough, dusty, and dirty...he soon felt bugs crawling on his hand, he looks down, and there was bony hand hanging on the door, followed by ratty clothes on a skeleton...he jumps back hard, the wood cracks and breaks...his leg goes through, and from his knee down is stuck...Crystal walks over, "Shawn, what is it?"

She sees the skeleton and squeals, her hands cover her mouth, she flings the lantern back against the wall, and it lands on the floor, it cracks, and starts sparkling...

"Shawn! Why...who..."

"I don't know...." He cringes in pain..."But help get me out of here..."

Crystal helps pull him up, he kneels down, holding his lower leg...they hear the noises again, only louder

They stare at the back door, knowing it's coming from that direction. They see a shadow of a figure. Shawn and Crystal, especially Crystal, are freaked out of their minds. Both stayed still hoping they couldn't be seen in the dark...

----Meanwhile----

In the NYSO...Kyle and Lisa, the girl who called Shawn, comes into Colonel Bernard's office, he is going over some paper work...

"It's getting late, sir..." Lisa says.

"I know, I know, any word on Shawn?"

"I haven't been able to get a hold of him on any line..."

"He never did start acting suspicious until this rumor is started, and more and more, I am beginning to think it is true..."

Suddenly, a crash is heard in the window behind the colonel, he looks back to see a hole in the window, surrounded by cracks. He then looks down to his feet.

He sees a grenade, ready to blow up, he jumps over his desk and tackles Lisa and Kyle to the ground, while yelling, "Get down!"

The bomb goes off, part of the wall cracks up from the explosion, papers are flying everywhere inside the office, and the three cops lie on the ground.

----Meanwhile----

Suddenly, in the dark of the night, two purple glowing eyes are seen...Crystal and Shawn freak out, and quickly run back to the front door, but the sparks erupt into flames, burning the front wall...

Crystal hurries and runs out the front door, the flames spread quickly though, Shawn limps over, and barely makes it out, before the exit was consumed by the fire.

"Crystal, start up the truck!"

Crystal runs to the truck and turns it on, she then jumps to the passenger side, and Shawn limps quickly into the driver seat, and puts his foot on the gas. Dust goes flying, but they drive away fast.

Shawn looks in the review mirrors only to find that the whole cabin was on fire.

"Phew...that was too close..."

"Shawn...what was that thing?"

"I couldn't make it out; it was too dark...but those purple eyes..."

"That's impossible though!"

"I know...I know..."

He looks back again to see most of the cabin burnt down, some of the walls were still up.

"Shawn!!!"

Shawn turns his head around to see a mist, he quickly brakes.

"What?!"

"The mist..."

"Yeah?"

"Don't...Don't you see it?"

"What?"

"Those eyes...their staring right at us..."

"Crystal, you're seeing things, there is nothing there"...he looks in the review mirror to see the purple glowing eyes, and a black mist following behind them...

"But that is for real!"

He quickly slams on the pedal, and they drive through the mist, unknowing to them, they go off road, he continues to drive forward, branches and limbs get in the way, and soon the left tire hits a hill, sending them upward a bit, he loses control, and they hit a tree, the truck spins around a few times before the back end hits another tree.

And in the still of the night, in the middle of the woods, Shawn and Crystal sit in the truck...motionless.

----The Next Day (U.S. - day, Japan - night) ----

"Nobody's after you Abby, why would you think that?"

"Because the whole bedroom is completely destroyed...more than what it was before!"

"I knew I should have stayed here last night..."

"Yeah..."

"Don't worry Abby, I'll be staying by your side until Jon comes back...and he is..."

Abby looks up at him, she was sitting on the couch...

"You want some tea?" Zane asks.

"Please..."

Abby is sitting on the couch, and Zane comes back with drinks, and sits in the chair...Abby is having Iced Tea, while Zane drinks a beer.

"You know that Iced Tea I had yesterday was pretty nasty..."

Abby rolls her eyes.

"I was born and raised in the south; iced tea is in my blood."

Steps are heard outside, Zane looks alert, and his hand slowly reaches to his back pocket, Abby not noticing as she looks at the door...

The handle slowly goes down, and the door opens...

Abby's eyes widen, "Oh my goodness!"

hey guys, thanks for the comments on the start of the new season, please stay tuned, I know the so far most of the characters aren't getting screen time, but don't worry, you all will have an episode, heck even Nick has a few!

Also, Ultrawolf wanted me to spread the word on his BRPG, he needs a few more members for that I think so, check it out if your interested..

okay, so, guess what! School starts tomorrow!! YAY!!! completely sarcastic, and am pretty bummed....because what does this mean!? less time for writing, more time for homework...ugh! I will try and write as much as possible when I get the time, I am doing some today to get ahead, I am working on episode 4 right now (which so far is my favorite) and should get episdoe 3 out by tomorrow or Thursday....

well that was the bad news, good news is, I've figured out all the stories and ideas I want for Side-Effect, which I can not wait to get started on, I'm so excited, I think it will definetely be the best BRPG I've ever written...What is going to happen is there will be 6 episodes...and those six episodes will each be divided into about 5 (give or take) chapters, some will be long, some will be short, but I think all of you will enjoy it, because, unlike my previous BRPG's.....everyone plays a main part in the story! and here's a little spoiler for you

Episode 1 will deal with the origins of Alice, Jason, Blake, and Zane

Episode 2 will deal with the orisins of Nick, Joshua, and Jake

Episode 3, you will have to wait for ;)

well that's all for now! Thanks!

"Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your pilot; we will be arriving in Tokyo, Japan in about an hour." The pilot says, he also goes over it again in Japanese.

Shawn and Crystal are near the front row. Crystal is reading a magazine, while Shawn examines the Japanese book.

"There are definitely fingerprints on here...and I think...their ladies fingerprints..."

Crystal looks over to Shawn

"Why would some lady attack and kidnap Jon...besides, you can't even tell..."

"Yeah, you see, the print is smaller and thinner, men have bigger prints..."

"You just made that up!"

"I did not!"

"You did too, there's no proof that the 'lady' as big fingers..."

"Hey, at least it's a start though; I don't have any leads..."

"What are your plans?"

"I was going to head to the local police station; maybe they'll have guys on the wanted list or something..."

"How are you gonna communicate with them?"

"Well, we have this..."

Shawn raises the book up...

"True..."

----Meanwhile----

At the NYSO, back in New York, there is a small room, there are three people in the room, and there was a man sitting at his desk...this man was Colonel George Bernard. He was the one in control of the place, he called all the shots.

The three people were either detectives, or spies, all of them were talking at the same time though.

"That's enough!"

The room quiets down.

"Jake, what's your problem?"

No problems, just letting you know we have Rick in our grasp.

"Finally, we got him!"

Jake leaves, the lady comes up to him, "Shawn never came into work today, and neither did Jon."

"Jon was taking his vacation, but Shawn..."

"Yes sir?"

"Shawn may be avoiding something..."

"What do you want me to do?"

"Call his house..."

"Yes sir!"

She leaves and heads back to her office.

The Colonel looks at the last man in the room, Kyle.

"What can I do for you?"

"Um, she told you my news..."

"I see..."

"Yeah..."

......

"So what are you still doing in here!?"

"You have a nice office."

"Get out!"

"Yes sir!"

He hurries out of the room.

----Meanwhile----

Abby sits in her sitting room...Zane comes back from the kitchen holding two glasses of Iced Tea...

"Here you go sis..."

He gives her the tea...she waits a second, until finally looking up at him, and taking it...

"What if he's not okay, Zane...?"

"I'm sure he is, dear"

"You don't know that..."

She sticks her head in a pillow...

"Has he proposed yet?"

"No..."

"Really"

"Yeah..."

"Hmm..."

Zane takes a sip of his tea, and leans back into his chair...He turns the TV on.

"And they have finally caught the menace, Rick Harper!"

"One less crook to haunt the streets."

"Sadly though, two cops were killed before containing control of him..."

Zane's eyes widen, Abby looks at him...

"Heh, sorry..."

He turns the TV off.

----Back in Japan----

At the Japanese police station, Shawn and Crystal walk in and walk up to a woman up front, taking in phone calls...

"Excuse me, names Shawn Sports, I am a special agent from America," he shows her the badge, "I was hoping I could see a few guys on your wanted list..."

The lady looks at him.

"%#*&5 %*$( % %*U#% (#) %*"

"Umm, excuse me?"

"%#*&5 %*$( % %*U#% (#) %*"

Crystal walks up, "I don't think she speaks English..."

"Great..."

He looks over to the far wall, with papers and pictures hanging all over it...Crystal and Shawn walk over, and start reading the papers...

"You know any of these guys?"

"No...I don't see..."

His eyes widen, he grabs a paper off the wall, reading over it.

"What is it Shawn?"

"I can't believe this...it's his son!"

"Who's?"

"Hisho Rimiocahn."

"Who?"

"He was a murderer that me and Jon chased down here in Tokyo...that's where..."

"Oh..."

"Yeah..."

"I'm sorry..."

"It's cool; anyway, this is his son, Hisho Jr."

"I wonder how long it took them to come up with that name."

Shawn laughs, "I wonder, maybe Hisho would have some kind of grudge...or whatever that we went after him..."

"He's on the most wanted list; he must have done something wrong."

"Hell yeah, he did, this guy is wanted for the murder of thirty men, women, and children, he's stolen tons of money, and raped 3 girls..."

"Goodness!"

"Crystal...that's only been the last two weeks..."

Her eyes widen, and her mouth opens in shock...
"I think we have a job to do..."

"Hopefully it will also lead to Jon..."

----Meanwhile----

Jon is pinned to the wall, he is stripped of all his clothing, face front against the wall, the whole backside of his body is red, scratched, and bruised...

Jon screams in pain, tears and blood cover his face...

Susan and Camille are watching as two men lash him with whips...

"This guy is finally getting what he deserves..." Susan says

"Yeah, although he has a great body..." Camille says.

Susan looks at her, "Maybe watching a naked guy get whipped isn't the best thing for you..." He takes her out of the room, the two men, unshackle him, Jon falls to the ground...

They leave the room, and lock the door...

Jon sits in the corner of the room, hoping that something good will happen...

The room was small, stone covered the whole area, there was a small lantern that gave off hardly any light, it was cold in the room, and Jon had nothing to cover up with...

"If this is worse than death...."

Here's something to get you caught up

Previously........

Abby (Abby309) and Jonathan (Cradleman) are on a vacation to Italy, they stay in Abby's great, great grandfather who has passed it down to their generation and yeah....

Blake (Beegk) is the hotel "waiter" you could say, he helps give info, cleans the room, and gets them anything they wanted pretty much....

Jon found out about Nick (NickPick) who is a major Mafia leader down in Italy...he is so feared that the cops don't even try to touch him anymore. So he asks Brad (Spideyfan914) to come down and help him investigate, turns out he's going to invade Hitler's tomb to obtain nuclear powered weapons, and he's gonna like rule all of Europe or whatever....

So, after a few episodes....Jon runs into Shawn (Sportsfan23) Who was his old partner until he assumingly died in a fire fight Hisho, a murderer in Japan...Shawn blames Jon, saying he betrayed him and didn't care if he died...now he wants to kill Jon for trying to kill him...

Well, after a few more episodes, Abby and Brad were kidnapped and taken to a hidden base down under the Coliseum in Rome. It is revealed that Abby and Brad were married for one week before she ever met Jon, and they divorced because he was always away on missions...well while kidnapped, they kiss, pretty much revealing they still have feelings for one another...

Searching for Abby and Brad, Jon teams up with Blake to help him save them, only Blake has been working for Nick this whole time, and turns on him, but Jon beats him, and finds that Brad has been shot and killed with the nuclear weapons...Jon runs into Shawn again, who he finally gets through too, and then onto Nick, who he shoots with the nuclear weapon, only it doesn't kill him, it gives him power and strength, he almost kills Jon, but Shawn decides to help him, he shoots down and kills Nick with a regular gun....he goes back to were Brad's dead body was, only to find it gone. He is still alive

Shawn returns to the NYSA, nobody telling anybody about his acquaintance with Nick, and he gains a new a hot partner named Crystal...In the end, Blake swears revenge on the two men...that killed his Brother, Nick...

That's pretty much a basis of what happened, I don't know if I got it all, so if you have any questions, just ask.