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Chapter IX
9:26 P.M. Duskcrawler appeared near the graveyard. He walked down the tombstones and looked around the cemetery. He saw his mother’s, Elisabeth Colman, grave. Duskcrawler looked down at the headstone and bend down. He turned some shadow into a rose and put it by her headstone. He took off his mask, revealing a man with a straight face, a bruise on his forehead, sharp, red eyes, and long, messy, black hair in a white tanktop and blue shorts. Duskcrawler said,
“Thank you, mother…for protecting me from my father. It is unfortunate that you died at his hands. I got revenge on that drunk b*****d. I’m glad he got what he deserved. As for me, I’m doing what I always do: enact justice.” He got back on his feet and stood up. He said, once more,
“Rest in place, mother…” He put his mask back on, his body turning back into its shadowy form. Duskcrawler walked away and sunk into the shadows. He appeared in front of the Counselor’s grave. He took his pistol and put it in front of his grave. He looked back upon his times with the Counselor. It was many years ago, when Duskcrawler was a softy. Duskcrawler fought criminals, but let them live. It was on a hot night that Duskcrawler had heard of a mass murderer was murdering people in Seattle. He went to his location and beat the s**t out of him. That was until the Counselor made his move. When Duskcrawler threw him down on the ground, the Counselor pulled out his pistol and fired. The bullet hit him in the head. The Counselor looked at him,
“Heh, what’s with the mask. Is that supposed to scare off criminals?” Duskcrawler was silent. The Counselor chuckled,
“This isn’t Halloween, friend. We’ve got criminals to kill.” Duskcrawler immediately responded,
“What!? There’s no need to kill.”
“No need to kill? Are you kidding me, these dickheads kill all the time, so, why not us? We’re already criminals, so we might as well shoot them in the head. Besides, they don’t matter, all that matters is getting the job done.” The Counselor walked away. Another time, Duskcrawler was investigating a prostitute. She had left and Duskcrawler beat on her. He had left her for the police, but word got out, that the Counselor raped and killed her, sadistically. Duskcrawler encountered him and fought him. The Counselor let Duskcrawler bounce on him and hit him. He turned the lights on and kicked Duskcrawler off of him. He kicked him in the face and shot him in the chest with his AK-47. The Counselor punched him in the face with his brass knuckles. Duskcrawler turned the lights off and regenerated his wounds and kept punching and kicking him. When the Counselor had too much, he dropped his hand grenade. The flames distracted Duskcrawler, allowing the Counselor to escape. That pissed Duskcrawler off. The worst time he remembers is when the Counselor breaking into a prison. He broke the bars and went in and raped multiple female inmates. Inmates went around and rioted like crazy and the Counselor killed most of them. He beat the rest of the inmates with his nightstick. The Counselor threw a bunch of grenades, killing everything he saw. He got out of the prison and used his flamethrower and burned the entire prison down. The Counselor became one of the most wanted men in Seattle. It pissed Duskcrawler off even more to the point Duskcrawler was willing to manhunt him. He felt as if the Counselor had done things, unspeakable, but he had no choice but to avenge him.
10:12 P.M. Ramsesses went on his boat to investigate around the world. As he flew around, he remembers the Counselor being the last person he’d want to, or would avenge. He always wanted to just punch that person’s skull in. The Counselor went over to Egypt and blew all the terrorists and everyone there away. Ramesses saw the Counselor’s face light up with satisfaction. He even imploded an ancient pyramid, there. He didn’t care what he was doing, he just did it out of impulse, instead of reason. The Counselor could never be trusted. He did many terrible things, like raping little girls to women, massacring people, breaking into people’s houses and stealing things, imploding ancient structures, burning cities down to the ground, and smoking, drinking, chewing, spitting, injecting, and eating overpriced tobacco, drugs, and alcohol. Ironically, people hailed him as a hero until he grew increasingly violent and sociopathic. Ramesses, to this day, regretted ever allowing the Counselor into The Nocturnes. He remembers the team, making their first meeting, and the Counselor had mocked him of his efforts to try and save the world. He said that before anyone can do anything, the nuclear weapons will have launched and destroyed them all and that vigilantes are illegal, so there was no point in trying to make them listen. The meeting left Ramesses scarred, questioning if saving the world is needed. He steered his boat to the west and made his way to Uganda. No luck, there, either. Memories of Uganda reoccurred in his head. The Counselor looked at the children, despicably, and gave them poisonous food. He even looked at one of the toddlers and put a grenade in his mouth. The Counselor, after tormenting the Ugandan people, searched for the man responsible for kidnapping the people and making them soldiers. He found him and butchered him. The Counselor, being the person he is, took joy in killing him. He said to the kidnapper,
“Do you enjoy this?” He said, coldly, smoking his cigarette, “Do you think standing up to the government is worthwhile? You’re just like them, a disgrace, just like the rest of the people here.” He finished him by hitting him in the head, extremely hard, splitting it, completely in half. Ramesses ran at him, telling him to stop. The Counselor looked at him and left. Ramesses shouted,
“Is this justice?”
“Is this your delusional mind? Justice is an instability for humanity. Good and evil only exist in people’s delusional minds. It’s all worthless. These people are worthless. You are worthless. It’s the way our race is.” He walked off, leaving Ramesses the Impaler, alone and deep in thought. Is humanity really just a bunch of dirt and dust? Is there anything special in the face of humanity at all…An explosion occurred on Ramesses’s boat. He ran to check on the area at which the flames occurred at. When Ramesses had checked, he saw Apep floating over the fire. He had a sinister grin on his face. The demon rose a few feet above the blazes and descended slowly. As he descended, the flames rose higher and higher. Ramesses backed away and threw one of his gladius swords at him. Apep floated there and let the sword fly at him. He turned intangible and the sword fell from the sky. Apep telepathically lifted Ramesses near himself and said, “Really, Ramesses, did you think that gladius would touch me?” He laughed, “Wow, you are pathetic. The historical Ramesses II was a much smarter leader than you. To think you’re rated as one of the world’s top geniuses. In my point of view, you are the most unintelligent person I have ever met.” A flash of light appeared, and Nocturnal Titan teleported beside Apep. He looked at him and lifted his right hand. Apep lifted his left hand and the two attempted to intimidate each other. Titan vaporized Apep, while Apep shot a flash of black light at him. Blood squirted everywhere, and their bodies disappeared. Immediately, they both regenerated their bodies. They flew at each other and Titan sliced at Apep with his hand, and Apep grabbed Ramesses’s gladius and slashed each other. Meanwhile, on Ramesses’s boat, he repaired the damage. He fired his cannons at Apep. Too distracted with Nocturnal Titan, multiple blasts severed his back. He fell down into the ground. Nocturnal Titan telepathically lifted him and impaled him with his hand. Injured, badly, Apep teleported away.
11:11 P.M. Behemoth of the Night flew into the darkness, as an albatross. Sweet Revenge followed on her motorcycle. As Behemoth flew off, there were several men in the streets, shooting at her bike. She jumped off, kicking one in the face. Behemoth followed behind, pecking at their eyes. He transformed into a rhino and rammed them. Sweet Revenge jumped up, back flipping onto him. She jumped off, punching men that jumped at her. Behemoth finished it off, transforming into a skunk, using his smelly offensive. He, then transformed into a pterodactyl, allowing Sweet Revenge to jump onto him. Behemoth of the Night flew Sweet Revenge somewhere the smell couldn’t reach. As they flew down, Sweet Revenge said to him, “Wow, this is a beautiful view. I’ve never seen anything like this before.” Behemoth of the Night responded, “I guess it is. It’s way better with you.” Sweet Revenge kissed him on the forehead, feeling the air flow through her hair. Behemoth landed when he saw a shadow move. It formed in front of him, appearing human-like. White eyes and the moon crescent appeared. The man was Duskcrawler. He looked at them, saying to the couple, “Disgusting…” “Shut up, Duskcrawler,” Behemoth of the Night said. Sweet Revenge ignored what they said, “Have you found anything on Apep?” “Sorry, Sweet Revenge, but no. He’s somewhere else. I have no exact idea where he is. My only guess is he’s underground.” “Makes sense why he’d go there,” Behemoth said. “I’m going to get Nocturnal Titan, you two find Ramesses the Impaler.” Duskcrawler ran down the boulevard, while Behemoth transformed into a pterodactyl and carried Sweet Revenge with her.
12:35 A.M. Nocturnal Titan floated above his homeland of Egypt. He looked at the graves of the victims that suffered from AIDS. He caused it all to happen, he was the reason they had all died. But now, the titan was not going to allow anyone else to die. He floated a bit higher, only to see a shadow move on the ground. Nocturnal Titan descended slowly towards the shadow. “You should stop doing that, Duskcrawler.” “I’ve come to ask you to go inside the underground. It is there that we might find Apep.” “I guess I must do so in order to save this world. I have done wrong, but now I will redeem myself as Prometheus did.” Duskcrawler manipulated some shadows into a shovel and dug. Nocturnal Titan looked at Duskcrawler, “I have a better way.” Nocturnal Titan shoved his silvery hand into the ground and descended towards the underground. Duskcrawler looked down, “Hmm…I guess it is better.” Duskcrawler sank into the shadows and moved behind Nocturnal Titan. The duo descended lower and lower into the underground. Nocturnal Titan heard a noise. He ordered, “Duskcrawler, I’ve heard a noise. You and I must go in separate directions to find the demon.” Nocturnal Titan shoved his silvery hand and moved away from Duskcrawler. The Shadowy Angel of Death phased through the underground, away from Nocturnal Titan. Nocturnal Titan moved through the dirt. He heard a noise. It was insane laughter. It sounded familiar. “Nocturnal Titan. Looks like you’ve gone back on your promise to kill the human race. How disappointing.” “Apep, what is it you want here?” “I am here to tell you that you are going to witness my ascension to godhood.” A bullet rang from behind, hitting Apep in the back of the head. “Not today, Apep. I will stop you, no matter what.” “Oh, but you won’t, you pathetic organism.” “I will show you what a pathetic organism is.” Nocturnal Titan shoved his hand into Apep’s chest, but got blown backwards by Apep. Nocturnal Titan vaporized him, but Apep appeared from behind his back, impaling Nocturnal Titan. Nocturnal Titan chopped off Apep’s head. Apep turned towards Nocturnal Titan and shoved his hand on his face. “Enough!” Duskcrawler teleported behind Apep, slashing him with shadowy katanas. “Will you just die, already!?” Duskcrawler stuck his katanas into Apep’s chest and acquired his shadowy double barreled rifle. He blew his shoulders off and teleported from behind his head and shot his chest off at point blank range. His katanas and double barreled rifles disappeared. Duskcrawler stretched his hand out to Nocturnal Titan. The silvery man took the shadowy figure’s hand and got up. Duskcrawler examined Apep’s body. He looked at it, thoroughly, saying, “He’s dead. Let’s go.” Duskcrawler jumped up and phased up towards the aboveground, alongside Nocturnal Titan.
1:29 A.M. Ramsesses the Impaler waited at his condo. He was dressed in his fine Ancient Egyptian-like costume, waiting for The Nocturnes to report to him. There was a knocking at the door. He opened it, seeing Duskcrawler, Nocturnal Titan, Behemoth of the Night, and Sweet Revenge come inside. He welcomed them, warmly, before getting into his black chair. Ramsesses the Impaler said, “Nocturnes report. What is it that you’ve uncovered.” Duskcrawler and Nocturnal Titan appeared first, explaining, “I, Nocturnal Titan, have something to report. As I was investigating for Apep, Duskcrawler had found me. He hypothesized that Apep was underground. We went underground, looking for him. We did not find him, rather he found me. Our fight was brief and he was almost able to kill me, that was until Duskcrawler appeared and overwhelmed him in combat. We examined his body, believing it to be dead. Whether or not he is dead, he possibly has interest in the underground, most presumably, the center of the Earth. I do not know what is there, but it seems it is in his best interest to gain whatever it is he wants there.” “Good, Nocturnal Titan and Duskcrawler. What happened with you two?” Behemoth of the Night said, “Sweet Revenge and I were looking for Apep, like Nocturnal Titan and Duskcrawler. We did not find him, obviously, rather we got into some difficulty. Our attempt to find him was put on hold because there were several criminals that attacked us. We were successful in putting them to justice. We wanted to find Apep, but Duskcrawler ordered us to come here. On our way here, we found Duskcrawler and Nocturnal Titan. It was then that we came here.” “I see. We have all done well. Let us rest for today. We will report back here at 6:30, tomorrow.” Ramesses the Impaler escorted the group out and went back inside his condo.
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