cane.

“LADIES AND GENTLEMAN WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF ILLUSION!” The magician stated as a flock of bird flew from his sleeves. As the show went on Shade sat quietly watching, Rebecca smiled as she clapped and looked at Shade who didn’t seem to move and went to nudge him but was shocked when her hand seem to pass right through his arm.

“What?”

“My, my, my it’s true what your file says Savitar you are very good at manipulating people’s minds, in fact I would dare say a master in that field, these people don’t even realize it’s being done to them.” the audience started to look around trying to find the voice that had just spoke, but as the magician started to laugh their attention turned back him.

“I’m flattered that you say so, Ghost is it?” the magician said, as his cloths seem to melt away to reveal a black cat smiling.

“That it is Savitar, though it doesn’t take much to figure out that once this show started the rise in unusual crimes went up, all of them during the day, knowing that I am only able to manifest my self at night.”

“Please Ghost don’t try and con a conman.” Savitar snapped his fingers and everyone found them selves trapped, in cells. “Now that we have the riffraff out of the way.” Shade appeared out of nowhere dressed in grey Samurai armor. “Ah I see you have come prepared.”

“I have Savitar, after getting a mental attack from one of your little mental traps I knew that I had to prepare for this encounter.”

“That would explain why I didn’t since you in the audience, people like you and me we can always tell when another is close by.”

“True, though some more then others, I am rather ashamed that you put me in the same boat as your self though.”

“Really, do tell?” Savitar’s cloths changed once more his more horrific then Shade’s, black scales covered his body, over that rough harden armor with spikes sticking out in several location, his gauntlets covered in sharp studs and his fingers coming to sharp points.

“You use your ability to manipulate people for your own gain, and you don’t care how it might effect them.”

“And you don’t do the same.”

“Only against the criminals of this city. I fight against those that wish to harm the innocent.”

“Oh please no one is innocent, everyone is guilty of something.” with that the two charged at one another, the trapped minds watched on, hopping that the Ghost was up for this challenge, hopping that this would not be his final battle, and even thought Shade was skilled in fighting, Savitar had the upper hand on this battle field, he altered the terrain, he vanished and reappeared at will, and even when Shade was able to land a blow, Savitar was able to inflict twice the impact upon Shade with a minor thought. “You’re out of your league Ghost.” Savitar said, as Shade landed hard from a devastating blow. “Did you really think you could beat me?” Savitar raised his right hand and shot bolts of lighting from his finger tips causing Shade to scream out in pain. “Did you really think you had a chance against me?” Rebecca and many others turned away as Savitar started to torture Shade, his screams of pain and the crackling of lighting could be heard, but no one wanted to see this, no one wanted to watch anyone suffer this way. After a few minutes Rebecca dared to look back, her heart was going out to Shade as she could see Savitar standing over him. She watched as the Evil man picked Shade up by the throat with one hand, and could hear his laughter as Shade’s torment. “You have been weighed.” Savitar delivered a devastating blow to Shade’s gut before dropping him to the ground. “Your have been judged.” Savitar kicked Shade in the face, and before reaching down and pulling Shade to his knees. “And you have been found wanting.” Rebecca couldn’t believe her eyes as she watched Savitar plunge his sharp fingers into Shade’s chest, and slowly turning him to what looked to be stone.

“NO!!!!” Savitar looked up at Rebecca from her cry of terror and smiled.

“WHERE IS YOUR HERO NOW!?! WHERE IS THE GREAT AND POWERFUL GHOST!?!” the people looked at the distorted face of Shade a look of intense pain for ever trapped in stone. In the mental prison Shade now found himself trapped in, it was dark and cold, he wasn’t ready to face Savitar, and as he wandered in the darkness the only thing he could think about was how he had failed everyone.

“I’m sorry.” As tears ran down his face Shade looked up only to see the darkness, the black void that was now closing in on him. He couldn’t help but wonder, was this to be his fate, was this to be his end?