Rahziel
06-11-2001, 02:12 PM
THE NEXT DAY- 10:05 am EST
(Michael Hayes walks to the park next to his mother’s home. He is wearing he traditional boots and pants of a shaolin monk. His shirt is a sleeveless tee shirt, black, tucked in his pants. Michael is carrying a Kali Yuga, a special fighting staff with rounded brass edges. After making his way to the open area in the center of the park, Michael begins to demonstrate his skill with the weapon. Many people crowd around the area to watch Michael as he begins to perform more advanced movements. He continues on for approximately 3 minutes, then Michael tosses the Kali Yuga far into the air and somersaults backwards five times, clearing a bench on the last tumble. He raises his left arm to the sky and catches the staff; the crowd applause)
Stratus’ voice: (inside Michael’s mind) Inferno…
Michael: (whispers) don’t say it, on my way! ( Michael zooms vertically into the sky. He moves so quickly, it’s as if he vanished in the eyes of the spectators, who stare in awe. Michael continues until he clears the stratasphere . He spots Proteus one hundred feet away and heads for it)
(Meanwhile, an airplane flies over St. Louis, Missouri. Monica Hayes rests comfortably while gazing out the window directly to her right.)
Proteus, 10:21 a.m.
(Stratus is briefing Michael on something he recently discovered)
Stratus: (waves his left hand outwards and generates a sonar/radar screen) You see this blip here, Inferno? This definitely worries me! (screen zooms in closer on the moving blip)
Michael: What can it be, Lord Stratus?
Stratus: It’s not what it can be, but rather what it is. Axis performed a scan on the energy trace. It appears to be the build up of the Binarian Flame!
Michael: WHAT?? It can’t be, I’m- (pauses)
Stratus: Inferno, I know that look, you know something, don’t you?
Michael: (ponders) So, it is true! My ears didn’t deceive me. ( pulls picture out of his pocket) Monica…(gives picture to Stratus)
Stratus: She’s beautiful, does Yetsumi know about this?
Michael: STRATUS, NO!! (grins) it’s not like that! She’s my twin sister and I bet anything, that’s her on that plane
Stratus: How long did you know this? You never told any of us…A second Binarian born of the same womb, no wonder it’s the aura of fire!
Michael: I only found out two weeks ago and still living in shock about it. When I first heard the news, I couldn’t believe it. I became suspicious when I kept seeing a strange number on my mother’s Caller ID box. It was like clockwork the way that person always called my mother. One that day, yesterday, I believe, I used stealth to spy on her as she talked to this mystery man.
Stratus: Do you know who it was? (Michael turns his back to Stratus)
Michael: My father… I remember as long as I been able to talk, I always asked my mother about him. Usually, she’d change the subject about him or say that he’s undercover on some case. Something trivial like that. All I know for sure is that he raised my twin sister and they live in Seattle, Washington.
Stratus: Undercover?
Michael: My dad is a federal agent according to my family
Stratus: And you don’t believe them?
Michael: I do, but I know hey are only telling me half the story. David and Liza are off the hook, I hold no anger towards them. In fact, I hold none towards my mom, I just simply hate being left in the dark! All my life I felt like the odd man out, this is the method of my anger, Stratus.
Stratus: I know how you feel, child. Imagine being alone for two centuries and see how distant you become!
Michael: True. Now I don’t feel so bad. Anyway, I bet she came to surprise me, but wait until I surprise her. (grins)
Stratus: This is unexpected and very welcomed news. Inferno, I need your sister to report here so her training can begin.
Michael: Count on it. (teleports back to his apartment and heads to his bedroom to change clothing. He changes into loose-fitting, beige cargo pants, brown tee shirt with an army green sleeveless vest on top. Michael puts on a military BDU (battle dress uniform) cap in which he wears backwards; brim tilted to his left shoulder.)
Osaka, Japan
(On the forest-like outskirts of the area, Yetsumi Amano practices her Katana kata. She moves gracefully around the fire she set in the area. In the background stands her small home, where she and her mother, Jun Amano, both reside.
Yetsumi: (stops her kata) That’s enough… (sheaths sword over her left shoulder with ease
Michael’s voice: (Telepathically) Impressive.
Yetsumi: (happily) Michael! (Lets down her long black ponytail)
Michael’s voice: I have some good news I want to tell you. You know where to meet me…(voice fades)
Kenya, Africa
(Standing upon an edge of a cliff in the mountainous area of Kenya, Mahami Nedela can care less about the 100 foot drop underneath her. She wear a two piece, red bikini with a sheer forest green wrap-around skirt; tied to her right hip. The sun is shining brilliantly upon her bronze skin, then suddenly, the sky darkens as thunder roars low in the distance, Mahami closes her eyes…)
Mahami: (In Chinese Dialect*) *The force the empowers me, force of nature, the essence of my soul. I call upon the power of (brings clinched fists o her shoulder level) LIGHTNING!!!!! (A bolt of lightning tears from the sky and strikes her body, as weel as destroying the cliff she stands on. She hovers in the same spot she stood in. I …AM…STRYKE!!!! (Michael appears thirty feet in front of her)
Michael: whoah, what ya up to?
Stryke: Why don’t you power up so I can show you!
Michael: Is that a challenge?
Stryke: I just want to see how strong I am. But if it’s a challenge you’re wanting…
Michael: (Transforms into Inferno) Let’s dance!!!! (they both move up higher into the sky at the same level. They both lock into their respected fighting stances. Silence rings for a few seconds. A rock crumbles off the cliff and crashes on the ground, signaling the beginning of the battle. The two advance at each other with great speed and clash forearms, Stryke’s left against Inferno’s right. The noise at impact is tremendous and makes a very loud noise that echoes off the mountainsides. They both move back, then attack again. Inferno lands a left punch, Stryke spins to right and retaliates with a right backhand to his face. Inferno spins off of the punch and throws a right legged backspin kick, Stryke leaps zooms backwards and dashes back in to attack Inferno and is met by a somersault kick perfectly timed to her chin. Stryke is sent floating up and away by the kick as Inferno hastily speeds up there to attack. Stryke sees this and fires an electrical beam that knocks Inferno to the earth rapidly. He recovers at the right time, missing the ground by only a few inches. Inferno floats backward at high speed as he dodges the spheres of lightning Stryke beam at him like a rain shower. Inferno plants his feet into the earth and launches himself at Stryke while in a rolling position as his body glows in flames. He hits her with his fireball-like attack, sending her somersaulting through the sky)
Stryke: (while somersaulting) Lightning…Plasma!!! ( fires a huge yellowish-blue sparkling sphere at Inferno)
Inferno: (already charging his energy. He has his wrists touching as he extends his arms forward) METEOR MISSILES!!!!! (ten laser red energy beams fire from Inferno’s finger tips and shatters the lightning sphere like glass) Well done, Stryke…(Stryke retro forms back to Mahami)
Mahami: You too, Inferno! (Inferno retro forms back to Michael) what did you have to tell me?
Michael: We have another Binarian in our midst.
Mahami: Your kidding! Really? Who is it?
Michael: (rubbing his brow) Here’s where it gets weird. She’s my twin sister.
Mahami: Sister, SISTER!?!?! How in God’s name did this happen? (places boths hands on her hips)
Michael: It’s too, too long to tell you right now. We have to meet up with Yetsumi, my sister’s plane is almost near New Jersey.
Mahami: She’s coming here? Cool…Well, lets boogie then! (they both teleport away
(Michael Hayes walks to the park next to his mother’s home. He is wearing he traditional boots and pants of a shaolin monk. His shirt is a sleeveless tee shirt, black, tucked in his pants. Michael is carrying a Kali Yuga, a special fighting staff with rounded brass edges. After making his way to the open area in the center of the park, Michael begins to demonstrate his skill with the weapon. Many people crowd around the area to watch Michael as he begins to perform more advanced movements. He continues on for approximately 3 minutes, then Michael tosses the Kali Yuga far into the air and somersaults backwards five times, clearing a bench on the last tumble. He raises his left arm to the sky and catches the staff; the crowd applause)
Stratus’ voice: (inside Michael’s mind) Inferno…
Michael: (whispers) don’t say it, on my way! ( Michael zooms vertically into the sky. He moves so quickly, it’s as if he vanished in the eyes of the spectators, who stare in awe. Michael continues until he clears the stratasphere . He spots Proteus one hundred feet away and heads for it)
(Meanwhile, an airplane flies over St. Louis, Missouri. Monica Hayes rests comfortably while gazing out the window directly to her right.)
Proteus, 10:21 a.m.
(Stratus is briefing Michael on something he recently discovered)
Stratus: (waves his left hand outwards and generates a sonar/radar screen) You see this blip here, Inferno? This definitely worries me! (screen zooms in closer on the moving blip)
Michael: What can it be, Lord Stratus?
Stratus: It’s not what it can be, but rather what it is. Axis performed a scan on the energy trace. It appears to be the build up of the Binarian Flame!
Michael: WHAT?? It can’t be, I’m- (pauses)
Stratus: Inferno, I know that look, you know something, don’t you?
Michael: (ponders) So, it is true! My ears didn’t deceive me. ( pulls picture out of his pocket) Monica…(gives picture to Stratus)
Stratus: She’s beautiful, does Yetsumi know about this?
Michael: STRATUS, NO!! (grins) it’s not like that! She’s my twin sister and I bet anything, that’s her on that plane
Stratus: How long did you know this? You never told any of us…A second Binarian born of the same womb, no wonder it’s the aura of fire!
Michael: I only found out two weeks ago and still living in shock about it. When I first heard the news, I couldn’t believe it. I became suspicious when I kept seeing a strange number on my mother’s Caller ID box. It was like clockwork the way that person always called my mother. One that day, yesterday, I believe, I used stealth to spy on her as she talked to this mystery man.
Stratus: Do you know who it was? (Michael turns his back to Stratus)
Michael: My father… I remember as long as I been able to talk, I always asked my mother about him. Usually, she’d change the subject about him or say that he’s undercover on some case. Something trivial like that. All I know for sure is that he raised my twin sister and they live in Seattle, Washington.
Stratus: Undercover?
Michael: My dad is a federal agent according to my family
Stratus: And you don’t believe them?
Michael: I do, but I know hey are only telling me half the story. David and Liza are off the hook, I hold no anger towards them. In fact, I hold none towards my mom, I just simply hate being left in the dark! All my life I felt like the odd man out, this is the method of my anger, Stratus.
Stratus: I know how you feel, child. Imagine being alone for two centuries and see how distant you become!
Michael: True. Now I don’t feel so bad. Anyway, I bet she came to surprise me, but wait until I surprise her. (grins)
Stratus: This is unexpected and very welcomed news. Inferno, I need your sister to report here so her training can begin.
Michael: Count on it. (teleports back to his apartment and heads to his bedroom to change clothing. He changes into loose-fitting, beige cargo pants, brown tee shirt with an army green sleeveless vest on top. Michael puts on a military BDU (battle dress uniform) cap in which he wears backwards; brim tilted to his left shoulder.)
Osaka, Japan
(On the forest-like outskirts of the area, Yetsumi Amano practices her Katana kata. She moves gracefully around the fire she set in the area. In the background stands her small home, where she and her mother, Jun Amano, both reside.
Yetsumi: (stops her kata) That’s enough… (sheaths sword over her left shoulder with ease
Michael’s voice: (Telepathically) Impressive.
Yetsumi: (happily) Michael! (Lets down her long black ponytail)
Michael’s voice: I have some good news I want to tell you. You know where to meet me…(voice fades)
Kenya, Africa
(Standing upon an edge of a cliff in the mountainous area of Kenya, Mahami Nedela can care less about the 100 foot drop underneath her. She wear a two piece, red bikini with a sheer forest green wrap-around skirt; tied to her right hip. The sun is shining brilliantly upon her bronze skin, then suddenly, the sky darkens as thunder roars low in the distance, Mahami closes her eyes…)
Mahami: (In Chinese Dialect*) *The force the empowers me, force of nature, the essence of my soul. I call upon the power of (brings clinched fists o her shoulder level) LIGHTNING!!!!! (A bolt of lightning tears from the sky and strikes her body, as weel as destroying the cliff she stands on. She hovers in the same spot she stood in. I …AM…STRYKE!!!! (Michael appears thirty feet in front of her)
Michael: whoah, what ya up to?
Stryke: Why don’t you power up so I can show you!
Michael: Is that a challenge?
Stryke: I just want to see how strong I am. But if it’s a challenge you’re wanting…
Michael: (Transforms into Inferno) Let’s dance!!!! (they both move up higher into the sky at the same level. They both lock into their respected fighting stances. Silence rings for a few seconds. A rock crumbles off the cliff and crashes on the ground, signaling the beginning of the battle. The two advance at each other with great speed and clash forearms, Stryke’s left against Inferno’s right. The noise at impact is tremendous and makes a very loud noise that echoes off the mountainsides. They both move back, then attack again. Inferno lands a left punch, Stryke spins to right and retaliates with a right backhand to his face. Inferno spins off of the punch and throws a right legged backspin kick, Stryke leaps zooms backwards and dashes back in to attack Inferno and is met by a somersault kick perfectly timed to her chin. Stryke is sent floating up and away by the kick as Inferno hastily speeds up there to attack. Stryke sees this and fires an electrical beam that knocks Inferno to the earth rapidly. He recovers at the right time, missing the ground by only a few inches. Inferno floats backward at high speed as he dodges the spheres of lightning Stryke beam at him like a rain shower. Inferno plants his feet into the earth and launches himself at Stryke while in a rolling position as his body glows in flames. He hits her with his fireball-like attack, sending her somersaulting through the sky)
Stryke: (while somersaulting) Lightning…Plasma!!! ( fires a huge yellowish-blue sparkling sphere at Inferno)
Inferno: (already charging his energy. He has his wrists touching as he extends his arms forward) METEOR MISSILES!!!!! (ten laser red energy beams fire from Inferno’s finger tips and shatters the lightning sphere like glass) Well done, Stryke…(Stryke retro forms back to Mahami)
Mahami: You too, Inferno! (Inferno retro forms back to Michael) what did you have to tell me?
Michael: We have another Binarian in our midst.
Mahami: Your kidding! Really? Who is it?
Michael: (rubbing his brow) Here’s where it gets weird. She’s my twin sister.
Mahami: Sister, SISTER!?!?! How in God’s name did this happen? (places boths hands on her hips)
Michael: It’s too, too long to tell you right now. We have to meet up with Yetsumi, my sister’s plane is almost near New Jersey.
Mahami: She’s coming here? Cool…Well, lets boogie then! (they both teleport away