The Shadow Man

 

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Chapter 1

 The Sun hid away from Earth, striking darkness. I took my binoculars from my car and sat there, watching the vile, disgusting lady. I laughed, wine was going to spill. She put on a demonic, sown, red dress. I whispered to myself "Your right she is arrogant, she is just an old ugly lady ready to spill blood." I looked behind myself " No you idiot I can't just go and shoot her, i'm and old friend shall I say, I wouldn't mind a cup of tea." I shouted while laughing. I threw my old apple at him he was probably hungry. I shouted " Idiot learn how to catch it." I turned around to love  " He is such an fool, unlike you my love." I recorded in a romantic way. I told my friends i'm going in. I exited the car, tucking my handgun into my jeans. I looked back then said while laughing " Wish me luck." Her house was disgusting, a rusty house hiding in the darkness. The small boards hanging of the roof jumped down to their death. The dusty windows with the half-ripped curtains slept in agony. I walked over to the door with elegance and pride. I whispered to myself "I guess being a horrible lady doesn't pay well." I laughed, i'm such a clown! My good friend laughter whispered "Good one, didn't I make it up?" I replied "Sorry for stealing it, I was trying to impress the others. Get back in the car anyway." I walked up to the door, it was the best thing about this ghastly house. I knocked with such elegance, you would think i'm a king knocking on my servants door. The old lady answered. She recorded "Why hello who are you?" I answered " remember me, you nicknamed me Smart Richard!" She replied " Oh-oh yes, well you were quite the genius,, come-come in." I walked in, giving her a dirty look when she was looking away. She stood there, with her silk. With her pearls hanging down from her neck with joy and her hair made in a perfect manner. With her golden watch glistening as the bright chandelier struck it. Truth whispered to me "Why was you saying this was such a bad place, this is beat-." I whispered with anger " Can you shut up, no one asked you to speak.!" The lady turned around " Pardon me?" She said. I replied telling her I never said anything. Anger shouted at Truth "See Richard never saw us until you spoke, we wanted to see the kill. Can you also shut your mouth with all your words." He then continued "You don't wanna be killed just like Ha-." Then Truth said "No, no I'm sorry." Anger shook his head.The lady walked to the kitchen,  she stated " I will make some tea and biscuits." I shook my head, might as well enjoy your last one. Their was a revolting  gold vase sitting on the table. I almost vomited from it. The smell of a weird white thing on the wall filled my nose, ewww! Why would anyone want to poison themselves with this? Her soft pillow on her poor couch killed my back, destroying my spine. Truth whispered "Why are you killing her again?" I answered "Why are you so stupid? It is obviously because of all the vile things she did to me when I was young." Truth curiously said "Didn't she call you Smart Rich-." BANG! Arrogance  shot Truth, spilling it's light blood onto the wooden floor. I angrily said to Arrogance "Be careful! You shot my head as well!" Then Anger whispered " Hey, I wanted to do it." Arrogance replied "Well it did fit better me doing it." I curiously, rhetorically said "What do you mean?"   The poor lady marched back with a tray of two cups of tea and a few biscuits.  I muttered "Thank you." She sat down then asked "So whats new with you, You went to the army didn't you?" I answered "Yes, but the military doctor recommended me to go as I had a few things,  I can't really remember. But at least I have my friends." She nodded "Why yes friends are everything, I remember so much of you. It is such a shame you went to the military first, now don't get me wrong I love the military, but you were such a smart boy!" Now there she goes insulting me. She excitingly stated "I have a photo book from the days we were family, I am gonna go fetch it. As she ran upstairs her weird red shoes struck the floor, deafening the silent house. Curiosity whispered to me "So when you gonna kill her?" I replied like a child's father  "Patience." Even though I said that, I was going to shoot her as she soon as she sat back down. The clock was ticking. TICK! TOCK! TICK! TOCK! I sighed "Someone shut that clock up before I kill it myself." A ginger cat mirroring my hair colour appeared. Purring at me. Curiosity asked "Isn't that the cat that had to be looked after the lady after the cat's mother died." I replied " Why yes it is!" The cat jumped on me, it was a playful cat."  I am so glad this cat hasn't been through a lot." I said Curiosity asked "What do you mean, what would it be like?" I replied "Can't you imagine? It could be crazy and have voices in their heads." Curiosity replied "Hmmm true, can cats even have voices in their heads." I replied " I don't know, maybe." The lady walked back down then said " Sorry for before when I said when we were  family, we still are I just meant before you was taken by your grandfather. So sorry for him dying by the way." " Yeah me to, I was there he drank some tea then just dropped..." I replied trying not to laugh. That horrible old man treated me bad to. I laughed then said " This is for you treating me like manure all those years." I took out my handgun, pointed it at her head then shot. She fell back on her chair, breaking the legs. The silver bullet laid resting in her forehead. Laughter started giggling out of joy with Crazy, I joined them to. Crazy was the biggest out of all of them, only a bit bigger than arrogance. I headed to her kitchen, there was some shepherd's  pie in a tray. I whispered to myself "Awwww , did she make me some food." I grabbed a fork then dug into the layers of food, I frowned with every heavenly bite. I walked back into the living room, the lady was just lying there. The photo book was open. There was a picture of her hugging me, I angrily said to Anger "Look at her hurting me with her hands." Then sadness whispered "But-but didn't she look after you." I said "Your right." Tears dropped from my eyes, some even stretching across my face then onto my body. I remembered, the times she poured water over me, trying to drown me but also cleaning me. I touched the blood running out of her head. I wrote on the table 'I am sorry.' I hit my head with my hand "Idiot, Idiot." I muttered. Then the door opened, a man in a dark black jacket came in. He shouted "What, what's going on here!" I aimed my handgun at his heart then shot. Wait, what? The bullet went through. I gasped "Who is this shadow man?" I ran upstairs, he slowly was chasing me. But he was walking the fool. I finally found a room with a cupboard, I entered it then locked the door. I moved the cupboard over it, sweat breaking out of my head then running down. I whispered to myself "Wait, this isn't what was meant to be like." Curiosity asked "What do you mean?" I then said "I remember doing this, it wasn't like this." I carried on "I dropped my gun then ran out of the house. I was wearing latex gloves but a bit of it was ripped, and it touched the gun a bit. It wasn't enough fingerprints to confirm it was me but I was the only and top suspect." I shouted "WHAT IS GOING ON!" I screamed. At no one, just at myself. The shadow man was at the door, he broke it down. No, no he knows. He knows. He stood there laughing, he was a tall muscular man with short dark hair. He had a clear face and a goatee. I asked  "Who are you." He replied "Why I am Richard Adams." My face turned to shock, I walked backwards. I replied "But, I am Richard Adams." I looked in the mirror, I was the same man. I screamed "WHAT IS GOING ONNNN." But he, or maybe I stood there laughing. I asked "Do you also have friends that no one else sees?." He replied "What are you talking about, I am having fun with you. I hope my colleagues don't mind. I control this." Curiously I asked " Control what, the world?" He didn't reply, he just stood there. Laughing. Did you kill her, the lady. I replied " No-no. Why do you care anyway, she abused me when I was younger." He stopped laughing then said "What are you talking about?" He then continued "Look I know it was you, do you confess?" I replied "What, what. I confess that it wasn't me!" I shouted. He started saying in a gruesome voice "Doesn't it ache you, the miserable agony of killing. That one victim is not enough, that those friends or whatever  you talk about are not real." I shoved my fingers into my ears, stopping the sound from entering. Then the setting changed, it was my childhood home. My mother was there, I was to. I was about 5 then. I was playing with her and my father, wait something is wrong. I just threw my 3 of my toys  onto the road. Wait, it's okay my mother and father is going to pick them up. My mother is a beautiful lady, I  laughingly said to the man "How did my ugly father get something like that huh." The man then replied "Wait." My mother fell, my father swiftly grabbed her, trying to help her up. Then I shouted "Wait, why aren't they moving away from the car?" He replied while smiling "I am making them not, you see your mother and father died from diseases, but now i'm just going to show you them dying." I screamed "STOP IT." Then the setting changed back. I heard a loud voice stating "Hey Jack, your being a jerk for someone with a disorder. I am putting in real life conditions, don't worry I disabled bullets." I cried, tears jumped onto the floor. I screamed then ran to the man. He muttered " Oh sh-." I ran into him then struck my fist on to the side of his face. I picked up a silver vase and travelled my hand to his face. He swiftly dodged it then got up. He went into a southpaw stance then jabbed me on to my nose. My head shook back, but then I went into a stance readying for a kick to the jaw. I struck my foot into only the side of his face, because  a second before I did it he moved his head a little, which made me skim it. He walked back a little, I was more trained but he had more experience. Anger shouted "Why aren't you winning!" I replied "Shut up idiot." The man looked at me with his eyebrows frowned. Then we continued. After a few minutes of circling each other like cats, we finally got tired and stopped. I then shouted "Who the hell are you and what are you doing!" He ignored me then spoke to himself saying "Come on Frank, I know I was being a jerk but come on, lemme finish this." The loud voice returned then said "You know what, okay." Suddenly a gun appeared in the man's hands. He shot me in the head. I fell back. I screamed "Aaaah, wait how am I not dead?" He then said "You want some more." He shot me again. My blood was escaping from my head and dropping onto the floor. My head was screaming at me and my brain was questioning it's existence. He said "You vile monster, do you confess for killing that poor old woman?" Then I screamed "MAKE IT STOP." I continued screaming that until my tongue was to tired to live. But then, Truth appeared. I whispered "Truth, your still alive." Truth replied "Yes, but for me to forgive you a bit confess." I shook my head, Anger was now fading. Crazy and Arrogance was still there, but growing a bit weaker. I stated to the man "I'm guilty, I confess." He then had no reaction, he just said " Frank pull me out, you heard him." 


 "Good job Jack." Frank recorded. I said "Thanks it was kinda cool." I stood there, staring at the patient with the headset on for a few seconds then leaving the room. Before I left Frank curiously  asked "What are you doing?" I replied "Oh sorry, I was getting ahead of myself. I am free now ain't I?" Frank replied "Of course, but remember be careful your murder was on the news. But well done, we spent years trying to take this patient down and you take him down in less then a day." I shook my head then left the room. I marched downstairs with joy. I was now free! I left the building. The fresh air struck my skin and the smell of fresh bread filled my nose. But as I was enjoying freedom, a division of people were eying me. Then I remembered, It was in the news that I killed and raped a woman. I stumbled to the bus stop, trying to avoid everyone recognising me. Then a car drove past. A small man recognised me then shouted " Oi come ere." I walked over as I didn't want to anger them, you see I only knew fighting styles and how to fight inside the simulation. I stuttered "Ye-yes." The man said " Ain't you that one who raped then killed that women, while her daughter was in the house?" This was obviously a hard question to answer, I just stayed quiet and he understood I was. He then cried then stated " That woman was my aunty!" My face lit up in shock, my heart was going to shoot out of my chest. My brain didn't know what to do, so it just instructed my body to stay there. My eyes begged me to close them as this man's face had just turned  terrifying. He took out a gun then aimed it at my heart. I got déjà vu, but then remembered this isn't the simulation anymore. The bullet struck my heart, striking me. But I never died. I just stood there, bleeding for eternity. Then I heard a voice "We don't let out scum around here, when we said we will let you out we didn't say where." I was still in the simulation. I was there bleeding. When I stopped the man would just shoot me again. Agony was never ending for me. I would now rather be that crazy man, at least he would be able to die and no pain would be with him for a long time. After a while they told me they are keeping me in their for a month because of legal terms then sentencing me to death. I would have already felt it, at least that crazy patient has people to talk to, even if they aren't alive. Then a felt a weird feeling beside me, I turnt my head. A weird creature happily stated " Ih ym eman si yzarc!" My mouth turned into a smile with such joy would think I got out of this fake reality. He then introduced me to his friends aswell, this is amazing. But then, I heard a deep voice saying "Damn the patient is still in the simulation." .....

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The Killing

 The Sun hid away from Earth, striking darkness. I took my binoculars from my car and sat there, watching the vile, disgusting lady. I laughed, wine was going to spill. She put on a demonic, sown, red dress. I whispered to myself "Your right she is arrogant, she is just an old ugly lady ready to spill blood." I looked behind myself " No you idiot I can't just go and shoot her, i'm and old friend shall I say, I wouldn't mind a cup of tea." I shouted while laughing. I threw my old apple at him he was probably hungry. I shouted " Idiot learn how to catch it." I turned around to love  " He is such an fool, unlike you my love." I recorded in a romantic way. I told my friends i'm going in. I exited the car, tucking my handgun into my jeans. I looked back then said while laughing " Wish me luck." Her house was disgusting, a rusty house hiding in the darkness. The small boards hanging of the roof jumped down to their death. The dusty windows with the half-ripped curtains slept in agony. I walked over to the door with elegance and pride. I whispered to myself "I guess being a horrible lady doesn't pay well." I laughed, i'm such a clown! My good friend laughter whispered "Good one, didn't I make it up?" I replied "Sorry for stealing it, I was trying to impress the others. Get back in the car anyway." I walked up to the door, it was the best thing about this ghastly house. I knocked with such elegance, you would think i'm a king knocking on my servants door. The old lady answered. She recorded "Why hello who are you?" I answered " remember me, you nicknamed me Smart Richard!" She replied " Oh-oh yes, well you were quite the genius,, come-come in." I walked in, giving her a dirty look when she was looking away. She stood there, with her silk. With her pearls hanging down from her neck with joy and her hair made in a perfect manner. With her golden watch glistening as the bright chandelier struck it. Truth whispered to me "Why was you saying this was such a bad place, this is beat-." I whispered with anger " Can you shut up, no one asked you to speak.!" The lady turned around " Pardon me?" She said. I replied telling her I never said anything. Anger shouted at Truth "See Richard never saw us until you spoke, we wanted to see the kill. Can you also shut your mouth with all your words." He then continued "You don't wanna be killed just like Ha-." Then Truth said "No, no I'm sorry." Anger shook his head.The lady walked to the kitchen,  she stated " I will make some tea and biscuits." I shook my head, might as well enjoy your last one. Their was a revolting  gold vase sitting on the table. I almost vomited from it. The smell of a weird white thing on the wall filled my nose, ewww! Why would anyone want to poison themselves with this? Her soft pillow on her poor couch killed my back, destroying my spine. Truth whispered "Why are you killing her again?" I answered "Why are you so stupid? It is obviously because of all the vile things she did to me when I was young." Truth curiously said "Didn't she call you Smart Rich-." BANG! Arrogance  shot Truth, spilling it's light blood onto the wooden floor. I angrily said to Arrogance "Be careful! You shot my head as well!" Then Anger whispered " Hey, I wanted to do it." Arrogance replied "Well it did fit better me doing it." I curiously, rhetorically said "What do you mean?"   The poor lady marched back with a tray of two cups of tea and a few biscuits.  I muttered "Thank you." She sat down then asked "So whats new with you, You went to the army didn't you?" I answered "Yes, but the military doctor recommended me to go as I had a few things,  I can't really remember. But at least I have my friends." She nodded "Why yes friends are everything, I remember so much of you. It is such a shame you went to the military first, now don't get me wrong I love the military, but you were such a smart boy!" Now there she goes insulting me. She excitingly stated "I have a photo book from the days we were family, I am gonna go fetch it. As she ran upstairs her weird red shoes struck the floor, deafening the silent house. Curiosity whispered to me "So when you gonna kill her?" I replied like a child's father  "Patience." Even though I said that, I was going to shoot her as she soon as she sat back down. The clock was ticking. TICK! TOCK! TICK! TOCK! I sighed "Someone shut that clock up before I kill it myself." A ginger cat mirroring my hair colour appeared. Purring at me. Curiosity asked "Isn't that the cat that had to be looked after the lady after the cat's mother died." I replied " Why yes it is!" The cat jumped on me, it was a playful cat."  I am so glad this cat hasn't been through a lot." I said Curiosity asked "What do you mean, what would it be like?" I replied "Can't you imagine? It could be crazy and have voices in their heads." Curiosity replied "Hmmm true, can cats even have voices in their heads." I replied " I don't know, maybe." The lady walked back down then said " Sorry for before when I said when we were  family, we still are I just meant before you was taken by your grandfather. So sorry for him dying by the way." " Yeah me to, I was there he drank some tea then just dropped..." I replied trying not to laugh. That horrible old man treated me bad to. I laughed then said " This is for you treating me like manure all those years." I took out my handgun, pointed it at her head then shot. She fell back on her chair, breaking the legs. The silver bullet laid resting in her forehead. Laughter started giggling out of joy with Crazy, I joined them to. Crazy was the biggest out of all of them, only a bit bigger than arrogance. I headed to her kitchen, there was some shepherd's  pie in a tray. I whispered to myself "Awwww , did she make me some food." I grabbed a fork then dug into the layers of food, I frowned with every heavenly bite. I walked back into the living room, the lady was just lying there. The photo book was open. There was a picture of her hugging me, I angrily said to Anger "Look at her hurting me with her hands." Then sadness whispered "But-but didn't she look after you." I said "Your right." Tears dropped from my eyes, some even stretching across my face then onto my body. I remembered, the times she poured water over me, trying to drown me but also cleaning me. I touched the blood running out of her head. I wrote on the table 'I am sorry.' I hit my head with my hand "Idiot, Idiot." I muttered. Then the door opened, a man in a dark black jacket came in. He shouted "What, what's going on here!" I aimed my handgun at his heart then shot. Wait, what? The bullet went through. I gasped "Who is this shadow man?" I ran upstairs, he slowly was chasing me. But he was walking the fool. I finally found a room with a cupboard, I entered it then locked the door. I moved the cupboard over it, sweat breaking out of my head then running down. I whispered to myself "Wait, this isn't what was meant to be like." Curiosity asked "What do you mean?" I then said "I remember doing this, it wasn't like this." I carried on "I dropped my gun then ran out of the house. I was wearing latex gloves but a bit of it was ripped, and it touched the gun a bit. It wasn't enough fingerprints to confirm it was me but I was the only and top suspect." I shouted "WHAT IS GOING ON!" I screamed. At no one, just at myself. The shadow man was at the door, he broke it down. No, no he knows. He knows. He stood there laughing, he was a tall muscular man with short dark hair. He had a clear face and a goatee. I asked  "Who are you." He replied "Why I am Richard Adams." My face turned to shock, I walked backwards. I replied "But, I am Richard Adams." I looked in the mirror, I was the same man. I screamed "WHAT IS GOING ONNNN." But he, or maybe I stood there laughing. I asked "Do you also have friends that no one else sees?." He replied "What are you talking about, I am having fun with you. I hope my colleagues don't mind. I control this." Curiously I asked " Control what, the world?" He didn't reply, he just stood there. Laughing. Did you kill her, the lady. I replied " No-no. Why do you care anyway, she abused me when I was younger." He stopped laughing then said "What are you talking about?" He then continued "Look I know it was you, do you confess?" I replied "What, what. I confess that it wasn't me!" I shouted. He started saying in a gruesome voice "Doesn't it ache you, the miserable agony of killing. That one victim is not enough, that those friends or whatever  you talk about are not real." I shoved my fingers into my ears, stopping the sound from entering. Then the setting changed, it was my childhood home. My mother was there, I was to. I was about 5 then. I was playing with her and my father, wait something is wrong. I just threw my 3 of my toys  onto the road. Wait, it's okay my mother and father is going to pick them up. My mother is a beautiful lady, I  laughingly said to the man "How did my ugly father get something like that huh." The man then replied "Wait." My mother fell, my father swiftly grabbed her, trying to help her up. Then I shouted "Wait, why aren't they moving away from the car?" He replied while smiling "I am making them not, you see your mother and father died from diseases, but now i'm just going to show you them dying." I screamed "STOP IT." Then the setting changed back. I heard a loud voice stating "Hey Jack, your being a jerk for someone with a disorder. I am putting in real life conditions, don't worry I disabled bullets." I cried, tears jumped onto the floor. I screamed then ran to the man. He muttered " Oh sh-." I ran into him then struck my fist on to the side of his face. I picked up a silver vase and travelled my hand to his face. He swiftly dodged it then got up. He went into a southpaw stance then jabbed me on to my nose. My head shook back, but then I went into a stance readying for a kick to the jaw. I struck my foot into only the side of his face, because  a second before I did it he moved his head a little, which made me skim it. He walked back a little, I was more trained but he had more experience. Anger shouted "Why aren't you winning!" I replied "Shut up idiot." The man looked at me with his eyebrows frowned. Then we continued. After a few minutes of circling each other like cats, we finally got tired and stopped. I then shouted "Who the hell are you and what are you doing!" He ignored me then spoke to himself saying "Come on Frank, I know I was being a jerk but come on, lemme finish this." The loud voice returned then said "You know what, okay." Suddenly a gun appeared in the man's hands. He shot me in the head. I fell back. I screamed "Aaaah, wait how am I not dead?" He then said "You want some more." He shot me again. My blood was escaping from my head and dropping onto the floor. My head was screaming at me and my brain was questioning it's existence. He said "You vile monster, do you confess for killing that poor old woman?" Then I screamed "MAKE IT STOP." I continued screaming that until my tongue was to tired to live. But then, Truth appeared. I whispered "Truth, your still alive." Truth replied "Yes, but for me to forgive you a bit confess." I shook my head, Anger was now fading. Crazy and Arrogance was still there, but growing a bit weaker. I stated to the man "I'm guilty, I confess." He then had no reaction, he just said " Frank pull me out, you heard him." 


 "Good job Jack." Frank recorded. I said "Thanks it was kinda cool." I stood there, staring at the patient with the headset on for a few seconds then leaving the room. Before I left Frank curiously  asked "What are you doing?" I replied "Oh sorry, I was getting ahead of myself. I am free now ain't I?" Frank replied "Of course, but remember be careful your murder was on the news. But well done, we spent years trying to take this patient down and you take him down in less then a day." I shook my head then left the room. I marched downstairs with joy. I was now free! I left the building. The fresh air struck my skin and the smell of fresh bread filled my nose. But as I was enjoying freedom, a division of people were eying me. Then I remembered, It was in the news that I killed and raped a woman. I stumbled to the bus stop, trying to avoid everyone recognising me. Then a car drove past. A small man recognised me then shouted " Oi come ere." I walked over as I didn't want to anger them, you see I only knew fighting styles and how to fight inside the simulation. I stuttered "Ye-yes." The man said " Ain't you that one who raped then killed that women, while her daughter was in the house?" This was obviously a hard question to answer, I just stayed quiet and he understood I was. He then cried then stated " That woman was my aunty!" My face lit up in shock, my heart was going to shoot out of my chest. My brain didn't know what to do, so it just instructed my body to stay there. My eyes begged me to close them as this man's face had just turned  terrifying. He took out a gun then aimed it at my heart. I got déjà vu, but then remembered this isn't the simulation anymore. The bullet struck my heart, striking me. But I never died. I just stood there, bleeding for eternity. Then I heard a voice "We don't let out scum around here, when we said we will let you out we didn't say where." I was still in the simulation. I was there bleeding. When I stopped the man would just shoot me again. Agony was never ending for me. I would now rather be that crazy man, at least he would be able to die and no pain would be with him for a long time. After a while they told me they are keeping me in their for a month because of legal terms then sentencing me to death. I would have already felt it, at least that crazy patient has people to talk to, even if they aren't alive. Then a felt a weird feeling beside me, I turnt my head. A weird creature happily stated " Ih ym eman si yzarc!" My mouth turned into a smile with such joy would think I got out of this fake reality. He then introduced me to his friends aswell, this is amazing. But then, I heard a deep voice saying "Damn the patient is still in the simulation." .....

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