FLASHBACK
[Panel 1]
Scene switches to daylight.
Lucien (protagonist) and Kairo Fane, his best friend, walking home from school.
[Panel 2]
A quiet, abandoned alley. Their usual shortcut.
[Panel 3]
Lucien looks over his shoulder. A black van is behind them.
Lucien:
> "Kairo… that black van has been following since we left school."
[Panel 4]
Kairo frowns.
Kairo:
> "Just a coincidence, maybe…?"
You are just overthinking man.
See we can walk faster to see that van is actually following us.
[Panel 5]
They both start walking faster.
So does the van.
[Panel 6]
Lucien (narration):
> "We started running… but we thought we were just overthinking."
[Panel 7]
The van suddenly accelerates.
[Panel 8]
Doors swing open.
Two masked men jumps out, gripping metal bats.
[Panel 9]
Lucien:
> I screamed for help .
Lucien:
> "RUN!" I screamed .
[Panel 10]
Too late.
One swing.
Everything goes black.
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BACK TO THE ROOM –
[Panel 11]
Lucien groans as he lifts his head.
A shadowy figure sits in a wooden chair across from him.
[Panel 12]
The man smirks. His face mostly hidden.
Man:
> "Oh… the drug wore off. Impressive."
He introduced himself as Sudo the leader.
[Panel 13]
Lucien starts panicking again.
Blood pools slowly beneath him.
[Panel 14]
Lucien (desperate):
> "W-Where… what the hell is this?!
My hand—"
[Panel 15]
Sudo (calmly):
> "Struggle more, and you'll bleed out. Slowly relax kido."
[Panel 16]
Lucien :
What?!
As I looked over my right hand I was shocked...
to find that my hand was cut off .
I began to panic and struggle more but iron chains began tightening .
And pain in my right arm become more worse...
I screamed ahhh...
Sudo:
> "Relax , kid. No one can hear you and save you . You are in abandoned building outside of town so shut the fuck up.
Sudo:
You weren't the target."
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THE TRUTH -
[Panel 17]
Sudo:
>"Your friend, Kairo… he's rich. Real rich.
Daddy owns half the damn city."
[Panel 18]
He lights a cigarette. Smoke coils into the air like a demon.
Lucien:
So what about me ?!
[Panel 19]
Sudo:
> "You? Just unlucky. Wrong place, wrong time."
[Panel 20]
Lucien's eyes burn with rage.
[Panel 21]
Sudo (leans in):
He puched Lucien in his gut
Lucien spits blood out..
Sudo :
>Nice spirit kid.
> "But now that you're here… why waste the opportunity?"
[Panel 22]
Sudo:
> We can use a tool to make your friend broke out.
You know mentally is much better than physically.
[Panel 23]
Lucien:
> "You're insane…"
[Panel 24]
Sudo grins.
Sudo:
> "And you're expendable.
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THE ARRIVAL–
[Panel 1]
The sound of heavy locks turning.
[Panel 2]
A thick iron door swings open with a loud creak.
[Panel 3]
Kairo steps in.
Untouched. Perfectly fine.
[Panel 4]
His eyes fall on Lucien.
[Panel 5]
Kairo:
> "L-Lucien…?"
[Panel 6]
Kairo drops to his knees, stunned.
Silent. No tears. Just… a broken look.
[Panel 7]
Lucien tries to speak. But gets intrepted as Sudo speaks
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THE TRUE FACE -
[Panel 1]
A masked figure approaches with a butcher's knife.
[Panel 2]
Lucien, wide-eyed.
His body trembles. His mouth opens—
But no words come.
[Panel 3]
The blade is raised.
Sudo : Any last wish kid.
Lucien : yea.. leave kairo out of this matter please
And also remember my name Sudo
My name is Luc....
[Panel 4]
Kairo watches.
[Panel 5]
The blade swings.
.... .... ...
FINAL VISION-
Panel 1]
Lucien's dying vision. Blurred.
[Panel 2]
Kairo... is smiling.
[Panel 3]
Lucien's head falls on a strange ritual circle.
Candles flickering around it. A strange symbol glows faintly in centre. The circle was just in back of his chained body.
Everything blackened....
Lucien (internal):
Why kairo after we were best friends?!
Lucien:
Rage bubbling in his mind
"I was never wanted.
Not by him…
Not by them…
Not even by my own fucking parents."
I curse them in the name of the Devil himself ....
Suddenly I felt burning heat ,and heard agony, pain of screams. When I slowly opened my eyes I saw dark and light both...
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