prologue

third person perspective

a man in a black trench coat walks out of the movie theater followed by teenage girl. anyone saw them would think that they were father and daughter.

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man in Black perspective

how did you like the movie I asked my pupil

it was good Master I'm glad you liked it. I looked up at the sky and said it looks like it is about to rain. as we're walking down the sidewalk we bumped into some punk's with nothing better to do then harass people. hey aren't you going to apologize for ruining my brand new jacket the punk said. I turn around and said I was sorry the punk that not going to cut it I spilled my coffee on my jacket because of you and now you're going to pay me back one way or another. I took a deep breath hack wheeze cough it took me a minute to collect my self. my apprentice is looking at me worried. I looked at her told her I'm alive for now. do you want to deal with him or am I.

my apprentice said go ahead they're all yours. I looked at the punks glaring at him you have two choices keep the ruined jacket and your life or die an idiot choice is yours. looks at me and says we got a tough one here and his two of his friends pull out pocket knives. I look at them and say final warning leave in peace or die. the punks started to laugh look at the balls on this old man. I sigh I am old and you should listen to your elders they have wisdom you don't have.

the leader punk tells his friends to get me. and I I activate my chi throughout my body moving faster than they can react grab there knives and stabbing them with it. the lead punk was speechless and I said your about to start begging for your life aren't you. as if on cue he starts rambling on about why I shouldn't kill him

I give another sigh and shake my head you had your chance to walk a way. if I let you go it would make me a liar and I can't have that I don't lie so time to cough hack wheeze. I Fall to my knees gasping for air no matter how hard I try I just can't breathe. I grab my inhaler and use it. the punk see an opportunity to get revenge on me and picks up a lead pipe and swings at me. all I could do was watch as my pupil stepped forward blocking the attack and snapping his neck. my pupil says that I'm not alright I need to get you to the hospital. I wave her off I need to tell you something important to tell you. I'm dying I found out I have lung cancer I don't have long now and it's time to say goodbye. my pupil was speechless she's opening and closing her mouth trying to string words together. rain starts coming down. why she says there are treatments you could get you could get better your strong enough to pull through it don't leave me she grabs my coat and sobs. I brush her hand off and I get up it is my time to die I am tried I'm ready for my rest. you need to stand on your own forge a new path be better than me you don't have to be chained to the past. if there's something you want to do then do it. but she mutters how am I supposed to go on with out I cut her off one step at a time it will be painful and the pain will not completely go away. she slumps on the ground weeping. you need to keep moving forward. you need to keep living for me it's a time to die. after I say those words I leave with telling her good bye Lucy.

I'm walking alone and my heart is breaking I loved Lucy like a daughter but never showed it. I regret that now I never felt like I deserved the way she would look at me. the love she had for me. I knew she saw me as her father but I kept pushing her away. I was sacred of those felling sacred I would loose it again. I remember when I first found her in some dessert country being assaulted by 5 Men. the scene made me sick. I take a deep breath cuz anger clouds the mind and breathing helps me bring it back to balance. then I unsheets my sword many people would laugh at me for having a sword. it is out dated but I have a soft spot for them. I activate my chi in the blur of blood and gore 4 men lied dead. I walked towards the final Man and said I I typically don't like doing this but for you I'll make an exception and take my time. a half hour later I allowed the man to die. and I looked at the girl in the eye saw fire and admiration. I asked the same question I had been asked when I was a child. live or die the choice is yours. what she said then I told her you can continue living like this as a stepping stone to be used and abused or you can try and rise up in train push your self to the limits become so strong that no one can stand against you. I want that the girl says I want to be strong.then I told her to get up she does although it's painful. I I cover her with my coat and that's how I met Lucy. teens arguing about something breaks me out of my daydream and I wonder what that is about. I see a truck driving way to fast then I realized that the teens are going to get hit.

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34-year-old neet perspective

My brothers and my sister kicked me out of my parents home. just because I didn't go to the funeral it's not fair who cares if I was watching animated adult videos. it's raining and I'm soaked. I wonder the streets wondering what I should do. I see a couple of teenagers arguing must be a lovers quarrel. I see a truck speeding towards them I try to yell at them to get out of the way. but my voice won't carry so I run to try to push them. I'm able to grab one boy and throw him out of the way. I saw the other two get thrown aside by an older man who looked to be in his late 40s early 50s. we're did he even come from he wasn't there a second ago. I looked in his eyes and it was like he was staring into my soul with his icy blue eyes then he smiled at me. then I felt the impact of the truck and all went dark.