Earth, Star city, on the day of the storm…
It's a cool evening after the heavy downpour and the city is quiet, a small car pulls into the parking area of an apartment, it stops and a young man stepped out, he looked to be around 25 years of age, dark skinned, tall and fit, with a slight stubble on his chin.
Reaching into the car behind him, he brings out a nylon bag with a pagoda and chips drawn on it and a laptop bag, after which he closes his car, staring at his watch he sighs and heads up the stairs into the house.
"Chi-boy! Hope you're hungry for some Chinese, I got dinner!!" he shouts as he gets in.
Not getting a response he sighs and says to himself "I did come home late, maybe he got bored and went to Wills', I saw his parents today so I guess he's back in town."
Sighing again he walks to the kitchen, dropped the bag on the counter, grabbed a bottle of water and drank, stood there for a couple seconds in thought then headed towards his room.
The hills, by the dead tree…
Just as Rakun steps in and the spatial portal closes, a figure lands on the ground directly before the tree, it radiated an intense aura that was close to Rakuns' in power but seemed to lack in quality.
"I missed him, but just barely" The figure said to itself, it then scanned around the area, seeing the unconscious Jake on the ground it froze for a second and then began approaching as it withdrew its aura, soon it was standing over Jake and looking at him with curiosity "He didn't die after being exposed to such power?" it mumbled to itself "And what's this? His body has a hint of berserk energy in it keeping him alive? Interesting."
It was at this time that four more silhouettes appeared, they stood in a neat straight line and didn't say a word as if waiting for the first figure to speak first, they too radiated powerful auras which they quickly withdrew after arriving.
"Take him" the figure said pointing to the unconscious Jake "Find his family and give them a good excuse, find me who he was with" It said pointing at the two bikes "Clean here up as well and when we get back, send a summoning message to the other families, we need to meet" after saying this, the figure vanished.
Back at the apartment…
Looking at his watch the young man had a light frown on his face "It's getting really late and this boy is not back" he mumbled to himself.
Getting up from the dining table he carried the now empty food takeaway container as he headed towards the kitchen.
After disposing of the dishes he took out his cell phone and dialed a number and put it down on the kitchen counter on loudspeaker mode as he poured himself a glass of milk.
After a few moments a monotone voice said the number he called was out of reach, his frown deepened but he dialed another number and after a few ringing noises a voice sounded from the phone "Hey uncle OB good evening what a surprise" it was Will.
"Will, how many times have I told you not to call me 'uncle' I'm not that old" the young man said chuckling "Also my name is Obinna or you just call me Obi for short, no need for the initials" he jested.
"Don't blame me for calling you 'uncle' I learned that from Chike besides you have to admit you are getting old also OB sounds way cooler" Will said over the phone.
"Ok, Ok, I accept" Obi laughed "I see you're back in town, how was the little vacation" he asked.
"It was really fun, I went to a lot of places and made a couple of new friends, I even started learning martial arts" Wills' excited voice sounded back through the phone.
"Sounds nice, you must be telling Chi-boy a lot of stories right now, could you tell him it's getting late and his number isn't connecting?"Obi said.
"Chike? Oh he isn't here" Will said sounding a little confused "Wait, he isn't home?" he added worriedly.
"No he isn't, I thought he was at your place, but turns out he isn't" Obi said as he frowned "Any idea where he might be?" he asked Will.
"No idea, maybe he went skating at the rink or something" Will said even if he didn't sound sure.
"No problem Will, I have to go now" Obi said as he put down the still full glass of milk, cutting the call he immediately went into his room, grabbed a coat and his car keys from the counter, and rushed out of the house, he got into the car started it and zoomed off.
In Wills' house…
He had just gotten off the phone with Obi and had a frown on his face.
"Where could he be?" he mumbled to himself "Did Jake do anything stupid?" he said as his eyes filled with panic, he immediately got up and bolted out of his room and out the house while shouting "Mom! Dad! I'll be right back!" he grabbed a bike that was parked in the garage and zoomed off.
Unknown Location...
In a dimly lit room, a familiar figure stood over a young unconscious boy who lay on the large bed before it, there was a curious light in the eyes of the figure as it stared at the boy who happened to be Jake, by now he was cleaned up and wearing new set cloths, his head was wrapped in a bandage and beside the bed hung a green glowing talisman that sent soft waves of green light towards him
A door opens and a man stepped in, he stood respectfully behind the figure and said nothing.
"Speak" the figure said.
"We have done as you said, we cleaned up the scene, found a good excuse for the disappearance of the kid, and made sure the family hears about it, but we still don't really know who was with him but we will find out by tomorrow morning" the man respectfully said.
"Good, have you sent out the summoning message?" the figure asked.
"Yes" the man respectfully said.
"Send someone over to buy the land where that tree stands, buy the whole hill if you have to, I want to know when anything happens, anything at all" the figure said.
"Yes Matriarch" the man respectfully said.
"You can leave" the figure said.
"Thank you Matriarch" the man said as he immediately left.
The figure walked closer to the bed and into the light, the figure was a tall old looking woman, she had a head full of silver flowing hair, had bright blue eyes that glowed with interest as she stared at the boy before her, she stood with her back straight even if she seemed old and unconsciously radiated a fierce aura.
"Wake up soon young one, we have a lot to discuss" she said to the unconscious Jake, she then walked away chuckling.
Unknown Location...
Inside a Japanese-styled pagoda, in a secluded room sat an elderly looking man, he sat quietly on a futon with his eyes closed as incense filled the room with a cup of hot tea in front of him, suddenly a fierce aura radiated from him, it felt like a thousand tsunamis rising and crashing, like the god of the ocean was venting his anger, the tea in front of him started floating out of the cup and floated around him like rings around a planet, he immediately withdrew the aura by holding a strange rock as a smile appeared on his face, he redirected the tea back into the cup as he picked it up and brought it his lips.
After taking a sip he said "Come in"
Now we can see that just outside his room, through the paper windows we could see the silhouette of someone.
After hearing the order, the silhouette slid the door open and came in, it was a man dressed in all black tight robes and a mask, he knelt before the old man with his head down, he seemed to be shivering and sweating.
After taking another sip of tea and smiling the old man said "Speak little one" he seemed to be in a good mood.
"Ancestor, this letter came in through the secret mail, and it was addressed to you" the man said in a shaky voice as he lifted a red envelope with a tree that had blades for branches drawn on it with two hands.
Intrigued, the old man dropped the cup and took the letter, after looking at it for a while he dismissed the poor man who immediately left, opening the letter he read the content and his expression became serious as he stared at the wax seal at the end of the letter.
"It's been decades since our last meeting, but it must be serious if even she sent out a summoning letter" he said to himself as he dropped the letter and picked the cup again "I must prepare" he mumbled
All around the world similar scenes happened as the greatest powers of the mortal realm prepared to gather for a meeting.