Scene 1 — The Storm Gathers
SFX: KRRRSHHHHHH—! BOOOOM!
The storm tears through the skyline.
Rain lashes against shattered glass. Thunder paints the sky in silver and red.
Dante, Ada, and Raen stand atop the Glass Tower's rooftop, their silhouettes cutting through the chaos.
Far ahead, across the abyss between skyscrapers — the Redd Knight waits, its crimson aura flickering like fire in the rain.
Ada (grimly): "That thing… it's not human."
Raen (draws blade): "No kidding. Look at its eyes."
Close-up — four glowing crimson eyes flare open.
SFX: THUM… THUM… THUM…
Dante's hand trembles faintly, his veins glowing faintly red.
The shard's voice murmurs inside his head.
Shard (echo): "It remembers… the blood we share."
Dante (gritting teeth): "Shut up."
Lightning strikes.
The Redd Knight steps forward — the ground cracks beneath its weight.
SFX: KRRRNNNNK—!
Scene 2 — The First Clash
SFX: WHOOOOSH—! BOOOOM!
The Knight vanishes — and reappears behind them in an instant.
Dante barely reacts in time — CLANG!
He blocks the downward strike with his forearm, the force sending him skidding back several meters.
Dante (hissing): "Tch—heavy bastard!"
Ada fires her handgun, rounds sparking off its armor.
SFX: BANG! BANG! BANG!
The Redd Knight barely flinches. Its head turns unnaturally — metal grinding.
SFX: SKREEEEEE—!
Raen charges in with her blade, slashing in a blur.
Sparks fly — CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
Raen (shouting): "Dante! Find an opening!"
Dante (grinning through the chaos): "On it!"
He spins low, striking with a reinforced kick — the shockwave rattles the roof.
SFX: BOOOOM—!
But the Knight catches his leg mid-spin — CRACK!
Throws him like a ragdoll through a metal pillar.
SFX: KRRRSHHHH—!
Ada grits her teeth and launches a flash grenade.
SFX: PFFFT—BOOM!
The rooftop explodes in white light — but when it fades… the Knight is gone.
Scene 3 — Mind vs Fear
SFX: WOOOOOM…
The air distorts.
For a brief second, Dante sees two realities overlapping — the rooftop and his mindscape mirror field.
The Shard's voice echoes again.
Shard: "He is my vessel. My true form reborn. You… are the shadow that borrowed me."
Dante (growling): "No. I'm the one who survived you."
His hands flare — a mixture of blue cursed light and red distortion flicker around him.
Ada and Raen watch from a distance as the rain spirals unnaturally around Dante.
Raen (under breath): "He's losing it…"
Ada (calm but tense): "No. He's balancing it."
Scene 4 — Dante Awakens
SFX: BOOOOM—!!
Dante bursts forward — each step cracking the roof beneath him.
He collides with the Knight mid-charge — shockwave sending debris spiraling into the storm.
SFX: CRRRAAAASHHH—!
Close-up:
Dante grips the Knight's wrist, veins glowing, his eyes flickering between blue and red.
Dante (snarling): "You're not taking control again!"
He twists the Knight's arm and slams it into the ground.
SFX: THUDD—CRACK!
But the Knight laughs — a deep, distorted sound.
Redd Knight (echoing): "You misunderstand, vessel… I was never inside you. You were inside me."
SFX: VWOOM—!
Its armor bursts open — crimson mist shooting out.
Scene 5 — The Soul Transfer
Ada and Raen shield their faces as the mist tears through the rooftop like a vortex.
Dante stumbles back, clutching his chest — the Shard's red aura begins ripping out of him.
SFX: RRRRRRRHHHHHHHHHH—!
Ada (shouting): "Dante! Fight it!"
Raen (panicking): "He's gonna lose the shard!"
Dante (voice cracking): "Maybe… that's the point!"
He braces himself, screaming as the shard's energy finally tears free — flying across the rainstorm and merging with the Redd Knight's armor.
SFX: WHOOOOM—BOOOM!
The Knight's body trembles, cracks glowing red-hot as the shard's essence fuses inside.
Its four eyes blaze brighter, and the symbol of the crimson sigil burns on its chest.
Redd Knight: "At last… the Fear has returned home."
Dante drops to one knee, gasping — smoke rising from his skin.
Ada (kneeling beside him): "Dante—what did you do?"
Dante (hoarse, smirking weakly): "Took the fight out of my head… and gave it a body."
Scene 6 — The Final Standoff
Lightning splits the sky again.
The Redd Knight, now fully reborn, steps forward — sword dragging against the glass floor.
SFX: SKRRRRRNNNK—
Dante stands shakily, aura faint but steady.
He glances at Ada and Raen.
Dante (calmly): "Get ready… Round two starts now."
Ada (grins): "You just never stop, do you?"
Raen (tightens grip): "Guess we'll make it count."
SFX: BOOOOOOM—!
Rain explodes around them as the three charge the Redd Knight in unison.
The skyline lights up in red and blue flashes as the storm consumes the tower.
Narrator:
"Fear may fade, promises may break…
But defiance—defiance never dies."
TO BE CONTINUED…
Next Chapter: "The Redd Sigil."