The Vampire: Ed

Dead or Alive 3 - A great fighting game, but like the other Dead or Alives there seems to be no sense to it's plot. Halo - Awesome first person shooter worth buying. WWE Raw - Great game, better than SD. Morrowind - Don't know anything about it. Splinter Cell - Awesome game, very much worth a purchase. Serious Sam - Don't know much about this game, but I hear it very fun and overall a good game. Dead To Rights - Same as above. Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance - One of the best fighting games out now, in my opinion. The MK engine has been reworked, and now it's actually good enough to compete with the likes of Tekken and Dead or Alive. Panzer Dragoon Orta - Great game if you like flight games, and the like. Worth picking up as well. Overall, the best choice you could make is Splinter Cell. Worst--Obviously, WWE Raw. WWE Raw is probably the worst wrestling game in history.

Well, I still play my Nintendo 64, and Dreamcast from time to time. But you people are very lucky to enjoy playing the oldies such as Nintendo, and Atari games. Hell, I can barely stand playing the newer systems let alone the old ones. I've lost most of my love for gaming, and while I use to be very diverse when it came to game genres, I came barely stand touching anything other than wrestling or fighting titles. I use to play many different kinds of games, but now it's basically just the two types. Occasionally I will stray to other genres, but only for a short time.

Kung Pow was the worst movie ever made--well, right after Cast Away anyway.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by NeoCactuar [/i] [B]Really? I have played them both and I quite enjoyed 2. What did they do wrong in your opinion? [/B][/QUOTE] Sorry, I would have replied sooner but I haven't really been paying attention to this post. I actually forgot I posted in here. lol Anyway, DMC2 is far worse than the first one for several reasons. First of all they basically removed all of Dante's personality, he rarely says anything sarcastic or funny like he did in DMC. Also the camera angles were another very bad part of the game, as well were most of the environments. The environments were blown up and made big, and while larger areas seem better there was usually nothing going on. Most of the time you had to run through the gigantic areas where there were no enemies to battle. Also the camera angles were at their worse in these moments because it seemed like you were watching from space, well not that far...but pretty far. So there were some very boring moments during the times you have to run around in those large areas. Also most of the bosses seemed so generic, and didn't seem very special. Especially since Dante doesn't have any verbal interaction with most of them before his battle like he did in DMC, so it was far less entertaining in that sense. The only real good parts about this game were it's graphics, and the added techniques at Dante's disposal. I don't know, maybe it's just me. But I really don't think this game was any where near as good as the first.

Yeah, I just seen it yesterday and I must say I was highly disappointed. This movie is only rivaled in stupidity by Kung-Pow. Two very awful movies. I mean the sad part is that people knew Kung-Pow was going to be a pretty mindless, and stupid movie. The commercials for it made that apparent, but some including myself still hoped it would be funny enough to pay to see. Sadly it was not. But the commercials were deceiving for Malibu's Most Wanted. They made the movie look like it was going to be good, and I hardly found anything funny about it. Most of it wasn't funny. The movie was just full of mind numbing stupidity, and I wouldn't recommend anyone go to see it.

Well, Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance is a good game and all. But I'm going to have to go with Guilty Gear X2, at the moment I honestly believe it to be the king of fighting games.

Don't have much to say, it comes down to a single name, Charles. He told me about it, and I looked at the place occasionally then finally decided to join. I was here under another name before than left, but I came back, changed the name and here I am, The Vampire: Ed.

Yes, that is an awesome banner. I'd give it a 10, three gold stars, an Oscar, and sack of chocolate coins. An awesome banner indeed. ;)

The great thing about reading this is that I could picture it as a movie. I can't wait to see the rest when it's done, good job thus far.

Wrestlemania 19, what can I say? It, for the most part, was awesome as I expected it to be. But even still there was so much wrong with it. Let's get started with Heat. John Cena's rap was okay, and well done seeing as how his competition literally backed out at the last moment. But the mic wouldn't work for Cena during the whole beginning of his rap. It's Wrestlemania, you'd think they would try to make everything go along smoothly by checking their equipment out before hand. Let's move on to a HUGE travesty from Heat. The main event of Heat Rob Van Dam and Kane take on Lance Storm and Chief Morley. Why the hell was this match on Heat? It's RVD and Kane! Besides that it was for the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship titles, it was way more important than that horrible A-Train/Big Show vs. Undertaker match. Nathan Jones didn't even participate in that match until the end because he was jumped earlier on Heat. Rob Van Dam, and Kane's careers are not going anywhere in the tag team division, and it's thanks to Triple H for sending them there. Anyway, onto Wrestlemania itself. The Rey Mysterio/Mat Hardy Version 1 match was pretty good. But it was much worse than I expected it to be. It was way to short, and the way Matt Hardy won was just dull and ruined the overall match a lot. Besides that I really didn't like Rey's new Daredevil esque attire, very corny looking. A-Train/Big Show vs. Undertaker. Nothing much to say besides what I all ready said. The whole match was boring, and slow. Nathan Jones comes out to make the save at the last second taking Big Show out allowing Undertaker to Tombstone A-Train. That confuses me...the man keeps doing the Tombstone. Yet, it's supposed to be banned. Trish Stratus vs. Jazz vs. Victoria was surprising an awesome match. The best women's match in a long time. A lot of action, and watching Victoria was entertaining in itself. She's a great athlete obviously, but she's hilarious to hear in the ring. [i]"I hate you Trish Stratus! I HATE YOU!"[/i] LOL. Chris Benoit/Rhyno vs. Los Gurreros vs. Team Angle was a good match as well. It wasn't anything great, but decent and far better than I actually expected it to be. Though I really didn't like Team Angle leaving with the belts, I mean they are good wrestlers and all. But nothing about them appeals to me except for the fact that Angle was with them, that's it. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho was probably the highlight of the night. It was a great match. Shawn Michaels even dusted off his moonsault pin to a standing opponent. Jericho was constantly mimicing HBK by kicking up(or kipping up), pose stealing, and even stole the Sweet Chin Music complete with the foot stomping set up. I was surpised that HBK won the match, I was expecting Y2J to come away with the victory. But even though he lost that match really did wonders for Jericho's image in my opinion. Booker T vs. Triple H was a decent match, that is until the end. It was just horrible. Triple H kicked out of an axe kick when Booker went right for the pin, but Booker doesn't kick out of a Pedigree after laying on the mat for about 20 or more seconds before Triple H finally pinned him. LAME. Also having Ric Flair out there at all ruined it as well, at a PPV such as Wrestlemania managers should NOT be at ring side. They ruin the matches. Hulk Hogan vs. Vince McMahon was great, especially since I really didn't expect much from it begin with. It wasn't a pretty match, but then again was anyone expecting to see a technical match? No, but they put on one hell of a fight. Vince leg dropping off a ladder onto Hogan through the announcers table was awesome, and I really didn't think he'd do something like that. Also I just like how Hogan accidentally nailed that Spanish announcer with the chair like that, it was very unexpected. Sadly, I was waiting for him to whip Vince's *** with his belt but it never came but it was still good. That run in from Rowdy Roddy Piper was kinda out of place, he really shouldn't have been involved. He comes out there nudges Vince with his foot a couple times, then hits Hogan with that steel pipe and spits on him before leaving. I don't see that going anywhere is Piper didn't sign a contract to wrestle with WWE. Rock vs. Steve Austin was a decent match, but very lop sided. Austin controlled 90% of the match, and even kicked out of a Stunner, People's Elbow, and two Rock Bottoms (I believe). Yet, Rock only gets to kick out of a Rock Bottom, and a Stunner. Besides that it was entertaining watching Rock mock Austin constantly such as wearing his vest for half the match. Brock Lesner vs. Kurt Angle was great considering the condition of Angle's neck to begin with. It was full of technical wrestling, and I really like some of the German Suplexs done by Angle. I was very disappointed by Brock's Shooting Star Press. I had waited since that day I learn he used to do it in Ohio Valley Wrestling, and when he actually does it. He botches it, and lands on his head. I think Brock broke his neck on that, and will be sidelined along with Angle thus leaving Smackdown another superstar short. Overall, the match itself was great but the ending sucked. Wrestlemania's biggest flaws were their constant interruptions with the Miller Lite Cat Fight girls, and Limp Bizkits crap singing. Also I'm tired of the WWE plugging all of this smut like content. It's not that I'm offended, hell it takes a lot to offend me. But it's supposed to be wrestling, even sports entertainment doesn't implicate anything like Girl Gone Wild. If I wanted to see this kind of stuff I'd watch porno, or switch to one of the many cable channels that constantly show such things. Also how many times do they need to advertise a friggen candy bar?! I watch wrestling for wrestling, believe it or not. Well, anyway I'd give Wrestlemania 19 a 8.5 out of 10.

Your writing as usual is superb, and I really liked the wording you used in the story. It gave it more of a creepy feel the way it was all described, and the patient 13 concept is pretty cool. Patient 666 would have sounded cool, but it would been terribly cliche in my opinion. So I am glad you steered clear of it. Obviously, I like the stories with what I guess you could call the "bad ending." Good work, keep it up.

Don't bother with Devil May Cry 2. It's horrible. They completely screwed that game up, so I'd get the first Devil May Cry if you haven't all ready played it. Red Faction 2 is great, and has tons of unlockables. So there's a good amount of replay value there, however the game is fairly short. But it's still great nonetheless. Kingdom Hearts was an average/mediocre game, that's it. It was way too short, and far too easy. The only thing that even made the game worth my time was the addition of [spoiler]Sephiroth[/spoiler] as a special Coliseum boss battle. Racing? I haven't been much of a racing game fan. But Gran Turismo has always been the best. So I'd get that if you want a racing game. Fighting games, hands down there are a few really great ones. You want the best there's Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance, an awesome game. Dead or Alive 2-Hardcore, always a great game. Finally, the king of all 2D, and possible all fighting games in general, Guilty Gear X2. That's has got to be one of the best fighting games [b]ever[/b], if not the best. That's all I got for now.

There are actually 23 playable characters, plus the sub-boss Moloch(not playable). This game is definitely great, especially compared to it's previous installments. Especially Mortal Kombat 3. There is no Mortal Kombat without Scorpion, hands down. But Kabal replaced him as my favorite for the time being. Anyway, James, you're coming down way too hard on Mortal Kombat 4. Sure, it wasn't very good, but hell, you're basically saying it's worse than Mortal Kombat: Mythologies, and Mortal Kombat: Special Forces. That's just not possible. Third worst game, maybe. But not the worst. Well, all though I like Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance a lot. I was disappointed in ways. They removed the stage fatalities, a trademark of the MK series as are fatalities themselves. Which brings me to them. The fatalities for the most part are okay, nothing much to see. But there are some disappointments. Such as: Quan Chi's Neck Stretch, Scorpion's Spear replaced his trademark Fire Breath/Toasty fatality, Bo Rai Cho's is just a powered up version of his throw(a belly flop), Kano's Heart Pull was over done he pulls out your heart first then rips your kidneys and liver out, and so on. I could actually go on more about this, but just know Reptile, and Cyrax have the best fatalities in the game. Overall, I was very satisfied with the final result. The actual fighting engine is well done, and the stances make each character more versatile. It's a great game, no doubt about that. But in the sequel I'd like them to improve, and add at least one more fatality per character. As well as stage fatalities. Also, while the battle scar on the face is a nice feature they need to make the body sustain damage such as scars, cuts, and scrapes. That would be much better.

Why would people pay to see a movie about a man being stranded on a deserted island talking to a volley ball for about three hours? Or why would anyone want to watch some boring movie that takes place in one room, a panic room, almost the entire movie (minus five minutes)? Huh? Those two movies were both worse than Willard, as a matter of fact I rank them as two of the worst movies ever. If you haven't caught on, I'm talking about Cast Away and Panic Room. Those movies were horrible, but Cast Away is what I consider the worst movie ever made. I basically agree with everything Charles said. It was a good movie, not great. But still it deserves more credit, especially since it was a movie from 1971 originally. They definitely did a good job of updating it to today's standards, and Crispin Glover was great in the role as Willard. I'd rather watch a guy with rats, than watch either of those two movies I mentioned. Hell, I'd rather watch Willard more than most movies.

Well, the appeal of the Friday the 13th movies was never the plot. Obviously. I mean if it were, then I highly doubt the series would be as successful as it has been. The appeal quite simply is a kick *** deformed psycho killer murdering anyone who gets too close to him. That's it. People watch the Friday the 13th movies to see people getting killed by Jason. As for Jason X, it was quite amusing in a sense. They turned it from the usual horror movie into a comedy. There were a lot of scenes in it that were there that just made it laughable to ever consider Jason X a horror movie. It was entertaining for a bit, but it went downhill with the upgraded Jason. He looked absolutely horrible, and the way the upgraded version looked reminded me of something you'd probably see in a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. There are quite a few cool deaths in there, but that's basically it.

Heh, Desbreko and I share a similar problem. People usually give me looks, or make comments about how long my hair is. Just last week I accompanied a friend while he had his hair cut. Someone came in to get their hair cut as well, and apparently made a comment on my long hair to the barber which my friend told me about since he over heard it. It wasn't an insulting comment mind you, but I however do not like people to make mention of me for any reason. Especially if it's about something they may think is abnormal, or strange. Also when I was younger I never wore my hair tied back, simply because I had not yet thought of it as an option. But, then there were a few occasions where I had been confused for a girl when my back was turned. Now, I couldn't be confused for a girl since I always have my hair tied back, this shows my face off obviously and by doing this people can see that I have a goatee. Errr....well I suppose someone could think I'm a hairy woman, but I haven't had that problem yet. Anyway, personally I don't really give a crap about looks. If you've got tat's, I don't care. You got your hair dyed an unusual color or it's styled "strangely," I don't care. The color of your skin, don't care. Whatever you look like, I don't care. Bottom line? If you aren't doing anything to bother, or irritate me, I won't give a damn about your appearance or what you're doing.

X-2 looks disappointing. Not because the previews looked bad, or because I may have disliked the first X-Men movie. No, I actually liked the first X-Men, and the trailer to the sequel looked awesome. It looks disappointing because it seems to lack my favorite X-Man, just as it did in the first X-Men movie, Gambit. Where the hell is Gambit? He's probably the second best X-Man next to Wolverine. Why not have the character in the movie? Ah well, X-2 will most likely be a great movie. T-3, I really have no comment on. I thought the furture was changed in T-2, so none of that Skynet stuff would have happened. Ah well, the plot never really makes sense anyway.

Hmmm...never read the novels. Heh, this is actually the first I've heard of them. However, I did play Discworld 1, and 2 on the Playstation. Pretty good if you like puzzle/adventure/RPG games.

My money would be collecting dust in some bank somewhere. I'd just use it get myself the essentials, and the occasional entertainment items such as a new game, or something. Get myself a house, get my parents a bigger house, pay their bills as a way to repay them for bringing me up also so my father won't have to bust his *** anymore. Basically, in the long run I'd probably spend more money on others then I would on myself.

Holy is meant to annihilate anything seen as a threat to the Earth, as far as I can remember anyway. With all of the recent events involving Mako, and Sephiroth summoning Meteor to destroy the planet it was easy for humans to be seen as a threat to the Earth. This is why it is believed that all mankind was destroyed by Holy, and Meteor. As for Sephiroth going mad, it is explained quite well. Simply, Sephiroth has lived his whole life as a top ranking soldier of Shinra, and has been seen as a hero to many. After living that life for so long he finds evidence that he is in fact a clone, and Jenova was is mother. Jenova was killed by humans, the humans he protected his entire life as a soldier. Living as long as he has, then suddenly finding out that his entire life was nothing but a lie, well, I'd assume going insane was the most obvious thing that would happen. I started playing Final Fantasy with FF3/6 so I didn't just go back and choose Sephiroth because he looked better since he was 3D. No, personally I just liked Sephiroth better because he had no allegiance to anyone except for himself and his "mother" Jenova. Kefka on the other hand needed, and had soldiers, monsters, etc. working for him. Sephiroth just had himself, and the occasionally summoned Jenova forms. Kefka had a goofy laugh, clownish look, and an evil demeanor. I'm not saying Kefka wasn't good, but I don't think he can compete with Sephiroth. Sephiroth was like a super human, he alone impaled a HUGE snake on a tree, slain almost the entire Shinra staff, burned Tifa's village down, impaled Cloud, slashed Tifa, killed Aeris, and eventually causes the death of all humanity. Kefka was a pain for the FF3/6 characters, but it seems like Sephiroth has done more damage to the main characters in FF7. This is more of an opinion, while some people might like Kefka better. Others like Sephiroth better, but still I'd say Sephiroth did the most damage of the two.

Heh, yeah it's depressing. It just came to me that way as I was writing it. But I guess it serves a purpose. Kind of like a moral story, I suppose. Thanks for the advice, and comments. I'm just glad it won't slip off into OtakuBoards oblivion without being noticed now. I didn't even notice it was that long. Thanks again.

Hmm...well, this is my first time posting something in here so be gentle. LOL. Well, I actually had nothing to do and I hadn't written anything in a good while. So I decided to see what I could come up with. I doubt it's any good, but I'd really appreciate some feedback on it. Thanks. [center][SIZE=3][b][u]Greed[/u][/b][/SIZE] [SIZE=1]by The Vampire: Ed[/SIZE][/center] [center] The wind was howling madly as the night progressed, it was as if the icy breath of death was breathing over your shoulder. The feeling of the freezing wind made people's skin turn red, as if their flesh had been whipped raw by a bamboo rod. A sole figure is seen in the distance covered by the shadows of the buildings surrounding the dimly lit street, it was an man looking to be somewhere in his late sixties. He had set out to purchase his medication from the local pharmacy, luckily for him it was open all night and his slow paced strut wouldn't cause him to reach the store after closing hours. His breath quicken as his stamina drained, his legs ached as he pushed on through the snow. "Jim, you old fool." The old man said through chattering teeth at himself. "Why couldn't you get your heart pills before this damned snow fell? The weather man said it was going to snow. But, no! You didn't want to believe him, he's just some snot nosed punk fresh out of weather school or where the hell ever they get their training. Ugh-idiot." Still inwardly beating himself up for not getting there before the snow hit, Jim began kicking the snow with each step. Finally, as he reached the pharmacy he breaths a deep sigh of relief as he looked in at the friendly face of Jenny the usual cashier. He walks around the side of the store, and opens the door as the bell ring signaling his presence. Jenny smiles at Jim nervously, Jim's first thoughts were that something maybe wrong but said nothing. "Hey, Jenny, how's everything?" Jim asks with a raspy voice, and receives another nervous smile as she attempts to reply. "F-f-fine. I'm good?um?so what can I get you?" Jenny finally blurts out almost urgently. Jim begins to suspect something is amiss more so than earlier, then begins to look around the store but sees nothing out of the ordinary. Confused now Jim turns his attention back toward Jenny, but something catches his eye as he glances at the large bubble like mirror in the corner of the store. Looking at it he can see behind the counter where Jenny is standing before him, and kneeling by her leg is a semi-large man wearing a ski mask with a gun pressed against her mid-section. Jim's eyes grow wide, and he looks back at Jenny seeing a tear rolling down her face polluted by her black mascara. Jim looks back at the mirror watching the man grasping Jenny's thigh tightly, and his patience seems to be dwindling. "O-oh, I?uh?just came for my heart medication, and?um?to use your pay phone in the back. I'll see if there are any taxis available to pick me up. I'm getting to old now to walk in the snow." Jim said with an urgency in his voice as he winked at Jenny letting her know he had a plan, she nodded as she reached under the counter to grab the prescription he was going to pick up earlier. Jenny handed the bag to Jim, and smiled nervously again feeling a little at ease because of Jim's presence. "Thanks, Jenny. I?uh?just going to use the phone, then I'll be out of your hair." Jim turned, and proceed towards the back of the store looking back occasionally to see if Jenny was still okay. Then reached out gripping the receiver of the pay phone, lifting it his hand shook as he felt a bit queasy. He held the receiver to his ear, and dialed 9-1-1. After a few moments an operator picked up. "9-1-1, what is the emergency?" The operator asked sounding slightly robotic with the lack of emotion in her voice. "Yes, I'd like to report a robbery in progress." Jim said as quietly as possible looking back every so often. Jim keep speaking informing the operator on the situation, but back at the counter the large man tightened his grip on Jenny's thigh and began to whisper to her. "After the old man leaves put the money, and drugs in the bag." The thief pauses to laugh lightly at a thought, then continues his sentence. "Then, drop your drawers. I've got something?else I want to do." The thief smiles as he sees the fear in Jenny's eyes as she looks down at him shaking, then his smile slowly fades as it dawns on him. "Wait a god damned second?I didn't hear the old man put in any change. But?he's talking." The thief pauses again to look around then sees the mirror, and himself hunched down clutching Jenny's leg and holding a gun. "Oh--****!" He blurts out in anger, then quickly gets to his feet and leaps over the counter pointing his gun at Jim's back. "That's right, it's on the corner?" Jim began to say, but the sound of a gun clicking halted his speech. "Put that mother ******' phone down, and reach for the ceiling." The thief yells, and Jim immeadiatly drops the phone then raises his arms. "You sneaky old prick. I oughta' blow your damn head off, but I don't feel like cleaning cobwebs and brain juice out of my clothes. Get the **** over there; by the *****." The thief turns to his side with the gun still on Jim, as he points towards the counter then adjusts his mask to make sure it's covering his face good enough. Jim walks past the thief cautiously toward Jenny looking frightened, and stands in front of the counter again. "I'm sorry I got you into this, Jim." Jenny said as she burst out in tears. "Don't worry, Jenny. It's not your fault?" Jim begins to say, but is cut off by the thief again. "Yeah, it was your fault you stupid old bastard. All you had to do was get your damn pills, and get the hell out. But no, you had to be the brave guy." The thief suddenly clubs Jim in the back of the head with the butt of his gun knocking him onto the counter. Jenny lets out a scream as she watches Jim slump to the floor with the back of his head bloodied. The thief laughs again, then points the gun at Jenny as she attempted to come around the counter to check on Jim. "Stay where you are, babe! I don't wanna' have to put a bullet in that pretty little face of your's. Now pick up the bag I left back there, then start loading it up with all the money and drugs you got back there." The thief ordered. Jenny bent down and grabbed the bag, then opened the cash register. As she removed the money from the register drawer, the thief tapped on the counter reminding her to get the money from the safe under the counter. Jenny terrified, and frustrated just pulled the tray from the drawer then dumps it into the bag. After emptying the drawer she puts the tray on the counter, then kneels down at the safe to open it. She looks up again to see the thief leaning over the counter pointing the gun at her, and staring down her shirt at her bra covered breast. Jenny grabs the collar of her shirt holding it shut with one hand as she continues to put the combination in, and receive an amused grin from the thief. Jim began to stir, and awoke slightly dazed but conscious. He looks at the thief preoccupied with Jenny attempting to open the safe, then begins to think to himself. [i]"Jenny, she's just a young girl, Jim. Her life is just beginning, and it would be a shame if it were to end now. Jim, old boy, you got to pick yourself up and help her. You've had a pretty good life, and if you die today at least it'll be to help another. Now, get up!"[/i] Jim slowly gets up as quietly as he can, staggering slightly, then reaches for a bottle of Arizona Iced Tea sitting in the near by display. The thief stares at Jenny as she is just finishing up loading the money into the bag, then leans back as she stands up. Jenny gasps in shock at seeing Jim on his feet again, the thief began to look his way but gets hit by the bottle of iced tea he had clenched in his hand. The glass shatters over the thief's head, and the tea explodes soaking the three of them as well as everything else in the area. Momentarily blinded by the liquid, and dazed by the hard glass bottle shattering over his face Jim took this opportunity attempting to unarm him. Jim grabbed his arm, and held it close as he stood to the side of the thief trying to pry the gun from his hand. The thief feeling daze is slightly weaken, but not enough for Jim to pull the gun free. After a short struggle they both fall to the floor, and continue the struggle. From outside the sound of a squad car is heard pulling up with it's siren blazing, the thief begins to struggle with more urgency to escape. Outside the two police officers step out of the squad car, and look at each other. "All right, Gary, there are two hostages so watch the gun fire." The cop from the driver side said to Gary, the cop who got out of the passenger side. "Don't worry about it, Ted. I've got it." Gary replies. Suddenly, just as they finished talking a gun shot is heard from inside the pharmacy. The two police officers look at each other in fear that they're too late, rushing to the door they look in seeing two men laying on the floor. The slowly begin to enter the pharmacy with their guns drawn, they look over at Jenny holding her mouth in shock as she just stares at the two men laying motionless on the floor. The masked thief lays under Jim as the police slowly approach them, Ted grabs onto Jim's shoulder as he signals Gary to watch his back. Ted rolls Jim over off of the thief seeing blood all over the two of them, Ted asks Jim is he was shot because his face is contorted as if he was in pain himself. "N?n-no?get an ambulance?I'm having a heart?attack." Jim answers weakly, as Jenny slowly begins to approach them still in shock. Ted grabs his police radio on his belt, and brings it to his mouth calmly asking for the assistance of paramedics from the local hospital. Gary in the mean time checks on the thief, he lifts his shirt seeing a gun shot wound and blood pouring out. Gary checks the thief's pulse, and shakes his head at Ted letting him know that he was dead. Jim clutches his chest weakly, but smiles at Jenny to reassure her that he was going to be okay. Jenny falls to her knees by Jim's side crying uncontrollably, the police officer, Ted, holds Jim's hand trying to comfort him and keep him conscious until the paramedics arrive. Moments later the ambulance arrives, and two paramedics run in through the front door as Jim starts to seizure. Jenny begins to cry harder, and begins to shake Jim herself trying to bring him out of it. Ted grabs a hold of Jenny, and pulls her from the pharmacy. "Please, miss, you need to wait out here. You're too frantic, and the paramedics may not be able to handle it. Wait, in the squad car to keep warm." Ted said to Jenny as he opened the door to the squad car letting her sit down. Gary then comes out, and speaks to Ted away from Jenny. Both of them look a little saddened, then Ted returns to Jenny to speak with her. "I'm sorry, miss. But?your friend?he didn't make it." Ted said in grief, and put a hand on Jenny's shoulder as she cried again attempting to comfort her. "I'll let you be alone for now, I'm going to have to go back in and look around. I'll come back and talk to you about this a little later." Ted said as he turned, and headed back inside the store. A month passes, the incident still on everyone's minds in this little community and the one getting all the attention is Jenny. People look at her, and think "What a brave girl." But when she looks at herself in the mirror in the morning, she can feel nothing but guilt. She blamed herself for Jim's death, and it had been hard for her to live with. But she kept going to work everyday, with everyone thinking she had a strong will. This morning she arrived at the pharmacy to begin work, and found a squad car park out front. Jenny enters the store, and she is greeted by the two police officers from that night, Ted and Gary. "Good morning, Ms. Walton. I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions about that attempted robbery last month." Ted asks. "I guess so?but I all ready told you everything that happened." Jenny replied. "Yes, I'm aware that you did. Mr. Walton, were you aware that this pharmacy has a button under the counter to trigger a silent alarm?" Ted asked. "Yes, I was. But I told you before that I never had a chance to press it. That guy kept his gun on me the whole time. If I moved, he would have shot me." Jenny answered. "Oh yeah, I remember that?But when we viewed the surveillance video it seemed like there was plenty of time for you to press the button. How about when the perpetrator jumped over the counter, and stood behind Mr. Larson? He seemed to completely forget about you, you could have pressed the button at that time. Couldn't you? " Ted said again questioning Jenny. "Yes, but I was frightened! Besides, he could have looked back and suspected something. He would have probably murdered both Jim, and myself then!" Jenny replied sounding upset. "That's a good answer, I should have thought that myself. Now, do you happen to know a Peter Miller?" Ted again asked this time more sternly, Jenny seemed nervous and shook her head denying she did. "But, according to several people I talked to he was your boyfriend. He was also the perpetrator. You didn't know him?" "I?um?No, I never?" Jenny began to say, but is cut off by Ted. "Cut out the little game. We know he was your boyfriend, and as a matter of fact we talked to some of his friends. They said you two joked frequently about just robbing this place blind. You two apparently said you could easily stage a robbery for the camera, and get away with it. Ms. Walton, he knew where the safe was and it was hidden inside a cabinet in the counter. According to the video tape he couldn't have found it while he was behind the counter, he was only hunched back there for about ten minutes and the safe is hidden too well for him to have seen. I think you told him where it was, and I think the two of you arranged the whole robbery." Ted began to question Jenny more forcefully, as she shook and looked around frantically seeing the accusing eyes now own her. "I?um?I?No one was suppose to get hurt! I told Peter not to load the gun! I didn't want Jim to die! You have to believe me." Jenny blurted out the truth crying and filled with guilt. "I believe you, Ms. Walton. I can tell no one was supposed to get hurt. The way you reacted was too sincere, that's how I know you were really broken up about the whole incident. Jim was a friend, and I know you aren't the type who'd actually want someone to die. But the fact still remains that you helped plan the robbery, and it was your plan that caused two deaths. One was your boyfriend, and one was a friend willing to risk his life to save your's not knowing it was nothing but a set up. Even if you didn't mean for any of it to happen, you still caused it and you must pay for your crime. Jennifer Walton?you're under arrest for aiding and abiding in an attempted robbery, and murder." Ted says as he motions to his partner, Gary, to make the arrest. Gary cuffs Jenny as Ted reads her, her rights. Everyone inside the store watching in disgust as Jenny is taken out to the squad car, and put in the back. The officers get in the front, and begin to drive back to the station. The drive seemed to last forever, and the stares of disappointed bystanders keep coming. Three months later Jenny had been sentenced to forty years in prison, with no chance for parole. By the time she gets out, she herself would be in her late sixties and she knew it. Everyday in prison was like hell for her, she had to live with the knowledge that she was the cause of two deaths and she was treated like garbage by the other inmates. Finally, after six months in prison she couldn't take it any longer. The next morning she was found dead, it was suicide. She had hung herself with the sheets of her bed, and strangled to death. Now, she was the cause of three deaths. Her boyfriend Peter Miller, her elderly friend Jim Larson, and herself. All of which could have been avoided, but was not due to a single weakness. All because of greed, the downfall of humanity.[/center]

Nah, Radien's apparance wasn't changed much at all. That's his alternate attire you see in the picture, his regular attire is much like his past ones with the hat. My only problem with the game is that they changed/removed some moves. Actually, most of them are different now. Scorpion for example only has his spear from his old move set. Now he's missing his teleport punch, leg sweep takedown(MK2), fire breath(MKT), and his signature fire breath fatality. But the gameplay has been improved a lot, it's actually a credible fighting game unlike it's predecessors.

Well, I for one loved it. There were a lot of great decriptions in there, and I loved some lines. Like this one: "Earlier Anthony told them that when a man holds a gun, he?s transformed into the hand of God. They convince themselves that they?re like angels, almost. Everything is cool." I really liked that line. Overall it's a great story, well written like everything you write. But I thought the same about the ending AJeh did. It seems like a cliffhanger.

Yes, it was the Nexus Stone. I guess it's your turn to ask a question.