episode 8 The King of Thunder Returns
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Scene 1 – The Battlefield Stands Still
📍 Location: The Abandoned Factory – Midnight
(A deafening silence follows the lightning strike. The dust settles, and all eyes turn toward the hooded figure standing atop the rubble.)
(Thunder rumbles. His crimson eyes burn with power. His massive double-headed axe crackles with electricity as it hovers in the air before him.)
(Patricia's heart stops.)
Patricia (whispers): "…It can't be."
(Atinuke stares at the figure. Something about him feels… familiar. Her heart races. She doesn't know why.)
(The Red-Eyed Warrior clenches his fists, his blades humming with energy.)
Red-Eyed Warrior: (calmly) "You should not be alive."
Shadow Sango (Angel Victor): (coldly) "And yet, here I am."
(The Red-Eyed Warrior charges at impossible speed, swinging his sword toward Shadow Sango's throat—)
CLANG!
(The axe meets the blade. The shockwave sends mercenaries flying as the earth cracks beneath them.)
(For the first time since his creation… The Red-Eyed Warrior is forced back. He staggers slightly, eyes wide.)
Red-Eyed Warrior: "…Interesting."
(He lunges again—this time faster. His blade moves like a streak of red lightning.)
(Shadow Sango catches it with his bare hands. The force sends sparks flying, but he remains unmoved.)
Shadow Sango (lowers his hood, revealing his face): "Your fight is with me now."
(For the first time in twenty years, the world sees him. Angel Victor. Sango reborn.)
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Scene 2 – The Team's Shock
📍 The Battlefield
(The Shadows stare in stunned silence.)
Zainab: (whispers) "…That's not possible."
Jason: "He died! We buried him!"
Uche: "Then explain this."
(Patricia's knees feel weak. She wants to run to him—to confirm that this isn't a dream. But she can't move. Her emotions are a storm inside her.)
(Atinuke feels something stir deep inside her. A connection she doesn't understand. She grips her chest, her heartbeat matching the rhythm of the thunder above.)
(Then, Mr. D's hologram appears in the sky, watching.)
Mr. D: (amused) "Well, well… The prodigal god returns. This just got interesting."
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Scene 3 – The Showdown
📍 The Battlefield – Sango vs. The Red-Eyed Warrior
(The Red-Eyed Warrior adjusts his stance. His red aura grows darker, sharper.)
Red-Eyed Warrior: "You are not the only one blessed by the gods."
Shadow Sango: "Blessed?" (Laughs darkly) "You are nothing but a puppet."
(The air trembles as their auras collide.)
(And then—)
💥 THEY CLASH.
Sango swings his axe, summoning a tidal wave of lightning.
The Red-Eyed Warrior dodges, countering with a red energy slash that cuts through steel.
They teleport across the battlefield—moving faster than the eye can track.
Explosions rip through the factory as their battle shakes the very ground.
(The mercenaries and bounty hunters try to interfere—but they are mere insects in a battle of titans.)
(Atinuke watches, unable to look away. Something deep inside her reacts to the battle. Her hands spark with blue lightning.)
Patricia (gritting her teeth): "We need to move! The fight will level this entire area!"
(The team regroups, but before they can retreat—)
BOOM!
(Sango and the Red-Eyed Warrior slam into the ground, creating a massive crater. The battle is fierce—neither backing down.)
(Then—)
Sango makes a mistake.
(The Red-Eyed Warrior slips past his guard, his sword aimed for Sango's heart—)
But then—
🔥 ATINUKE MOVES. 🔥
(A blue streak of lightning erupts from her hands, intercepting the attack before it can strike Sango.)
(For a brief moment, the entire battlefield is frozen.)
(Sango turns—his eyes locking onto Atinuke.)
Shadow Sango: (softly) "…You…"
(Atinuke breathes heavily, looking at her hands in shock.)
Atinuke: (whispers) "…What just happened?"
(Patricia stares at her daughter. Then at Angel Victor. Realization dawns on her face.)
Patricia: "…No."
(The Red-Eyed Warrior recovers quickly, launching another attack. But Sango is done playing.)
💥 Sango raises his axe—and the sky ANSWERS.
(A colossal bolt of lightning descends from the heavens, obliterating everything in a blinding flash.)
(The battlefield vanishes in light.)
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Scene 4 – Aftermath
📍 A Ruined Battlefield
(The dust settles. Smoke rises from the ruins of the factory.)
(The Red-Eyed Warrior is gone. He retreated.)
(Sango stands in the middle of the destruction, his axe crackling with power. He breathes heavily, feeling the weight of everything.)
(Then, he hears it.)
A soft voice.
"Dad…?"
(Sango's entire body tenses.)
(He turns—Atinuke is staring at him. She doesn't know why she said it. She doesn't even understand what she feels.)
(Before Sango can respond, Patricia steps between them.)
Patricia: (firm) "Stay away from her."
(The words cut deeper than any sword.)
(Sango doesn't respond. He just watches as Patricia pulls Atinuke back, her eyes filled with a mix of anger, shock… and pain.)
(Then, before anyone can say another word—)
🚨 An alert blares across the city. 🚨
📢 "ATTENTION: A National State of Emergency has been declared. All supernatural beings are now classified as HOSTILE ENTITIES. Any citizen caught aiding them will be punished with DEATH."
📢 "THE GOVERNMENT IS COMING."
(The Shadows don't have time to process anything. They only have one option now—run.)
(Sango watches as they turn away from him. He knows he is back. But he is not yet welcome.)
(He grips his axe tightly, looking at Patricia one last time before disappearing into the storm.)
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TO BE CONTINUED…
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