Chapter 1: The man in the black coat
It was a rainy day and Shannara was getting ready for work. As she changed her clothes she noticed a figure in a long black coat across the street from her window. She glanced down at him from her second floor window to see him suddenly catch her eye. She froze and stared into his deep blue eyes. Suddenly remembering that she was in her underwear she stepped away from the window hastily feeling a bit violated she couldn't help, but wonder who he was. He had been leaning against a turn up building with a toothpick in his mouth. He stood sheltered from the rain by an out reached roof, one leg bent up against the wall. He definitely described mysteries and alluring. Grabbing for her rain coat and umbrella she headed out the door hoping to get a better look at his face and those blue eyes that seemed to grab her. When she stepped out however there were no signs of him. Feeling disappointed she drove onward to work.
"So whats your name?", a man in a long leather coat said. "Bonnie. I'm the secretary here" "Really, well than would you give this to Shannara Brooks?" "Hehheh! Ya so cute, but I can't. Office rules." He walked up to her, breathing on her neck, "Thats a shame. I guess I'll just go then..." He started for the door. "Wait! Can't I get ya numba!" He swung around and dropped into a waiting chair, his legs draped over the arm rest and his head resting in his hand. "You give her this tape and you'll get much more..." He sat up properly in the chair and she sat in his lap. For a second his eyes widened before they eased. He didn't know she would do that. "Why Santa what you gonna do? She started to nibble his ear. He slightly pushed her away. He pulled out a box with a couple folded fifties and gave them to her. "Your a very nice young women taking care of this video for me. Do you want to meet again later tonight?" He handed her a piece of paper and she slipped it in her pocket. "I'll be sure that she gets this and I'll meet you tonight."
"This came in for you this morning.", a secretary stated in a red mini skirt and low button blouse. She was chewing gum loudly which was starting to annoy Shannara, "A video tape? -Whose it from?" I can't tell you that sugar, but the man who told me to give ya this was quite a honk of sexy! Although I myself am into heavier built men. Ya know what I mean?" Trying to get rid of the secretary she quickly added, "Yah. Thank you for the package - I really need to start worki-" She was interrupted by the secretary, " I want a guy with big muscles and some firm lovehandles!" "Ok! I gotta go! Gotta do that one thing in that one place ya know?" Shannara reached for a door and wisked in. She closed her eyes and sighed. "Glad thats over with." She looked down at the tape in her hands. She slipped into the lounge and closed the door. She popped the tape in. It brought up a picture of a young man brushing his white hair in the mirror. Behind him was a ghost-like form of him reflecting in the mirror. There was a flash of heavy breathing, a scream of pain and terror. Than a blimp resting on the edge of a cliff that over looked an ocean. Horses running on sand and running right off a cliff deep into a canyon. It showed those blue pircing eyes. Then it showed a golden ring with a pyramid and shape in the middle with an eye symbol and spikes hanging off the ring. It played an egyptian tune and glowed brightly than the tape was over. "Creepy", she thought. The phone rang. She jumped, than relaxed, took a deep breath and picked up the phone, "Hello, you've reached Building Spot. How can I help you?" A voice answered, "In seven days I'm coming and when I do it'll be hell till I get what I want..." Shannara slammed the phone down. She saw a scorpion scurry across the screen. It looked so real! She reached out for it when suddenly it crawled out of the T.V.! She jumped back. "How did- I gotta get out of here!" She started to race out of the building when she remembered the blimp it should. It looked familiar. She being the curious person she was, sat down at her desk and flipped through some folders. She found it! She laid the folder down on her desk and swung it open. "Keiba Corp", she murmured, "Kaiba Corp's Blimp for the Duel Monster finals. Abandoned by Seto Kaiba just a couple years ago. After leaving it on a nearby cliff out looking MoonSet Bay. He withdrew from are account last year in order to build a BlueEyes White Dragon in jet form with credit given to Kaiba Corp and Building Spot. The duelist who where in Seto's finals were Mai---Jo--- Yam--um--...Bakura. Whose Bakura?" She went online and searched around for information containing the blimp and of this Bakura. There were rumors that the blimp was haunted by one of duelist's many monsters. There were thoughts here and there of an Egyptian thief and possession of another named...Bakura. "Bakura", Why was she so drawn to the name? The secretary walked by and a piece of paper fluttered out of her pocket. Shannra reached to pick it up and call to her that she had drop something, but felt an urge to open it. It read, "Bakura 555-8469", It also read an address and had that ring symbol drawn on it. She wrote it down on a piece of paper and waved the original note in the air, "Bonnie! You dropped this!" She called out to her.
It was a rainy day and Shannara was getting ready for work. As she changed her clothes she noticed a figure in a long black coat across the street from her window. She glanced down at him from her second floor window to see him suddenly catch her eye. She froze and stared into his deep blue eyes. Suddenly remembering that she was in her underwear she stepped away from the window hastily feeling a bit violated she couldn't help, but wonder who he was. He had been leaning against a turn up building with a toothpick in his mouth. He stood sheltered from the rain by an out reached roof, one leg bent up against the wall. He definitely described mysteries and alluring. Grabbing for her rain coat and umbrella she headed out the door hoping to get a better look at his face and those blue eyes that seemed to grab her. When she stepped out however there were no signs of him. Feeling disappointed she drove onward to work.
"So whats your name?", a man in a long leather coat said. "Bonnie. I'm the secretary here" "Really, well than would you give this to Shannara Brooks?" "Hehheh! Ya so cute, but I can't. Office rules." He walked up to her, breathing on her neck, "Thats a shame. I guess I'll just go then..." He started for the door. "Wait! Can't I get ya numba!" He swung around and dropped into a waiting chair, his legs draped over the arm rest and his head resting in his hand. "You give her this tape and you'll get much more..." He sat up properly in the chair and she sat in his lap. For a second his eyes widened before they eased. He didn't know she would do that. "Why Santa what you gonna do? She started to nibble his ear. He slightly pushed her away. He pulled out a box with a couple folded fifties and gave them to her. "Your a very nice young women taking care of this video for me. Do you want to meet again later tonight?" He handed her a piece of paper and she slipped it in her pocket. "I'll be sure that she gets this and I'll meet you tonight."
"This came in for you this morning.", a secretary stated in a red mini skirt and low button blouse. She was chewing gum loudly which was starting to annoy Shannara, "A video tape? -Whose it from?" I can't tell you that sugar, but the man who told me to give ya this was quite a honk of sexy! Although I myself am into heavier built men. Ya know what I mean?" Trying to get rid of the secretary she quickly added, "Yah. Thank you for the package - I really need to start worki-" She was interrupted by the secretary, " I want a guy with big muscles and some firm lovehandles!" "Ok! I gotta go! Gotta do that one thing in that one place ya know?" Shannara reached for a door and wisked in. She closed her eyes and sighed. "Glad thats over with." She looked down at the tape in her hands. She slipped into the lounge and closed the door. She popped the tape in. It brought up a picture of a young man brushing his white hair in the mirror. Behind him was a ghost-like form of him reflecting in the mirror. There was a flash of heavy breathing, a scream of pain and terror. Than a blimp resting on the edge of a cliff that over looked an ocean. Horses running on sand and running right off a cliff deep into a canyon. It showed those blue pircing eyes. Then it showed a golden ring with a pyramid and shape in the middle with an eye symbol and spikes hanging off the ring. It played an egyptian tune and glowed brightly than the tape was over. "Creepy", she thought. The phone rang. She jumped, than relaxed, took a deep breath and picked up the phone, "Hello, you've reached Building Spot. How can I help you?" A voice answered, "In seven days I'm coming and when I do it'll be hell till I get what I want..." Shannara slammed the phone down. She saw a scorpion scurry across the screen. It looked so real! She reached out for it when suddenly it crawled out of the T.V.! She jumped back. "How did- I gotta get out of here!" She started to race out of the building when she remembered the blimp it should. It looked familiar. She being the curious person she was, sat down at her desk and flipped through some folders. She found it! She laid the folder down on her desk and swung it open. "Keiba Corp", she murmured, "Kaiba Corp's Blimp for the Duel Monster finals. Abandoned by Seto Kaiba just a couple years ago. After leaving it on a nearby cliff out looking MoonSet Bay. He withdrew from are account last year in order to build a BlueEyes White Dragon in jet form with credit given to Kaiba Corp and Building Spot. The duelist who where in Seto's finals were Mai---Jo--- Yam--um--...Bakura. Whose Bakura?" She went online and searched around for information containing the blimp and of this Bakura. There were rumors that the blimp was haunted by one of duelist's many monsters. There were thoughts here and there of an Egyptian thief and possession of another named...Bakura. "Bakura", Why was she so drawn to the name? The secretary walked by and a piece of paper fluttered out of her pocket. Shannra reached to pick it up and call to her that she had drop something, but felt an urge to open it. It read, "Bakura 555-8469", It also read an address and had that ring symbol drawn on it. She wrote it down on a piece of paper and waved the original note in the air, "Bonnie! You dropped this!" She called out to her.