Strikers/Broken Promise

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EXT. OUTSIDE OF CHAVEZ MANSION - CONTINUOUS

A normal moon is shown, showing that the purple moon event is finished.

Chavez's team go outside the mansion to look for Chavez.

OSCAR: Chavez!

ANTONIO: Chavez!

ZORRO: Why are you guys so worried about him, I don't understand. It will take more than a cannibalistic striker to defeat Chavez.

Jolyne looks at Zorro.

ZORRO: What do you want?

Jolyne uses her striker ability and grabs Zorro's nose and starts chewing it.

Jolyne's smell senses increases.

ZORRO: AH! YOU BITCH

JOLYNE: I can smell him, follow me!

Jolyne runs off.

ANTONIO: That is still the weirdest striker ability ever.

OSCAR: Damn and that means a lot coming from you.

Jolyne turns around

JOLYNE: You guys coming or not?

OSCAR AND ANTONIO: Coming!

EXT. FOREST NEAR LAKE - CONTINUOUS

They follow Jolyne and they end up by a lake.

ALEXIS: You sure we are at the right place Jolyne?

JOLYNE Yea, I can smell his presence.

ZORRO: I still can't smell shit! Give me back my nose.

JOLYNE: Ok, fine.

Jolyne spits out her gum and Zorro's nose appears on his face.

They hear Chavez scream.

CHAVEZ (V.O.): AHHHHHHHH!

ALEXIS: Chavez?

JOLYNE: I think he is hurt!

Oscar shows his striker.

OSCAR: Stay on guard, anybody who can make Chavez scream like that is most likely a force to be reckon with.

Zorro smirks.

ZORRO: Too bad, that 'force to be reckon with' needs to go through me!

Zorro sprints to where the noise was coming from

ALEXIS: Zorro?

ANTONIO: Looks like the party has started, haha!

Jolyne and Oscar roll their eyes and follow Zorro.

We see Zorro running at his full speed and then he suddenly stopped, he looks frozen in fear.

The team notices this.

ANTONIO: What's wrong?

Then, they all stood frozen and shock.

Chavez is shown beating a dead body. His hands and clothes are covered in blood.

Chavez is heavily breathing.

JOLYNE: Chavez! What's going on?

CHAVEZ: Don't worry, it's Trent. He became a cannibalistic striker behind our backs.

The team gasped.

OSCAR: That's why, he was acting strange during the purple moon?

Chavez kicks Trent's body.

Chavez looks at Zorro.

CHAVEZ: You want to have a duel? I still need to let out some frustration.

Zorro gulps, but tries to put on a tough face.

ZORRO: You not scaring me, lets do this.

The team rolled their eyes besides Alexis.

ALEXIS: Zorro! Please don't do this, you might actually die this time!

ZORRO: Don't worry, he won't be able to use his striker in this state given how unstable and frustrated his emotions are. I can kill him this time.

Zorro and Chavez get ready for a duel.

ANTONIO: 3...2...1...FIGHT!

Zorro grabs his sword and gets ready to fight Chavez.

Chavez smiles.

CHAVEZ: Zorro, you really going to fight me while I am in this state. You using your striker against me, while I am not. Not fair isn't it? Don't you want to beat me while I am using my striker to prove you are truly the best fighter.

Zorro gives his sword to Alexis.

ZORRO: Hold these.

Zorro's striker, Guts appeared.

GUTS: Do you really want to fight him like this?

ZORRO: I will defeat him, I got this.

Zorro returns to the arena and they both get into a fighting stance.

Zorro runs up to Chavez.

Chavez smiles and starts laughing at Zorro.

CHAVEZ: How are you this dense?

Zorro swings at Chavez.

Chavez rolls under Zorro and delivers a body shot.

Chavez then throws a 5 punch combo on Zorro's face and Zorro gets knocked out. However, Chavez continually punches Zorro while Zorro is knocked out.

OSCAR: Chavez, I think that's enough...

Chavez continues beating Zorro.

Alexis runs to the fight and right when Chavez was about to punch Zorro again, Alexis covers Zorro's body.

ALEXIS: Please...stop.

Alexis starts crying.

Chavez starts breathing heavily.

CHAVEZ: Thank you for being here, Alexis. I would have killed him, if you didn't intervene.

ANTONIO: Want me to reverse time on him so that you could knock him out again?

CHAVEZ: No need for that.

Chavez sits on a log like it was a bench.

Zorro wakes up and gains consciousness.

ZORRO: What happen?

First thing Zorro sees clearly is Alexis teary eyes.

ZORRO: I lost again, didn't I?

Alexis nods.

ZORRO: Badly?

Alexis nods.

Chavez laughs and is slowly gaining back his humanity.

JOLYNE: Huh?

CHAVEZ

You are such a fool, Zorro. You really would have killed me if you were calm and used your striker to your advantage.

Chavez facepalms.

CHAVEZ: If you truly want to kill me and get your revenge, you need to suppress your emotions like I did.

OSCAR: Avenge on who?

CHAVEZ: My mom.

OSCAR: Y-Your mom?

JOLYNE: You killed your own mom?

ZORRO: What kind of person are you?

Zorro gets up.

ALEXIS: Zorro!

ZORRO: Who in the hell kills the person who brought them into this world! Who kills their own...their own-AGH!

Zorro falls to his knees due to still being hurt from the fight earlier.

Chavez smiles.

CHAVEZ: Guess that Mike Tyson-powered body shot is still hurting you, haha.

ZORRO: You keep your damn mouth shut!

Chavez sighs and looks down.

CHAVEZ: Feel like it's the perfect time to open about this. Just in case I lose my sanity again and go berserk, you guys could know my vulnerable spots.

Chavez takes a deep breath.

CHAVEZ: I was a mistake and my dad continued to remind me about it. Originally, my parents were having a one stand but the condom broke and 9 months later, I was born. They decided to move in together, despite the intention to never see each other again after the sex was over.

INT. A 1 FLOOR HOUSE - DAY

We see a flashback with Chavez parents arguing and a kid version of Chavez sitting alone in his bedroom.

CHAVEZ (V.O.): It most likely would have been the best for them to never see each other, all there was after that is constant arguments about their financial issues and my dad constant cheating.

We see Chavez mom trying lots of drugs and crying.

CHAVEZ (V.O.): Mom developed a drug addiction to cope with the pain. My mom always managed to give me love while my dad didn't give me any. Yet, this drug addiction made her worse than my dad and it was like they were doing threesomes every Friday. At such a young age, I was struggling with my depression constantly and wanted to kill myself with the amount of beatings I was getting. Until, I met her.

INT. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLAYGROUND - DAY

We see Chavez playing with mouch on an elementary school playground. Chavez was under the playground platform.

TEACHER: Ok! Recess is over! Line up!

Chavez gets up from under a playground and a kid drops on him.

CHAVEZ: Oof!

ARELLA: Sorry!

Chavez looks up and Arella holds him up.

CHAVEZ (V.O.): I gained my first crush, someone who I could actually talk to. Someone who doesn't look at me funny and just care for who I am.

Chavez and Arella are shown having fun together on the swing set and eating lunch together.

CHAVEZ (V.O.): She was the only one who kept me sane. However one day when I came home.

INT. A 1 FLOOR HOUSE - DAY - DAY

We see Chavez opening a door to the house and sees a note on the dining table.

CHAVEZ (V.O.): My mom left me a note that says she is entering rehab and she promises to come back home too and get me by the end of the year.

We look at the moon and we see the sun and then we see the moon and then it quickly flashes through sun and moon while showing weather such as raining and snowing.

CHAVEZ (V.O.): The end of the year came and went. However, she never came home and she broke her promise to me.

I got tired of waiting and lost hope, thinking that she is dead.

INT. SUPERMARKET - DAY

CHAVEZ (V.O.): A few years later...

An older teenager Chavez is at the supermarket and is shopping for food, however he spots a familiar woman with 3 kids, 1 girl and 2 boys who looked to be around 7-3 year old.

KID #1: Mommy mommy, I want the toy!

KID #2: Me too!

MOTHER: Hold on, kids. Let me check if it's in the budget!

Chavez stares at her, she looks exactly like his mother.

The kids notices this.

KID #3: Mommy?! What is that guy looking at us for?!

KID #1: Yea, he is weird and creepy!

Their mother froze.

CHAVEZ MOTHER: Chavez?

KID #1: Chavez?

KID #2: What the hell is that?

The mother taps on kid #2 head.

CHAVEZ MOTHER:

What did I tell you about saying naughty words!

KID #3: Bitch! Shit! Poop! Ass-

The mother violently taps on kid #2 head as well.

CHAVEZ MOTHER: That includes you too! You are both coming with me!

Chavez mother turn back on Chavez and leaves with the aisle with her kids.

Chavez continues to be standing still in shock.

EXT. OUT OF THE SUPERMARKET - CONTINUOUS

Wee see Chavez emptying out his bags in a car.

Chavez mother came up to him.

CHAVEZ MOTHER: Hello...

Chavez ran up and hugged his mother.

Chavez's mother looks kind of annoyed.

CHAVEZ MOTHER: Chavez, please get off me. I'm pretty sure my kids are watching.

Chavez stops hugging her.

CHAVEZ: Why did you lie? You said you were coming back by the end of the year, but you didn't. Why did you break the promise?

CHAVEZ MOTHER: Listen I'm sorry. I did go to rehab. It's just that the truth is that I wanted to move on from living with you guys. I had to face the fact that I wasn't ready to be a mother yet. Neither me or your dad.

Chavez mother looks down.

CHAVEZ MOTHER: How is he doing anyways?

CHAVEZ: H-He is good, but that is besides the point.

You can come live with me and we can act like things are back to normal again. You could bring the kids you are babysitting and-

CHAVEZ MOTHER: No, Chavez! What don't you understand? Those are my kids now. I'm sorry, but I can't come back to living with you guys. Even though you grow so much all I have seen is just a part of my old self. I want to change that. I am not going backwards.

CHAVEZ: Then you could add me to the new family and-

CHAVEZ MOTHER: You are not listening, aren't you? Why can't you just accept it? How old are you anyways?

CHAVEZ: 18, I just graduated.

CHAVEZ MOTHER: You and Arella are still friends, right?

Chavez looks away and tears start coming out of his eyes.

CHAVEZ: She has cancer. She won't be around much longer.

Chavez mother gasps and has nothing left to say. She starts to become exhausted of the conversation.

CHAVEZ MOTHER: Please spend time on her, before it's too late. But, Chavez as your mother I am telling you to leave you alone.

CHAVEZ: Are you really my mom? Because it seems I can't talk to my mom anymore. It seems, I can't have dinner with my mom? Can I even tell my mom that after all those years of leaving me, that there is still a piece of my heart that still loves her, despite all the shit she put me through?

Chavez starts crying.

CHAVEZ: So, it's really just going to end like this?

The kids in Chavez mom car start honking it.

Chavez mother grabs money out of her purse and gives it to Chavez.

CHAVEZ MOTHER: That's 100 dollars, go grab a grub to eat ok. Something for the old man too.

Chavez mother walks away from Chavez and doesn't look back at him.

She enters the car with her children and slowly drive out of the parking lot while Chavez watches her in disbelief.

Chavez enters his car and starts crying more.

INT. ARELLA'S HOSPITAL ROOM - NIGHT

We see Arella resting on a hospital bed with Chavez by her side. Arella's hospital room is filled with flowers, with a teddy bear sitting beside her and Power Rangers mask near her side as well.

ARELLA: S-So glad you are here, Chavez. You always bring me back to the good ol' d-days.

Arella smiles.

Chavez grabbed Arella's hand.

CHAVEZ: I will continue doing everything in my power to help you stay, Arella. Please don't go, not yet.

Arella turns away.

ARELLA: I really don't want to die, but I am guessing there is no other option.

CHAVEZ: Don't say that, please!

ARELLA: It's ok, Chavez.

Arella sighs.

ARELLA: Imagine, if this was our utopia. We would be immortal, no more deaths!

CHAVEZ: Yea, I suppose that is true.

ARELLA: You still have the necklace and crown, right?

Chavez nods.

ARELLA: Sweet. I may be stuck on this bed, but I will still be your bodyguard.

Chavez and Arella both laugh, however Arella starts coughing while laughing.

CHAVEZ: Don't take it too hard, Arella!

ARELLA: I will be ok...

HUEY (O.S.): A.K!

CHAVEZ: A.K?

We see a kid version of Huey sprinting into Arella's hospital room.

HUEY: Brought cookies and mommy told me to bring you flowers! I think you will prefer the cookies more, though.

ARELLA: Thank you, Huey.

Huey gives the flowers to Arella.

ARELLA: They smell nice.

Huey looks at Chavez.

HUEY: So this is your boyfriend, huh?

Arella laughs.

ARELLA: I'd love him to be one.

Chavez blushes.

CHAVEZ: What?

HUEY: Yeah, A.K says a lot of cool things about you and hope that you guys will be able to live together someday.

Chavez looks at Arella.

CHAVEZ: I would love for that to happen too.

They both smile at each other.

Huey does a puking noise.

HUEY: Ew, that's gross! Hey A.K, once you get out of this hospital. We need to try that dizzy crossbar challenge! I saw it on youtube and it looked so much fun!

ARELLA: Huey

HUEY: Hm?

ARELLA: Chavez

CHAVEZ: Yes...

Arella lets out a smile

ARELLA: N-Nothing. I-I am just glad I get to know you guys. Grow strong for me. Ok?

Arella's medical monitoring system goes flatlined.

We see a black screen.

HUEY (V.O.): Arella? She didn't go, she didn't go right? Right, Chavez. RIGHT?!

We can hear Chavez crying.

INT. A 1 FLOOR HOUSE - MOMENTS LATER

We see Chavez crying at his house and he is hugging a crown and is wearing a necklace on his bed. Reminiscent of the scene in the first episode.

CHAVEZ (crying): You...you left me.

Chavez continues to burst into tears.

Chavez then gets flashbacks of him and Arella hanging out while they were kids and them planning a utopia.

Chavez starts having flashbacks to his mom.

CHAVEZ: I don't get it...why do all the good people have to die and all the evil ones get to live...

The screen turns black.

CHAVEZ (V.O.): Why?

We see Chavez sitting in a chair and see his mom staring down on him.

CHAVEZ: Why?

We get a close up stare on his mother.

CHAVEZ: WHY DON'T YOU LOVE ME?

Chavez punches his mom and his mom deflected it back at him.

Chavez is falling in a pit of nothingness.

CHAVEZ: I don't get it. I continue to lose, I guess this is my fate...it's so disappointing

Chavez starts getting covered up by the darkness slower and slower.

The screen turns black again.

A spirit grabs Chavez out of the darkness.

Chavez is laying on his back, breathing heavily.

Chavez gets up.

SPIRIT (V.O.): Power...power...power

We see Chavez standing in front of a spirit.

SPIRIT: You are powerless. Allow me to guide you to your desired fate.

CHAVEZ: My desire fate...

Chavez thinks of Arella's death and the whiteboard for their utopia.

A clear shot of the city is shown at night.

CHAVEZ: My desire fate is...

We see citizens of New York walking and cars driving in town center from above.

CHAVEZ (V.O.): I want to be a god.

Chavez is levitating above these while the camera zooms out.

CHAVEZ (V.O.): I want to control who lives and dies. I want this world to be mine.

We see Chavez flying around the town.

CHAVEZ (V.O.): When I am in control. No more problems, no more flaws, no more discrimination, no more sickness. I am tired of the god that created this world. Made reality unbearable.

We see Chavez in the middle of the street again but it's night time. Cars and the people are moving in fast time. Chavez clothes are blowing.

CHAVEZ (V.O.): A world where no one suffers. A world devoid of scums. Humans will be perfect. I will make reality to be perfect. Most importantly, I am the one ruling it.

Chavez then raises his hand up and the art turns to black and white. He raises his hand down and the art turns into color again.

Chavez raises his hand up and the art turns into watercolor. Chavez raises his hand down and the art turns into a comic book style.

Chavez raises his hand up and it's now back to it's original art style.

CHAVEZ: It will be a utopia.

The regular forms to Chavez utopia.

The utopia looks futuristic, filled with a bright neon blue color. Containing flying cars, holographic billboards, houses in the sky.

Kids are running around freely and eating ice cream cones. Cars are being self drive. People are riding hoverboards. There are restaurants run by robots. A huge ice fountain is in the middle of the city.

Chavez is sitting down in a chair that's floating on the sky. He is looking down on everyone.

CHAVEZ (V.O.): I control who lives...

Chavez snaps his fingers.

In Chavez utopia someone is stealing something from a store and starts riding his hoverboard.

CHAVEZ UTOPIAN STORE OWNER: Hey!

CHAVEZ UTOPIAN STEALER: HAHA!

The stealer starts having a heart attack and falls off his hoverboard. He later dies.

CHAVEZ (V.O.): I control who dies...

Chavez smiles again.

CHAVEZ (V.O.): I want to be a god because I want to control who lives and who dies. I want this world to be mine. If it's mine, then it will be a utopia. Everyone will be happy.

Chavez is standing in front of the spirit again.

CHAVEZ: Will you grant me that power to my desire?

SPIRIT: Yes, Chavez.

Chavez has a smile on his face.

CHAVEZ: Thank you. I won't break the contract and I will deliver on every single promise.

INT. A 1 FLOOR HOUSE - CONTINUOUS

We see Chavez laying down on his bed.

Utopia Striker appears.

UTOPIA: Let the journey begin.

EXT. OUTSIDE OF THE SUPERMARKET - NIGHT

A few days later, we see Chavez mom walk out of the supermarket.

She enters her car and sees the corpse of Chavez dad and her ex-husband fall out of the car.

CHAVEZ MOTHER: OH MY GOD!

Chavez mother backs up away from the body.

She then hears a laugh from the distance.

CHAVEZ MOTHER: Chavez?

Chavez appears out of the shadows.

CHAVEZ: Hello, mom.

CHAVEZ MOTHER: What the hell is the meaning of this?

CHAVEZ: I won't allow you to live your peaceful life after breaking a promise and leaving your kid to be traumatized and lonely for life. I mean, dad been dead for awhile. Alcohol poisoning is what killed him if you can't tell. Lately, it's just been me barely getting by paycheck by paycheck. Struggling with the death of a friend, a death of a father, the death of my wallet. Yet here you are. Happily leaving your life deciding to leave your past behind. I am glad everything came into full circle. Are you going to leave your kids behind and have their lives be filled with a looming darkness with little light? Is that what your plan is?

CHAVEZ MOTHER: I NEVER WANTED A KID OK! IT WAS TOO MUCH RESPONSIBILITY FOR ME! I TRIED TO HELP YOU AND YOUR FATHER BUT IT WAS HOPELESS. THIS WAS MY ONLY SHOT AT RESTARTING A NEW LIFE!

CHAVEZ: Then you shouldn't mess around with things you don't know, shouldn't you mom.

Chavez mother puts her hand on her head and slowly starts crying.

CHAVEZ MOTHER: What was the point of all this?

CHAVEZ: I am a god now.

CHAVEZ MOTHER: Chavez, are you ok?

Chavez smiles.

CHAVEZ: Of course, I am ok. I am a god now.

Chavez gets up.

CHAVEZ: I need to make this world a utopia void of suffering and trauma. I don't want you to be a part of my vision. You dealt enough damage to one person's life.

CHAVEZ MOTHER: Chavez, if you kill me. Guess what? My children will suffer because of this. Explain, how you are going to fix that.

CHAVEZ: Don't you know?

CHAVEZ MOTHER: Know what?

CHAVEZ: The father is a drug dealer, sooner or later he was going to get busted however it looks like the time was now. It doesn't surprise me one bit that all you do is attract those disgusting human beings. The dad is arrested and the kids are in foster care now. They will be in better care and have a better life than being with you two.

Chavez's mother clenches her fist.

CHAVEZ MOTHER: I will never and I repeat NEVER see you as a son again. You are a despicable monster! I hope you die and go back to your miserable life!

CHAVEZ: You first.

Chavez's mother's striker appears.

Chavez eyes widen.

CHAVEZ: You are a god too?

CHAVEZ MOTHER: Shut up!

Chavez's mom's striker aura keeps on fading in and out.

CHAVEZ MOTHER: Why isn't it working?

Chavez walks slowly to her.

CHAVEZ MOTHER: Stay the hell back!

Chavez's mother throws her purse at Chavez. It hit Chavez but Chavez show no reaction.

CHAVEZ MOTHER (crying): STAY BACK! STAY BACK!

Chavez touches his mother forehead.

CHAVEZ: This was your fate. What was set in stone, can't be changed. People who break their promises, people who break their moral code are fated to die. Those who follow their rules are guided to their treasure. Better luck in your new life. I promised myself that my utopia won't have people like you.

Chavez uses his striker and sucked all the life energy out of his mother. His mother falls to the ground and dies.

Chavez has his hands in his pockets and starts whistling. Chavez began to walk away. The camera zooms out and we see his mom and dad's dead bodies lying together behind Chavez.

Flashback is over.

EXT. FOREST NEAR LAKE - NIGHT

Finally back to present time.

CHAVEZ: And that's how you get revenge, Zorro. You have to manipulate and break down your opponent's emotions and suppress your own emotion in the process in order for the revenge to be successful.

Chavez entire team except Antonio all have their jaws open and eyes widen from Chavez's story.

ANTONIO: Haha! Again again! Tell another scary story!

JOLYNE: I didn't imagine all the pain and struggle you had to go through to get here. You truly are amazing...

OSCAR: It is a quite the story. Although that Huey kid does ring a bell...

JOLYNE: Wait, he was the one who punched Trent at that one campaign!

Chavez laughs.

OSCAR: Have you talk to Huey at all since the incident.

CHAVEZ: That was our only encounter, haven't talk to him since. I am fascinated to see where Huey is now. After all, Arella's death affected both of us a lot. I am hoping Huey acknowledged Arella's final words of how we have to grow strong. Curious, if he is a striker by any chance.

JOLYNE: Wow, you think we could invite him to the group to replace Trent?

ZORRO: Hell no! We do not need any stupid kids in this crew, we already got enough.

Chavez laughs.

CHAVEZ: To answer your question, Jolyne. Maybe, I will. Someone strong enough to daze Trent and that aggressive will probably be useful to the team.

Antonio starts to cover his nose.

ANTONIO: Ewwwwwwwwwww. What's that smell?

ALEXIS: Yea I smell it too...

Chavez gets up.

CHAVEZ: It's Trent's body and it's quickly decaying. Carry it to the lake. Zorro you can stay behind because you know.

ZORRO; Asshole...

Antonio, Jolyne, Oscar and Alexis carried Trent's body and start taking it to the ocean.

Zorro looks at Chavez.

ZORRO: I don't get it. Your story makes no sense.

CHAVEZ: What about my story?

ZORRO: Why did you kill your mom for a sin she did in the past, yet you are keeping me around. The leader of the Vagabond gang, one of the most ruthless gang the city has ever seen. Yet, I am still breathing and all I have been trying to do is kill your ass. if you want the world to be void of corruption why the hell are you working with Tony!

CHAVEZ: It's always nice to keep someone who is constantly making you feel at your toes, you know. Besides, don't worry. Once, I completed my utopia. Me and you will have one final duel to the death and that's where your fate ends.

Zorro gasps and looks scared.

CHAVEZ: You are mine, remember? I decide your place to die. Same thing goes to Tony. He isn't apart of the vision as well. However with the amount of connections and arsenals he has, it's important for me to keep in touch with him considering how poorly our negotiations has been like with the green dragons for example. Besides, I am not ready to fully engage with him yet.

ZORRO: So how are you going to do this utopia when you can't even face him.

Chavez smiles and holds up his necklace.

CHAVEZ: I am a god, remember? I will decide when the time is right to kill him. It's a promise.

Chavez looks at the sky.

CHAVEZ: You know, I won't break my promise Arella. That's why I am growing strong for you.

A shooting star passes by.

End of Episode 7