Freeman's Mind is a Half-Life machinima series created by Ross Scott, the creator of Civil Protection.The series format is comparable to that of a 'Let's Play,' albeit in-character as Scott's narration is meant to represent the thoughts of the eponymous character and Half-Life protagonist, Gordon Freeman, as he attempts to survive the Black Mesa Incident. Freeman's Mind 2: Episode 11. Save hide report. Log in or sign up to leave a comment log in sign up. View discussions in 1 other community. I will see you up ahead. Is the grappling hook is some sort of joke from the freeman mind? 4 points 1 year ago. Half Life 2 still holds up.
- With Ross Scott, Robin Darnell, Ian Riley. Follow the thoughts of Dr. Gordon Freeman, a 27 year old physicist and neurotic individual.
- Season 2 of Freeman's Mind leaves it ambiguous if Barney's Mind is in the same continuity (not only does Barney sound different, but Gordon also doesn't recognize Barney when Barney's Mind claims that Barney was Gordon's best friend and college roommate), despite a whole episode being devoted to Ian's Barney conversing with Robin's Shephard.
Later
Naruto was in his loft meditating, while the radio played 'If you're just joining us, this is Trish Talk and we are discussing the recent events that have the residents of Freeland confused, and some even frightened. Line one. Sophia, you're on the air.'
'Nathan Pierce is turning the neighborhood upside down and giving it a good shake. Trust me, no one wants to see what falls out.'
'Are you suggesting we turn a blind eye to the problems in our city?' Trish asked
'No, but I seen the news. The man is so strong, he doesn't have to answer to anybody. Can you trust a person like that? Let the police do their jobs. That's what I say.' Sophia said
'Some would argue the boys in blue don't exactly have a sterling reputation these days.' Trish replied
'Oh, yeah, missy? Well, the next time trouble comes banging at your door, maybe you should call Nathan Pierce instead of 911.' Sophia replied causing Trish to chuckle
'You know what, Sophia? I just might. Let's take another caller. Line two. Hi, Amir.'
'Hey, Trish, I want to respond to that lady 'cause she's got it all wrong. I know Nate. He comes into the fish fry. Always treats my wife and me with respect. Last week, two kids started a fight, Nate took care of it and nobody got hurt.' Amir said
'I think it's noteworthy that the only people I've spoken to that criticize are the ones who don't know him personally. So many others have merely read about him or saw him on the news and jumped to conclusions.'
'Trish, Nathan is good people and he belongs right here in Freeland.' Amir said
'And I think it's important for all of us to realize something. We are witnessing a massive shift in the boundaries of possibility. But what is scary to some inspires hope in others. I, for one, would like to thank Nathan Pierce for all the work he's doing in Freeland. Those of us below 110th see the good work he's doing and we hope he's doing well.'
Naruto was enveloped in a blue flame like aura, and in between the space of his cupped hands a Rasengan slowly began to form before an alarm went off causing Naruto's eyes to open as the blue energy dispersed
Walking to his phone, and snoozing the alarm, Naruto saw he had to meet up with Anissa for breakfast and sped around the loft getting ready before he sped outside on his way to see his sister
Docks
Scarfe was leaning against his car when Cottonmouth arrived and walked up to him, 'I never thought I'd be happy to see your ugly face.' Cornell smirked
'Well, we all can't be as pretty as you.' Scarfe replied
'Ain't that the truth. You got the goods?' Cornell asked
'You know me. I always come correct. It's all piled up in there, just waiting for you.' Scarfe said looking over to a warehouse
'So we're squared up?' Cornell nodded
'Mmm, nah. We ain't square. We a few zeroes off. About $100,000 worth.' Scarfe said causing Cornell to click his tongue
'I'm not givin' you another dime.' Cornell stated
'Good. I don't need another dime. I need 100,000. No cash, no guns. No guns, no Domingo. The ghetto CNN is workin' overtime. If you don't make it straight with Domingo, you're done. Plus I got all your cash in lockup. Oops.' Scarfe said as Cornell bsgan pacing
'Think about how you want to spend the rest of your life, Detective.' Cornell warned only for Scarfe to snort and laugh
'Shit! Man, your juice is water since Nathan Pierce punked your peacock ass.' Scarfe said boldly before Cottonmouth delivered a jab to his nose causing him to grunt and fall back against his car and pull his weapon but Cottonmouth gripped his wrist and the two fought over the weapon before it was tossed to the ground and Scarfe was tossed away
Cottonmouth picked up the gun and as soon as he turned to as Scarfe was on his feet he was shot twice, and quickly Scarfe ducked down behind his car with two of the windows being shot out as Cottonmouth began to laugh
'You shot a cop!' Scarfe yelled panting as he put pressure on his wound
'Hey, what's goin' on over there? Hey, man, you all right?' a man across the river yelled
'When I catch you, I'm gonna use my hands, bitch.' Cottonmouth promised as he got into his car and sped off
Elsewhere
Naruto stopped in his run when he saw Mariah outside her house, 'I believe in Freeland. You know, my Freeland is saturated with jazz, and good food, and the pure genius that permeates the streets. Freeland is risin' like a phoenix out of the ashes. I mean, that's what all of my various complexes is about, is restoring that luster.' Mariah said
'Fantastic. Uh, you mind if we go in now, Madam Councilwoman? The crew needs to set up for later.' the cameraman wondered
'Yeah, of course, of course. Go on.' Mariah said glancing at Naruto
'Your new VH1 show? Criminal Spinsters?' Naruto asked
'Who you callin' a spinster? I'd wear your narrow ass out.' Mariah said as Naruto laughed, 'What's this about?'
'Your cousin. I'm shutting him down. You, too.' Naruto said before he walked off leaving Mariah watching him before the crew came back
'Ah! Come on. Let's go inside.'
Diner
Naruto and Anissa were eating, 'As soon as I put Cottonmouth in handcuffs, I'm ghost.' he said with a shrug as he cut up his pancakes
'You could make a career out of robbing bad guys.' Anissa said
'That would be the perfect grind, wouldn't it?' Naruto asked
'You ever think about playing for the Giants?' Anissa asked
'It wouldn't be fair to the competition.' Naruto said, 'Being hood famous is good enough. I don't want be in the public eye on that kind of level.'
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'Nah, Wear a mask.' Anissa advised
'What for? I ain't no hero.' Naruto said
'Are you kidding? What do you call what you've been doing around the neighborhood?' Anissa asked
'Honoring Pop.' Naruto said
'I know he meant a lot to you, but you know you can do more. Like Black Lightning.'
'I don't want to be like Black Lightning. I have no problem being just Nathan Pierce. Nathan Pierce has enough money for his kids and grandkids to live comfortably. Nathan Pierce isn't wanted by the cops. Nathan Pierce also happens to sleep with beautiful women on the regular. Now tell what's wrong with being just Nathan Pierce?'
'Well when you put it like that nothing.' Anissa said getting a nod from Naruto, 'But if we can make people who do bad things pay for what they did that would be a good thing right?'
Naruto stopped chewing and looked at his sister, 'We? Nissa you can't just jump into fighting idiots just cause you have some strength you could kill somebody.' Naruto said
'Then teach me. You taught me to fight, now teach me to control my strength.' Anissa replied
Naruto sighed after a moment, 'Fine, I'll help you, but you promise that until you get control you will not go out looking for trouble.' he said
'Fine.' Anissa smiled, before she looked serious, 'Have you looked into where these abilities came from?'
'I've never thought about it.' Naruto said
'Nate?' the siblings looked up to see Claire Temple
'Claire? ' Naruto asked getting a nod and smile from the woman
'Yeah.' Claire said before Naruto got up and the two hugged
'It's been a while.' Naruto smiled pulling back
'Since graduation.' Claire nodded before she looked to Anissa who smiled before the two embraced, 'Anissa, how've you been?'
'Fine and you?'
'Can't complain.' Claire said
'How long you've been back?' Naruto asked
'Came back yesterday.' Claire nodded
'I bet your mom is happy about that, she was worried sick about you up in Metropolis all by yourself.' Anissa said before her phone ding, 'Ah shit, I got to get to school, I'll see you later Nate,'
Anissa grabbed her things and kissed Naruto's cheek before she turned to Claire, 'We have to get together and catch up.'
'Name the time and place.' Claire smiled as she waved goodbye to Anissa who left
Naruto sat down and motioned for Claire to sit across from him, 'I here you've been helping people with your powers.'
'Here we go.' Naruto sighed
'No, I'm happy for you.' Claire said causing Naruto to look at her, 'You've found a way to honor Carl, he'd be proud.'
'Thanks, but I don't wanna be different than anybody else. Tried that before and nearly lost everything.' Naruto said paying for the meal before he got his jacket and walked out of the diner followed by Claire
'A building fell on you. People are shooting at you. And you walk around without a scratch. Who's gonna ignore all that?' Claire asked following Naruto to the barbershop
'You sound like your preparing to recruit me or something.' Naruto said walking down the steps
'No, I'm just saying,' Claie paused when she saw Naruto narrow his eyes as he opened the door to the shop, 'What's wrong?'
'It's supposed to be locked.' Naruto said opening the door fully, and walking in, 'Bobby? Are you in here, man?'
'Blood.' Claire said looking at the drops of blood on the floor
Naruto began to walk to the back, and saw Scarfe on the ground panting, 'Scarfe?' he asked as Claire quickly began to check him over
'No cops. Not even Misty.' Scarfe said looking at Naruto
'Why me?' Naruto asked
'Cause you don't trust us.' Scarfe panted
'Neither does every black man in America.' Naruto said
'We need to get him to a hospital.' Claire said looking up at Naruto
'Doable.' Naruto said moving forward
'No, I can't go to the hospital. They'll kill me. Just like they did Chico.' Scarfe said causing Naruto to freeze, 'They found him, they'll find me.'
'He's lost a lot of blood. Help me get him into the chair. Now.' Claire said as she a flash of orange light and a gust of wind before Naruto and Scsrfe were in the front by the chairs, and quickly she ran over, 'Okay don't do that again.'
Naruto shrugged stepping back and watching Claire work
'Okay. I can remove the bullet from his thigh but the shot in his side is worse. If the bullet pierced his liver, he's gonna have internal bleeding, and I can't do anything about that here.'
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'How come I'm not dumping you at the 29th again?' Naruto asked Scarfe
'I told you, man. They're trying to kill me.' Scarfe said before he began to sit up
'No, no, no. Don't move. Don't get up.' Claire ordered forcing Scarfe to stay down and had him put pressure on his side, 'Hold.'
'Who the hell is this?' Scarfe groaned
'I'm the woman trying to save your life.' Claire said sterilizing some tweezers with her lighter
'Thank you. Whatever.' Scarfe panted
'Well, this is gonna sting a lot.' Claire said before he dug the bullet from Scarfe's thigh causing him to scream and whimper
'I think I'm gonna have to stay, lay low here for a little while.' Scarfe groaned after Claire got the bullet out of his thigh
'Not until you tell me what the fuck is goin' on.' Naruto said
'I can't tell you anything right now.' Scarfe said and Naruto raised a hand that crackled with lightning, 'Okay. It was Cottonmouth. He was behind everything.'
'So you've been working for him the whole time?' Naruto frowned
'Yeah. I got his guns out of lockup for him, and then he turns around and tries to kill me. Go figure.'
'What makes you think I can protect you?' Naruto asked
'You survived a drive-by and a building fallin' on your head. I'd say you're overqualified.' Scarfe panted
'You mentioned Chico. What happened?' Naruto asked
'I told you. They killed him.' Scarfe sad looking away from Naruto
'Your lying.' Naruto said
'Okay. I killed him.' Scarfe revealed causing Naruto to frown
'We're done. Let's go.' Naruto said to Claire before he and Claire began to leave
'Hey, Pierce! [gasps] Pierce! Wait! I'm an asshole! There's no disputing that. I am a despicable human being. But Cottonmouth is a hell of a lot worse! And I have got what it takes to put him behind bars for the rest of his life!' Scarfe yelled causing Naruto to pause,
'What did you say?' Naruto asked looking back at Scarfe
'I can take him down.' Scarfe panted
'What do you have?' Naruto asked walking back over to Scarfe
'Notes. Detailed notes of murder investigations I covered up to save his ass. How he uses Spurlock's Mortuary to dispose of the bodies. Why do you think you never found Tone? Or Chico? Plus I've got the name of every cop on Cottonmouth's payroll. That ought to be plenty to send him on a nice permanent trip.' Scarfe said
'Where are these notes?' Naruto asked
'My apartment.' Scarfe said
'Soon as I get them, I'm taking you straight to Misty.' Naruto said before he sped off after getting the address
An orange streak of lightning sped through the streets before it came apon Detective Scarfe's apartment complex, and fazed through the door, and sped up to the floor and the door
Naruto phased through the door and began to search the apartment, before he found a secret compartment in the door and fazed his hand through it, and stopped long enough to grab the small notebook that he pulled out and sped off but he doubled back when he saw Misty sitting in a car
'Misty.' Naruto called getting her attention, watching as she got out while her new partner watched
'What the hell are you doing here?' Misty asked
'Your boy showed up at the shop bleeding.' Naruto said causing Misty's eyes to widen, 'He says Cottonmouth shot him and is scared to go to the cops because half the department is in Cottonmouth's pocket.'
'Where is he now?' Misty asked
'With a doctor, I'm going to take him to your precint, be there.' Naruto said
Misty frowned and nodded and returned to the car
'What was that about?' Lt. Perez asked
'Nothing just Nathan Pierce trying to be charming.' Misty said getting a nod from Perez before she started up her car, 'Lets go back to the precint and look this over with a fresh pair of eyes.'
'Alright.' Perez nodded
Pops Barbershop
Claire was still with Scsrfe who began to go unconscious, 'Hey, hey, hey, don't fall asleep, okay? You need to stay conscious. We're gonna move soon.' Claire said before Naruto sped into the shop
'Time to move.' Naruto said
'He can't really walk.' Claire said getting a nod before Naruto sped off and returned with adrenaline, from the hospital
'This'll help.' Naruto said sticking the syringe into the bottle and injecting Scarfe whose eyes widened, 'I'm gonna hand him and the evidence over. The DA can take it from there. Get him round-the-clock protection until he can testify against Cottonmouth.'
'You're still thinking about Cottonmouth?' Scarfe asked
'Yeah, that's the only reason I'm helping you.' Naruto said before he looked to Claire, 'Call an EMT you can trust to meet us there.'
Claire nodded and called a friend of hers as Naruto put Scarfe's arm around his shoulder and helped him stand, 'Get home, I'll call when this is over.' Naruto said before he sped off with Scarfe
29th Precint
Misty and Perez just arrived at the precinct and everyone jumped when Naruto arrived with Scarfe, 'This guy belongs to anyone?' he asked
'Rafe.' Misty said running up and taking Scarfe's head in her grasp
'Hey, I want to turn myself in to your custody Detective Knight, I along with many others in the department have shamed the badge by taking bribes, killing witnesses, and sabatodging evidence for Cottonmouth. I will tell you, and the captain and only you and the captain everything.' Scarfe said
'Okay Scarfe.' Captain Bette Audrey said as an EMT arrived, 'Fix him up, I want to here this.'
Cpt. Audrey and Misty turned to Naruto, 'Mr. Pierce thank you for bringing him in.' she said causing Naruto to shrug
'No problem.' Naruto said walking off
Unfortunately Scarfe succumbed to his wounds in the middle of giving his statement but it was enough to lead to the arrest of 15 corrupt cops along with Lt. Perez before Misty went and arrested Cottonmouth in his club, while Naruto watched from across the street smirking
'Congrats.' Claire said walking up behind him and seeing the blood on his clothes, 'You need to get some new clothes.'
'I have some stuff back at the spot.' Naruto smiled looking at his shirt and took it off before throwing it away,
'After all this, you can't say you're not special.' Claire smiled while her eyes roamed over his chest and abs
'I'm still not sure what I am.' Naruto shrugged
'You know exactly who you are, and what you need to do.' Claire said causing Naruto to scoff
'Pop used to say the same thing you're saying to me. I did right by him. Cottonmouth's in jail and I'm done.' Naruto shrugged
'You're quitting?' Claire asked
'I think so. It's time.' Naruto nodded as he and Claire began to walk down the street
'There's things with your powers you haven't even tested. There's so many good things that you could still do. Maybe I could help.' Claire offered
'You have ideas?' Naruto asked
'Yeah.' Claire said getting a smirk from Naruto
'Why don't we start by getting some coffee first?' Naruto asked
'I'm not sleeping with you.' Claire said shoulder bumping Naruto who paused and looked after her as she continued walking
'Whoa! Did I say anything about that? Why can't coffee just be coffee, huh?' Naruto asked
'Okay. You didn't even touch your coffee this morning. You drank the orange juice. Okay? You don't drink coffee.'
'I drink decaf, and that was Anissa's.' Naruto said causing Claire to look at him
'Sure it was.' Claire replied causing Naruto to laugh slightly
'You know a lot of people believe I can really make a difference, I guess I should see if I can. Trish was telling me about some guy so high up that people are scared to say his name. I might look into that.' Naruto said
'I'll help.' Claire stated causing Naruto to look at her and smile slightly
Hour Later, Pierce Residence
After walking Claire home, Naruto changed into a long sleeved black vneck, slim fitted jeans and some Air Jordans before heading to his dad's house
Entering he saw his parents getting dinner ready, 'Hey.' Naruto greeted
'There he is.' Jefferson said proudly walking over and giving his son a handshake and hug, ' I'm proud of you.'
'Thanks dad.' Naruto smiled before he turned to his mom, 'See told you that you weren't going to lose me.'
Lynn smiled and hugged her son, 'Dinner is almost ready.' she said leading him to the island in the kitchen
'So what are you going to do now that Cottonmouth is in jail?' Jefferson asked
'I don't know, I did right by Pop, and as much as I hate to admit it, it felt good helping people.' Naruto said getting up and walking to the fridge and pulled out a Corona,
'Well whatever you decide know that your mother and I support you.' Jefferson said as Lynn looked at him while Naruto smiled and drunk his beer, before Jennifer entered
'Hey Nate.' Jennifer said kissing Naruto's cheek
'Sup lightning.' Naruto greeted hugging his littlest sister and kissing her temple
'Ugh, please stop calling me that.' Jennifer groaned while smiling
'Mmm. Anissa's not coming.' Lynn said
'Family dinner is optional?' Jennifer asked
'Uh, not for you. You're still our little girl.' Jefferson smiled
'Price of being the baby.' Naruto said
'Uh it isn't optional for you either, you've missed to many.' Lynn said causing Naruto to sigh
'Well, Anissa not coming sucks.' Jennifer said causing Lynn to look at her
'Language.' Lynn admonished
'Sorry. This turn of events is dispiriting, as I wished for her support during this repast.' Jennifer said causing Jefferson, Lynn, and Naruto to look at each other
'What do you need support for?' Naruto asked
'I've decided I'm ready to have sex.' Jennifer announced causing Jefferson, and Naruto to choke on their wine, and beer respectively
Jennifer looked at everyone before she walked off with a plate, as everyone looked after her, before Lynn looked to her ex-husband and son
'What did she say?' Lynn asked before Naruto slowly slid off his stool and walked to the dining room
Moments Later
The Pierce family minus Anissa sat eating together, 'We are happy that you came to us like we've always encouraged you to.' Lynn began as Jennifer smiled while Naruto observed chewing on his vegetables
'So happy.' Jefferson said grumpily
'And glad that you felt comfortable.' Lynn continued
'You are so young.' Jefferson said looking at his youngest child
Textual 6 6 0 10. 'How old were you guys?' Jennifer asked causing Naruto to cough to cover up the snicker he threatened to release as Jefferson looked at Lynn who took a large gulp of her glass of wine, 'Nate what about you?'
'Lets not get into that.' Naruto said shaking his head as his parents looked at him
'Your mother and I loved each other very much.' Jefferson said taking Lynn's hand as she nodded
'Wait. Are you saying the first time you both had sex was with each other?' Jennifer asked causing the two to squirm uncomfortably
'No.' Jefferson said
'We think it's very important that you have sex with the right person.' Lynn advised getting a nod from Jennifer
'Okay. Noted. So, um, Saturday's the day.' Jennifer causing her parents and brother to look at her, 'I'll be out in the afternoon, but I'll be home by curfew.'
Jefferson and Lynn downed the rest of their wine as the four sat in silence
Later
Naruto laid on Jennifer's bed, as she put lotion on her arms while Anissa was standing by the window both getting ready for bed, 'I don't think either one of them said more than, 'Pass the salt' for the rest of the meal.' Naruto said to Anissa as the three chuckled
'It was a little cruel to spring it during family dinner.' Anissa told Jennifer
'Well, my plan was for you to be there, to help 'em through it. But - My bad.'Jennifer said
'I'm sorry.' Anissa said walking over and sitting beside Jennifer
'Mmm-hmm. Church, family dinner. Suddenly you're a ghost. You're okay though, right? Nothing bad is happening?' Jennifer asked causing Anissa to glance at Naruto who raised his eyebrows
'I am fine.' Anissa assured
'Good. Since you and Nate will be free that means you can go to the march with me. Because I've never been to one, and you're the pro, Harriet.' Jennifer said causing her elder siblings to groan
'Mmm I don't think I wanna go to the reverend's march.' Anissa said causing Jennifer to look at her confused
'The girl with the marching shoes and the frequent-marchers card doesn't wanna go to the march?' Jennifer asked causing Anissa to laugh slightly, 'What's going on with you?'
'I'm just tired of walking around with a sign, trying to change people's hearts. I wanna do more.' Annisa said
'And I'm not the marching type.' Naruto said only to be waved off by Jennifer
'Fine, then don't think of it as marching. Think of it as being with your sister. Something you've both forgotten how to do.' Jennifer replied causing Naruto and Anissa to sigh before Naruto satup and wrapped his arms around Jennifer and Anissa
'Okay. We'll go with you.' Naruto promised getting a nod from Anissa as Jennifer smiled widely
'Good.' Jennifer nodded
'Now, let's talk about birth control.' Anissa said
'Ugh, I'm out.' Naruto said kissing their heads and walking out
'Bye.' Jennifer waved along with Anissa
Later
Naruto walked into his loft and immediately sat on the couch turning on Sports Center, and while they talked about Hockey, he dozed off
Unknown Realm
Naruto groaned as he blinked and was confused to find himself in a place filled with yellow clouds, 'Its been a while Naruto.'
Naruto's eyes widened as he quickly turned around to see Hagoromo Ootsutsuki hovering behind him, 'We have much to talk about.'
Day Later
Zip was in the city dump, hosting a gun sale, 'Got that John Blaze shit. Forget about making somebody's day. These two Desert Eagles here? Fly, pelican, fly.' Zip said holding the weapons before he shouted in pain and surprise when Naruto appeared behind him grabbing his arm and twisting it behind his back
Looking to Zip's customers, Naruto smirked as his eyes glowed with power, 'Do I even need to say it?' he asked and immediatly they began to run tossing the guns while doing so,
Naruto laughed before he pushed Zip to the ground, 'You really need to find a new job, especially now that Cottonmouth is done.' he said as he walked to the table with all of Zip's guns and his hands blurred across it destroying the guns completely
'You ain't heard? Cottonmouth's getting out, so you ain't done shit.' Zip said getting up an running off as Naruto frowned and sped off
29th Police Station
Misty was watching Cottonmouth as he walked to his car followed by news reporters, 'The system works huh?'
Turning around Misty saw Naruto standing behind her, 'What happened?'
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'My superiors. They're afraid of the headlines. Police corruption. A crime boss who's related to a prominent city councilwoman. And the only person to tie it all together is Scarfe. Who is dead.' Misty said
'He deserves to spend the rest of his life in jail.' Naruto replied
'I agree.' Misty frowned
'Out of here. I have to be at the Reverend's march. with my sisters.' Naruto said getting a nod from Misty as Naruto turned around and walked off passing by a woman in her mid-30's who gazed at him, while he smiled and nodded at her
Later, Barbershop
Naruto was installing cameras into the shop because after Scarfe got in yesterday wasn't any telling who else could just get inside and mess up the place,
'What about all that evidence?' Bobby asked
'Scarfe wasn't able to explain it to them before he died. Even the whole thing with Spurlock and the bodies Cottonmouth burned there won't stick. Spurlock is going to eat the charge and take the years. He won't testify. He'd be his own client.' Naruto said as he began to climb down the ladder
'So that's it?' Claire asked causing Naruto to look at her as she stood in the threshold of the back of the shop, 'Setbacks happen all the time. You can still do something about this.'
'I intend to.' Naruto said walking over to his jacket, 'I promised Pop, Cottonmouth will pay and I always keep my promises.'
'Where are you going?'
'The guns that started all this are in Domingos possession. I'm going to give them to Misty, then go to the march.' Naruto said
'See you there.' Claire said as Naruto walked out the shop just as the phone rung and Bobnu answered
'Hello?..No, he just left..I'll tell him you called.' Bobby said before he hung up as Claire looked at him in curiosity
'Who was that?' Claire asked
'Cottonmouth, wants to parlay with Nate.' Bobby said getting a surprised look from Claire
Colon's Gym
Domingo was watching an amateur boxer train, when the door opened and Naruto walked in, 'Domingo Colon!' he called out
Everyone stopped as Naruto notice 2 armed men stand in front of the guy he saw at Club 100, 'I'm guessing that's you.'
'Take him out.' Domingo ordered turning back to the boxing ring, when their was an orange flash, and strong gusts of wind and Domingo looked back to see all his men unconscious with Narito standing inches away from him
Domingo shouted in surprise and backed up, 'Where are the guns?' Naruto asked
'I don't know what you're talking about.' Domingo said backpedaling
'The ones you got back from Cottonmouth. The ones my friends died over.' Naruto explained as he watched the Latin gang leader
'What, you think you can go after everyone?' Domingo asked
'Yeah, I do.' Naruto said before he sped to Domingo grabbed him and sped off
Domingo didn't know what happened, one moment he was standing in his gym with the freak that had been fucking up Cottonmouth's operations, and now he was being dangled off a ledge with snow and strong winds around him
'Welcome to the top of Mount Everest.' Naruto yelled over the strong winds, as Domingo gripped his wrist tightly, 'You have to the count of 3 to tell me what I want to know or your in store for a one way trip to the bottom.' .
'They're downstairs at the gym!' Domingo yelled when he felt Naruto's grip loosening
'Muchas gracias.' Naruto said before he soed back to the gym and tossed Domingo into the wall knocking him out, dialing a number while walking out of the gym, 'Hey Misty, I found something you lost.' .
Later
Naruto held a candle as he walked with Claire, Anissa and Lynn as the whole family beside his father was at the march walking down the street chanting 'Freedom!'
Naruto sighed as he was ready to go, this march was stupid all it was doing was making a target for the 100 and he couldn't help but notice the lack of police protection
As they walked around a corner Naruto noticed 5 men walking up with assault rifles before Black Lightning dropped onto a car and ran up as the men opened fire, while Black Lightning was able to put up a force field that stopped 2 of the gunmen's ammunition Naruto steppedin front of Anissa, and Lynn taking the bullets before he glanced to the side when the bullets richocet off him to a nearby window and he decided to catch the remaining bullets
The crowd watched as Black Lightning blasted 2 of the men into unconsciousness, while Naruto waited till the men were out of bullets and dropped the two handfulls of bullets and shot forward ducking low and wrapping shooter3 in a hug before a suplex to the asphalt knocked him out, and in a flash of lightning Naruto gave a haymaker to shooter4 sending him flying through a car windshield before shooter5 turned to run,
Naruto clapped his hands, and drew them back as lightning crackled around them before he slammed his hands on the street and everyone watched in surprise and awe as the storm of lightning formed into a pack of hounds that chased down shooter5 and a huge explosion of lightning caused them to close their eyes before they looked back to see shooter5 on his knees before he collapsed forward unconscious
Standing up straight, Naruto looked to the crowd his family in particular, 'Is everyone alright?' he asked as everyone looked at him and Black Lightning
'Amazing grace.' Reverend Jeremiah began to sing along with the crowd as they looked at Black Lightning and Naruto
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A car pulled up down the street with an albino man in the passenger seat glaring at the crowd, Black Lightning in particular, 'No, no, no, no, no, no, no. He's supposed to be dead. Are they singing? They are singing. That's why I hate these church-going Negroes. Always praying and singing, singing and praying. They all wanna go to heaven, but don't none of them wanna die. Kill that electrified freak. Not the kid, that's Cottonmouth's problem and as long as he keeps making him look bad, I look better.'
The woman in the back picked up her sniper rifle and aimed before she pulled the trigger,
Naruto, and Black Lightning saw a red spot form on Jeremiah's suit and quickly Black Lightning caught him as screaming was heard while Claire, Naruto and Lynn crowded around Black Lightning and the reverend
'Nathan!'
Black Lightning, Lynn, and Naruto looked up to see Jennifer crying as she cradled Khalil who was struck by the same bullet, quickly Nsruto got up and over and saw Khalil had a bullet wound near his heart,
'Khalil stay awake.' Naruto said as he picked Khalil up as everyone watched before he sped off, and returned a moment later for Jeremiah
Naruto returend for his mom and sisters and took them to the hospital he took Khalil and the reverend
Meanwhile
Misty was looking down at the crime scene that was Club100, Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes had been murdered
Finished
I intended for Cottonmouth to stick around because I was a fan if how he was portrayed in the show and hated when they killed him off, but I did some digging and Black Mariah is a huge villain so I decided to get rid of him.
Going to step away from this for a bit to focus on my other stories
Crying Freeman | |
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Directed by | Christophe Gans |
Produced by | Samuel Hadida Brian Yuzna |
Screenplay by | Christophe Gans Thierry Cazals Additional Dialogue: Laurie Finstad-Knizhnik Uncredited: Roger Avary |
Based on | Crying Freeman by Kazuo Koike Ryoichi Ikegami |
Starring | Mark Dacascos Julie Condra Rae Dawn Chong Byron Mann Masaya Kato Yoko Shimada Mako Tchéky Karyo |
Music by | Patrick O'Hearn |
Cinematography | Thomas Burstyn |
Edited by | Christopher Roth David Wu |
Production company | Toei Video Company Fuji Television Tohokushinsha Film Corporation Davis Films Ozla Pictures Yuzna Films Crying Freeman Productions |
Distributed by | Metropolitan Filmexport(France) Toei Company(Japan) Pathé(International) |
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102 minutes | |
Country | Canada France Japan United States |
Language | English Japanese Mandarin |
Budget | $5 million |
Box office | 627,579 tickets (France)[1] |
Crying Freeman is a 1995 action film starring Mark Dacascos, Julie Condra, and Tchéky Karyo, and directed by Christophe Gans. It is an adaptation of the best-selling manga of the same name by Kazuo Koike and Ryoichi Ikegami,[2] drawing primarily upon the 'Portrait of a Killer' arc. The film was an international co-production between Canada and France, and was filmed on location in British Columbia in October 1994.
Despite being heavily promoted by Viz Media on Animerica magazine and reprints of the Crying Freeman graphic novel, the film was never released in the United States. The movie eventually received a U.S. release via Amazon Prime streaming in November 2018.[3]
Plot[edit]
While painting the landscape on a hill in San Francisco, a young woman named Emu O'Hara witnesses the murder of a Japanese Yakuza member. She notices that while the assassin stands emotionless in front of her, his eyes begin to shed tears. The assassin introduces himself to Emu as 'Yo'.
Days later, after Emu returns to her home in Vancouver, British Columbia, Shido Shimazaki makes his appearance at the local police precinct, announcing a war between his clan, the Hakushin Society, and the 'Sons of the Dragons' - a ChineseTriad that ordered the assassination of Shimazaki's son in San Francisco. Interpol detective Netah explains that the Sons of the Dragons are descendants of 108 Buddhist monks who rebelled against the Manchu reign in China centuries ago, and that the 'Freeman' is their bringer of death. Shimazaki then tells everyone that Emu is the Freeman's next target, as she was the only witness to his son's assassination, and the assassin's code is that a person who is given Freeman's name becomes his next kill. However, shortly after their meeting is adjourned, Shimazaki and his bodyguards are ambushed outside the precinct by a masked Freeman and his assistant Koh. After dispatching the bodyguards and disabling the nearby police officers, Freeman successfully kills Shimazaki before running off. During his escape, he passes by Emu, who recognizes his eyes through his mask. As Freeman and Koh flee the scene, Emu utters Yo's name to the surprise of Detective Forge, who is assigned to protect her.
Later that night, Emu is interrogated by Netah and Forge over Freeman's identity. Due to a lack of evidence, she is shortly released and escorted back to her mansion. As Netah scouts the mansion's perimeters, he discovers that Forge is knocked unconscious and he encounters Ryuji and Kimie Hanada, who are out to claim the Freeman's head and take over the Hakushin Society. Inside the mansion, Emu discovers that Yo is in her room and begins to accept her fate. However, instead of killing her, Yo makes love to her before members of Ryuji and his gang break in. Yo kills the thugs and wounds Ryuji, but Emu is shot in the process. Against his own code, Yo brings Emu to the nearest hospital. After she recovers, Emu leaves the hospital, tailed by Netah and Forge; however, their car is rammed by a tractor-trailer driven by a Yakuza, and Forge is killed in the ensuing crash and explosion.
Emu travels to Japan and reunites with Yo, who tells her about his origins. Years ago, he was Yo Hinomura, a renowned pottery sculptor who stumbled upon a roll of negatives during his exhibit in New York City. Yo developed the photos in his hotel bathroom, revealing the torture and execution of a man wearing dragon tattoos similar to what he would eventually wear. Before leaving his hotel, he was drugged and abducted by the Sons of the Dragons, who implanted subliminal messages into his mind using acupuncture techniques. During his first mission, where he killed Mafia boss Antonio Rossi, he began to shed tears; hence his name Crying Freeman.
Yo is notified by Koh that Ryuji's gang have attacked a soya factory in Shanghai that was protected by the Sons of the Dragons. As retribution, Yo and Koh travel to Shimazaki's funeral outside Tokyo to kill Ryuji and wipe out the clan. During the funeral, while having sex inside a closet, Kimie reveals to Netah that the Shimazakis were set up by the Hanadas to be assassinated so they could take over the clan. Yo and Koh wipe out the clan, but as Koh prepares to kill Yo for treason, Ryuji guns him down before the entire complex blows up and kills him.
Yo returns to his home, where he prepares the area to self-destruct and arms himself to battle Netah and Kimie, along with her henchmen. Despite being wounded by Netah, Yo kills the henchmen and defeats Netah and Kimie - the latter by stabbing her near the heart. Kimie gives Yo her word of honor that in exchange for saving her life, he and Emu won't be pursued. While Yo and Emu leave the premises, Netah prepares to shoot them from behind, only to be killed by Kimie. Yo and Emu are last seen riding a speedboat into the sunset.
Cast[edit]
- Mark Dacascos as Yo Hinomura / Crying Freeman, a skilled assassin who sheds tears for every target he kills.
- Julie Condra as Emu O'Hara, a woman who witnesses a murder committed by Freeman and eventually becomes his lover. Emu's voice was dubbed over by Deborah Kara Unger.[4]
- Tchéky Karyo as Detective Netah, an Interpol agent assigned to assist Vancouver police in protecting Emu from the Freeman. Karyo's voice was dubbed over by Ron Perlman.[5][6]
- Byron Mann as Koh, Freeman's partner.
- Masaya Kato as Ryuji 'The Blade' Hanada, Shimazaki's right-hand man until Shimazaki's death makes him leader of the Hakushin Society.
- Yoko Shimada as Kimie Hanada, Ryuji's wife who has an extramarital affair with Netah.
- Rae Dawn Chong as Detective Forge, a Vancouver detective partnered with Netah.
- Mako as Shido Shimazaki, leader of the Hakushin Society until his death at the hands of the Freeman.
- Jerry Wasserman as Chief Randall
- Kim Tai-chung and Kiyoto Matsumoto as Shimazaki's bodyguards.
- Paul McGillion as Detective McClinon
- Alex Diakun as Antonio Rossi
- Kevan Ohtsji as Takeshi Shimizaki
- Ivy Ng as Monu
Reception[edit]
Reviews for the film have been mixed. Leonard Klady of Variety wrote a favorable review of the film, citing it as 'one of the few of the recent batch of comic-book adaptations that works, Crying Freeman has the potential to ring up the type of big numbers that would warrant a franchise. It's hoped that those involved with the first will still be aboard.'[4] Jake Hamilton of Empire magazine gave the film two out of five stars, commenting: 'Adapted from Kazuo Koike's ace comic book, Crying Freeman can claim absolute perfection with its faithfulness to the original text. The script is identical in all but speech bubbles, the acting is paper thin and the action very colourful. There's plenty of occult talk by leather-clad blokes to up the cult appeal, and the nudity should prevent the audience from nodding off, but this $15 million kung fu fantasy really should have been better.'[7]Kung-Fu Cult Cinema gave the film a score of 3.5 out of 5, citing that it 'is very well worth its weight in action.'[8]Beyond Hollywood, however, commented on their review that the acting was sub-par and the film's subplot of Yo's relationship with Emu is 'not the best story in the world. It's really rather, well, stupid.'[9]
References[edit]
- ^'Crying Freeman (1996)'. JP's Box-Office. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^'DacascosFan.com - Film Reviews'. Archived from the original on 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2010-05-19.
- ^'Crying Freeman'. Prime Video. Amazon.com, Inc. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ abKlady, Leonard (9 October 1995). 'Crying Freeman'. Variety. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^'Crying Freeman'. robotGEEK's Cult Cinema. 18 October 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^'Revisiting Crying Freeman'. The Action Elite. 16 January 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^Hamilton, Jake (9 May 1997). 'Crying Freeman Review'. Empire. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ^Kung-Fu Cult Cinema - Crying Freeman ReviewArchived 2009-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^'Beyond Hollywood - Crying Freeman (1995) Movie Review'. Archived from the original on 2017-06-23. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
External links[edit]
- Official website(in French)
- Crying Freeman on IMDb
- Crying Freeman at Rotten Tomatoes
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