Book 5: Revelations

**Book Five** of the Shifter, subtitled Revelations, is succeeded by Book 6: Uprisings and preceded by Book 4: Vision of Shadows. This book covers events such as the Dark Age of the Shifter, Emergence of the Red Shifter, End of the Red Mist and Revival of the Shifter. The story focuses upon Aiyana Storm grappling with the death of her late, older brother and the disbanding of Team Shifter as she resumes Zeke's age of bounty hunting. Her allies that still remain in these dark times serve as the heroic faction while the Red Mist Syndicate serves as the villainous faction. The Red Shifter and the Night Wolf serve as the main antagonists.

## Overview

Return to the guild! In the years that followed the death of her brother, Ezekiel Storm, Aiyana Storm would have an astonishing fallout as the 57th Shifter. To compromise for her inability to serve as the legendary hero, Aiyana would abandon her duties and return to the guild that Zeke once worked for. Upon entering the guild, Aiyana would reinvent and change the Shifter mantle's name forever. Now that she's become quite infamous in the Twin Dragons Syndicate, her former teammates of her late brother's team have become concerned with the strain her time as a vigilante put upon her. As they seek her out, Aiyana and her bounty hunter buddies have been tasked with taking care of a feud with a group of terrorists and another crime syndicate called the Red Mist. This rival syndicate has been making things hard for the other syndicates in these darker times that have followed the first Power Wars and Demigod conflicts. The Twin Dragons Syndicate has a score to settle with them and now is the most crucial time. Eager to prove that she has value in areas other than that of a hero, the sister of Ezekiel Storm is willing to do anything to catch her prey and find any enemies of her clan. Will Aiyana Storm be consumed by her lust for vengeance or will she find resolve? Can her friends get to her before she snaps? What will become of the targets of the Twin Dragons Syndicate and the Shifter mantle?

## History

#### Chapter 74 - Fall Into Madness: Part One

Team Shifter attempts to move on in the wake of Zeke's demise but Aiyana's slow descent into madness begins to cause troubles for the team. Jillian and Brianna visit the memorial of Zeke and run into a familiar face. Team Shifter is assigned to hunt down the infamous Dream Weaver alongside the Outsiders.

#### Chapter 75 - Fall Into Madness: Part Two

Team Shifter gets shocking news about the death of another ally and friend in the midst of their pursuit of the Dream Weaver, who seems to only be worsening Aiyana's condition. A group of survivors from the Dark Society make their move to claim vengeance. Zora deals with her own grief of her late niece's tragic death.

#### Chapter 76 - To The New Me

Welcomed into the Twin Dragons Syndicate with open arms, Aiyana leaves the Shifter responsibilities behind to attempt to pursue her own path and cure her madness. The now disbanded Team Shifter reflects upon their decision to separate and the fall of their comrades. Zora and Jillian help Freddy Storm with his new mangement of the Original Division's tower estate.

#### Chapter 77 - Impure

With Miguel having been handed the mantle of Shifter by Aiyana, he faces persecution from both the public and other divisions of the Storm Clan. Aiyana is introduced to the two bounty hunters she will be working with and works to form a connection with them.

#### Chapter 78 - Rivals

After collecting a wide varity of bounties, Aiyana, Mitch and Rian are given inside details about the Twin Dragons Syndicate's next move in a long-running war with an opposing force. Upon the Storm Clan Council's decision to grant a member of the Naturalist Division the mantle of Shifter, doubts begin to rise when he shows abuse of power, calling for action from the previous Shifter's allies.

#### Chapter 79 - The Score

Miguel, Thea, Hal, Bach, Juniper team-up with the sister of Akosua to bring down the government's replacements for the Shifter after they go awol in the midst of a public riot. Aiyana and her two friends join up with a double agent to help the Twin Dragons return the favor to the Red Mist after they stole some rare goods.

#### Chapter 80 - The Red Mist

With both the Storm Clan and government's attempts at filling in for the Shifter having flopped, Team Shifter decides to band back together and assemble their allies to make a decision, but are interrupted by more somber news about allies on a distant reality. Aiyana, Rian, Jingo and Mitch must work to free some of their agents from the clutches of the Red Mist but come in contact with one of their taskmasters.

#### Chapter 81 - Call of the Guard

Octavia and Miguel lead a summit of Shifter allies from all around to make an important decision on what to do about the filling in of the Shifter mantle and Aiyana's absence. While on a mission to stop a power-hungry scientist from destroying a vital part of the Twin Dragons' bases, Aiyana meets someone who knows about the Red Shifter and their sudden appearance.

#### Chapter 82 - The Search for Aiyana

Team Shifter and their allies launch an extensive search for Aiyana to restore the Shifter mantle before it falls and find out what she's been up to. A bounty hunt goes awry for Aiyana's team and others when the target is revealed to be an insane Energy essence user.

#### Chapter 83 - Contact

Zora, Titan and his men finally get a lead on Aiyana but interrupt her in the midst of her hunt for a former high-ranking general of the Storm Clan's Equalist Faction. Mitch and Rian are formerly introduced to Team Shifter when they run into each other while trying to catch up with Aiyana after being separated for personal matters.

#### Chapter 84 - Significance of a Title

While being persuaded by Zora and Titan to reconsider her past decision, Aiyana and the group are ambushed by members of the Red Mist who have a message from the Red Shifter. Mitch and Rian learn of Aiyana's true past from Team Shifter as they work together to find an operative of the Twin Dragons Syndicate who went off the grid after a close shave with the Red Mist.

#### Chapter 85 - The Trap

Trailed by Zora and Titan's Delta Squad, Aiyana goes in to settle the score for the Twin Dragons and formally meet the Red Shifter and the inners of the Red Mist. Mitch and Rian report back to the Twin Dragons' employers to learn of why Zeke originally joined the syndicate in his early years. Team Shifter attempts a rendezvous with Zora and Titan but come in contact with allies from the MPC.

#### Chapter 86 - Reflections in the Murky Waters

Recovering from her injuries inflicted by the Red Shifter's brute attacks, Aiyana returns to Earth-62 to reconnect with her past. After learning of Aiyana's ties to the Twin Dragons Syndicate, the Red Mist makes their plan of attack and more is revealed about them. Team Shifter meets with the Feudal Council and Board of Representatives to tell them of the news of Saiko's siege upon Earth-21 and that patterns are forming.

#### Chapter 87 - Predators

A syndicate that supposedly fell years ago emerges from the shadows to wreak havoc upon targets within the other syndicates, triggering big decisions to be made. Rian and Mitch retrieve Aiyana from Earth-62 and tell her of the developments with the syndicate conflicts. Team Shifter watches as a migration of Bounty Hunters arrive to ready for the coming conflict.

#### Chapter 88 - War of the Syndicates: Part One

Aiyana decides to take back up the Shifter mantle as Team Shifter decides to help the Twin Dragons Syndicate in the war against the Red Mist and the enemy of their enemy known as the Ravager Corps. The Onyx comes in contact with the leader of the RC known as Night Wolf upon the evening before the first showdown.

#### Chapter 89 - War of the Syndicates: Part Two

Getting help once more from Jingo and his tech, Team Shifter, Edge and Zero are able to get into the territory of the RC to infiltrate their base of operations and learn how they suddenly reappeared. As the war of the bounty hunters rages on in the underworld of the Jump Metropolis district, the government and MPC connection lockdown the city. The Onyx and his guard come face to face with the Red Shifter.

#### Chapter 90 - War of the Syndicates: Part Three

Team Shifter clashes with the Night Wolf and other members of the RC and quickly learn of how they came back from the dead. The Onyx's true identity is revealed in his search for the truth against the Red Shifter. The Shifter returns in blazing colors in the heat of battle. The war of the bounty hunters comes to a bloody and dark end.

#### Chapter 91 - Ascent From Madness

With the Onyx killed in battle, the Twin Dragons Syndicate tries to find a new leader while the Red Mist salvages what they can from the ruined RC base of operations. Now with a handle over her emotions, Aiyana decides to make her own personal Shifter armor to accept her past and embrace her future. The Red Shifter discovers a leading cause of the RC's resurrection.

#### Chapter 92 - Vengeance

Mitch bids his goodbyes to both the Twin Dragons Syndicate and his allies on Earth-62 as he heads to the Red Mist Syndicate to settle his own personal score. After Joji is mysteriously killed while on house arrest, Team Shifter arrives on the scene to find out why and who had it out for him. In the midst of their tests to find a new head of the syndicate, the Elder Chiefs seek out Rian as they see greatness within.

#### Chapter 93 - The Last Hunt

On the trail of Joji's killer, Team Shifter run into Zora and learn that she also is hunting down a long-time mystery man: The Dream Weaver. The Tracer and the Scythe report their finding of Mitch's body to Rian, who is now the head of the Twin Dragons Syndicate. Aiyana visits Earth-50 to find Octavia and learn of Akosua’s final days in the world of the living.

#### Chapter 94 - Capture

With Joji's killer caught and the Dream Weaver permanently trapped in one of Amber's final inventions, Team Shifter and Aiyana are alerted by the Twin Dragons Syndicate to a sudden problem with the Red Mist. The Red Mist's most trusted bounty hunters attempt to overthrow the Inner Circle and Red Shifter in a blind rage after drastic issues surface.

#### Chapter 95 - Reincarnations

With the sudden demise of the Red Mist syndicate, both Earth-62 and the Twin Dragons Syndicate are startled to discover that the Inner Circle caused the downfall of themselves. A mysterious sky fortress emerges above the Endless Sea of Earth-62's Terra, prompting Team Shifter to take action despite the warnings of Rian. Zora hands over the Dream Weaver's trap to the MPC and lets go of a once prosperous piece of her past.

#### Chapter 96 - Clash of the Shifters

With the Event Spectrum having deployed its most sinister manifestations yet, Team Shifter is backed by the Storm Clan in a battle that could exhaust everything they have at their disposal. Aiyana and Octavia get within the Event Spectrum to settle matters with the Red Shifter and learn the secrets of the reality's clouded past.

#### Chapter 97 - Escape From Event Spectrum

The Red Shifter's identity is revealed to be a culmination of all of Aiyana's fallen family members, prompting the trio to put an end to the entity that's been pulling all the strings, before the fated arrival of the Bringers of Doom. Team Shifter makes a sacrifice that the Storm Clan ultimately cannot as the reality needs a large force to defend it from future threats other than the Mass Spec Shifter Units or Red Mist.

## Cast

### Heroes

#### Twin Dragons Syndicate Bounty Hunters

* Aiyana Storm/The Shifter -
* Mitch Donagan/The Edge -
* Rian Mitsuko/Zero -
* Lynch -
* Lash -
* The Scythe -
* Jingo -
* Onyx -
* The Tracer -

#### Team Shifter

* Miguel -
* Thea O' Daniel -
* Juniper -
* Hal -
* Bach -
* Jillian -
* Zora Brown -