Marcus Adalton

# Death of Jane Marshall

In 2010, the group went into the Woods, where they met an entity known as Redfield, also known as Mr. Red. Hesitant at first, the group accepted to hang out with the entity, seeing that it would not harm them and only wanted to accompany the group as they 'play together'. However, the entity soon became possessive and forced the children to stay with him for eternity, using Jane Marshall as the decoy to lure the rest of the group into the wood for one last time. During the Eight's first fight against Mr. Red, Jane Marshall was killed with her neck snapped by the entity. However, the rest of the group was able to escape his reach, and soon, they left the woods and vowed to never step foot on it again.

Mr. Red would often give the group 'gifts', or special abilities and wishes that culminated in the creation of each members' powers in the future. However, as these powers only worked should the members stay within the boundaries of the Blood Wood, they soon faded overtime, with members forgetting that they possessed them in the first place. Unbeknownst to both the Eight and Mr. Red, Cora Pritchard, a sorcerer from a long-line of guardians that kept Mr. Red a prisoner in the woods, put a spell that retained these powers in each members of the group for the final fight against Mr. Red. However, they would stay dormant until the members faced their own fears, and choose to stay together to combat Mr. Red.

Ten years after Jane's death, the Westchester Eight disbanded, as each member took on different lives and group of friends as they became teenagers. Marcus, once an extrovert and fun loving child, became a recluse who frequently suffered from depression and severe anxious episodes, having felt remorse over Jane's death. Due to his brooding and vulnerable nature, he was often a target for bullies in Westchester High, especially from Cody Pollard, Britney Martinez and Jocelyn Wu. He was one of the two in the group who still choose to remember what happened that day, along with Lisa's brother, Noah. As such, he always reminded himself that Mr. Red would eventually return, and this time, he would be ready to face it.

## Return to the Woods

Ten years later, each members of the Eight went on to live their own respective lives, which they began to drift further apart from each other. Dan, who was a member of the basketball team, insisted that the whole event was made up, and with a dare from his teammates, decided to venture into the Blood Wood again. To prove his skepticism, he called out Mr. Red several times, to no avail. However, by the end of the third calling, Redfield knocked Dan unconscious, and used Dan to lure the rest of the Eight through messages. Confirming his fear of Mr. Red's return, Marcus was soon to re-group the Eight. At first, only Noah, Ava and Andy agreed, as others decided not to involve even if it was all real. Strange things started to happen around them however, as voices started to creep in each members everyday, seemingly closer and closer. Furthermore, the ones that bully or hated each member of the Eight began to be attacked or killed (in the case of Cody Pollard), which further cemented the idea that Mr. Red had started to give them 'his gifts' again.

Terrified with the idea that Redfield would never stop his killing spree, the Eight finally came together and decided to get the aid from Cora Pritchard, the last of the guardian that held down Redfield. During the first battle with Mr. Red, the incantations given by Cora to the Eight seemingly worked in the disappearance of Mr. Red. However, during prom night, and with the death of Cora, Mr. Red finally broke down his limitations in the Blood Wood and began his terror campaign throughout Westchester, which led to the final confrontation at Mr. Red's domain.

It was revealed that the current Redfield was not Redfield at all, but rather Jane Marshall, who was forced to take Redfield's place as the new demon of Blood Wood. Noah was using his powers to communicate with Jane, and inadvertently betrayed the group when he led them to the cave inside of the ruins domain. The Eight was forced to play the game that they used to play with Redfield, but this time, it was deadly. Almost all of the group persevere through their own fears and struggles to stay alive during the game, except Dan, whose death was never the intention of Noah. Feeling betrayed by Jane and remorseful over his decisions, Noah decided to take Jane's place, as an act to end the suffering of Jane and also to redeem himself to his friends. Devon was the only one who was there to witness the event, at first even considered himself to be the new Redfield. However, Noah assured him that he had done his best, and Dan's death was the fault of Noah, and Noah only. Noah then pierced the knife he brought into his heart, and his spirit merged with the Power, the main source of entity that caused chaos in Westchester, and Jane was finally freed.

## Aftermath

As the only witness to the end of the incident, Devon held this information from telling the rest of the Eight, afraid that they would not understand or would never forgive Noah for what he had done. As such, Marcus was the main liaison and protector of Noah, helping him to regain some remnants of his humanity and tried to help him to be something good, rather than following the very violent footsteps of Jane and Redfield.

## Abilities

For each members of the Westchester Eight, their secret desires became their ultimate powers. Marcus's felt remorse over his inability to help Jane, as she was the first to voice her concerns over Mr. Red, and whom he chose to ignore as he was 'curious' about the demon. He became very vulnerable and would suffer from constant bullying and berates from people who misunderstood him. As such, upon facing his own fears of and accepting his role in the fight against Mr. Red, he gained superhuman abilities of being near-invulnerable to any attacks, and energy absorption which channeled to his enhanced physical strength.

It was later revealed that the powers given to each members were merely dark energies harnessed from the Power, which was the true identity of 'Redfield'. Should any of the members decided to harness more and more powers for it, their souls would be merged and became another monster such as Douglas Redfield did in the 1960s. It was also the reasons why the Wood Guardians and Cora Pritchard also possessed powers in the first place.

## Personality

As a child, devon was very outgoing and adventurous, and often considered to be a very popular kid in town. After the event in the woods, however, he was changed completely, becoming more and more introverted and fearful of almost everything. By the time he became a teenager, he was now the 'outcast' of his high school, and often became a target of bullying by his peers.

During the re-emergence of Redfield, however, his true natures started to re-appear, as his leadership was the key to re-new the bonds between the Westchester Eight in their inevitable fight against the demon. Despite his depressive tendencies that stemmed from traumas, he was brave, kind and caring towards his friends and family, and would often go all the way to defend them and those who vulnerable.

## Relationships

### Allies

* Westchester Eight
	+ Ava Cunningham
	+ Noah Marshall
	+ Lucas Thomas
	+ Andy Kang
	+ Stacy Green
	+ Dan Pierce
	+ Lily Ortiz
* Connor Green
* Cora Pritchard †
* Pine Springs Five - Temporary Allies

* Guardians of the Power
	+ Connor Green - Co-founder
	+ Jocelyn Wu - Former Bully turned Ally
	+ Ava Cunningham
	+ Imogen Wescott
	+ Danni Asturias
	+ Tom Sato
	+ Noah

### Enemies

* Redfield †
	+ Jane Marshall † - Former Childhood Friend
* Britney Ramirez - Former Bully
* Cody Pollard †