Book 4: Vision of Shadows

**Book Four** of The Shifter, subtitled Vision of Shadows, is succeeded by Book Five: Revelations and preceded by Book Three: A New Order. This book covers events such as Rise of the Dark Society, War on the Storm Clan, Hunt for the Shifter, Battle For Spectrum, Recovery of the Shifter and the Finale Grande. The story focuses upon Ezekiel Storm and Aiyana Storm as they must face down a new threat that wants them gone for many reasons. Their Team Shifter serves as the heroic faction while they serve as the mascot characters alongside the secondary antagonist of the story, also known as Bloodhound. The Dark Society, a group of ruthless mercenaries and superpowered individuals, serve as the villainous faction while their leader known as Harlow serves as the main antagonist.

## Overview

The alliance of foes rise. In the recent years, Aiyana and Ezekiel Storm have lead their Team Shifter, comprised of gifted individuals with stunning performance, have defended their home from attacks from old and new foes. They have become well known and quite loved by the people of their reality and hope to keep it that way. That is until a group of ruthless mercenaries are hired by an unknown source to dig up dirt on the Shifter mantle and throw everything into chaos. Their mission is also to kill any previous or current Shifter that may be active in that reality, meaning that Aiyana and Zeke are the two big targets. While their friends work to clear their names and keep their public support, Zeke and Aiyana must team-up with long time ally, Zora Brown to keep away from these merciless hunters who will stop at nothing to tarnish the Shifter legacy while wiping out those who represent or uplift it. Can Team Shifter save their leaders from the danger of exposition from their ancestors' actions while saving them from the group known as the Dark Society? Will Zeke and Aiyana be able to find a way to stop these skilled pursuers? What safety can Zora provide them with? Find out as we delve deeper into the Shifter series.

## History

#### Chapter 50 - The Changing of the Guard

In the chaos of their last big adventure, Zeke lost an arm which put him out of the action and has prompted his grandmother to put him through physical therapy; Aiyana adapts to becoming a leader for Team Shifter while her brother is decommissioned for a short time; Miguel and some of the others are crossed by some of his old business partners who may have a mission for Team Shifter.

#### Chapter 51 - Disorder

While undergoing a check-up from his therapist, it is found that Zeke may be in possession of a terminal illness that may have been triggered by his being in the Realm of Shadows; Team Shifter goes undercover to find out what a local gang is doing with illegal spices by infiltrating a big event at The Casino Grande.

#### Chapter 52 - The Session

Zeke, Brianna and Jillian travel to the same mountain where he met Miyagi Garmadon years earlier in hopes that he can reconnect with his old mentor's spirit and figure out how to put his illness on halt or at least hold it down; Akosua and Juniper try to blend in with a group of female models that are set to be involved with an exchange in between the Kahn Gang and another group of drug dealers; Aiyana finds herself reunited with an old childhood friend who has some news to notify her of.

#### Chapter 53 - The Society

After accepting his offer to meet at a ramen bar, Aiyana meets with her old friend Smith to learn about the uprising of a strange new group of villains who have it out for heroes; Miguel must takes charge to stop the Kahn Gang from spreading an illegal specimen to other criminals before it is unleashed upon a group of villages on the Eastern Coast; Zeke works to channel his emotions as he gets support from Jillian in his attempt to contact Miyagi's spirit.

#### Chapter 54 - The Sins of the Past

A reunion with Miyagi soon turns into a heads-up to Zeke as he is warned of usurpers to the balance of the Spectrum essence and what can happen when that essence falls into the hands of evil; Team Shifter reunites after successfully putting a stop to the Kahn Gang's drug deal and spice operation to discover new cases and sightings of other Elemental Masters

#### Chapter 55 - Hidden Truths

Zeke returns to the Storm Clan Residence after heeding his old mentor's warning and tries to trace any activity from the recent Elemental Master sightings to anyone who has tried to obtain the Spectrum essence in the past; Team Shifter is launched into action when two Elemental Masters are reported to be traveling together through the Northern Alps region.

#### Chapter 56 - The Predators

Team Shifter arrives at St. Blanche's to investiagte the case of two elemental masters being spotted near the region, only to find that they've been lead into a deadly trap; Zeke and Jillian discover records of a man named Draco who attempted to take the Spectrum Essence from one of his ancestors in the midst of a Formling conflict; Miguel meets a face from his past in one of the team's attackers.

#### Chapter 57 - The Night Flight

After escaping the attack at St. Blanche's, Team Shifter warns Zeke, Jillian and the others of the Dark Society villain group and their plan to take the Spectrum essence from the Storm Clan, which prompts Zeke to contact an old ally who can help get any inheritors or carriers of the essence offworld and far from the reach of the group of rogues.

#### Chapter 58 - The Noble Mercenary

Details of their past encounters are revealed as Zora arrives to get Zeke, Aiyana and anyone who may have the spectrum element out of the reality as Harlow begins his assault upon the city; Miguel leads Team Shifter and the Military's Special OPs against the attacking Rogue Elementals in an attempt to stall them; Akosua crosses paths with a face from her past in Rin-Hua who has joined the Dark Society.

#### Chapter 59 - Stronghold

Zora's Starship safely arrives at her secret base on a well forested section of Earth-44's Ninjago Realm in hopes that the Dark Society won't find Zeke, Aiyana or any of the other Storm Clan essence carriers; Miguel leads the remaining members of the team into hiding as Akosua leads Rin-Hua away from the city in hopes that she can stop her former friend from causing havoc.

#### Chapter 60 - The Quest For Resolution

Akosua, having been able to temporarily immobilize Rin-Hua contacts some of her old friends from the Ninja Force to help her get Rin-Hua's real self back from whatever corruption has taken over; Zora gives Zeke and Aiyana any information she can on how so many recievers of the Spectrum essence are popping up so suddenly; Harlow uses the Storm Clan data files to expose their wrong-doings to the public in retalition for the death of one of his comrades while Team Shifter is forced to watch from a high-security, military sky fortress.

#### Chapter 61 - The X Files

Jack Brown arrives at Zora's base to explain how the Spectrum essence isn't the only elemental power surging with receivers so suddenly, giving Zeke the impression that something that happened between the Six Ninja and Samara has disrupted the balance of all Elemental Powers; the members of Team Shifter and their government allies work to try and figure out how to resolve the new public riots against the Storm Clan; Akosua reunites with her sister and other old friends to help extract a strange bug from Rin-Hua before it poisons her mind causing her to go fully insane.

#### Chapter 62 - The Silent Forest

After learning more of what they can about the Elemental Surge, Zora and Jack decide to let their guests wander into a nearby town in hopes that they can settle there for the given time; Harlow assigns a few of his warriors to find the two Shifters and bring them to him in the next 48 hours; Rin-Hua gives details of how the Dark Society purged her mind to find the control protocol from her time as a Hason Demigod and used it to corrupt her mind.

#### Chapter 63 - Children of the Forest

As their clan members calm and settle in the Village of Sigan, Zeke and Aiyana try to recollect their own thoughts on the recent events but can't help getting the feeling that they're being watched from the shadows; Akosua and Rin-Hua reunite with Team Shifter to make a plan on how to put a stop to the Dark Society's series of public attacks upon the Storm Clan.

#### Chapter 64 - The Chase

Zeke and Aiyana must lead their pursuers from the Dark Society away from their other clan members while Zora and Jillian find a way to catch the catchers; Miguel and Co. must travel to a military base to obtain some of the prototype MPC trooper gear for their battle against their enemy; Harlow continues to turn the people against the Storm Clan as the clock ticks down for his hunters to bring forth his prizes.

#### Chapter 65 - Out of the Woods

Upon learning of their plans of an assault, Harlow sends more of his warriors to knock the Air Base out of the sky in hopes that he canm stall their attack long enough; Zeke and Aiyana continue their battle against the six elemental masters that were sent after them in a series of canyons outside of the Silent Forest; Zora and Jillian's plan to backup the two Shifters are foiled as an Elemental Masters of Earth and Metal attack Zora's Base.

#### Chapter 66 - The Hound

Glimpses of the past of their Elemental attackers are revealed as Aiyana and Zeke try to figure out their motivations for attack but are interrupted by the arrival of a seventh one with control over their movements; as the Air Base has been knocked out of the sky and their mission to stop the Dark Society has been severly compromised, Team Shifter and the government must face the music as the public begins blaming them for the crash; Zora and Jillian race to the two Shifters' location.

#### Chapter 67 - Union

Aiyana faces off against the other six Elemental Rogues as Zeke and Zora are forced to fight Bloodhound head on but find struggles as he uses his control over blood to create attackers from the hidden Storm Clan members; The Dark Society's agents track down the members of Team Shifter to place them in confinement until Harlow has time to deal with them.

#### Chapter 68 - All For One

With Zora having to go help Aiyana with her increasingly chaotic battle, Zeke seems to think he's left alone with Bloodhound until Jillian joins the fight after getting the Storm Clan refugees out of the enemy's range; as she has escaped prison once before, Rin-Hua helps make a plan of escape from their confinement with other members of Team Shifter; Harlow takes Akosua out of her cell to give her a choice on where she will stand in the coming final battle.

#### Chapter 69 - The Tragedy

After allowing Akosua to escape to go save Aiyana and Zeke from the false illusion he created, Harlow prepares to change his plans as he sees how the heroes are not willing to give up the essence; Zeke, Aiyana, Jillian and Zora's battle against the rogues takes a tragic turn; the other members of Team Shifter get outside help in their prison break.

#### Chapter 70 - Loss

After Akosua is fooled into thinking she allowed Zeke's death, Zora must find a way to break her connection to Harlow before it causes her to go insane; Zeke is fatally injured and has a limited amount of time to live and poses his sister with a difficult choice; Bloodhound is haunted by Zeke's words and begins to realize the wrong doings of his own cause; Team Shifter is given the news that Akosua killed Zeke and are left shocked.

#### Chapter 71 - Scream

After being forced to blow up the ship with her brother aboard it because of his command to her, Aiyana is struck with guilt and regret for action as she attempts to meet back up with Zora and Aiyana; Team Shifter finds themselves beginning to believe the lies of the Dark Society; Harlow notices that Bloodhound and the others have not returned.

#### Chapter 72 - The Acceptance

With a change of heart, Bloodhound joins up with Zora, Jillian and the saved Akosua top go find Aiyana but is forced to tell them the truth; Team Shifter arrives on Earth-44 where their reunion with Akosua isn't too pretty; Aiyana finds herself coming in contact with Miyagi as her longing for guidance becomes overwhelming; Harlow learns of Bloodhound's failure to capture the Shifter's and makes a change of plans.

#### Chapter 73 - The Finale Grande

Aiyana returns to the team to inform them of what really happened to Zeke and how she knows how to stop Harlow and the Rogue Elemental Masters once and for all; Zora, Jillian and Miguel work to get Zora's starship back in fighting shape so they can get back to Earth-62; Harlow commands his followers to begin gathering the people of Earth-62's Realms for what he's calling the Finale Grande.

## Cast

### Heroes

#### Team Shifter

* Ezekiel Storm -
* Aiyana Storm -
* Miguel -
* Akosua -
* Thea O' Daniel -
* Juniper -
* Hal -
* Bach -

#### Shifter Allies

* Wilma -
* Zora Brown -
* Miyagi Garmadon -

## Sets

* 74558 Tree Fort Hut
* 74559 Prison Riot Battle
* 74560 Storm Clan Patrol Car
* 74561 Harlow's Super Starship
* 74562 The Abandoned Mall Finale Grande