Face the Shadows

***Face the Shadows*** is the premiere episode of the television series *Two Worlds, One Boy*. It is the first episode of Season 1 and the series overall.

## Synopsis

Official episode synopsis for *Face the Shadows*.

*After witnessing his adoptive parents murdered by an assassin, a teenager is rescued by a strange nobleman from another world arrives on Earth, claiming he has the power to save not one, but both of their worlds from a powerful conqueror.*

## Plot Summary

Close to the evening on Earth, Lino Cortez is seen walking home through mist. As he walks up the stairs of his porch, he sees his front door is ajar and slowly opens it. He immediately feels a cold chill as he sees his breath. He calls out to his father, as he walks through the living room. Heading into the kitchen, Lino sees broken glass all over the floor and in a panic, calls out to his father once again. He sees his father laying on the ground and quickly checks to see if he's okay. Feeling his father's face, he sees he's skin is frozen, his eyes wide open and notices a burn wound in his chest, knowing automatically tell that he isn't breathing. Lino bursts into tears and calls out for his mother saying to call 911. In a curious tone, Lino stands up and heads back into the living room, calling his mother once again softly, as he sees someone walking down the stairs. The mysterious figure is a man in a long cloak. After Lino inquires who he is, he introduces himself as Callum and holds his hand up to unleash a blast of energy onto Lino. As another figure comes down the stairs, Lino sees it's a teenage boy, with a sword. The boy states his name is Jabari, and tells Lino that his mother fought to her very last breath. Lino, distraught and blinded by rage says he's going to kill both Jabari and Callum. As Lino charges forward to strike Jabari, Jabari ducks from several punches from Lino, Lino begins to throw objects at Jabari and Callum, including vases and pictures, finally Jabari catches a vase telekinetically and shouts enough. As he gets closer to Lino, he manipulates and freezes the air around him and directs towards Lino, making him choke and drop to Jabari's feet, as Jabari freezes Lino's face over, he states he wonders what's so special about Lino and is hopes to find out. Jabari stated that if it made him feel any better, his parents were weak as well, (here the scene is cut to the outside of the house), and an explosion happens in the house, which cuts to Lino standing up, hunching over.

*("unbeknownst to the audience, only seen at the end of the episode), "the statement set Lino into a rage, as his eyes glow a bright red and heat burns through the ice. As Lino stood up, Jabari stepped backwards in fearful suspicious, a funnel of flames conjured around Lino and Jabari frighteningly says that maybe he was wrong, Lino roars as the flames project towards Jabari and Callum, as they leap out of the way before the flames burn either of them, though it still burned part of Jabari's jacket and Callum's cloak". (Lino blacks out this event).*

As Lino is panting, catching his breath, Jabari gets to his feet and prepares to strike Lino, a woman jumps in and clashes her blade with his, yelling to Lino to run, although as Lino attempts to run outside, Jabari projects a beam of ice at the door, freezing it completely, and Lino sees the two fighting and attempted to run to the back door. As he runs towards it, Callum uses his energy-manipulation to craft a lasso and grab him by the ankle, dropping Lino to the ground and drags him back. Then as Callum put the binding around his neck and tells him, they've been looking for Lino for a long time. During this, the back door telekinetically flew open to reveal a man in a large dark green shawl. He crafts a large fireball and hurls it at Callum, as it hits Callum he flies back, as the man creates a shield between the kitchen and the living room. As he pulls Lino up, he introduces himself as Taye Pierre and tells him to breathe and to run outside and to hide in the bushes and he'd explain everything afterwards. As Lino runs outside, Taye telekinetically closes the door as Lino crouches behind the bushes in his backyard, he sees bright lights and sees windows smashing as the door opens, Lino crouches down as Taye and the woman, who introduced herself as Kiara, come out of the house and tell Lino that he's okay. Afterwards, Lino faints from the ordeal.

While in the Otherworld, sometime after the battle, Callum is seen entering a hall, as a man occupies a throne. Callum states for the love of the Arcane, that Jabari must begin killing the victims again. Jabari says that while many people who serve the darkness are insane, like Indigo, he is nothing like them.

During the nighttime, Essence is seen in bed dreaming, but when she turns around she sees Imani kissing Jabari on her bed, and Imani yells "get out of my head", waking Essence up, saying "what the hell". Lino is seen waking up in a bed, with visions of Jabari, as he wakes up.

Lino is seen waking up in a bed, with visions of Jabari, as he wakes up.

## Appearance

### Characters

* Lino Cortez
* Jabari Hunter
* Rome Hawkins
* Essence Rivera
* Kiara Bryant
* Taye Pierre
* Imani Parks
* Callum Thorne
* Ashran Hunter