Lryics For Never going back to OK by The Afters

It's not the end but it feels as it is
I'm waking up like I'm back from the dead
I'm stepping out and I feel so afaid
But as long as I'm moving it's all right

I feel alive
And it hurts for a change
And looking back and it's hard to believe
That I was cool
With the days that I wasted complacent and tasteless and bored but
That was yesterday

We're never going back to OK
We're never going back to easy
We're never going back to the way it was
We're never going back to OK

This discontent
Like a slap in the face
Of mediocre
I've had enough of this place
This party's over
And I'm moving away from the frills of you Beverly Hills but that was yesterday

We're never going back to OK
We're never going back to easy
We're never going back to the way it was
We're never going back to OK

We're here to stay
This is our time
Our only life
Our chance to live

We're never going back to OK
We're never going back to easy
We're never going back to the way it was
We're never going back to OK

Prologue: An Ancient Evil Returns

When we saw Emanuel, A.K.A. the Lord Of Shadows, he thought “The Protectors” was down to one member, him. 10 years have passed since we saw Emanuel last. The girl he protected was now married to him. He was happy with his new life. Emanuel was now 1988 years old, for it was 2022. Emanuel had to slay Sebastian 10 years ago, but now an ancient evil was rising. Emanuel still was on the hunt to find out who his father was, for he was created by shadows next to his father as he died. He went back to where he saw his father die. He saw a spirit lingering there, so he talked to him. It turned out to be Emanuel’s father. Emanuel asked his father about the ancient evil. The evil was nicknamed “The Serpent”. Emanuel also asked his father who he was, and his father said, “I’m the man who was to the left of Christ, the one who believed he was the Messiah. A man that was pure defeated the Serpent. The Serpent must be defeated by a man who has control over the shadows” Emanuel wished his father luck, not that he had any, and went home. At home he found out that a new person was there. It was his father! He greeted him and his father said, “I want to stay here, son.” Emanuel said okay, and his father, being a spirit, went through the ceiling to the guest room and got comfortable. It wasn’t hard for him to get comfortable. Emanuel sighed and went to talk to his father to find out one more thing. Once there, he asked his father, “Who was my mother?” His father said, “You had no mother. You were born from the shadows. You appeared right in front of me and I knew you were my son, somehow. I heard something about my son being born in the time I least expected it. After my death, my spirit stayed here on Earth, so I talked to you, saying what I heard someone say to me. You were born to bring the darkness into the light.”

Emanuel: Chapter 10: The End?

Emanuel was upset that “The Protectors” were down to him, but he was grateful that the battle was over. He left to go help the girl he protected when she needed him. He helped her while being in his first piece of protection when he was in medieval times. He was a knight that didn’t have a sword, though. Instead he had the shadows to help him. He attacked his enemies by knocking them out. He eventually told the girl he protected who he was. She was surprised, of course. When he was with her, he was a good fighter, he was always getting hurt.

Emanuel: Chapter 9: The Last Man Standing

The snipers were the first to go. They didn’t stand a chance against Sebastian’s army. Delta Three lasted a lot longer, since they had close range guns. Emanuel attacked Sebastian by surprise. The sword grazed Sebastian, but he bellowed in pain. “Good thing I grabbed this sword first.” Emanuel yelled to his army. When he looked to see how the two armies were doing, no one was left! It was he and Sebastian now. Sebastian grabbed another sword and attacked Emanuel. Emanuel tricked Sebastian into thinking he was attacking left, and at the last second, he attacked to the right. Sebastian was gone. Emanuel was left.

Emanuel: Chapter 8: The Final Battle Begins

Emanuel lead his protectors to Sebastian. Sebastian let them through to meet him. “So, the Lord Of Shadows is here.” Sebastian boomed. Emanuel just grabbed the sword that was Sebastian’s bane in the first battle. Emanuel sliced with all his strength at Sebastian with his sword. It didn’t even leave a mark on Sebastian. “That sword is nothing, now!” Sebastian roared at Emanuel. Emanuel noticed a sword next to Sebastian, so he grabbed the sword and his army attacked Sebastian’s. The battle was on!

Alpha Squadron: Chapter 7: Razor Six Four In Charge

Razor Six Three was using her acrobatic abilities to go ahead of her group. This group liked having her as their leader. During one of these happenings, Razor Six Three got ambushed and both sniper groups went to help her, but they were to late. Razor Six Four was the last leader. Both groups were now one. The Lord Of Shadows was alone out of the first three protectors. The girl Emanuel protected was unharmed. Emanuel spent a little bit of time with her to get away from the war. Razor Six Two was in charge while he was gone. The ground troops, the ones who weren’t snipers, were called Delta Three. When Emanuel came back, he said, “Let’s go meet Sebastian once and for all!” So they marched to Sebastian’s base.

Alpha Squadron, Razor Six Five: Chapter 6: Razor Six Five’s Group Rebels Against Razor Six Five

Razor Six Five’s group hated him. He made them go faster than they were supposed to. Nehemiah just wanted to see the other group. His group decided to tie him up and execute him. While the group was planning, Razor Six Five warned Razor Six Four. Razor Six Four’s group came to help, but were to late, Razor Six Five was gone. Razor Six Five was furious. He executed Razor Six Five’s old group in front of the troops and after that, he asked the crowd who wanted to become elite snipers. Only nine wanted to be, so Mary spoke up then and wanted to take Nehemiah’s place. Emanuel let her be Razor Six Three and to lead Razor Six Five's group.

Alpha Squadron: Chapter 5: The Advance

“Alpha Squadron, hostiles in your territory.” HQ warned Razor Six Four. “Got it, HQ” Razor Six Four said. Just then, Sebastian’s troops came. There were 10 of them, and 20 of the Alpha Squadron. The troops were killed silently. Razor Six Four and Razor Six Five controlled 2 groups with 10 each while their troops marched 1 klick (1 kilometer) behind them. Razor Six Five’s group had gone half a klick behind Razor Six Four’s. Sebastian was ready for them.

Emanuel: Chapter 4: War Preparations

Emanuel was in his room when Nehemiah and Mary returned. They found out that Sebastian has risen and was heading straight for HQ. Emanuel declared war on Sebastian (for the second time) and had the protectors prepare for war. They were handed rifles, shotguns, and sub machine guns. One squad, led by Emanuel with Nehemiah and Mary by his side, was a Special Ops sniper squad. Emanuel trained them like he was trained as Tyler Wells, A.K.A. Razor Six Four. Emanuel went back to the codename Razor Six Four and Nehemiah was Razor Six Five and Mary was HQ. She gave info to them whenever possible. Emanuel had an intelligence force, they gathered info whenever possible. War has begun between Emanuel and Sebastian.

Mary: Chapter 3: Mary’s Difficulties

Mary had a rough time finding more protectors (I’m not going to take time mentioning them all. They aren’t extremely important like Emanuel, Nehemiah, and Mary).  She should have found a lot because they were somehow attracted to the Mid West, but instead she found almost none. She was shy at anything except gymnastics. So asking people to join “The Protectors” was a living nightmare for her. When she told Emanuel this, he switched her to join another protector on a expedition to the edge of the Mid West to find more protectors and lead them to the HQ. She failed at that because of her shyness. Emanuel decided to send her with Nehemiah on the secret mission.

Nehemiah: Chapter 2: Emanuel’s Secret

     Nehemiah was in his room after the meeting and wondered if he would get a mission (protectors got missions to stay occupied). He was called the next day by Emanuel to talk. Nehemiah was really nervous because Emanuel sounded mad. Turned out Emanuel wasn’t mad, but serious. Nehemiah had a mission. His mission was finding out about anyone being resurrected. When Nehemiah asked why, Emanuel just said, “My nemesis is rising, I need to know when. But for now, use this to protect yourself.” And handed Nehemiah a Dragnuv. “Where did you get this?” Nehemiah asked. “Why do we have an console and have Call Of Duty: World At War and Sniper: Ghost Warrior for it?” Emanuel countered Nehemiah. “Your Miller and Tyler Wells A.K.A. Razor Six Four?” Nehemiah asked, surprised. “Yep.” Emanuel answered. “I wanted to know what it was like to be normal.” Emanuel said with a far away look in his eyes. Nehemiah went to the shooting range and learned how to use a sniper.

Emanuel: Chapter 1: Emanuel’s Promise

Emanuel was a man of many mysteries. He may be 1978, but in his long life, he learned that his nemesis was rising after 1000 years. His name was Sebastian.  Emanuel had to destroy him once and for all, but he needed more allies. His search for protectors has been a long and hard journey, but he wanted to live in peace. Sebastian has been defeated once, he will be defeated again. Emanuel thought. Being Razor Six Four was dangerous enough, he nearly lost the island to terrorists. Being Miller was also dangerous in WWII. No one has experienced pain like him. His “curse” kept him alive if he was captured, but he felt the pain. His life was never in danger until now, except for fighting Sebastian. Sebastian was the only person who could kill him until now. Now, anyone can kill him, and he would leave the girl he protected defenseless. Emanuel’s past starts on the Road To Calvary, when his father died. His father’s spirit is the one who told him that he would roam the Earth until the girl he protected is alive and if she died, he would die too. He would rather die himself than let her die. At all costs, she will live until she died of old age, even if I have to die to achieve this. Emanuel promised.   

Suddenly light was binding him tightly. Remember this promise, Son. It is now your life. A voice said to him. “Father?” Emanuel gasped. He hadn’t talked to him since his father died. It is I. You must remember your promise, Emanuel. If it is broken, you will be tormented for eternity. His father said to him. Emanuel was not breaking his promise. Not for himself, but for the girl he promised.

Afterwards, the trio had a meeting to decide who would lead them. It was chosen that Emanuel would be the leader, and he would live on in the history of “The Protectors”. For the first time, he did not erase anyone’s memory in order to stay a secret. The Lord Of Shadows now ruled “The Protectors”.

Mary‘s Prologue: The Third One

Mary was thought of as a circus show freak. She was very acrobatic and could do more acrobatic stunts than anyone in history. Even though she was 12, she realized that she was to go to the Mid West. There she met Emanuel and Nehemiah. A connection formed between the trio. When she saw the guy she was to protect, a connection formed between them. When she was alone with Emanuel and Nehemiah, they talked. She learned that she was meant to be a protector and she joined “The Protectors”. Emanuel and Nehemiah described their powers to her and then she described that she was acrobatic. They were a trio of friends that met all in an hour’s time. Emanuel and Nehemiah learned that Mary had no shadow and Mary learned that they had no shadows. They concluded that having no shadow is "The Protectors" symbol.

Nehemiah’s Prologue: The Second One

Nehemiah was a freak to others. He had a power to communicate to animals. Living in the Mid West was enough for him to find his calling. Even at the age of 13 he knew what to do. Even at his young age, he could fight to protect the girl he was meant to protect. Emanuel started the connection with your person you protect, so Nehemiah had a connection when he first saw the girl he was to protect. When he saw Emanuel, Emanuel asked him to follow him using a connection that appeared when they saw each other. Nehemiah followed Emanuel, sensing that he was to start his future. They talked about starting the group called “The Protectors”. Nehemiah learned then that his abilities were only for protectors. His power to talk to animals was a power only for him. He learned that Emanuel had the power to use the shadows to turn him invisible and travel throughout the land using the shadows. He also learned that he and Emanuel didn’t have shadows, and that Emanuel wasn’t 13, but 1978. Emanuel was happy to find Nehemiah, but even happier to learn that “The Protectors” would finally start after centuries of thinking on who would join him.

“I sense another Protector is near.” Emanuel said. So they went outside to find the next one.

Emanuel’s Prologue: The Leader

Emanuel was, in a way, cursed. He was told that he would roam the Earth until the girl he protected would come alive, and that he would start a band of, special, people that started appearing around the time the girl was born. He knew of whom the girl (The people they protected were of the opposite gender) he would protect looked like. Being alive from around 34 A.D. to 2012 A.D. was how long it took for him to find the girl. From ancient Road To Calvary to Modern United States. The girl was in the Mid West. A connection(which she and others would not know of until they found out they had protectors) was formed that instant that Emanuel felt. She was as old as he looked, which was 13, while he was actually 1978. He had the power to use the shadows to do what he wanted to. His nickname, given to him by the Romans, was The Lord Of Shadows. He was never mentioned in history because he had erased the historian’s minds in order to stay a secret. He wanted to stay a secret in order to not get acquainted with others just so that he wouldn’t get upset when they died and he didn’t. He always wore a second layer, such as a jacket, because for some reason he makes no shadow and his first layer of clothes made no shadow. When found the girl he was to protect, a connection was formed between him and the girl. He was told that he would age when he found the girl he’s to protect. He was overjoyed to know that he would finally age and die (He has seen a lot of bloodshed in his life).

The Wonderful World Of: Echidnas

Did you know that echidnas are twenty inches long, can grab a lot of termites or ants at once with their long tongue, male echidnas are not poisonous (not sure about female), are a little bit less intelligent than cats, one spine equals one hair, drinks H²O and can swim, can lift up to double its own weight, and can live for over 45 years. Echidnas live in Australia and Tasmania.