CurJak

"Good enough is not good enough if it can be better."

-General Rogelio Chris Jackson, infamously known as CurJak is a young man from Manila, Philippines, born on May 31, 2004 a college drop out, Takes a lot of beating yet keeps going. A Filipino who born with a very western attitude in his lifestyle, compared to most Asians he speaks English all the time because he was raised by his father who worked most of his life in the USA, his father inspired him with his passion for music and iconic movies though he still gave his own spin on them, he usually listens to hip hop it a big part of his style. Most of his life he kept to himself or was alone because his father was away and worked outside of the country and he had a hard time trusting people he felt abandoned by his mother who wasn't a part of their life since he was a child. While still in college he was also trained by his father with arnis and martial arts

He lost his balance in life because of the grief and all the other things that happened to him, like his father who was a General, lost in battle, the life without a mom, the betrayal of his best friend, the addiction to drugs and the torture he endured while being a captive by a gang. He was vengeful and was done trusting others with anything. He was more to himself now more than ever with a few exceptions such as a few friends like AZ. During his time being a captive and tortured he suddenly had the realization that he can take more beatings than the other prisoner with him which made him remember what his father’s  teachings and that made him take a stand and risked his life so this other prisoner may escape with his life. He fought his way out to be free and on that day he decided to fight for those who can’t fight for themselves, searched for more purpose in life. He started fighting injustice with vigilantism.

2020
A Filipino male, Chris Jackson 16 yrs. at the time was a college student living most of his life alone, his father, Gen. Roger Jackson usually visits him from time to time, he works as a General in the United States Army and his mother wasn't a part of his life since he was young.

The time came his father visited him for a vacation and one day they were In a boxing ring they were sparring and when Chris was exhausted he said that the training was good enough already but his father told him to never just be good enough if he can still be better which will become one of CurJak’s most important philosophy. They then continue sparring.

Later that night, they were at Chris' condo him and his father is watching an 80's movie in a couch and both are enjoying, it was one of their most important time spent together for both loved iconic movies of time. The  father's cellphone rings so he stands and goes to it. Chris continues watching the movie till he notices his dad was packing his uniform and other objects and so he goes to check why his father was doing this. He asks why he was packing and his father said that he has a new mission and it’s very important, he has to leave this angers Chris because he just got back a few days ago. The father just keeps packing and preparing his military uniform while Chris walks away from the room. When his father was done he steps out and says "son I’m sorry, I love you but this is very important and I’ll be back soon" wanting to hug his son, Chris angered says nothing so the father leaves saddened and Chris slams the door. 

A month later someone knocks at his the door, so he stands to open the door once he opened the door it wasn’t what he was expecting at all, it was his uncle Jerry, a comrade of his father in the military bearing the bad news of his father's passing, he then breaks down and asks Jerry to leave once he left he proceeded to break the TV with his bare hands. Sitting and sobbing for hours he finally stopped with pure anger in his face he stopped answering calls from anyone, he packed his things and storms out leaving everything behind and not caring anymore. Once outside he is then surprised by two thugs asking him what’s in his bag and him being fueled by anger, not afraid starts being smug so he starts taunting the thugs, a fights ensues but he was overpowered by the two. Out of no where someone started helping him fight off the thugs. Once the fight ended Chris asks who he was and replies saying his name was Grey, he asked why he helped him even if he was just a stranger he blurts out "I like being a hero, makes me feel good" Chris starts questioning him but he says he knows something else that can make him feel good. The two starts doing all sorts of drugs and mayhem around the town and quickly formed a good bond and friendship. Later that day they opened up to each other. Ever since that day the two started to become partners in crime stealing from other criminals using Robin Hood as their main inspiration. though one day they finally messed with someone they shouldn't have. They stole from the White Syndicate, a powerful corporation led by Man White who ordered his men to start hunting them down.   The two had one final day to spend together and exchange their promises so they drink to it and talk about being heroes one day as grey hopes to be as he plans to don his made up name "Greyhound' due to him being fast but just before they plan to escape.

the men arrived to capture them, they start running and a town chase ensues but Chris then slips while pushing a tired Grey to keep going and he did just that stealing a motorcycle as Chris was caught.

Chris was brought to a White Syndicate hidden prison for torture, there he meets a guy called Snitch, a fellow prisoner named for his past, he was caught snitching his employers to make up for the police he got killed. The two become acquainted but right after the torturing began, it was harsh pain imposed on the prisoners body including Chris. They took these beatings for days, a day arrived when Snitch was too weak and close to death his next turn torture was going to be his last because he wasn't gonna survive. Chris was pained hearing Snitch's screams, seeing that Snitch couldn’t take anymore of the beatings, he takes his opportunity runs and pushes the door right before the torturer closed it after giving him some food. He starts fighting two guards, he took the sticks that were used to hit them which were arnis and tells Snitch to run for it then two more guards arrive. A rough and brutal fight it was though Chris emerges victorious but his body was in alot of pain due to the to all the pain it withstand. He walks out of the building knowing he ain't the same person he arrives to another the rooftop, looking at the city and says to himself "its time for some ass whooping." he decided to keep the arnis as his own, he arrived in that building as Chris but came out as CurJak.

Searching for purpose
Chris starts donning his new vigilante persona as CurJak right after he escaped the White Syndicate prison. Up at this point he was still figuring out what his actual purpose is, He took his time in the rooftop to rest and think about his existential crisis, once he finally got tired of thinking, he just rolled with it and left it to faith. He starts his vigilante adventure by going around the city in the middle of the night searching for trouble and sees his perfect chance when he saw two men kidnapping a girl one of them is Javy someone who will join the White Syndicate soon after.

While planning his move he thought of a way to get his enemies' attention. The sound of two hard sticks colliding is heard by the kidnappers and get a glance of CurJak, surprised at what they were seeing they let go of the girl and she escapes. They decided to take on CurJak and the fight ensues CurJak yet again takes a beating with his already weakened body yet still emerges victorious. Curjak was gonna continue his mission of vengeance and vigilantism the coming years.

2022
CurJak, at the age of 18 is now more used to his fighting after his two years as a vigilante he was getting better at what he does. CurJak has been hunting White Syndicate members taking them to justice one by one, He then catches up to an old face. He caught up to Javy and his men and gives them the beat down and interrogates him while humiliating him with bitch slaps, he tells him that who he works for and he says its someone called Greyhound which in turn surprises him from what he has heard, he double checks Javy, not sure what to think, he asks him where this person is. Once he figured out that it maybe exactly who he think it was his ex best friend, the one who abandoned him to be tortured after even knowing everything he has been through. This knowledge fueled his anger yet again much more than it ever was. He let Javy free knowing it will lead him directly to where their hideout is. he follows him but doesn't attack the building yet. CurJak went back to the current rooftop he was staying at to train. While Javy retells the story to his superior the "Greyhound" he mentioned that the man who beat him and his men was called "CurJak". Curious of who that was he waited as he was excited to meet this man, it brings him energy and thrill to face something different from what he usually does, he was a man of action and prepares for his arrival. CurJak was a bomb ready to explode on the White Syndicate, He was very ready to face challenge for it also thrills him, it feeds his rage and vengeance for those who have done him wrong. As he trains he starts seeing the city and what he was doing was the right thing or if his reasoning was ethical, his moral compass challenged remembering this man he is about to face was someone he actually cared about, was he truly ready to hurt him. When he finished his training he decided to be and image of hope during the darkest times so he replaced his almost all black look with a more orange look, it was a symbol that he is learning to be more of a hero than just an angry man with sticks. He was ready to face the upcoming battle, so he then heads out to the location ready to meet his long lost friend and his men. He had more questions he wanted answered but didn't know how to express it other than fight his way through it and through them. As he gets to the building he does his stick colliding to get the attention of the gangsters guarding the elevator to the rooftop. They see CurJak in a whole new look, he was less intimidating so the men quickly attacks him. CurJak easily beats up the guards and head directly to the elevator before it was locked with precise timing, right as he gets to the rooftop he starts mowing down everyone who stood on his way till "Big Shades" stood in his way and unarmed him within a few seconds. He was pushed against the wall but he wasn't having it, no one will stand in his way so he brutally takes down Big Shades and whacks him with the arnis a couple of times to make sure he doesn't get back up during the fight though the men start ganging up on him yet he beats them all down to finally gets to Greyhound. With all his anger, he lets it out, he wanted to know why he did what did despite all the promises, it was obvious he didn't really want it to end up this way wishing he was facing someone else but he knew it was too late for that and Greyhound was just silent so they began to fight and CurJak just kept missing his punches. Greyhound seems to have a special drug that makes him have enhanced speed that helps him beat CurJak without breaking a sweat. He knew that he had to use his sheer will to win against all who opposes him is the only way he can beat someone enhanced and so he stood up and distracted him with his actions then he strikes and used what he learnt from his movements, he caught his punched which surprised Greyhound a lot. CurJak proceeds to beat him down and injuring his arm in the process. As both were in the ground they have a talk on whatever happened during that day, he was satisfied learning the answers even though it was no excuse to destroy loyalty. In a fit of kindness he forgives his old friend for what he has done thinking he was gonna die, Greyhound accepted his fate. CurJak then reaches his hand to him to help him stand and give him the old chest bump while telling him to give himself up to the police, as CurJak walks away Greyhound tries to escape not knowing he was just resting behind the wall and was surprised hit once more knocking him out cold. CurJak the proceeds to say one of his favorite words " motherfucker". CurJak calls the police himself as as anonymous and slowly walks away from the building where he was asked by the girl he saved two years ago if they have met before and he just replies with a smile. CurJak the continues with his mission to help the little guys or girls out there who cant fight for themselves, he came out from another building as a different person finally finding his true purpose is to help and not seek vengeance.

Downtime
Its been a few months since the time he confronted Greyhound and his guards, that day he learned that he was not that high in the ranks as he thought so CurJak continued to follow this path to the White Syndicate, still taking down their drug operations and smuggling. For awhile there hasn't been to many anyone to bust and right as he was planning to take a break for awhile his guts told him not to. On an ordinary night he decides to stay on top of a rooftop. He usually likes looking at his city at night with all the lights, donning earphones, listening to hip hop and his two sticks, he sits in silent vigilance, eager to work as a vigilante. As takes it all in, the night sky, the lights and the cool wind, something catches his attention. A white van rolls in from a junction and stops near an apartment. 8 men in suits, dressed to kill, step out from the van and group up near the entrance. From beneath their blazers, they brandish G-lock 2 0 pistols and AR-15 rifles.The mobsters, infamously know as the "Gators Gang" form a neat line and enter the apartment with a confident stride.

''“All right boys! We gotta do this op quick and quietly.”'' he lead mobster says with a stern look on his face. “Clear this place out in 5 minutes and clean up immediately ASAP once you’re done!”. CurJak watches and finally decides and says “That’s where I come in” right there and then From the rooftop, CurJak finesses his way down to the street and stalks the group, like a lion stalking its prey. With guns raised, the team slowly ascend one of the staircases in the building and check the hallways. CurJak, seeing a lone gunman, says ''“Hey asshole! You gotta go through me before you kill these people!” ''this masked man was the "Gasser" he charges him with sticks at the ready. The masked man swiftly unsheathes a knife and parries CurJak. After a bit of fighting, the rest of the team come down to check on the commotion. “Kill the fucker!”, the lead yells. They open fire on CurJak, while the masked man struggles to stand up.

2023
During CurJak's fourth year as a vigilante he has made a name for himself, though he still hasn't taken down the White Syndicate, his help with finally bringing down the Gators the past year has made him more known to the public especially by other vigilantes and unfortunately other gangs who are ready to put a bounty on his head at any time he makes a mistake with the wrong people, CurJak wasn't really afraid but more cocky than he already was feeling he cant be beat. One night searching for a high member of the White Syndicate. Strolling around a town listening to his tunes, He hears the scream of someone in agony and quickly masks up and heads directly to the noise being unaware he climbs up a wall without knowing the gate was wide open and quickly regrets putting that effort and so he continues to walk towards where the sound came from. As he comes closer he sees bodies on the ground men of the White Syndicate most were shot dead except someone named Jori, as he continues to walk he sees another man sitting and in pain. The man was also a member but before he interrogates him he sees more dead bodies, bodies of the high member he was searching for was also there, the other two was of Javy and Reilly. He quickly turns to the man on the ground, Kensi and starts slapping him like CurJak usually does with all his interrogations from criminals, wanting to learn what happened he asked him and he answers by saying it was a man in a soldier's uniform and gear, an answer he really didn't expect because soldiers don't usually handle this kind kind of things around this place. Not giving him much answers he grew tired of questioning him and knocks him out with his arnis sticks and checks for clues he can use to find out who the man was and sees a cellphone seeing the last few messages about meeting in a club for the "boss" he left and went directly to the rooftop he now stays in and expects AZ to be there someone he knew from college and caught him as CurJak now she gives him tips to make better decisions in his crime fighting. CurJak arrives and he was right that AZ was gonna be there they start discussing what happened and talked about how he has been feeling about his current status as a hero being insecure he stops and lets it be and continues to talk about the "soldier" and how he has to find him and figure things out because it might lead to the White Syndicate. He leaves directly to the club mentioned in the phone. When CurJak arrived at the location, he immediately sees that there was already a battle happening and so he takes out the guards watching the entrance but right after he puts them to sleep, he finally comes face to face with a beaten Man White, someone he had been trying to find and put to justice. He takes his chance and they began to rumble until he was on the ground. All the rage inside of CurJak was coming out in an instant seeing his true enemy and having the chance to end him once and for all right before he tries to hit him, the man wearing the soldier's uniform, now with a mask stops him and right at that moment they were in a three way fight during this Man White manages to flee with his life. Angered by the fact CurJak lost his grasp of his enemy he put it all on the man he was facing, they continue the fight that ends brutally for him, he was left there defeated and broken as the man walks away to catch up to Man White. He couldn't stay in the club's bloodied cold floor because the police or the other goons may come for him and so he walks even with all his injury he keeps at it all the while thinking how this man was always two steps ahead of him and that he was better suited for the hero gig, he thought of letting him do it instead and finally take that break he has been longing for. Nearing his current rooftop hideout he pukes out blood, this made him afraid that he might've already gone too far being young and all he has a lot more he can do in life than getting beat up and beating up people. A man in some sort of hurry pushes him and called him fat. CurJak aggressively retaliates with a roundhouse kick that pushes the stranger back, he ultimately goes for him and does a combo ending it with him strangling the man, asking him if maybe he should break his neck. Fortunately for the stranger AZ arrives and tells CurJak to let him go, knowing that this is not his way of doing things, he was no killer. She tells the stranger to bugger off as she walks away angered seeing how CurJak almost lost his way for such a shallow thing but he follows her trying to explain himself the two stop walking and start arguing about giving up his purpose just because things were getting harder and harder as he makes more enemies and having little to no ally at all, he breaks down and stops arguing, AZ then tells him to get back up though he does not respond as he was feeling more lost, AZ took it to herself to help him stand and tries her best to make him stand. CurJak realizes AZ's support for him was a reason to get back up and keep doing his thing. Now more open minded, he listens to AZ's proposition which was to maybe give it a chance to work together with Killshot to defeat a common enemy, he takes on this challenge. The next day he drives around with the "CurJak Mobile", his old rebuilt ATV and heads to see the "GymMaster" and without saying a word he gives him the keys already knowing why he was there and just telling him to take care of the place. He then begins his training, releasing all the anger and stress he had at the moments till he hears knocking from the door, he pauses the music and slides it open as he was about to say the gym was closed he sees a very beautiful woman and quickly becomes an instant slow motion cliche, he begins to close and open the sliding door making it quite awkward and funny for the girl and so she stops and holds the door asking if the gym was closed, she notices the arnis sticks and asks what those were for, he replies that the gym was indeed closed due to a roach problem and that the sticks were old and for nothing, she was skeptical because she knew he was a bad lair through his little acts. CurJak once again tries to close the door but she stops it again, it surprises him and tries to said goodbye but she asked him who he was, he replied saying "you can call me gorilla man, now bye-bye" as she says goodbye he asked her in return who she was, saying her name was Sammy, he smiles and closes the door thinking of her right then and there. Later that night CurJak was ready for battle and so he suits up and follows the lead Snitch gave him earlier that day. As soon as he arrives in the location, he was yet again surprised to see Killshot ahead of him, though this time he was injured and beaten and just as the men were about to carry him CurJak does his stick colliding to get the attention of his enemies. Greyhound who was also there instantly know CurJak was with them in the building, he then proceeds to jump down and delivers a classic line from star wars saying "hello there", the two begin to argue why they're are seeing each other again unexpectedly till Greyhound decided it wasn't worth the effort to carry Killshot all the way up and ordered him to be killed right now, He attacks the men who were gonna take him out, which he does successfully but he was take downed by Greyhound and was at gunpoint telling him to stay down which CurJak replies to with his favorite lines "I'll stay down when I'm dead" He gets back up and proceeds to take down Greyhound, once he was in the ground he warned CurJak that there were more men on the way and coming down. Knowing he might not be able to take the men with guns with only his sticks, he asks Greyhound if he was ready to keep his word and he agrees, having a change of heart and starts pointing his guns on the men who were coming down. When the men arrived he opened fire and a firefight ensues during this, he jumps in front of a bullet to save CurJak, as he falls to the ground and the blood spilled from his body he was surprised that this was the way he was gonna go. CurJak reminded him of what they talked about and promised to each other during their last days being real friends that line was ''"you remember when you told me that we were gonna be heroes one day?, look at us now." ''they both start laughing and smiling, reminiscing the older days in his last few minutes CurJak tells him that he was a dying hero and that his past no matter it was, it wont define him. As Grey dies, he echoes the "no matter what" he dies in his arms as more men arrive asking CurJak to stand up but as he did he Grabbed Grey's gun and shoot them without killing the men but to slow them down. He brutally beats up his enemies around the same time Killshot wakes up and instantly takes his gun, pointing it at CurJak while hiding from the pillars, he approaches him to propose his AZ's plan of working together. The two instantly starts bickering and getting back at each other. As CurJak was getting nearer, he tries to show himself but Killshot fires his weapon on the ceiling which would definitely hide and scream