In Response, I swear, part two: Expectations and Secrets
Trent brushed a lock on blue hair back out of her face and started on her second sketch that day. Anashi hadn't attacked in some time and it was a vacation for everyone. Relei was on the balcony, talking with Rowen, Ryo, and Mia, and Kento, Synder, Karya, and Cye were out having lunch. Seraan was down at the pool with Sage and Saha and as much as Trent wanted to be there, it was much cooler in the room.
Her mind wandered. A dozen memories floated through her head, sounds and battles that should have been forgotten. The recollections stopped on a picture of Relei. When had that been? Judging by the pain in her eyes and the gun in her hand...
Hmm. Just after the assassination.
Chapter 1(Seraan)
"Put me down!" Unfortunately, Sage complied and I hit the water on my back. When I resurfaced he and Saha were laughing like idiots. "Guys," I growled. "That wasn't funny."
"On the contrary," said Saha. "It was actually quite funny." I dove back under and grabbed his ankle, then stood up quickly. "Hey-" He was cut off by a large splash. I let his foot drop calmly and turned to Sage.
"Now that was funny," I said. He nodded in agreement as Saha stood up, sputtering. "Get a little wet, Sa?" I asked coyly. "Sorry. Didn't mean to."
"Right," he said angrily. "I'm going back up. Trent wanted to go to a movie tonight and I thought I'd go with her." He stalked off and I raised my hand to stop him, but Sage laid his hand on my wrist.
"If he wants to go, let him go," he said. "Come on, I'll race you." He disappeared beneath the surface and I was torn. Apologize to Saha or spend time with Sage? Oh, god, what had I done to deserve this? Just kidding. Of course I was going to spend time with Sage. Do I look- er, um, sound that dumb?
"Hey, wait up!" I called, following him. There was a tremor in the water just as I caught up to him. "What the-"
"Ten bucks on the Dynasty," he said.
"I don't bet what I know I'm going to lose. So those bastards found us. Amazing. It took them long enough." My bathing suit changed into my sub armor and I pulled myself out of the water. Suddenly something grabbed my arm and hauled me to my feet.
"Be careful," said Sage, dropping my arm. I breathed a sigh of relief that was cut short by the run of soldiers. General and none too few of Anashi's Blacks. "She doesn't give up, does she?"
"Do your warlords give up?" I asked coolly, slamming a soldier into the water. The black smoke mixed with the liquid and turned the surface an oily gray.
"You have a point."
"Get away from me!" someone screamed. A child, only about six, had been caught by a Black. A snarl formed on my lips and I landed a kick in the soldier's head. "Cye?" asked the kid in confusion.
"Uh-uh," I said. "I'm Seraan."
"Hey Yuli," said Sage. "Good job Seraan. He's a friend of ours."
"You know her?"
"You know him?" I said at the same time. We exchanged a glance and he laughed. "Guess so," I added. "Well, it's nice to meet you, Yuli."
"But Sage, why does she had Cye's sub armor?"
"You explain," I said quickly. "I'm gonna see if they went upstairs and/or are terrorizing other people." I ran towards the elevator and punched the button. About half way up, it stopped dead and shook dangerously. "Son of a-"
"Stupid move, Torrent," said Suin. "You're on my turf now."
"Suin, if your turf is a stalled elevator, then I'd hate to see you fight in too. Armor of Torrent! Dao Shin!" I slammed the bottom of my yari into the roof panel and it popped open. "Here I come, warlord trash." The elevator shaft was dark and dirty and the scraping on the walls was ten to one not the rats.
"Brave words, Zero-Two, but you don't stand a chance against me. You wouldn't dare use your full powers in a building full of innocent lives." Damn it! She knew me too well. I'd have to improvise.
Electricity shot through the cables and the car started rising again. The ceiling rushed down upon me and for a split second, I froze. I couldn't think of anything other then I would be crushed to death. No! No, I wouldn't. Not today. I dropped back into the elevator car, to the surprise of the people standing there when the door opened.
"Um, I was just passing through," I said. "Sorry, wrong floor." I closed the door and sighed in frustration. "You enjoy making my life a living hell, don't you?"
"No, that's more of Deri's area. I just like watching you suffer in pain."
"I'm getting a headache, does that count?"
"Not really." The doors opened again, same floor, only there was no one in the hall. Relei appeared from the door to my left, looking angry and confused.
"What's that warlord bitch want now?" she said coldly.
"Like I know. She's probably here to be a pain in the ass again. They seem to do that well enough."
"We've got to get out of here before someone is-" Anashi slammed into her from across the hall and knocked her back into the room as the moment Suin chose to appear. "Damn you, Anashi! Armor of Wildfire! Dao Jin!" I heard the others calling their armors too, but my attention was on getting Suin out of the building before someone got in the way.
"You're toasted, Suin." I ran into a door and into the room, which was thankfully empty. There was a crash of glass and suddenly Trent was at my side. "Hey, Trent. What's up?"
"We're a having a pest problem next door, and I thought I'd come in here for a break, but apparently the entire building is infested. It's unfortunate too. I was really beginning to like this place."
"Yeah, warlords'll do that. But here's a thought: Why didn't you open the door?"
"No reason. It got in my way." Suin faced us with a wicked grin on her face. "What's so funny, Dynasty bitch?"
"You have no idea what you've gotten yourselves into." She unsheathed two of her katanas and a smoke started to fill the room. There was a sour, sharp smell that I recognized almost immediately, but by then, it was too late.
Chapter 2(Sage)
I ran up the last flight of stairs with Yuli at my heels. Two of the doors had been broken apart and a dark smoke was coming out of one of them.
"Stay there!" shouted Relei. "Don't go anywhere near that!"
"What is it?" asked Yuli. The smoke pulled back and I heard Suin laugh cruelly.
"Of course. I should have known you wouldn't know. Meet the darkness that captured Saha. Right now, since we don't have him anymore, we've got Strata and Torrent as a consolation prize. Enjoy!" There was a clatter of armor and Seraan appeared in the doorway in replace of the smoke, her eyes glittering evilly.
"Seraan?" I asked uncertainly. She raised her yari at me, then her eyes shifted to Yuli. She wavered slightly, then collapsed. "Seraan!"
"Trent, snap out of it!" said Saha, wrenching Trent's hands from his neck. Relei and Rowen grabbed her arms and pinned them behind her.
"Chill, Trent, you'll be fine," said Relei. Trent struggled against her grip.
"The traitor... must die..." she muttered. Synder murmured something and Relei nodded. They switched places quickly and Trent sneered in full contempt at her. "You're a traitor too. You betrayed all of us when you killed that... that woman." Relei growled angrily.
"How dare you bring that up? That's it, Trent, time for you to take a nap!" Her fist connected with Trent's jaw at the same time her armor started to disappear. The Strata kanji orb dropped to the floor and Relei picked it up. "Excuse me." She vanished back into their room and came out a second later with her backpack. "I, um, I need to take a walk. I'll be back. Synder, can you...?" Synder nodded quietly and Relei headed down the stairs, out of sight. Rowen started to go after her, but Karya caught his arm and shook her head.
"Let her go. It's something only she can deal with," she said softly. "Right now, we have to decide what to do with Seraan and Trent. We can't keep them here, not if Anashi knows this is where we are."
"Let's take them to my house," suggested Mia. "It's in the country and if the warlords attack again, you won't have anybody to worry about getting in the way."
"Except you and Yuli," murmured Ryo. For the first time in a while, Mia glared at him.
"I'm not a child, Ryo," she said. Synder groaned.
"Not again," she muttered, then clapped her hand over he mouth. "Oops. Forget I said that."
"Smooth, Synder," said Karya. "Nice job of covering your ass."
Chapter 3(Relei)
My head was reeling. Had I over reacted? No, Trent would have said more if I hadn't and that couldn't happen. Oh, why now? Why this? Why couldn't my past just stay that, my past? I fell into a bench in the park and buried my face in my hands. No no no, please, no. I didn't want to remember, please...
My hand reached inside my backpack and closed around cold metal. A breath caught in my throat-
The crowd was at least two hundred people thick. Was he insane? I couldn't do it, not with so many people around. No, orders were orders. I had to do this, or risk losing Trent to those bastards.
"Peace must be an objective for all of us," said the speaker. I knew everything about this woman. Her husband had been a Ronin and her daughter was presumed dead or captured by the Dynasty. What had he said to call it? An act of sympathy. What did this woman have left anyway? Her family was dead and the war was worsening. All talks of peace ended in violence anyway, this was just one more for the papers.
I shifted around until I could get a clear shot. No remorse, I told myself as I pressed down on the trigger. Remorse is for the weak.
Slowly, I pulled my hand out, gunshots still ringing in my ears. The screams echoed as I turned the weapon over in my hand. It had been three days after that I had found out the one really vile secret about my life: I wasn't a clone. My father had been the Ronin of Wildfire and my mother the speaker I had killed. Not anyone knew, only me and Dr. H.
Tears threatened in my eyes, but I closed them and swallowed. I couldn't break down, not now. There was something seriously wrong with my two best friends and I had to figure out a way to get them back. Saha had been under Suin's power for almost a year, our time, when we had come here. Trent and Seraan had been under about an hour, so there was a big difference. But I didn't have time to let it wear off, none of us did. We were two short and how the connection between the armors would affect Rowen and Cye was beyond me at the moment.
"Hey." I jerked and shoved the thing back in my bag. Rowen didn't notice it, thankfully, as he sat down next to me. "Trent and Seraan are at Mia's. I thought I should find you and tell you before you went back to the hotel."
"Thanks," I said. "Rowen..."
"What's up?" I swallowed more tears and looked up at him. "Relei, what's wrong?" he asked with genuine concern. God, why did he have to be so cute? I could have strangled him for that, but why? Because he wasn't like any other guy I had ever met? Because he actually seemed to care about me?
"I'm such an idiot," I whispered darkly. "I've done things... things I shouldn't have done. What Trent said is true. I have killed, in cold blood. I'm assuming Karya and Synder told you about our part in the war? They don't know, but I was also trained as an assassin."
"Karya said that you had all been hired to assassinate, but no one had died," he said slowly.
"During the war, we lost touch with each other. None of them know what I did, and I don't know what they did other then what they've told me. I killed a peace talker for the colonies on a mission to Earth. The next day, I found out she had been my mother."
"Your mother? But that means..."
"Of course that's what it means!" I said, jumping up. "It means everything, damn it. It means I should have a life, and I don't. It means that I've done the worst crime in the history of man kind and I... don't deserve to wear my armor."
Chapter 4(Rowen)
Relei tugged bitterly at her braid and turned around.
"I'm sorry," she said. "I shouldn't have told you that. It's hard enough I have to deal with it on my own, but I didn't have to drag you into it." I grabbed her free hand and pulled her back onto the bench next to me.
"Listen, Relei," I said. "What you've done in the past- you're past, I mean, doesn't have to effect your future. I've seen you fight. There's no other person who deserves that armor and doesn't wear it already." She smiled and shook her head.
"You don't understand. Anything I've done in my past and in this one is affecting my future and the future of the world." I wrapped my arms around her shoulders and kissed her gently. She jerked in shock, then hesitantly kissed me back.
"Does that affect your future?" I asked quietly.
"Are you serious?" she said with a slight laugh. "I'm pretty sure that just screwed everything up." Suddenly, something grabbed her from behind and started to drag her over the bench. She grabbed her backpack, swung it and hit the guy in the head. There was a flash of sunlight on metal and she held the gun level with her chest at her assailant. "I should've known. Koja. You can't stay in one place, can you?"
"Not when my best student's running from her master," he replied with a cocky grin. "You never came back after that last mission, Mia. I was worried." Mia? What?
"I've told you a hundred times not to call me that, Koja. My name from the war has no point now that it's over. Go back to Feran and tell him I quit. I won't work for you anymore."
"Lord Feran is willing to offer you three times your pay. The war may be over, but the revenge is just starting."
"Then get revenge on this." She pulled the trigger. There was a pop and another noise as it glanced off the tree right next to his head. "Get out of my sight, Koja, or the next one won't miss." He paled and vanished. I realized Relei hadn't moved an inch.
"Ree..." I found myself looking down the barrel of a gun.
"I've worked hard to become cold," she said angrily. "I can't feel, damn it. That just makes me a weak opponent against Anashi. Then you had to come and screw everything up. Why did you have to be so great? Why couldn't you be a jerk like every other guy I've met?" Her hand trembled and tears were streaming down her face.
"Relei," I said softly. "It's okay. You have to calm down. Trent and Seraan need you right now and so do Karya and Synder. They need you to be a leader for them." I lifted my hand and slowly took the gun from her. She let her arm fall back to her side with a weak sob.
"I can't... I won't... Hira... forgive me..." I wrapped my arms around her shoulders and she cried. "Hira..."
"It's okay," I whispered. "It's okay."
"You don't understand," she replied. "Hira was Saha's sister. She was six when we were on a trip and got separated from the rest of the group by Anashi. I tried to protect her but... I promised her I'd destroy the Dynasty and only the Dynasty. Anything else would be pointless."
"It's okay," I repeated. What else could I tell her? I was still too stunned about everything. Like how she could not be a clone and still look a lot like Ryo. "Let's go to Mia's. Synder and Karya are waiting for you."
"Rowen, please, don't tell them," she said. "About anything. I don't want them to think that... I don't want them to think anything, okay?" She gently took the gun back and turned it over in her hands. "I've got to destroy this thing. You go on ahead. I'll catch up." I nodded and started to walk away. Unseen behind my back, Relei slipped the weapon in her coat pocket. I hadn't really thought she'd destroy it anyway.
"Hey Ree," I said when she caught up to me. "Did you really miss that guy on purpose?"
"Rowen, I promised not to kill anything other then the Dynasty. I broke that promise. You figure it out."
Chapter 5(Relei)
Saha sat at Trent's side, somewhere between crying and angry. It was about three days after the thing in the park. I still wanted to kill Rowen. But then again, where's the fun in that?
"Hey, Sa," I said, sitting next to him. In all honesty, she didn't look any better. She hadn't woken up and neither had Seraan. It was becoming a trial not to seek out Suin and kill her myself.
"I should've stayed in the Dynasty," he said. "This wouldn't have happened to her if I had."
"Stop it," I ordered. "Blaming yourself isn't going to help any of us. You haven't left this room in three days and you know Trent's going to kill you for it when she wakes up."
"If she wakes up."
"Stop it, Saha..." He glared at me, then lowered his head.
"You're right and I know it, but it just seems so hopeless. I know what she's seeing right now. A thousand things she shouldn't. Wars, death, all of it-"
"Saha, what do you think we did for a living?" I asked coolly. "We are children of war, even you. We fought each other in the Colonial Wars, and now we fight the Dynasty. You can't assume because we're girls that we can't handle this kind of thing."
"I didn't-"
"Relei!" shouted Synder. "Hurry up! We've got a problem!"
"What the..." I stood up and looked out of the window. A huge gateway was rising out of the ground and soldiers were pouring out. "Son of a-"
"The Dynasty?" asked Saha. I nodded. "You go. I'll stay here with Trent and Seraan."
"Don't let them catch you if they get to the house. You're life is more important then theirs, even to them, got it?" I didn't see his response. Synder yelled again and I raced downstairs into the backyard. Everyone had gone into the forest to fight the soldiers and I followed, deciding against my armor.
The trees provided great cover for the battles. I could hear the sounds of fighting, but I couldn't see them. Suddenly, three soldiers attacked from above me and pushed me into the dirt. Something sharp cut my lip, but it didn't bleed as badly as I thought it would.
"Get off me, creeps," I said, kicking one away. Another took his place, and then another. This just wasn't my day.
"I wish you wouldn't be so rough with my soldiers." Anashi appeared to my left, fully armored and with an air of contentment. "Are you having fun?"
"What do you want now?" I asked, my fingers closing around my kanji orb. A light glow spread from my hand, forming my sub armor. "Well, Anashi?"
"I want my subjects back. No matter what you do, Strata and Torrent will follow me."
"It isn't good to whine," I said. Another soldier grabbed my arm and twisted it painfully behind me. "What are you really after?"
"Only what belongs to me, Relei Zero-One. Take care of her, but don't lose that armor." I struggled, but something collided with the back of my head and I blacked out to the cold laughter of the soldiers around me...
Voices... a cold wind... why couldn't I move...
"Wake up, Ronin trash." Hard metal slapped me across the face and I jerked in surprise. Or jerked as far as I could with my wrists chained together and to the ceiling above me.
"Wha- what happened? Where am I?"
"You're in the dungeons of his Master Talpa," said the guard, remarkably human and remarkably familiar. "And you're staying here until we receive the armor of Inferno."
"The Inferno..." I trailed off. Of course. Anashi knew I wouldn't call my armor unless I needed it and Trent and Seraan were a good way to distract me from knowing when I needed it. "That bitch... who are you?!"
"It's none of your business," he answered calmly. "You have quite a temper, for a Ronin Warrior."
"I'll show you temper," I growled, my hands wrapping around the chain. The edges sliced into my palms and I grimaced.
"I wouldn't try escaping. The chains have very sharp edges and the floor is definitely not wet with water." He grinned cruelly. "Have fun." Why?! Why did I feel like I knew him?! It was too confusing. My head was reeling with a dozen thoughts, but I couldn't sort through them. Blood dripped down my arms and soaked into my jacket. I closed my eyes and tried to take in a breath, but I was too weak...
Chapter 6(Synder)
The soldiers pulled back quickly. That was definitely not right. My leg collapsed underneath me and Kento caught my arm.
"You okay?" he asked. I nodded and sent my armor away.
"I'll be fine," I said. "Karya, are you alright?"
"As good as I'll ever be after that," she responded. "I'll go see Saha and see what happened." She vanished inside the house and came out a few minutes later, looking confused. "Relei went out to fight, but no one attacked him, Seraan, or Trent." What in the-
"Relei!" I said quickly. "I knew it. It was a trap. That's the only thing it could've been. Suin corrupted Trent and Seraan, leaving Relei's judgment at a stand still."
"Meaning what?" said Rowen.
"Meaning they've got her," said Karya, catching on to what I was saying. "Oh, son of- Anashi!"
"So perceptive, Hardrock. I wouldn't have thought you were capable of figuring out my plan, even if I did everything short of telling it right to you." The seven warlords appeared, Anashi looked particularly proud of herself. "You know what I want in return for her life. She's enjoying herself in the darkest of Lord Talpa's dungeons under the watchful eye of... while, his name is only important to her at the moment. Two days, Ronins. I'll be back in two days with what's left of Wildfire and I expect the Inferno to be laid at my feet, got it?" She vanished, as did the rest of them. I released my strangle hold on Kento's hand and fought off tears. Oh, god, Relei. What were we going to do? We couldn't turn over the Inferno, no matter what. It was the last hope the mortal realm had and if the Dynasty had it, the future was altered beyond knowing. The Ronins didn't know they used to destroy Talpa, but Anashi did. And so did we. That's why she wanted it so badly.
"We have to-" started Ryo, but I cut him off.
"That's not an option. Turning over the Inferno armor is the worst possible thing we can do right now. It won't matter once they have it because we won't exist period. Talpa won't keep you alive and from there, it's pretty damn obvious. Not to mention the world's over if they have it." Karya touched my arm gently. "We have to get Trent and Seraan out of whatever hell they're in. Then we'll worry about Relei." I took a deep breath and walked inside the house. Saha was still upstairs, but he glanced at me nervously. "Is there anyway to get them up?"
"Not without their armors and Relei has those."
"Shit!" I yelled. "The Dynasty has Relei."
"What?!"
"I know, I know," I said, sinking into the chair next to him. "We're toasted."
Chapter 7(Relei)
Another cold hit sent my senses into over drive. I felt pain in my hands, but they weren't bleeding anymore. Every part of me ached and I bit back a hurt whimper. I had to be stronger then them, especially now.
"Here." I opened my eyes and saw the guard holding out a glass of water. My vision cleared as I shook my head. I still felt really weak, but the water restored some of my strength and my voice.
"Who are you?" I asked again as he went back to the door. "Why are you doing this do me?"
"That's a dumb question," he said. "You killed the one person I loved and my family too. You deserve this pain because it's nothing like what I felt, finding out my wife had been shot and my daughter was a casualty of war." My brain was too fogged to think. I had only shot one person in my entire life... Then it hit me.
"Of course," I whispered, my head falling back down. "Of course. This is Anashi's revenge for the years I've been kicking her ass."
"What are you talking about?" Didn't he get it? No, no he didn't. No one other then Dr. H and Rowen knew. Even he couldn't know, despite everything.
"I've done hundreds of bad things, but such are the faults of war. I betrayed my friends and killed my own family, all I had left. My father was a casualty of the worst battle through the entire Colonial Wars and it wasn't even considered part of that. I was given the job of destroying a peace talker capable of stopping the fighting. It was the only part I regret and don't at the same time. I don't regret it because it brought me here, to this time where I've met the best people for this and started over. But I regret it because I never got to tell my mother... good bye."
"Your... mother..." He sat down in a chair, his head in his hands. "No, it's a lie. She died. I saw her. Anashi showed me..."
"Anashi is part of the Dynasty. The Dynasty both of us were born to protect," I said. "She leads the warlords of Illusion and Corruption. Do you really think that that was real?" He stood back up, slowly, and faced me. His eyes were a cold blue, glittering with angry tears.
"You're a liar," he spat. "And you'll pay for this. I don't care what Anashi ordered. I'll keep you alive long enough to see your friends fall, then I will kill you like you killed my family."
Chapter 8(Karya)
We faced Anashi and the other warlords. She threw Relei onto the ground. Ree didn't move and was barely breathing as far as I could see. Let this work, I begged. Please. It's our only hope.
"Rowen," said Ryo, motioning towards her. Rowen stepped forward and picked her up gently. "Is it her?"
"Yeah, but she's not going to last long," he answered. "Ryo..."
"Just stay with it," I whispered as he handed her to me. "And watch her. Are we ready?" They nodded. "Okay. We'll be here for backup."
"Armor of Torrent! Dao Shin!"
"Halo! Dao Chi!"
"Hardrock! Dao Gi!"
"Strata! Dao Inochi!"
"Wildfire! Dao Jin!" Relei started yelling in pain as her armor formed around her. Her eyes opened and she glanced at me in full surprise.
"Just hold on," I said. "Stay with us. You'll be okay." She stood up and looked around.
"How did I get here?" she asked. "What the-"
"Calm down," said Synder. "Just calm down-"
"You tricked me!" screamed Anashi. "You tricked me! Soldiers! Attack!" Hundreds of soldiers suddenly surrounded us. Relei unsheathed her katanas, then wavered slightly.
"I got your back," I said. "Be careful."
"I'll kill her..." she said. "Karya, watch it!" She dove into some soldiers and they hit the side of a truck. It tipped over from the force and exploded in a burst of flames.
"Relei!" My breath stopped. I knew any other time, she could have survived. After all, she had her armor on and it drew its power from fire, but the power would over power her. She was too weak to handle it. "Oh, god..."
Chapter 9(Relei)
Half of me knew I would die if I fought, and the other half saw the soldiers barreling towards Karya. I hit the first one without thinking about the fact I was holding my katanas. There was a loud crash and then flames burst into life. Energy ran through me with such force I collapsed against the burning wreckage of whatever I had run into. I couldn't take much more...
"Don't give in, Relei." I opened my eyes slowly. He was there, in a small section of unburning ground. "You have a stronger armor. You'll be safer if you use it."
"You... but why?" I asked, standing up.
"You're the hope of the future. I may have lost my wife, but my daughter..." He gave me a small smile as he started to disappear. "She'll always live on in my heart. You freed me, Relei. Now I have to save my friends. Thanks." I closed my eyes and fell to my knees.
"My friends..." I whispered. "I need your help..." A glow surrounded my armor and suddenly, the power tripled. I forced myself to hold on. If I died, I couldn't stop the Dynasty or Anashi and that girl was going eat my katanas if I had my way.
My armor broke apart and my sub armor changed to black. What the- I didn't have to think of more. Fire wrapped around me and the pain of power subsided as the white armor took the energy. I became aware of the ground beneath me and the sounds of battle. I was alive, but what of my friends? How long would they last? Long enough, I hoped.
Epilogue(Synder)
"Anashi!" The entire fight froze dead stop. I lifted my head and ignored the soldier with half of my nodaochi through him. It had come from the fire and sounded just like Relei, but... "I've watched you destroy my world and now you try to destroy this one. That can't happen and I plan on stopping you." There was a shadow in the flames and I gasped as Relei stepped from them in a white armor. Was that why my armor had been glowing? The Inferno...
"The white armor..." Anashi trailed off angrily. "I'll have that too. Two Infernos will not make Master Talpa happy in the hands of Ronins. But first, I will tear you apart!" She lunged and I took a step forward, but suddenly, Kina got in my way.
"Fight me, Ronin," she said. "Unless your afraid."
"Of you? When that happens, I'll be dead and gone."
"That can be arranged."
"You wish." Our nodaochis connected and I saw Sage fighting Kale out of the corner of my eye. At least this time, it would be just me… and the evil warlord bitch of Darkness.
The End