Ch 10
Shaheen was staring at Fahd in disbelief, after all this time he finally got the lamp into his possession. 'He has two out of the three items needed to completely free Dammar. Damn, how could I have been so careless? I have to prevent him from getting the talisman.'
"What's the matter Shaheen? Cat got your tongue? Or are you beating yourself up because you failed to keep me from getting the items that I'm searching for?" Fahd taunted with a smirk while holding the lamp. "Now, why don't you just make it easy on yourself and give up the girl and the talisman?"
"No! I won't! Fahd, you're insane to even think that I'll hand them over to the likes of you." Shaheen seethed angrily as he was cradling his bleeding wrist.
"Then I guess I have to retrieve them myself." Fahd replied as he looked at the genie. "Dammar, retrieve the girl, she has the talisman inside of her."
"Yes my master." Dammar replied as he was changing from blue to red. Dammar looked over towards Kaye and clapped his hands together to produce a twister.
Kaye took a few steps back, then braced herself the best she could from the pulling winds.
"Hey! I told you before! You're not taking my wife!" Kento hollered at him angrily as he was about to unleash his sure kill a second time.
Rowen quickly looked between the twister and Kaye, as well as everyone else to where they were. He was analyzing the situation, there was no way that Kento should launch his attack again, especially with the extra power boost that Fahd seems to have. Shaheen is wounded, the others are too far to even take Fahd down from his horse. The ronin of Strata frowned deeply as he made up his mind. He quickly slung back his bow and raced to get in the twister's path.
Kaye opened her eyes and squinted as she heard the others voices calling out to Rowen for him to come back. "Rowen! What do you think you're doing?"
The dark blue ronin glanced back. "I'm doing what I have to in order to keep Fahd from getting you and from having him free Dammar completely."
She looks at him in concern while still fighting the force of the twister. "Rowen, please don't do this."
"It'll be alright Kaye, you'll see." Rowen replied and then gave a surprised yell as he was sucked into the twister and then into the lamp.
"ROWEN!" Kaye called out to him as her eyes went wide and the winds died to a stand still.
Everyone else was very surprised at what just happened as well. "NO! This wasn't suppose to be! Dammar! Again, call forth another twister and this time get the girl!" Fahd growled angrily.
The genie looked over at his new master and shook his head. "I'm sorry master, but I can not."
"What? What do you mean you can't?" Fahd shot back, glaring at the genie.
"The lamp can only hold me and one other at a time." Dammar replied as he looked at him.
"Then kick him out and try again!" Fahd ordered. "I command you!"
"I can not do that master. As soon as someone is caught inside of the lamp, then the one trapped starts to slowly gain powers similar to mine. Then when the ceremonial moon comes out and the person is still inside, they will become a full fledge genie." Dammar explained.
"He's right Fahd. There is nothing in this time period that can get him out of that lamp." Shaheen said as he finally spoke up.
Fahd smirked as he mused this information over. He pulled the reins of his horse as the genie flew along with him in tow. 'Well then, I guess I should be the first to go back to our time and get everything ready for their arrival. I'm sure that they'll come for their friend. When they do, then we'll be ready.'
"What? You're telling us that our friend is going to be stuck in there for eternity and be turned into a genie? No! We won't accept it! There has to be a way to get him out!" Ryo yelled at him in complete anger.
"There is only one way, but the solution is only present in our time where Fahd and I originally came from." Shaheen explained with a heavy heart.
"Fine! I don't care how Rowen gets out! But you're going to do it!" Sage told him sternly as he looked over at Shaheen with cold eyes.
Cye looked around with a deep frown. "Hey, in case anyone is interested, Fahd just disappeared."
Shaheen's eyes went wide as he shook his head and then narrowed his eyes. "He's going to try and beat us to our time in order to get your friend from the lamp. If he gets back before us, then more in likely he'll have some kind of welcome committee for us."
Ryo narrowed his eyes, "Then we just have to get there before him. Shaheen, is there anyway that you can make a portal or something to get us there first?"
"Yes, but first I have to alter the appearance of your clothing in order to help all of you to blend in a little better." Shaheen replied as he finally tore a piece of cloth and bandaged his hand.
"Fine, just do what you need to, but stop wasting time and get to it. Rowen needs us!" Kento told him sternly as he was now standing by Kaye.
Shaheen gave a slight nod as he got ready. "Alright, once this is done and we're back in my time, try and stay close to me. My time is quite different from the one you're use to. If any of you get separated, you're on your own."
"Fine, please Shaheen don't waste any more time. Just do what you need to." Kaye replied as she looked over towards him.
"Circle around me, it'll be easier." Shaheen instructed. The others did what he said and then the immortal started to chant and their clothes morphed into clothing that's more suitable to where he came. The guys were standing in robes and turbans with their symbols etched onto the upper part of the back of their robes. Kaye in the meantime was dressed in a harem type out fit, and then he produced a short robe with a hood and gave it to her. "Here, you'll need this. It'll help keep you from being seen easily from anyone that Fahd recruits."
Kaye glanced over towards him skeptically but gratefully took it and put it on.
"Alright, now, all of you close your eyes and concentrate on your friend. Your thoughts will take you to the time he's in." Shaheen replied as he spoke the incantation. A mighty wind came up and swept away any traces that might have been from them even being there.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A quick flash of light flickered and then Fahd and Dammar came through the portal, ending up in a far off palace. "Home sweet home, there's nothing like it. Now, to pay his eminence a visit."
"Fahd, I see that you're back, and you're successful." the sultan observed with a satisfied nod.
"I'm somewhat successful your eminence, I have two out of the three items. But for right now, the third is just out of reach. Within time, I'm more than sure that I'll be able to acquire it for you." Fahd explained. "I have the book and as you can see, Dammar, but the talisman still eludes me, but I assure you it won't for long."
"Tell me Fahd, where is the talisman?" the sultan asked as he watched Fahd put down the lamp and the book on a golden table.
"I believe you'll find it very interesting on where Shaheen has stored it. That fool has somehow implanted it inside of a female. But this female is not ordinary, she's an inner prophet to be exact." Fahd told him in a matter of fact tone. Fahd knew he was right, because the sultan was indeed very intrigued to find out this type of news.
"What exactly does this inner prophet look like?" the sultan asked as his eyes lit up curiously.
Fahd told in detail what Kaye looks like as well as the other ronins that she travels with. He also informed the sultan that in the course of preventing Kaye from being drawn into the lamp that one of their friends got inside instead.
"I'm very sure that Shaheen will somehow try and alter their clothing so they'd be able to blend in. But I'm wondering if there should be some kind of welcoming party for them when they do finally arrive." Fahd suggested with a dangerous glint in his eyes.
The sultan thought this over and then nodded. "Yes, Fahd I do believe that is the best way to go about this. Take as many guards as you need and bring them back by any means possible."
"Of course, your eminence." Fahd replied with a bow as he left to get things ready.