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Chapter Eleven- Sacrifice of Hiding in a Lie
/ (Wake me up) Wake me up inside
(I can't wake up) Wake me up inside
(Save me) Call my name and save me from the dark
(Wake me up) Bid my blood to run
(I can't wake up) Before I come undone
(Save me) Save me from the nothing I've become /
Will looked at the woman before him, staring at her intently. The mission had just gone from bad to worse in the blink of an eye. Dulcea had warned him about letting Adrianna know who he was. Now he had no idea what she was going to do with the knowledge that he was the Sentinel Commander. Of course, it looked like first she wanted him as a sex slave. Will held up his Katana.
"I wonder what my grandmother would do if she found out that I captured her evil Grey Ranger?" Adrianna began circling him, every now and then hitting his Katana with her sword briefly. "Or should I just capture you and place you under my control? I have heard you made a great evil warrior as you almost single-handedly beat the Rangers were Goldar kept on failing."
"I won't serve evil." Will growled, a black fear rising up in him again. Roughly, he pushed it to the back of his mind, trying not to let it overwhelm him.
"You won't have a say." Adrianna leaped again, this time attacking with her magic. Slivers of stone flew in the air as twin energy balls slammed on either side. Will brought his Katana just in time to block Adrianna's swipe. He grunted as her feet connected with his stomach, sending him flying backward into the wall. Using his own Power, he knocked her sword out of her hand. She laughed as she conjured up ropes of burning light and flinging him across the other side of the control room. He landed on his head and he slid to a stop at the base of a console.
Adrianna walked over to him and pulled his helmet off before the pain-induced haze lifted from his mind.
Pain erupted as Adrianna grasped him by the hair, pulling his head back. He gritted his teeth as she sat on his back, Then without warning, she slammed his head into the ground. "You haven't been trained very well as you think, I see." She slammed his head against the ground again. Will tasted blood in his mouth and his vision was beginning to swim. "What a pathetic way for the Sentinel Commander to perish in his first fight against a villain, don't you think?"
His body froze when he felt Adrianna drift a finger down his side in an unmistakable manner.
"I wasn't lying when I said I desire you, Commander." Adrianna's voice ghosted over his ear, husky and low. "I wonder what surprises lay under your clothing."
"I told you before. I won't bow down to your sexual whims." Will grounded out, his heart beating faster, mouth suddenly dry.
"Perhaps that can be changed?" Adrianna grasped the edge of his pants and began to worm her way in. She began rocking against him. "Imagine what it would feel like with you on top, my hands sliding over your hot body?"
Will began panicking, sweat forming on his body. This couldn't be happening, especially on their first mission. He started to struggle, trying to buck off Adrianna. The evil tyrant began to laugh as he struggled helplessly. "GET OFF ME!"
"Just keep struggling, Commander; it is only making me enjoy it more."
Will thought quickly, what would get her off him? Then an idea came. Will slipped his hand from underneath her knees and placed it on her thigh. A remark came to her lips but instead she shouted in anger and pain as her leg began to suddenly freeze. Her body shifted slightly as she tried to grab for his hand. Using the new found freedom, Will was able to buck her off completely.
Adrianna landed in an undignified heap away from him. Will flipped to his feet. Picking up his Katana he faced her again.
"You insolent scrap of filth!" The enraged female screamed, a hand resting on the partially frozen limb.
"I told you to get off me. I wasn't kidding." Will tightened his grip on the Katana. Now that he was free, pure rage and dark hatred was starting to bubble within Will. Before Adrianna could go on the offensive, this time Will took the first strike.
Adrianna weaved and dodged, looking for her fallen sword. Seeing he was getting mad, the evil tyrant changed tactics. "Why do you protect the weak? Why fight for their survival? They are nothing but worthless beings in an arena where only the strong and powerful thrive. You should let them all die for the world would be better off without them." The tyrant rolled forward, coming up in a crouch with her retrieved sword in hand.
"I'm not like you, Adrianna. I believe every being has the right to live, regardless of their status." Will dodged to the right as her sword came down on his left. "You have no right dictating the lives of others who deserve to live their life to the fullest."
"I am a goddess. I control more power than what they can hope to ever see." Adrianna summoned another energy sphere, aiming it directly for Will's head. Will knocked aside with one of his. "You can easily become my husband, Commander for you also wield Power and magic beyond what others can wield. You control the element of ice. Your arrack has shown me that." Their swords met again in the air, their powers crackling angrily against each other. "The feeling of having the choice of life and death over them is intoxicating; it is the real power."
"It is nothing but an illusion, a craved being's delusion." Will kicked out again, catching Adrianna in her leg which was beginning to defrost, thanks to Adrianna's magic.
"Is it really?" Their swords tangled again. Adrianna leaned in. "What about what you felt when you tortured your friends and family that night under my grandmother's palace, Commander? What about those feeling that rose within you when you whipped them like the dogs they are? Were you not pleased at their suffering?"
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Dayleen grunted as her Katana met another guard's blade. "This isn't going well."
"And who told you that?" Scott replied as he flipped up and back, putting more distance between him and the line of guards rushing him. "How many guards does she have?"
"A lot of them." Dayleen held out a hand, sending a wave of power down the hall, knocking out the rushing guard. Guys, how are you holding up?
Getting our asses kicked apparently. Grunted Mark. The others quickly replied except for one.
Has anybody heard from Will? The Sentinels replied in the negative. Shit. Everyone deal with your guards quickly. We need to head to Will's last position. That was the last thing before Dayleen had to duck as a guard slammed his pike side ways, barely missing her side.
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Gabriel and Ryan looked at each other at the last order. They were both thinking the same thing. What if Adrianna had caught Will in the act of destroying her control room?
"Do you think she killed him?" The Serpent Ninjetti asked.
"I'm trying to think positive here, Scott. Thinking only about the worst things will make worry which in turn, hinder you." Gabriel moved his Katana, slicing through the air. Using the handle, he knocked out a guard. "Plus, Will is a strong fighter. Adrianna will have a fight on her hands."
Just then, a large explosion sounded through the air as the ground beneath them cracked. Screams sounded through the hallways on the second and first floor, flames licking the outside walls. The two Sentinels looked at each other from their positions on the floor.
"What they hell was that?" They asked in unison.
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"MARK! Where are you!" Toni screamed as she coughed, the air she was breathing a second ago was filled with smoke and dust. She coughed again, her throat burning as she inhaled. "MARK!"
A boot slammed into her side, throwing her backward. The Badger Ninjetti looked up into the looming face of a palace guard, a pike held high. Then a sphere of Indigo Power caught the guard in the middle, burning and knocking the guard unconscious.
"Toni?" A slightly singed Mark limped into view, blood darkening his uniform.
"Mark, are you okay?"
"I don't think so." Toni helped Mark limp behind a statue of one of Adrianna's ancestors. Warning Mark, Toni ripped open his clothes. A large gash had been sliced into Mark's thigh, blood oozing from it.
"Looks like shrapnel hit you when the explosion went off." She peered closer at the wound. "And I think the shrapnel is still in there." She slid a hand underneath, searching for the exit wound and finding none. "Yup, it's still in there."
Mark's head fell back. "Great."
"I call Beck. She's better at this type of wound." Beck?
Yeah, Toni?
Mark's injured and the shrapnel is still stuck in there. Do you think you can come down and help us out?
Sure. I was planning to leave any way. Be there in a few.
Thanks. "She's coming right now."
"What the hell did you think set off the explosion?" Mark grunted, trying not to move his leg anymore then he had to.
"Might be that guy. What's his name? Felid?"
"You don't think he could have waited for us."
Toni snorted. "He's definitely a pyromaniac."
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Groaning, Joseph rolled over, eyes searching for the small Amber and Sun-rose Ninjetti uniform. "Jessie!"
"I'm here." A voice sounded through the dark grey cloud that was rolling inside. Joseph shook his head. Or rather rolling outside.
"I think somehow we are on the outside of the castle."
Jessie tried to clear her head. As she got up, she felt the wet slick grass beneath her hands. "How the hell did we accomplish that? We were heading back to the opening to help out the rebels."
"I think the explosion relocated us." Joseph looked up, seeing the huge hole that was now carved into the stone walls of the palace. "Yeah, that's a big hole." The opening was over two storied wide as it was tall. The two Sentinels could see the levels were fighting was taking place.
Day?
Yeah, Joseph?
Jessie and I are now on the outside of the palace. Looks like we got relocated after the explosion.
Are you guys alright?
Bruised, cut but otherwise fine. Do we have anyone hurt?
Mark. Right now, Beck's on her way to him. We haven't heard back from Will.
A gasp behind him broke Joseph out of the telepathic link. He turned around to see Jessie facing the other way, face pale, a hand near her mouth. "Jessie?"
Without a word, the Squirrel Ninjetti just pointed at the area underneath the wall. Confused, the Mustang Ninjetti looked over the edge. What he saw almost made him throw his dinner over the side.
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Dayleen frowned. Joseph had cut off the connection all of a sudden, and with Will missing, it was making her worry. Joseph? Are you guys alright?
She breathed a sigh of relief when Joseph replied back. We're alright. Something about his tone of voice brought up her concern even higher than before.
Joseph, what's wrong?
We just found a mass grave, Dayleen. It looks like the pictures of those Nazi concentration camps over here. Some of them are pretty old and are already beginning to decompose.
Get out of there. Head back to where Mark and Toni are. Beck should be there by now. Dayleen ordered, now worried about Joseph and Jessie's state of mind after seeing that. This mission was surely going to hell.
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Rebekkah ran.
When Dayleen had told her Mark had been injured, she had naturally assumed the worse. Will wasn't responding to the telepathic calls Dayleen and her were sending. Either he might not be hearing their calls or he was dead. And she didn't want to think about the latter.
She skidded around a corner, eyes searching for Toni. Seeing them behind the statue, she quickly made her way across the debris-covered hall. "How's he doing?"
"Pretty well for a guy with a piece of shrapnel stuck in his leg." Toni replied.
Rebekkah uncovered the wound. "Yeah, it's still in there." The Tiger Ninjetti looked at Mark, seeing him looking at her with some fear in his eyes. "It's going to hurt but it should heal more quickly."
"What exactly are you going to do?"
"I'm going to dig it out."
"Huh, WHAT!"
"I'm going to dig it out. You better not move or I might cut a major artery." Rebekkah reached for her Tanto, her face settling into a grim expression. "When I thought I wanted to be a doctor, I thought was going to be in a hospital."
"That's not making me feel better." Mark grounded out.
"This for sure won't." Toni muttered.
"Here we go." Rebekkah slowly moved the blade into Mark's leg, following the ragged wound to where the piece of metal was stuck. Using it like a lever, she tried as gently as she could to push back through the wound. Tears were beginning to fall from Mark's face as he tried to keep quiet. "Almost there man. You're doing well."
"Hurts like fuck." He groaned, a small whimper escaping him. "God, it hurts!" Finally with a slimy pop, the steel appeared. Using the tips of her fingers, Rebekkah picked up the piece and brought it up to her face.
"Looks like it was clean as it went in, no poison or anything."
"Thank god." Mark collapsed against Toni. "Shit."
"How come you didn't use that move that Will did when that piece of stone was stuck in your back?" Toni asked as Beck placed her hand over the wound.
"Because it would drain me of all my power and probably sent me into a coma as I yet don't have the experience. Will's lucky as he had three possible avenues the healing could draw Power from. I have only two." Slowly, the edges of Mark's wound began to close. "The more practice I have with healing, the less Power-consuming it becomes." The wound disappeared completely, only leaving a faint scar. "And of course, there won't be any scars."
"Thanks, Beck." Mark said.
"No problem." Now the only Rebekkah had to worry about was where was Will?
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Adrianna was winning the battle. She had way more experience with using the magic she wielded along with her swordsmanship. Will wasn't a fighter at heart like Jason or Tommy. He didn't know what he was doing here. He wasn't a warrior.
Will grunted as another magic sliver hit its mark on his upper arm. He was bleeding from a dozen wounds spread over his body. The Ninjetti healing was starting to kick in by numbing the pain.
A hand flashed out. Will turned away even as the long sharpened nails raked his cheek, one digging in painfully. Blood began oozing from the cut, dripping off his cheek.
"You're slow, Commander. Why did that witch choose you as the leader of the Sentinels if you once served evil?" She taunted, weaving back and forth.
"I never served it willingly. I was forced to do the things I did against my will." The Wolf Ninjetti let loose another energy sphere. Adrianna once again moved, the sphere flying over her leg. "Your reign will end tonight."
"How can you be so sure? For ten thousand years, the natives of this planet have tried in getting rid of my family line. What makes you think you will succeed?"
"Faith. Hope." Will bent back as Adrianna's sword flew overhead.
"And that is all you have." Adrianna twisted around, sword coming in from beneath.
Will jumped, back-flipping with his Katana in hand. "I have more than you know."
"A delusion of trying to redeem yourself in your own eyes? The chance to show to your friends that you are really not evil?" Adrianna laughed. "They will never forgive you, Commander. You have fallen from redemption forever. There is nothing you can do that will clean the stain upon your soul. And the longer you try, the longer you shall fail."
"I won't fail." Will thrusted out, catching Adrianna on the waist.
Adrianna gave a laugh before she parried, knocking Will's Katana to the side. She then snap-kicked Will in the groin, catching him unawares. Following up, she drove her knee into his face as he crouched over in pain.
"Oh, you will fail, Commander." Summoning her magic, she grabbed hold of him and threw him back. He grunted as he connected with the stone wall. With a smile, Adrianna walked to the main console on the lower floor. "You see, you don't have the audacity to kill another being regardless of their actions. You are still that lost little boy that my grandmother kidnapped to use in her goals, with no power to change the course of your history." Adrianna flicked the cover on the console, uncovering the button that would the end the lives of thousand of Romaine's citizens.
During her speech, Will had climbed to his hands and feet, vision blurred. Her words hadn't been able to penetrate the dark fog that had fallen on his mind, overlapping the red-tinged mist from the pain. All he could think about was the fact that if he didn't do something soon, more people were going to die. His hand drifted to his belt, unsheathing the Tanto. He clambered to his feet, eyes focused on Adrianna whose back was turned to him.
He wasn't going to fail.
He wasn't going to break his promise.
She had to be taken down.
Will moved, a black and blue flash, across the lower floor.
Adrianna sensed him.
She started to turn.
Blood splattered across the glowing screen.
