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Unexpected Consequences
Chapter 14



Rekino woke up to noises coming from the kitchen. She sat up, pulling the blanket to cover her exposed upper body, and rubbed the sleep from her eyes. She yawned and stretched. She heard the noises again. She frowned. Can't someone get a decent wake-up of a morning? She looked over at Rowen and noticed he was still asleep. Rekino smiled and kissed his lips gently before getting out of bed. She didn't make it half way before Ryo plowed through the wall sword to sword with a Roman.

"GOD DAMMIT, RYO!" Rekino yelled, "What the hell are you doing?" She saw the Roman, "Oh, I see. Early morning exercise!"

Ryo shot Rekino a glare before he noticed that she wasn't dressed properly, "I could make a comment about your situation, but I don't have time!" He pushed the soldier back into the kitchen and engaged with it again. She peeped through the hole and saw Flash, Shades, Scorpio, and Hana surrounding the soldier with Ryo.

I'll take that as my cue to get dressed! Rekino thought to herself as she ran around her room and gathered her clothes. She dressed faster that day than she had ever done in her seventeen years on Earth. When she walked into the living room, in her subarmor, she noticed that the others had the soldier tied down in a chair, "Well damn! I missed all the fun."

Ryo looked towards Rekino and snickered, "No, you saw plenty of that last night!"

"Okay you two, knock it off," Flash interrupted and tried to draw their attention to the hostage, "Okay, who sent you?"

The Roman looked at her hatefully and spat in her face, "Go to hell."

Flash wiped off her face and glared at the solider. "Heaven doesn't want me at the moment and Hell's afraid I'll take over!"

The Roman soldier sneered at her.

"Now we have some questions for you, and you're going to answer them," Ryo said.

"And if I don't?" the Roman snapped.

Shades' temper blew up and she grabbed him by the shirt of his collar, her fist held against between his eyes. "If you don't answer the damn questions, I'll pound you so hard your mother will feel it!"

Ryo, Hana, and Rekino all stared in shock at the Russian girl. They had only heard of Shades' temper, but never imagined they would see it. And somehow they weren't sure if that was only the beginning of her temper.

"I'm not telling you anything!" he spat. "And you can't make me!"

Shades let out a roar and suddenly attacked him, beating him on his face. She broke his nose and gave him a fat lip before Flash pulled her off. "Shades, cool it. We need him alive for now."

Shades growled but submitted to Flash's order. She jerked away from her leaders grip and went to stand by Scorpio, who was beside Ryo.

Rekino stood by Hana in thought. She was wondering how she could get the dude to tell everyone who sent him. She got an idea and decided to call Josephine, the resident smartass. 'Hey Jo, ya there?' She was answered by snoring. Rekino's mouth went into a frown. 'ATTENTION! PRESENT ARMS!'

Josephine bolted out of bed and thrust her elbow in the air, 'Yes sir!'

'I'm not your 'sir', Jo. I'm your Leaderette!'

Josephine thought she was going crazy until she remembered that she was a Lady Guardian, 'Oh, hey Rekino. What're you doing calling me at…FOUR IN THE MORNING?!'

'Oh, I just thought that you needed an earlier wake up and run like I do. Just kidding. Actually, I need your help.'

'One, I'm not there to help you. Two, I'm too tired to think. Three, Rowen's there with you. Ask him.' Josephine yawned and lay back down to try to go back to sleep.

'Rowen's in the bed, and you can too help me, even if you're not here!' Rekino protested and got to the point, 'We're trying to get answers out of a soldier that attacked us and he won't spill. Got any suggestions?'

'Yeah, do what I do when I try to get answers out of Cye: Grab him by the balls and squeeze!'

'And if that doesn't work?' Rekino asked her best friend

'Tell him his mother was a hamster and his father smelled of elderberry! Romans are particular about their parents.'

'Oh okay! You can go back to sleep now, Jo.' Rekino said sweetly.

'Thank you, mother,' Josephine said smartly before she added her last comment, 'Rekino, I love you to death, but never call me again at four in the morning unless you want me to beat you when you get back!' With that, Josephine disconnected and snuggled closer to Cye.

Rekino smiled to herself. Josephine was the best person to ask about getting answers out of men. She stepped forward, "Guys, let me handle this," She walked past Flash and up to the Roman soldier. She bent down until she was staring straight in his eyes, "I'm going to ask you sweetly to tell us who sent you before I get cranky."

The Roman looked his enemy straight in the eyes before answering, "Whore!"

Rekino lowered her head and shook it back and forth lightly as her bangs swayed with her. Not moving her head, she looked at him as her eyes turned darker, "I tried to be nice," With a quick movement from her wrist, she grabbed the soldier in his sensitive area. Everyone heard him cry out in agony, "Now, are you going to tell us or am I going to have to take it a step further?"

The soldier's eyes were pleading with her, but he remained silent. The others were looking at Rekino like she was a genius.

"Why didn't I think of that?" Shades thought a loud.

"Still not gonna tell, huh?" Rekino asked. She looked behind towards Ryo to see that he was still in armor, "Hey bro, give me one of your swords, will ya?"

Ryo's eyes widened, "Sis, as much as I want to get answers from him, I won't allow you to cut off his life line. That's something no man would want to experience or hear about!" He pleaded, "There has to be something else."

Hana stepped forward, "There is!" She walked over to Rekino and looked down at her leader, "I'll just help her apply pressure," Before anyone could say anything, Hana put her foot over Rekino's hand and pressed down harder.

The Roman soldier cried out again, "Okay! I'll tell! Just stop!"

Hana removed her foot but Rekino kept a hold of the man's testicles, "I'm not letting go until he tells us. Now, spill before my friend puts her foot back!"

"The queen sent me!" The Roman cried, "Alina sent me to get rid of you so she and her husband could rule Germany! I was told under strict orders not to return until all of you are eliminated!"

Flash blew her bangs upward, but they settled down over her eyes once more. She glared at the soldier. "Two things. One. Queen Alina is a slut, and Germany doesn't need a slut to rule over them. And two, there's no way in hell we're going to let her and her husband takes this country over."

Scorpio nodded. "We'll fight to the bitter end if we have to!"

"Then you'll die miserably too!" The Roman soldier laughed. Ryo couldn't take it anymore. His sword shot out, slamming into the soldier's neck, killing him instantly.

Everyone stared in shock at him. Never before had Ryo killed another human being. His temper was rising off him, and for a moment, Rekino was afraid. Her mind flashed back to the dream. Was it of her brother she dreamt about? Or was it Flash? She didn't know, but she did know one thing. They had to get rid of the body.

Ryo stalked out of the room and went to sit in the kitchen to calm himself. Scorpio and Shades got rid of the body, while Flash and Rekino were trying to figure out their next move. Hana went to talk to Ryo to see if he was okay, and Flash eventually went to wake up Rowen.

She looked around the room, and saw Rowen sound asleep under the sheets. She cupped her hands around her mouth and shouted. "This just in: The new Astrology book of the Existence of alien life forms by Professor Toyiko has finally arrived in stores!"

Rowen's eyes immediately snapped open and he shot up in bed, the bed sheets surrounding his body. His eyes narrowed a few minutes later at Flash. "Flash, one of these days."

"Get dressed, Smurf. We have things to do today," Flash replied as she left, closing the door behind her.

Rowen threw off the covers and grabbed his clothes. "I'm not a smurf," he muttered as he dressed.



Thaitus paced back and forth in the dungeon. His entire kingdom had been taken over in just hours, and most of his forces were completely wiped out. Ever since the commander Harry had left, they had been having trouble gaining a victory. Even Damien's defenses were no match against the Romans.

On the bench Lila was shedding tears. Their son had been gone for three hours and she was so worried about him. Annelise and Bianca tried their best to comfort her, but it seemed to be no use. The queen of German feared her only child was dead.

"There has to be a way out of here," Thaitus said as he stared at the bars.

"Do you know if any of these bar locks have a weakness to them?" Damien asked.

"No. My great great great great grandfather had this dungeon built very well. He took no chances when it came to prisoners."

Damien nodded and rubbed his goatee as he studied the bars. "If only we could get a message to my forces. Then perhaps one could sneak here and help us out."

"And if they're caught?"

Damien sighed and lowered his head. This whole situation was getting worse and worse with each passing moment.



Thunder was locked in a tiny room that was held in the third floor of the castle of the Roman king and queen. At the moment he was curled up on a cot, which was set against the back brick wall, trembling greatly as the tears continue to roll down his cheeks. All he could think about was what Alina had done to him. Not only did she destroy his spirit and trust, but she had taken away his virginity as well, and that was something he had wanted to save until marriage. How was he ever going to live with himself now? He didn't know the answer to that question, and he doubt he'd ever find out.

The queen had forced him to wear a tunic and trousers, which added to more embarrassment. He knew why she forced him to wear the clothes, but he didn't want to think about that at the moment. Outside two Roman guards stood at his door. They were there to make sure he didn't escape. Later today, would be Thunder's first time at becoming a slave. They knew the plans Alina had for the young German prince, but they kept it to themselves. Let the kid find out himself. They didn't care.

As if on cue, Alina suddenly appeared, wearing a black dress that went past her feet, and showed her butt in more detail, her breasts were almost fully exposed. She seemed to swing her hips from side to side as she unlocked the door to Thunder's 'new room'. She stepped inside and approached him.

"Time to get up to start the new day," she purred. Thunder looked at her in fear and backed away from her. At this the queen snarled and grabbed him by the face. "You will serve me, young prince, or I'll see it to it you suffer greatly. Is that understood?"

Thunder's eyes widened and he nodded. She could feel him trembling in her arms, and she smiled. "Good." With that she kissed him deeply.

Thunder's heart pounded in terror. Oh no! He thought. Not this again. Please not again!

Amazingly enough he got his wish. The queen let go of him. "You're to begin your service to me. I'd like to have a nice hot bath prepared for me."

Thunder gulped. He really had no idea what to do, and any chances of escape were minimum. The queen teleported them to a private bath. She pointed out where everything was and explained how she liked her bath. She then left him, promising she was keeping a close eye on him should he try anything.

Thunder did not want any part of this. At first he refused to do anything until he felt the crack of a whip against his back. He cried out in pain. The Roman soldier who had struck him sneered at him. "Get to work!"

Thunder could feel the blood running down his back, staining the tunic he was wearing, and the fiery pain burning from it. Tears ran down his cheeks as he made his way to the bathtub. He had no choice but to obey.



Back at the hotel, Rowen was now dressed and hearing about what had happened with the Roman soldier. He was shocked to say nonetheless, and was wondering what was going to come next. He soon got his answer.

"We need to go back to the castle and rescue Thunder and his parents," Ryo said.

"As if Thunder's father needs rescuing," Rekino muttered.

"Sis, as much as I agree with you, we have no choice. They need our help, and as protectors of this planet, we are obligated to do so."

Rekino sighed, muttering to herself. Whatever she was saying probably wasn't nice, and no one needed to elaborate either.

"So when do we leave?" Shades demanded. She was ready to go at this very moment.

"Right now," Flash answered. She did not want to wait any more than she had to. So all of them got their things ready and soon marched out their doors, ready for another day of intense battle.



That afternoon in Japan, Josephine was stuck babysitting Hiroshi, while Mia took a bath. Amaya was in the kitchen cooking lunch and Cye and Kento were outside playing football. Josephine was bored so she thought of giving Hiroshi a talk.

"Okay kid, you're going to get your first lesson in life from me," Josephine said as she picked up Hiroshi and sat him on her knees.

"Gaah!" Hiroshi cooed and drooled. He looked at one of his many god parents with his big green eyes.

"Ah shut up and listen to me," Josephine took in a breath and started to sing a not so appropriate song, "Sometimes I park in handicap spaces while handicap people make handicap faces! I'm an asshole! I'm an asshole!" (A.N. Dennis Leary's song)

In the middle of the song Mia came into the living room. She just stood there in shock, "Josephine! What are you singing to my child!?"

"His future song." Josephine replied with a grin.

"I don't think so. He is not going to be a asshole." Mia said and picked Hiroshi up. "I am relieving you of your babysitting duties."

"Thank God. I am tired of watching him. Nothing against him or anything, but he's is boring." Josephine said and began walking towards the kitchen.

"Well, he's only a baby. Babies can't do anything." Mia stated.

"Tell me about." Josephine replied and disappeared into the kitchen.

"I am so glad she doesn't have kids yet and I'm sure Cye is too." Mia sighed. Hiroshi cooed and Mia looked down at him, "You're glad too, huh?"



After Flash had announced they would leave right away, Hana had went outside to the balcony and sat. She stared up at the stars. She could hear the others devising a plan to get into the castle without being noticed. She sighed. So many thoughts had been running through her head lately. She was so confused. Sage had been turned to the darkness and Thunder had been captured.

Hana let a tear slid down her cheek as the stars twinkled down at her, "I don't know if you two can hear me, Thunder and Sage, but this is for y'all," She cleared her throat and let her soft soprano voice fill the air. Even Roman and German soldiers stopped fighting when they heard the majestic voice of the young woman, "Longer than there've been fishes in the ocean, Higher than any bird ever flew, Longer than there've been stars up in the heavens, I've been in love with you Stronger than any mountain cathedral Truer than any tree ever grew Deeper than any forest primeval I am in love with you," A clapping noise caused Hana to turn around. She saw Rekino and Flash standing in the doorway with the others behind them. The Lady of Halo blushed a rather bright red color.

Ryo couldn't help himself, "I couldn't help but notice that some of the windows cracked."

Hana didn't speak, but her blush deepened. She felt something hit her in the head and land in her arms. A dozen dying, black roses were perched in her lap. She looked over the ledge and saw several Roman soldiers looking up at her. Her face went from red to green in a second.

"Oh, you have some admirers, Hana," Shades pointed out.

Hana only nodded and smiled at the soldier that gave her the roses. She blew them kisses and they started screaming at her. She managed to put on an even bigger smile.

Rekino had noticed the silence in her blonde friend, "Okay Hana, you are being as quiet as a whore in church on Sunday surrounded by ten paying customers!"

"Nice analogy," Flash said, "But enough of this chit chat. We have work to do."

Hana nodded and stood up. She waved goodbye to her friends and pushed past everyone to get back in the room. She sat the roses down and cleared her throat, "Sorry about that guys."

"It's okay," Scorpio said, "We all know that you miss Sage."

Not just Sage, Scorpio, I miss your best friend too. Hana thought to herself. She looked at Flash, "So, are we ready to go or what?"

"Yeah," Flash said, "We'll get Blaze to teleport us there so we won't have to go through the brigade of idiots again."

Rekino slapped her hand on the table. "Then what are we waiting for?!"

"Calm down, Rekka," Rowen said. "We'll get there."

Flash summoned Blaze and the giant wolf appeared in the room. He looked a bit tired, but ready to do what Flash commanded him. When he was given the order, he teleported all of them directly into the German castle itself, and then he disappeared, going back to the battle.

Ryo blinked as they all found themselves in a hall. "Wow, that was fast."

"Damn," Shades muttered. "I was hoping we'd get a good fight!"

"We will, Shades," Scorpio said. "I think Blaze had a very good reason for bringing us to this particular spot."

"Whatever," Shades grumbled.

"Okay, here's the plan," Flash said getting down to business. There was no time to waste, as each second was valuable.

We're going to split into two groups. Each group will take a part of the castle. One group will look for the royal families, and the other group will distract the Romans."

"Good idea, Flash," Rekino said. "Question is, who does what?"

"Here's who I believe should be in what group. Shades, Rowen, Ryo, and Scorpio can be group one. Distract the soldiers. Hana, Rekino, and, I will be group two, and we'll will look for the royal families," Flash said. "We all agreed?"

Everyone nodded and they all got into their groups. Group 1 went eastward and Group 2 went westward.



Thunder was finally allowed to go back to his room after serving Alina for countless hours. He was so depressed he considered taking a poison just to put himself in a coma. That way he wouldn't have to suffer at her hands. He lay on his bed for a long time, blinking. He thought he heard someone singing earlier though, and that was the only thing that kept him from doing anything drastic. The singer had sounded like Hana. He sighed as he closed his eyes. He missed her, and all of his friends. And then he too sang, his beautiful voice filling the castle and going out for blocks.

 "On the horizon a glimmer of hope fades away days seem darker with every step taken and lives are washed away. Then a new dawn arrives, and the time to stand your ground has come. Though there'll be scars you'll never be far doing what your heart tells you to do. Dreams are given for a time, the battle will be rough, but you'll always have me by your side. Don't give up; you can make it if you try.  Follow your goal and let your soul take you over to a new beginning, starting with you and I. The time to fight has come. Lives are depending upon you. Suffer what you must, fight till the bitter end. I'll always be there for you." Thunder suddenly stopped singing as he thought he heard footsteps. He lay down and closed his eyes, hoping Alina or her guards had not heard him



Hana paused for a moment, and Rekino and Flash looked at her in concern. They had been sneaking around the castle, avoiding most of the guards, and now Hana was standing there with a peculiar expression on her face.

"Yo, blondie, ya all right?" Rekino asked with concern in her voice.

"I…I thought I heard Thunder…singing."

Flash blinked as she and Rekino shared a look. Neither of them had heard anything.

"Well, I don't hear anything," Rekino said. "Let's get going."

Hana nodded. She didn't know if they thought she was crazy or not, but she really didn't care. She followed them down the halls, getting past the soldiers with no problems. Finally they reached the dungeon area. When they heard familiar voices, they knew they had found what they had been looking for.

"Thaitus, I worry for our son," Lila said as she wrung her hands.

Thaitus nodded. He was certain he had gained more gray hairs than he had ever had before. He paced constantly back and forth, praying for a miracle. To their shock, they received one. Flash, Rekino, and Hana appeared before their cell.

"So this is where they're keeping you?" Flash asked, looking at the dungeon in disgust. "How rude. I'd sue."

"So you're a comedian I see," Thaitus said as he folded his arms.

"Hey, be grateful I'm not your enemy," Flash retorted.

"Okay, let's get them out of here," Rekino said.

"Wait! Where's Thunder?" Hana said.

Queen Lila lowered her eyes. "Queen Alina took him from us. We haven't seen him in hours."

Flash growled. "We'll find him. That slut will pay too if I find out she hurt him in any way. Now all of you stand back!"

The two royal families did as she commanded, and Flash focused her powers on the lock. The lock snapped off from the intense heat, and the door sprang open. The royal families were free. "Rekino, take them to safety. Have Blaze teleport all of you to a place he can think of where they'll be safe."

Rekino nodded and guided the royal families off. She soon called upon Blaze who appeared.

Bianca screamed in fear. "A giant wolf!"

Rekino hid a smirk, and then looked at Blaze. "Blaze, take us all someplace safe!"

The wolf nodded and closed his eyes. And Rekino and the two royal families suddenly vanished from sight.