Chapter 13

Angels Flight

A desert wonder land.

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A/N: Wohooo! More chapters. Uh oh 0_o. 13…. Oh well. Where did I leave off. Oh yeah! That evil cliffhanger.

I re-tallyed all of the votes so here they are

Total votes:35

Note: I did not see if people reentered there votes and I counted people who voted for more then one person as a 50/50 but no more. Do not be surprised if I recount and see a different count of votes

Ryo/Mia: 8/35 (22.9%)

Rowen/Mia: 16/35 (45.7%)

Sage/Mia: 11/35 (31.4%)

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I don't remember this being here," Ryo said.

"You dolt," Sage smacking in the head, "You lead us the wrong way."

"Where are we?" Kento asked.

They were in the middle of what seemed to be a cross with a wasteland and a desert. Everywhere they looked was sand that was black because it was obviously burned to an extreme extent.

"How did the sewer system take us all the way here," Rowen wondered, "Or how is a sewer system connect to someplace like this."

"I don't know but if we aren't needed here let's go back," Cye said heading back to the hole but it wasn't there anymore.

"It's gone!" Kento said scared and began to dig in the ground hoping to find it.

"Someone wants to keep us here," Rowen said.

"No shit Sherlock," Kento said, "But where do we go from here."

"How about up?"

"Who said that?" Ryo demanded.

Soon the ground began to rumble and move and shift under their feet. Ryo felt himself get tied down as the ground changed shape and twisted itself around him. It rose a couple of feet above the ground so the others couldn't reach him.

"Ryo!" Kento yelled, "That's it buster. IRON ROCK…."

Before he could finish the ground swallowed him up and then spiraled itself up with Kento stuck in it.

"Kento!" Sage yelled out.

"Sage!" Mia yelled out for help as the ground began to split apart beneath her feet. Sage ran to her protection and grabbed her around her waist flinging her away so she wouldn't fall in the hole.

As soon as the ground split apart more of the ground rushed out of the hole and grabbed Sage pushing him upward.

"No," Mia cried as Sage struggled to get out of the hold.

Rowen levitated off the ground and aimed a shot at the part of the ground that held his friends up.

"Arrow Shock… WAVE!"

The ground shifted away from Rowen's attack and then it engulfed Rowen too.

"Crap," Cye said, "I'm the only one left. SUPER WAVE SMASHER!"

However the ground engulfed both Cye and his attack. The ground had a few holes in it but it quickly grew back and tied itself around him and pushed him upward.

~*~*~*~

'Now it's just me and Yulie,' Mia thought scared, 'but how are we going to fight it?'

The ground lurched under feet and began to push Mia and Yulie away farther from the Ronins.

~*~*~*~

The Ronins began to struggle against their bonds. Sage tried focusing all his power to break the bind of the ground but it wasn't working.

*

"Mia!" Yulie cried trying to stay up on his legs.

""Yulie stay right there," Mia yelled out to him as she struggled to walk.

The ground began to split apart and Yulie was right in the middle of it.

"Yulie run!" Mia voiced contradicting her old command. Yulie looked down and realized what was happening, but it was too late.

"Mia!" he cried out before he fell into the ground.

"No," she said crying as she saw him slip away.

"No," she whispered again, "no more death. I'm tired of death."

"Then trust me."

"Who are you?" she said to the faceless voice.

"Just have faith in me."

"Save him for me," she pleased.

"You will save him you. Have faith in me. I will catch you."

Mia got up on her two legs. 'I have to save Yulie.'

'What are you doing Mia?' half of her was screaming as she took off towards the rip in the earth.

'I have to save him. I must,' she thought. Something had practically zapped all her energy because she could barely see where she was running.

'Your going to die!' she screamed at herself. But for some reason she wasn't scared. She remembered those words.

'Have faith.'

Mia managed to make it to the split in the ground and jumped down it.

'I have faith. Please catch me,' she thought before she passed out.

~*~*~*~

"*&$&*&*^%&%$^&," Kento cursed as he struggled to get out of the ground's bind not noticing Yulie falling.

"No Yulie!" Ryo screamed and everyone looked for the little boy.

"Oh no," Rowen said as he realized what must of happened.

But no one noticed Mia having the black out because they all had their heads bowed in sorrow.

Sage saw movement flicker at the back of his eye. He tried to focus his watery eyes on the running Mia, 'What are you doing?' he thought to himself.

Realization dawned on him. 'no…No…MIA STOP!" he screamed and struggled harder to break free from the bonds to no success.

The others saw Mia too and to their horror saw her jump after Yulie.

"NOOOOOOOOOOO"

~*~*~*~

So warm… Angel one?

~*~*~*~

'Fool' it hissed, 'what did you

try to accomplish by jumping off the cliff.

It doesn't matter. Although

I did want to kill you myself.'

~*~*~*~

Ryo eyes began to water up. It wasn't fair.

First Faith.

Then Yulie.

Now Mia.

He tried so hard and this is how he was repaid? By having everyone close to him die or be imprisoned?

Suddenly there was a bright flash of light that entered the room and flew down the tear in the earth that Mia and Yulie fell in.

And in a few minutes Mia came out with a sleeping Yulie in her arms. Her eyes were glazed and she had wings made out of the same light that followed her into the void.

She carefully laid Yulie on the ground and then looked at the Ronins. Her eyes closed and she jerked violently as the wings detached from her.

She fell to the ground, but the light caught her before she impacted hard on the ground and gently lowered her on her back. It paused for a moment before it erupted into the brightest flash that even Sage couldn't see.

The Ronins felt themselves become free and fall to the ground. The wasteland faded into a large metallic room.

"Woah what happened?" Cye asked holding his head.

"It was all an illusion," Rowen said in awe.

"Looked and felt real," Ryo said skeptically.

"Well, it probably was real," Sage thought, "maybe somehow someone distorted space and created a whole new environment, another dimension."

"Whatever that means," Kento said, "Let's just blow this joint."

Ryo rolled his eyes and walked over to Mia and then kneeled down.

"Hey… wake up," he said to her nudging her limp body.

"Ryo…" she murmured, 'What happened? Where are we?"

Rowen was now by her side, "You don't remember?"

"Remember what?"

Shut up Rowen Sage said telepathically.

Why?

Obviously something possessed Mia. We don't need to scare her like that

Oh…

"Remember what?" she asked again annoyed.

"Er… our amazing victory!" Rowen said, 'wow I an a horrible liar…'

'Wow he's a horrible liar,' she thought, 'but I won't push the subject this far.'

"Wait," Mia said frantically, "Where's Yulie?"

"Mia," said a groggily little boy.

"Yulie," she said reaching out and giving him a hug.

"Are we leaving yet?" Kento asked, "I found the hole thingy."

"No," Ryo said standing up, "We are going to search around here. I think this is where I was."

"OK then," Sage said, "Let's go."

They found a door near one of the corners and tried to blast it open but it didn't do anything.

"It's to strong," Rowen said, "Were trapped here."

Mia sighed and then pushed the Ronins away and fidgeted with the doorknob. The door opened. "It wasn't locked bakas," Mia said.

The Ronins crashed anime style.

They walked out into a bright white hallway. As far as they could look it was a tangle of intersections.

"It reminds me of a hospital," Mia said shuddering.

"Or a maze," Rowen added.

"Well we better go," Ryo said dashing in a random direction.

~*~*~*~

"Were lost aren't we?" Yulie asked Ryo.

"…"

They all sighed. They have been running and wandering in aimless directions not knowing where to go for hours.

They continue to walk but Mia felt a feeling rush to her head. Her vision blurred and she saw a little girl run past her.

"You…" she whispered.

"? Mia are you OK?" Rowen asked seeing Mia's trance-like state.

"Her…"

"What?"

"You're going the wrong way… follow me," she said in a daze and ran after the ghost/girl.

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A/N: Yeay! Got through more then I wanted today! Wohoo I never thought I'd be this far. Thanks for all who reviewed!

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