Disclaimer: The usual.
Talpa laughed evilly as the Nether gate opened. The Nether spirits went inside the Dynasty, glad to be back in their realm. When the gate was wide open and showing the full view of the Dynasty, Talpa's face appeared.
"My Warlords, you have been most faithful." The sky was beginning to turn blacker then night. "Where are the two who has helped with this revelation?"
"They got away, Master," said Sehkmet. "The Ronins saved them.
"Ah… so they are here too. Bring them to me. I have to repay them for their insolence. And this time, nothing can stop us!"
"Yes, Master," said all three Warlords.
***
"Tada!" said Opal, backing away from her trap.
"And how is this supposed to work again?" asked Touma skeptically.
Opal stuck her tongue out at him. "I've already explained it. I'm not doing it again."
Seiji looked out a window. "I don't like this. The Warlords have been too quiet."
"They'll be here," said Shuu, chowing down on something chocolate. "You can bet on it."
Jett examined the trap one more time. The boilers were rigged so that someone just had to turn the valve once to get out the scalding hot water, which would shoot out of a pipe directly at a Warlord. Once the water had shot out whoever was in there would cut a string to the side and bring down a net made out of tough string. This was only one trap. They needed too more. "Ok, who has this one?" asked Jett.
"I got it," said Opal. "I got a plan I want to do for this." She gave a sly grin.
Jett nodded. "Alrighty then. You can help us with the other two traps."
They went to the next room they planned to use. The library was a perfect place to do this, despite Shin and Touma's arguments. They were afraid of harming the books. But eventually they gave in and started to rig up shelves and the computers. Seiji watched as Opal pulled out a hidden laptop from underneath a desk and turned it on. She had a video on there in no time.
"How did you accomplish that?" asked Seiji. "There isn't a camera hooked to it."
"You're not using your eyes," she said, somewhat gruffly. "This laptop his a camera installed into it." She put it on the table. "Ok, who has this one?"
"Shin and I do!" said Jett. "I'm ready for my close-up, Mr. Daville!"
"Ok, head off to the shelves and pretend you're running behind them."
Jett took up the part of an actress very well. She hid behind one of the shelves. Opal nodded to say that the cameras were rolling. Jett peeked around a corner of the shelf, then ran across the gap to hid behind the one next to it. Shin followed. Both were very good. They finished putting a net up along the ceiling above the computer.
"Ok, next room." Touma and Shuu were to have the chemistry room. Here they made smoke bombs and acid bombs under Touma's guidance.
"Are you sure you don't go around planning raids against people?" asked Jett as she finished her second acid bomb.
"Don't be ridiculous," said Touma. "How much string do we have left?"
"Plenty," said Shuu. "Another net?"
"Naw, just some string to tie them up with."
Shuu nodded and finished up his bombs. By now, it was getting dark and everyone's stomach was growling. They raided the school freezers and made a small meal. They ate in silence. Opal reviewed the plan in her head. Seiji and Ryu were to bring the Warlords to the traps. Opal was going to deal with Sehkmet; she wanted some revenge for him hitting on her. Dais was going to deal with Shin and Jett while Kale was going to Touma and Shuu. It seemed simple enough: disable them from using weapons and knock them unconscious and lock them into a room together. Then deal with Talpa.
After they were done Seiji and Ryu went to go and wait for the Warlords. Opal followed, seeming her place was on the way. Opal pulled out a flashlight and handed it to Ryu. "Use this to signal me when they come."
"Are you sure you're going to be alright?" asked Seiji.
"Funny how you should seem so concerned about me now," she hissed at him before stalking off to the boiler room. Seiji sighed.
"I told you that joke wasn't worth it," said Ryu, walking to the front doors.
"Trust me, I'm already beginning to regret it."
***
Opal waited, the really bright flashlight she found reflecting dim shadows off the wall. Waiting was so boring. She really didn't have that much to think about or she would have enjoyed this moment of peace. She sighed, her thought wandering to Seiji. He looked and sounded sincere a while ago; but then again he sounded sincere and honest when he pulled that stupid prank on her too. Why did men have to be so difficult? And why was he being sincere now? Was it because she too could fight? Or was he actually feeling sorry for what he did? She shrugged. It didn't matter; she wasn't going to forgive him.
She looked up as she saw the Ryu's flashlight bounce up and down and taunts of 'bucket head' and other such names came down the hall. She waited for the two Ronins to pass and what looked like Kale and Dais. She smiled and opened the door. "Hey, snake man!" She leaned against the doorframe.
Sehkmet stopped and turned around looking for the source. Then he saw Opal. He grinned maliciously. "Well, well, well. Look who I found. Master Talpa wishes to meet you."
Opal gave him a seductive glance. "Forget Talpa. It's you I want. I've really been thinking about what you told me, before you decided to cut me. And I've decided. You are definitely better then the Ronins. Snakes have always been my favorite animals."
Sehkmet's eyes got huge. He got over his initial shock and this started to walk over to her. Opal beckoned him into the room with her pointer finger and slipped into the room's shadows. Before he walked in she took a step by the valve and made ready to move it. Sehkmet moved into the room. As soon as he was directly in front of the pipe she turned the valve, spraying him with scalding hot water.
"My eyes!" Sehkmet covered his eyes from the hot water.
"Serves ya right for taking me serious." She said as she cut the roped and entangled Sehkmet in the net or string.
"Wait until I get my hands on you, you wretch!" He only got himself more tangled in the mess.
Opal sighed and tied him tight. "Now, now. Didn't your mother ever tell you to be nice?"
***
"Kale! I'm over here!" called Seiji. "Unless you're afraid of the dark that is!"
"You insolent little brat! You'll pay for that insult!"
Seiji ducked into the chemistry room. He called out to Kale again and the Warlord of Corruption lumbered into the room. The second he walked into the room, Shuu popped up from behind a lab table. "Hey ugly! How many morons does it take to duck?"
"What? You dare-" He was interrupted by an acid bomb thrown by Touma. The hydrochloric acid began to eat its way through the armor. Kale screamed as the acid hit bare skin. Seiji jumped behind him and knocked him out, then strung him up.
"Jeez, I thought that was going to be harder." Commented Seiji.
"Let's just get the big oaf into the room Jett told us about," said Shuu. The three began to drag Kale down the stairs.
***
"When do you think they'll be coming?" asked Shin, feeling Jett's warmth on his arm.
"Don't know. I hope not too soon. You're comfy."
Shin was glad it was dark so she couldn't see him blushing. He was so glad when she told him she had forgiven him for not telling her what Seiji was going to do. He hugged her lightly, leaning against the bookshelf. He thought he heard footsteps down the hall and Ryu's taunts towards Dais. He sighed as Jett pulled away from him. "Get ready."
Ryu burst into the library backwards, sticking his tongue out at Dais. "C'mon, I know you can do better then that!"
"Wildfire, when I catch you, you are going to suffer a very slow and painful death. Then you're White Armor will belong to Master Talpa."
Ryu coughed. "Sure. In your dreams." He coughed some more as he led him to the computer. He looked at it in alarm. "Jett! Shin! Get out of here and let me deal with this!"
Dais watched as Shin ducked behind a shelf. He grinned. "So Torrent and the girl is here. Master Talpa will be pleased."
Ryu moved to the bookshelf where they had 'moved'. "I won't let you get her Dais."
"You don't exactly have a choice, Ryu."
"Oh really now?" asked Jett from behind Dais. At that moment Shin brought the net down on the Warlord of Illusion. Jett knocked him unconscious. "That was easy."
Shin nodded. Ryu sighed. "Ok, now we just need to get Talpa and send him back."
"I think I can dig up something on sealing a gateway." Said Jett, kicking Dais for the hell of it. "C'mon, let's met with the others."
***
The three Warlords were tied tight to a pipe in the janitors' closet. All weapons were removed. The seven looked down at their handiwork. Opal and Jett had their arms crossed and were grinning. Shuu was dangling a carrot in front of Dais and asking how long it would take Dais to snap at the carrot. Shaking their heads, they dragged Shuu away from the Warlords and walked out of the school.
"So what's our next plan of action?" asked Seiji.
Jett yawned. "It's gotta be close to nine. Give or take an hour. I say we break into Jay's and stay there. And there we can check out to see if he has any spells to close a gate." They all agreed and went to Jays, which wasn't that far from the school. Jett picked the lock and let everyone in.
"Are you sure Jay won't mind?" asked Ryu.
"According to Lilith, he won't remember a thing." Said Opal heading up the stairs to Jay's sacred space.
The room was really neat and smelled of herbs. It also sensed of peace and tranquility. Black and white pictures of people from the past hung on the walls as well as pictures of different gods and goddesses. Candles and book of shadows lay on small shelves. A closet led to stored herbs. In one corner was an altar; in another was a desk with a fish tank. An arm chair, computer and a t.v. were the only other furniture in the room. It was a comfortable room.
Opal and Jett went straight to work looking through various books. The Ronins stood there, not quite what to do. The girls tossed them various books. "Start searching for something to help us." Said Jett. They did as commanded.
A few hours later, Opal rubbed her eyes. Reading by candlelight was beginning to give her a headache. She looked at the others. Jett had fallen asleep against Shin, an open book on the floor. Shin was leaning against the t.v. stand, starting to nod off. Ryu was apparently wide-awake. Touma was curled up on the floor and Shuu was using him as a pillow, snoring loudly. Seiji was occasionally looking from his book to look at Opal. Opal ignored him, but she too was starting to fall asleep. She put her book down with her notes and yawned.
"Get some sleep," said Ryu. "Seiji and I will keep watch."
Opal nodded and leaned against the chair. She closed her eyes and fell into a fitful sleep.
Talpa laughed evilly as the Nether gate opened. The Nether spirits went inside the Dynasty, glad to be back in their realm. When the gate was wide open and showing the full view of the Dynasty, Talpa's face appeared.
"My Warlords, you have been most faithful." The sky was beginning to turn blacker then night. "Where are the two who has helped with this revelation?"
"They got away, Master," said Sehkmet. "The Ronins saved them.
"Ah… so they are here too. Bring them to me. I have to repay them for their insolence. And this time, nothing can stop us!"
"Yes, Master," said all three Warlords.
***
"Tada!" said Opal, backing away from her trap.
"And how is this supposed to work again?" asked Touma skeptically.
Opal stuck her tongue out at him. "I've already explained it. I'm not doing it again."
Seiji looked out a window. "I don't like this. The Warlords have been too quiet."
"They'll be here," said Shuu, chowing down on something chocolate. "You can bet on it."
Jett examined the trap one more time. The boilers were rigged so that someone just had to turn the valve once to get out the scalding hot water, which would shoot out of a pipe directly at a Warlord. Once the water had shot out whoever was in there would cut a string to the side and bring down a net made out of tough string. This was only one trap. They needed too more. "Ok, who has this one?" asked Jett.
"I got it," said Opal. "I got a plan I want to do for this." She gave a sly grin.
Jett nodded. "Alrighty then. You can help us with the other two traps."
They went to the next room they planned to use. The library was a perfect place to do this, despite Shin and Touma's arguments. They were afraid of harming the books. But eventually they gave in and started to rig up shelves and the computers. Seiji watched as Opal pulled out a hidden laptop from underneath a desk and turned it on. She had a video on there in no time.
"How did you accomplish that?" asked Seiji. "There isn't a camera hooked to it."
"You're not using your eyes," she said, somewhat gruffly. "This laptop his a camera installed into it." She put it on the table. "Ok, who has this one?"
"Shin and I do!" said Jett. "I'm ready for my close-up, Mr. Daville!"
"Ok, head off to the shelves and pretend you're running behind them."
Jett took up the part of an actress very well. She hid behind one of the shelves. Opal nodded to say that the cameras were rolling. Jett peeked around a corner of the shelf, then ran across the gap to hid behind the one next to it. Shin followed. Both were very good. They finished putting a net up along the ceiling above the computer.
"Ok, next room." Touma and Shuu were to have the chemistry room. Here they made smoke bombs and acid bombs under Touma's guidance.
"Are you sure you don't go around planning raids against people?" asked Jett as she finished her second acid bomb.
"Don't be ridiculous," said Touma. "How much string do we have left?"
"Plenty," said Shuu. "Another net?"
"Naw, just some string to tie them up with."
Shuu nodded and finished up his bombs. By now, it was getting dark and everyone's stomach was growling. They raided the school freezers and made a small meal. They ate in silence. Opal reviewed the plan in her head. Seiji and Ryu were to bring the Warlords to the traps. Opal was going to deal with Sehkmet; she wanted some revenge for him hitting on her. Dais was going to deal with Shin and Jett while Kale was going to Touma and Shuu. It seemed simple enough: disable them from using weapons and knock them unconscious and lock them into a room together. Then deal with Talpa.
After they were done Seiji and Ryu went to go and wait for the Warlords. Opal followed, seeming her place was on the way. Opal pulled out a flashlight and handed it to Ryu. "Use this to signal me when they come."
"Are you sure you're going to be alright?" asked Seiji.
"Funny how you should seem so concerned about me now," she hissed at him before stalking off to the boiler room. Seiji sighed.
"I told you that joke wasn't worth it," said Ryu, walking to the front doors.
"Trust me, I'm already beginning to regret it."
***
Opal waited, the really bright flashlight she found reflecting dim shadows off the wall. Waiting was so boring. She really didn't have that much to think about or she would have enjoyed this moment of peace. She sighed, her thought wandering to Seiji. He looked and sounded sincere a while ago; but then again he sounded sincere and honest when he pulled that stupid prank on her too. Why did men have to be so difficult? And why was he being sincere now? Was it because she too could fight? Or was he actually feeling sorry for what he did? She shrugged. It didn't matter; she wasn't going to forgive him.
She looked up as she saw the Ryu's flashlight bounce up and down and taunts of 'bucket head' and other such names came down the hall. She waited for the two Ronins to pass and what looked like Kale and Dais. She smiled and opened the door. "Hey, snake man!" She leaned against the doorframe.
Sehkmet stopped and turned around looking for the source. Then he saw Opal. He grinned maliciously. "Well, well, well. Look who I found. Master Talpa wishes to meet you."
Opal gave him a seductive glance. "Forget Talpa. It's you I want. I've really been thinking about what you told me, before you decided to cut me. And I've decided. You are definitely better then the Ronins. Snakes have always been my favorite animals."
Sehkmet's eyes got huge. He got over his initial shock and this started to walk over to her. Opal beckoned him into the room with her pointer finger and slipped into the room's shadows. Before he walked in she took a step by the valve and made ready to move it. Sehkmet moved into the room. As soon as he was directly in front of the pipe she turned the valve, spraying him with scalding hot water.
"My eyes!" Sehkmet covered his eyes from the hot water.
"Serves ya right for taking me serious." She said as she cut the roped and entangled Sehkmet in the net or string.
"Wait until I get my hands on you, you wretch!" He only got himself more tangled in the mess.
Opal sighed and tied him tight. "Now, now. Didn't your mother ever tell you to be nice?"
***
"Kale! I'm over here!" called Seiji. "Unless you're afraid of the dark that is!"
"You insolent little brat! You'll pay for that insult!"
Seiji ducked into the chemistry room. He called out to Kale again and the Warlord of Corruption lumbered into the room. The second he walked into the room, Shuu popped up from behind a lab table. "Hey ugly! How many morons does it take to duck?"
"What? You dare-" He was interrupted by an acid bomb thrown by Touma. The hydrochloric acid began to eat its way through the armor. Kale screamed as the acid hit bare skin. Seiji jumped behind him and knocked him out, then strung him up.
"Jeez, I thought that was going to be harder." Commented Seiji.
"Let's just get the big oaf into the room Jett told us about," said Shuu. The three began to drag Kale down the stairs.
***
"When do you think they'll be coming?" asked Shin, feeling Jett's warmth on his arm.
"Don't know. I hope not too soon. You're comfy."
Shin was glad it was dark so she couldn't see him blushing. He was so glad when she told him she had forgiven him for not telling her what Seiji was going to do. He hugged her lightly, leaning against the bookshelf. He thought he heard footsteps down the hall and Ryu's taunts towards Dais. He sighed as Jett pulled away from him. "Get ready."
Ryu burst into the library backwards, sticking his tongue out at Dais. "C'mon, I know you can do better then that!"
"Wildfire, when I catch you, you are going to suffer a very slow and painful death. Then you're White Armor will belong to Master Talpa."
Ryu coughed. "Sure. In your dreams." He coughed some more as he led him to the computer. He looked at it in alarm. "Jett! Shin! Get out of here and let me deal with this!"
Dais watched as Shin ducked behind a shelf. He grinned. "So Torrent and the girl is here. Master Talpa will be pleased."
Ryu moved to the bookshelf where they had 'moved'. "I won't let you get her Dais."
"You don't exactly have a choice, Ryu."
"Oh really now?" asked Jett from behind Dais. At that moment Shin brought the net down on the Warlord of Illusion. Jett knocked him unconscious. "That was easy."
Shin nodded. Ryu sighed. "Ok, now we just need to get Talpa and send him back."
"I think I can dig up something on sealing a gateway." Said Jett, kicking Dais for the hell of it. "C'mon, let's met with the others."
***
The three Warlords were tied tight to a pipe in the janitors' closet. All weapons were removed. The seven looked down at their handiwork. Opal and Jett had their arms crossed and were grinning. Shuu was dangling a carrot in front of Dais and asking how long it would take Dais to snap at the carrot. Shaking their heads, they dragged Shuu away from the Warlords and walked out of the school.
"So what's our next plan of action?" asked Seiji.
Jett yawned. "It's gotta be close to nine. Give or take an hour. I say we break into Jay's and stay there. And there we can check out to see if he has any spells to close a gate." They all agreed and went to Jays, which wasn't that far from the school. Jett picked the lock and let everyone in.
"Are you sure Jay won't mind?" asked Ryu.
"According to Lilith, he won't remember a thing." Said Opal heading up the stairs to Jay's sacred space.
The room was really neat and smelled of herbs. It also sensed of peace and tranquility. Black and white pictures of people from the past hung on the walls as well as pictures of different gods and goddesses. Candles and book of shadows lay on small shelves. A closet led to stored herbs. In one corner was an altar; in another was a desk with a fish tank. An arm chair, computer and a t.v. were the only other furniture in the room. It was a comfortable room.
Opal and Jett went straight to work looking through various books. The Ronins stood there, not quite what to do. The girls tossed them various books. "Start searching for something to help us." Said Jett. They did as commanded.
A few hours later, Opal rubbed her eyes. Reading by candlelight was beginning to give her a headache. She looked at the others. Jett had fallen asleep against Shin, an open book on the floor. Shin was leaning against the t.v. stand, starting to nod off. Ryu was apparently wide-awake. Touma was curled up on the floor and Shuu was using him as a pillow, snoring loudly. Seiji was occasionally looking from his book to look at Opal. Opal ignored him, but she too was starting to fall asleep. She put her book down with her notes and yawned.
"Get some sleep," said Ryu. "Seiji and I will keep watch."
Opal nodded and leaned against the chair. She closed her eyes and fell into a fitful sleep.