Chapter 3: Our Hidden Selves
Sage, Kento, Cye and Rowen were all either cleaning floors, washing windows, dusting or outside taking out the trash. Before they were all escorted to their 'rooms' and were told to get dressed in their uniforms and they did. Kento and Rowen wore tan tops shirt and Sage and Cye wore the button up kind shirts, they all wore pants and boots and they had dog tags that didn't have their names, but someone else's. "We didn't even do anything and we're in trouble." Kento complained.
"Just think what will happen when we actually do something." Cye inquired. They all moaned at the thought. As they continued to clean Sergeant Morgan walked up to them and blew his whistle so loud that they dropped whatever they were holding and covered their ears.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Kento asked.
"Don't raise your tone at me, private!" He yelled loud and demanding, "Get in line!"
They all glanced at each other and stood in a straight line shoulder to shoulder, "Today, we seem to have a discipline problem. I hate it when my soldiers have discipline problems. The only way to fix them is to punish. Now Private Faun, you want to know what the hell is wrong with me? What's wrong with me is you. Your slacking makes me mad. Your lack of discipline makes me want to puke. I'm going to fix it. Private Faun. You're my first victim. You three will go home and I'll see you later. Dismissed!" Rowen, Sage and Cye walked off leaving Kento to his punishment, "Let's go Faun. Drop and give me 100."
"Damn it." Kento said in a whisper and dropped to the ground and started doing push-up.
"Count with me!"
"1...2-"
"Start over and I want to hear 'sir' after each one."
"1 sir, 2 sir," Kento continued to do them.
Meanwhile the scouts had broken into teams of two and were looking around for the Ronins. "This is so stressing." Raye angrily said.
"Calm down Raye." Mina assured, "We'll find them. I hope."
"Yeah Raye." Artimes added.
"SISTER MARY ROSEMARY!" Someone yelled and the two scouts looked at each other then behind them Artimes jumped to the ground as a nun was walking up to them and she looked peeved.
Mina leaned next to Raye's ear and whispered, "Did she come from the church we just passed up a minute ago?"
"Pretty sure she did." Raye answered.
She made her way over to the two scouts and looked directly at Raye, "Rosemary! I can't believe you. Why are you wearing that?"
"Huh?" Raye looked at what she was wearing. It was shorts and a shirt, "What's wrong with what I'm wearing? Why are you yelling at me? Did you just call me Rosemary?"
"Your a nun. You don't wear things like that. You miss today's service and why are you with her?" The lady asked.
"I'm no nun, I do wear things like this, I don't know what service your talking about and she's my friend."
The lady suddenly smiled at Mina, "Did you decided to give up your ways and become a nun to rid you of your sins?"
"Huh?" Was all Mina could say, "My ways? What ways? What sins?" She started to panic and turned to Raye, "I have sins. What did I do?"
"Calm down." Raye said, "The lady has mistaken identity."
"Mistaken identity my lord. You have a great reason for missing the service. You were getting Molly to stop being a prostitute. You are forgiven."
"PROSITUTE!" Mina yelled, "What the hell are you talking about!? Don't you ever call me that again or so help me god I'll send you to hell."
'This is quite interesting!' Artimes thought
"Don't you ever use god's name in vain." The woman yelled, "You haven't change your ways. Rosemary we are leaving." She grabbed Raye's hand and pulled her alone.
"I'll get out of this and clear everything up. Go find the Ronins!"
"Okay!" Mina replied. She then turned and kicked a rock, "What a day?"
"Yeah I really would love to know where we are." Artimes said and she picked him up and they headed off. She continued to walk and ended up on a street corner.
"You working today?" A young lady said next to her and she looked at the lady out the corner of her eye, "Your not dress to like it."
"Working what?" Mina asked.
"Did you hit your head, Molly?"
"Who's Molly?"
"You are. Don't you have that three o'clock appointment with that one guy?"
"What one guy?"
"I don't like having a question answered with another question, Molly. You should know better. Who's cat?"
"What?" Mina asked, "Look lady I don't know you and I'm scared now, so I'll just walk off." Mina ran across the street and ran right into someone.
"Damn it!" They said and stood up, "Watch where your going?"
Mina sat up and looked at guy. He looked oddly familiar. Except he had a goatee and was a little more built, "Kento!?"
"Molly!?" 'Kento' questioned, "Who's Kento?"
"Who's Molly?" Mina asked right back.
"You are."
"You're Kento."
"No I'm Kevin. You hit your head today?"
"Why does everyone think that?"
"Did you do something to your hair? It looks different. You also look shorter and younger." He pointed out and then looked at Artimes, "That's a cute cat. Where did you get him from?"
"I've had him since I was thirteen you should know that." Mina answered.
"Right." Kevin stood up and helped Mina up afterwards, "So you want to go back to my place?"
"Sure. I guess."
"Great!" Kevin grabbed Mina by the hand and pulled her alone the way. After running for quite sometime they made it to the intended destination, "Here we are. Even though you already know that. I hope Sammy isn't in here."
Artimes got the best confused and suspicious face he could, 'Something's up.' He purred and rubbed against Mina's leg and she dropped down to his height, "I don't think he just wants to have tea and cookies." He whispered. Mina looked at him blankly, "He's planning something and I don't think you go in their."
Kevin opened the door and there was thumping noise and a guy that look too much like Sage came out of a room pulling on his army shirt. The only difference was that his hair was back and you could see both eyes, "Kevin, we should be getting back to base."
"I'll be there in a second." Kevin said, "I have a guess.
"Are you messing with that slut?"
"She has feelings, Sam. Say sorry."
"I will not."
Mina pushed her way in the room and looked at the 'Sage' or Sam, "You did not just call me a slut, Sage."
"Who's Sage?" He questioned.
"Well my feelings are hurt." Mina added, "And here I thought you liked me."
"Woman I wouldn't like you if my life dependent on it." He replied.
"Well that did it." Mina turned and left and Kevin was glaring at his friend.
"Damn it! Sam! You just had to mean. Now I won't get any."
Sam looked at his friend and began to button his shirt up, "Shut-up and get in your uniform."
"When we see her again you will say sorry."
"Whatever."
Back at the base the Ryo and Kento finally made it to the room around sunset and they were all discussing what their current situation was.
"So we have to get out of here, find the girls and find a way home." Cye clarified, "We have a lot to do."
"He kept calling me Kevin." Kento said, "Who the hell is Kevin?"
"He called me Samuel. Do I look like a Samuel?" Sage questioned.
"Let's worry about the names later." Rowen interrupted, "What is Anubis doing here?"
"And is he the only warlords here?" Ryo added.
"Well I say we leave. I don't care about getting in trouble." Sage suggested and stood up, "Were not suppose to be here anyways." He opened the door and walked out and the other four Ronins exchange glances and walked out as well. They snuck off the base and hopped the fence.
"So now where do we go?" Kento asked.
"We find the girls." Ryo answered.
"Yeah, but are they?"
Rowen was scanning the area and his eyes landed on a girl across the street. She looked familiar in one way, but at the same time, "Doesn't she remind you of Serena?" Rowen asked.
The others looked, but didn't see anyone, "Who?" They asked.
"There was a girl and she looked just like Serena."
"Your seeing things Ro." Kento said, "Let's just go."
"Maybe I am." They all proceeded down the street. Just they left another group of boys rounded the corner. If you would see both Ronins and this group of boy you'll say they were their twins. The only difference was they looked a little older.
"I hope we didn't miss anything important." The Cye look a like said.
"Always worrying Curt aren't you?" Samuel said, "I'm sure we didn't." The Ryo look a like took a quick glance around and climbed the fence followed by his friends. Once they made it back on the base they proceeded to creep back to their room not knowing that behind them someone was following.
"You ditch again!" A man with wild blue hair screamed from behind causing the five young men to jump, "I can't believe you!"
"Uh-oh" The five men cursed they all turned around to face Sergeant Cale with a face that had the writing 'Your in more trouble today than any day,' "You five let's go! Time to do clean up!"
Kevin's face grew with confusion, "Your not going to take us to the Major?"
"Hey I don't want to see you guys leave. Then who do I order around?" Cale answered, "So were going to do clean-up. If anyone ask you just say that you were late to somethin' got it?" The five nodded, "This little sneak out is between us okay?" They nodded again, "Getting caught twice in one day. WOW!" They were going to nod again, but they all stopped themselves and looked at Cale.
"Twice!?"
Cale blinked at them, "Yeah Twice. Me and that Morgan guy. Come on."
"But...but..but" Roland tried to get out, but the surprise was too great.
"No buts let's go." Cale rushed.
Raye was told to change into a nun outfit all she did was throw the nun outfit over her clothes, told to do prays and ask for forgiveness and now she was in her room cause it was bedtime and for the fourth time in four minutes. She looked at her watch to make sure she was reading it right. It did say 5:24, but she was surely trying to doubt that cause its just too early for people to go to bed, did they think she was a bat or something? She
sighed and glanced at her watch again, "How do I get out of here?" She stood up and opened the door and walked out, closing the door silently, she began to walk down the corridor as quiet as possible, 'These people are vampires.' She thought. She walked out into the open and spotted one of the nuns. She quickly hid before they spotted her. She dared a glance and the girl sat at the piano and started playing it, "If I didn't know better I'd say that was me."
Another came up behind Raye's 'twin' and startled her, "Oh you gave me quiet a startle Sister Mary Jane." The new nun just started at Raye's 'twin.'
"Rosemary, what are you doing out of your room? Your on lockdown remember?" Mary Jane questioned.
Rosemary just gave the questioning Nun a questioning look, "What ever do you mean? What have I done to be on lock down?"
"You know what you did. You were with that girl. You missed the service and you were dress like....like...like a way a nun shouldn't dress."
This made Rosemary even more confused, "I don't know what 'girl' your talking about, I assure I was at the service and I would never or dress inappropriate."
Raye took off the nun outfit and left her hiding spot she then just walked down the to the entrance just like that. Rosemary and Jane looked in her direction when they heard the footsteps, "By my word, Rosemary." Jane began, "That's what you were wearing early today." She then looked at Raye's face, "She looks just like you."
"I think someone has granted me a long lost sister." Rosemary stated and stood up and her and Jane ran over to Raye and cornered her, "Oh hello long lost sister!"
Raye just stared at the two women like they were crazy, "Excuse me?"
"You have come out of the shadows and revealed yourself at last." Jane explained.
Raye then just blinked at them a few times before pushing passed them and heading for the door in which they quickly followed, "You act like you don't know who I am, long lost sister." Rosemary said.
Raye turned to the two nuns frustrated, "Look! I'm lost, but not your long lost sister. I'm
sorry. Its just some freaky coincidence that I look like you." With a heavy sigh Raye turned and walked out the door, "Now where's Mina?"
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What is going on? And who are these doubles of everyone running around? Can the Ronins and Scouts find each other and get home before something happens to them. Stay Tune to the next chapter.