Roanna unlocked the cell door and stepped inside. As she shut the door, three pairs of eyes turned to her. They followed her as she moved about the cell doing various things.
Ryo glanced sideways at Cye. Cye didn't notice, he was too busy glaring at Roanna. Ryo cleared his throat. "Uh...Excuse me."
Roanna looked at him. "Yes?"
"You aren't, by any chance, the one who fought against a guy in blue armor wielding a bow, are you?"
"Now that you mention it...yeah I was. Why?"
Ryo nodded his head in Rowen's direction. "He's kind of...dying over there."
"And it's all your fault!" Cye growled. Kento and Ryo stared at their friend, jaws practically on the floor.
"Since when were you so venomous?" Kento asked.
Cye closed his eyes and after taking a deep breath, answered his friend. "Everyone's got their limits, Ken. I'm just about near the bloody end of mine."
"Oh."
Roanna walked the short distance to where Rowen was hanging lifelessly. She cringed when she saw the bloody gash in his armor. "Ick, I did that?"
A three man "Yes!" answered her.
"There's only one thing to do. I just hope he can do it in time." With that, Roanna teleported out of the cell.
Kento turned to his two friends. "What was that all about?" Silence was all he got in return.
--
Spider reclined on a long lawn chair, hands behind his head. He looked out at the others scattered about around the pool. Sterling was sitting across from him on the edge of the pool, Roan and Webby were having a splash fight within the pool and Viper was sitting to his right.
"This would be more interesting if Roanna was here." Viper griped, more to himself than to Spider.
"Well, that's not my problem. Still I wonder where she is."
As if on cue, Roanna suddenly appeared behind sterling. She stepped up to him and tapped his shoulder.
"Hm?"
"Can you come with me to the dungeon? It's very, very urgent!"
"Sure." He stood up and the both of them teleported out.
Viper watched the exchange with loathing. Gods how he hated him! "Why does she always choose him over us??"
"You mean, why does she always go for him instead of you."
"Very funny Spider."
"It's true though, isn't it?"
"Oh shut up." Viper slid further down on his chair and sulked. He just knew Spider was silently laughing at him.
--
Ryo, Kento and Cye looked up as two people teleported into their cell.
"Who's he?" Cye asked, casting a somewhat suspicious glance at the boy.
"Relax kid. He's here to help."
Nodding in agreement, Sterling walked over to Rowen and placed his hands over the other's chest. As he concentrated, his hands started glowing a soft, light blue.
Tearing his eyes away from the scene, Ryo turned toward Roanna. "Are you sure he's helping him? Maybe he's trying to hurry the death process."
"He is helping, I assure you!"
"Oh yeah? If he's so nice, why'd he kidnap me?"
Roanna looked at Kento. "So, he was right after all."
"Say what?!"
By this time, Sterling had 'powered down' his hands and stepped away from the injured Ronin. Kento, Ryo, Cye and Roanna looked on, waiting for any sign of life. They had been waiting for about twenty minutes before the Ronin of Life began to stir slightly.
"Ooohhh...wha happened?"
Sterling double checked his work, making sure Rowen didn't have any other injuries to look after. "You were hit with a pretty powerful attack. You need to rest for a few days to regain your strength."
"Where am I, then?"
Kento decided to answer that one. "You, my friend, are in the Dynasty dungeon."
Rowen's head snapped up. "The Dynasty?! Great, just great!"
"Calm down before you get any weaker!" Roanna told him. "Besides, you still have a chance to be rescued."
"Yeah, by who?"
"Well," Cye started. "Sage is still free."
"And the ex-warlords." Ryo added.
"Speaking of them..."
"Roanna, I don't think it's a good thing to talk about just now."
"Why not? It's just a simple question."
"And what question is that?"
Roanna looked over at Ryo. "Why are they with you? They're supposed to be here with us!"
--
Sage and the ex-warlords stood a few feet from the house, all decked out in their sub-armor. It had been agreed upon, that they would fully armor up once inside the Dynasty.
"Are you absolutely sure we have to fight them?" Cale asked for about the fiftieth time.
"Yes, Cale." Sekhmet sighed. "They work for Talpa now. We HAVE to fight them if we ever want to see the guys again."
"I still don't like it. Even though my son won't fight me unless I tell him to, I still don't like it!"
"Cale," Anubis began. "It is inevitable that we must fight against our own children."
"But still," Dais just had to put in his own two cents. "I don't like the fact that we'll be fighting against Webby and Roanna. Webby's too young and Roanna's just not strong enough."
"Yet they all managed to defeat four Ronin Warriors in an extremely short period of time." Sage got four angry glares sent his way. He ignored them. "Jeez, no wonder Talpa replaced you with them."
"Shut up Sage!" Dais growled. "You don't need to rub it in!"
"Alright, alright. I'm sorry." He rolled his eyes. "Now then, off to the Dynasty!"
The five, Sage being helped by the other four, teleported to the Dynasty realm. Once there, they immediately transformed into their full battle armor. Anubis led the way toward Talpa's castle, the group, every now and then, hiding from or destroying Dynasty soldiers.
