The Others- Chapter 14

"Ok, which of you bastards is the one that broke the glass? Whoever it was is in for an ass kicking!" Anubis, Mia, Rowen, Cye, and Kento all slowly backed away from Ryo, who had flames burning in his eyes. Not one of the warlords spoke, but Cale slowly inched himself closer to Sage.

"Don't. Touch. The. Blonde." Ryo warned as Cale ignored his words. Ryo watched with angered eyes as Cale picked up the blonde into his arms.

"Eww. Blood." Cale muttered crinkling his nose at the liquid covering his hands from the boys torn flesh. Ryo's eyes flared. HIS Sage was hurt. What especially angered him was the chink of glass that had left a jagged cut across Sage's cheek. His Sage was cut. His Sage was bleeding. His Sage was unconscious and in the arms of another man. And HE would not stand for it.

"Leave him alone. If you must have someone, then take me." Ryo stated. He knew that Mia couldn't fight, and he doubted that Anubis would be any help in that area. And personally, he didn't think that Rowen was close combat, with the fact he had seen a bow and arrow in the boy's room. Cye he knew had no chance of fighting, and Kento could do some damage, Ryo could tell. But with Sage out of it, the master fighter of them all (Ryo blamed it on the fact the boy hunted too much before), he knew they didn't stand a chance against the four armed and trained warlords. Kayura laughed.

"Why in the hell would we want you little boy? He's one of the kids we need, not you. In fact…" Her gaze shifted to Cye, who was slowly backing against Kento, stuffed whale secure in his grip.

"Dais, get that boy too." Dais made his way towards Cye, flipping into the air and grabbing the boy.

"Get off me!" Cye exclaimed as he began beating Dais over the head with the stuffed whale. Dais let go when the hard eye of the whale slapped down against him, biting into his skin.

"Hey! The little kids playing dirty!" Cye stuck out his tongue, hit Dais one more time for good measures, then ran and hid behind Kento.

"Kayura…" Sekhmet whispered as he eyes the black haired boy.

"Shut up Sekhmet. Get Dais back here and we're leaving." Sekhmet sighed.

"Kayura…" Sekhmet tried again.

"I said shut up."

"Damn it Kayura! There are three boys, not just too, and that black haired kid is the last one!" Kayura's eyes widened, as she looked Ryo up and down. To prove the point, Ryo whistled as Blaze came barreling into the room. Kayura gasped in horror.

"Told you." Sekhmet muttered, receiving a well-placed slap from Dais, who had managed to get back to the rest of them and away from the rampant Cye and his stuffed whale.

"Switch the two of them?" Kayura thought for a moment.

"Fine boy. Little girl, get over here."

"I am not little." Mia muttered as she walked over to Kayura. Cale handed Mia Sage, and Mia fell immediately under his weight to the ground. Sekhmet and Dais grabbed Ryo and pulled him to them.

"Come on boy. We're going to take you to a nice place where they put you back into a recreation of the habitat you came from, and watch what happens to you." Kayura allowed herself to laugh.

"Take care of Sage for me!" Ryo called out as his mouth was covered and he was dragged away, back out the window. Kento cursed. There had been nothing they could have done, it was obvious that at least one of the boys would be taken, but they never thought that Ryo would give up his cover to protect Sage.

"Umm… a little help here." Mia asked as everyone turned to look at her, noticing that she was stuck under Sage's limp body. Kento smiled slightly, as he walked over and pulled the blonde from atop of Mia. She sighed in relief as she scrambled to her feet.

"Kento put him down on the couch." She stated as Anubis's eyes widened.

"Ahh! There's going to be blood on my couch!" Anubis never expected Cye to hit him upside the head with the stuffed whale.

"He needs help. That's not very nice you know, not letting them set him down when he's hurt."

"Hitting people upside the head with a stuffed whale, that's not very nice either." Cye grinned as he ignored Anubis and skipped over to Mia and Kento, along with Rowen, who had immediately gone into doctor mode.

"Mia, go get a rag for me." Mia nodded as she dashed into the kitchen, wetting a dishrag and then running back in, hading it to Rowen. Carefully Rowen cleansed the cuts on Sage's face, arms, and legs. Rowen cursed at the fact Sage had been wearing shorts. A lot would have been stopped had he been wearing pants.

"Sage moaned as his eyes fluttered open.

"What happened?" He murmured as he looked around, wincing as he felt the wet clothe run over his face. He reached up with his fingers, feeling a wet liquid on them. He looked on in confusion and saw that his fingers were tainted with his own blood. He sighed as he looked around.

"Where's Ryo?" He finally asked as Mia gave Rowen a weary glance.

"Ummm…. Sage. They took Ryo. He exchanged himself for you." Kento stated as Sage went wide-eyed.

"They have Ryo?" He sat up and tried to scramble to his feet, but Kento and Rowen together pushed him back down.

"No Sage. You're really cut up. We have to stop the bleeding before you can do anything." Sage sighed as he rose anyways.

"Ryo is in trouble. It is my fault. Therefore, I must go help him. Any questions?" Mia sighed.

"I have one!" Sage looked on and shrugged.

"OK."

"When the hell are you going to sit down and let us fix your wounds? And also, when are you going to learn that you can't do everything?" Sage glared at her as Rowen and Kento dragged him back to the couch. Cye simply watched, as Anubis tried to salvage the food and clean up the broken glass. Rowen continued cleaning Sage's cuts, as Mia went over to help Anubis. Cye walked over to White Blaze, petting the cat's head.

"White Blaze, can you sense Ryo? Could you tell us where he is? Cye asked as the cat nodded. Cye grinned.

"That's great Blaze!" He hugged the cat, who sighed at the way he was being treated like a giant stuffed animal.

"Guess what! Blaze can tell us where Ryo is!" Everyone turned to the boy and the cat.

"So can I." Sage muttered. His 6th sense had been going off in his head since he woke up. Rowen sighed as he brought his palm to Sage's forehead, just to check that everything as in order.

"Difference is Sage, you are not going." Sage's eyes went wide as he turned to Rowen.

"What do you mean?" Sage demanded as Rowen shrugged.

"I mean what I said. We can't risk them getting you and Cye as well."

"No way in hell and I staying here when Ryo's in trouble!" Sage exclaimed, resisting the urge to punch Rowen for even thinking of that.

"Sage, Ryo gave himself up to save you. There's something he's trying to tell you, which is not to get yourself taken. And the only way to ensure you're safe is to keep you here. Same goes for Cye. So you are going to stay here with Kento and Anubis, while Mia and I go get Ryo." Kento nodded in agreement, as well as Anubis and Cye, but Sage was slower to except.

"Well, what if they come here to get us? We're not safe anywhere you know." Rowen nodded.

"I know that. But there's a better chance for your safety if you're here, not there, OK?" Finally, Sage complied.

"Fine, but only for Ryo." Rowen nodded.

"Good. Now Anubis, I need you to fix up the rest of his wounds, just clean them with this rag, then dab them with the antibacterial cream. The deep ones will need to be bandaged, but don't worry about the little ones." Anubis nodded. Rowen turned to Mia.

"Come on Mia. Get your stuff ready. We're heading out to go save Ryo." Mia nodded as she grabbed a pair of daggers and slid them into hidden holsters in her boots. She reached into the nearest dresser and pulled out a pistol, checking to make sure it was loaded, as she slid it into a gun holster at her side that was keenly hidden under a baggy shirt. Rowen grinned as he ran off to get his bow and arrow. It was a small bow, and along with the quiver on his back was Sage's sword. Sage eyes him untrustingly, but Rowen laughed.

"In case I get into some close combat." Finally Sage nodded, as Rowen turned to Mia.

"Come on girl, it's time to get a move on! We have a Ryo to save!" They made their way to the door, as Blaze trotted up to their side.

"Rowen, we almost forgot the tour guide!" Rowen grinned as he patted Blazes side.

"Now we can go. Bye guys! Don't worry Sage, we'll get Ryo!" Rowen stated. Mia grinned.

"If were not back in two hours, wait longer! And if were not back in 6, then you can avenge our deaths!" Rowen laughed as he dragged Mia out the door, and Blaze followed, padding along beside them. Sage watched them leave and sighed.

"If they don't bring back Ryo…." He began, but he chose not to finish. Sighing, he lied back down and allowed Anubis to continue with the medication and bandages. Cye glanced around, suddenly very bored. He looked at Kento and grinned.

"Kento…" He began, as he tapped Kento's back.

"What is it Cye?" Cue grinned.

"You're it!" Cye the bolted out of the room, whale still in hands, as Kento laughed, and followed Cye out of the room.

To be continued….

A/N: Wow! I actually got one out that wasn't a week! /*Takes bow*/. Well, I hope you liked that chapter. It was fun enough to write. Especially Cye. He he he. Well, bye!