Good Morning, Honey
Kat opened her eyes and looked around. "I'm in a bed, in an unknown room; surrounded by men. This has to be Anjel's fault."
"My fault?!! Why is it my fault?!!" Anjel opened her eyes to stare at Kat.
Studying the situation, and then them, Ami commented, "Because you're naked and in a bed!!! It has to be your fault!"
"I'm what?!!" Anjel look down at herself. She'd been holding the blankets up to her subconsciously. "Oh dear." With her other hand she felt for the marble the white haired man had given her in her dream. "Guys? I had the strangest dream"
"You too?" Ami asked.
"What was yours about, Anjel?" Kat asked.
"Well, I was in this mist. Alone, I looked about. A man, seeming older than he looked, approached me. He had this cool hat and some sort of jingly staff. He handed me this marble," she held up the small round ball. "And said to me, Innocence.' My forehead felt warm and seemed to glow, then he traced a design on there and said, Remember purity and remember Pure Freeze.' He left after that, and I was again alone. The mists enveloped me until all was white...and then I woke up here." She looked at the guys faces. They looked astounded.
"Well, my dream had the same quiet man. The whiteness seemed to be sifted through leaving a clear picture of him. He handed me this," Ami held up the round crystal for them to see. "And said, Love.' My forehead felt warm and seemed to tingle as he used his finger to trace some sigh there. And then he said, "Remember Hope, and remember Love's Pure Light. It will guide you.' Then the whiteness returned and I opened my eyes here."
Everyone looked at Kat and she shrugged. "My dream started with me encircled by clouds. The ancient one appeared and said, Confusion' as he handed me my protected crystal. My forehead glowed with heat as he traced a sign of virtue there. Then he said, Patience. Remember this, and remember Truth's Unseen Daggers, and you will be protected.' As he disappeared, I believe I heard him murmur, Be careful, Little Neko; misuse not your power.' And then I awoke here like the other two." She looked around. "That's it."
A tall man with long, red hair stepped forward. "Maybe we can help you understand your dreams."
They discussed the destruction of Talpa and the switch of the Warlords from evil to good. Everyone showed their armor orbs and discussed the Ancient.
"So wait a minute," Ami interrupted. "If what you tell us is trueYou," she pointed at the man with the long red hair. "Should be dead, along with that white-haired guy. And some girl named Kuyira should be the Ancient." She grinned. "You are obviously not dead"
"So what happened?" Kat asked.
"Wellyou see" Anubis started.
"Actually, no, we don't see." Ami commented.
"I'm here on borrowed time," he tried again.
"And how much time did you borrow?" Ami asked.
"Time enough."
"Enough for what?" Kat spoke up.
"What I hoped was a nice, restful life. You see, when the Warlords became good, we stop aging physically, like the Ronins, but we can still die from something other than old age."
"Death, blood-spilling, mortal wounds; things like that." Sehkmet grinned.
"Anjel blanched. "Umthose aren't everyday things for you to avoid, are they? I mean, you don't have to worry about this often, do you?" They all nod. "Oh dear. Umcan I ask a question?" They all nod again.
"Go ahead," Anubis answered.
"We might even answer that for you," Sage grinned and winked.
"WellAnubis, you mentioned you borrowed time and whybut you didn't mention from who or how"
"Nor did you mention why we needed to know this or why we were brought here." Kat pointed out.
"Sorry, I thought we made it clear. You girls seem to have three armors neither we nor Talpa knew existed." Rowen explained. "Now, we came to this dimension because the Dynasty was taking over, and we can only assume that you came because it's trying to take over again, but this time with someone new."
"What did Talpa look like? I mean, will this new person look like him?" Ami asked.
"Talpa was basically a giant head and we don't know if the new Dynasty person will look like him," Anubis answered.
Kat laughed and looked at Kale. "You worked for a giant head?!!"
Anjel gasped. "Kat!! That was rude."
Kale glared at Kat and said, "I don't like cats."
Ami couldn't contain her laughter anymore. She burst out laughing, and the guys relaxed and followed her example. Tension eased; they continued discussing.
"So what now? A giant foot?" Kat asked, grinning.
Anjel looked at Sage and frowned. "Um, Sage? You have a glowing symbol on your forehead."
All the guys frowned. "Okay, who's missing?" Sage asked. "Dais!" "Kento!" some people yelled out.
"Um, what does the glowy sign mean?" Ami felt compelled to ask.
"One or more of us is in danger," Rowen explained.
"Let's go!!" Ryo commanded.
Ami and Kat jumped up and followed the running guys. Anjel patiently got up and wrapped two sheets around herself and caught up to the rest.