Different Time
and Space
Part 3
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I do not own any of the ronin warrior or sailor moon characters except their
children!! I don't think even Bandai
could come up with a better next generation…well, I can't be so sure about that…well,
enjoy! ^_~
"I'm terrible," Phyllis mumbled, "I just ate…a…poor…defenseless deer!" she broke out into sobs.
"Want some more?" Vincent asked.
"Please!" she cried.
Rochelle chuckled, "what happened to your 'I'm a vegetarian' thing?"
"I'm a vegetarian?" Phyllis asked jokingly, "none of you mention to my Dad, okay? It will make his hair go white!"
"I promise!" Rochelle said.
"Feeling any better, Robyn?" Joy asked.
"Yeah," Robyn replied, "thanks, Joy." She closed her eyes, "Hey, I'm sensing some bad vibes."
"Oh, not again," Rowena grumbled, "I'm tired of your jokes."
"No, Rowena," Robyn muttered, "seriously, we're being watched or something."
"Could it be the person the ancient told you about, Rowena?" Vincent asked.
"Maybe," Rowena said, "he didn't say there was a bad person or a good person waiting here, but there was something here waiting for us."
Without fully changing to her sailor form, Joy touched her ear and her bubble-shaped earring appeared. She pressed it and her visor went around her eyes, "Robyn's right, we are being watched. From over there." She pointed northward along the frozen river that led into the frozen lake.
"We keep going north?" Robyn demanded.
"You can stay here while we check it out," Rowena said.
"No, I'll come," she said, rising to her feet. She almost fell and when Phyllis offered to help her she refused help, "I'm fine."
"Okay," Phyllis whispered.
They kept walking northward and Rowena saw an armored figure up ahead, "He's just standing there."
"Is it a warlord?" Vincent asked.
"No," Rowena replied. "He's a demon, like Bala and Sarenbo. This guy is different though," she informed, cocking her head gently, a fearful look in her eyes, "he's like, not even alive."
"Not even alive?" Rochelle mumbled, "That's pretty bad."
"We might want to armor up now," Phyllis suggested.
"Can't we," Joy sighed, "just reason with him?"
"You can't reason with a demon, Joy," Rowena said. "TO ARMS!"
"Armor of Warfire, Tao Jin!"
"Armor of Ice Torrent, Tao Shin!"
"Armor of Forest Halo, Tao Chi!"
"Armor of Diamond, Tao Gi!"
"Armor of Strata Moon, Tao Inochi!"
Vincent changed into Masked Phoenix. The figure remained standing ahead them.
"Why doesn't he attack us?" Phyllis asked.
"I dunno," Rochelle said, "but I don't care, let's trash him! DIAMOND ROCK CRUSHER!"
Rochelle's attack, though it was very strong and she nearly tore up the ground to hit him and the diamonds were flying around like missiles, it didn't leave a scratch on the figure.
"What the?" Rochelle mumbled, "Hey, how can your armor be stronger than diamonds? Diamonds are the strongest mineral, dude!"
The armored man laughed. He had no face, even though he wore a helmet. His armor was black, orange and red. His yellow eyes were shining like flames.
"Who are you?" Rowena demanded.
"Brimstone," he answered. "Nice little charades there, Rochelle of Diamond, let's put that strength of your armor to the test, shall we?"
"Huh?"
"HOT AS HELL" He sent a blast of burning rocks in Rochelle's path, knocking her back slightly, if not for the strength of her diamond-coated armor, the impact could have killed her. (AN: I apologize if the attack doesn't come to your liking. I really couldn't think of anything!)
Rochelle grunted, "Ha, burning stones?" she demanded, "Sorry, but they're still not as strong as my stones, pal!"
"You okay, Rochelle?" Joy asked in concern.
"Yeah," she replied with a groan, "I'm…fine…" Though she acted like she was unharmed, she really did feel a bit hurt and wanted a nap.
Seeing Rochelle look injured for the first time, though she didn't admit it, anger stirred up inside Joy and after the dip in the cold water, she felt really strong, "Big mistake!" she snarled, "FROZEN WAVE SMASHER!" She sent her attack of a frozen wave into Brimstone, "Time to cool off, you bloody fire demon from hell!"
The frozen wave made an impact on Brimstone, freezing him for a couple of moments.
"Hey cool," Rochelle said, "an ice sculpture!"
"Rowena, I've got an idea!" Joy exclaimed, "He gets his power from fire." She pointed at the frozen lake, "try to get him as close to the deep in of the frozen lake as possible."
"What are you going to do, Joy?" Robyn asked.
"Just trust me," Joy said as she knocked a hole in the ice of the frozen river and began swimming to the lake.
"The ice is beginning to melt," Masked Phoenix stated, "let's get him to the lake."
Brimstone broke out of the ice, "try to freeze me?" he demanded.
Robyn jumped and kicked him in the face. She couldn't use any of her attacks because she would only make him stronger but she had to do something. She began hitting him with her swords to try to make him back up to the lake.
Phyllis joined in, "LIGHTNING OAK SLIT!" Lightning made him step back and she went a golden ring around him to pin his arms around his sides.
"You cannot defeat me," Brimstone growled.
"MOON ARROW SHOCK WAVE!" Rowena unleashed her arrow into his heart, "oh, we can't?"
Masked Phoenix threw a golden rose at his feet to keep him from stepping forward. Joy was already in the deep end of the lake, waiting for him to come.
"COAL DIAMOND CRUSHER!" Diamonds pushed him backward and he nearly fell down. He was near the lake now. Only a bit father for them to go.
'There's no way you're going to escape,' Joy thought as she was under the water, 'I'm going to freeze you forever.' She heard him step onto the ice and step backward. He was getting closer and closer. She couldn't' seem to wait anymore but she stayed there until he was right over her head.
"You are all going to burn inn hell with me," Brimstone barked.
"Too bad Hell is going to freeze over," Rochelle cracked.
Just then, Joy's arm went up out of the ice and grabbed his leg, freezing it. Her once friendly shy face was twisted in anger.
"What?" he demanded.
"Hullo, Guvnah!" Joy spat.
"Woohooooo!" Rochelle whooped.
Brimstone wriggled around, but Joy continued to freeze him. She pulled him down to the deep end and shoved him in an underwater cave. Joy froze him and then smashed him into pieces with her trident. She was down there with him for a long time and the others started to become worried.
"If that demon hurts her…." Rochelle groaned.
"Look!" Phyllis pointed into the hole and blood and liquidized sulfur reached the top followed by bubbles and the spike of Joy's helmet. Everyone sighed in relief.
"Hallo," Joy whispered, pulling herself out of the water, "Did ya miss me…wait, Rochelle!"
Rochelle lifted Joy in a big hug, "Do you have to ask? Of course I did! Oh Joy, you were excellent!"
"Please, put me down," Joy gasped.
Rochelle put Joy down to her feet, "oops, sorry. So tell me, what was it like? Come on, tell me, don't leave me hangin'!"
"What do you mean?" Joy asked.
"What do I mean," Rochelle sounded with a laugh, "What do I mean? Tell me, didn't you enjoy kicking that lava demon's hide!"
"I did what I had to," Joy said.
"What did it feel like?" Rochelle asked, "It felt great, didn't it?"
Joy sighed, "Well, okay, I guess it was pretty cool."
"You love kicking butt, right?"
"Okay, that's enough," Phyllis said, "let's try to find the orb."
"Do you think Brimstone had it?" Masked Phoenix asked.
"I didn't see it with him," Joy replied.
"He wasn't the man in black," Robyn said.
"So, where do we go next?" Phyllis asked.
The whole scenery changed and they stood near the palace.
"How did we get home so fast?" Joy asked wonderingly.
They heard a twig snap and they quickly turned around, "Come out!" Robyn demanded. "You're trespassing!"
"No, you're trespassing!" Came a male's voice. It sounded kind of like Ryo's as a teenager. Five young men came forward, dressed as the ronins.
"Oh my gosh!" Rochelle cried, "They have our armor!"
"Your armor?" the boy in the orange armor said.
"I think I know what's going on," Rowena said, "we were somehow transported to another time and space. These five, are supposed to be us."
"Us?" Robyn mumbled.
"Yeah, us," Rowena said, "if we were guys."
"We're guys?" Rochelle asked with a raised eyebrow. She tried to keep her laughter back.
"They're our brothers," Joy confirmed.
"Brothers, oh, I see," Rochelle nodded, "the're our bro--what? Brothers? I'd know if I had a brother!"
"We're in a different place of time, Rochelle!" Phyllis shouted.
"Who are you?" the one in Rowena's matching armor said.
"Daughter of Sailor Moon and Rowen of the Strata," Rowena replied.
"I'm their son," he said.
"I can tell," Rowena said.
"Rowena, your brother looks really cute!" Phyllis commented softly, leaning over her shoulder, "could you introduce me to him?"
"I could if I knew his name!" Rowena shouted in a whisper.
"Simon, I think your sister's cute," the one in the green armor said to Rowena's brother.
"Don't harm the girls," Masked Phoenix threatened, ignoring everything Rowena just said as he held a golden rose, "I'm warning you!"
"Masked Phoenix, didn't you hear me?" Rowena demanded, "They're our brothers!"
"Oh," Masked Phoenix said with a blush, "now I know how Yuli felt." He changed to Vincent, seeing there was no reason to stay as Masked Phoenix.
"Look, buddy," Rochelle said to the one wearing the orange armor, "you'll just have to put away that armor because there's only room for the wearer of the armor of Diamond!"
"Diamond?" the one in the light blue asked with a smile, "that's not his armor, luv."
"Then what is it?" Rochelle demanded, "Armor of Beauty Rock?" Then she erupted with laughter at her own joke, "Beauty Rock! Ahhahahahahahahaaa!"
"Oh, Rochelle," Joy groaned.
"Don't hate me because I'm beautiful," her brother ordered, crossing his arms and looking at the side.
Rochelle only laughed harder, "'Beautiful?' Oh, spare me!"
"Hey!" he put his arms down and snarled.
"They've only just met and already they're acting like brother and sister!" the one in the blue armor said.
"I guess I don't have to ask what your armor is," Joy said, "Ice Torrent, huh?" she brought her hand to her breastplate.
"Yes, luv, I'm Lee of the Ice Torrent," he replied, "My parents are Sailor Mercury and Sai of the Torrent." He took off his helmet to show his auburn hair and blue eyes.
"I'm Joy, your um, sister from another time."
"Well, hi there, I'm Phyllis!" Phyllis said to her brother, "and you?"
"I'm Lucas," he muttered, "don't bother me." (AN: Lucas means 'light bearer' as the son of the ronin of light, I guess it works!)
"Oh, you're a friendly one!" Phyllis growled. "Can't you be a little more rude?"
"Don't tell me what to do," he said, "I'll do what I want, when I want, how I want and you can't tell me how to act." (AN: I read somewhere on a site that Sage used to be really rebellious, so that's how Lucas is.)
"Why you!" Phyllis hissed.
"Well, hello," a girl in leather armor said, "I'm Monica, daughter of Prince Darien and Mia."
"My sister?!" Vincent cried.
Monica smiled, "and you are?"
"I'm your brother, Vincent," Vincent said, "I have a sister?"
"Would someone please explain to me how you got here?" the one in the red demanded.
"Calm down, Roland," Simon said. "There must be a logical explanation how they got here. So how did you get here?"
Rowena became a little flustered, "well, I'm not sure. It just kinda, well, happened."
"Nice going, Rowena," Robyn groaned.
"There has to be a reason why we were brought here," Phyllis said.
"And what's that?" Lucas demanded.
"I don't know!" she cried, "maybe so I can teach you a lesson, get over here!" she tried reaching for him but Rochelle held her back.
"Calm down, Phyllis," Rochelle mumbled, "remember we said that we wanted brothers."
"Yeah, but I didn't want a brother that had no respect for people!" Phyllis muttered.
"We're looking for the Prism Crystal Orb," Robyn said, "Someone stole it."
"No, it's not stolen," Roland said.
"From our time," Robyn confirmed.
"Oh right," Roland said. "Do you know who took it?"
"Someone in black," Robyn said, "and he injured Whiteblaze and took the ancient's staff."
"Someone hurt Whiteblaze?!" Roland cried, "he's gonna die!"
"We're protectors of Princess Purity," Rowena said. "I guess you protect her too, huh?"
"Princess?" Simon took off his blue helmet, revealing his blond hair that was in the same style of Rowen's, "the only princess is Monica. We are Prince's Purity's warriors."
"Prince Purity?" Vincent mumbled. "I have a half brother too? This is all really weird! I'm going to sit down for a while." He put his hand to his forehead as he began to feel weak in the knees.
"Oh, here, Vincent," Joy instructed, "put your head between your knees and take a few deep breaths. That's it."
"Prince Purity?" Rowena mumbled, "What's his first name?"
"Kenneth," Simon said.
"I guess Rini has a full brother then," Rowena said to Vincent.
"There's another enemy we're faced with," Phyllis said, "aliens."
"Aliens?" The five young men sounded.
"Haven't seen, 'em, huh?" Rochelle asked.
The one in the orange shook his head, "sorry."
"Just what's your name, anyway?" she demanded, "and your armor?"
"Stone of Cement," he replied. (AN: I found many stone/rock related names but I thought Stone of Cement sounded absolutely perfect! I should have been Kento's name! Doesn't Stone of Hardrock sound cool or what?!!)
"Stone of Cement?" Rochelle started laughing.
"Haven't you faced any enemies?" Joy asked.
"A few," Lee replied, "but nothing like you've mentioned. We used to live in peace for a long time."
"We have too," Rochelle mentioned. "So you're Joy's brother, huh?"
"Looks that way," Lee said with a smile.
"Rochelle," Joy whispered, "just what do you think you're doing?"
"Mingling with your brother," she whispered back, "I'm Rochelle, Joy's best friend! Soo, are you best friends with my brother?"
Lee nodded, "someone has to make him something to eat."
"You can cook?" Rochelle asked with a big smile.
"Of course, I cook for you all the time," Joy said.
"Yeah, I guess our dad got his practice the same way," Lee said shyly.
"I wouldn't be surprised if you knew a bit about first aid too," Joy said.
"That's right," Lee said, "our mum is a doctor."
"I guess we should find a way to get back to our time," Robyn said, "The thief certainly is not here."
"You've only just got here and you want to leave?" Roland asked. "Some sister you are!"
"You know nothing about me!" Robyn cried.
"Why don't we just hang out here and get to know everyone?" Rochelle asked.
"You mean you don't want to go and clobber some aliens?" Phyllis joked.
"It would be nice to get to know the sister I never knew," Lee said. "We can swap some recipes!"
He and Joy shared a laugh.
"And I need to teach you about a little thing I like to call RESPECT!" Phyllis shouted to Lucas.
"I don't need to learn nuttin," Lucas mumbled.
"And how to talk right, too," Phyllis added, "you're rude and you don't' know how to talk, can you really be my brother?"
Lucas rolled his eyes and looked at Rowena, who looked away. "If our enemies aren't here," she told Simon, "then I suppose we have some time to kill until we find them."
"Follow us," Simon said, "there's a spot we like to go often."
Simon and the other young men led Rowena and the others to a riverbank in the middle of the forest. "Our fathers train with us a lot out here," Simon reported, "and we come out here a lot on our own too."
"We train a little closer to the castle," Robyn said.
"I think I'll train with Lucas for a bit," Phyllis said, "you probably don't even know how to meditate, don't you?"
"I know how to meditate," Lucas grumbled.
"Then let me see how well you can use your sword!" she said, "come on!"
"Fine!" he shouted.
"A little 'sibling showdown,' how lovely," Stone commented.
"You wanna go?" Rochelle asked.
Stone shook his head.
"You're afraid of me, aren't you?"
"No, I don't think it's proper to fight with girls."
"Proper?" Rochelle mumbled, "proper?"
"Actually, he'd just rather train with guys," Lee said, "if he were to train with a girl, he'd fall in love with her! But of course, he does fall in love with about every girl he sees!"
Lucas and Phyllis stood back to back and they took ten steps forward as Rowena counted them off. Lucas' mind was wandering as the same time Phyllis' was on course and she was meditating the whole time. "Now turn and fire!" Rowena cried.
Phyllis then freed her mind of defeat and focused on victory as she sent her attack. "LIGHTNING OAK SLIT!"
Lucas, however, didn't know how to free his mind and groggily sent his attack of a bright light. "HOLY LIGHT TEARING!"
Their two attacks fused together, but since Phyllis had concentrated harder, it went through Lucas' and blew off his helmet, scratching his face and he fell down backward.
"I lost!" Lucas cried. He rose to his feet. "How?"
Phyllis walked up to him, "you weren't meditating," Phyllis said simply.
"How did you know?" he demanded.
"Because, I can just tell if my opponent's mind is somewhere else," Phyllis told him, "If I concentrate hard enough, I can read people's minds."
"Phyllis does have a sense of telepathy," Rowena confirmed.
"I can't believe you," Phyllis mumbled, "I'm so ashamed of you! You weren't even trying!"
"Who are you to tell me that?" he demanded with a growl. "Only my sister! Can you just go back to your time now?"
"No!" Phyllis punched him across his face. Everyone winced in surprise.
Lucas whelped and brought his hand to his red face, "W-why did you do that?" he stammered, close to tears.
"Because you asked for it!" she cried, "and I'm your sister and I love you and I want you to be happy, why do you think?"
"Really?" he sniffed.
"Of course," Phyllis said, "I may be from a different time and space, but I'm your sister. If you want to become better, you'll have to mediate some more."
"It's so boring though," Lucas frowned.
"Come with me," she took his hand, "let's go meditate together."
"Okay, there's a waterfall somewhere here," Lucas began.
"I know where the waterfall is," Phyllis muttered, "Dad and I go there all the time!"
"Oh, I figured so," Lucas said and the two green-armored warriors walked away.
"Sit down, Lucas," Phyllis demanded, "and shed off your full armor."
"If you say so." He said and he sat down in his sub armor. Lucas' eyes were like two shining emeralds and he had deep brown hair like his mother's hair and eyes. His hair was shaped like his father's but Lucas' ringlets were longer, down to his collarbone and they curled a little bit. He had his father's good looks.
Phyllis shed off her full armor and sat down behind him, their backs touching. She laid her hands on the grass, "give me your hands."
"Huh?"
"Just do it," she said, "As your sister, I'm probably the only girl that would want to hold hands with you."
"Got a point there," he said and they interlocked their fingers as they held their arms out to the side. They closed their eyes, keeping their backs straight as they leaned against each other.
"Free your mind," Phyllis said, her voice almost hypnotic, "just let everything go. Relax." She heard her brother breathe and felt his back rise against hers. "Concentrate now."
They sat there, Indian style with their eyes closed and their minds free of anything that was negative. It wasn't long until they began to feel each other's strength and energy. A green cloud engulfed them and began to rise up to the branches of the trees. The cloud shimmered and glowed as a golden ring hovered around them, like a giant halo. They opened their eyes and couldn't believe what was happening.
"Whoa, cooooooool," Lucas mumbled.
"I don't think this ever happened to Dad," Phyllis said.
"Yeah, thanks, Phyllis," Lucas said, "I feel, well, stronger now. A whole lot smarter too. I should do this more often!"
Back with the group, Rochelle couldn't help but stare at Lee all the time. Everyone wore their sub armor so they wouldn't have to stand around with the heaviness of it. She went to Joy. "Hey, Joy, I can trust you, right?" she asked.
"Rochelle, we're best friends," Joy said, "and I'm probably the only one you can trust."
"Yeah, your attribute is trust, isn't it, huh?" Rochelle said nervously, "well, I kinda like your brother but I don't know how to get him to notice me."
"Just go talk to him," Joy said, "you were asking him a lot of questions before."
"Um, okay," Rochelle said.
"Come on, Rochelle," Joy muttered, "you can talk to anyone, now how can my brother be so hard? I'm your best friend, you know."
"Yeah, you're right," Rochelle said. "Here I go." She walked over to Lee and immediately, Stone walked over to Joy.
"Hi, Lee!" Rochelle said, "How are--" she didn't notice the raised root of a tree and tripped over it. "Ouch!"
"Are you okay?" Lee asked.
"Rochelle?" Joy mumbled.
Stone laughed and shook his head, "I can't believe she's my sister." Stone was pretty clean cut, for the son of Kento of Hardrock. True, Kento was pretty clean cut too. Stone had blond hair that looked neatly trimmed and combed, but it didn't always look that way. It naturally had the shape of Kento's indigo hair. He had deep blue eyes too.
"Rochelle's the best," Joy said in defense.
"Hey, that's cool," Stone said, "I'm glad she has a best friend like you. So, are you seeing anyone?"
"I beg your pardon?"
Rochelle pulled herself up, "oops," she mumbled.
"You okay?" Lee asked, stepping to her.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Rochelle said, "I'm the toughest of the group."
"Uh oh," he said with a wince.
"What?" she asked.
"You're hurt," he said, "looks like you scratched your face."
"Ah, just a scratch," Rochelle felt a little pain on her cheek and reached her finger to it. "I wouldn't have noticed it."
"Let me see," he came closer and observed the scratch on her cheek, his hands cupping her face.
"I, uh," Rochelle mumbled, becoming a little nervous, "I can handle a little scratch."
"Even little scratches become infected," Lee said, "let's clean that thing out."
"No, I'm fine, really!" she said.
Lee ignored her and brought her over to the river. Rochelle sent Joy the 'SCORE' look.
"What was that you said?" Joy asked with a blush.
"I guess you're not seeing anyone," Stone said. "You're pretty cute."
"Well, I, uh, um, gee, well, I uh," Joy bit her lip and cleared her throat, "shouldn't we go and…"
"Yes, go somewhere to be alone," Stone took Joy's hand, "that's a great idea!"
"Later, Joy!" Rowena cried with a few giggles.
"We'll be here when you get back," Robyn shouted.
Joy looked back at the others with a 'help me!' look but Rowena and Robyn paid no mind.
"She's the shy one, huh?" Simon asked.
Rowena nodded, "yeah. She's really smart too."
"She saved me from the frozen lake," Robyn said.
Phyllis and Lucas returned, "Wow, have I missed out on a lot!" Lucas said. "You wouldn't believe what happened, we were meditating and then this big green light was hovering over us!" he looked at Phyllis, "can we do it again?"
"Practice makes perfect," Phyllis said with a shrug. "Hey, where's Joy? And Rochelle?"
"Yeah," Lucas added, "and Lee and Stone?"
"Rochelle is with Lee and Stone is with Joy," Vincent replied.
"Oh," Phyllis said and then, "oh, oooohhhhh." She winked at Simon, who blushed.
Lucas winked at Rowena, who smiled and then looked at Vincent, "I wonder if Rini's okay."
"I'm sure she's fine," Vincent said.
Lucas groaned and walked to sit next to a tree trunk.
Monica was standing close to Roland, so Robyn asked, "So are you two, well?"
"Yes, we are," Monica replied with a smile and a nod.
Roland cleared his throat, "so, a person in black stole the Prism Crystal Orb, right?"
Lee helped clean out the scratch with water from the river, "there now, feel better?"
"Yeah, thanks," Rochelle said, "you know, you really didn't have to do that."
"It's no problem," Lee said. "You're my sister's best friend."
"Joy could have fixed it," Rochelle told him, "anyway, let's head back to the group before aliens get us or something."
"Okay."
"Stone, we should stay with the group," Joy said, "We can talk there."
"I want to show you something," he said, leading her on, "it's not far."
"It's dangerous," Joy said.
"Don't worry," he gave her a grin, "I'll protect you!"
Joy swallowed.
"How come a pretty girl like you isn't seeing anyone?" Stone asked.
"I never thought about it," she replied.
"Oh, I guess you're like Lee," Stone said, "he studies a lot. I guess he doesn't like to party."
"Must be why I'm such good friends with Rochelle," Joy said as she let go of his hand. As they continued to walk, Joy tripped and twisted her ankle.
"Are you okay?" Stone asked.
"I think I twisted my ankle," she said with a wince, "I can't move it."
"Tell me what I should do," Stone said.
"You'll have to tie it with something," she said, "so it won't move."
"Good idea," he looked around and saw only grass and leaves. Since there was nothing, he went down to his casual clothes and ripped off his shirt. "Here," he said as he wrapped it around her foot. "Maybe I should have brought a first aid kit or something."
"Y-yeah," Joy stammered, staring at his chest. Stone was incredibly ripped and she wasn't able to notice it though his armor. He was built like Kento but didn't quite look it. Kento was buff, of course in a bulky kind of way. Stone, however had the body of a body builder and was no doubt the pretty boy of the bunch. He had to be about maybe 6'0. Well, it was no wonder, his father being the warrior strength and his mother the sailor of beauty; Stone was quite a handsome tough guy.
"Thanks," she mumbled, "let me see if I can stand on it." She tried to get up but Stone lifted her up.
"Let's not chance making your ankle any worse, okay?" Stone asked.
She nodded, not sure what to say.
"I hope your brother doesn't get mad at me," Stone said.
"Me neither," she whispered with a blush.
"Let me show you that place I told you about," he said.
"We're not going back?" She asked.
He shook his head, "it's not that far away,"
"Well, on our way there, you might want to take me to the river or something."
"Feel like swimming?" he teased.
"No, I mean," she blushed, "it will heal my ankle."
"Oh," he sounded a bit disappointed, "well, okay."
Rowena was talking to Simon about what they should do as Lucas was sitting by himself at a tree trunk. Robyn knew she would never get Vincent's attention, so she sat down on the other side, without knowing Lucas was there. As she sat there, fuming at herself of how she wasted her time trying to get Vincent to notice her, she heard a sigh.
"Hmm?" Robyn looked back around the tree trunk and saw Lucas, "oh, hi, Phyllis' brother, right?"
"Lucas," he said.
"You okay?" she asked.
He shook his head, "I think Simon's sister is involved with that guy." He nodded to Vincent.
"Oh, Rowena and Vincent," she confirmed.
"Yeah."
"You like her, huh?"
He nodded.
"I know you feel," she said, with a smile, "I had a thing for Vincent too but he is in love with Rowena."
"Looks like we're in the same boat," Lucas said.
"Yeah."
They looked down at the ground for a second and met each other's eyes again and for some reason, they could not look away.
Without warning, the alien that frightened Hotaru came out of nowhere and was headed for Rowena.
"Rowena, look out!" Vincent cried as he changed into Masked Phoenix. He pushed her out of the way, which may have saved her life, but put his own in danger.
"Vincent!" Rowena shouted, "No!"
To
Be Continued…