Crystal Magicians
By: Anime's Angels
Part Six
Ryo looked at her. She looked better - her skin was gaining color from the
alabaster it had been,
and she would move a bit now and again.
She was at the bottom of a cave or pit, the fact that she only got injured
(seriously though) at the
very bottom was something out of science fiction.
The pit/cave was lined with rock formations, most of them pointy, and deadly
in the mile long
tunnel. She only hit one in the end.
Her long golden brown hair had some blood within the silken strands and her
clothes, the sweater
and jeans had definitely seen better days.
Ryo Sanada had found her, lying there when he was fighting another one of
the Queits ships. He
jumped to do a flare and landed, right next to the pit. That was enough to
scare him, but finding
a dead/dying body.
He was officially freaked out now.
Kento had actually gone down, knowing how to actually rock climb, and
brought her up. He
said that there were many other bodies, skeletons, and that the smell was
horrid.
Cye couldn't stand to look at her, the wounds where to fresh. He went to
find some food and
necessities for the girl, coming back with some soup and bandages that could
be used until Sage
regain strength.
Rowen was searching through her belongings now - a backpack, a book, a
purse. A package
within the pack, a coat.
He thumbed through her stuff -- if they could find why someone tried to kill
her...
The purse first, it would probably have the most information. Inside, he
found some usually girls
stuff - lotion, lip gloss, and about a thousand pens and pencils. A wallet
with a fair amount of
money, and BINGO! A student ID
Cherri Armstrong
Junior, 11th grade
Birth date: 9/4/1984
Age: 16
Rank: 3/500
School: Marquette Heights High
*No way. This can't be right! It's the year 2198! Or 198 AC She'd be over
200 years old!*
Rowen thought.
But the picture synched it. It was her, but looking a little more healthy.
*This is way past weird....*
~~~~~~~~
"You did it then?" A deep female voice asked, sounding rather interested in
the conversation.
"Yes mistress, I was able to change the transfer point from the amethystine
crystal.
Unfortunately, some one found her."
A pair of eyes seemed to glow, giving evil glares to the other woman at her
side.
"I'm sorry! No one has every found our pits before. It won't matter, she
probably will never live
past the first day."
"She better not. Otherwise you'll have hell to pay. And how could you let
them find the other
jewels? Amber, amethyst, emerald, and ruby. Those are 4 of twenty-one!!
All they need is one
more to complete the circuit to regain the enemies old powers!"
"Lady, we have twelve of the others, that leaves five more. The Jet Onyx
won't comply with
them and neither will pearl. So there are only three left, and we are
searching them out now."
"You better. If Sapphirine re-awaken's we are doomed. I can't allow that.
And I can't sit back
and watch on of the nine obsess about them, especially her. The Counsel has
better things than
to convert five wayward girls. Kill them all. Don't come back until they
are dead."
"Yes, your majesty. Certainly. May I enlist some help?"
"Take whatever you want, just destroy them and bring the gems back to me."
As one servant scampered off to find more allies, the other regal turned to
a black case in the
dark room. Twelve gems glittered back from the case, surrounding the out
side. Her jet was
placed strategically on her chest as a broach, and she saw the spaces left
for those girls jewels,
the pearl, and the sapphire.
She picked up the moonstone. The color seemed trapped in her hand, yet she
could see the
engraving of the owl in it. Each had a similar one. She wanted her
collection to be complete.
Laying the stone back down, she fingered her onyx stone. She could feel the
etched panther.
Yes, she wanted them, all of them. All the gems of power, there attributes
of animals and
powers... of virtues and life. She wanted them all, and she wouldn't stop
until the end.
~~~~~~~~
"Guys, look! This tells of a myth, that people had special bonds with
animals once! And... and...
a group of girls, and an uprising!" Rowen elaborated, reading the beginning
of the ancient book.
The paged had slightly yellow, and the large leather binding was smooth
beneath his finger tips
as he pointed out diagrams to Kento and Cye.
"Rowen!" Kento complained. "That sounds about like every girl I know! Sere
talks to her cat,
the Rayearth Knights are a bunch of girls, and *somebody* is always trying
to create a mess."
"I don't understand though," Rowen continued, "if there where twenty one
different gems,
wouldn't we have found them? At least one? Or heard about them? Who ever
these people
are...this girl is...I think we'll have to be very careful."
"Where is Ryo?" Cye asked. "I know Sage is working on Cherry or Sherie or
whom ever, but
where did he go?"
~~~~~~~~
Aurora looked at her thick bracelets, her gauntlets. They made her feel at
ease, happy like. The
golden hue brightened her day a little, the grey sky that had settled in was
a little much. She
brushed her slightly reddened hair out of her eyes. Something was nagging
at the back of her
mind..like something awful happened...
Trista kept the pace, knowing that some one had changed the time line. So
far, everything had
worked out almost the same as it should have... but looking back there where
some slight
differences... Specially with Cherri disappearing. Something was wrong
about this whole
situation, dead wrong.
Ariel walked briskly in between the senshi (who was leading) and Aurora.
She thought that this
was a little weird. Okay they had powers, and okay she had never seen JJ
and Cher fight like
that. But what she had picked up from Cherri *before* the accident was that
these gems did
what was needed or wanted by the master.
She looked at the necklace, at the phoenix engraved on it. Would it betray
her as well? JJ hadn't
looked quite right since she got the pendant, even worse since Cher was
gone.
Cat look sympathetic. What else could she do? Become a griffin and fly
away? Try to transport
directly to the missing girl. She wasn't a miracle worker....but somehow it
seemed lonelier
without the whole five of them. JJ and Aurora's somber moods, combined with
Trista's nervous
one and Ariel's scared on didn't make it very much fun.
God.... I just hope that the Queits don't find us.
~~~~~~~~
"She hasn't woken up yet guys. I don't know what to do. I can't finish,
it's like something is
keeping her injured. I don't understand it. Maybe some one is actually
protecting her...."
"Sage, we understand. We knew it was a long shot. We should probably wait
until tomorrow, if
she dies over night, we tried, if she lives we can figure out what is going
on."
*I hope she does make it,* Ryo added, silently. Something told him that
what ever was
REALLY going down, she was in the middle of it.
For better of for worse.
Turning towards the fire, he looked at her once again, and at the tiger
which was now guarding
her, before turning it.
The shadowy form of a woman snuck in as they all slept. *Like taking candy
from a baby,* she
thought, creeping up on the girl. No matter what the Lady Kwena had said,
she wasn't the leader
of the Nine, Morkela was. And he wanted her, dead or alive.
Alive seemed good enough for her.
As the twenty some year-old woman stooped over to pick up the girl,
Whiteblaze woke up.
*Uh oh I better scram. Next time kid.* Morkela and Kwena will have her...
even if for different
reasons.
By: Anime's Angels
Part Six
Ryo looked at her. She looked better - her skin was gaining color from the
alabaster it had been,
and she would move a bit now and again.
She was at the bottom of a cave or pit, the fact that she only got injured
(seriously though) at the
very bottom was something out of science fiction.
The pit/cave was lined with rock formations, most of them pointy, and deadly
in the mile long
tunnel. She only hit one in the end.
Her long golden brown hair had some blood within the silken strands and her
clothes, the sweater
and jeans had definitely seen better days.
Ryo Sanada had found her, lying there when he was fighting another one of
the Queits ships. He
jumped to do a flare and landed, right next to the pit. That was enough to
scare him, but finding
a dead/dying body.
He was officially freaked out now.
Kento had actually gone down, knowing how to actually rock climb, and
brought her up. He
said that there were many other bodies, skeletons, and that the smell was
horrid.
Cye couldn't stand to look at her, the wounds where to fresh. He went to
find some food and
necessities for the girl, coming back with some soup and bandages that could
be used until Sage
regain strength.
Rowen was searching through her belongings now - a backpack, a book, a
purse. A package
within the pack, a coat.
He thumbed through her stuff -- if they could find why someone tried to kill
her...
The purse first, it would probably have the most information. Inside, he
found some usually girls
stuff - lotion, lip gloss, and about a thousand pens and pencils. A wallet
with a fair amount of
money, and BINGO! A student ID
Cherri Armstrong
Junior, 11th grade
Birth date: 9/4/1984
Age: 16
Rank: 3/500
School: Marquette Heights High
*No way. This can't be right! It's the year 2198! Or 198 AC She'd be over
200 years old!*
Rowen thought.
But the picture synched it. It was her, but looking a little more healthy.
*This is way past weird....*
~~~~~~~~
"You did it then?" A deep female voice asked, sounding rather interested in
the conversation.
"Yes mistress, I was able to change the transfer point from the amethystine
crystal.
Unfortunately, some one found her."
A pair of eyes seemed to glow, giving evil glares to the other woman at her
side.
"I'm sorry! No one has every found our pits before. It won't matter, she
probably will never live
past the first day."
"She better not. Otherwise you'll have hell to pay. And how could you let
them find the other
jewels? Amber, amethyst, emerald, and ruby. Those are 4 of twenty-one!!
All they need is one
more to complete the circuit to regain the enemies old powers!"
"Lady, we have twelve of the others, that leaves five more. The Jet Onyx
won't comply with
them and neither will pearl. So there are only three left, and we are
searching them out now."
"You better. If Sapphirine re-awaken's we are doomed. I can't allow that.
And I can't sit back
and watch on of the nine obsess about them, especially her. The Counsel has
better things than
to convert five wayward girls. Kill them all. Don't come back until they
are dead."
"Yes, your majesty. Certainly. May I enlist some help?"
"Take whatever you want, just destroy them and bring the gems back to me."
As one servant scampered off to find more allies, the other regal turned to
a black case in the
dark room. Twelve gems glittered back from the case, surrounding the out
side. Her jet was
placed strategically on her chest as a broach, and she saw the spaces left
for those girls jewels,
the pearl, and the sapphire.
She picked up the moonstone. The color seemed trapped in her hand, yet she
could see the
engraving of the owl in it. Each had a similar one. She wanted her
collection to be complete.
Laying the stone back down, she fingered her onyx stone. She could feel the
etched panther.
Yes, she wanted them, all of them. All the gems of power, there attributes
of animals and
powers... of virtues and life. She wanted them all, and she wouldn't stop
until the end.
~~~~~~~~
"Guys, look! This tells of a myth, that people had special bonds with
animals once! And... and...
a group of girls, and an uprising!" Rowen elaborated, reading the beginning
of the ancient book.
The paged had slightly yellow, and the large leather binding was smooth
beneath his finger tips
as he pointed out diagrams to Kento and Cye.
"Rowen!" Kento complained. "That sounds about like every girl I know! Sere
talks to her cat,
the Rayearth Knights are a bunch of girls, and *somebody* is always trying
to create a mess."
"I don't understand though," Rowen continued, "if there where twenty one
different gems,
wouldn't we have found them? At least one? Or heard about them? Who ever
these people
are...this girl is...I think we'll have to be very careful."
"Where is Ryo?" Cye asked. "I know Sage is working on Cherry or Sherie or
whom ever, but
where did he go?"
~~~~~~~~
Aurora looked at her thick bracelets, her gauntlets. They made her feel at
ease, happy like. The
golden hue brightened her day a little, the grey sky that had settled in was
a little much. She
brushed her slightly reddened hair out of her eyes. Something was nagging
at the back of her
mind..like something awful happened...
Trista kept the pace, knowing that some one had changed the time line. So
far, everything had
worked out almost the same as it should have... but looking back there where
some slight
differences... Specially with Cherri disappearing. Something was wrong
about this whole
situation, dead wrong.
Ariel walked briskly in between the senshi (who was leading) and Aurora.
She thought that this
was a little weird. Okay they had powers, and okay she had never seen JJ
and Cher fight like
that. But what she had picked up from Cherri *before* the accident was that
these gems did
what was needed or wanted by the master.
She looked at the necklace, at the phoenix engraved on it. Would it betray
her as well? JJ hadn't
looked quite right since she got the pendant, even worse since Cher was
gone.
Cat look sympathetic. What else could she do? Become a griffin and fly
away? Try to transport
directly to the missing girl. She wasn't a miracle worker....but somehow it
seemed lonelier
without the whole five of them. JJ and Aurora's somber moods, combined with
Trista's nervous
one and Ariel's scared on didn't make it very much fun.
God.... I just hope that the Queits don't find us.
~~~~~~~~
"She hasn't woken up yet guys. I don't know what to do. I can't finish,
it's like something is
keeping her injured. I don't understand it. Maybe some one is actually
protecting her...."
"Sage, we understand. We knew it was a long shot. We should probably wait
until tomorrow, if
she dies over night, we tried, if she lives we can figure out what is going
on."
*I hope she does make it,* Ryo added, silently. Something told him that
what ever was
REALLY going down, she was in the middle of it.
For better of for worse.
Turning towards the fire, he looked at her once again, and at the tiger
which was now guarding
her, before turning it.
The shadowy form of a woman snuck in as they all slept. *Like taking candy
from a baby,* she
thought, creeping up on the girl. No matter what the Lady Kwena had said,
she wasn't the leader
of the Nine, Morkela was. And he wanted her, dead or alive.
Alive seemed good enough for her.
As the twenty some year-old woman stooped over to pick up the girl,
Whiteblaze woke up.
*Uh oh I better scram. Next time kid.* Morkela and Kwena will have her...
even if for different
reasons.