"Darkness Revived"

Chapter Three

      "Master, I have thought of a plan that will work for sure, but I will need some assistance."

      "Do whatever you can to destroy the princess and her friends."

      "Yes, Master."

      "Wow, Mia! I've never seen this much food before, except at holidays or birthdays," Kento said wide-eyed, staring at the table full of food.

      "Did we forget someone's birthday?" Cye asked, worried.

      "No, Cye," Ryo said, putting down a huge chicken down on the table, "Mia just has some good news to tell everyone."

      "What is it, then?" Sage asked.

      "Well, I just wanted to tell you guys that I got the job and that means we won't have to worry about money anymore. We can buy the food that we need without worrying about Kento's appetite getting in the way, and we can expand the house so we have more room and so Kayura and the others can stay with us."

      "We can't intrude like that, Mia," Cale said.

      "Of course you can. You're going to be fighting with us, we might as well stay together," Ryo said.

      "Thank you very much," Kayura said.

      "Okay then, can we eat now?"

      "Sure, Kento," Mia said, sitting down next to Ryo. They started to eat, passing the dishes around.

      "Excuse me, you guys," Dais said.

      "What is it?" Rowen asked.

      "I was wondering, what was that amazing gold armor?"

      "You mean the Armor of the Heavens?" Cye asked.

      "If that's what it's called."

      "That armor is the most powerful armor, even more powerful than the Inferno. It was created by the gods themselves," Ryo said.

      "I've never heard of it before. Who wears it?" Sekhmet asked.

      "Oh, that's my armor," Mia said, taking a bite of bread.

      "What?!" the four screamed in unison. Sekhmet started to choke and the other three stared at Mia in surprise.

      "I just found it a while ago. And if I had it when we were fighting you guys, you would have been long gone."

      "Yeah, and Mia defeated two people much stronger than Talpa ever was and did it on her own," Kento said, stuffing his mouth.

      "Wait a minute. You mean Mia, that Mia," Dais said pointing to her, "the puny girl named Mia…"

      "Hey! I resent that!" Mia said.

      "…who the Ronins had to protect because she couldn't fight and we tried to destroy, has the most powerful armor in the world?" he finished.

      "That's just about right," Cye said.

      "She's not worth it!"

      "Hey there, that isn't a very nice thing to say," Sage said.

      "I'm out of here." Dais got up and left.

      Dais sat underneath a huge oak a tree in his subarmor. "How can that girl be privileged to wear such an armor? She isn't a warrior. She doesn't deserve it."

      "I agree with you, Dais."

      "Huh?" He got up and looked straight ahead at a dark figure. "Who are you?"

      "I'm here to help you. You don't think that girl deserves that armor; you deserve it. You're the warrior and have the power. I can make that possible."

      "How?"

      Mia and Ryo slept together in their bedroom. Mia rolled over toward the balcony and opened her eyes. She looked outside and saw something go by quickly. "Ryo, wake up." Mia nudged Ryo and he woke up.

      "What is it, Mia?"

      "Something's outside." They both sat up in bed.

      "Are you sure, Mia?"

      "Have I been wrong before?" Mia got out of her bed in her short, blue nightgown and the spirit orb around her neck and Ryo got out of bed wearing a pair of red pajama pants. They walked toward the balcony and opened the doors. They stepped outside and looked around. "I know there's something out here."

      "I don't see anything, Mia."

      Suddenly, two dark figures jumped up to the balcony. One of them knocked Ryo down, strangling him, and the other one knocked Mia into the bedroom wall. He took his two hands and nailed Mia to the wall by her wrists, and another hand came out of its stomach and nailed her to the wall by her stomach. He stepped away, detaching the hands and leaving Mia against the wall. They started to glow and Mia started to glow, sucking away her energy.

      She started to scream, but it died down as she got weaker. She went limp and her head sulked down. In the background footsteps were heard hurrying down. It took the spirit orb from her neck and ran away, with the other one following it.

      "What's going on?" Kayura asked, entering the room with Cye, Sage, and Rowen following. "Mia!" They bent down and checked on her.

      "Is she all right?" Ryo asked, coming back in with his hands around his neck.

      "Ryo, what happened?" Cye asked.

      "These two things came from nowhere and attacked us," he said.

      Sage touched Mia and jerked his hand back quickly. "She's ice cold."

      "Then we better get Mia out of these things," Rowen said. They started to pull on the hand around her stomach when they heard a small cry of pain from Mia.

      "Don't worry, Mia. We're going to get you out," Ryo said. They pulled even harder and finally got Mia free. Sage and Rowen pulled off the ones around her wrists with no problem. She fell forward, but Ryo caught her. "Mia, are you okay?"

      "I'm fine. I just need some sleep." She put her head on Ryo's shoulder and fell asleep.

      Dais walked to the dining room and saw everyone except Ryo and Mia. "Where's Ryo and Mia this morning?"

      "They're still sleeping, after what happened last night."

      "What do you mean, Sage?" Kento asked.

      "While you guys were out, Mia and Ryo were attacked. Mia's energy was totally drained, so she's pretty weak right now."

      "But who would attack them like that?" Cale asked.

      "I don't know, but something doesn't feel right," Cye said.

      In the background, someone screamed. "That was Mia!" Kayura said.

      "Maybe they're being attacked again." Everyone rushed up and saw Mia standing by the mirror. "What's wrong, Mia?" Kento asked. She turned to them.

      "That thing last night took the spirit orb," she said, putting her hands on her chest where the spirit orb was.

      "So what should we do?" Rowen asked.

      "Don't worry about it. The spirit orb is in good hands."

      "What are you talking about, Dais?" Sekhmet asked. Suddenly, Dais disappeared. "Where did he go?" A huge blast comes through the window and everyone went onto the balcony to see Dais on the ground. One by one, they jumped off onto the ground, surrounding him.

      "Dais, what are you doing?" Kayura asked.

      "I'm righting a wrong." He held out his hand and the spirit orb dangled from a string on his middle finger. "She doesn't deserve this armor. She isn't even a warrior."

      "You don't even know why Mia got her armor. And it wasn't because she was warrior," Kento said in defense.

      "Dais, why don't you give me back the spirit orb?" Mia asked.

      "You don't deserve such a thing as this armor." He held out his hand, palm away from him, and sent Mia flying into the wall.

      "Mia. That's it. Armor of Wildfire, Halo, Strata, Torrent, Hardrock!" Kayura, Cale, and Sekhmet transformed into their armor too.

      "Well then, let's see what this armor can do. Armor of the Heavens!" He transformed into the armor and looks at himself.

      "Wait a minute. He doesn't know Mia's attacks. He's powerless without them."

      "That's right, Sage," Rowen said, "then let's get him."

      "Wait, you guys." Mia went over and stood in front of everyone. "You can't attack him. He's being controlled."

      "But Mia," Cale started to say.

      "How could you do this, Dais? I'm letting you stay here. And anyway, the armor won't listen to you."

      "You're lying."

      "This is the only way now. Super Tsunami Smasher!"

      Dais dodged the attack easily, but suddenly fell to the ground.

      "What's happening?" Ryo asked, surprised.

      "Why is this armor not working?" He struggled to get up, but couldn't.

      "Dais, stop being so selfish. You need to get rid of any darkness if you want to control the armor," Mia said.

      "No. This armor should be mine."

      "Dais, do what she says," Sekhmet said.

      Dais closed his eyes and in seconds, the armor disappeared and a dark figure separated itself from him. He got up with the spirit orb in his hand. Mia hold out her hand and the spirit orb returned to her. "I thought you said I could control the armor now."

      "Sorry to say this, Dais, but the armor chooses the wearer and the only way someone else can have it is if I die."

      "I can fix that. How dare you destroy Lord Nai's plans," says the figure.

      "Just wait, we'll destroy all his plans. Armor of the Heavens! Celestial Heavens Cry!" She destroyed the figure in a second.

      "I'm sorry for what I've done," Dais said.

      "It's okay, I guess. You didn't know what was happening," Rowen said.

      "Mia, I'm really sorry for everything I did to you."

      "It's okay. But right now, I'm hungry, so let's go eat."

      "All right!" Kento screamed. Kento went running inside and everyone laughed.