The New Phoenix
Chapter 7
Rocky Oberlin
Disclaimer: On this day of blackness, I kneel down before God and bear my soul to Him. Thus I must say the truth: I don't own the Ronin Warriors.
The next day Windy seemed to be subdued. She sat next to the fire with a black cord threaded through her hair. Sometimes she would lower her head and a tear would fall from her eyes. White Blaze rubbed his head against her and she absently stroked his head. At her touch, he saw the painful scene that she was somehow watching and gave her a comforting lick on her cheek.
"I know that it will turn out alright, but I must remember the sadness before the joy, White Blaze. Thank you for the encouragement."
Cye came down the stairs for breakfast and saw the spirit watch the morning sky from her place by the fire. "What's wrong? I thought that you had faith in us?"
Windy smiled. "I'm remembering something that happened even before Tulpa came."
"And what is that?" snapped a grouchy Seckmet.
Windy looked at the rumpled Seasonal of Summer. "Good Friday. The day that Jesus Christ died on a cross for everyone in the world. An innocent man for a corrupt world."
"Why did he do such a thing?" asked Lady Kayura as she joined the assembling group in the Living Room.
"Because He loved us. Because God loved us so much that He sent His Son, Jesus, down to pay for our mistakes."
"And that's why you fight, isn't it?" asked, surprisingly, Cale.
The spirit nodded a sad smile on her face. "He won't let evil take His creation, but He will use it to bring His children back to Him. I'm here to help give my brothers and sisters a chance to find Him."
"So we should have faith that we can defeat Tulpa," said Lady Kayura.
"But we shouldn't be too cocky while we're doing it," reminded Ryo. "Like you guys said yesterday, look what happened to me."
Mia looked pale at the though, but nodded her head. "He is right. We should remember that we can be killed doing this."
"But have faith that it can be done," finished Anubis.
Windy smiled at the words of wisdom coming for the three members of the court. She turned her head back to her contemplation and at noon she bowed her head and muttered, "It is finished." A single tear fell from her eye and disappeared into nothingness.
"He died at this hour, didn't he?" asked Rowen.
Windy nodded her head. Her clothes seemed to be a dark gray, not the white that she usually wore. "We have the battle to attend to. I will be coming."
Rowen and Windy walked out to the backyard to confer with the others. Dark clouds gathered at the horizon and moved against the prevailing wind toward the city. Anubis and Mia were clothed in their robes of Guardianship and Ryo and Lady Kayura stood near the ones they protected. Windy had changed her clothes between one step and the next to a dark gray set of breeches, loose shirt, and leather vest. It was like the clothes she wore when she brought back Anubis to help his sister Guardian.
"He's coming," said Anubis.
"We may need the full Court this time," added Mia.
"They will be there if and when they are needed," said Windy.
"I think I noticed something while we were fighting, Mom."
"And what was that?"
"Rowen stayed near you."
"Does that mean that he is your Protector, Grandma?"
"May be."
"I think so, my niece. I think so."
It was agreed by the Ronins and Seasonals to fight Tulpa in the city, where he would do as much damage as he could. They hoped that by concentrating on them, some of the city could be spared from more destruction. Mia looked at them in askance and Windy shook her head. Powerful Magick would be performed by the end of this fight and the city would have a major construction bill to pay off afterward.
The warriors all called their subarmor and once again piled into the two cars. As Windy brought out her bike Rowen walked over to join her. Anubis looked at him and joined his Protector in the second car. As they drove to the city, the wind howled around them. A few times it looked like they were going to lose control of the cars and completely lose Windy and Rowen on the motorcycle. Every time it happened, some force would correct the cars and Windy would maneuver the bike so they wouldn't be driven off the road.
When they were a mile from the city, the cars came past the city limits okay, but a gale force wind kept Windy from entering and almost spilled the two on the bike. Rowen was ready for a hard landing when he realized that he was still upright and not on a motorcycle. He looked over Windy's shoulder to see they were on a black horse and entering the city limits a quarter mile away from the others.
"Are you okay?" asked Windy.
"Yeah," called back Rowen. He wasn't sure if the spirit had heard him, but she did glance back with a grin on her face.
"Just like the November storms in Michigan," she shouted.
Rowen gave her a bewildered look but didn't say anything. He concentrated on holding onto his partner and not falling off the horse. They reached the others in the middle of the city.
"What took you so long?" asked Cale.
"We ran into trouble with the weather," said Windy. "I think that Tulpa didn't want us here."
"We lost the cars half a mile back," said Mia. "How did you get here?"
"We rode a horse," said Rowen shakily.
Eyebrows were raised and Sage asked, "Where did you get a horse."
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you," said Windy.
Their conversation was ended with another gale force wind barreling down between the buildings toward them. "You can manipulate the wind, can't you control this gale?!" yelled Seckmet.
"Can you control all the snakes in the world," screamed back Windy. "It's like that!" She was cut off by chilling laughter.
"Greetings again, Warriors and Guardians," cackled a metallic voice.
The warriors slid into a fighting stance and looked toward the origin of the voice.
"We're here Tulpa," called Ryo. "Now either fight us face to face or leave."
"We will come face to face, Wildfire, but you will be defeated when we do," the demon responded.
The wind died down, but the clouds hung low over the city. A blade coming down in front of Mia showed Tulpa had called his soldiers to fight the Ronins and Seasonals and didn't care what shape the Guardians were in. Mia jumped back from the blade and seemed to flare with the power of the Phoenix. She grabbed a hold of the chain connected to the blade and fire followed it up to the hand that sent the blade. A tower of fire showed where one hapless soldier had been and where hundreds more were waiting to fight.
"Armor of Wildfire! Dao Jin!"
The others called their armor and spread out into a circle with Ryo, Rowen, and Lady Kayura staying close to Mia, Windy, and Anubis. Windy looked at her new protector and nodded her head. The Strata bearer and the Bailiff jumped from the circle and took places on roofs on either side of the circle. Rowen pulled his bow and started to shoot his golden arrows at any soldier that came too near the circle while pulled a bow of her own from nowhere. She blew a breath on the points of her arrows before letting them fly to the soldiers further away from the ones Rowen shot at; her arrows didn't miss their targets. The soldiers that the two didn't hit were pushed back by the other warriors surrounding the Guardians.
"Snake Fang Strike!"
"Black Lightning Slash!"
"Web of Deception!"
Soldiers fell before the onslaught, but two more seem to take their place. The combat was hard and the blows given to the warriors were harder. Tulpa cackled from his vantage point and waited for the time when he could take the power from the two young Guardians.
Mia and Anubis used little of their powers to protect themselves and the others; they knew that it would bring the attention of the Dynasty Master. Windy and Rowen came down from the roofs to help fight hand to hand with their fellow warriors against the dark soldiers that were coming up behind the group.
"Should we form the Inferno?" called Sage.
"I don't think that would be a good idea," answered Mia. "Phoenix Flames!" A bird of complete fire flew away from the Phoenix Guardian and winged around the soldiers trying to take down Cye. He waved his thanks and continued to slash with his yari at the remaining soldiers surrounding him.
"Give up Guardians!" called Tulpa. "You are just two and are almost defeated."
"You should learn to count, evil one," called a deep voice. Ryo recognized the Griffin Guardian in his scarlet, brown, and silver robes. He was accompanied by the young man in white and silver robes, the Unicorn Guardian.
"Good, now I won't have to hunt you down," cackled Tulpa. "You retreated last time like cowards, but this time I will take your power before you can leave this realm."
"We are here to stop you for the final time," called the Unicorn Guardian.
Tulpa laughed at the two new Guardians. "You ran last time I came to this realm. Now you expect to defeat me?"
"Anything is possible, Tulpa," said Anubis.
"And we will try," added Mia.
"Besides, the full Court is here," said Windy.
Ryo and Lady Kayura joined their Guardians and Cye and Cale walked toward the newcomers. Windy stood behind the gathered Court with Rowen guarding her back. The remaining warriors fanned out around the Court of Magic and readied themselves for Tulpa's next attack.
"Now you will feel the power that I have gained. I WILL have my armors back and the Power to take this realm."
"No, Tulpa, you will not," said Windy quietly.
"Who will stop me?"
"We will," said Mia. "We aren't afraid to die to stop you." The fear that she once had for the Master of the Dynasty had changed with the coming of her brother Guardians and the support of her Protector; now she seemed to radiate a newfound confidence with the completion of the Court of Magic. Now all was in readiness for the final battle between the Dark Master of the Dynasty and the protectors and Guardians of the Mortal Realm.
This was written for Good Friday. I want to try to show the difference between this sad day and the coming Easter Sunday where joy is felt once again with the resurrection of Jesus Christ. You will see how it comes into play in the next chapter. As always, please review.
Rocky
Chapter 7
Rocky Oberlin
Disclaimer: On this day of blackness, I kneel down before God and bear my soul to Him. Thus I must say the truth: I don't own the Ronin Warriors.
The next day Windy seemed to be subdued. She sat next to the fire with a black cord threaded through her hair. Sometimes she would lower her head and a tear would fall from her eyes. White Blaze rubbed his head against her and she absently stroked his head. At her touch, he saw the painful scene that she was somehow watching and gave her a comforting lick on her cheek.
"I know that it will turn out alright, but I must remember the sadness before the joy, White Blaze. Thank you for the encouragement."
Cye came down the stairs for breakfast and saw the spirit watch the morning sky from her place by the fire. "What's wrong? I thought that you had faith in us?"
Windy smiled. "I'm remembering something that happened even before Tulpa came."
"And what is that?" snapped a grouchy Seckmet.
Windy looked at the rumpled Seasonal of Summer. "Good Friday. The day that Jesus Christ died on a cross for everyone in the world. An innocent man for a corrupt world."
"Why did he do such a thing?" asked Lady Kayura as she joined the assembling group in the Living Room.
"Because He loved us. Because God loved us so much that He sent His Son, Jesus, down to pay for our mistakes."
"And that's why you fight, isn't it?" asked, surprisingly, Cale.
The spirit nodded a sad smile on her face. "He won't let evil take His creation, but He will use it to bring His children back to Him. I'm here to help give my brothers and sisters a chance to find Him."
"So we should have faith that we can defeat Tulpa," said Lady Kayura.
"But we shouldn't be too cocky while we're doing it," reminded Ryo. "Like you guys said yesterday, look what happened to me."
Mia looked pale at the though, but nodded her head. "He is right. We should remember that we can be killed doing this."
"But have faith that it can be done," finished Anubis.
Windy smiled at the words of wisdom coming for the three members of the court. She turned her head back to her contemplation and at noon she bowed her head and muttered, "It is finished." A single tear fell from her eye and disappeared into nothingness.
"He died at this hour, didn't he?" asked Rowen.
Windy nodded her head. Her clothes seemed to be a dark gray, not the white that she usually wore. "We have the battle to attend to. I will be coming."
Rowen and Windy walked out to the backyard to confer with the others. Dark clouds gathered at the horizon and moved against the prevailing wind toward the city. Anubis and Mia were clothed in their robes of Guardianship and Ryo and Lady Kayura stood near the ones they protected. Windy had changed her clothes between one step and the next to a dark gray set of breeches, loose shirt, and leather vest. It was like the clothes she wore when she brought back Anubis to help his sister Guardian.
"He's coming," said Anubis.
"We may need the full Court this time," added Mia.
"They will be there if and when they are needed," said Windy.
"I think I noticed something while we were fighting, Mom."
"And what was that?"
"Rowen stayed near you."
"Does that mean that he is your Protector, Grandma?"
"May be."
"I think so, my niece. I think so."
It was agreed by the Ronins and Seasonals to fight Tulpa in the city, where he would do as much damage as he could. They hoped that by concentrating on them, some of the city could be spared from more destruction. Mia looked at them in askance and Windy shook her head. Powerful Magick would be performed by the end of this fight and the city would have a major construction bill to pay off afterward.
The warriors all called their subarmor and once again piled into the two cars. As Windy brought out her bike Rowen walked over to join her. Anubis looked at him and joined his Protector in the second car. As they drove to the city, the wind howled around them. A few times it looked like they were going to lose control of the cars and completely lose Windy and Rowen on the motorcycle. Every time it happened, some force would correct the cars and Windy would maneuver the bike so they wouldn't be driven off the road.
When they were a mile from the city, the cars came past the city limits okay, but a gale force wind kept Windy from entering and almost spilled the two on the bike. Rowen was ready for a hard landing when he realized that he was still upright and not on a motorcycle. He looked over Windy's shoulder to see they were on a black horse and entering the city limits a quarter mile away from the others.
"Are you okay?" asked Windy.
"Yeah," called back Rowen. He wasn't sure if the spirit had heard him, but she did glance back with a grin on her face.
"Just like the November storms in Michigan," she shouted.
Rowen gave her a bewildered look but didn't say anything. He concentrated on holding onto his partner and not falling off the horse. They reached the others in the middle of the city.
"What took you so long?" asked Cale.
"We ran into trouble with the weather," said Windy. "I think that Tulpa didn't want us here."
"We lost the cars half a mile back," said Mia. "How did you get here?"
"We rode a horse," said Rowen shakily.
Eyebrows were raised and Sage asked, "Where did you get a horse."
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you," said Windy.
Their conversation was ended with another gale force wind barreling down between the buildings toward them. "You can manipulate the wind, can't you control this gale?!" yelled Seckmet.
"Can you control all the snakes in the world," screamed back Windy. "It's like that!" She was cut off by chilling laughter.
"Greetings again, Warriors and Guardians," cackled a metallic voice.
The warriors slid into a fighting stance and looked toward the origin of the voice.
"We're here Tulpa," called Ryo. "Now either fight us face to face or leave."
"We will come face to face, Wildfire, but you will be defeated when we do," the demon responded.
The wind died down, but the clouds hung low over the city. A blade coming down in front of Mia showed Tulpa had called his soldiers to fight the Ronins and Seasonals and didn't care what shape the Guardians were in. Mia jumped back from the blade and seemed to flare with the power of the Phoenix. She grabbed a hold of the chain connected to the blade and fire followed it up to the hand that sent the blade. A tower of fire showed where one hapless soldier had been and where hundreds more were waiting to fight.
"Armor of Wildfire! Dao Jin!"
The others called their armor and spread out into a circle with Ryo, Rowen, and Lady Kayura staying close to Mia, Windy, and Anubis. Windy looked at her new protector and nodded her head. The Strata bearer and the Bailiff jumped from the circle and took places on roofs on either side of the circle. Rowen pulled his bow and started to shoot his golden arrows at any soldier that came too near the circle while pulled a bow of her own from nowhere. She blew a breath on the points of her arrows before letting them fly to the soldiers further away from the ones Rowen shot at; her arrows didn't miss their targets. The soldiers that the two didn't hit were pushed back by the other warriors surrounding the Guardians.
"Snake Fang Strike!"
"Black Lightning Slash!"
"Web of Deception!"
Soldiers fell before the onslaught, but two more seem to take their place. The combat was hard and the blows given to the warriors were harder. Tulpa cackled from his vantage point and waited for the time when he could take the power from the two young Guardians.
Mia and Anubis used little of their powers to protect themselves and the others; they knew that it would bring the attention of the Dynasty Master. Windy and Rowen came down from the roofs to help fight hand to hand with their fellow warriors against the dark soldiers that were coming up behind the group.
"Should we form the Inferno?" called Sage.
"I don't think that would be a good idea," answered Mia. "Phoenix Flames!" A bird of complete fire flew away from the Phoenix Guardian and winged around the soldiers trying to take down Cye. He waved his thanks and continued to slash with his yari at the remaining soldiers surrounding him.
"Give up Guardians!" called Tulpa. "You are just two and are almost defeated."
"You should learn to count, evil one," called a deep voice. Ryo recognized the Griffin Guardian in his scarlet, brown, and silver robes. He was accompanied by the young man in white and silver robes, the Unicorn Guardian.
"Good, now I won't have to hunt you down," cackled Tulpa. "You retreated last time like cowards, but this time I will take your power before you can leave this realm."
"We are here to stop you for the final time," called the Unicorn Guardian.
Tulpa laughed at the two new Guardians. "You ran last time I came to this realm. Now you expect to defeat me?"
"Anything is possible, Tulpa," said Anubis.
"And we will try," added Mia.
"Besides, the full Court is here," said Windy.
Ryo and Lady Kayura joined their Guardians and Cye and Cale walked toward the newcomers. Windy stood behind the gathered Court with Rowen guarding her back. The remaining warriors fanned out around the Court of Magic and readied themselves for Tulpa's next attack.
"Now you will feel the power that I have gained. I WILL have my armors back and the Power to take this realm."
"No, Tulpa, you will not," said Windy quietly.
"Who will stop me?"
"We will," said Mia. "We aren't afraid to die to stop you." The fear that she once had for the Master of the Dynasty had changed with the coming of her brother Guardians and the support of her Protector; now she seemed to radiate a newfound confidence with the completion of the Court of Magic. Now all was in readiness for the final battle between the Dark Master of the Dynasty and the protectors and Guardians of the Mortal Realm.
This was written for Good Friday. I want to try to show the difference between this sad day and the coming Easter Sunday where joy is felt once again with the resurrection of Jesus Christ. You will see how it comes into play in the next chapter. As always, please review.
Rocky