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stories. I'm serious go read her stories because she has nails and teeth
and fist and I'm scared. I'm thousands of miles away from her and I'm
still scared. Tell you something?
Anyway please enjoy the story. And in your reviews don't be afraid to give me suggestions because I can always get better.
1 Friends
1.1 *Tai*
I sat back into the plush chair and massaged my already aching forehead. The large leather bound book that I had been reading for hours sat open on my lap. Matt had suggested we find out more about whatever Takeru and Kari had turned into in the castle's library but it was like looking for a needle in a haystack. The library had hundreds of books and we didn't even know if there was anything in here. It didn't help that the last time I had to read was when my mother had taught me years ago.
I looked around me. The library was a huge room with rows of shelves, each one packed with bound books. Plush chairs formed a semicircle around an empty stone fireplace. Kari, Takeru, Sora, and Mandy all sat in some of the chairs with similar books on their laps.
I shook my head and flipped the page in my book. The pages in front of me were beautifully drawn and colored. Eight figures were drawn, each with a different colored globe of energy surrounding them. The elements were drawn behind each of the figures. Fire for red, wind for gray, ice for light blue, water for dark blue, lightening for purple, plants for green, pink for light, and gold for energy.
"Everybody come here." I said waving them over but not looking up. The four crowded around me.
"You found something?" Asked Kari.
"It looks like it."
"That would be me and Kari." Said Takeru pointing at the pink and gold figures. "But who are the other six?"
"Who knows." Said Sora. "Turn the page." I flipped to the next page. Words in flowery script flowed down the entire page.
"Read it allowed." Commanded Mandy. I cleared my throat and red.
1.1.1 The Prophecy
The portals of old are opened again
And demons come forth to destroy all man
Eight must stand against this threat
With the powers of the elements to help
The necklaces will be their guides
To lead them to the fight
One from the mountain
One from the sky
One from the glacier
One from the sea
One from the earth and
One from the clouds
The two angels will lead them
I turned the page but it all that was left of the next page was a torn scrap of paper still in the binding. "The next page is torn out."
"So we have half a prophecy." Said Takeru sitting back down in his chair. "And more questions than answers."
"We have a few things. There are supposed to be eight people with these necklaces." Said Kari. "Now me and Takeru are two of these eight and the other six are the people with the necklaces. It also tells us where the other six are."
"Yeah, but who are supposed to get them?" Asked Mandy.
"Who knows." I said putting the book down. "But we should make a few copies of this."
"I'll do it." Said Takeru picking up the book.
*Third person, Ryban's castle*
Ryban looked into the circle of runes and smiled. Two milky white orbs stared out at him from the shadows. A rattling hiss filled the air that chilled even the sadistic king to the core.
"Yes my beauty." Said Ryban reaching towards the rune circle. "With you those annoying kids will die for how they have insulted me."
Black energy flared against the protective barrier of the runes and the king pulled his hand back quickly. The runes didn't glow quite as strongly and Ryban looked down worriedly. The runes returned to their normal strength after a few seconds. "Excellent power."
*Kari*
I sat on the bank of the river than ran past the castle. My feet trailed in the water and my boots rested in the sand next to me. I was just enjoying the peace of the scene because everything was just too confusing right now. First there was the drastic change in my life when I had gotten given to Takeru. Now I was some type of angel fighter that was supposed to save the world.
"All kind of overwhelming." Said Takeru from behind me. I turned around and saw the blond hared prince smiling down at me.
"Tell me about it. So how do you feel about having to save the world?"
"I think the world is in deep trouble." I laughed and he sat down beside me. The looked at the horizon and the light wind played with his hair. "But seriously I don't really know what to think." Takeru slipped his arm my shoulders and pulled me close to him. I could feel his hard muscles through his shirt and took comfort in that strength. It made me feel protected.
Suddenly I could feel my necklace starting to get hot. I yanked it away from my skin before it could burn. The necklace was glowing fiercely and I could feel the heat radiating from it.
"What the…" We both stood with our backs against the others. Takeru drew his sword and I drew my stiletto. The bushes near the river shuddered as something moved them and we both turned it that direction. My muscles tensed and I was gripping my blade hard enough to turn my knuckles white.
Kyle stumbled out of the bushes. He was leaning heavily on a black bladed sword. His skin was drawn tightly over his bones and his breathing was ragged. He was dressed only in the ragged remains of pants. I ran over to Kyle. I reached to touch him but the evil energy radiating from his skin was enough to keep my hand away. Kyle looked up at me and I backed away slowly. His eyes had changed from their normal red to milky white orbs. A large black slash ran over his heart. Black pulsating veins radiated out from the wound.
"That's your friend?" Asked Takeru. "I can feel the evil energy come from him."
"He's changed."
*Takeru*
I stared at the person standing in front of us. I remembered seeing the slave at Ryban's castle and Kari telling me that he was one of her friends. I couldn't understand how the guy was still alive though. That slash looked like it had taken his heart out. Plus the guy had enough evil energy coming out of him that the grass around him was dying.
"Pain…burning…burning…burning." Kyle's voice started at a rasp but every word built in intensity until he was almost screaming. He struggled forward a few more steps and Kari backed up into me. I stepped between her and Kyle. I didn't know what had happened to him but he looked dangerous. "Sssstop the pain." Kyle was hissing now.
I pulled my fist back and put every ounce of strength I could into the punch that flew at his face. I knew I wasn't the strongest person but I could drop the biggest of the soldiers in our military if the punch hit. I hit Kyle square in the face. He didn't even move and I could feel my hand protest from the punch.
"Crap." I cradled my fist with my other hand. Pain lanced up and down my whole arm, but Kyle didn't look like he had even felt it. "He isn't human." Kyle curled his left hand into a fist and black energy curled around his hand like flame. His fist flew at my face. I felt two hands grab my shoulders and it pulled me back. The fist missed my face by inches and I stumbled farther back.
I jabbed my sword up and the blade dug deep into his stomach. Instead of blood however black energy poured out around the blade. I pulled it back but all that was left of it was melted steel. Kyle's wound dripped black blood onto the ground, where it burned into the sand like acid. The skin slowly knitted together.
"Aaahhhhhhhhh." Screamed Kyle. Evil energy surged from his sword. A black energy globe expanded around him throwing us off our feet like rag dolls. I looked up and Kyle had changed completely. Black scales covered his whole body. His mouth had protruded out and filled with razor sharp teeth. The sword had replaced the hand on his right arm and the skin on his left arm had flared outward to form a shield. He was hunched over and a stubby tail balanced him out.
"Definitely not human." I reiterated. "I think we should change."
"Yeah but how do we work these things?" I glanced down and saw what she was talking about. The necklaces were glowing brightly but I didn't know how to access the power hidden there. Kyle jumped forward. Dang, he was fast for something that bulky looking. His sword came around almost lazily at Kari's neck.
"No." I jumped forward trying to put what was left of my sword in the way of the attack. There was a flare of gold and pink energy that almost blinded me. When I could see again a gold blade was crossed with Kyle's black blade. I pushed forward and Kyle gave way.
"Dark flame." Kyle opened his mouth and I could see the black flame gathering at the back of his throat. I gathered as much energy as I could in front of me to try and deflect the fire. Black fire shot past the swords and at me. The fire sleeted to either side of the energy but I could still feel the heat from the flame. The flames ended and I flapped backwards. The last thing I needed was to be closer to that flame.
"Heat beam." Black energy gathered on the tip of his sword and he thrust it in our direction. The energy shot off the sword in a small beam of pure heat.
"Light screen." The beam hit the pink shield of light. Cracks formed on the shield and Kari forced more energy into the shield. Kyle put more energy into the beam and Kari's shield started to grow darker and more cracks formed. "I can't hold it." Panted Kari. She lowered her arms and the light shield disappeared. The black beam caught Kari's side and cut through her armor like it was paper. Blood sprayed across the ground and stained the grass a bright crimson.
"Kari." I yelled turning towards her.
"Back." Kari covered the wound with her arm in an attempt to staunch the blood flow. Her voice was still strong enough to make me obey.
"Okay no one hurts my Kari." I flapped my wings and used them to help me run at Kyle faster. My blade whistled as it cut towards Kyle's neck but he was quick enough to stop the attack easily. Our blades met and moved in a dance of death that was enough to take a person's breath away at the sight of it. Two weapons masters fighting and neither gaining the upper ground.
After fifteen minutes of fighting I could tell that there was no way I could win this one without some help. We were evenly matched and even though my stamina was increased by my powers even that energy was fading. And one mistake in a fight like this would be enough to end the fight.
I thrust my sword forward in a desperate attempt to finish the fight quickly. Kyle managed to get his blade in the way enough to deflect the blade partly. It still skittered along his ribs, tearing a long line of black along his scales. Kyle hissed in pain and slammed his scale shield into my face. I could feel my nose break under the hit. I staggered back from him but kept my blade between him and me. The coppery taste of blood filled my mouth as blood from my broken nose touched my tongue.
"Arrow storm." Arrows flew from Kari's bow. Kyle raised his scale shield and the scales flared outward to make an even bigger shield. Arrows struck the shield. Ones that glanced off sent off a shower of sparks and ones that hit directly on sunk deep. Kyle's shield shrunk back to its normal size.
"Crap how do you beat this guy?" I asked edging over to Kari.
"Remember the surge of evil energy from his sword before he changed?"
"Yeah."
"The sword is probably what is giving him power. It may hurt but if we cut it off we can turn him back to human."
"And what if it kills him?"
"I know Kyle and he would rather be dead then have to be this incarnation of evil." Kari's voice was pure steel. "Optic flare." Kari held her hands over her head and stretched her wings out behind her. Bright pink light that was blinding in intensity spiraled off of her body towards Kyle. He hissed and covered now unseeing eyes.
"Vertical limit." I jumped high into the air. I reached into the energy that I could feel beneath the dirt and pulled on it. The pull threw me down faster than the eye could follow and I slammed my sword down into Kyle's. A loud ringing sound broke through the air. I could feel the resistance of metal on metal then I was past. The meeting of blades did little to slow my sword however and it cut deep into the ground.
I looked back over my shoulder. Kyle was standing straight up and black energy swirled around him. The sword blade lay on the ground. The black energy slid off his body and went into the sword blade. He slowly changed back to his human form and he slumped to the ground.
I yanked my sword from the ground and walked over to the sword. Even by itself the evil energy tried to reach towards me. I placed my hand on each side of the blade and they started to glow gold. Gold energy slid out of my hands and made a globe around the sword. The sword seemed to realize what was happening to it and threw black energy against the golden globe. I just poured a little more energy into the globe.
"Now anybody with evil thoughts will not be able to pull out the sword." I said. "Are you okay?" The last comment was to Kari.
"I'm fine." Said Kari lifting her arm. The bleeding had stopped at least and the wound was starting to scab over. "I'm worried about Kyle though."
"He's free of the sword now but I doubt anybody could remove him from the sword if he used it again."
*Kyle*
I opened my eyes and then immediately closed them again as the bright light hit them. A low hiss escaped my lips and I opened my eyes in surprise. I had thought the visions of darkness and lizards had just been nightmares. I ignored my muscles' complaints to stay still and tried to sit up. That was when I noticed the heavy manacles that held me to the hard bed I was on.
I could feel anger course through my veins. They would try and chain me to sitting still would they. Power surged into my muscles I and I ripped my arms free of the cumbersome iron. The leg manacles were destroyed as easily as the ones on my arms did. The manacles might have been strong enough to hold a human but whatever I was now wasn't human.
I stood quickly and hissed in anger. Blood lust filled my head and red started to cloud my vision. "What are you doing?" asked a small voice in the back of my head. It wasn't much but it stopped me for a second. What was that small voice? I tried to break through the fog that covered my brain.
Kyle. I was … am Kyle. With my identity found I started to calm down and I looked around my surroundings. I was in a circular room with only one arrow slit. No light came through it so it must be night. The only furnishing was the hard bed that I had been chained to. The door was made from hard wood and heavy iron hinges. It was clearly something that was regularly used as a jail cell.
The only problem was that I couldn't remember much of anything that had happened in the past few weeks. I could remember Ryban calling me into some sort of devil like room. And then … Pain ripped though my body and my skin suddenly felt like it was on fire. I stumbled and fell to the ground. My head swam with pain and it mercifully dropped me into unconsciousness.
*Tai*
I looked down at Kyle and felt a pang of sadness go through me. Kyle hadn't deserved this but then again life had already proven that it was never fair. Matt, Sora, Takeru, and Kari were gathered around the table and Joe was kneeling beside Kyle. Both Kari and Takeru were transformed in case Kyle turned out to be less than peaceful when he woke up.
"It doesn't make any sense." Said Joe. "No pulse, no breathing, he doesn't even have a heart. It was cut out of him like you gut a fish. Technically he shouldn't even be moving."
"Even without his sword I can feel the immense evil coming from him." Kari's voice was thick with worry.
"I think the evil energy from the sword is the only thing keeping him alive." Said Takeru. He glanced over at the sword trapped in the golden globe that was sat in the corner. Even now the sword was throwing evil energy against the globe to try and break it.
"Ryban did this but I don't want to think about Ryban with this type of power." I said. "For all of our sakes." I wrapped my arm around Sora's shoulders and pulled her close.
End Note: That was the end of the fifth chapter folks. I would like to thank all of the people who have been faithfully review my story. It really means a lot for me and helps me keep writing. Sorry its taken so long to get this up but I'm in a play and keep getting back home at late hours.
Anyway please enjoy the story. And in your reviews don't be afraid to give me suggestions because I can always get better.
1 Friends
1.1 *Tai*
I sat back into the plush chair and massaged my already aching forehead. The large leather bound book that I had been reading for hours sat open on my lap. Matt had suggested we find out more about whatever Takeru and Kari had turned into in the castle's library but it was like looking for a needle in a haystack. The library had hundreds of books and we didn't even know if there was anything in here. It didn't help that the last time I had to read was when my mother had taught me years ago.
I looked around me. The library was a huge room with rows of shelves, each one packed with bound books. Plush chairs formed a semicircle around an empty stone fireplace. Kari, Takeru, Sora, and Mandy all sat in some of the chairs with similar books on their laps.
I shook my head and flipped the page in my book. The pages in front of me were beautifully drawn and colored. Eight figures were drawn, each with a different colored globe of energy surrounding them. The elements were drawn behind each of the figures. Fire for red, wind for gray, ice for light blue, water for dark blue, lightening for purple, plants for green, pink for light, and gold for energy.
"Everybody come here." I said waving them over but not looking up. The four crowded around me.
"You found something?" Asked Kari.
"It looks like it."
"That would be me and Kari." Said Takeru pointing at the pink and gold figures. "But who are the other six?"
"Who knows." Said Sora. "Turn the page." I flipped to the next page. Words in flowery script flowed down the entire page.
"Read it allowed." Commanded Mandy. I cleared my throat and red.
1.1.1 The Prophecy
The portals of old are opened again
And demons come forth to destroy all man
Eight must stand against this threat
With the powers of the elements to help
The necklaces will be their guides
To lead them to the fight
One from the mountain
One from the sky
One from the glacier
One from the sea
One from the earth and
One from the clouds
The two angels will lead them
I turned the page but it all that was left of the next page was a torn scrap of paper still in the binding. "The next page is torn out."
"So we have half a prophecy." Said Takeru sitting back down in his chair. "And more questions than answers."
"We have a few things. There are supposed to be eight people with these necklaces." Said Kari. "Now me and Takeru are two of these eight and the other six are the people with the necklaces. It also tells us where the other six are."
"Yeah, but who are supposed to get them?" Asked Mandy.
"Who knows." I said putting the book down. "But we should make a few copies of this."
"I'll do it." Said Takeru picking up the book.
*Third person, Ryban's castle*
Ryban looked into the circle of runes and smiled. Two milky white orbs stared out at him from the shadows. A rattling hiss filled the air that chilled even the sadistic king to the core.
"Yes my beauty." Said Ryban reaching towards the rune circle. "With you those annoying kids will die for how they have insulted me."
Black energy flared against the protective barrier of the runes and the king pulled his hand back quickly. The runes didn't glow quite as strongly and Ryban looked down worriedly. The runes returned to their normal strength after a few seconds. "Excellent power."
*Kari*
I sat on the bank of the river than ran past the castle. My feet trailed in the water and my boots rested in the sand next to me. I was just enjoying the peace of the scene because everything was just too confusing right now. First there was the drastic change in my life when I had gotten given to Takeru. Now I was some type of angel fighter that was supposed to save the world.
"All kind of overwhelming." Said Takeru from behind me. I turned around and saw the blond hared prince smiling down at me.
"Tell me about it. So how do you feel about having to save the world?"
"I think the world is in deep trouble." I laughed and he sat down beside me. The looked at the horizon and the light wind played with his hair. "But seriously I don't really know what to think." Takeru slipped his arm my shoulders and pulled me close to him. I could feel his hard muscles through his shirt and took comfort in that strength. It made me feel protected.
Suddenly I could feel my necklace starting to get hot. I yanked it away from my skin before it could burn. The necklace was glowing fiercely and I could feel the heat radiating from it.
"What the…" We both stood with our backs against the others. Takeru drew his sword and I drew my stiletto. The bushes near the river shuddered as something moved them and we both turned it that direction. My muscles tensed and I was gripping my blade hard enough to turn my knuckles white.
Kyle stumbled out of the bushes. He was leaning heavily on a black bladed sword. His skin was drawn tightly over his bones and his breathing was ragged. He was dressed only in the ragged remains of pants. I ran over to Kyle. I reached to touch him but the evil energy radiating from his skin was enough to keep my hand away. Kyle looked up at me and I backed away slowly. His eyes had changed from their normal red to milky white orbs. A large black slash ran over his heart. Black pulsating veins radiated out from the wound.
"That's your friend?" Asked Takeru. "I can feel the evil energy come from him."
"He's changed."
*Takeru*
I stared at the person standing in front of us. I remembered seeing the slave at Ryban's castle and Kari telling me that he was one of her friends. I couldn't understand how the guy was still alive though. That slash looked like it had taken his heart out. Plus the guy had enough evil energy coming out of him that the grass around him was dying.
"Pain…burning…burning…burning." Kyle's voice started at a rasp but every word built in intensity until he was almost screaming. He struggled forward a few more steps and Kari backed up into me. I stepped between her and Kyle. I didn't know what had happened to him but he looked dangerous. "Sssstop the pain." Kyle was hissing now.
I pulled my fist back and put every ounce of strength I could into the punch that flew at his face. I knew I wasn't the strongest person but I could drop the biggest of the soldiers in our military if the punch hit. I hit Kyle square in the face. He didn't even move and I could feel my hand protest from the punch.
"Crap." I cradled my fist with my other hand. Pain lanced up and down my whole arm, but Kyle didn't look like he had even felt it. "He isn't human." Kyle curled his left hand into a fist and black energy curled around his hand like flame. His fist flew at my face. I felt two hands grab my shoulders and it pulled me back. The fist missed my face by inches and I stumbled farther back.
I jabbed my sword up and the blade dug deep into his stomach. Instead of blood however black energy poured out around the blade. I pulled it back but all that was left of it was melted steel. Kyle's wound dripped black blood onto the ground, where it burned into the sand like acid. The skin slowly knitted together.
"Aaahhhhhhhhh." Screamed Kyle. Evil energy surged from his sword. A black energy globe expanded around him throwing us off our feet like rag dolls. I looked up and Kyle had changed completely. Black scales covered his whole body. His mouth had protruded out and filled with razor sharp teeth. The sword had replaced the hand on his right arm and the skin on his left arm had flared outward to form a shield. He was hunched over and a stubby tail balanced him out.
"Definitely not human." I reiterated. "I think we should change."
"Yeah but how do we work these things?" I glanced down and saw what she was talking about. The necklaces were glowing brightly but I didn't know how to access the power hidden there. Kyle jumped forward. Dang, he was fast for something that bulky looking. His sword came around almost lazily at Kari's neck.
"No." I jumped forward trying to put what was left of my sword in the way of the attack. There was a flare of gold and pink energy that almost blinded me. When I could see again a gold blade was crossed with Kyle's black blade. I pushed forward and Kyle gave way.
"Dark flame." Kyle opened his mouth and I could see the black flame gathering at the back of his throat. I gathered as much energy as I could in front of me to try and deflect the fire. Black fire shot past the swords and at me. The fire sleeted to either side of the energy but I could still feel the heat from the flame. The flames ended and I flapped backwards. The last thing I needed was to be closer to that flame.
"Heat beam." Black energy gathered on the tip of his sword and he thrust it in our direction. The energy shot off the sword in a small beam of pure heat.
"Light screen." The beam hit the pink shield of light. Cracks formed on the shield and Kari forced more energy into the shield. Kyle put more energy into the beam and Kari's shield started to grow darker and more cracks formed. "I can't hold it." Panted Kari. She lowered her arms and the light shield disappeared. The black beam caught Kari's side and cut through her armor like it was paper. Blood sprayed across the ground and stained the grass a bright crimson.
"Kari." I yelled turning towards her.
"Back." Kari covered the wound with her arm in an attempt to staunch the blood flow. Her voice was still strong enough to make me obey.
"Okay no one hurts my Kari." I flapped my wings and used them to help me run at Kyle faster. My blade whistled as it cut towards Kyle's neck but he was quick enough to stop the attack easily. Our blades met and moved in a dance of death that was enough to take a person's breath away at the sight of it. Two weapons masters fighting and neither gaining the upper ground.
After fifteen minutes of fighting I could tell that there was no way I could win this one without some help. We were evenly matched and even though my stamina was increased by my powers even that energy was fading. And one mistake in a fight like this would be enough to end the fight.
I thrust my sword forward in a desperate attempt to finish the fight quickly. Kyle managed to get his blade in the way enough to deflect the blade partly. It still skittered along his ribs, tearing a long line of black along his scales. Kyle hissed in pain and slammed his scale shield into my face. I could feel my nose break under the hit. I staggered back from him but kept my blade between him and me. The coppery taste of blood filled my mouth as blood from my broken nose touched my tongue.
"Arrow storm." Arrows flew from Kari's bow. Kyle raised his scale shield and the scales flared outward to make an even bigger shield. Arrows struck the shield. Ones that glanced off sent off a shower of sparks and ones that hit directly on sunk deep. Kyle's shield shrunk back to its normal size.
"Crap how do you beat this guy?" I asked edging over to Kari.
"Remember the surge of evil energy from his sword before he changed?"
"Yeah."
"The sword is probably what is giving him power. It may hurt but if we cut it off we can turn him back to human."
"And what if it kills him?"
"I know Kyle and he would rather be dead then have to be this incarnation of evil." Kari's voice was pure steel. "Optic flare." Kari held her hands over her head and stretched her wings out behind her. Bright pink light that was blinding in intensity spiraled off of her body towards Kyle. He hissed and covered now unseeing eyes.
"Vertical limit." I jumped high into the air. I reached into the energy that I could feel beneath the dirt and pulled on it. The pull threw me down faster than the eye could follow and I slammed my sword down into Kyle's. A loud ringing sound broke through the air. I could feel the resistance of metal on metal then I was past. The meeting of blades did little to slow my sword however and it cut deep into the ground.
I looked back over my shoulder. Kyle was standing straight up and black energy swirled around him. The sword blade lay on the ground. The black energy slid off his body and went into the sword blade. He slowly changed back to his human form and he slumped to the ground.
I yanked my sword from the ground and walked over to the sword. Even by itself the evil energy tried to reach towards me. I placed my hand on each side of the blade and they started to glow gold. Gold energy slid out of my hands and made a globe around the sword. The sword seemed to realize what was happening to it and threw black energy against the golden globe. I just poured a little more energy into the globe.
"Now anybody with evil thoughts will not be able to pull out the sword." I said. "Are you okay?" The last comment was to Kari.
"I'm fine." Said Kari lifting her arm. The bleeding had stopped at least and the wound was starting to scab over. "I'm worried about Kyle though."
"He's free of the sword now but I doubt anybody could remove him from the sword if he used it again."
*Kyle*
I opened my eyes and then immediately closed them again as the bright light hit them. A low hiss escaped my lips and I opened my eyes in surprise. I had thought the visions of darkness and lizards had just been nightmares. I ignored my muscles' complaints to stay still and tried to sit up. That was when I noticed the heavy manacles that held me to the hard bed I was on.
I could feel anger course through my veins. They would try and chain me to sitting still would they. Power surged into my muscles I and I ripped my arms free of the cumbersome iron. The leg manacles were destroyed as easily as the ones on my arms did. The manacles might have been strong enough to hold a human but whatever I was now wasn't human.
I stood quickly and hissed in anger. Blood lust filled my head and red started to cloud my vision. "What are you doing?" asked a small voice in the back of my head. It wasn't much but it stopped me for a second. What was that small voice? I tried to break through the fog that covered my brain.
Kyle. I was … am Kyle. With my identity found I started to calm down and I looked around my surroundings. I was in a circular room with only one arrow slit. No light came through it so it must be night. The only furnishing was the hard bed that I had been chained to. The door was made from hard wood and heavy iron hinges. It was clearly something that was regularly used as a jail cell.
The only problem was that I couldn't remember much of anything that had happened in the past few weeks. I could remember Ryban calling me into some sort of devil like room. And then … Pain ripped though my body and my skin suddenly felt like it was on fire. I stumbled and fell to the ground. My head swam with pain and it mercifully dropped me into unconsciousness.
*Tai*
I looked down at Kyle and felt a pang of sadness go through me. Kyle hadn't deserved this but then again life had already proven that it was never fair. Matt, Sora, Takeru, and Kari were gathered around the table and Joe was kneeling beside Kyle. Both Kari and Takeru were transformed in case Kyle turned out to be less than peaceful when he woke up.
"It doesn't make any sense." Said Joe. "No pulse, no breathing, he doesn't even have a heart. It was cut out of him like you gut a fish. Technically he shouldn't even be moving."
"Even without his sword I can feel the immense evil coming from him." Kari's voice was thick with worry.
"I think the evil energy from the sword is the only thing keeping him alive." Said Takeru. He glanced over at the sword trapped in the golden globe that was sat in the corner. Even now the sword was throwing evil energy against the globe to try and break it.
"Ryban did this but I don't want to think about Ryban with this type of power." I said. "For all of our sakes." I wrapped my arm around Sora's shoulders and pulled her close.
End Note: That was the end of the fifth chapter folks. I would like to thank all of the people who have been faithfully review my story. It really means a lot for me and helps me keep writing. Sorry its taken so long to get this up but I'm in a play and keep getting back home at late hours.