~*~*~*~*~*~
Rowen glanced down at the slumbering spearsman he held in his arms before glancing over at Ryo. "You okay?"
Ryo blinked and gently rubbed a hand over his tender jaw. "Yeah, but remind me next time to duck Cye's fist when he throws a punch. I feel like I ran into a brick wall."
Rowen nodded, he knew the feeling. He could feel his eye already swelling from Cye's desperate struggles. In fact the only one who didn't look like they had been through the wringer and hung out to dry was Sage. Even Cye looked exhausted as he frowned in his sleep.
Sage met Rowen's eyes and tossed his slightly disheveled hair out of his eyes. "Here, give him to me. I'll put him in his room."
Rowen nodded, carefully shifting Cye in his arms so that the blonde could take him. "Be careful with him. We don't want him to wake up any time soon."
Sage nodded and disappeared out the doorway with the unconscious teen.
Rowen and Ryo watched them go before offering each other a hand up. Rowen moved to lean against the countertop. "Man, I knew Cye was strong but that was ridiculous."
Ryo shrugged. "Just goes to show you what desperation can do to a man."
Rowen quirked an eyebrow. "Desperation? What's Cye got to be desperate about? I mean it's not like Kento is a weakling or anything."
Ryo shrugged. "No, he's not. But can't you see it?"
"See what?" Rowen asked genuinely confused.
Ryo groaned. "For some one who has, like, the highest IQ in the area you sure are dense when it comes to personal matters."
Rowen blinked. "Oh. Like, you're one to talk. You are just about as dense."
"AM NOT!!"
"ARE!!"
"NOT!!!"
"What are you two doing?"
Rowen and Ryo whipped around to see Sage leaning in the doorway. "Nothing."
Sage raised an elegant brow before pushing off the wall and moving to the refrigerator. Opening it, he pulled out a jug of water and slowly began to drink from it. Pausing he looked over at the other two in the room. "Rowen's right though Ryo, you are naive at times."
Ryo went to start arguing with the blond when he raised his hand. "But Rowen, you are just about as bad. I mean can't you see that Cye is falling for Kento and falling fast?"
Rowen's mouth opened and closed several times before he managed to get anything out. "WHAT?!!"
Ryo laughed and Sage snickered. "Our dear little fishie is hot under the collar for the new female in our midst."
"Cye and Kento?" Rowen asked incredulous.
Sage nodded. "Yep. Only I don't think they have figured it out just yet."
"Well, that definitely makes things more interesting." he paused a moment. "Wait a moment, does this mean that Cye liked Kento before he was a girl?"
The other two shrugged. "Probably. He just never allowed himself to think about it since they are both guys but now things are different."
Rowen bit his lip. "And if Kento goes back to being a guy? What then?"
Ryo and Sage looked at each other. "Let's cross that when it happens. Right now, we need to worry about whether or not Kento can still access his armor or not."
"Right. I'll go boot up Mia's computer. Maybe there is something in there."
Ryo gave him a speculative look. "You know Mia's passwords?"
Rowen nodded. "Yeah. I have been helping her with her research."
Ryo nodded, a bit jealous that Rowen would have access to Mia's personal computer and he didn't but then again the last time he was near the computer he about knocked it off the stand since he was so dead tired from the Warlords last attack.
Shaking his head ruefully, he moved into the kitchen to finish the meal that Cye had started. Mia and Kento would be back soon and knowing Mia like he did, they would be ravenous from shopping all day and not stopping for any food. Then again she was with Kento so . . . .
Ryo grinned to himself. Things were definitely getting interesting.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Cye shifted uneasily in his sleep. His mind in turmoil. He was soon lost in the hazy landscape that was making up his dreams.
Looking around, he blinked as the sound of rushing water reached his ears. Turning to the sound, he saw that he was standing on a narrow strip of sand leading down to the water he heard. It appeared to be a lake of some sort.
Cye frowned. 'I know this place. This is the lake down behind the manor. Why am I here?' He shifted slightly and saw the pier that he knew like he knew the back of his hand. He blinked in surprise when he saw a figure standing there.
"Kento?" he called out in hope.
The figure turned and Cye took a hasty step back. It definitely wasn't Kento.
"DAIS!!" he hissed. "Why are you here? What do you want?"
Dais smirked at the younger boy. "Why Torrent I'd thought you'd be grateful to see me."
Cye's eyes narrowed. "Fat chance."
Dais moved closer to Cye and Cye found that his feet were frozen to the ground. Dais smirked at him as he circled the spearsman.
Cye began to feel like a peace of meat about to be devoured and shivered involuntarily when he felt Dais's warm breath on his neck.
"But don't you want to thank me, Torrent?" the illusion master whispered softly into his ear.
Cye glowered. "Thank you? For what?"
Dais smirked and ran a hand down over Cye's fair features. "For making your dream come true. Kento sure is a lovely girl is she not? And you know you have wanted him for a long time. Now you can have her. So where is my reward?"
Cye shivered again. "Go to Hell Dais."
Dais shrugged. "Your loss, Torrent. But trust me, if you don't claim her then I just might. She is just too delectable to leave alone." Dais licked his lips erotically and Cye suddenly found out that he could move. Before Dais knew it, he was being hit by the full fury of an angry Torrent.
"DONT YOU DARE TOUCH HER!!!"
Dais managed to get away from Cye's anger, just barely. Moving out of reach of the irate spearsman, he spat out, "we shall see. We shall see Torrent. May the best man win."
"NO!!!!!!!!!" Cye screamed and sat bolt upright in his bed, sweat soaking his thin frame as he tumbled to the floor in a panic. Standing, he hastily pulled on a new shirt and stuffed his feet into his shoes, never noticing the open balcony window nor the shadow that was standing on it. He was just yanking his door open when he came face to face with Sage. Rowen and Ryo not far behind him.
"Move, Sage" he said much more calm than he felt.
Sage shook his head. "Are you allright? We heard you scream."
"I'm fine. Now move."
Sage shook his head again. "Not till you tell us what's wrong. What made you scream?"
Cye turned dilated blue green eyes onto his friend. His eyes seemed to be almost smoldering. "It was Dais. He's after Kento."
The others just stared at Cye in shock. It was Rowen who broke the unusual silence. "Cye, how do you know this?"
Cye turned away and that's when he felt the cold air. Whipping his head about, he stared at the open balcony door in unparalleled terror. All of his color fled and he dropped to his knees in shock.
Sage gently pulled the spearsman into his arms. "Cye? What is it? What's wrong?"
Cye shook his head. "Dais. He was here. I thought it was a dream . . . But he was actually here. Oh god. He was here!!"
The others exchanged worried glances with one another before Ryo carefully eased out onto the balcony and peered out into the gathering darkness. There on the far hill, he spotted what he was looking for as Dais turned and bowed to him in mockery. Ryo felt molten lava pour into his veins in anger as he watched the Warlord vanish. Turning on his heel, he pulled the balcony door closed and locked it.
Cye looked up at Ryo. "I wasn't imagining it, was I?"
Kneeling beside the panicking boy, Ryo shook his head. "No you weren't. He was here."
Cye nodded and struggled to stand. "I have to find Kento. Dais is going after him."
Ryo nodded. He wasn't at all sure if what Cye thought was true but he wasn't taking any chances since Mia was also with Kento.
"Come on you guys. Let's go."
The others nodded mutely and that was when they heard the familiar sound of Mia's jeep making its way up the road. But something seemed wrong with it. It sounded like it was going too fast . . .
Ryo in a panic raised his tiger blue eyes to Rowen who nodded and took out of the room like a shot. He was out the front door and airborne less than a second later.
Rowen scanned the road anxiously for the jeep and what he saw when he found it made him feel sick. The jeep had crashed head first into a solid looking tree trunk and flames are licking up the sides of the cherry red vehicle. Bags of clothing and other personal items lay strewn around the car as if thrown violently from some force.
Mia and Kento were no where to be seen . . .
~*~*~*~*~*
Rowen glanced down at the slumbering spearsman he held in his arms before glancing over at Ryo. "You okay?"
Ryo blinked and gently rubbed a hand over his tender jaw. "Yeah, but remind me next time to duck Cye's fist when he throws a punch. I feel like I ran into a brick wall."
Rowen nodded, he knew the feeling. He could feel his eye already swelling from Cye's desperate struggles. In fact the only one who didn't look like they had been through the wringer and hung out to dry was Sage. Even Cye looked exhausted as he frowned in his sleep.
Sage met Rowen's eyes and tossed his slightly disheveled hair out of his eyes. "Here, give him to me. I'll put him in his room."
Rowen nodded, carefully shifting Cye in his arms so that the blonde could take him. "Be careful with him. We don't want him to wake up any time soon."
Sage nodded and disappeared out the doorway with the unconscious teen.
Rowen and Ryo watched them go before offering each other a hand up. Rowen moved to lean against the countertop. "Man, I knew Cye was strong but that was ridiculous."
Ryo shrugged. "Just goes to show you what desperation can do to a man."
Rowen quirked an eyebrow. "Desperation? What's Cye got to be desperate about? I mean it's not like Kento is a weakling or anything."
Ryo shrugged. "No, he's not. But can't you see it?"
"See what?" Rowen asked genuinely confused.
Ryo groaned. "For some one who has, like, the highest IQ in the area you sure are dense when it comes to personal matters."
Rowen blinked. "Oh. Like, you're one to talk. You are just about as dense."
"AM NOT!!"
"ARE!!"
"NOT!!!"
"What are you two doing?"
Rowen and Ryo whipped around to see Sage leaning in the doorway. "Nothing."
Sage raised an elegant brow before pushing off the wall and moving to the refrigerator. Opening it, he pulled out a jug of water and slowly began to drink from it. Pausing he looked over at the other two in the room. "Rowen's right though Ryo, you are naive at times."
Ryo went to start arguing with the blond when he raised his hand. "But Rowen, you are just about as bad. I mean can't you see that Cye is falling for Kento and falling fast?"
Rowen's mouth opened and closed several times before he managed to get anything out. "WHAT?!!"
Ryo laughed and Sage snickered. "Our dear little fishie is hot under the collar for the new female in our midst."
"Cye and Kento?" Rowen asked incredulous.
Sage nodded. "Yep. Only I don't think they have figured it out just yet."
"Well, that definitely makes things more interesting." he paused a moment. "Wait a moment, does this mean that Cye liked Kento before he was a girl?"
The other two shrugged. "Probably. He just never allowed himself to think about it since they are both guys but now things are different."
Rowen bit his lip. "And if Kento goes back to being a guy? What then?"
Ryo and Sage looked at each other. "Let's cross that when it happens. Right now, we need to worry about whether or not Kento can still access his armor or not."
"Right. I'll go boot up Mia's computer. Maybe there is something in there."
Ryo gave him a speculative look. "You know Mia's passwords?"
Rowen nodded. "Yeah. I have been helping her with her research."
Ryo nodded, a bit jealous that Rowen would have access to Mia's personal computer and he didn't but then again the last time he was near the computer he about knocked it off the stand since he was so dead tired from the Warlords last attack.
Shaking his head ruefully, he moved into the kitchen to finish the meal that Cye had started. Mia and Kento would be back soon and knowing Mia like he did, they would be ravenous from shopping all day and not stopping for any food. Then again she was with Kento so . . . .
Ryo grinned to himself. Things were definitely getting interesting.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Cye shifted uneasily in his sleep. His mind in turmoil. He was soon lost in the hazy landscape that was making up his dreams.
Looking around, he blinked as the sound of rushing water reached his ears. Turning to the sound, he saw that he was standing on a narrow strip of sand leading down to the water he heard. It appeared to be a lake of some sort.
Cye frowned. 'I know this place. This is the lake down behind the manor. Why am I here?' He shifted slightly and saw the pier that he knew like he knew the back of his hand. He blinked in surprise when he saw a figure standing there.
"Kento?" he called out in hope.
The figure turned and Cye took a hasty step back. It definitely wasn't Kento.
"DAIS!!" he hissed. "Why are you here? What do you want?"
Dais smirked at the younger boy. "Why Torrent I'd thought you'd be grateful to see me."
Cye's eyes narrowed. "Fat chance."
Dais moved closer to Cye and Cye found that his feet were frozen to the ground. Dais smirked at him as he circled the spearsman.
Cye began to feel like a peace of meat about to be devoured and shivered involuntarily when he felt Dais's warm breath on his neck.
"But don't you want to thank me, Torrent?" the illusion master whispered softly into his ear.
Cye glowered. "Thank you? For what?"
Dais smirked and ran a hand down over Cye's fair features. "For making your dream come true. Kento sure is a lovely girl is she not? And you know you have wanted him for a long time. Now you can have her. So where is my reward?"
Cye shivered again. "Go to Hell Dais."
Dais shrugged. "Your loss, Torrent. But trust me, if you don't claim her then I just might. She is just too delectable to leave alone." Dais licked his lips erotically and Cye suddenly found out that he could move. Before Dais knew it, he was being hit by the full fury of an angry Torrent.
"DONT YOU DARE TOUCH HER!!!"
Dais managed to get away from Cye's anger, just barely. Moving out of reach of the irate spearsman, he spat out, "we shall see. We shall see Torrent. May the best man win."
"NO!!!!!!!!!" Cye screamed and sat bolt upright in his bed, sweat soaking his thin frame as he tumbled to the floor in a panic. Standing, he hastily pulled on a new shirt and stuffed his feet into his shoes, never noticing the open balcony window nor the shadow that was standing on it. He was just yanking his door open when he came face to face with Sage. Rowen and Ryo not far behind him.
"Move, Sage" he said much more calm than he felt.
Sage shook his head. "Are you allright? We heard you scream."
"I'm fine. Now move."
Sage shook his head again. "Not till you tell us what's wrong. What made you scream?"
Cye turned dilated blue green eyes onto his friend. His eyes seemed to be almost smoldering. "It was Dais. He's after Kento."
The others just stared at Cye in shock. It was Rowen who broke the unusual silence. "Cye, how do you know this?"
Cye turned away and that's when he felt the cold air. Whipping his head about, he stared at the open balcony door in unparalleled terror. All of his color fled and he dropped to his knees in shock.
Sage gently pulled the spearsman into his arms. "Cye? What is it? What's wrong?"
Cye shook his head. "Dais. He was here. I thought it was a dream . . . But he was actually here. Oh god. He was here!!"
The others exchanged worried glances with one another before Ryo carefully eased out onto the balcony and peered out into the gathering darkness. There on the far hill, he spotted what he was looking for as Dais turned and bowed to him in mockery. Ryo felt molten lava pour into his veins in anger as he watched the Warlord vanish. Turning on his heel, he pulled the balcony door closed and locked it.
Cye looked up at Ryo. "I wasn't imagining it, was I?"
Kneeling beside the panicking boy, Ryo shook his head. "No you weren't. He was here."
Cye nodded and struggled to stand. "I have to find Kento. Dais is going after him."
Ryo nodded. He wasn't at all sure if what Cye thought was true but he wasn't taking any chances since Mia was also with Kento.
"Come on you guys. Let's go."
The others nodded mutely and that was when they heard the familiar sound of Mia's jeep making its way up the road. But something seemed wrong with it. It sounded like it was going too fast . . .
Ryo in a panic raised his tiger blue eyes to Rowen who nodded and took out of the room like a shot. He was out the front door and airborne less than a second later.
Rowen scanned the road anxiously for the jeep and what he saw when he found it made him feel sick. The jeep had crashed head first into a solid looking tree trunk and flames are licking up the sides of the cherry red vehicle. Bags of clothing and other personal items lay strewn around the car as if thrown violently from some force.
Mia and Kento were no where to be seen . . .
~*~*~*~*~*