Cye walked silent and almost oblivious to the others. He pondered what happened back at the village, who that man had been. Why is it the children laughed after her told them that the man his died. He rubbed his sore neck and was almost surprised that the skin did not hurt when his sub-armored hand brush over it, there was no burn to speck of. Sighing he gave up on trying to find an answer to that particular question.
Cale watched Cye out of the corner of his eye. Felling something new about the water Ronin, Ryo was a big enough puzzle to figure out. Why had the spell not worked in his hands? Was he just simply not magical? On the other hand, was their something stopping it while he held it? Cale knew that the older brain of the bunch was trying his best to figure out why. Alternatively, Sekmet was a smart worrier, outside strategy and fighting he was by far the smartest of the season worriers.
Dais on the other hand had been chatting with Kento the whole time, "So you thinking what I am thinking about Ryo?" He chided to the younger worrier. Kento smiled, "Well we could say that Ryo is a neutralizer of magic. The crystal tracing spell, a child could do and we had on our armors, at least sub-armor would have even worked. Wait I think that is what happened, you could say fire neutralize things cues they burn everything crispy!"
Dais thought about that then looked to Sekmet, "What do you think Koi? Kento thinks he figured out why the spell would not work in Ryo's hand. Apparently there is something called a Neutralizer, if Ryo is one of them then we could possibly have an ace in the hole."
Sekmet nodded, "Those kind of people are immune to magical attacks and other things, their whole body acts like one big Neutralizing machine if I remember correctly. I meat one or two in my life time."
Their chat was cut short as a spear landed in front of them. It let off a highly powerful dark energy. Cale then looked around, the energy doing little to him but the others, with a strange expiation of Ryo were hurting from it. Cale then felt a twinge as he gazed at the object, he growled and waved his hand, in wake of his movement an icy wind cleared the area with its cold touch. In the place of the object, snow slowly began to fall.
Cale then looked at his hand, "What the? I did not call for snow? I am not even in my armor with my sword!" He stood slightly dumbfounded tell a battle cry came, from a worrier that wore a dark mask vary much like Sun Devil once wore. They had long black hair and a strangely familiar female figure.
Dais stepped in front of Cale and created an illusion quickly to move the other worrier out of the way. The worrier was ill effect by the attempt, the magic not confusing the enemy at all. Sekmet then gasped, "Cale! Wave your hand again and let go. I think we just found your power, seasonal weather control!"
Before Cale could do much a neither worrier, vary much like Mia came, she held in her hand a orb of glass attacked to a long staff, "Die Ronin worriers. When your bodies die my mistress will gladly accept your armors." Sage shivered she even sounded like Mia, taking the sights and sounds, thought he reached out with his mind and tried to weave himself into the mind of that enemy.
The Mia impersonator wore little but a black swim suit and armor similar to Kuayra's old armor, with the biggest exception of hers was a gray and hand two shoulders along with a long silted skirt and cape. She also wore a mask that covered most of her face, the silky black fabric which was nearly painted onto her face, boor marks of spell inscriptions.
Cye jumped in as well as the others into defending and attacking the new enemies. They had opted to stay in just sub armor while they fought, not wanting to use excessive force if they could get information out of the two. Ryo had opted to keeping the Mia like enemy at bay long enough for Sage to read their mind. They had found quickly if they were ready for it that Sage had a harder time getting in. Sort of like a locked door, he would need time to pick the lock if they were ready for it. The reading of the others mind also took them out of commission for a while, long enough for them to restrain their body.
Sage had taken a place out of the battlefield's fighting area that was in use. He focused on the mind of the first enemy, he felt cold walls chill his body as he tried to force himself in. The chill made his body shiver as the walls slowly passed him and what hit him next nearly made him cry out in pain himself. Wave opine wave of opine and sheer agony hit him like a two ton truck hitting him.
Watching as if in a trance Shatar stood off to the side, having little to no fighting experience, she felt use less to help. She felt useless but something began to show her there was nothing to fear. The worriers used what magic they could and fought in tandem of each other. Cye would use his armor to make small waves of water; while Cale would summon an icy wind and catch the masked worrier off guard as it swept them off their feet onto the ground. The sued the new water to freeze the enemy in place, only to have them brake free from the thin ice. Kento would force an earthquake under them, so the ground would open and catch their leg. She then felt a flash of memory come back as she looked at the enemy, the way they moved and the air's sent when they were close enough. It triggered a headache she had found brought more of her past back to her.
Ryo was also trying to get close as the masked worrier threw all to familiar energy balls at them. Ryo had fought as if it was a spar not wanting to truly hurt the other. The red head had empty eyes that told of a longing for something. He remembered Mia eyes used to hold a soul behind that want and he felt sorrow from it. The Mia like worrier was all to soon reviled as Mia as she came close enough to Ryo to have him shiver as her fiery breath touched his neck. She had tackled him and with strength that she never had before she forced his arms down to his sides.
"Now I have you Wildfire, die!" She shouted with an evil grin as her mask came off. Her mouth was lowering towards his now exposed neck with a thirsty intent in her eyes. It was a good thing Anubis was watching his back. He delivered a chop to the back of her neck, she went limp and fell into a sleep like state on top of Ryo, until he crawled out from under her. Removing the mask they saw it truly was Mia but her skin was duller more gray compared to the glowing and beautiful white hers used to be.
"Cale that's Kuayra if I am right. We have Mia . . . well at least her body!" Shouted Ryo to the others, he watched as Anubis used tree vines to bind the wrists of Mia's body. The others were having a harder time with Kuayra's body. She would fight better then before, Talpa had controlled her. Nevertheless, before they could do much the two bodies floated up and then disappeared.
Kuayra's body shouted that she had wanted to stay and fight more, but was silenced as she was taken back to the castle of which, they were staying. Living the worriers dumbfounded and Shatar shivering, "The Recondora, (Ray-coo-er-ah) the living death. I felt it . . . don't know how I know the name of it but that's what happened." The other turned to Shatar. Her knew information was a shock to them.
Sage seemed as if renewed as he hopped down, "Your memories are coming back more?" He asked she nodded. After hearing he could go insane from reading her mind, he kept his telepathic powers far from her. They had gained a certain respect for one another. Sage could read her emotions from her face and body movements. She had slowly showed him new tricks that came to mind with his power. Every one coming in handy with the others, especially the seasonal Ronins.
Looking to the spear were it now lay useless to either side, "The more of the enemy's magic and your new powers I see. The more it comes back, as if that is the way it was almost meant to. With the exception, I feel that this body would not have been in the plan. It's always seemed like it was not me yet, I could not say, that my true self resided in it."
Anubis sighed at that, "You're a dragon that's for shirr, I can understand their tong sort of. Cale was supposed to be able to read write and speck the tong of the Dragons. However, I think that part of his memory is especially blocked cues he could not read the spell to summon you. We found it in Mia's computer files. Good thing Rowan's got the back up hidden incase they trash the files we have." Anubis explained. Shatar then looked at the spear, there had been carvings on it at one point and most were burnt to a point of almost no understanding.
"They are not getting desperate yet, but I have a feeling they summand someone to take the strongest of us out. Only one man can use this spear, one man only. I can remember the Dragons and other Mystical beings forced him into an eternal slumber. To prevent his dreams from coming true, however, if he is indeed woke; we need a worrier called the Soul Killer. The Soul Killer is a being of great power. The touch of that man will do nothing to them. Nevertheless, Dais I want you to be especially careful, his touch brings insanity to all but the Soul Killer, so be on guard for him. Your sanity depends on that." She finished as she turned to Ryo. A smile playing on her face as she walked to him slowly.
"I believe that I understand why your attempt at the spell did not work. Legend tells of Fire magic users like you. They cannot do many spells for one reason. Their magic is one of two sides, the side that burns away evil like your armor. The other more then likely, what happened when your armor barrier broke. The Neutralizer, they can stop any magic from hurting others by stopping its usage. With a few exceptions, you can not stop things of the light. Such as Sage's healing or my power to purify things, mind you me it is not nearly as strong as the Soul Killers. Nevertheless, we dragons have our ways of stopping evil from taking hold of us."
She stopped and looked to Cye, motioning him to come forward. She had looked to Sage and the others seeing confusion written clearly on their faces, as she seemed to just babble on and on to herself out load. She looked to Ryo with a smile, "Cye call a rain storm. Ryo you just think of sunny days and warm winds. Tell I tell you other wise ok?" Ryo and Cye nodded as Cye focused all he could; the rain came down slowly at first. She waited tell the rain was coming down pretty hard, clear and magic less rain that she expected. 'The water Ronin will be one water sprite to be reckoned with, when I get my wits together . . . if I make it out, to do as I have been destined to. Mother pleas help me threw so I can do your will.' She thought to herself with a frown, hidden under a soft smile.
She looked to Ryo, "Now Ryo think about it and do what first comes to your mind." Ryo nodded and closed his eyes; Cye looked after a moment to be taxed from the mental hold he had to strain in order to keep the storm. Ryo's hand then glowed as his eyes mimicked an empty glow of an almost pink red. He then waved to the sky throwing in the process a wave of magic from his hand.
The rain was engulfed, by a wave of fiery magic and dissipated quickly. Cye slumped in weakness, "Good now just remember that when we get attacked next now won't you? Mia and Kuayra are the worriers of the Mistress now. Your power will come in more then handy. If they used the spell I think they used. I think if we can get them close enough Ryo can Neutralize the magic they use and I can purify them from the spell if Ryo's magic dose not do that for me . . . Better yet Mia had a wicked idea. If they drank his blood that will just do the same darn thing!"
Rowan felt a little confused, "Why are your memories coming more now then before? I mean if the others at the apartments told you that your were a dragons. Wasn't there anything they could do to wake your memories? Why not a spell from that mage the warlords . . . seasonal's were telling us about? Why is it that only now they come out?"
Shatar smiled at him then looked forward walking away, "The way your magic works is different then the ways of a true mage Rowan of the Strata." She stated simple as the others caught up to her and the seasonal's, "With no mystical armor. They rely on their bodies and minds to filter the magical energies to do their magic. You nine on the other hand have Armors, which act like filters all by themselves, the shirr kills are the best example of their power as filters. The way the armors were made was threw the true and powerful force of emotions." She sighed as the need for air came to her. She looked around as Anubis took the lead, telling the others he knew were a castle was that more then likely was the home base of the Mistress.
"War is full of them." She then continued as she walked more closer to the seasonal's Ronins then the elemental Ronins, "War itself at times is needed however, can never truly be controlled by those under its influence. Meaning only the people who make and stop wars are never truly effected by the emotions included in it. The worriers however, like you live with different kinds of emotions they harness. More then not they use all for all were under a master of one kind or another." She then stopped as they came to a clearing. She carefully looked around taking in every nock and cranny. Then smiling she climbed up a tree.
Smiling she looked down, "Cale were back to my cave, I can feel it. It's about one hours march to the north of here. I can tell you the nine of you need a rest before we fight the Mistress. No doubt she is taking her lose out on her minions as she tries to improve Mia and Kuayra. She will no doubt run into difficulties of one shondra (Kind) or a neither in that task." She stated as she jumped down from her tree perch.
The fifty feet high seemed like nothing to her as she landed. Her body absorbing the shock better then most could tell. She then looked at the worriers, who considered it. Then Dais states that if her remembered correctly the Lake of the Never Living was no more then a five minute run from the cave, were he remembered seeing Anubis and her in the memories he had gotten. They jogged to the cave and after Shatar touched the over growth, they were surprised to see it move for her. She merely smiled like a small child in wonderment as the plants did as she wanted them. The opening was a round hole that had a ten-foot drop.
They saw no light but that was no problem, Cale could see perfectly well in the dark and the other three seasonals could get around in it. The Ronins then found after she jumped in there were lights. Small orbs of what looked to be mounds of sand turned out to be only covered lights. The lights however, were of a different kind; she showed them they were hardened dragon scales that would light when the heat of others touched them.
She then explained that dragon's wasted little. When they shed, they use the free dragon scales. Their caves were practically nothing if not full of useful treasures even outside of the scales, which used in spells could be proven useful. They also were quit soft to the human touch, they felt like silk and yet when they were brushed agents the grain of the scale it was vary much like velvet.
She led them to the spring inside it and shocked them as she dove in. Her clothes were the only thing that told them were she was, the black pants and vest stuck out to the otherwise white lined walls of the underground maze. For being in human form even Cye had a hard time keeping up with her speed under water. There were thousands of tunnels under the water and the walls were lined with the scales. She would swim ahead and touch one of them lighting up an entire passage. Slowly parts of Dynasty Soldiers began to show however; they had overgrowth on them and did not move an inch.
She then lead them to a cavern inside the cave, the sight made them gasp. Mounds of gold and other treasures were everywhere; you could literally not move and inch without touching some kind of gold or precious stones. The wood boxes had eroded but the gold and gems they held was still there. Rubies and other precious and semi precis stones lay everywhere. Box's and boxes of pearls were found all to easy as well as golden daggers and swords, which were made with precious stones.
"This is my room, the other tunnels if I remember correctly are just plays, sort of like my security system. There are twelve chambers, four just like this. The others are for different things, mostly food chambers cues, believe it or not White dragons are not meat eaters and if we do eat meat it's the loser of a battle. Well that or nine times out of ten, that unparticular dragon is pregnant. We kill only to defend ourselves and eat the loser most of the time." She explained as she seemed to be looking for something threw the phials, looking at the gold as if last mouths fashions.
She then pulled out a large key. Walking to the west wall she placed it in between two scales and turned it, "This is what I brought you guys here for. You cannot fight the Mistress in less you understand your powers. My clan placed me in this cave, first cue the forest around it is called The forest of Silence. Which means neither good nor evil can truly rule this place. I can not simply order the trees to do as I want. It is their deception to lower their branches or even the waters of this cave to accept me into their hold. But I did get board after my thirtieth birthday, so I wrote everything I knew into a book, believe me yes its only one book and no this kind of writing is not what you would expect."
The key unlocked a door only four feet around, they had to crawl behind her and after a few feet lit, was like a slide. The chamber was a small one in comparison to the last one. It held many different human type things. Tables which, were made of gold, a mirror and several crystal balls, shelves of different herbs and other things, such as eye of harpy or Fang of a vampire.
"Ok if you eat what you kill why do you have body parts in here?" Cye asked feeling a little bit grossed out. She rolled her eyes, "Those are defective parts of which were removed, fang of a vampire is a special brew and the other things are for mainly dragon spells. Even we need ingredients for our healing or cleansing Cye." She explained slowly.
Dais on the other hand was fingering threw a small book, "You read this stuff? I mean I am reading it but the whole thing is just so . . . so. OK I don't have a word for it but to say in short it makes little to no sense." He showed her the book and she squealed with delight. Giving him a tight hug she picked the book out of his hand.
Motioning for Rowan to come, "Ok Rowan this might just tingle a little bit." She then looked to the book and placed a hand in his direction, "May what be hidden now be seen. The power of the soul within, I demand be seen." She whispered, with that Rowan's head hurt. Not just a little he held his head as pain accursed threw him. Objects in the room then began to float first the table and then the other Ronins. They yelped as they floated and not cues they wanted to. Dais and Sekmet were clinging to each other and trying to ovoid the weapons area of the room. Sharp and point objects were not on their agenda to be impaled with that day or ever.
She then let out a yelp as she turned to Rowan, "Rowan think past the pain and think of the ground, earth's gravity. Things like that, come on . . . knew I should have done Sekmet's power first." Rowan then cried out in slight pain, his eyes opened slightly and looked down, he focused hard and closed his eyes. The objects starting with the heavier ones began to land one by one. Everyone then let out a sigh of relief as Ryo touched the worrier of the strata. The objects then fell back into place with a slight thump.
"What was that? I mean after you said that . . . it was nothing but a wall of hurt Shatar. Ryo that was . . . wow. Your power feels like a warm soak in the tub." Rowan said as he rubbed his temples. Sitting down he breath deeply as if trying to still forgo the pain of what had been forced, she sighed as she held on to the nearest anchor in the room.
"Well you had told me that the younger of you had new powers. Cale was shown to have an ability to call the weather of winter. Cold winds and snows etc, I wanted to see if the same was for all of you. The armor barriers are all different; they were made from the same substance yes, but for a reason as far as I know. I mean why put them there if not for a vary good reason?"
She then looked to Dais with a frown. They then watched as Sekmet's turn came. They knew for a fact now that Ryo was a Neutralizer, Cye could control water even in rains. Kento was the one who made earthquakes with his mind; Sage read minds like books. Rowan however, was one of two things in their minds Telekinetic or he could control gravity, Shatar had offered. She said Dragons that did not have wings but flied did that. Cale was a seasonal caller, Shatar said their was many people who could do that and more then likely that's what the others would be.
She then repeated the spell for Sekmet and as they expected a soft Autumn wind blew as well as what plants that were in the room began to die. Dais made most come out of the dead stage, though and Anubis made most of them grow faster and blossom. However, Anubis also had a strange glow.
Shatar then smiled as they had figured that the season Ronins could do as each of the seasons they represented could. The elements were present in each of the elemental Ronins. Sage's mind reading was the light filtering threw things. Kento did as the destructive element of earth could. He shack's things up and made things move at his whim. Cye was a water and made the rains and Shatar said when they had more time after the battle, she would more then likely have more of her memories to train them better. Ryo burned away the magic control of others by neutralizing the elements. Like fires do to large amounts of land, no plants grow there for a short time. Rowan had the unpredictable element of sky or space.