"Aw man, what hit me? My head feels like it was hit by a two by four. Cye? Ryo? Sage, is anyone there?" Kaye asked as she slowly got up.
"It looks like I'm the only one here. Wherever here is. What was that?" Kaye thought as she whirled around to try and see what she sensed.
"Hello? Is anyone here? Anyone?" Kaye yelled out. A few minutes passed by and still nothing. Again, something ran past her, she turned around and still couldn't see anything.
"We're here." an eerie voice replied from the shadows.
"Who's we?" Kaye asked as she tried to show no fear.
"We are the very creatures that will strike fear in your heart. We are the creatures that will make you beg us to stop with the pain. We are the creatures that will rip you apart and make you bleed. Now, aren't you glad that you've asked?" the voice replied as the creatures slowly came out of the shadows towards her.
"What do you want? If it's a fight that you want, and then it's a fight that you're gonna get! Come on!" Kaye replied as she got into defensive position.
"I'm glad that you said that, because that's exactly what we're looking for." the creature said as they kept on slowly advancing towards her.
Meanwhile...
"Where the heck am I? Kaye? Sage? Ryo, where are you?" Cye yelled out hoping that someone would answer.
"I don't believe this. I have no idea of where I am, or even where the others are, or even if they're hurt or not. I know this much, I'm not going to get any answers if I'm just standing around here." Cye thought as he started to leave. Just then, something ran past him, he quickly turned around and barely spotted a tail of some kind.
"What in the world?" Cye thought as he went to get a closer look. Just as he was about to see if he was right, something else ran quickly behind him.
"Ok I've had it! Who's here and what do you want?" Cye yelled out.
"You want to know who we are, and what we desire? We want to play, will you play with us?" a voice replied from the shadows.
"Sorry, but I don't have time for any of your games. I have to find my friends, and get out of here." Cye said in annoyance.
"You want to find pretty silver one? Pretty silver one is playing. Now will you play?" the creature asked curiously.
"No! They couldn't mean!" Cye thought in alarm as he realized whom the creature was talking about.
"You are correct in your assumption, Cye of the Torrent." Maji said as he appeared.
"Maji, if those creatures hurt her, then I'll..." Cye replied angrily.
"I wouldn't be worried about her, I would be more concerned about yourself. Since you're going to be in the same situation in a few minutes." Maji replied as he motioned for the creatures to attack. Just as they started their attack, Maji gave an evil grin and disappeared.
The creatures started to advance slowly towards him. "This is definitely what I don't need right now." Cye thought, as he got ready to defend himself.
In another part of the building, Sage and Ryo decided to split up, in order to find their friends before they ran out of time. "Where could they be? Why can't I sense them? Is there something that is blocking them from me?" Sage thought as he continued to run down the corridor.
Just then a loud scream of pain echoed through the corridor. "Kaye!" Sage yelled. He quickly stopped so he could get a fix of where it was coming from.
"Come on, come on where is she? I know that I heard her." Sage thought frantically.
Again another scream of pain echoed through the corridor. "Looks like I'm going this way. Hang on Kaye, I'm coming." Sage thought as he ran. Sage didn't have to run very far, sounds of a fight were getting louder and louder as he came closer to finding her. Just as he turned the next corner, he saw a creature take a huge swipe at Kaye's back and then she fell to the ground.
"NO!" Sage yelled in anger as the creatures turned around and faced him.
"Pretty silver one is no fun any more, she can't play. How about you, will you play with us?" the creature asked as they were slowly advancing towards Sage.
"You wanna play? Fine, then let's play, but I play for keeps! Thunder bolt cut!" Sage replied as he delivered his sure-kill. The creatures screamed in the pain from the light that was coming from Sage's attack. He realized that they can't stand the light and delivered his sure-kill one more time. With the second attack, the creatures dissolved into thin air. Sage then ran over Kaye to see how badly injured she was.
"Kaye, hey come on and answer me would you?" Sage asked as he looked on with concern.
"Sage?" Kaye asked as she was slowly coming around.
"Yea it's me. Do you think that you can walk?" Sage asked.
"I think so. Hey where did those creatures go?" Kaye asked as she was slowly standing up.
"Don't worry about them, we have to get out of here and see if Ryo has found Cye yet." Sage replied as he tried to help her stand. As soon as she was on her feet, she took a few steps and then fell back down. Sage knelt down and grabbed onto Kaye's side and pulled her up. As soon as he got her up, he took her arm and pulled it behind his neck and held on.
"Sage, this isn't going to do you any good. I'm just going to slow you down." Kaye replied quietly.
"Kaye, I'm not going to leave you here, if that's what you're thinking. So quit being so stubborn and let's get going." Sage replied. Kaye gave him a small smile and then nodded telling him that she was ready.
In a different corridor, "I'm sure that Sage has found one of them by now. Huh, what was that, was it...Cye?" Ryo thought.
"Cye! Where are you? Answer me!" Ryo yelled down the corridor.
"Ryo! I'm in here!" Cye yelled back.
"Hang on Cye, I'm coming!" Ryo yelled as he was running.
"Hurry up Ryo, I don't know how long I can hold out." Cye thought as he continued fighting.
Just as Ryo finally found Cye, one of the creatures whipped its tail, sweeping Cye's feet from under him and he fell to the ground. "Cye! Hey, get away from him!" Ryo yelled angrily. The creatured turned towards Ryo and started to advance towards him.
"Another one has come to play." a creature said as they continued to advance towards him.
"Think again, Flare up now!" Ryo yelled as he delivered his sure-kill. A few of the creatures fled from his attack, while the rest of them went up in flames.
"Hey, where do you think that you're going? Flare up now!" Ryo yelled as he delivered his sure-kill a second time.
"That had better be the last of them. Cye!" Ryo thought as he ran over to him.
"Ryo?" Cye said as he was trying to get up.
"Hey, take it easy there." Ryo replied as he helped him up to his feet.
"Ryo, we have to find Kaye. Those creatures that attacked me are the same ones that are probably attacking her too." Cye said as he tried to walk.
"Don't worry Cye, I'm sure that Sage has found her already. What do you say, let's go and see if we can find them?" Ryo replied as he was helping Cye to walk. Just as they were about to leave, there was one more creature left.
"You don't want to play any more? Aw, I want to play!" the creature said as he got in front of them. Ryo and Cye braced themselves, just as the creature was about to attack, it was struck down from behind.
"I can't take you guys anywhere. It seems like wherever we go, you're always in trouble." a voice said from the doorway.
"Sage!" Ryo replied with a grin.
"Yea, who else would it be?" Sage replied with a teasing grin.
"Sage, did you find Kaye? Is she all right?" Cye asked in concern.
"Why don't you ask me yourself?" Kaye replied as she and Sage slowly walked over to them.
"Kaye, you look like you've been to hell and back." Cye said as he looked at her.
"Oh yea, look who's talking?" Kaye replied as she looked back at him.
"Ok you two that's enough. Now that we found each other, the main question is now what's going to happen?" Ryo asked. As an answer to Ryo's question, an explosion blew up the wall that was behind them.
"You had to ask, didn't you?" Kaye replied in annoyance.
"Well done, I'm impressed in how you found your friends so quickly. I think that it's time for me to end this. Goody-bye." Maji said as he was powering up. Just as they were about to leave the nexus, Maji's attack made a direct hit, and then they vanished.
"No!" Maji yelled in anger.
"That blasted tiger! I knew it! It doesn't matter, I know where they've gone." Maji thought as he disappeared.
"It looks like I'm the only one here. Wherever here is. What was that?" Kaye thought as she whirled around to try and see what she sensed.
"Hello? Is anyone here? Anyone?" Kaye yelled out. A few minutes passed by and still nothing. Again, something ran past her, she turned around and still couldn't see anything.
"We're here." an eerie voice replied from the shadows.
"Who's we?" Kaye asked as she tried to show no fear.
"We are the very creatures that will strike fear in your heart. We are the creatures that will make you beg us to stop with the pain. We are the creatures that will rip you apart and make you bleed. Now, aren't you glad that you've asked?" the voice replied as the creatures slowly came out of the shadows towards her.
"What do you want? If it's a fight that you want, and then it's a fight that you're gonna get! Come on!" Kaye replied as she got into defensive position.
"I'm glad that you said that, because that's exactly what we're looking for." the creature said as they kept on slowly advancing towards her.
Meanwhile...
"Where the heck am I? Kaye? Sage? Ryo, where are you?" Cye yelled out hoping that someone would answer.
"I don't believe this. I have no idea of where I am, or even where the others are, or even if they're hurt or not. I know this much, I'm not going to get any answers if I'm just standing around here." Cye thought as he started to leave. Just then, something ran past him, he quickly turned around and barely spotted a tail of some kind.
"What in the world?" Cye thought as he went to get a closer look. Just as he was about to see if he was right, something else ran quickly behind him.
"Ok I've had it! Who's here and what do you want?" Cye yelled out.
"You want to know who we are, and what we desire? We want to play, will you play with us?" a voice replied from the shadows.
"Sorry, but I don't have time for any of your games. I have to find my friends, and get out of here." Cye said in annoyance.
"You want to find pretty silver one? Pretty silver one is playing. Now will you play?" the creature asked curiously.
"No! They couldn't mean!" Cye thought in alarm as he realized whom the creature was talking about.
"You are correct in your assumption, Cye of the Torrent." Maji said as he appeared.
"Maji, if those creatures hurt her, then I'll..." Cye replied angrily.
"I wouldn't be worried about her, I would be more concerned about yourself. Since you're going to be in the same situation in a few minutes." Maji replied as he motioned for the creatures to attack. Just as they started their attack, Maji gave an evil grin and disappeared.
The creatures started to advance slowly towards him. "This is definitely what I don't need right now." Cye thought, as he got ready to defend himself.
In another part of the building, Sage and Ryo decided to split up, in order to find their friends before they ran out of time. "Where could they be? Why can't I sense them? Is there something that is blocking them from me?" Sage thought as he continued to run down the corridor.
Just then a loud scream of pain echoed through the corridor. "Kaye!" Sage yelled. He quickly stopped so he could get a fix of where it was coming from.
"Come on, come on where is she? I know that I heard her." Sage thought frantically.
Again another scream of pain echoed through the corridor. "Looks like I'm going this way. Hang on Kaye, I'm coming." Sage thought as he ran. Sage didn't have to run very far, sounds of a fight were getting louder and louder as he came closer to finding her. Just as he turned the next corner, he saw a creature take a huge swipe at Kaye's back and then she fell to the ground.
"NO!" Sage yelled in anger as the creatures turned around and faced him.
"Pretty silver one is no fun any more, she can't play. How about you, will you play with us?" the creature asked as they were slowly advancing towards Sage.
"You wanna play? Fine, then let's play, but I play for keeps! Thunder bolt cut!" Sage replied as he delivered his sure-kill. The creatures screamed in the pain from the light that was coming from Sage's attack. He realized that they can't stand the light and delivered his sure-kill one more time. With the second attack, the creatures dissolved into thin air. Sage then ran over Kaye to see how badly injured she was.
"Kaye, hey come on and answer me would you?" Sage asked as he looked on with concern.
"Sage?" Kaye asked as she was slowly coming around.
"Yea it's me. Do you think that you can walk?" Sage asked.
"I think so. Hey where did those creatures go?" Kaye asked as she was slowly standing up.
"Don't worry about them, we have to get out of here and see if Ryo has found Cye yet." Sage replied as he tried to help her stand. As soon as she was on her feet, she took a few steps and then fell back down. Sage knelt down and grabbed onto Kaye's side and pulled her up. As soon as he got her up, he took her arm and pulled it behind his neck and held on.
"Sage, this isn't going to do you any good. I'm just going to slow you down." Kaye replied quietly.
"Kaye, I'm not going to leave you here, if that's what you're thinking. So quit being so stubborn and let's get going." Sage replied. Kaye gave him a small smile and then nodded telling him that she was ready.
In a different corridor, "I'm sure that Sage has found one of them by now. Huh, what was that, was it...Cye?" Ryo thought.
"Cye! Where are you? Answer me!" Ryo yelled down the corridor.
"Ryo! I'm in here!" Cye yelled back.
"Hang on Cye, I'm coming!" Ryo yelled as he was running.
"Hurry up Ryo, I don't know how long I can hold out." Cye thought as he continued fighting.
Just as Ryo finally found Cye, one of the creatures whipped its tail, sweeping Cye's feet from under him and he fell to the ground. "Cye! Hey, get away from him!" Ryo yelled angrily. The creatured turned towards Ryo and started to advance towards him.
"Another one has come to play." a creature said as they continued to advance towards him.
"Think again, Flare up now!" Ryo yelled as he delivered his sure-kill. A few of the creatures fled from his attack, while the rest of them went up in flames.
"Hey, where do you think that you're going? Flare up now!" Ryo yelled as he delivered his sure-kill a second time.
"That had better be the last of them. Cye!" Ryo thought as he ran over to him.
"Ryo?" Cye said as he was trying to get up.
"Hey, take it easy there." Ryo replied as he helped him up to his feet.
"Ryo, we have to find Kaye. Those creatures that attacked me are the same ones that are probably attacking her too." Cye said as he tried to walk.
"Don't worry Cye, I'm sure that Sage has found her already. What do you say, let's go and see if we can find them?" Ryo replied as he was helping Cye to walk. Just as they were about to leave, there was one more creature left.
"You don't want to play any more? Aw, I want to play!" the creature said as he got in front of them. Ryo and Cye braced themselves, just as the creature was about to attack, it was struck down from behind.
"I can't take you guys anywhere. It seems like wherever we go, you're always in trouble." a voice said from the doorway.
"Sage!" Ryo replied with a grin.
"Yea, who else would it be?" Sage replied with a teasing grin.
"Sage, did you find Kaye? Is she all right?" Cye asked in concern.
"Why don't you ask me yourself?" Kaye replied as she and Sage slowly walked over to them.
"Kaye, you look like you've been to hell and back." Cye said as he looked at her.
"Oh yea, look who's talking?" Kaye replied as she looked back at him.
"Ok you two that's enough. Now that we found each other, the main question is now what's going to happen?" Ryo asked. As an answer to Ryo's question, an explosion blew up the wall that was behind them.
"You had to ask, didn't you?" Kaye replied in annoyance.
"Well done, I'm impressed in how you found your friends so quickly. I think that it's time for me to end this. Goody-bye." Maji said as he was powering up. Just as they were about to leave the nexus, Maji's attack made a direct hit, and then they vanished.
"No!" Maji yelled in anger.
"That blasted tiger! I knew it! It doesn't matter, I know where they've gone." Maji thought as he disappeared.