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Legends Die Hard
By: Moonglow
Ch 5: The News
For in much wisdom is much
grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Bible. --Ecclesiastes
1:18
"You are so rude!"
"Well, maybe I want to be
rude."
"Cye, will you dance with
me?"
"Of course, Circe." Cye replied.
As she and Cye walked away,
Circe turned around to Kento and in a childlike manner, she stuck out
her tongue and pulled down one eyelid. Kento rolled his eyes. That girl
was pretty enough, he guessed, but she was horribly rude to him.
At around one o'clock, they
decided to get going home. Lily dozed in the back seat with her arms
wrapped tightly around Sage's waist. It was the first any of them had
ever seen Sage unsure of himself around a girl. It was quite funny actually.
Their newest arrival Circe was forced to ride with Cye and Kento in
the Neon, and they could hear Kento and Circe yelling back and forth
at each other even over the roar of the other cars. Every so often,
Mia could catch a glimpse of Cye cowering down in his seat through her
rear view window. They stopped at Circe's home to pick up her clothes
and pulled into Mia's driveway at about two o'clock. When they got out
of the car, Circe and Kento were still arguing, and screaming at each
other about some trivial thing. Suddenly, from up into the house, they
heard Whiteblaze roar and saw a bright incandescent light shine from
the living room.
"What the heck is that?" Kento
cried out, cutting off their argument.
"Ronin Warriors. Come up
here for you instructions."
"What instructions?"
It took them only a matter
of seconds to arrive upstairs, and the figure was facing them. He had
a long white robe, and a straw hat that covered his eyes.
"Ancient One!" Ryo exclaimed.
"Ronins, it is time for
you to go to Aeaea."
"What?" Mia asked. "Where?"
"Aeaea is the planet of
your birth. You must go there, lest it be destroyed."
"So let me get this straight.
Were aliens from a planet called Aeaea and we have to go there?" Rowen
asked.
"Yes, it is under attack.
You must go save it. You are not yet whole. You must go to Aeaea to
complete the prophecy."
"What prophecy?" Adela asked
him.
"The prophecy says,
In the year that the 3rd
rock from the sun-star lets out a trembling, and 13 of the children
of Aeaea awaken, the last will be sent home to destroy it. Only these
13 and one other may save the planet or all will be lost. For her power
is so great that is can destroy suns and entire galaxies. Hasten, for
only the time that a babe lies under the mothers heart will be the time
they will have to save Aeaea.
"So you're saying that we
have to go to another planet to save it from another Ronin, the last
fourteenth one. But on the way we have to find someone else. And she's
so powerful that she alone could destroy us all. And we only have 9
months!?!?" Circe yelled. With each sentence, her voice went up a few
octaves until she was at a scream.
"Yes. This will help you."
The Ancient One held out his clenched hand and took Lily's. "You
are the warrior of Nebula, the maker. You have the power to use this
Key." He handed her a silver locket, with the kanji of Solemnity
and Time on it. "You can use it to go through time, and space. But,
you must not travel through time. Lest it kill thee."
"Alright." She replied, her
slender hand clutching the locket.
"Are you the one who is making
us know things and keep saying 'Done'?" Adela asked him. He smiled faintly.
"You are most perceptive."
"And are you the one who is
making us brush off meeting new scouts as an everyday thing? I mean,
I would usually be in shock for days if I found 4 new Ronins, but I
kind of ignored it." Adela pursued.
"That is also correct."
"Why?" Cye asked.
"I don't have time for
you to be in shock. You must complete the prophecy in nine months. You
have on week to prepare before you must go to the time portal. One week.
You will have 9 months after that. I must depart, my dear warriors.
But watch yours dreams, for I will speak to thee through them." He
said, the luminescent glow fading.
"We will Ancient One." Ryo
replied.
"Be well." He told
them, and was gone.
*~*~*~*
"Why are you drunk again Captain
Anion?" Luana asked the tipsy man, while testing the tip of a knife
with her forefinger.
"Wells Missh Luuuanana mamme,
I's was jusht hadin a itwsy witsy dwink. Twaint nos what harmhs done."
The man replied. His eyes blurred and unfocused as he tried to slur
his words out of his mouth. His long white beard was stained yellow
from years of tobacco and strong ale dripping down it. He had a vast
paunch and short stout legs.
"Oh, I see. So when the troops
you're supposed to be training all die in battle, and your off drinking
your gin, it'll be alright?" Bri asked him, looking at Luana.
"Wells, you shee mamme, themsh
boysh ares alwight. Theys wont dies out theres in a bawttle."
"Well, Luana, what do you
think we should do with him." Bri asked.
"Kill him. It makes no difference
to me." The girl said, still playing with the tip of her hooked knife.
Blubbering, the man seemed
to sober up in an instant. "But, but, but, no!" He cried.
"But, but, but, yes." Luana
said, pointing the knife at him, "Take him away." She said to the guards.
Anion was dragged away and his screams could still be heard from inside.
"You aren't really going
to have him killed, are you?" Bri asked Luana. "I mean, you wouldn't
really have him killed for being drunk, right?"
"Oh really. I will have him
killed. He deserves it. If the troops fail, we fail. And if we fail,
Vanessa fails. And that cannot happen. Correct?" Her stare was icy,
even bloody, if that was possible. Now Bri wasn't even so sure who was
worse; Luana or the mistress herself.
*~*~*~*
"Woah." Circe said.
"Yeah, really. I thought he
was dead." Kento murmured.
"Well, he's obviously not,
you oaf. You were wrong." She told him a bit smugly.
"Well, we all saw him die
when Talpa hit him with a big energy ray." He yelled back.
"Well, he just can't come
back from the dead!" She yelled at him.
"Well maybe he CAN!" He screamed,
which lead them into a fit of screams insults and the like.
"Were gonna have to do something
about that before we go." Rowen murmured to Mia.
"Yeah really. I don't want
to have to deal with that for nine months."
After about 5 minutes, their
screams became sterile and just annoying, and they began to repeat their
selves. It became so irritating that Cye finally screamed, "Would you
two shut up?!?"
Everyone turned around to
look at him, while his face became redder and redder until he turned
around to hide his cherry face.
"I think we all should go
to sleep. It's been a long day, and we have a lot to do in the next
week." Ryo said. The all agreed and started to trek up the steps, but
Ryo stopped Mia before she could get any farther.
"What is it Ryo?" She said,
exasperated. "I want to go to bed."
"I have an idea to get Circe
and Kento to get along."
"Good! Tell me!"
"When you go upstairs, tell
Lily, and Adela to come down as soon as Circe is asleep."
"Alright."
It took only about 10 minutes
for Circe to fall asleep and only about 5 for Kento to fall asleep,
so Cye, Rowen, Sage and Ryo were waiting for the girls to come down.
The boys were all dressed in boxers and beaters (Yummy. Sorry, I just
had to put that in there. ^_^), and the girls were clad in pajama bottoms
and tanks.
"Mia and I are going to wake
all of you up at about 6 o'clock in the morning tomorrow." Ryo told
them, with cries of protest from all of them.
"Shhh. You'll wake up Circe
and Kento." He chided them. "Now, do you want to wake up early one day,
or listen to them bicker for 9 months or more."
They all grumbled, but agreed
to wake up at 6.
"Now, were going to wake you
up so we can get out of the house without them. Lily, Cye, since you
both share rooms with one of them, you two will have to be extra careful
no to wake up either of them."
"That won't be too hard,"
Cye said. "Kento sleeps like a log. You could run an 18-wheeler through
our room and he wouldn't wake up. We won't be eating here, right? The
smell of that food cooking will wake him up."
"That's right." Ryo grimaced."
We'll just go out. Now, were going to leave, and when we do, were going
to lock every window and door from the outside to keep them inside.
Now, I'm going to tell Whiteblaze to keep them in the same general area.
So they're either going to have to stay in all day, or work together
to get out."
"Ooooo. I like it. It's so
underhanded." Adela said purring.
"I'm glad you like it." Ryo
said modestly.
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