Chapter Five
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All of them were on the way to where Anubis was. All of them, with the exception of Morganna, Crystal, Maria, Jo, and Sam, were worried. They hadn't seen him since he sacrificed himself to save Kayura. Not the best way to part company. Tons of questions were running through everyone's heads. All of them needed to be answered, and were going to be answered. They pulled up the driveway of a three-story mansion. Turning off the car, they exited the cars and entered the building.
"Anubis?" Jo called out his name when she entered the house.
"Baka...he might be sleeping." Maria said to her. She received a glare in reply. Morganna rolled her eyes and proceeded down one of the hallways.
"Take a seat." Sam said.
"She'll be back in a minute." Crystal told them.
"How long ago did you bring him back?" Kale asked.
"Well, technically, Mo was the only on that brought him back." Jo said.
"And that was three months ago." Crystal added.
"Three months! How could we not have felt his energy?" Dais asked.
"Ask Mo. She's the expert on death." Sam said. Morganna walked around the corner, a confused look plastered her face.
"What's wrong?" Ryo asked.
"He's not in the library or the gym." Morganna said.
"Where could he be then? He promised he wouldn't leave the house." Maria said.
"I know...that's what bothers me." Morganna said. "I'll go check upstairs. He could be sleeping...or reading in bed." She said, walking up stairs.
"Hmmmm....that's weird." Crystal muttered to herself.
"So why was he brought back?" Mia asked,
"Well, we thought we'd let Morganna tell you." Jo replied.
Morganna walked down the stairs with a highly annoyed look on her face. "He's not up there." She said.
"Well where the hell else could he be?" Sam asked. Morganna smirked and grabbed a dagger from the table. She also grabbed a pen and paper. Morganna quickly scribbled something down on the paper then attached it to the dagger. She walked outside, took careful aim, and through it onto the roof. With a satisfied smirk, she walked back inside, and took a seat on the couch.
"What was that about?" Rowen asked.
"Give it time." Morganna said. A few seconds later, movement was heard coming from the top floor.
"You know, you could seriously hurt someone doing that." Can a voice from the top of the stairs.
"Yea yea that's great, can I have my dagger now?" Morganna asked.
"No." Came a quick reply.
"Awww...Anubis you're no fun." Morganna said childishly.
"Your over three hundred years old and you still act like you're five." Anubis said.
"Ohhh...he's dissing on you Mo." Sam said while giggling.
"Shove it Sam." Morganna snapped. "Come on Anubis, I need that dagger."
"Why? So you can have another attempt to kill me?" He asked.
"After spending all that time to bring your dead ass back, of course not." Morganna said. Anubis walked passed her, tossing the dagger her way. "Thank you." Anubis nodded and finally saw the company that was in the room.
"Oh look, our exit point." Jo said dashing out the door.
"We'll leave the twelve of you to get reacquainted." Maria said, leaving behind Jo. Everyone else slowly left the room.
"I-is it really you?" Dais asked in disbelief.
"Yes." Anubis said. "Long time no see."
"How can you be alive again?" Ryo asked.
"When death wants someone back there is no stopping her." Anubis replied.
"Do you know why you were brought back?" Mia asked.
"All I know is it has something to do with the fact that where the five of them have been fighting no ancient has entered." Anubis told them.
"So they brought you back to fight with the armor of cruelty?" Kayura asked, but it was more of a statement. Anubis nodded.
"Can the five of them be trusted?" Sage asked.
"Yes and that I know for a fact." Anubis said.
"Do we know who Morganna is?" Sekhmet asked. "She seems familiar for some reason"
"If you remembered I wouldn't be surprised. She use to live in the same village as one of us." Anubis said.
"Which one?" Dais asked, intrigued.
"That's something you'll have to figure out on your own." Anubis told him.
"So do you know where they fight at?" Rowen asked.
"All I know is that every ancient who has gone in there went insane." Anubis answered.
"That's not good," Kento commented, "What could cause that?" Anubis shrugged.
"You'd have to ask Morganna. She knows the place better then anyone else." He told them.
"Well let's go ask her then?" Ryo said. Everyone agreed and exited then house, and entered the training ground.
"AGONIZING SCREAM!" Someone shouted.
"KISS OF DEATH!" Another person shouted. The two attacks collided with a loud explosion. After the smoked cleared, two armored warriors were standing in the blast zone. One was a black armor with demon wings and was holding a scythe. The other one was maroon and had a glaive.
"Oh hey guys," The maroon one said, "We didn't think you were coming out." She removed her helmet, and it was Maria. The other one removed her helmet, and it was Morganna, who didn't look very happy.
"What's going on?" Anubis asked.
"Morganna's blowing off some steam." Jo said. She was up in a tree that gave the best view.
"Why? What happened?" Anubis asked.
"We decided to discuss what happened earlier, and it didn't go so well." Sam answered.
"Please, the both of you know she doesn't like talking about the past." Crystal said.
"What happened? Because she was really pissed when that guy brought up the past." Kento said.
"We don't know. That's what we're trying to figure out." Crystal answered. Maria and Morganna went into their sub armor. They walked over to the group, weapons in hand.
"It's going to be another late training night isn't it?" Jo asked from her perch in the tree. Morganna shook her head.
"Nope, I've got things to do tonight." She said, pivoting on her heels and heading towards the woods.
"Just don't meditate all night like last Saturday." Sam called out to her. I faint 'bite me' was heard as a reply.
"Is she always like this?" Ryo asked.
"Not normally, but she has been like this for the past three days now." Maria said.
"Is it bad?" Kale asked.
"We don't know. It's not she ever tells us how she's feeling. She bottles it up. She may be over three hundred years old but that still can't be healthy." Jo commented.
"Just give her some time," Anubis said, "She'll come around."
"Hopefully." Crystal added.
"So could you explain what's going on?" Kayura asked.
"Well Mo knows more then we do but we can fill you in on what we know." Sam said.
"That's a start, and it will be more information then what we have now." Rowen said.
"Don't get smart." Maria snapped.
"Let's go inside to explain." Sam said, starting to push them inside.
