A.N. so sad. Sorry for the wait!
Mia had her knees draw up to her face and chest. Dirt was streaked across her cheek, even if she had only been here a few hours.
The floor was made of soiled dirt, and it reeked horribly. Her tears made it even muddier, but not too much to make a difference.
They had thrown her in here, and taken Cloud for what they said was questioning. She didn't know if she was still alive or anything, it was as if time was staying still just for torture. She didn't know the time either.. and she was sure Ryo was going to kill her..
~~
Sage's head snapped up from his book. He sensed something once more, and it was freaking him out. His breath became harder, and it felt like his chest was constricting. He grabbed his chest, searching out what was wrong. He sensed something bad. something very bad.
He raised his hand and the whole class turned to look at him. The instructor more particularly looked at him quizzically.
"Yes?" Now Sage hated to lie but this was an emergency.
"B-bathroom?" some snickers broke out, but hushed at the instructor's gaze.
"Hurry,"
"Hai Sensei," Sage sped out of the room.
He raced down the halls, and out of the building. He finally reached the parking lot in record speed, everyone else was already waiting.
"Took ya long enough," Kento grinned.
"Sorry,"
"Think nothing of it, just as long as you're here," Cye piped in form the back seat. Ryo was already in shot gun. Sage squished in without another word and they sped off.
"Ryo?" Cye asked, poking the black haired youth.
"Hurry up Kento," Ryo answered, his face looking stressed.
"Just calm down, take deep breaths." Cye commanded from the back seat. It wasn't a joke, and no one made fun or laughed.. By the look of Sage's face he was stressed too. And that was something they didn't see often, so it scared them.
**
Chains scratched across the cold floor as a weary body dragged herself up. Moonlight shinned through the bars of the tiny window, providing no comfort to the brown haired woman.
Tears streamed like steady rivers and she shivered, as a cold breeze seemed to settle in the room. Her flesh burned each time she moved, it had been rubbed raw, and it throbbed painfully.
She still didn't know how long she'd been here. Been here without comfort. Without something to grasp onto. Without a light, and almost without a hope.
But she gripped onto her last remaining hope, swearing she'd never let go, even as she prayed for her friend, and a safe rescue.
A miracle is what Mia wanted.no;
Needed.
She needed this miracle, this wish. this dream. She let out a pitiful sob. "oh Sage." she pulled her knees up to her chest, with thoughts of never leaving here alive, and never seeing Sage once more.
**
The car halted to a complete stop with the squealing of tires as the four teens piled out. They stared at the broken door for a minute before dawning their sub armors and rushing inside.
The place smelled, felt, and looked wrong. Each grain of wood was screaming to them, but their cries reaching deaf ears, for they did not speak the language of the wood.
They inched their way p the steps, their first stop Rowen's room. The door seemed virtually untouched. But none-the-less, Kento kicked the door down.
What met them made their hearts wrench. Rowen lay on the floor, his eyes wide, and blood coming from his head. He was shaking uncontrollably, his lips blue.
"RO!"
"ROWEN!"
"MY GOD!!"
"BLOODY HELL!!"
"g-guys.."
"Hot water, wash cloth, pillow.. now!"
"Right!" Cye knelt in front of Rowen as the others went to fetch what he needed.
"H-he took them. I-I. I couldn't help," tears filled the blue haired teen's eyes.
"ssh, I understand," Rowen groaned softly as Cye lifted his head to the pillow Ryo had brought, and Sage set down the water while Kento handed him a washcloth. "This may hurt, alright?" Kento sat down on Rowen's right, putting his hand in Rowen's.
"Just squeeze my hand, I'm sure you can't hurt me too bad.." Cye wet the washcloth and gently dabbed Rowen's head. The later hissed in pain and squeezed his eyes shut tight, trying franticly to move his head, but Sage but gentle hands on each side of Rowen's head, keeping him there.
"s-stop. c-c-ye." the warrior of Strata whimpered. Kento gave him a reassuring squeeze, a gentle one at that.
Rowen screamed as Cye put the washcloth on the full wound and began to wash softly. The former tried to yank his head free as the searing pain seemed to envelope him. Cye's eyes filled with tears as Rowen passed out from pain.
After cleansing the wound and sterilizing it Cye wrapped the Ronin's head with some bandages Ryo had left to get during the process.
Then with the help of Kento they carried Rowen down stairs and set him on the couch while Ryo called White Blaze from the forest.
The tiger seemed to understand what was going on, for he soon nudged his master towards the door. Then he went to Rowen's head and sat down to guard, after of course tugging the blanket up to his new charges chin.
"We'll be back," Cye said quietly.
"Watch over Ro for us White Blaze," the tiger seemed to nod, then gave them a stern look and nodded his head towards the door. The warriors gave one last look at their fallen comrade before leaving to finish this. once and for all.
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I realize this is a long chapter. Take a break and go get something to eat, or maybe just take a break, k?
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The terrified youth tried backing up as best she could with what little she had to do so.. her arms. The man in front of her laughed cruelly, his foul breath leaking out. She whimpered, closing her eyes in fear shivering uncontrollably.
"ah. so you do remember me after all." he kicked her, sending her rolling on the floor. She picked herself up shakily. He snarled and kicked her again, in the stomach. She coughed up blood as the air was knocked out of her.
"Don't get up unless I say!" he kicked her again, and Cloud swore she could hear a crack.. but she refused to scream.
"Much stronger than the last time are you?" she didn't answer, but still tried to pick herself up. He snarled and picked her up by her right arm, shaking her. "why don't you cry out!!?? ANSWER ME!!" she gulped, and tears poured heavily form her eyes. The man smiled, revealing his yellow teeth once more as he dropped her into a heap.
"I was hoping you would refuse.." He chuckled cruelly and snapped his fingers, the sound echoing throughout the room.
There was a rumbling sound and shortly after a marble cross shot up from the ground, a minute later Cloud screamed as crawling things wrapped around her wrists and ankles, taking her up! Higher and higher until they settled her on the cross, burning her too it as barbed wire wrapped around it, sinking deep into her raw flesh. She cried out as they tightened, and tied.
Her 'father' chuckled and tilted her chin to look at him.
"you miss me rat?" she didn't answer, so he slapped her, hard. The responding sound echoed for a few moments before vanishing because of the hardness of it. He scowled once more and took out a dagger, it's tip bloody red. "I can make you talk," he raised it above his head, and then rammed it down.
It went in with a sickly wet sound, and came out with an even sicker one. Cloud's scream echoed in the shadows.
~~
Mia stiffened hearing the scream that seemed to echo, she screamed as loud as she could, knowing she could do nothing more.
"Stupid mortal," someone taunted her form the darkness.
"Who's there.?" she asked. A figure, dawned in shadowy white hair, and cruel looking armor.
"D-d-d-dais.." She whispered, as the man chuckled, in mere seconds he had a knife pressed to her throat with his left, and another to her cheek.
"Remember me Mia.." his breath chilled the poor woman to the bone, and se shivered as the knife made a small cut and a thin trail of blood worked it's way down her face.
"W-w-what a-a-a-a-are y-y-you?" she stuttered helplessly, and the man chuckled.
"I just am." he bent closer to her and took another knife, in a flurried motion he had raised it above his head and struck.
There was a few seconds of silence, and the pain registered in Mia's cerebrum. She too let out a bone-crushing scream as her blood spilled form the gauge on her arm.
~~
The three remaining warlords chuckled as the screams collided with another. The white haired man joined them after a few minutes, his hands covered in blood.
"Having too much fun Dais?" Seckment asked, holding one of his beloved snakes. The white haired man smiled cruelly.
"I'm so sorry," he answered, voice dripping his sarcasm. "Guess my hands were itchin' for it."
"I think the boss is havin' his own fun,"
"He reminds me so much of Talapa sometimes," Anubis remarked, scowling and pausing at their former leader's name.
"Such a weak fool he was," Kale remarked, his voice dripping with ice, pure unaltered ice. The others shivered, Kale could be down right creepy at times, as well as scary.
One of Seckment's snakes hissed and licked his cheek with it's forked tongue, it's fangs showing, dripping with a deadly poison.
"You and your damn snakes." Dais growled.
"You and your damned spiders."
"Both of you and your god damned whinny ass voices!" the shut up as Anubis approached them, if he wasn't in the mood he too could be downright scary, even if he wasn't as bad as Kale..
~~
Cloud hung limp on the blood stained cross, sobbing pitifully.
"You heard your friend, eh rat?" her father chuckled, laughing at her misery. She still didn't answer, and he snarled.
"Worthless piece of shit." he smiled and turned around to leave, only too come back with two sparking wires, ones for recharging cars.
"We'll do it the hard way." Cloud had no time to breath as the cords came in contact with her skin. Immediately electricity surrounded her and she screamed for all she was worth. Little droplets of blood flew everywhere as her eyes rolled back, showing only the whites.
Finally he stopped, and let the wires fall to writhe like snakes on the floor. Cloud slumped heavily. Not noticing how the barbed wire cut into her flesh even deeper. He chuckled cruelly and lifted her chin so she was looking at him.
"We'll continue latter. your friend shall pay for your failure." She had no strength to scream.. nor talk.. so she hung there and sobbed.
~~
Mia looked up to hear her door start to creak open. She whimpered and tried to scoot back as an unfamiliar male figure hauled her to her feet rudely.
"W-who are you."
"Not to quote one of my minions but.." the man looked into her eyes, his white snot white but yellow, and his breath stinking. "Your worst nightmare."
The man dragged Mia through dark corridors that smelled even worse than he. Around corners, and earning many scrapes and bruises on the way, Mia somehow managed to catch up, fear welling up in her stomach, enough to make her want to puke.
But she refused, and still clang to that last shred of light she had been saving all this time. her last reserve of will power and effort.
Finally they entered a large room. Mia immediately began to struggle, seeing all the items used for torture, but a swift slap stopped her, and she followed without even a slight sob, her head down.
When her feet touched blood, she immediately looked up, nearly bumping into the man who had stopped, looking at a bloody marble cross. Mia's hands went up to her mouth in sheer horror.
"C-loud!" the man slapped her down, and her friend's blood splashed onto her. She whimpered, and started to shake uncontrollably.
"See what you make me do rat?" he added a cruel laugh as he jerked Mia to her feet. She yelped in protest as his fingers sunk painfully into her skin. He laughed at this, snapping his free hand. A round stone came form the floor in a deep rumble. It was about to the man's waist. He dragged Mia over to it, and placed her left hand on it, a sick looking black strap strapped it down.
Mia's eyes widened in terror. "You wouldn't!" she screamed, struggling as hard as she could. Cloud's eyes became wide and she pulled, the bob wire making it's presence painfully known. She screamed.
"As punishment," he snapped his hands and took an axe from the floor were it materializes. "she pays,"
"Please no!" Mia screamed pulling as hard as she could.
"With her finger!" he raised the axe above his head, and slammed down. Mia screamed as loud as she could, and Cloud squeezed her eyes shut, screaming at the form of torture. Blood came from her mouth, and the screaming stopped.
She opened her eyes, tears pouring out of them hearing Mia sob. Her wrists ached painfully, and all she wanted was Ryo.
TBC
A.N. that.. Was disturbing... R&R
Mia had her knees draw up to her face and chest. Dirt was streaked across her cheek, even if she had only been here a few hours.
The floor was made of soiled dirt, and it reeked horribly. Her tears made it even muddier, but not too much to make a difference.
They had thrown her in here, and taken Cloud for what they said was questioning. She didn't know if she was still alive or anything, it was as if time was staying still just for torture. She didn't know the time either.. and she was sure Ryo was going to kill her..
~~
Sage's head snapped up from his book. He sensed something once more, and it was freaking him out. His breath became harder, and it felt like his chest was constricting. He grabbed his chest, searching out what was wrong. He sensed something bad. something very bad.
He raised his hand and the whole class turned to look at him. The instructor more particularly looked at him quizzically.
"Yes?" Now Sage hated to lie but this was an emergency.
"B-bathroom?" some snickers broke out, but hushed at the instructor's gaze.
"Hurry,"
"Hai Sensei," Sage sped out of the room.
He raced down the halls, and out of the building. He finally reached the parking lot in record speed, everyone else was already waiting.
"Took ya long enough," Kento grinned.
"Sorry,"
"Think nothing of it, just as long as you're here," Cye piped in form the back seat. Ryo was already in shot gun. Sage squished in without another word and they sped off.
"Ryo?" Cye asked, poking the black haired youth.
"Hurry up Kento," Ryo answered, his face looking stressed.
"Just calm down, take deep breaths." Cye commanded from the back seat. It wasn't a joke, and no one made fun or laughed.. By the look of Sage's face he was stressed too. And that was something they didn't see often, so it scared them.
**
Chains scratched across the cold floor as a weary body dragged herself up. Moonlight shinned through the bars of the tiny window, providing no comfort to the brown haired woman.
Tears streamed like steady rivers and she shivered, as a cold breeze seemed to settle in the room. Her flesh burned each time she moved, it had been rubbed raw, and it throbbed painfully.
She still didn't know how long she'd been here. Been here without comfort. Without something to grasp onto. Without a light, and almost without a hope.
But she gripped onto her last remaining hope, swearing she'd never let go, even as she prayed for her friend, and a safe rescue.
A miracle is what Mia wanted.no;
Needed.
She needed this miracle, this wish. this dream. She let out a pitiful sob. "oh Sage." she pulled her knees up to her chest, with thoughts of never leaving here alive, and never seeing Sage once more.
**
The car halted to a complete stop with the squealing of tires as the four teens piled out. They stared at the broken door for a minute before dawning their sub armors and rushing inside.
The place smelled, felt, and looked wrong. Each grain of wood was screaming to them, but their cries reaching deaf ears, for they did not speak the language of the wood.
They inched their way p the steps, their first stop Rowen's room. The door seemed virtually untouched. But none-the-less, Kento kicked the door down.
What met them made their hearts wrench. Rowen lay on the floor, his eyes wide, and blood coming from his head. He was shaking uncontrollably, his lips blue.
"RO!"
"ROWEN!"
"MY GOD!!"
"BLOODY HELL!!"
"g-guys.."
"Hot water, wash cloth, pillow.. now!"
"Right!" Cye knelt in front of Rowen as the others went to fetch what he needed.
"H-he took them. I-I. I couldn't help," tears filled the blue haired teen's eyes.
"ssh, I understand," Rowen groaned softly as Cye lifted his head to the pillow Ryo had brought, and Sage set down the water while Kento handed him a washcloth. "This may hurt, alright?" Kento sat down on Rowen's right, putting his hand in Rowen's.
"Just squeeze my hand, I'm sure you can't hurt me too bad.." Cye wet the washcloth and gently dabbed Rowen's head. The later hissed in pain and squeezed his eyes shut tight, trying franticly to move his head, but Sage but gentle hands on each side of Rowen's head, keeping him there.
"s-stop. c-c-ye." the warrior of Strata whimpered. Kento gave him a reassuring squeeze, a gentle one at that.
Rowen screamed as Cye put the washcloth on the full wound and began to wash softly. The former tried to yank his head free as the searing pain seemed to envelope him. Cye's eyes filled with tears as Rowen passed out from pain.
After cleansing the wound and sterilizing it Cye wrapped the Ronin's head with some bandages Ryo had left to get during the process.
Then with the help of Kento they carried Rowen down stairs and set him on the couch while Ryo called White Blaze from the forest.
The tiger seemed to understand what was going on, for he soon nudged his master towards the door. Then he went to Rowen's head and sat down to guard, after of course tugging the blanket up to his new charges chin.
"We'll be back," Cye said quietly.
"Watch over Ro for us White Blaze," the tiger seemed to nod, then gave them a stern look and nodded his head towards the door. The warriors gave one last look at their fallen comrade before leaving to finish this. once and for all.
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I realize this is a long chapter. Take a break and go get something to eat, or maybe just take a break, k?
~~~~
The terrified youth tried backing up as best she could with what little she had to do so.. her arms. The man in front of her laughed cruelly, his foul breath leaking out. She whimpered, closing her eyes in fear shivering uncontrollably.
"ah. so you do remember me after all." he kicked her, sending her rolling on the floor. She picked herself up shakily. He snarled and kicked her again, in the stomach. She coughed up blood as the air was knocked out of her.
"Don't get up unless I say!" he kicked her again, and Cloud swore she could hear a crack.. but she refused to scream.
"Much stronger than the last time are you?" she didn't answer, but still tried to pick herself up. He snarled and picked her up by her right arm, shaking her. "why don't you cry out!!?? ANSWER ME!!" she gulped, and tears poured heavily form her eyes. The man smiled, revealing his yellow teeth once more as he dropped her into a heap.
"I was hoping you would refuse.." He chuckled cruelly and snapped his fingers, the sound echoing throughout the room.
There was a rumbling sound and shortly after a marble cross shot up from the ground, a minute later Cloud screamed as crawling things wrapped around her wrists and ankles, taking her up! Higher and higher until they settled her on the cross, burning her too it as barbed wire wrapped around it, sinking deep into her raw flesh. She cried out as they tightened, and tied.
Her 'father' chuckled and tilted her chin to look at him.
"you miss me rat?" she didn't answer, so he slapped her, hard. The responding sound echoed for a few moments before vanishing because of the hardness of it. He scowled once more and took out a dagger, it's tip bloody red. "I can make you talk," he raised it above his head, and then rammed it down.
It went in with a sickly wet sound, and came out with an even sicker one. Cloud's scream echoed in the shadows.
~~
Mia stiffened hearing the scream that seemed to echo, she screamed as loud as she could, knowing she could do nothing more.
"Stupid mortal," someone taunted her form the darkness.
"Who's there.?" she asked. A figure, dawned in shadowy white hair, and cruel looking armor.
"D-d-d-dais.." She whispered, as the man chuckled, in mere seconds he had a knife pressed to her throat with his left, and another to her cheek.
"Remember me Mia.." his breath chilled the poor woman to the bone, and se shivered as the knife made a small cut and a thin trail of blood worked it's way down her face.
"W-w-what a-a-a-a-are y-y-you?" she stuttered helplessly, and the man chuckled.
"I just am." he bent closer to her and took another knife, in a flurried motion he had raised it above his head and struck.
There was a few seconds of silence, and the pain registered in Mia's cerebrum. She too let out a bone-crushing scream as her blood spilled form the gauge on her arm.
~~
The three remaining warlords chuckled as the screams collided with another. The white haired man joined them after a few minutes, his hands covered in blood.
"Having too much fun Dais?" Seckment asked, holding one of his beloved snakes. The white haired man smiled cruelly.
"I'm so sorry," he answered, voice dripping his sarcasm. "Guess my hands were itchin' for it."
"I think the boss is havin' his own fun,"
"He reminds me so much of Talapa sometimes," Anubis remarked, scowling and pausing at their former leader's name.
"Such a weak fool he was," Kale remarked, his voice dripping with ice, pure unaltered ice. The others shivered, Kale could be down right creepy at times, as well as scary.
One of Seckment's snakes hissed and licked his cheek with it's forked tongue, it's fangs showing, dripping with a deadly poison.
"You and your damn snakes." Dais growled.
"You and your damned spiders."
"Both of you and your god damned whinny ass voices!" the shut up as Anubis approached them, if he wasn't in the mood he too could be downright scary, even if he wasn't as bad as Kale..
~~
Cloud hung limp on the blood stained cross, sobbing pitifully.
"You heard your friend, eh rat?" her father chuckled, laughing at her misery. She still didn't answer, and he snarled.
"Worthless piece of shit." he smiled and turned around to leave, only too come back with two sparking wires, ones for recharging cars.
"We'll do it the hard way." Cloud had no time to breath as the cords came in contact with her skin. Immediately electricity surrounded her and she screamed for all she was worth. Little droplets of blood flew everywhere as her eyes rolled back, showing only the whites.
Finally he stopped, and let the wires fall to writhe like snakes on the floor. Cloud slumped heavily. Not noticing how the barbed wire cut into her flesh even deeper. He chuckled cruelly and lifted her chin so she was looking at him.
"We'll continue latter. your friend shall pay for your failure." She had no strength to scream.. nor talk.. so she hung there and sobbed.
~~
Mia looked up to hear her door start to creak open. She whimpered and tried to scoot back as an unfamiliar male figure hauled her to her feet rudely.
"W-who are you."
"Not to quote one of my minions but.." the man looked into her eyes, his white snot white but yellow, and his breath stinking. "Your worst nightmare."
The man dragged Mia through dark corridors that smelled even worse than he. Around corners, and earning many scrapes and bruises on the way, Mia somehow managed to catch up, fear welling up in her stomach, enough to make her want to puke.
But she refused, and still clang to that last shred of light she had been saving all this time. her last reserve of will power and effort.
Finally they entered a large room. Mia immediately began to struggle, seeing all the items used for torture, but a swift slap stopped her, and she followed without even a slight sob, her head down.
When her feet touched blood, she immediately looked up, nearly bumping into the man who had stopped, looking at a bloody marble cross. Mia's hands went up to her mouth in sheer horror.
"C-loud!" the man slapped her down, and her friend's blood splashed onto her. She whimpered, and started to shake uncontrollably.
"See what you make me do rat?" he added a cruel laugh as he jerked Mia to her feet. She yelped in protest as his fingers sunk painfully into her skin. He laughed at this, snapping his free hand. A round stone came form the floor in a deep rumble. It was about to the man's waist. He dragged Mia over to it, and placed her left hand on it, a sick looking black strap strapped it down.
Mia's eyes widened in terror. "You wouldn't!" she screamed, struggling as hard as she could. Cloud's eyes became wide and she pulled, the bob wire making it's presence painfully known. She screamed.
"As punishment," he snapped his hands and took an axe from the floor were it materializes. "she pays,"
"Please no!" Mia screamed pulling as hard as she could.
"With her finger!" he raised the axe above his head, and slammed down. Mia screamed as loud as she could, and Cloud squeezed her eyes shut, screaming at the form of torture. Blood came from her mouth, and the screaming stopped.
She opened her eyes, tears pouring out of them hearing Mia sob. Her wrists ached painfully, and all she wanted was Ryo.
TBC
A.N. that.. Was disturbing... R&R
