Authors note: I know I say this every chapter but... thanks for all the
great reviews; they really keep me going on this fic.
Himeko: You really passed out in the middle of the movie? Wow. Im afraid of spiders too and during that part I knew that there was going to be a big spider so I prepared myself... it wasn't even the big one that scared me the most it was the medium sized ones that Harry and Ron passed in the cave... creepy crawlers... lol.
Anywho, on to chapter 7!
CHAPTER 7
Koh's eyes fluttered open painfully. His entire body hurt so much that he couldn't think strait. Looking around he noticed that he was chained up by the arms on a wall, and was just sort of hanging there. He felt the chains digging into his wrists painfully as he tried to wriggle free of his position. Pain over swept him and he suddenly stopped struggling, and looked over himself. He had crimson stained bandages around his sides, and his black leather vest/jacket was gone. He had blood trickling down his arms and hands, all the way down his softly-muscled chest.
His vision suddenly blurred and he closed his eyes tight, just as his head started to pound worse than it already was. After a few seconds he reopened them and decided to take a look around his surroundings. To his left was a lit torch, the only source of light in the room, it was embedded into the stone wall. The floor was covered in straw, and beneath the straw was dirt. To his right was... darkness. Nothing but darkness.
He could hear the sounds of water dripping, and he could feel the dampness of the room, or dungeon as he now recognized it, in the air and on the wall. Small sounds came to his ears... sounds that he honestly didn't want to know what created them.
Then... footsteps. They came from the right. He squinted his eyes trying to see who was the owner of the footsteps, and soon saw a figure come into view. It was a young woman. She had long, flowing blond hair and piercing olive green eyes. She mostly stayed hidden in the shadows, as if the darkness clung to her thin but strong form. From what Koh could make out in the dark she was wearing red... allot of red. The young warrior stayed quiet as the woman eyed him over.
The woman stayed in the shadows, and blinked her eyes a few times before stating, "So. Your him."
Koh kept quiet, not sure by what the woman meant. She didn't speak, instead she just stared, almost daring him to say something. Her eyes seemed to taunt him, almost... hauntingly, as if she had a grudge against him for some reason. They both stayed quiet for a few minutes, and upon finaly realizing that Koh wasn't about to say anything, the woman at last spoke again, "What... are you a mute? You can talk can't you?"
Koh just eyed her, unsure of what to say. He didn't like this woman in the least bit, and for some reason, her eyes told him that she didn't like him much either.
"Koh, right?" The woman asked, still clinging to the shadows. She sat on something Koh couldn't see, probably a chair, "You can answer me. I am not going to bite."
Unable to hold it in any longer Koh asked, his voice weaker than he thought, "Where am I?"
"So the boy can talk." The woman teased, the firelight dancing in her eyes, "Your in our base."
Koh suddenly remembered the battle, and anger welled up inside of him. His mother laying in her own blood flashed into his mind as he screamed, "You brought me here!"
"Quit yelling. I am standing right here, and I can hear you." The woman demanded.
"Where's my mother!?" Koh said, this time more calm, but still in a very angered manner.
"I don't know," She seemed to shrug,"Im hoping she's not dead though... I didn't mean to hit the Kaiser that hard." Her voice seemed delighted in tormenting the young pilot. She loved the look on his face as she said this, and seemed to savor it, "It's hard to say. When I saw her she looked pretty dead to me. But..." She trailed off, completely feeding off the horrified look on Koh's face, "Then again... Im used to seeing her that way, and it's become quite hard to tell when she's dead or when she's alive."
Koh's eyes narrowed, Nadia had always told him he gained a serpents tongue when he became too angered... and now, he was too angered, "You Bitch!" Koh yelled, though his voice was still kind of weak, it even surprised the woman, "How dare you! You...You attacked my mother! Who the hell are you!?"
"Why, my dear boy," She taunted, but still she was surprised by the name he had used, "Im your great aunt. On your mothers side of course. She is my niece, and Cloud is my nephew. My name is Gabrielle."
"What!?" Koh looked over the women's face, the only part of her he could clearly see, "Your lying. Your to young to be my mother's aunt. You look younger than she is."
The woman only laughed...
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Nadia sat in the main room, wondering what her parents were talking about. The other teenagers were sitting on various sofas, most of them relatively quiet.
"What are they talking about?" Rion asked Nadia suddenly, his voice startling her slightly. Everyone had been wondering the same thing, and they now all looked at Nadia.
"I don't know... at first they were talking about Koh... then they started talking about a bunch of things that I didn't understand." Nadia shifted uneasily under the stares of the others.
"Im sorry about your brother." Hikari said, walking over and sitting next to Nadia, who started to fiddle with the necklace around her neck. Tears welled up in her eyes but she didn't cry... she only blinked them away silently.
Jessie grabbed the television remote off the table, and pressed the button. The t.v. flashed on, and the young warrior quickly turned it to the news. The others all watched, unsure of what else they could do.
The reporter on the television suddenly gasped as she was handed a sheet of paper, "We just got a report, the ZBC's official ultrasaurus is being attacked by some unknown enemy... so far, 7 people have been injured in the attack, and 10 people are dead. We have live footage on the way..." The reporters face despaired and pictures of the ZBC's ultrasaurus were shown.
Fires surrounded the giant zoid, and explosions rang out. Screams and yells could be heard in the background, and smoke erupted from the Ultrasaurus... suddenly, out of nowhere, a WhaleKing appeared. It did none of the attacking, it only sat in the air, watching.
Immediately all the teenagers gasped... it was the same WhaleKing that had attacked them! Nadia jumped up and ran to the infirmary, a few of the others following.
Rain had almost drifted back to sleep, tears in her eyes, when Nadia burst into the room. Following her was Rion, Will, and Kristen, the others had stayed to watch the report. The four kids were out of breath and looked terrified as ever.
"What's wrong!?" Izumi demanded, looking over at her daughter.
"The WhaleKing!" Nadia gasped, "Its on the news!"
Will nodded quickly and said, "It's attacking the ZBC's Ultrasaurus!"
"What!?" Rain jolted up quickly, wishing that she hadn't. She ignored the pain and said, "The same one that attacked us!?"
Rion nodded, "Yeah, it looks bad for the Ultrasaurus too!"
Rain pushed herself out of bed, ignoring the instructions from the others to stay laying down. She swayed slightly, almost collapsing, until Hiro caught her. He looked down at her pleading silver and gold eyes, "I have to see..."
Hiro nodded and let Rain lean against him as he led her down the hallway, everyone else following. They made it to the main room and saw the television, most of them horrified. The Ultrasaurus, the greatest and most magnificent of all zoids, was buckling under the attack. It was both a sad and horrible sight.
Hiro sat Rain down on one of the couches, and she winced slightly as he did so, but never took her eyes off the television. The on scene reporter appeared in front of the camera, with tears in her eyes, "No one knows who is leading the attack... and it had completely caught the ZBC off guard..."
Suddenly one huge explosion rang out and the great ultrasaurus seemingly roared out in pain. The giant zoid began to sway, and within a few seconds it collapsed, it's head still raised and roaring in its sorrow, dust rose around the giant, and people could be heard gasping out loud. Eventually it's glowing eyes went dark, and with one last cry, the great zoids head fell.
The reporter was now crying, "The ZBC's Ultrasaurus has fallen..." Other people could be heard screaming and crying in the background...
Nadia froze, horrified. The Ultrasaurus had always been a sign of hope for her, and many other as well. It wasn't the same Ultrasaurus that had helped in the defeat of the DeathStinger, but... it still held the same amount of awe and love among the people. The great Ultrasaurus had outlasted so many attacks before now... including the devious Black Draft... to most people the great zoid had seemed invincible.
Now that it had fallen, it seemed as though all hope was lost.
The reporter turned her head back to the great zoid... her long brown hair was swaying in the wind and tears streamed down her cheeks. She just stood there, and stared.
The group was sitting on the couches, each of them taking the attack in their own way. Rain looked over at Nadia and the other kids... then back at the scene... she was oblivious to the tears that were streaming down her cheeks. She stared at the screen for a long time before she noticed something... a figure, standing amiss the flames.
"Oh my God..." Rain said... "It's her..."
All the adults immediately knew who she was talking about and stared, each of them not taking the eyes off the figure. The kids just stared, thinking, 'what the hell are they staring at.' Even LightStrike seemed to see what they didn't.
Suddenly the reporter said, "There's someone in the fires!" She pointed, as the demi-human came closer. She walked like a devil among hell, her crimson red armor reflecting the dancing light of the flames. The reporter gasped as she noticed the armor that was on the approaching figure... "What the..."
Before she could finished her sentence the demi-human had attacked her, knocking her out but not killing her.
The camera man was long gone, and now the demi-human was propping the camera onto a rock.
"Gabrielle.." Cloud stated, hatred singing off his voice. The other adults either growled or hissed, each one showing his or her own dislike of the woman. LightStrike roared angrily.
"Hello Zi." Gabrielle stated, gazing demonically into the camera. Her voice tauntingly said, " Im here to announce the fall of the ZBC."
"Damn her!" Izumi screamed.
"See that WhaleKing up there?" Gabrielle pointed, the Whaleking suddenly changed, reveling a large dragon like zoid that was even bigger then the Ultrasaurus, "Well, it's not really a WhaleKing... just a hologram." She laughed evilly. The camera zoomed in on the large dragon.
The dragons armor was crimson red and black. Along its huge back large blades ran. It had four charged partial canons, two very powerful ones located on the head, one being in the mouth. The other two were on it's massive shoulders. Laser and missile torrents ran up and down the dragons four large legs, and it's huge claws glistened in the sunlight. It had at least 7 ion boosters located on it's back, sides and wings.
The dragons long wings were bladed all along the edges, and were energy charged, like the Kaisers. The energy was orangish red, and yellow at the tips. On each wing was a separate EC canon, and a gattling gun.
It's tail was long and deadly, with massive blades and a strange kind of gun at the end.
Gabrielle laughed, "This, Zi, is the ultimate zoid. It's name... Chaos- sin, the ender."
She turned back to the camera, "Oh, and Cloud?" She paused, "How is Rain... I hope I didn't hit her too hard..." She broke out into laughter again, "And don't worry... Koh is fine, just a little... busy at the moment. But I'll go get him to say hello." She disappeared for a few seconds, then returned. She was holding something off camera.
"Say hello to mummy and daddy..." Gabrielle hissed, pulling the young teenager by his shoulder length, silver hair. She lifted him into view.
"KOH!" Rain yelled, tears streaming down her face. She bit down on her lip so hard she tasted blood.
Koh looked awful. He had blood flowing slightly from his mouth and down his chin. His face was bruised and battered, and on the side of his head he had a long cut, and crimson blood ran down the side of his face. His breathing was weak and slight.
His eyes were weak and cold... having almost no emotion in them whatsoever... except one. His bright blue eyes seemed to be almost pleading, telling his friends and family not to come after him... almost apologizing for something.
Gabrielle threw him to the ground and he collapsed weakly, "You know... He has quite a mouth that im sure Rain never taught him. You wouldn't have believed what he called me today." She smiled, "You know... starts with a B and ends in an itch. I've never even heard that out of your mouth Cloud."
Nadia had tears streaming down her face when she turned away from the television. She could still hear the woman's taunting voice.
"Your lucky Sin wants me to keep him alive. Why? I don't know." She looked down at the battered boy at her feet, "Guess what I told him Cloud."
Cloud cursed, already knowing what she was talking about. Rain had all but passed out, and had buried her face once again into the safety of Hiro's shirt.
"I told him about you and Rain... about the demi-humans... The Ryuu and the Tenshi..." She laughed cruelly, "I told him about everything; Luke, the MCME... everything. Even Copper."
At this Ryuji held his breath. Not even Ayane knew about Copper.
The adults suddenly felt overwhelmingly guilty. None of them had ever mentioned anything to there kids. Then never thought they would have to... and now, Rain felt the worst.
Gabrielle bent over and pulled Koh up again. He weakly looked over at the camera and smiled. He had his hand in his pocket, unknown to his captor. Quickly he removed something and lunged, with all the strength he had left.
Gabrielle screamed in pain as the knife buried itself deep into her stomach, and hot crimson blood flowed down her dress.
Nadia gasped, suddenly realizing what had happened. The knife... it was the gift that she had bought him for his birthday. He must of found it in his room before the battle. It was retractable, and along it's jagged blade it was coated in a thin layer of diamond, very thin, and that made it very sharp. Its hilt was silver, and had gems embedded in the side, including a pure sapphire at the top. Along the hilt a silver snake was carved, making it's way all the way up to the blade.
With his last bit of strength Koh said, "Thanks... Nadia." Then passed out.
"Damn, boy!" Gabrielle screeched, throwing him back to the ground. She had forgotten to check his pockets for any sort of weapon. Damn!
The Demi-human looked down at him and was about to kill him with his own knife when a voice filled the area, "Don't touch him. I told you not to take him out of Chaos-sin."
"Sin!" Goji hissed, "The voice from the battlefield!"
Gabrielle cursed and dropped the knife onto the ground. She then said, "I'll see you later Cloud and Rain..."
With that both Koh and Gabrielle disappeared, Rain passed out, and all the people of Zi cried.
~~~~~~~~~~~End of Chapter 7~~~~~~~~~~~
Authors note: oooh long chapter... kinda. Not as long as the last chapter in Searching for the past though... Anyways, hope you liked it!
Itsy bitsy spider... lol. Please review.
Himeko: You really passed out in the middle of the movie? Wow. Im afraid of spiders too and during that part I knew that there was going to be a big spider so I prepared myself... it wasn't even the big one that scared me the most it was the medium sized ones that Harry and Ron passed in the cave... creepy crawlers... lol.
Anywho, on to chapter 7!
CHAPTER 7
Koh's eyes fluttered open painfully. His entire body hurt so much that he couldn't think strait. Looking around he noticed that he was chained up by the arms on a wall, and was just sort of hanging there. He felt the chains digging into his wrists painfully as he tried to wriggle free of his position. Pain over swept him and he suddenly stopped struggling, and looked over himself. He had crimson stained bandages around his sides, and his black leather vest/jacket was gone. He had blood trickling down his arms and hands, all the way down his softly-muscled chest.
His vision suddenly blurred and he closed his eyes tight, just as his head started to pound worse than it already was. After a few seconds he reopened them and decided to take a look around his surroundings. To his left was a lit torch, the only source of light in the room, it was embedded into the stone wall. The floor was covered in straw, and beneath the straw was dirt. To his right was... darkness. Nothing but darkness.
He could hear the sounds of water dripping, and he could feel the dampness of the room, or dungeon as he now recognized it, in the air and on the wall. Small sounds came to his ears... sounds that he honestly didn't want to know what created them.
Then... footsteps. They came from the right. He squinted his eyes trying to see who was the owner of the footsteps, and soon saw a figure come into view. It was a young woman. She had long, flowing blond hair and piercing olive green eyes. She mostly stayed hidden in the shadows, as if the darkness clung to her thin but strong form. From what Koh could make out in the dark she was wearing red... allot of red. The young warrior stayed quiet as the woman eyed him over.
The woman stayed in the shadows, and blinked her eyes a few times before stating, "So. Your him."
Koh kept quiet, not sure by what the woman meant. She didn't speak, instead she just stared, almost daring him to say something. Her eyes seemed to taunt him, almost... hauntingly, as if she had a grudge against him for some reason. They both stayed quiet for a few minutes, and upon finaly realizing that Koh wasn't about to say anything, the woman at last spoke again, "What... are you a mute? You can talk can't you?"
Koh just eyed her, unsure of what to say. He didn't like this woman in the least bit, and for some reason, her eyes told him that she didn't like him much either.
"Koh, right?" The woman asked, still clinging to the shadows. She sat on something Koh couldn't see, probably a chair, "You can answer me. I am not going to bite."
Unable to hold it in any longer Koh asked, his voice weaker than he thought, "Where am I?"
"So the boy can talk." The woman teased, the firelight dancing in her eyes, "Your in our base."
Koh suddenly remembered the battle, and anger welled up inside of him. His mother laying in her own blood flashed into his mind as he screamed, "You brought me here!"
"Quit yelling. I am standing right here, and I can hear you." The woman demanded.
"Where's my mother!?" Koh said, this time more calm, but still in a very angered manner.
"I don't know," She seemed to shrug,"Im hoping she's not dead though... I didn't mean to hit the Kaiser that hard." Her voice seemed delighted in tormenting the young pilot. She loved the look on his face as she said this, and seemed to savor it, "It's hard to say. When I saw her she looked pretty dead to me. But..." She trailed off, completely feeding off the horrified look on Koh's face, "Then again... Im used to seeing her that way, and it's become quite hard to tell when she's dead or when she's alive."
Koh's eyes narrowed, Nadia had always told him he gained a serpents tongue when he became too angered... and now, he was too angered, "You Bitch!" Koh yelled, though his voice was still kind of weak, it even surprised the woman, "How dare you! You...You attacked my mother! Who the hell are you!?"
"Why, my dear boy," She taunted, but still she was surprised by the name he had used, "Im your great aunt. On your mothers side of course. She is my niece, and Cloud is my nephew. My name is Gabrielle."
"What!?" Koh looked over the women's face, the only part of her he could clearly see, "Your lying. Your to young to be my mother's aunt. You look younger than she is."
The woman only laughed...
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Nadia sat in the main room, wondering what her parents were talking about. The other teenagers were sitting on various sofas, most of them relatively quiet.
"What are they talking about?" Rion asked Nadia suddenly, his voice startling her slightly. Everyone had been wondering the same thing, and they now all looked at Nadia.
"I don't know... at first they were talking about Koh... then they started talking about a bunch of things that I didn't understand." Nadia shifted uneasily under the stares of the others.
"Im sorry about your brother." Hikari said, walking over and sitting next to Nadia, who started to fiddle with the necklace around her neck. Tears welled up in her eyes but she didn't cry... she only blinked them away silently.
Jessie grabbed the television remote off the table, and pressed the button. The t.v. flashed on, and the young warrior quickly turned it to the news. The others all watched, unsure of what else they could do.
The reporter on the television suddenly gasped as she was handed a sheet of paper, "We just got a report, the ZBC's official ultrasaurus is being attacked by some unknown enemy... so far, 7 people have been injured in the attack, and 10 people are dead. We have live footage on the way..." The reporters face despaired and pictures of the ZBC's ultrasaurus were shown.
Fires surrounded the giant zoid, and explosions rang out. Screams and yells could be heard in the background, and smoke erupted from the Ultrasaurus... suddenly, out of nowhere, a WhaleKing appeared. It did none of the attacking, it only sat in the air, watching.
Immediately all the teenagers gasped... it was the same WhaleKing that had attacked them! Nadia jumped up and ran to the infirmary, a few of the others following.
Rain had almost drifted back to sleep, tears in her eyes, when Nadia burst into the room. Following her was Rion, Will, and Kristen, the others had stayed to watch the report. The four kids were out of breath and looked terrified as ever.
"What's wrong!?" Izumi demanded, looking over at her daughter.
"The WhaleKing!" Nadia gasped, "Its on the news!"
Will nodded quickly and said, "It's attacking the ZBC's Ultrasaurus!"
"What!?" Rain jolted up quickly, wishing that she hadn't. She ignored the pain and said, "The same one that attacked us!?"
Rion nodded, "Yeah, it looks bad for the Ultrasaurus too!"
Rain pushed herself out of bed, ignoring the instructions from the others to stay laying down. She swayed slightly, almost collapsing, until Hiro caught her. He looked down at her pleading silver and gold eyes, "I have to see..."
Hiro nodded and let Rain lean against him as he led her down the hallway, everyone else following. They made it to the main room and saw the television, most of them horrified. The Ultrasaurus, the greatest and most magnificent of all zoids, was buckling under the attack. It was both a sad and horrible sight.
Hiro sat Rain down on one of the couches, and she winced slightly as he did so, but never took her eyes off the television. The on scene reporter appeared in front of the camera, with tears in her eyes, "No one knows who is leading the attack... and it had completely caught the ZBC off guard..."
Suddenly one huge explosion rang out and the great ultrasaurus seemingly roared out in pain. The giant zoid began to sway, and within a few seconds it collapsed, it's head still raised and roaring in its sorrow, dust rose around the giant, and people could be heard gasping out loud. Eventually it's glowing eyes went dark, and with one last cry, the great zoids head fell.
The reporter was now crying, "The ZBC's Ultrasaurus has fallen..." Other people could be heard screaming and crying in the background...
Nadia froze, horrified. The Ultrasaurus had always been a sign of hope for her, and many other as well. It wasn't the same Ultrasaurus that had helped in the defeat of the DeathStinger, but... it still held the same amount of awe and love among the people. The great Ultrasaurus had outlasted so many attacks before now... including the devious Black Draft... to most people the great zoid had seemed invincible.
Now that it had fallen, it seemed as though all hope was lost.
The reporter turned her head back to the great zoid... her long brown hair was swaying in the wind and tears streamed down her cheeks. She just stood there, and stared.
The group was sitting on the couches, each of them taking the attack in their own way. Rain looked over at Nadia and the other kids... then back at the scene... she was oblivious to the tears that were streaming down her cheeks. She stared at the screen for a long time before she noticed something... a figure, standing amiss the flames.
"Oh my God..." Rain said... "It's her..."
All the adults immediately knew who she was talking about and stared, each of them not taking the eyes off the figure. The kids just stared, thinking, 'what the hell are they staring at.' Even LightStrike seemed to see what they didn't.
Suddenly the reporter said, "There's someone in the fires!" She pointed, as the demi-human came closer. She walked like a devil among hell, her crimson red armor reflecting the dancing light of the flames. The reporter gasped as she noticed the armor that was on the approaching figure... "What the..."
Before she could finished her sentence the demi-human had attacked her, knocking her out but not killing her.
The camera man was long gone, and now the demi-human was propping the camera onto a rock.
"Gabrielle.." Cloud stated, hatred singing off his voice. The other adults either growled or hissed, each one showing his or her own dislike of the woman. LightStrike roared angrily.
"Hello Zi." Gabrielle stated, gazing demonically into the camera. Her voice tauntingly said, " Im here to announce the fall of the ZBC."
"Damn her!" Izumi screamed.
"See that WhaleKing up there?" Gabrielle pointed, the Whaleking suddenly changed, reveling a large dragon like zoid that was even bigger then the Ultrasaurus, "Well, it's not really a WhaleKing... just a hologram." She laughed evilly. The camera zoomed in on the large dragon.
The dragons armor was crimson red and black. Along its huge back large blades ran. It had four charged partial canons, two very powerful ones located on the head, one being in the mouth. The other two were on it's massive shoulders. Laser and missile torrents ran up and down the dragons four large legs, and it's huge claws glistened in the sunlight. It had at least 7 ion boosters located on it's back, sides and wings.
The dragons long wings were bladed all along the edges, and were energy charged, like the Kaisers. The energy was orangish red, and yellow at the tips. On each wing was a separate EC canon, and a gattling gun.
It's tail was long and deadly, with massive blades and a strange kind of gun at the end.
Gabrielle laughed, "This, Zi, is the ultimate zoid. It's name... Chaos- sin, the ender."
She turned back to the camera, "Oh, and Cloud?" She paused, "How is Rain... I hope I didn't hit her too hard..." She broke out into laughter again, "And don't worry... Koh is fine, just a little... busy at the moment. But I'll go get him to say hello." She disappeared for a few seconds, then returned. She was holding something off camera.
"Say hello to mummy and daddy..." Gabrielle hissed, pulling the young teenager by his shoulder length, silver hair. She lifted him into view.
"KOH!" Rain yelled, tears streaming down her face. She bit down on her lip so hard she tasted blood.
Koh looked awful. He had blood flowing slightly from his mouth and down his chin. His face was bruised and battered, and on the side of his head he had a long cut, and crimson blood ran down the side of his face. His breathing was weak and slight.
His eyes were weak and cold... having almost no emotion in them whatsoever... except one. His bright blue eyes seemed to be almost pleading, telling his friends and family not to come after him... almost apologizing for something.
Gabrielle threw him to the ground and he collapsed weakly, "You know... He has quite a mouth that im sure Rain never taught him. You wouldn't have believed what he called me today." She smiled, "You know... starts with a B and ends in an itch. I've never even heard that out of your mouth Cloud."
Nadia had tears streaming down her face when she turned away from the television. She could still hear the woman's taunting voice.
"Your lucky Sin wants me to keep him alive. Why? I don't know." She looked down at the battered boy at her feet, "Guess what I told him Cloud."
Cloud cursed, already knowing what she was talking about. Rain had all but passed out, and had buried her face once again into the safety of Hiro's shirt.
"I told him about you and Rain... about the demi-humans... The Ryuu and the Tenshi..." She laughed cruelly, "I told him about everything; Luke, the MCME... everything. Even Copper."
At this Ryuji held his breath. Not even Ayane knew about Copper.
The adults suddenly felt overwhelmingly guilty. None of them had ever mentioned anything to there kids. Then never thought they would have to... and now, Rain felt the worst.
Gabrielle bent over and pulled Koh up again. He weakly looked over at the camera and smiled. He had his hand in his pocket, unknown to his captor. Quickly he removed something and lunged, with all the strength he had left.
Gabrielle screamed in pain as the knife buried itself deep into her stomach, and hot crimson blood flowed down her dress.
Nadia gasped, suddenly realizing what had happened. The knife... it was the gift that she had bought him for his birthday. He must of found it in his room before the battle. It was retractable, and along it's jagged blade it was coated in a thin layer of diamond, very thin, and that made it very sharp. Its hilt was silver, and had gems embedded in the side, including a pure sapphire at the top. Along the hilt a silver snake was carved, making it's way all the way up to the blade.
With his last bit of strength Koh said, "Thanks... Nadia." Then passed out.
"Damn, boy!" Gabrielle screeched, throwing him back to the ground. She had forgotten to check his pockets for any sort of weapon. Damn!
The Demi-human looked down at him and was about to kill him with his own knife when a voice filled the area, "Don't touch him. I told you not to take him out of Chaos-sin."
"Sin!" Goji hissed, "The voice from the battlefield!"
Gabrielle cursed and dropped the knife onto the ground. She then said, "I'll see you later Cloud and Rain..."
With that both Koh and Gabrielle disappeared, Rain passed out, and all the people of Zi cried.
~~~~~~~~~~~End of Chapter 7~~~~~~~~~~~
Authors note: oooh long chapter... kinda. Not as long as the last chapter in Searching for the past though... Anyways, hope you liked it!
Itsy bitsy spider... lol. Please review.