Delicious Torment
Ch 6
"Everyone out! Get out, run towards the nearest exit! Hurry, go!" Ryo yelled out to the screaming kids. The fire kept on getting more and more intense by the minute.
"Sian, (coughing) Sian, where (coughing) are you?" Kaye yelled out as she was searching for him.
"Kaye, come on (coughing) we have to go! This whole place (coughing) could come down on us any second!" Kento yelled back as he was trying to get her outside.
To back up what Kento was saying, a support beam from just above their heads started to fall. Kento sensed something definitely wrong, looked up and saw the beam coming for them. He then tossed Kaye out of the way, and Kento was pinned underneath it. Kaye slowly looked up; she grabbed her shoulder, wincing because of the pain. "Kento, (coughing) Kento!" Kaye exclaimed as she saw him lying on the ground.
Outside...
"Is everyone counted for?" Ryo asked as he was looking around to see if everyone was all right.
"Cye, what's wrong?" Rowen asked in concern as he noticed that Cye was holding onto his shoulder in pain.
"My shoulder." Cye replied as he winced.
"Did you hurt it on your way out?" Rowen asked.
"No, it just suddenly started hurting," Cye, replied, then his eyes widened in realization of why his shoulder hurts. "Kaye's still in there, and she's hurt!"
"I don't see Kento or Sian either. That must mean that all three of them are still trapped in there." Sage said as they were looking towards the burning building.
"Sage, Rowen, stay here with the kids. Cye, you're coming with me. Let's go." Ryo replied as they ran back into the burning building.
Inside...
"Kaye, (coughing) where are you?" Kento said as he was slowly coming to.
"Kento, (coughing) I'm right (coughing) here. I'm sorry, I've (coughing) should of listened to you." Kaye replied as she crawled over to him.
"Are you (coughing) all right?" Kento asked in concern.
"Besides a sore (coughing) shoulder, I'm ok," Kaye, replied. "What about (coughing) you? Can you move?"
Kento tried to move, but he found out that his legs were pinned underneath. "No, I can't move." Kento replied.
Not too far away...
Cye and Ryo were looking for them. "Kento, Kaye, where (coughing) are you, answer me!" Cye called out.
"Uncle Cye, (coughing) over here!" Sian called back as he was waving his arms in the air so he could see him.
"Ryo." Cye said as he gave a quick nod in Sian's direction. Ryo nodded, and then followed Cye to where Sian was waiting for them.
"Uncle Ryo, are you (coughing) two ok," Sian, asked as he was trying not to inhale too much smoke. "What are (coughing) you two doing (coughing) in here anyway?"
"When we were (coughing) outside, we noticed that you, Kento, and Kaye (coughing) were still in the building." Ryo replied as they stepped back from the falling boards.
"What! You mean that they're (coughing) not outside!?" Sian asked in alarm.
Ryo and Cye shook their heads. "Come on, we have to (coughing) find them before this (coughing) whole place falls on top of us." Ryo said as he led them back onto the search.
A few feet away...
"Kaye, get out (coughing) of here." Kento said as he tried again to get out from underneath the beam.
"No! I'm not (coughing) leaving you! I know that you (coughing) wouldn't leave me! So I'm (coughing) staying!" Kaye replied stubbornly.
"Kaye, (coughing) Kento, where are you?" Sian, Cye, and Ryo called out as their calls echoed each other's.
"Over here!" Kaye yelled out.
"Uncle Ryo, there!" Sian said as he spotted them.
"Let's go, we don't (coughing) have much time!" Cye replied as they hurried over to where Kento and Kaye were.
"'Mom,' 'dad,' are you two (coughing) all right?" Sian asked as they got there.
"Sian, (coughing) take Kaye, and get (coughing) out of here!" Kento said as Ryo and Cye were trying to get the beam off of him.
"I said (coughing) that I'm not leaving you!" Kaye replied.
"GO! Don't worry (coughing) we'll be out (coughing) before you know it." Kento said as he tried to reassure her. Kaye looked into his eyes, and she knew that he was telling her the truth. So she let Sian lead her back outside.
"Kento, do you think (coughing) that you can transform (coughing) into your sub armor?" Ryo asked.
"Yea, I (coughing) think so." Kento replied as he closed his eyes and then concentrated on his transformation. As soon as he transformed, it was easier for them to get the beam off of Kento. Then as soon as it was off, he called back his sub armor. Ryo and Cye got on either side of Kento and hurried their way back outside.
Outside...
"Rowen, I don't like the feel of this, they're taking way too long." Sage said as they were watching for them to come out.
"I know, Sage, but Ryo said to wait here," Rowen replied. "Wha?"
"Rowen?" Sage asked as he looked over to him.
"I think I see someone," Rowen replied in excitement. "I don't believe it! It's Sian, and he has Kaye with him!" Rowen and Sage ran over to where Sian was helping Kaye over to one of the cars.
"Are you two all right? Where are the others?" Sage asked in concern.
"We're ok, they're coming, and they're not too far behind us." Kaye replied as she kept her eyes glued to where she and Sian came out, hoping that the others would show soon.
Inside, not too far off from the exit...
"Come on (coughing) only a few more feet." Ryo said as they were making their way out. Just as they made their next step, another beam started to fall in front of them, almost blocking their escape route.
Outside...
"NO! Cye, Ryo, Kento!" Kaye yelled out as they fell backwards to the ground.
"Sage, come on, we have to dig them out!" Rowen said as he and Sage got up and ran over to the rubble and started to dig.
"Hey! I think that I see something!" Sage yelled as he started to pull on what looked like an arm.
"It's Ryo! Hang on you guys, we're coming," Rowen yelled as he ran over to where Sage was and helped him pull.
"Almost...there! Man, who knew that you three would be so hard to pull out of that pile of junk."
"Hey watch it!" Ryo said as they sat down. Just then an ambulance, a few fire trucks and a few police cars pulled up.
"Hey! Someone get the medics over here, now!" the fire chief said as he directed his men to put out the fire.
"Hurry up, we need a stretcher over here!" the chief medic yelled as he was looking over Kento's legs.
"I don't need a stretcher, I can walk just fine!" Kento said as he grimaced in pain.
"Yea, sure you can, now hold still," the chief medic said, as they got ready to lift Kento into the ambulance. "Ok, nice and easy now, one, two, three!"
"Alright, you know the drill, I can only take one of you. So who's it going to be?" the chief medic asked as he was looking at them.
"Kaye, why don't you go ahead, we'll catch up with you shortly." Cye replied as he looked over to her.
"Thanks, both of you," Kaye said as she hugged both of them before getting inside. "Sian, thank you too."
After Kaye and the chief medic climbed into the ambulance, the chief of police decided to ask them some questions. "Ok, who's going to be the one to tell me what happened here?" the chief asked.
"We're not sure, chief, one minute we were training with the kids, and then the next thing we knew the building caught on fire." Rowen explained. The chief seemed kind of skeptical at first with Rowen's explanation, but then he figured why not, everything else weird happens in this city, so why not this too.
"Ok, I suppose that'll do for now. I would suggest that you go to the hospital and get yourselves checked out. You know, for just in case." the chief said as he was getting ready to leave the scene.
"Yes sir, but what about the kids? We can't leave them here?" Sage asked.
"Call their parents to pick them up, then head to the hospital." the chief replied as he walked away.
"Easy for him to say, he doesn't realize that could take most of the night." Cye said in annoyance.
"Why don't you three go ahead to the hospital, I'm sure that Rowen and I can handle things here." Sage replied.
"You're sure," Sian asked as he saw them nod their heads. "Ok, then we'll see you there soon, right?"
"Yea, we got it. Just go already, I'm sure that Kento and Kaye are wondering what's taking you so long to get there." Rowen replied.
At the hospital...
"Where are they, they should have been here by now?" Kaye asked as she was pacing.
"Kaye, if you don't calm down, then you'll end up putting yourself in a hospital bed." Kento replied as he looked over to her.
"Hmm, I wonder if there wasn't any more beds, that if they would let me share yours?" Kaye asked with a mischievous grin as she walked over to him.
"Not sure, it wouldn't hurt to ask." Kento teased.
"Only you two would find a moment in a crisis situation." Ryo said as he rolled his eyes as they were standing in the doorway.
"What can I say?" Kento asked with a wink and a grin.
"How are you guys feeling?" Kaye asked as she looked at them.
"Besides needing a good long soak in the hot tub, just fine." Ryo replied with a grin.
"Where are Rowen and Sage?" Kento asked as he decided to change the conversation.
"They're calling the parents to pick up their kids." Sian replied.
"What? Are you kidding me? That could take all night." Kaye said in astonishment.
"That's pretty close to what Cye said, before we told them to go to the hospital to get checked out." Sage said as he and Rowen walked into Kento's room.
"Actually it didn't take that long to call the parents. We told them that we'll be in touch when we know what's all going on," Rowen told them. "How are ya feeling Kento?"
"You mean besides being forced to stay in this hospital bed overnight ok, then yea, I'm feeling just fine." Kento replied in a huff.
"Yea, he's fine. Come on you guys, it's been a long night, and I for one am ready to get some sleep." Cye said as he yawned.
"Sounds good to me." Sage replied as he stretched.
"Kaye, are ya coming with us?" Sian asked as they were about to leave.
"I don't think so, Sian, but thanks anyway. I'll just stay here and watch over Kento." Kaye replied as she brought up a chair next to his bed.
"Ok then, we'll see you both in the morning." Ryo said as they walked out of the room, leaving Kento and Kaye alone. A few hours later the hospital was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. A man dressed all in black stalked down the hallway like he was searching for something, or someone. He looked right, and then to the left, and then finally continued his way down the hall. Until finally he came upon the room that he was looking for. The mysterious man quietly opened the door so he wouldn't awaken the person sleeping within. He then sneaked in and shut the door. When he turned around he could see that Kento was asleep in the bed, while Kaye was sleeping in a nearby chair.
The man in black silently stalked over to the table that Kento's kanji ball was laying on. He was about to reach for it, when suddenly, "Hey, who are you? What are you doing here?" Kaye demanded as she stood up from her chair.
"Huh? What? Hey, what's going on around here?" Kento asked as he tried to get out of the bed.
"Damn!" the mystery man said as he bolted out of the room.
"Come back here!" Kaye yelled as she ran out the door after him.
"Kaye, wait!" Kento called out.
"I don't believe this, first Sian, then the fire, and now this! What's really going on around here? Damn, where is he," Kaye thought as she continued to search for him. Just as she was going to pass a window, she saw a quick glint of something shiny. "You're mine!"
Kaye called upon her sub armor and then followed him up to the roof top. "Hey you, yea you turn around so I can see you!"
Kaye yelled over to him. The man dressed in black stopped and turned around to face her. "Wha? You have a sub armor too? How can this be? I was told that there are only nine mystical armors." the mysterious man asked.
"It looks like you've been misinformed. Now, are you going to tell me who you're working for, or am I going to have to force that information from you," Kaye asked as she got ready to fight. "And don't think that I'm not ready for a fight!"
"As much as I would like to see how you would match up to my skills, it's time for me to take my leave. But don't worry, we'll meet again, you can count on that." the mysterious man said as he threw down a smoke screen and vanished without a trace.
"I don't believe this! He's gone," Kaye muttered angrily. "I better hurry and get back to Kento before he comes out and looks for me."
Kaye called back her sub armor and headed back inside. It didn't take her long to get back to Kento's room, where he was waiting anxiously for her. "Hey..." Kaye said as she walked in.
"Don't you hey me. What were you thinking just now? Running after someone like that? You've could of been hurt." Kento replied.
"I was trying to see if he would be able to tell me anything about what's going on around here. Unfortunately, he got away."
Kaye said as she sat back down on Kento's bed. She quickly adverted her gaze from him and looked down to the floor. His angry expression in his eyes began to soften as he saw that Kaye had her eyes closed, while she wrapped her arms around herself.
"Hey, hey everything is going to be ok, you'll see." Kento said as he tries to reassure her.
"You think so?" Kaye asked as she slowly looked up towards him.
"Think so, heck, I know so." Kento replied with a small smile.
"Kento." Kaye said as they laid back and embraced each other.
"That's it, just go to sleep. Then tomorrow we'll start getting some answers." Kento said as he kept her in his embrace and fell asleep.
On a nearby roof top...
"Well, did you get it?" Jakobe asked anxiously.
The mysterious man in black took off his hood and shook his head, "no, I didn't get it!" Sian replied in annoyance.
"What do you mean that you didn't get it? How could you not? It was easy enough, it was laying right out there in the open." Dante asked as he started to get angry.
"There was a complication." Sian replied.
"Complication? What do you mean, by a complication?" Dante asked.
"Kaye was there." Sian replied dryly.
"So? I figured that she would be, that is her husband that's laying in a hospital bed." Jakobe said.
"Yea, but did you figure that she also has a sub armor?" Sian shot back.
"What?! Are you sure?" Dante asked.
"I know what a sub armor looks like." Sian replied.
"Interesting, and here I thought that there were only nine mystical armors." Jakobe mused.
"Yea, well guess again, if she has one, then there has to be more armors out there somewhere." Sian replied.
"Possibility. So what do you say that we move along, and get ready for phase two of our mission." Jakobe said as they were about to leave.
"Hold it! You never said anything about there being a fire at the center! Is that what your lackey was doing when I was in the cooler? Setting up fire devices?" Sian asked angrily.
"First of all, I'm not his lackey, I'm his partner, and secondly, yes that was exactly what I was doing when you were, how should I put this? Oh I know, detained for a while." Dante replied with a cold smile.
"You lied to me, you said that no one at the center would get hurt, you also said that you would leave the center alone!" Sian said angrily as he was just about to deliver a blow to Jakobe.
In a blink of an eye, Jakobe blocked Sian's attack and had him kneeling on the ground. "Don't forget your station, boy!"
Jakobe threatened as he tightened his grip. Sian yelled out in pain, and then Jakobe let go. Sian got up, and glared at the two. "How can I forget? You won't let me," Sian replied coldly. "If you two don't mind, I need to get some sleep. I'll meet back with you tomorrow."
The two watched as Sian disappeared, "it looks like he's starting to chanage sides." Dante said as he stole a glance towards Jakobe.
"Yes, it does looks that way." Jakobe replied.
"We can't have him changing sides on us!" Dante said.
"I know that, Dante, you don't have to tell me." Jakobe replied.
"So then, what are we going to do about it?" Dante asked.
A cruel smile started to form, "don't you worry about that, I always have something in mind." Jakobe replied as they disappeared.
Ch 6
"Everyone out! Get out, run towards the nearest exit! Hurry, go!" Ryo yelled out to the screaming kids. The fire kept on getting more and more intense by the minute.
"Sian, (coughing) Sian, where (coughing) are you?" Kaye yelled out as she was searching for him.
"Kaye, come on (coughing) we have to go! This whole place (coughing) could come down on us any second!" Kento yelled back as he was trying to get her outside.
To back up what Kento was saying, a support beam from just above their heads started to fall. Kento sensed something definitely wrong, looked up and saw the beam coming for them. He then tossed Kaye out of the way, and Kento was pinned underneath it. Kaye slowly looked up; she grabbed her shoulder, wincing because of the pain. "Kento, (coughing) Kento!" Kaye exclaimed as she saw him lying on the ground.
Outside...
"Is everyone counted for?" Ryo asked as he was looking around to see if everyone was all right.
"Cye, what's wrong?" Rowen asked in concern as he noticed that Cye was holding onto his shoulder in pain.
"My shoulder." Cye replied as he winced.
"Did you hurt it on your way out?" Rowen asked.
"No, it just suddenly started hurting," Cye, replied, then his eyes widened in realization of why his shoulder hurts. "Kaye's still in there, and she's hurt!"
"I don't see Kento or Sian either. That must mean that all three of them are still trapped in there." Sage said as they were looking towards the burning building.
"Sage, Rowen, stay here with the kids. Cye, you're coming with me. Let's go." Ryo replied as they ran back into the burning building.
Inside...
"Kaye, (coughing) where are you?" Kento said as he was slowly coming to.
"Kento, (coughing) I'm right (coughing) here. I'm sorry, I've (coughing) should of listened to you." Kaye replied as she crawled over to him.
"Are you (coughing) all right?" Kento asked in concern.
"Besides a sore (coughing) shoulder, I'm ok," Kaye, replied. "What about (coughing) you? Can you move?"
Kento tried to move, but he found out that his legs were pinned underneath. "No, I can't move." Kento replied.
Not too far away...
Cye and Ryo were looking for them. "Kento, Kaye, where (coughing) are you, answer me!" Cye called out.
"Uncle Cye, (coughing) over here!" Sian called back as he was waving his arms in the air so he could see him.
"Ryo." Cye said as he gave a quick nod in Sian's direction. Ryo nodded, and then followed Cye to where Sian was waiting for them.
"Uncle Ryo, are you (coughing) two ok," Sian, asked as he was trying not to inhale too much smoke. "What are (coughing) you two doing (coughing) in here anyway?"
"When we were (coughing) outside, we noticed that you, Kento, and Kaye (coughing) were still in the building." Ryo replied as they stepped back from the falling boards.
"What! You mean that they're (coughing) not outside!?" Sian asked in alarm.
Ryo and Cye shook their heads. "Come on, we have to (coughing) find them before this (coughing) whole place falls on top of us." Ryo said as he led them back onto the search.
A few feet away...
"Kaye, get out (coughing) of here." Kento said as he tried again to get out from underneath the beam.
"No! I'm not (coughing) leaving you! I know that you (coughing) wouldn't leave me! So I'm (coughing) staying!" Kaye replied stubbornly.
"Kaye, (coughing) Kento, where are you?" Sian, Cye, and Ryo called out as their calls echoed each other's.
"Over here!" Kaye yelled out.
"Uncle Ryo, there!" Sian said as he spotted them.
"Let's go, we don't (coughing) have much time!" Cye replied as they hurried over to where Kento and Kaye were.
"'Mom,' 'dad,' are you two (coughing) all right?" Sian asked as they got there.
"Sian, (coughing) take Kaye, and get (coughing) out of here!" Kento said as Ryo and Cye were trying to get the beam off of him.
"I said (coughing) that I'm not leaving you!" Kaye replied.
"GO! Don't worry (coughing) we'll be out (coughing) before you know it." Kento said as he tried to reassure her. Kaye looked into his eyes, and she knew that he was telling her the truth. So she let Sian lead her back outside.
"Kento, do you think (coughing) that you can transform (coughing) into your sub armor?" Ryo asked.
"Yea, I (coughing) think so." Kento replied as he closed his eyes and then concentrated on his transformation. As soon as he transformed, it was easier for them to get the beam off of Kento. Then as soon as it was off, he called back his sub armor. Ryo and Cye got on either side of Kento and hurried their way back outside.
Outside...
"Rowen, I don't like the feel of this, they're taking way too long." Sage said as they were watching for them to come out.
"I know, Sage, but Ryo said to wait here," Rowen replied. "Wha?"
"Rowen?" Sage asked as he looked over to him.
"I think I see someone," Rowen replied in excitement. "I don't believe it! It's Sian, and he has Kaye with him!" Rowen and Sage ran over to where Sian was helping Kaye over to one of the cars.
"Are you two all right? Where are the others?" Sage asked in concern.
"We're ok, they're coming, and they're not too far behind us." Kaye replied as she kept her eyes glued to where she and Sian came out, hoping that the others would show soon.
Inside, not too far off from the exit...
"Come on (coughing) only a few more feet." Ryo said as they were making their way out. Just as they made their next step, another beam started to fall in front of them, almost blocking their escape route.
Outside...
"NO! Cye, Ryo, Kento!" Kaye yelled out as they fell backwards to the ground.
"Sage, come on, we have to dig them out!" Rowen said as he and Sage got up and ran over to the rubble and started to dig.
"Hey! I think that I see something!" Sage yelled as he started to pull on what looked like an arm.
"It's Ryo! Hang on you guys, we're coming," Rowen yelled as he ran over to where Sage was and helped him pull.
"Almost...there! Man, who knew that you three would be so hard to pull out of that pile of junk."
"Hey watch it!" Ryo said as they sat down. Just then an ambulance, a few fire trucks and a few police cars pulled up.
"Hey! Someone get the medics over here, now!" the fire chief said as he directed his men to put out the fire.
"Hurry up, we need a stretcher over here!" the chief medic yelled as he was looking over Kento's legs.
"I don't need a stretcher, I can walk just fine!" Kento said as he grimaced in pain.
"Yea, sure you can, now hold still," the chief medic said, as they got ready to lift Kento into the ambulance. "Ok, nice and easy now, one, two, three!"
"Alright, you know the drill, I can only take one of you. So who's it going to be?" the chief medic asked as he was looking at them.
"Kaye, why don't you go ahead, we'll catch up with you shortly." Cye replied as he looked over to her.
"Thanks, both of you," Kaye said as she hugged both of them before getting inside. "Sian, thank you too."
After Kaye and the chief medic climbed into the ambulance, the chief of police decided to ask them some questions. "Ok, who's going to be the one to tell me what happened here?" the chief asked.
"We're not sure, chief, one minute we were training with the kids, and then the next thing we knew the building caught on fire." Rowen explained. The chief seemed kind of skeptical at first with Rowen's explanation, but then he figured why not, everything else weird happens in this city, so why not this too.
"Ok, I suppose that'll do for now. I would suggest that you go to the hospital and get yourselves checked out. You know, for just in case." the chief said as he was getting ready to leave the scene.
"Yes sir, but what about the kids? We can't leave them here?" Sage asked.
"Call their parents to pick them up, then head to the hospital." the chief replied as he walked away.
"Easy for him to say, he doesn't realize that could take most of the night." Cye said in annoyance.
"Why don't you three go ahead to the hospital, I'm sure that Rowen and I can handle things here." Sage replied.
"You're sure," Sian asked as he saw them nod their heads. "Ok, then we'll see you there soon, right?"
"Yea, we got it. Just go already, I'm sure that Kento and Kaye are wondering what's taking you so long to get there." Rowen replied.
At the hospital...
"Where are they, they should have been here by now?" Kaye asked as she was pacing.
"Kaye, if you don't calm down, then you'll end up putting yourself in a hospital bed." Kento replied as he looked over to her.
"Hmm, I wonder if there wasn't any more beds, that if they would let me share yours?" Kaye asked with a mischievous grin as she walked over to him.
"Not sure, it wouldn't hurt to ask." Kento teased.
"Only you two would find a moment in a crisis situation." Ryo said as he rolled his eyes as they were standing in the doorway.
"What can I say?" Kento asked with a wink and a grin.
"How are you guys feeling?" Kaye asked as she looked at them.
"Besides needing a good long soak in the hot tub, just fine." Ryo replied with a grin.
"Where are Rowen and Sage?" Kento asked as he decided to change the conversation.
"They're calling the parents to pick up their kids." Sian replied.
"What? Are you kidding me? That could take all night." Kaye said in astonishment.
"That's pretty close to what Cye said, before we told them to go to the hospital to get checked out." Sage said as he and Rowen walked into Kento's room.
"Actually it didn't take that long to call the parents. We told them that we'll be in touch when we know what's all going on," Rowen told them. "How are ya feeling Kento?"
"You mean besides being forced to stay in this hospital bed overnight ok, then yea, I'm feeling just fine." Kento replied in a huff.
"Yea, he's fine. Come on you guys, it's been a long night, and I for one am ready to get some sleep." Cye said as he yawned.
"Sounds good to me." Sage replied as he stretched.
"Kaye, are ya coming with us?" Sian asked as they were about to leave.
"I don't think so, Sian, but thanks anyway. I'll just stay here and watch over Kento." Kaye replied as she brought up a chair next to his bed.
"Ok then, we'll see you both in the morning." Ryo said as they walked out of the room, leaving Kento and Kaye alone. A few hours later the hospital was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. A man dressed all in black stalked down the hallway like he was searching for something, or someone. He looked right, and then to the left, and then finally continued his way down the hall. Until finally he came upon the room that he was looking for. The mysterious man quietly opened the door so he wouldn't awaken the person sleeping within. He then sneaked in and shut the door. When he turned around he could see that Kento was asleep in the bed, while Kaye was sleeping in a nearby chair.
The man in black silently stalked over to the table that Kento's kanji ball was laying on. He was about to reach for it, when suddenly, "Hey, who are you? What are you doing here?" Kaye demanded as she stood up from her chair.
"Huh? What? Hey, what's going on around here?" Kento asked as he tried to get out of the bed.
"Damn!" the mystery man said as he bolted out of the room.
"Come back here!" Kaye yelled as she ran out the door after him.
"Kaye, wait!" Kento called out.
"I don't believe this, first Sian, then the fire, and now this! What's really going on around here? Damn, where is he," Kaye thought as she continued to search for him. Just as she was going to pass a window, she saw a quick glint of something shiny. "You're mine!"
Kaye called upon her sub armor and then followed him up to the roof top. "Hey you, yea you turn around so I can see you!"
Kaye yelled over to him. The man dressed in black stopped and turned around to face her. "Wha? You have a sub armor too? How can this be? I was told that there are only nine mystical armors." the mysterious man asked.
"It looks like you've been misinformed. Now, are you going to tell me who you're working for, or am I going to have to force that information from you," Kaye asked as she got ready to fight. "And don't think that I'm not ready for a fight!"
"As much as I would like to see how you would match up to my skills, it's time for me to take my leave. But don't worry, we'll meet again, you can count on that." the mysterious man said as he threw down a smoke screen and vanished without a trace.
"I don't believe this! He's gone," Kaye muttered angrily. "I better hurry and get back to Kento before he comes out and looks for me."
Kaye called back her sub armor and headed back inside. It didn't take her long to get back to Kento's room, where he was waiting anxiously for her. "Hey..." Kaye said as she walked in.
"Don't you hey me. What were you thinking just now? Running after someone like that? You've could of been hurt." Kento replied.
"I was trying to see if he would be able to tell me anything about what's going on around here. Unfortunately, he got away."
Kaye said as she sat back down on Kento's bed. She quickly adverted her gaze from him and looked down to the floor. His angry expression in his eyes began to soften as he saw that Kaye had her eyes closed, while she wrapped her arms around herself.
"Hey, hey everything is going to be ok, you'll see." Kento said as he tries to reassure her.
"You think so?" Kaye asked as she slowly looked up towards him.
"Think so, heck, I know so." Kento replied with a small smile.
"Kento." Kaye said as they laid back and embraced each other.
"That's it, just go to sleep. Then tomorrow we'll start getting some answers." Kento said as he kept her in his embrace and fell asleep.
On a nearby roof top...
"Well, did you get it?" Jakobe asked anxiously.
The mysterious man in black took off his hood and shook his head, "no, I didn't get it!" Sian replied in annoyance.
"What do you mean that you didn't get it? How could you not? It was easy enough, it was laying right out there in the open." Dante asked as he started to get angry.
"There was a complication." Sian replied.
"Complication? What do you mean, by a complication?" Dante asked.
"Kaye was there." Sian replied dryly.
"So? I figured that she would be, that is her husband that's laying in a hospital bed." Jakobe said.
"Yea, but did you figure that she also has a sub armor?" Sian shot back.
"What?! Are you sure?" Dante asked.
"I know what a sub armor looks like." Sian replied.
"Interesting, and here I thought that there were only nine mystical armors." Jakobe mused.
"Yea, well guess again, if she has one, then there has to be more armors out there somewhere." Sian replied.
"Possibility. So what do you say that we move along, and get ready for phase two of our mission." Jakobe said as they were about to leave.
"Hold it! You never said anything about there being a fire at the center! Is that what your lackey was doing when I was in the cooler? Setting up fire devices?" Sian asked angrily.
"First of all, I'm not his lackey, I'm his partner, and secondly, yes that was exactly what I was doing when you were, how should I put this? Oh I know, detained for a while." Dante replied with a cold smile.
"You lied to me, you said that no one at the center would get hurt, you also said that you would leave the center alone!" Sian said angrily as he was just about to deliver a blow to Jakobe.
In a blink of an eye, Jakobe blocked Sian's attack and had him kneeling on the ground. "Don't forget your station, boy!"
Jakobe threatened as he tightened his grip. Sian yelled out in pain, and then Jakobe let go. Sian got up, and glared at the two. "How can I forget? You won't let me," Sian replied coldly. "If you two don't mind, I need to get some sleep. I'll meet back with you tomorrow."
The two watched as Sian disappeared, "it looks like he's starting to chanage sides." Dante said as he stole a glance towards Jakobe.
"Yes, it does looks that way." Jakobe replied.
"We can't have him changing sides on us!" Dante said.
"I know that, Dante, you don't have to tell me." Jakobe replied.
"So then, what are we going to do about it?" Dante asked.
A cruel smile started to form, "don't you worry about that, I always have something in mind." Jakobe replied as they disappeared.