Chapter 18: Return to the Haven
Hope sunk deeper into her seat to avoid being seen but then Cale looked directly at her and she knew she was caught. "We can do this two ways Hope, you can get up and walk out of here with us or one of us will frocely remove you, carrying you kicking and screaming if need be." He said darkly giving her a look that sent chills down Hope's spine, heads of the other people looked at her to hear her decision. Hope sat in her seat just looking at her uncles but when Seckmeht started to walk towards her she jumped up and garbed her gym bag from the luagge rack over her head.
She met Seckmeht half way down the walk way trying not to limp, when she jumped out her window she hurt her leg and ankle, but her uncles saw it. "Will you be ok?" A small voice asked from where Hope had been sitting, she twisted around enough to see Saukra. "Yea, I'll be alright. Thanks for asking." She said as Seckmeht pull her out of the bus.
Hope was shocked to see the rain was just light shower now but realized it was Dais at work again. Without a word Seckmeht garbed Hope's arm using prenatural speed that come with sub armor to cover the distance to the woods near the rest stop, in a small area out of the rain. Hope stook her head in dizziness as she saw the other Ronins and Kayura walked over. "Are you alright?" Cye asked her. "She is fine." Seckmeht hissed at him, Hope touched his arm gently. "You are angery at me, not at Cye, do not take it out on him." She said softly. "Be slient Hope, we are more then angery with you, we are furious." Cale said to her, Hope fell slient knowing it was not her time to talk.
"You six head home. We will take Hope." Dais said, Hope caught the nervous looks on the Elemental Ronins faces and with good reason: they all seen the Seasonals angery before but Hope had froced their hands in this. "Alright." Kayura said looking at Hope for a moment then at the elemental Ronins, they nodded and they and Kayura teleported out of there.
Hope did not say a word after the Ronins left, her uncles was looking where the others had gone and had not said a word to her and that worried Hope. She nearly jumped out of her skin when she felt a hand on her shoulder, Cale only shot her a look and Hope lowered her eyes and followed them as they started to walk away.
She kept her mouth shut but decied aganist trying to hide her limp but she wasn't about to give them knowleadge of the pain it caused to walk. Hope lifted her head and manage to keep up with the Seasonals looking straight ahead, walking like she was being took to her own hanging. "Do not, I ask of you, become a maryth Hope." Hope was surprised when Cale spoke to her and looked at him.
"Do not, we are not leading you to your death." He said, Hope raised her eyebrows. "You act like it." She said quietly, not wanting to break the connection she had. "What do you expect? After you just ran like that?" Dais reprimed her sharply. "I wouldn't have run if I didn't have to. What good to the team am I if you three keep trying to lock me up? I'm just another mouth to feed at the manor if that is all I am to do." She hissed back at him unable to allow him to get away with that. "Preharps. Come on, there is something we have to show you." Seckmeht said pushing Hope forward slighty to keep her walking, he knew if she stopped walking she wouldn't start back again.
Hope said nothing and walked with the Seasonals, some how she got the feeling she was seeing illusions in the woods, it was darker then it should be, almost night dark.Cale noticed her looking around though she kept her head still and seeing she was caught snapped her eyes to the ground at her feet. But then Seckmeht stopped her. "Hold still." He ordered of crouse Hope stepped back away from his at once wary and catious.
"Why?" She asked, Cale stopped her from even thinking of leaving by garbing her arm and holding it behind her. "Because you can't see this part of the jounery, he is going to blindfold you. We take the blindfold off when we get where we need to be." Hope did not have time to object before she was blindfold, she thought about taking the blindfold off but decied that would not be a such good idea.
Hope felt a hand above her left wrist, competely blind she has to follow and trust who ever led her, an idea she did not like one bit. Hope wasn't sure how far they walked, only that the terran was hard to walk on and she nearly stumbled more then once. Finally the ground became even and Hope felt the air become cooler as who ever was guiding her stopped and the blindfold was removed. Hope had to blink a few times to adjust to the change in light, she had expected many things but what she saw before her was not one of them.
She and her uncles was in a carven - like area but looked like it was cleared and there was many tunnels leading to other places, the room she stood in looked like a training area, weapons stored away within sight but Hope could tell there was probaly something protecting them from being stolen.
"Where in the name of the mortal realm are we?" She asked. "We are at the Haven." Dais answered. "The what?" Hope asked looking around. "This is a place we and Anubis came to often over the certuries." Seckmeht asked. "Wait but weren't you guys ... well .... pretty much at each other's thoarts?" Hope asked, she knew from the memories she had of Anubis's past and from the elemental Ronins that the former Dark Warlords was anything but friends during the Dynasty Wars.
"Yes we was, Talpa did not want any friendship amoung his Warlords so he turned us aganist one another but for many certuries we was friends." Cale answered knowing what was going thourgh his neice's mind, her expression betaryed her thoughts, Hope nodded looking around again. A few uneasy moments of slience passed before she spoke again. "Why show me this place?" She asked turning to face the other bearers of the Seasonal armors. "It is time you know more about us that and you are a bearer of a Seasonal armor." Seckmeht said, Hope looked away from him and her two other uncles, her failed attempt to run fresh in her mind.
"Hope, look at us." Dais ordered, Hope wasn't so sure that was a good thing to do but looked up, meeting the gaze of her uncles. "It is time we talk." Dais said. "Why did you leave?" "Why did you stop me in the fight?" Hope asked. "That is not ..." Cale started to say but Hope cut him off.
"That is the reason I left. I didn't think there was any reason to stay if I was not needed." Hope said qiuckly before Cale would finish his setence. "That and the dream I had the night Cale tried to take my kanji orb didn't help." The three older Seasonals looked at her in open shock. "How did you know about that?" Cale asked, Hope explained the dream and how when she woke she realized what Cale had been doing in her room and in turn the Seasonals explain the reason why they stopped her from fighting.
"I don't know about you three but I smell a rat." Hope said, her eyes narrowed in thought. "A big one. This has Dynasty written all over it." "What do you mean?" Dais asked. "Your dreams was manipatulaions, who ever is behind all this knew I was still alive and what I meant to you three. And used your dreams and mine to push me from the team, to get me on my own. I can fight but if all the Warlords caught me alone without armor I'ld be easy pickings." Hope said. "But who could have known you was still alive when we didn't even? Or that you even existed?" Cale asked. "I don't know but we will find out. Or are you going to try and lock me up in my room?" Hope asked.
"I doubt we could if we wanted to." Dais said and tossed her something, Hope easily garbed her armor orb. "You are going to need it, to fight the Dynasty with." He said, Hope nodded. "Yes I will my uncle." She said and looked around the Haven. "I know I could never replace Anubis, I won't try if I could and I would like to be able to know him but .... but not have to live in his shadow." She said qiuetly, she counted several heartbeats go by before her uncles spoke. "We know, Hope. We know but I guess it is time we act like it." Cale said in a serious tone.
"So ... how DID you guys find out about this place?" Hope asked looking around. "It is a long story." Seckmeht said. "I think I have the time to listen." Hope said looking at him. "Well ... I guess it wasn't too long after Anubis joined our ranks when we stumble over this place and I do mean stumble ...."
Hope listened sliently, though she didn't say it she had a feeling there was another's presence there as well, one she knew well. Back again I see. Want to make sure they get the story right Uncle Anubis? She thought to the presence.
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Hey Lady Icefire here first I like to say I did not own the Ronin Warriors but I own the new charaters and the plot of this story so no copying. Also I like to give credit to my friend Harry for helping me with this story, he deserves a lot of credit. And I ask that you please read and response, I accept all criticism and compliments.
Hope sunk deeper into her seat to avoid being seen but then Cale looked directly at her and she knew she was caught. "We can do this two ways Hope, you can get up and walk out of here with us or one of us will frocely remove you, carrying you kicking and screaming if need be." He said darkly giving her a look that sent chills down Hope's spine, heads of the other people looked at her to hear her decision. Hope sat in her seat just looking at her uncles but when Seckmeht started to walk towards her she jumped up and garbed her gym bag from the luagge rack over her head.
She met Seckmeht half way down the walk way trying not to limp, when she jumped out her window she hurt her leg and ankle, but her uncles saw it. "Will you be ok?" A small voice asked from where Hope had been sitting, she twisted around enough to see Saukra. "Yea, I'll be alright. Thanks for asking." She said as Seckmeht pull her out of the bus.
Hope was shocked to see the rain was just light shower now but realized it was Dais at work again. Without a word Seckmeht garbed Hope's arm using prenatural speed that come with sub armor to cover the distance to the woods near the rest stop, in a small area out of the rain. Hope stook her head in dizziness as she saw the other Ronins and Kayura walked over. "Are you alright?" Cye asked her. "She is fine." Seckmeht hissed at him, Hope touched his arm gently. "You are angery at me, not at Cye, do not take it out on him." She said softly. "Be slient Hope, we are more then angery with you, we are furious." Cale said to her, Hope fell slient knowing it was not her time to talk.
"You six head home. We will take Hope." Dais said, Hope caught the nervous looks on the Elemental Ronins faces and with good reason: they all seen the Seasonals angery before but Hope had froced their hands in this. "Alright." Kayura said looking at Hope for a moment then at the elemental Ronins, they nodded and they and Kayura teleported out of there.
Hope did not say a word after the Ronins left, her uncles was looking where the others had gone and had not said a word to her and that worried Hope. She nearly jumped out of her skin when she felt a hand on her shoulder, Cale only shot her a look and Hope lowered her eyes and followed them as they started to walk away.
She kept her mouth shut but decied aganist trying to hide her limp but she wasn't about to give them knowleadge of the pain it caused to walk. Hope lifted her head and manage to keep up with the Seasonals looking straight ahead, walking like she was being took to her own hanging. "Do not, I ask of you, become a maryth Hope." Hope was surprised when Cale spoke to her and looked at him.
"Do not, we are not leading you to your death." He said, Hope raised her eyebrows. "You act like it." She said quietly, not wanting to break the connection she had. "What do you expect? After you just ran like that?" Dais reprimed her sharply. "I wouldn't have run if I didn't have to. What good to the team am I if you three keep trying to lock me up? I'm just another mouth to feed at the manor if that is all I am to do." She hissed back at him unable to allow him to get away with that. "Preharps. Come on, there is something we have to show you." Seckmeht said pushing Hope forward slighty to keep her walking, he knew if she stopped walking she wouldn't start back again.
Hope said nothing and walked with the Seasonals, some how she got the feeling she was seeing illusions in the woods, it was darker then it should be, almost night dark.Cale noticed her looking around though she kept her head still and seeing she was caught snapped her eyes to the ground at her feet. But then Seckmeht stopped her. "Hold still." He ordered of crouse Hope stepped back away from his at once wary and catious.
"Why?" She asked, Cale stopped her from even thinking of leaving by garbing her arm and holding it behind her. "Because you can't see this part of the jounery, he is going to blindfold you. We take the blindfold off when we get where we need to be." Hope did not have time to object before she was blindfold, she thought about taking the blindfold off but decied that would not be a such good idea.
Hope felt a hand above her left wrist, competely blind she has to follow and trust who ever led her, an idea she did not like one bit. Hope wasn't sure how far they walked, only that the terran was hard to walk on and she nearly stumbled more then once. Finally the ground became even and Hope felt the air become cooler as who ever was guiding her stopped and the blindfold was removed. Hope had to blink a few times to adjust to the change in light, she had expected many things but what she saw before her was not one of them.
She and her uncles was in a carven - like area but looked like it was cleared and there was many tunnels leading to other places, the room she stood in looked like a training area, weapons stored away within sight but Hope could tell there was probaly something protecting them from being stolen.
"Where in the name of the mortal realm are we?" She asked. "We are at the Haven." Dais answered. "The what?" Hope asked looking around. "This is a place we and Anubis came to often over the certuries." Seckmeht asked. "Wait but weren't you guys ... well .... pretty much at each other's thoarts?" Hope asked, she knew from the memories she had of Anubis's past and from the elemental Ronins that the former Dark Warlords was anything but friends during the Dynasty Wars.
"Yes we was, Talpa did not want any friendship amoung his Warlords so he turned us aganist one another but for many certuries we was friends." Cale answered knowing what was going thourgh his neice's mind, her expression betaryed her thoughts, Hope nodded looking around again. A few uneasy moments of slience passed before she spoke again. "Why show me this place?" She asked turning to face the other bearers of the Seasonal armors. "It is time you know more about us that and you are a bearer of a Seasonal armor." Seckmeht said, Hope looked away from him and her two other uncles, her failed attempt to run fresh in her mind.
"Hope, look at us." Dais ordered, Hope wasn't so sure that was a good thing to do but looked up, meeting the gaze of her uncles. "It is time we talk." Dais said. "Why did you leave?" "Why did you stop me in the fight?" Hope asked. "That is not ..." Cale started to say but Hope cut him off.
"That is the reason I left. I didn't think there was any reason to stay if I was not needed." Hope said qiuckly before Cale would finish his setence. "That and the dream I had the night Cale tried to take my kanji orb didn't help." The three older Seasonals looked at her in open shock. "How did you know about that?" Cale asked, Hope explained the dream and how when she woke she realized what Cale had been doing in her room and in turn the Seasonals explain the reason why they stopped her from fighting.
"I don't know about you three but I smell a rat." Hope said, her eyes narrowed in thought. "A big one. This has Dynasty written all over it." "What do you mean?" Dais asked. "Your dreams was manipatulaions, who ever is behind all this knew I was still alive and what I meant to you three. And used your dreams and mine to push me from the team, to get me on my own. I can fight but if all the Warlords caught me alone without armor I'ld be easy pickings." Hope said. "But who could have known you was still alive when we didn't even? Or that you even existed?" Cale asked. "I don't know but we will find out. Or are you going to try and lock me up in my room?" Hope asked.
"I doubt we could if we wanted to." Dais said and tossed her something, Hope easily garbed her armor orb. "You are going to need it, to fight the Dynasty with." He said, Hope nodded. "Yes I will my uncle." She said and looked around the Haven. "I know I could never replace Anubis, I won't try if I could and I would like to be able to know him but .... but not have to live in his shadow." She said qiuetly, she counted several heartbeats go by before her uncles spoke. "We know, Hope. We know but I guess it is time we act like it." Cale said in a serious tone.
"So ... how DID you guys find out about this place?" Hope asked looking around. "It is a long story." Seckmeht said. "I think I have the time to listen." Hope said looking at him. "Well ... I guess it wasn't too long after Anubis joined our ranks when we stumble over this place and I do mean stumble ...."
Hope listened sliently, though she didn't say it she had a feeling there was another's presence there as well, one she knew well. Back again I see. Want to make sure they get the story right Uncle Anubis? She thought to the presence.
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Hey Lady Icefire here first I like to say I did not own the Ronin Warriors but I own the new charaters and the plot of this story so no copying. Also I like to give credit to my friend Harry for helping me with this story, he deserves a lot of credit. And I ask that you please read and response, I accept all criticism and compliments.
