Chapter 2: Warlord of Pain
The next day after leaving the airport I came across dozens of dead leads to my brother,
then right I got lost in some woods and wander for a good two hours, maybe more. Then
at the hottest part of the day I came across a lake. I flopped on the grass at the lake's edge
hot and tried from my walk. I slipped my tee shirt off thankfully for the gymnastic suit I
wore under it. I left my feet dangle in the water not see a shadow near me or some teen
boys coming to the lake who for the moment had not seen me. Good, now is the time to
attack. It will be up to the Ronins if she lives though. The shadow thought as I stood up
but slipped on some mud and fell into the water.
"Yikes!" I yelped going under but coming up quickly. "Shoot, now I am all wet." I said
out loud and start to the bank but then I felt something wrap around my right ankle and
before I had a full breath of air I was jerked under water. As what little air I had started to
run out panic swirled in my mind as I was pulled under but suddenly stopped near the
bottom of the lake. "What in the %$(#? Whoa a second ... I can breath?" I asked taking,
to my right I heard a soft but dangerous laughing. "Foolish mortal, I would not have you
dead yet. No, I need the Ronins to know I have took a mortal hostage. But it is up to them
if you live or die." A male voice said, needless to say I was both shocked and scared but
anger took over from the injustice I felt.
Does this guy think I'm going to stand .... um ... float here and let me be used as a
hostage? #*@% no! I may be human but I'm not letting this happen! I thought but to my
captor I said. "That is what you think you bag of %$#@! I'm out of here." I tried to
escape but then the something that pulled me down wrapped around my legs holding me
near the bottom of the lake and as I started to lose air I felt a rush of pure pain race
thorough me. I would have scream from pain but I knew if I did I would drown. "That is
what will happen if you try to escape but since I need you for the Ronin I will let you live
..... for now." Suddenly the left me and I sucked air into my burning lungs, I was weak
from lack of oxygen and from pain but I climbed to my feet, I realized that it was a chain
holding me in place as it slipped to one of my ankles a reminder of the warning.
I looked around for the first time, I was in a, for lack of better words to explain it, kinda
of a bubble and so was the person near me. He was in some kind of armor which was
black and gray with a no - dactic strapped to his back, he did not wear a helmet so I was
able to see his face. His hair was slicked back as if he used grease on it and it was as
black as night but it was his eyes that gave me the creep, they was piercing green but
colder then ice with the hatred in them. But I learned back in Chicago not to let your
enemy see you sweat so I kept my face calm and expressionless because I wasn't about to
let him know I was and I needed to buy my time. I looked at the chain at the corner of my
eye and saw a small break in one of the links, it was small but I had something that might
help me cut it and get free.
I knelt, looking like I was trying to rest as I reached into my left boot praying my captor
was he would not see what I was up too. I pulled out a small but sharp dagger I found on
the streets, cleaned and kept with me where ever I went. Carefully I pushed the dagger
against the cut and saw back and forward keeping my eyes on my captor, once or twice he
almost saw me but I manage to look like I was sitting idly and he believed the act. Finally
as the chain snapped and I got a full breath of air I broke past the bubble thingy and swam
as fast as I could to the surface praying my captor would not follow. When I broke pass
the surface I was disoriented and gasping for air that I nearly sunk back into the water but
a muscular boy about sixteen pulled me out of the water and laid me down on the shore.
"Are you all right?" I heard a distantly familiar voice ask, I didn't response for a few
moment trying to regain my senses and put my lungs at a semi normal crouse of
breathing.
I looked up to see a sixteen year old boy with pair of sea blue eyes and rust colored hair.
"Cye?" I asked my heart stopping for a split second. The boy looked at me funny but then
he looked me over and brought his eyes to meet my light blue eyes. His eyes went wide
with shock. "Serenea?" He asked with a look of half confusion, half hope, I nodded not
trusting myself to speak. Please let me not be dream, let this me real. Let him be Cye. I
thought as I got to my feet ignoring the other boys who was looking at me in confusion. :I
got your letter but I never expected to find you drowning in our lake. I missed you little
sister." Cye said, I smiled and hugged him, Cye didn't seem to caring I was soaking wet
and I didn't car was suppose to be a tough girl who needed no one.
But then I saw something a shadow behind my brother and the other boys. "Cye watch
out!" I shoved my bother side ways but I wasn't fast enough to also dodge. I gritted my
teeth in pain as the no - dactic dug into my shoulder. "Serenea!" I heard Cye yell as I
stumble backwards. Oh this guy is so going down. I thought to myself as a boy with raven
black hair and tiger blue eyes stepped up beside me. "Who are you and why are you
attacking Serenea?" He asked, I saw his eyes held a protective anger and I realized he was
a friend of my brother. "I am Koga, warlord of Pain and bearer of the armor of White
Wind." "Yea you're a pain all right, a pain in the neck. Not to mention a $#@* as well." I
said my temper flaring, Cye gave me a half shock, half 'are you crazy?' look. "All right,
you will pay with your life for that insult mortal." Koga growled. 'No if we can help it.
We are the ones you want Warlords." Then Cye as the others other stepped in fonrt of me
and what happened next I never thought I see in a million years. "Ronins to arms! Armor
of Wildfire! Toa Jin!" "Armor of Halo! Toa Chi!" "Armor of Torrent! Toa Shin!"
"Armor of Hardrock! Toa Gil! "Armor of Strata! Toa Inochi!"
The guys disappeared in a bright flash of light and reappeared in battle armor, I stumbled
away from the sight of the five armors to the right of the battle. "So you are the true
Ronin Warriors, well I guess I will have to kill the girl later." "You better stay away from
her or I will kick your %$# back to the Dynasty pal." I gasped recognizing the voice of
the figure in light blue armor. That is Cye's voice! I can't believe it, he is wearing some
kind of armor!
I thought but then I saw something that made my blood run cold, I was standing to the
right of Koga and the armored figures so I was the only one to see what was going to
happen. Koga's sword was held slightly behind his back and it was glowing bright white
as I felt the wind become slightly stronger and I knew what ever this guy was about to do
it was trouble with a capital T!
"Serenea, he is getting ready to use a attack called a sure - kill, you must warn the
Ronins." I heard a voice whisper and thought no one else seem to hear it I appreciated the
information. "Guys watch out! He is going to use his Sure - kill!" I yelled from where I
was and then the Ronins saw it too but suddenly Kola turn towards me. " I tried of your
interfering girl! Winds of Pain!" Koga yelled as a blast of wind at 100 mph came towards
me and I knew I wasn't fast enough to dodge it. But right before the blast hit me someone
in red armor picked me up and in split second timing got me out of the way. "Stay here
and don't move." He ordered and left to where Koga and one of the boys in green armor
was sword fighting. "I've had enough! Thunder Bolt Cut!" The one in green armor yelled
as a blast of lighting blasted from his no - dactic. Seeing the thunder bolt coming towards
him Koga teleported away. Cye and the other armor figures armored down and turned to
me as I stared at them in pure shock.
The next day after leaving the airport I came across dozens of dead leads to my brother,
then right I got lost in some woods and wander for a good two hours, maybe more. Then
at the hottest part of the day I came across a lake. I flopped on the grass at the lake's edge
hot and tried from my walk. I slipped my tee shirt off thankfully for the gymnastic suit I
wore under it. I left my feet dangle in the water not see a shadow near me or some teen
boys coming to the lake who for the moment had not seen me. Good, now is the time to
attack. It will be up to the Ronins if she lives though. The shadow thought as I stood up
but slipped on some mud and fell into the water.
"Yikes!" I yelped going under but coming up quickly. "Shoot, now I am all wet." I said
out loud and start to the bank but then I felt something wrap around my right ankle and
before I had a full breath of air I was jerked under water. As what little air I had started to
run out panic swirled in my mind as I was pulled under but suddenly stopped near the
bottom of the lake. "What in the %$(#? Whoa a second ... I can breath?" I asked taking,
to my right I heard a soft but dangerous laughing. "Foolish mortal, I would not have you
dead yet. No, I need the Ronins to know I have took a mortal hostage. But it is up to them
if you live or die." A male voice said, needless to say I was both shocked and scared but
anger took over from the injustice I felt.
Does this guy think I'm going to stand .... um ... float here and let me be used as a
hostage? #*@% no! I may be human but I'm not letting this happen! I thought but to my
captor I said. "That is what you think you bag of %$#@! I'm out of here." I tried to
escape but then the something that pulled me down wrapped around my legs holding me
near the bottom of the lake and as I started to lose air I felt a rush of pure pain race
thorough me. I would have scream from pain but I knew if I did I would drown. "That is
what will happen if you try to escape but since I need you for the Ronin I will let you live
..... for now." Suddenly the left me and I sucked air into my burning lungs, I was weak
from lack of oxygen and from pain but I climbed to my feet, I realized that it was a chain
holding me in place as it slipped to one of my ankles a reminder of the warning.
I looked around for the first time, I was in a, for lack of better words to explain it, kinda
of a bubble and so was the person near me. He was in some kind of armor which was
black and gray with a no - dactic strapped to his back, he did not wear a helmet so I was
able to see his face. His hair was slicked back as if he used grease on it and it was as
black as night but it was his eyes that gave me the creep, they was piercing green but
colder then ice with the hatred in them. But I learned back in Chicago not to let your
enemy see you sweat so I kept my face calm and expressionless because I wasn't about to
let him know I was and I needed to buy my time. I looked at the chain at the corner of my
eye and saw a small break in one of the links, it was small but I had something that might
help me cut it and get free.
I knelt, looking like I was trying to rest as I reached into my left boot praying my captor
was he would not see what I was up too. I pulled out a small but sharp dagger I found on
the streets, cleaned and kept with me where ever I went. Carefully I pushed the dagger
against the cut and saw back and forward keeping my eyes on my captor, once or twice he
almost saw me but I manage to look like I was sitting idly and he believed the act. Finally
as the chain snapped and I got a full breath of air I broke past the bubble thingy and swam
as fast as I could to the surface praying my captor would not follow. When I broke pass
the surface I was disoriented and gasping for air that I nearly sunk back into the water but
a muscular boy about sixteen pulled me out of the water and laid me down on the shore.
"Are you all right?" I heard a distantly familiar voice ask, I didn't response for a few
moment trying to regain my senses and put my lungs at a semi normal crouse of
breathing.
I looked up to see a sixteen year old boy with pair of sea blue eyes and rust colored hair.
"Cye?" I asked my heart stopping for a split second. The boy looked at me funny but then
he looked me over and brought his eyes to meet my light blue eyes. His eyes went wide
with shock. "Serenea?" He asked with a look of half confusion, half hope, I nodded not
trusting myself to speak. Please let me not be dream, let this me real. Let him be Cye. I
thought as I got to my feet ignoring the other boys who was looking at me in confusion. :I
got your letter but I never expected to find you drowning in our lake. I missed you little
sister." Cye said, I smiled and hugged him, Cye didn't seem to caring I was soaking wet
and I didn't car was suppose to be a tough girl who needed no one.
But then I saw something a shadow behind my brother and the other boys. "Cye watch
out!" I shoved my bother side ways but I wasn't fast enough to also dodge. I gritted my
teeth in pain as the no - dactic dug into my shoulder. "Serenea!" I heard Cye yell as I
stumble backwards. Oh this guy is so going down. I thought to myself as a boy with raven
black hair and tiger blue eyes stepped up beside me. "Who are you and why are you
attacking Serenea?" He asked, I saw his eyes held a protective anger and I realized he was
a friend of my brother. "I am Koga, warlord of Pain and bearer of the armor of White
Wind." "Yea you're a pain all right, a pain in the neck. Not to mention a $#@* as well." I
said my temper flaring, Cye gave me a half shock, half 'are you crazy?' look. "All right,
you will pay with your life for that insult mortal." Koga growled. 'No if we can help it.
We are the ones you want Warlords." Then Cye as the others other stepped in fonrt of me
and what happened next I never thought I see in a million years. "Ronins to arms! Armor
of Wildfire! Toa Jin!" "Armor of Halo! Toa Chi!" "Armor of Torrent! Toa Shin!"
"Armor of Hardrock! Toa Gil! "Armor of Strata! Toa Inochi!"
The guys disappeared in a bright flash of light and reappeared in battle armor, I stumbled
away from the sight of the five armors to the right of the battle. "So you are the true
Ronin Warriors, well I guess I will have to kill the girl later." "You better stay away from
her or I will kick your %$# back to the Dynasty pal." I gasped recognizing the voice of
the figure in light blue armor. That is Cye's voice! I can't believe it, he is wearing some
kind of armor!
I thought but then I saw something that made my blood run cold, I was standing to the
right of Koga and the armored figures so I was the only one to see what was going to
happen. Koga's sword was held slightly behind his back and it was glowing bright white
as I felt the wind become slightly stronger and I knew what ever this guy was about to do
it was trouble with a capital T!
"Serenea, he is getting ready to use a attack called a sure - kill, you must warn the
Ronins." I heard a voice whisper and thought no one else seem to hear it I appreciated the
information. "Guys watch out! He is going to use his Sure - kill!" I yelled from where I
was and then the Ronins saw it too but suddenly Kola turn towards me. " I tried of your
interfering girl! Winds of Pain!" Koga yelled as a blast of wind at 100 mph came towards
me and I knew I wasn't fast enough to dodge it. But right before the blast hit me someone
in red armor picked me up and in split second timing got me out of the way. "Stay here
and don't move." He ordered and left to where Koga and one of the boys in green armor
was sword fighting. "I've had enough! Thunder Bolt Cut!" The one in green armor yelled
as a blast of lighting blasted from his no - dactic. Seeing the thunder bolt coming towards
him Koga teleported away. Cye and the other armor figures armored down and turned to
me as I stared at them in pure shock.