Chapter 7
Anubis took one look back at the person sending the insults. *It seems we have a pest.
Time to take care of it personally.* He thought to himself, his face showing a smirk.
Hope watched him, her attention focused on him knowing Cye would help the other
people.
"So, little pest, you have decided to play? Good, I need a workout to release some
of the tension of not totally thrashing those brats, the Ronin Warriors for Master Talpa."
he said, grinning evilly beneath his face plate.
"Do you ever shut up?" She asked him. "Stop stalling or are you too afraid to fight me?"
She challenged. "But are you worthy of the effort of squashing?" asked Anubis, as he
moved closer toward Hope. "Well there the answers to my questions." Hope muttered but
looked at him. *He is stalling too much, it's not like him. Normally he would have already
attacked ..... unless .... the other Warlords!* Hope realized, she had just fallen right into a
trap.
"So, Anubis, are you going to hog all the fun yourself, or are you going to share?" asked
Cale, as he moved in on one side of Hope from where he appeared. "Yes, you do have a
tendency to hog all the fun." stated Seckmeht, as he came in opposite Cale. "And a rather
bothersome pest at that." Said Dais, as he came down from a nearby building on one of
his webs.
"Not you three again." She said and looked at Anubis. "You let your comrades do your
fighting. Seem below you Anubis, but I should have known you would do so you yellow
bellied coward." She hissed at him, she knew he played dirty as a Warlord in her world
but ...
*But you never thought it happen to you.* Hope thought as she drew her weapon,
she would need it cause she was surrounded, outnumbered and they more years of
fighting then she did so the odds was not in her favor. *Lets just hope that fate is.* She
thought to herself.
"I AM NOT A COWARD!" Roared Anubis. Calming down a bit, he simply said. "I
believe in sharing pest extermination with my comrades, that is all." "Cowardice." She
said and looked at the three others, then area. *Ok just hope that training worked.* She
thought as looked back to Anubis. "Well then if you want me, you got to get me." She
said and moved like she would lunged at him but at the last second jumped up and over,
to another building and ran like there was fire under her feet.
The movement surprised the Warlords. They had thought that she would stay put, due to
fear, and allow them to beat up on her. This made the hunt more enjoyable! *I just hope I
know where I am going.* She thought as she jumped from roof to roof, leading the
Warlords to the outskirts of town. There be more room there and she didn't know the city
that well, they did. A ground battle would be too risky.
"Why don't you surrender, child. We promise to make your suffering as quick as
possible." Called out Seckmeht. "Yea right, are you THAT stupid or do you just act it?"
She called back to him, slowing down enough to let them keep her in sight. She didn't
want to lose them, yet.
"SNAKE FANG STRIKE!" The Warlord of Venom tried his sure kill, but ended up
missing Hope by several yards. "Why didn't you just wait till you were closer."
Snapped Dais. "I thought that I had a clear shot at him." Seckmeht replied.
*That was close, if I live thorough this I got to have a talk with my uncles! IF I live to see
them again!* She thought to herself then jumped and hidden in a nook at a building,
waiting. "He headed toward that building over there!" Cale said, pointing toward where
Hope had headed toward. Cale and Anubis headed carefully toward the location, hoping
to ambush Hope and capture her in one piece.
Hope held her breath as Cale passed her, she didn't want to give her position away. After
he passed her she climbed out of the nook, she saw Cale, Seckmeht and Anubis and let
out a high pitched whistle. "Hey! Butt kissing servants of a demon!" She shouted and
mocked waved as she jumped down into an alley but out of the sight of the Warlords
changed directions and landed in another place. "That was too easy." She muttered.
By this time Cye had managed to get the rest of the people away with the help of the other
Ronins and was wondering where Hope was. "What a time for that so called 'armor
bearer' to take off." He muttered to himself, as he suddenly felt Hope's worry through the
armor link.
Hope walked down the alley, looking around. She still didn't know where Dais was and
that worried her. "Great, I lose three and I might just end up with the worst of them." She
muttered to herself. Suddenly, Hope felt something reach across her arm. Then more. As
she looked, she saw spider webs, reaching down toward her. "So, welcome to my lair,
said the spider to the fly. Or in this case, the spider to the prey." said Dais.
"Let go!" Hope shouted trying to break the webbing. "And why should I, little fly? You'll
make a tasty treat for one of our sessions, when we make you scream, your anguish will
feed the Nether Spirits, and help bring the Dynasty one step closer to conquering this
pitiful realm." Dais said, bragging as he drew her closer. "Why don't you let me go and I'll
show you who will be screaming!" She growled.
"Make me." Stated the Warlord of Illusion, as he drew her in closer, his body seemingly a
giant spider. Hope's jerking only seemed to tighten the webbing's grip on her. *I can't get
loose! It'll take ... my kursai gama! If I can just reach it!* She thought straining to garb
her weapon but tensed hearing more footsteps.
"So Dais, you finally managed to succeed, where the rest of us failed. Well done." stated
Cale, as he looked on, a pleased gleam in his eyes. "Oh great, more company." Hope
muttered and turned her body some, hiding her movements, if they saw what she was
trying to do she knew they would stop her.
"Thank you for the compliment, Hunter. Sometimes, a trap works better than a direct
approach." Dais, stated, a smirk forming on his face, beneath his armor. *Almost got it.*
Hope thought ignoring the two Warlords, she couldn't get distract or she miss her one
chance of escape.
"What do you mean, a trap works better than the direct approach! If not for my direct
approach, she would never have been brought here, and captured by your so called webs."
Cale responded, his eyes flashing as darkly. Hope snorted. *Oh yea, that the Warlords I
heard of.* She thought as she garbed her weapon. *Now to just ...* Suddenly a hand garbed
her wrist and twisted her arm painfully. "Not thinking of trying to escape are we?" Seckmeht
asked twisting Hope's arm tightly behind her back.
"And what makes you think I would do that, Warlord." Hope answered, her voice
innocent, while trying to use her free hand to grab her weapon. Suddenly she heard
laughter. "You was trying to draw your weapon." She heard Anubis say as he joined
them. "We are not that foolish boy." He hissed. *Boy? Oh yea I forgot up until me and
Kayura there was no female armor bearers.* Hope thought.
As the warlords talked, Hope finally managed to get her weapon free with her other hand.
*I just hope that those lessons that Uncle Anubis taught me will pay off.* She thought to herself.
Suddenly, a gush of water, knocked Dais out of his webs! "Cye!" Hope called to him as a
blur of red knocked Seckmeht away from her and cut some of the webbing, loosing her
as she cut the rest. She looked at the armored figure. "Ryo." She said then looked over his
shoulder.
"Look out!" She shouted and shoved him to the side as Cale attacked. "You puny Ronins!
How dare you spoil our fun!" Snapped Cale, as he tried to pull his sword. "Thunderbolt
Cut!" Came the cry and the warlords were blinded by the bright light. "Get her down Ryo,
and we'll make sure that we can get her to safety with the rest of the people." Came a
familiar voice. *Kento? The walking garbage disposal is here too?* Hope thought to
herself.
"Come on." Ryo pulled but Hope cried out garbing her chest as a pain sliced though her,
nearly driving her to her knees. "Just get out of here Ryo." She said to him. Ryo shook his
head. "No way! We still need to get you to safety, just like the rest of the people!" Replied
the bearer of the Wildfire armor.
Hope didn't know why she felt so much pain thorough her, she hadn't took a hit there. *Something else.* She thought as Ryo pulled her up, forcing her to run. But instead of making it worse
that eased the pain. *Werider.* She thought as she ran with him.
"You Ronins! We will hunt you down. You cannot hide forever, little Ronins!" mocked
Cale as the team took off from the ambush. Hope growled softly. "Hold one second." She
said to Ryo and garbed her weapon.
"Quake With Fear!" She used her sure kill on Cale. "There! That shut him up." She
muttered. The attack brought a section of the building down on the Warlords, as the
Elemental Ronins and Hope took off.
Anubis took one look back at the person sending the insults. *It seems we have a pest.
Time to take care of it personally.* He thought to himself, his face showing a smirk.
Hope watched him, her attention focused on him knowing Cye would help the other
people.
"So, little pest, you have decided to play? Good, I need a workout to release some
of the tension of not totally thrashing those brats, the Ronin Warriors for Master Talpa."
he said, grinning evilly beneath his face plate.
"Do you ever shut up?" She asked him. "Stop stalling or are you too afraid to fight me?"
She challenged. "But are you worthy of the effort of squashing?" asked Anubis, as he
moved closer toward Hope. "Well there the answers to my questions." Hope muttered but
looked at him. *He is stalling too much, it's not like him. Normally he would have already
attacked ..... unless .... the other Warlords!* Hope realized, she had just fallen right into a
trap.
"So, Anubis, are you going to hog all the fun yourself, or are you going to share?" asked
Cale, as he moved in on one side of Hope from where he appeared. "Yes, you do have a
tendency to hog all the fun." stated Seckmeht, as he came in opposite Cale. "And a rather
bothersome pest at that." Said Dais, as he came down from a nearby building on one of
his webs.
"Not you three again." She said and looked at Anubis. "You let your comrades do your
fighting. Seem below you Anubis, but I should have known you would do so you yellow
bellied coward." She hissed at him, she knew he played dirty as a Warlord in her world
but ...
*But you never thought it happen to you.* Hope thought as she drew her weapon,
she would need it cause she was surrounded, outnumbered and they more years of
fighting then she did so the odds was not in her favor. *Lets just hope that fate is.* She
thought to herself.
"I AM NOT A COWARD!" Roared Anubis. Calming down a bit, he simply said. "I
believe in sharing pest extermination with my comrades, that is all." "Cowardice." She
said and looked at the three others, then area. *Ok just hope that training worked.* She
thought as looked back to Anubis. "Well then if you want me, you got to get me." She
said and moved like she would lunged at him but at the last second jumped up and over,
to another building and ran like there was fire under her feet.
The movement surprised the Warlords. They had thought that she would stay put, due to
fear, and allow them to beat up on her. This made the hunt more enjoyable! *I just hope I
know where I am going.* She thought as she jumped from roof to roof, leading the
Warlords to the outskirts of town. There be more room there and she didn't know the city
that well, they did. A ground battle would be too risky.
"Why don't you surrender, child. We promise to make your suffering as quick as
possible." Called out Seckmeht. "Yea right, are you THAT stupid or do you just act it?"
She called back to him, slowing down enough to let them keep her in sight. She didn't
want to lose them, yet.
"SNAKE FANG STRIKE!" The Warlord of Venom tried his sure kill, but ended up
missing Hope by several yards. "Why didn't you just wait till you were closer."
Snapped Dais. "I thought that I had a clear shot at him." Seckmeht replied.
*That was close, if I live thorough this I got to have a talk with my uncles! IF I live to see
them again!* She thought to herself then jumped and hidden in a nook at a building,
waiting. "He headed toward that building over there!" Cale said, pointing toward where
Hope had headed toward. Cale and Anubis headed carefully toward the location, hoping
to ambush Hope and capture her in one piece.
Hope held her breath as Cale passed her, she didn't want to give her position away. After
he passed her she climbed out of the nook, she saw Cale, Seckmeht and Anubis and let
out a high pitched whistle. "Hey! Butt kissing servants of a demon!" She shouted and
mocked waved as she jumped down into an alley but out of the sight of the Warlords
changed directions and landed in another place. "That was too easy." She muttered.
By this time Cye had managed to get the rest of the people away with the help of the other
Ronins and was wondering where Hope was. "What a time for that so called 'armor
bearer' to take off." He muttered to himself, as he suddenly felt Hope's worry through the
armor link.
Hope walked down the alley, looking around. She still didn't know where Dais was and
that worried her. "Great, I lose three and I might just end up with the worst of them." She
muttered to herself. Suddenly, Hope felt something reach across her arm. Then more. As
she looked, she saw spider webs, reaching down toward her. "So, welcome to my lair,
said the spider to the fly. Or in this case, the spider to the prey." said Dais.
"Let go!" Hope shouted trying to break the webbing. "And why should I, little fly? You'll
make a tasty treat for one of our sessions, when we make you scream, your anguish will
feed the Nether Spirits, and help bring the Dynasty one step closer to conquering this
pitiful realm." Dais said, bragging as he drew her closer. "Why don't you let me go and I'll
show you who will be screaming!" She growled.
"Make me." Stated the Warlord of Illusion, as he drew her in closer, his body seemingly a
giant spider. Hope's jerking only seemed to tighten the webbing's grip on her. *I can't get
loose! It'll take ... my kursai gama! If I can just reach it!* She thought straining to garb
her weapon but tensed hearing more footsteps.
"So Dais, you finally managed to succeed, where the rest of us failed. Well done." stated
Cale, as he looked on, a pleased gleam in his eyes. "Oh great, more company." Hope
muttered and turned her body some, hiding her movements, if they saw what she was
trying to do she knew they would stop her.
"Thank you for the compliment, Hunter. Sometimes, a trap works better than a direct
approach." Dais, stated, a smirk forming on his face, beneath his armor. *Almost got it.*
Hope thought ignoring the two Warlords, she couldn't get distract or she miss her one
chance of escape.
"What do you mean, a trap works better than the direct approach! If not for my direct
approach, she would never have been brought here, and captured by your so called webs."
Cale responded, his eyes flashing as darkly. Hope snorted. *Oh yea, that the Warlords I
heard of.* She thought as she garbed her weapon. *Now to just ...* Suddenly a hand garbed
her wrist and twisted her arm painfully. "Not thinking of trying to escape are we?" Seckmeht
asked twisting Hope's arm tightly behind her back.
"And what makes you think I would do that, Warlord." Hope answered, her voice
innocent, while trying to use her free hand to grab her weapon. Suddenly she heard
laughter. "You was trying to draw your weapon." She heard Anubis say as he joined
them. "We are not that foolish boy." He hissed. *Boy? Oh yea I forgot up until me and
Kayura there was no female armor bearers.* Hope thought.
As the warlords talked, Hope finally managed to get her weapon free with her other hand.
*I just hope that those lessons that Uncle Anubis taught me will pay off.* She thought to herself.
Suddenly, a gush of water, knocked Dais out of his webs! "Cye!" Hope called to him as a
blur of red knocked Seckmeht away from her and cut some of the webbing, loosing her
as she cut the rest. She looked at the armored figure. "Ryo." She said then looked over his
shoulder.
"Look out!" She shouted and shoved him to the side as Cale attacked. "You puny Ronins!
How dare you spoil our fun!" Snapped Cale, as he tried to pull his sword. "Thunderbolt
Cut!" Came the cry and the warlords were blinded by the bright light. "Get her down Ryo,
and we'll make sure that we can get her to safety with the rest of the people." Came a
familiar voice. *Kento? The walking garbage disposal is here too?* Hope thought to
herself.
"Come on." Ryo pulled but Hope cried out garbing her chest as a pain sliced though her,
nearly driving her to her knees. "Just get out of here Ryo." She said to him. Ryo shook his
head. "No way! We still need to get you to safety, just like the rest of the people!" Replied
the bearer of the Wildfire armor.
Hope didn't know why she felt so much pain thorough her, she hadn't took a hit there. *Something else.* She thought as Ryo pulled her up, forcing her to run. But instead of making it worse
that eased the pain. *Werider.* She thought as she ran with him.
"You Ronins! We will hunt you down. You cannot hide forever, little Ronins!" mocked
Cale as the team took off from the ambush. Hope growled softly. "Hold one second." She
said to Ryo and garbed her weapon.
"Quake With Fear!" She used her sure kill on Cale. "There! That shut him up." She
muttered. The attack brought a section of the building down on the Warlords, as the
Elemental Ronins and Hope took off.