Chapter 10
As Hope left that morning, she thought long and hard about what she had learned.
*Perhaps if I used the link, I can contact Anubis, and have him come out and talk. He was
always the one most open to new ideas.* She thought to herself.
*I just hope he doesn't bring his comrades and make it open season on me.*
She thought as she focused she felt a dull pain as she went to full armor, she wanted him
to keep thinking she was a boy. It would be safer. Anubis. She called though the armor
link. If you can hear me answer.
Who DARES to try and contact the Warlord of Cruelty? Came back the voice, one filled
with anger and arrogance. *Oh boy he is definitely arrogant.* Hope thought. Who do you
think? She called back. I wish to speak to you. Come alone lest you have no honor for
even that. Hope called, she got an reply almost instantly.
Meet me at the site of the former university. We will talk there and if you think that
because you can contact me over my armor, means that I will listen, you are mistaken. I
am only coming to find out WHO else has the armor that is mine, and MINE ALONE!
Anubis snapped, as he closed the link.
Hope bit her tounge to keep from reopening the link and cursing him out. "Men!" She
hissed to the sky as she went to where the university was once. She looked around
cautiously for any traps. A few minutes later, Anubis showed up. "I am here, little boy.
Tell me, how did you get my armor, and from whom?" Anubis arrogantly demanded.
*Heh altest I still have that over him.* Hope thought as she kept a distance, she didn't live
to see the age of sixteen for nothing. "Like to ask you the same question." She said, in a
prefect imitation of Anubis's voice. Anyone looking now would not be able to tell the two
apart.
"YOU WILL ANSWER ME CHILD!" Anubis snapped at her as he went to sub armor.
"Temper, temper Anubis." She said in a mocking tone of voice, she couldn't help herself.
"I do not know how I came across the armor of Cruelty once again. Only that when I
came here the armor found me." She answered.
"What do you mean, when you came here? I am the bearer of the Armor of Cruelty, also
known as the armor of the Ogre!" he snapped. "And the bearer is also known as the
Warrior of Spring, with virtue of Loyalty." She answered, she guessed that in this world
altest only he and the other Warlords would know that. Anubis quickly moved toward
her. "For one who is so young, you know much! Too much to live!" He snapped.
Hope jumped up, using her own agility and the strength of the armor to jump in the air
and land behind Anubis. "I'm sorry." She whispered as she wrapped the chain of her
weapon around his neck, cutting off his air. Hope kept a tight and steady grip though he
struggled. "For this." She completed.
"I am just a servant of Master Talpa. All of this is for his glory!" Anubis said, trying to
understand her fury. "That why Anubis. I won't let ...." She stopped. What was she
saying? She knew well what would happen but ... *I can't. That what I am here for, to
help in bringing the Warlords over before it is too late! I got to make them see the turth!*
She thought.
"I won't let Talpa use you. Talpa is using you and your comrades. He doesn't care about
you or this realm. All he wants is the armors, nothing more." Hope quietly said. Hope
kept the chain tight enough so he couldn't draw his weapon though he tried. *Come on,
come on.* She thought, she knew if he didn't yield or pass out she'd let go soon, she
wouldn't kill him, she doubt she could.
"Prove it. Prove what you are saying." he stated, his voice coming in wheezes. "Do you
yield?" She asked. "Prove it, and I will yield." he said. "IF you do not yield you are A
FOOL!" She shouted. "We share the armor thus the same virtue: loyalty." She said as the
virtue started to shine.
Before Anubis could answer, a familiar sound was heard: "SNAKE FANG STRIKE!"
Seckmeht had somehow found them! Hope let go of Anubis and jumped back from the
two. "How did you find us?" She hissed at the Warlord of Venom. "I never trusted
Anubis! Anyone who feels that honor is the best thing to deal with an opponent is a fool!"
he hissed. "For once we agree on something." Hope looked up at Dais and Cale. "Great."
She muttered. "Just what I needed."
"So, little child, you came back. My spiders are still itching to taste you." said Dais. Cale
had his no-datchi out, ready to unleash a bolt of black lighting at her, and Hope was still
trying to dodge an occasional shot from Seckmeht.
Hope thanked every force she knew for not having slacked off when she lost the armor.
*He fights well. Almost better the Ronin pests.* Anubis thought watching Hope tried to
get out of hitting range. Suddenly, one of Cale's shots got through and hit Hope on the
helmet. It came flying off, revealing Hope's true form!
*Uh oh.* She thought as she looked up at the Warlords, her red - brown hair fell to it's
full length and her pale blue eyes took in the Warlords as they saw their opponent was no
other then a sixteen year old girl.
As Hope left that morning, she thought long and hard about what she had learned.
*Perhaps if I used the link, I can contact Anubis, and have him come out and talk. He was
always the one most open to new ideas.* She thought to herself.
*I just hope he doesn't bring his comrades and make it open season on me.*
She thought as she focused she felt a dull pain as she went to full armor, she wanted him
to keep thinking she was a boy. It would be safer. Anubis. She called though the armor
link. If you can hear me answer.
Who DARES to try and contact the Warlord of Cruelty? Came back the voice, one filled
with anger and arrogance. *Oh boy he is definitely arrogant.* Hope thought. Who do you
think? She called back. I wish to speak to you. Come alone lest you have no honor for
even that. Hope called, she got an reply almost instantly.
Meet me at the site of the former university. We will talk there and if you think that
because you can contact me over my armor, means that I will listen, you are mistaken. I
am only coming to find out WHO else has the armor that is mine, and MINE ALONE!
Anubis snapped, as he closed the link.
Hope bit her tounge to keep from reopening the link and cursing him out. "Men!" She
hissed to the sky as she went to where the university was once. She looked around
cautiously for any traps. A few minutes later, Anubis showed up. "I am here, little boy.
Tell me, how did you get my armor, and from whom?" Anubis arrogantly demanded.
*Heh altest I still have that over him.* Hope thought as she kept a distance, she didn't live
to see the age of sixteen for nothing. "Like to ask you the same question." She said, in a
prefect imitation of Anubis's voice. Anyone looking now would not be able to tell the two
apart.
"YOU WILL ANSWER ME CHILD!" Anubis snapped at her as he went to sub armor.
"Temper, temper Anubis." She said in a mocking tone of voice, she couldn't help herself.
"I do not know how I came across the armor of Cruelty once again. Only that when I
came here the armor found me." She answered.
"What do you mean, when you came here? I am the bearer of the Armor of Cruelty, also
known as the armor of the Ogre!" he snapped. "And the bearer is also known as the
Warrior of Spring, with virtue of Loyalty." She answered, she guessed that in this world
altest only he and the other Warlords would know that. Anubis quickly moved toward
her. "For one who is so young, you know much! Too much to live!" He snapped.
Hope jumped up, using her own agility and the strength of the armor to jump in the air
and land behind Anubis. "I'm sorry." She whispered as she wrapped the chain of her
weapon around his neck, cutting off his air. Hope kept a tight and steady grip though he
struggled. "For this." She completed.
"I am just a servant of Master Talpa. All of this is for his glory!" Anubis said, trying to
understand her fury. "That why Anubis. I won't let ...." She stopped. What was she
saying? She knew well what would happen but ... *I can't. That what I am here for, to
help in bringing the Warlords over before it is too late! I got to make them see the turth!*
She thought.
"I won't let Talpa use you. Talpa is using you and your comrades. He doesn't care about
you or this realm. All he wants is the armors, nothing more." Hope quietly said. Hope
kept the chain tight enough so he couldn't draw his weapon though he tried. *Come on,
come on.* She thought, she knew if he didn't yield or pass out she'd let go soon, she
wouldn't kill him, she doubt she could.
"Prove it. Prove what you are saying." he stated, his voice coming in wheezes. "Do you
yield?" She asked. "Prove it, and I will yield." he said. "IF you do not yield you are A
FOOL!" She shouted. "We share the armor thus the same virtue: loyalty." She said as the
virtue started to shine.
Before Anubis could answer, a familiar sound was heard: "SNAKE FANG STRIKE!"
Seckmeht had somehow found them! Hope let go of Anubis and jumped back from the
two. "How did you find us?" She hissed at the Warlord of Venom. "I never trusted
Anubis! Anyone who feels that honor is the best thing to deal with an opponent is a fool!"
he hissed. "For once we agree on something." Hope looked up at Dais and Cale. "Great."
She muttered. "Just what I needed."
"So, little child, you came back. My spiders are still itching to taste you." said Dais. Cale
had his no-datchi out, ready to unleash a bolt of black lighting at her, and Hope was still
trying to dodge an occasional shot from Seckmeht.
Hope thanked every force she knew for not having slacked off when she lost the armor.
*He fights well. Almost better the Ronin pests.* Anubis thought watching Hope tried to
get out of hitting range. Suddenly, one of Cale's shots got through and hit Hope on the
helmet. It came flying off, revealing Hope's true form!
*Uh oh.* She thought as she looked up at the Warlords, her red - brown hair fell to it's
full length and her pale blue eyes took in the Warlords as they saw their opponent was no
other then a sixteen year old girl.