Chapter 14
When Hope finally awoke, she found herself tied up, her wrists behind her back and ankles tied together, she pushed herself up into a sitting postion and looked up, she saw Seckmeht looking down at her. "Ahh, I was afraid that I hit you too hard last night. Now, I have a few questions for you. Answer them, and you can go free. Refuse, and I will punish you." He said.
"Ethier way I am dead. You'll kill me if I answered you or not." She hissed sturggling aganist the ropes. "And what makes you think I would do that? Master Talpa might be able to find use for you." Seckmeht said, as some of his snakes crawled toward Hope. Hope stayed calm, one reason she handled snakes was to overcome any fear she might have. She didn't even blink or make any motions to show fear or disgust. "Brave for a girl." She heard a voice hiss from behind her.
"Dais." She muttered, as she recognized the shadow that fell over her. "She knows you." Cale said also appering on the scene. *Man are they all here?* Hope wondered and felt her stomach slam into her thinking about that, her armor orb was in her pocket but due to her wrists being tied together behind her she couldn't reach it and they had removed her weapons. She couldn't get loose or cut the ropes.
"So, will you co-operate, or do we have to do this the hard way?" The warlord of Venom asked. Suddenly, another voice was heard. "What is this? This is not the honorable way to treat a foe, especially a woman!" It said. Hope looked up and saw that it was Anubis.
*Like you know a thing about honor.* She wanted to snap, feeling dry blood beneath the banage on her neck but she didn't say anything. She knew better. "Why don't you take your honor and put it up. This is our session, not yours!" Responded Dais.
Anubis went over to him and garbed him by the collar. "Have you forgotten that we do not make war on women? Even if they are Ronins, we do not make war on them!" he hissed, as he dropped Dais into the dirt.
That surprised Hope, most of the time being a female Ronin seemed to be took as an insult, a reason to be rougher or tougher on her then on her male comrades. Never as a reason not to fight her. "She knows the Ronins. Perhaps she knows where they are at as well." Suggested Cale. "I won't tell you." Hope suddenly spoke up drawing the Warlords' attention back to her. "I won't." She swore friecely.
"Then cut her loose. We will get no information from her." said Anubis, drawing stares from Dais and Seckmeht. "Don't be so sure about that." Cale said giving Hope a look that sent a chill of fear stairght down her spine. "I said, Let ... Her ... GO!" snapped Anubis, as he summoned his armor.
Cale looked at him. "You are letting her being a female cloud your jugdement Anubis." He hissed at his comrade. "She is our enemy." He snapped. "And I said Cale. We do not make war against women! Even if she is a Ronin, she will not cooperate, this one is strong willed, you know that by the way she looks at you now. She would use her own weapon on herself before she betaryed the Ronins. And making war against her, will cause us nothing but grief. Now, let her go!" He snapped.
Hope heard Dais say something to Seckmeht though she couldn't make it out, he didn't look happy about it but cut the ropes holding Hope, nicking her some pruposly. Hope tossed him a look as she slowly climbed her to feet, trying to keep an eye on the four of them.
A minute later, the Warlords left, all but Anubis. "I am sorry. If I had lead the mission, you would not have been harmed." Anubis said, as he prepared to return to the Dynasty.
"Anubis!" She called to him causing him to stop. "Why did you let me go?" She asked not believing she been allowed her freedom so easily. Anubis turned toward her. "As I said, we are not supposed to make war against women and children. It is not honorable." He simply said.
"But." Hope heard his tone suddenly go cold. "Keep getting in our way and I will destory you or capture you. Stay out of our way Copycat. Or forfiet the boon I have given you."
"Then look at me Anubis. Look and listen, for what I give you is a glimpse of the future. The time will come when Talpa will send the other warlords for you. And the only reason that Talpa is sending them after you is because he wants your armor dispite their own reasons for coming after you. Think long and hard on that Anubis." Hope stated, in a very cold voice.
Anubis said nothing. "My comrades won't speak about this. Copycat." He snickered. "Uncl .... Anubis." Hope said almost forgetting herself as she looked at him. "Just because I am your heir doesn't mean I won't keep fighting. I will do what I have to, you do the same." She said, she saw Anubis's eyes widen as she used her last smoke ball and fled from the scene she knew up until then he thought she just had a copy of her armor. Not that she was his heir.
After the smoke cleared, Anubis returned to his quarters in the Dynasty to think on what he had just found out. *Why would Master Talpa want my armor? He has much power already, so why would he want my armor? And why would he send my brothers in arms after me to collect it?* He thought to himself.
*I just hope he listens to me.* Hope thought after she saw Anubis leave, she used the smoke as a cover to duck into a spot out of sight, to wacth him. But she too left after he did.
When Hope finally awoke, she found herself tied up, her wrists behind her back and ankles tied together, she pushed herself up into a sitting postion and looked up, she saw Seckmeht looking down at her. "Ahh, I was afraid that I hit you too hard last night. Now, I have a few questions for you. Answer them, and you can go free. Refuse, and I will punish you." He said.
"Ethier way I am dead. You'll kill me if I answered you or not." She hissed sturggling aganist the ropes. "And what makes you think I would do that? Master Talpa might be able to find use for you." Seckmeht said, as some of his snakes crawled toward Hope. Hope stayed calm, one reason she handled snakes was to overcome any fear she might have. She didn't even blink or make any motions to show fear or disgust. "Brave for a girl." She heard a voice hiss from behind her.
"Dais." She muttered, as she recognized the shadow that fell over her. "She knows you." Cale said also appering on the scene. *Man are they all here?* Hope wondered and felt her stomach slam into her thinking about that, her armor orb was in her pocket but due to her wrists being tied together behind her she couldn't reach it and they had removed her weapons. She couldn't get loose or cut the ropes.
"So, will you co-operate, or do we have to do this the hard way?" The warlord of Venom asked. Suddenly, another voice was heard. "What is this? This is not the honorable way to treat a foe, especially a woman!" It said. Hope looked up and saw that it was Anubis.
*Like you know a thing about honor.* She wanted to snap, feeling dry blood beneath the banage on her neck but she didn't say anything. She knew better. "Why don't you take your honor and put it up. This is our session, not yours!" Responded Dais.
Anubis went over to him and garbed him by the collar. "Have you forgotten that we do not make war on women? Even if they are Ronins, we do not make war on them!" he hissed, as he dropped Dais into the dirt.
That surprised Hope, most of the time being a female Ronin seemed to be took as an insult, a reason to be rougher or tougher on her then on her male comrades. Never as a reason not to fight her. "She knows the Ronins. Perhaps she knows where they are at as well." Suggested Cale. "I won't tell you." Hope suddenly spoke up drawing the Warlords' attention back to her. "I won't." She swore friecely.
"Then cut her loose. We will get no information from her." said Anubis, drawing stares from Dais and Seckmeht. "Don't be so sure about that." Cale said giving Hope a look that sent a chill of fear stairght down her spine. "I said, Let ... Her ... GO!" snapped Anubis, as he summoned his armor.
Cale looked at him. "You are letting her being a female cloud your jugdement Anubis." He hissed at his comrade. "She is our enemy." He snapped. "And I said Cale. We do not make war against women! Even if she is a Ronin, she will not cooperate, this one is strong willed, you know that by the way she looks at you now. She would use her own weapon on herself before she betaryed the Ronins. And making war against her, will cause us nothing but grief. Now, let her go!" He snapped.
Hope heard Dais say something to Seckmeht though she couldn't make it out, he didn't look happy about it but cut the ropes holding Hope, nicking her some pruposly. Hope tossed him a look as she slowly climbed her to feet, trying to keep an eye on the four of them.
A minute later, the Warlords left, all but Anubis. "I am sorry. If I had lead the mission, you would not have been harmed." Anubis said, as he prepared to return to the Dynasty.
"Anubis!" She called to him causing him to stop. "Why did you let me go?" She asked not believing she been allowed her freedom so easily. Anubis turned toward her. "As I said, we are not supposed to make war against women and children. It is not honorable." He simply said.
"But." Hope heard his tone suddenly go cold. "Keep getting in our way and I will destory you or capture you. Stay out of our way Copycat. Or forfiet the boon I have given you."
"Then look at me Anubis. Look and listen, for what I give you is a glimpse of the future. The time will come when Talpa will send the other warlords for you. And the only reason that Talpa is sending them after you is because he wants your armor dispite their own reasons for coming after you. Think long and hard on that Anubis." Hope stated, in a very cold voice.
Anubis said nothing. "My comrades won't speak about this. Copycat." He snickered. "Uncl .... Anubis." Hope said almost forgetting herself as she looked at him. "Just because I am your heir doesn't mean I won't keep fighting. I will do what I have to, you do the same." She said, she saw Anubis's eyes widen as she used her last smoke ball and fled from the scene she knew up until then he thought she just had a copy of her armor. Not that she was his heir.
After the smoke cleared, Anubis returned to his quarters in the Dynasty to think on what he had just found out. *Why would Master Talpa want my armor? He has much power already, so why would he want my armor? And why would he send my brothers in arms after me to collect it?* He thought to himself.
*I just hope he listens to me.* Hope thought after she saw Anubis leave, she used the smoke as a cover to duck into a spot out of sight, to wacth him. But she too left after he did.