Chapter 16

They looked on in wonder as the Warlords attempted to do battle with the Ronins.

The Warlords tried everything that they could, but no matter what, they could not

stop the defensive tactics that the Ronins were using, but the Ronins couldn't get pass

the Warlords' offensive tactics. A stallmate.

*The guys gotten better. But they may still need some help.* Hope thought. "Linda stay

out of sight and be careful. I'm going to help out." She said as she armored up. As Hope

slipped into the battle, Anubis was the first to see her. "So, little Copycat, you dare to

enter battle against a Dark Warlord? Be prepared to lose!" Anubis said, as he turned

from his battle with Ryo.

"Don't be so sure Anubis! I am not the bearer of Cruelty for nothing." Hope hissed but

took a qiuck look around, to make sure the other Ronins was ok and to make sure no

Warlord could attack her from behind.

"You may have Cruelty, but you are no match for me, little Copycat! QUAKE WITH

FEAR!" Anubis called out, trying to use his sure kill to stop Hope. But at that excalt same

moment Hope also called her Sure Kill. "QUAKE WITH FEAR!" Their attack clashed

together, deflect both of them out of the way.

"How could you do that?! No one can deflect my attack!" Anubis called out. "I can do it

because I AM wearing your armor! And what makes you think that Talpa will be happy

when you bring him the Ronin armors, if that is what he truly wants! He cares only for

power and merging the realms! If he gets ALL the armors, he will be unstopable!" Hope

yelled at Anubis.



Hope didn't have a chance to see it before she saw Anubis look over her shoulder and

move as if to shove her as but ... "Snake Fang Strike!" Seckmeht managed to slip behind

Hope while she was distracted with Anubis! "Why are you attacking Seckmeht! I had the

situation under control!" Anubis snapped.

"Master Talpa will want to find out how a girl can wear your armor at the same time that

you can. And what better way to bring her back to the Dynasty, than to knock her out!

SNAKE FANG STRIKE!" Seckmeht called out again, trying to hit Hope with his attack.

It took everything to froce down a cry of pain as both attack hit Hope directly, she rolled

to the side. *The vemon it feels like fire on my skin.* She thought, unaware that some

slipped into the cut over her neck. Into her bloodstream.

Guys, help me out here! Hope called to the others thourgh the armor link as a last restort

as she tried to stand but her legs didn't seem to respone. *No! Don't you dare! Don't you

dare pass out! You can't or you are dead.* She thought to herself.

Suddenly, Hope felt herself being dragged away from the battle as Kento unleashed his

sure kill. "Easy Hope. We need to get you some treatment before this gets any worse."

Came a familiar voice. "George?" She asked. "Yes. Kento's attack gave me the opening

I needed to get you off the field of battle. Now, I need to get you inside, so I can treat

these venom blasts." He stated.

Hope shook her head. "No, too powerful. There is no medinces to complety counteract

his vemon." She said trying not to make a sound of pain, every movement tore at her

nerves. "Never say never Hope! I've been working with the reptiles at my place of

employment, trying to develop a new, more potent antivenom. But first, we need to get

you stabilized, so I can get the antivenom." George said, trying to take a look at the are

around them.

Hope nodded as she slowly and mercifully lost consicense. George bandaged her up,

and looked at Kento. "I need you to get her to a place of safety. Be VERY careful with

her. She's in shock, and she's taken a MAJOR blast of venom. I'm going to the lab, and

get some of the antivenom that I've been working on there, and hopefully, that will help

her recover. But be VERY GENTLE with her. If she is shaken too much, she might NEVER

RECOVER! DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR KENTO?!" George said, looking at Kento

with a threat of bodily harm if anything DID happen to Hope.

Kento nodded. "Don't worry I won't let anything happen to her." He said to George as George

left with Linda. George and Linda quickly headed toward the lab. "I just hope Kento and the

guys take good care of her. I would hate to think what would happen if she wasn't! She helped

get us together and hold us together." George declared to Linda.

Linda shook her head. "I don't want to think about. I just hope that Hope will hang on. The

Ronins keep the Warlords away from her." George nodded. "They better, for everyones sake.

I would hate to have to go after them, if anything happens to her." He said. Linda nodded as they screahed the 'lab' when they got back the Warlords was gone and the Ronins was all there.