Chapter 28
Melissa almost swore she heard the sound of the ocean crashing onto the shore. She also felt heat coming down on her, 'it feels like the summer sun is beating down on me,' she thought.
As she continued to feel the heat, Melissa swore something was crawling up her leg. Melissa's soul saw a large spider crawl up her leg and bite her. Melissa screamed; the bite was so painful that she didn't realize that she couldn't even move. What ever was preventing her from moving was being wound around her body, 'am I being placed in some kind of cocoon?'
Dais had heard Melissa scream and tried to get to her. But he felt like something was tying him down. Dais suddenly realized that his soul was being confined in a cocoon of silk thread made by spiders, 'no!' he thought, 'I have to get to Melissa.'
Melissa was trapped in a silk cocoon, she tried to bust out, but she couldn't move. The air was heavy and oppressive in the cocoon, and in desperation, Melissa let out a strangled ear-piercing scream.
That scream woke Dais up from the trace. He noticed Melissa was struggling to breathe, sweating, and holding leg where she had gotten "bitten", 'she's my partner,' Dais realized, 'that's why Anubis and Sekhmet told me to be careful.'
When Melissa couldn't take the oppressive feeling anymore, she passed out. With one swift motion, Dais caught her and cradled her close to him. He glared at the other girls, "she needs to come with me."
"Like Hell she's coming with you," Sarah responded.
"Put her down on the ground, slowly," Melody replied, "or Mr. Mallet is going to whack you upside your head."
"Put her down Dais," Jazalyn said, "if she's not breathing, you could put her in real danger."
"She's breathing," Dais responded truthfully, "but she is coming with me."
"Why?" Sarah demanded angrily.
"She's my partner," Dais said flatly.
'So all five us have found our partners,' Sarah thought, shocked at Dais' words, 'I'm going to have to talk to Brian about our little "problem".'
Dais looked at the girls, 'Anubis was right, they aren't your average prey.'
Dais then looked up at the ceiling. Using his energy, Dais leapt through the ceiling and onto the roof with Melissa still in his arms.
"Shit!" Sarah cursed, "that SOB has Melissa!"
"Well then, let's get going," Jazalyn replied.
"Where exactly are we going?" Melody asked.
"To get the Ronins," Jazalyn replied, as she raced toward the entrance of the temple.
Cye, Brian, and Ryo were standing outside the temple, "Are you sure you saw Melissa, Sarah, Melody, and Jazalyn go in there?" Ryo asked.
"I'm…" but before Brian could say he was sure that they had gone inside, Sarah, Jazalyn, and Melody came running out.
"What happened?" Ryo asked, trying to help his partner calm down.
"Dais…" Sarah panted, "He's…got…Melissa."
"WHAT!" Brian yelled.
"That's right Ronin runts," a voice laughed, "and I have your friend Rowen of the Strata too."
Everyone looked up at the roof of the temple. Dais was standing in plan view with Melissa in his arms. "Put her down," Ryo ordered.
Dais laughed, "Is that how it works, Wildfire? You and Torrent can have your partners and yet you deny me my partner?"
Sarah growled, how dare he take this situation lightly!
Dais smiled at Sarah's frustration, "If you want Melissa and Rowen, then you will have to find them in Kyoto."
With a haughty laugh, Dais teleported away with Melissa still in his arms.
Melissa almost swore she heard the sound of the ocean crashing onto the shore. She also felt heat coming down on her, 'it feels like the summer sun is beating down on me,' she thought.
As she continued to feel the heat, Melissa swore something was crawling up her leg. Melissa's soul saw a large spider crawl up her leg and bite her. Melissa screamed; the bite was so painful that she didn't realize that she couldn't even move. What ever was preventing her from moving was being wound around her body, 'am I being placed in some kind of cocoon?'
Dais had heard Melissa scream and tried to get to her. But he felt like something was tying him down. Dais suddenly realized that his soul was being confined in a cocoon of silk thread made by spiders, 'no!' he thought, 'I have to get to Melissa.'
Melissa was trapped in a silk cocoon, she tried to bust out, but she couldn't move. The air was heavy and oppressive in the cocoon, and in desperation, Melissa let out a strangled ear-piercing scream.
That scream woke Dais up from the trace. He noticed Melissa was struggling to breathe, sweating, and holding leg where she had gotten "bitten", 'she's my partner,' Dais realized, 'that's why Anubis and Sekhmet told me to be careful.'
When Melissa couldn't take the oppressive feeling anymore, she passed out. With one swift motion, Dais caught her and cradled her close to him. He glared at the other girls, "she needs to come with me."
"Like Hell she's coming with you," Sarah responded.
"Put her down on the ground, slowly," Melody replied, "or Mr. Mallet is going to whack you upside your head."
"Put her down Dais," Jazalyn said, "if she's not breathing, you could put her in real danger."
"She's breathing," Dais responded truthfully, "but she is coming with me."
"Why?" Sarah demanded angrily.
"She's my partner," Dais said flatly.
'So all five us have found our partners,' Sarah thought, shocked at Dais' words, 'I'm going to have to talk to Brian about our little "problem".'
Dais looked at the girls, 'Anubis was right, they aren't your average prey.'
Dais then looked up at the ceiling. Using his energy, Dais leapt through the ceiling and onto the roof with Melissa still in his arms.
"Shit!" Sarah cursed, "that SOB has Melissa!"
"Well then, let's get going," Jazalyn replied.
"Where exactly are we going?" Melody asked.
"To get the Ronins," Jazalyn replied, as she raced toward the entrance of the temple.
Cye, Brian, and Ryo were standing outside the temple, "Are you sure you saw Melissa, Sarah, Melody, and Jazalyn go in there?" Ryo asked.
"I'm…" but before Brian could say he was sure that they had gone inside, Sarah, Jazalyn, and Melody came running out.
"What happened?" Ryo asked, trying to help his partner calm down.
"Dais…" Sarah panted, "He's…got…Melissa."
"WHAT!" Brian yelled.
"That's right Ronin runts," a voice laughed, "and I have your friend Rowen of the Strata too."
Everyone looked up at the roof of the temple. Dais was standing in plan view with Melissa in his arms. "Put her down," Ryo ordered.
Dais laughed, "Is that how it works, Wildfire? You and Torrent can have your partners and yet you deny me my partner?"
Sarah growled, how dare he take this situation lightly!
Dais smiled at Sarah's frustration, "If you want Melissa and Rowen, then you will have to find them in Kyoto."
With a haughty laugh, Dais teleported away with Melissa still in his arms.