Tears of Twilight
Chapter 7
Scorpio looked down at his watch, he knew that it didn't take this long for Thunder to do his meditations. "I don't like it, he's been gone for too long." Scorpio said as he frowned.
"I know what you mean, something isn't right." Flash replied as she sheathed her katana.
"Maybe we should go and look for him." Scorpio said as he pushed off of the railing.
Flash nodded, and the two started out towards the woods, when suddenly, "Flash, hey Flash where are you two going?" Ryo called out to her as they stopped.
"Sorry, Ryo, I would like to stay and chat, but something came up, and Scorpio and I have to go." Flash replied as they were about to go into the woods again.
"Hey, where's your friend, I thought that he would be with the two of you?" Rowen asked as he looked towards them.
As soon as Rowen asked them that, Flash and Scorpio looked at each other, they knew that Ryo and the others would want to help them look. Just as she was going to say something, the sky suddenly turned pitch black, lightning bolts illuminated the sky, blinding them just for a few seconds. Then all of a sudden, the illusion of Talpa's castle appeared before them. "What is that?" Scorpio asked as they could finally see.
"It's Talpa's castle, but I thought that it was destroyed a long time ago!" Sage replied as they were staring at it.
"Ronin Warriors, are you surprised to see me?" Talpa asked with a laugh as the image of his castle disappeared and was replaced with his.
"Talpa! Why are you here?!" Kento asked angrily.
"I'm here to inform you that a prophecy is about to be fulfilled, Hardrock." Talpa replied.
"What are you talking about, what prophecy?" Rowen asked.
"The one that is foretold long ago that will bring back an ancient power, a power that can be used for good or used for evil.
And I intend to use that power to the full extent of it's potential," Talpa replied. "I already have completed the first step to possessing this power!"
"What are you talking about, Talpa?" Ryo demanded.
"Why don't you take a look for yourselves, and see what I mean." Talpa replied as he made an image of Cye, Kaye, and Thunder chained inside of the stone gargoyles.
"No...Cye...Kaye." Kento whispered in shock as he stared at them wide eyed.
"Thunder! Let them go, and I mean now!" Flash yelled angrily.
Talpa just laughed, "I don't think so, I need them in order to fulfill the prophecy. I just thought that you would want to say goodbye to them one last time." Talpa replied.
"Talpa, we'll get you for this!" Ryo yelled out angrily.
"We'll see Wildfire, we'll see." Talpa replied as the image disappeared and the sky went back to normal.
In Talpa's castle...
"Where am I?" Thunder groaned as he finally came to.
"It's about time that you woke up, we were starting to get a little worried about you." Kaye replied as she and Cye tried to get another look at the newcomer.
"You're in the Dynasty. I'm Cye of the Torrent, what's your name?" Cye asked.
"I'm Thunder of the Storm," Thunder replied. "And who are you, for some reason you sound familiar?"
"I'm Kaye of the Tiger, I think that we met in the park with your two other friends and the white wolf when we were out looking for Cye." Kaye replied.
"Do either of you have any idea of what's going on, and why we're here?" Thunder asked.
"When Jakada and Dais brought you in, Talpa said something about some kind of prophecy, but we're not sure what he meant. He also said that you're the key to it. What he meant by that, we have no idea." Cye replied.
"Then why don't we fill you in." Talpa replied as he and Jakada walked in.
"You see, centuries ago, a prophecy was told of an ancient power that could be used for good or evil. But in order to free this power, three, I suppose you could call them human keys, were needed to free it. But the scroll that had the ancient riddle inscribed on it was lost, that was until a few years ago." Jakada explained as formed a cruel smile.
"This is the same scroll that has been lost, and now, it's in our possession. It reads like this, one who is like an immortal and the two that walk in dreams, will set free a power older than time. This power can be used for good or evil, depending upon..." Talpa began as he read the scroll.
"I'm probably going to kick myself for asking, but what do you mean by depending upon?" Kaye asked curiously.
"Unfortunately, that part of the writings was somehow erased from the scroll, but there is more," Jakada replied. "I know that you're just dying to find out what the rest of it says."
"Since were chained up here, I guess that we don't exactly have a choice, do we?" Thunder asked as he glared at him.
"You are correct, Storm, as I was saying, the last part of the scroll says, but if this power takes form, and takes a will of its own, then what was destroyed maybe restored, or what was restored maybe destroyed." Talpa finished as he rolled up the scroll.
"We know about each of your abilities, Thunder of the Storm is the one that's like an immortal. And the two that walk in dreams, are the two of you." Jakada said with an evil smile.
"What are you talking about? I don't know how to dream walk." Cye asked as he was starting to get annoyed.
"Actually, Torrent, you do possess that ability, but it hasn't awakened just yet. So we needed another dream walker to awaken it for you, and that person is right here," Jakada replied as he moved in close to Kaye, he ran his hand seductively across Kaye's face. Kaye gave a small gasp while he continued to slowly move his ice cold hand down lower, until he was holding onto the back of her neck. "It's been a long time since I've felt the touch of a female, I wonder, how sweet of a taste you are."
"Get your filthy hands off of her!" Cye yelled angrily.
"Ah, it looks like the little brother is getting protective of his sister," Jakada taunted as he slowly pulled away from her. "Don't worry, we'll have time for fun later."
"Now dream walker, we need you to train your brother, otherwise the prophecy won't be able to be fulfilled." Talpa said as he got between Cye and Kaye.
"Kaye, don't do it!" Cye replied stubbornly.
"I would suggest that you keep quiet, Torrent." Talpa said as he took his sword and made a quick cut across Cye's stomach. At the same time as Talpa made that quick cut, both Cye and Kaye yelled out in pain.
"Stop it! Leave them alone!" Thunder yelled at him.
Talpa gave a chuckle, "I guess that you didn't know, Storm, that whenever either one gets hurt, depending on how close they are to each other, each one feels the other's pain," Talpa replied with a smirk. "Now, dream walker either you train him, or I'll force him to awaken that power himself."
"You can't! It'll kill him!" Kaye replied in alarm.
"Then that'll mean you'll die too, and we can't let that happen, because we need all three of you to live in order for this prophecy to come to pass," Talpa said. "So then, what is your answer?"
"Alright you win, I'll...I'll do it, I'll train him." Kaye replied in a defeated tone.
"I knew that you would see it my way." Talpa said with a laugh.
"But first before we have you train him, we need to see how much pain each of you can take. Unfortunately, it'll be more painful than any of you could ever imagine. This process will take at least three days, and then you'll train your brother." Jakada taunted with a wicked smile.
"How, how long of time will we get to train?" Kaye asked.
"Let's just say that after the three days of "testing" each of you, dream walker, you'll have only four days to train him." Talpa replied as he looked at her.
"Four days? You can't be serious, it takes months before anyone can fully develop their ability to dream walk, let alone four days." Kaye replied in disbelief.
"You'll find a way to do it in four days, or otherwise the three of you will stay here as my prisoners for eternity." Talpa said as he and Jakada were about to disappear.
"It will be a good idea on your part to try and get as much rest as you can, because tomorrow is when the fun will begin." Jakada replied with an evil laugh as he and Talpa finally disappeared.
"Will Talpa actually do what he threatened? If you don't train your brother in four days, will he actually keep us as prisoners for eternity?" Thunder asked.
Cye could tell that Kaye didn't want to answer Thunder's question. "Thunder, as long as we're trapped here, Talpa can do whatever he wants. Because he controls everything that's in the Dynasty. So, unless the others figure a way to break us out of here, or we have to try to on our own, but I have a sick feeling that both of those options don't look too good." Cye replied as he answered for her.
"So then, you're just going to give up, just like that?" Thunder asked.
"No, we never give up that easily, it's just that we've dealt with Talpa many times before, and we know what he's capable of." Cye replied.
"If you know what he can do, then why..?" Thunder began to ask.
"Because the last time that they fought Talpa, they almost lost their lives in that battle while he was trying to gather their armors for himself." Kaye replied quietly.
Back at Mia's…
Everyone gathered around in Mia's study, trying to find anything about any kind of prophecies that they could of missed from Mia's grandfather's disks. "I don't understand it, we've been through these disks over and over again, and still nothing." Mia said in frustration.
"Maybe if we go through them again, there could have been something that we've overlooked." Rowen replied as he took his turn at the computer.
"Rowen…" Ryo started to say.
"Ryo, you know as much as I do, that when he gets this way there's no way to talk him out of it." Sage replied as he looked over at him.
"Hey, wait a minute, Rowen, go back one, I think that I saw something," Flash said as she was leaning over so she could see the screen better. Rowen nodded and then did as she requested. "I knew it. Come on Rowen click on it, let's see what it says."
Rowen clicked on the small icon, and then a hidden text suddenly showed up on the screen. "Whoa, hey you guys, check this out." Rowen said as his eyes grew wide as he kept on reading.
"It looks like it's in two parts, the first part reads, one who is like an immortal and the two that walk in dreams, will set free a power older than time. This power can be used for good or evil, depending upon…" Flash started to read, and then she suddenly stopped reading and blinked in confusion at the screen.
"Depending, depending upon what?" Scorpio asked in confusion as he and the others looked towards her.
"For some reason it doesn't say. It looks like it's been erased or something." Flash replied.
"But what about the second part? What does it say?" Mia asked.
"The second part reads, but if this power takes form, and takes a will of its own, then what was destroyed maybe restored, or what was restored maybe destroyed." Flash replied as she finished reading.
"You mean that's it, there's no more?" Ryo asked.
"That's it, so does anyone have any ideas of how to figure it out?" Scorpio asked as he looked around the room at them for any type of suggestions.
"We know that Kaye is a dream walker, but who's the other one, and who's the one that's like an immortal?" Sage replied as he leaned back against the wall.
Flash and Scorpio gave a quick look to each other, "Thunder's the one that's like an immortal." Scorpio said.
"What do you mean? How could Thunder be someone like an immortal?" Rowen asked.
"You see, Thunder is a healer, he can bring back the dead, but only if it's by violent means, or in battle. But he won't be able to bring them back if they die by natural causes. Also, he can't be killed; he goes into a coma like state for a while." Flash replied.
"Then Cye would be the other dream walker. But how can that be possible? I thought that Kaye was the last one?" Kento asked as he finally spoke.
"That's a good question, Kento, unfortunately, I'm actually stumped for once," Rowen replied. "Sorry, I know that's not very reassuring for you, but…"
"I understand," Kento replied as he got up and walked upstairs. As he got up there, he noticed that Lightning stood at Kaye's door. Staring at it with a longing look in his eyes. Kento walked over to the silver tiger, and then he stopped as Lightning turned around to face him. "I understand."
Kento decided that he should of stayed with the others to see what else they could figure out. He started on his way back, then he noticed that Lightning seemed to be following him. He gave the tiger a quizzical look, and the tiger still stayed with him. Kento shook his head and then continued his way back down. It seemed like wherever Kento went, there was Lightning not far behind. In a small way, Kento felt somewhat comforted with the tiger there, but still it just wasn't the same.
Chapter 7
Scorpio looked down at his watch, he knew that it didn't take this long for Thunder to do his meditations. "I don't like it, he's been gone for too long." Scorpio said as he frowned.
"I know what you mean, something isn't right." Flash replied as she sheathed her katana.
"Maybe we should go and look for him." Scorpio said as he pushed off of the railing.
Flash nodded, and the two started out towards the woods, when suddenly, "Flash, hey Flash where are you two going?" Ryo called out to her as they stopped.
"Sorry, Ryo, I would like to stay and chat, but something came up, and Scorpio and I have to go." Flash replied as they were about to go into the woods again.
"Hey, where's your friend, I thought that he would be with the two of you?" Rowen asked as he looked towards them.
As soon as Rowen asked them that, Flash and Scorpio looked at each other, they knew that Ryo and the others would want to help them look. Just as she was going to say something, the sky suddenly turned pitch black, lightning bolts illuminated the sky, blinding them just for a few seconds. Then all of a sudden, the illusion of Talpa's castle appeared before them. "What is that?" Scorpio asked as they could finally see.
"It's Talpa's castle, but I thought that it was destroyed a long time ago!" Sage replied as they were staring at it.
"Ronin Warriors, are you surprised to see me?" Talpa asked with a laugh as the image of his castle disappeared and was replaced with his.
"Talpa! Why are you here?!" Kento asked angrily.
"I'm here to inform you that a prophecy is about to be fulfilled, Hardrock." Talpa replied.
"What are you talking about, what prophecy?" Rowen asked.
"The one that is foretold long ago that will bring back an ancient power, a power that can be used for good or used for evil.
And I intend to use that power to the full extent of it's potential," Talpa replied. "I already have completed the first step to possessing this power!"
"What are you talking about, Talpa?" Ryo demanded.
"Why don't you take a look for yourselves, and see what I mean." Talpa replied as he made an image of Cye, Kaye, and Thunder chained inside of the stone gargoyles.
"No...Cye...Kaye." Kento whispered in shock as he stared at them wide eyed.
"Thunder! Let them go, and I mean now!" Flash yelled angrily.
Talpa just laughed, "I don't think so, I need them in order to fulfill the prophecy. I just thought that you would want to say goodbye to them one last time." Talpa replied.
"Talpa, we'll get you for this!" Ryo yelled out angrily.
"We'll see Wildfire, we'll see." Talpa replied as the image disappeared and the sky went back to normal.
In Talpa's castle...
"Where am I?" Thunder groaned as he finally came to.
"It's about time that you woke up, we were starting to get a little worried about you." Kaye replied as she and Cye tried to get another look at the newcomer.
"You're in the Dynasty. I'm Cye of the Torrent, what's your name?" Cye asked.
"I'm Thunder of the Storm," Thunder replied. "And who are you, for some reason you sound familiar?"
"I'm Kaye of the Tiger, I think that we met in the park with your two other friends and the white wolf when we were out looking for Cye." Kaye replied.
"Do either of you have any idea of what's going on, and why we're here?" Thunder asked.
"When Jakada and Dais brought you in, Talpa said something about some kind of prophecy, but we're not sure what he meant. He also said that you're the key to it. What he meant by that, we have no idea." Cye replied.
"Then why don't we fill you in." Talpa replied as he and Jakada walked in.
"You see, centuries ago, a prophecy was told of an ancient power that could be used for good or evil. But in order to free this power, three, I suppose you could call them human keys, were needed to free it. But the scroll that had the ancient riddle inscribed on it was lost, that was until a few years ago." Jakada explained as formed a cruel smile.
"This is the same scroll that has been lost, and now, it's in our possession. It reads like this, one who is like an immortal and the two that walk in dreams, will set free a power older than time. This power can be used for good or evil, depending upon..." Talpa began as he read the scroll.
"I'm probably going to kick myself for asking, but what do you mean by depending upon?" Kaye asked curiously.
"Unfortunately, that part of the writings was somehow erased from the scroll, but there is more," Jakada replied. "I know that you're just dying to find out what the rest of it says."
"Since were chained up here, I guess that we don't exactly have a choice, do we?" Thunder asked as he glared at him.
"You are correct, Storm, as I was saying, the last part of the scroll says, but if this power takes form, and takes a will of its own, then what was destroyed maybe restored, or what was restored maybe destroyed." Talpa finished as he rolled up the scroll.
"We know about each of your abilities, Thunder of the Storm is the one that's like an immortal. And the two that walk in dreams, are the two of you." Jakada said with an evil smile.
"What are you talking about? I don't know how to dream walk." Cye asked as he was starting to get annoyed.
"Actually, Torrent, you do possess that ability, but it hasn't awakened just yet. So we needed another dream walker to awaken it for you, and that person is right here," Jakada replied as he moved in close to Kaye, he ran his hand seductively across Kaye's face. Kaye gave a small gasp while he continued to slowly move his ice cold hand down lower, until he was holding onto the back of her neck. "It's been a long time since I've felt the touch of a female, I wonder, how sweet of a taste you are."
"Get your filthy hands off of her!" Cye yelled angrily.
"Ah, it looks like the little brother is getting protective of his sister," Jakada taunted as he slowly pulled away from her. "Don't worry, we'll have time for fun later."
"Now dream walker, we need you to train your brother, otherwise the prophecy won't be able to be fulfilled." Talpa said as he got between Cye and Kaye.
"Kaye, don't do it!" Cye replied stubbornly.
"I would suggest that you keep quiet, Torrent." Talpa said as he took his sword and made a quick cut across Cye's stomach. At the same time as Talpa made that quick cut, both Cye and Kaye yelled out in pain.
"Stop it! Leave them alone!" Thunder yelled at him.
Talpa gave a chuckle, "I guess that you didn't know, Storm, that whenever either one gets hurt, depending on how close they are to each other, each one feels the other's pain," Talpa replied with a smirk. "Now, dream walker either you train him, or I'll force him to awaken that power himself."
"You can't! It'll kill him!" Kaye replied in alarm.
"Then that'll mean you'll die too, and we can't let that happen, because we need all three of you to live in order for this prophecy to come to pass," Talpa said. "So then, what is your answer?"
"Alright you win, I'll...I'll do it, I'll train him." Kaye replied in a defeated tone.
"I knew that you would see it my way." Talpa said with a laugh.
"But first before we have you train him, we need to see how much pain each of you can take. Unfortunately, it'll be more painful than any of you could ever imagine. This process will take at least three days, and then you'll train your brother." Jakada taunted with a wicked smile.
"How, how long of time will we get to train?" Kaye asked.
"Let's just say that after the three days of "testing" each of you, dream walker, you'll have only four days to train him." Talpa replied as he looked at her.
"Four days? You can't be serious, it takes months before anyone can fully develop their ability to dream walk, let alone four days." Kaye replied in disbelief.
"You'll find a way to do it in four days, or otherwise the three of you will stay here as my prisoners for eternity." Talpa said as he and Jakada were about to disappear.
"It will be a good idea on your part to try and get as much rest as you can, because tomorrow is when the fun will begin." Jakada replied with an evil laugh as he and Talpa finally disappeared.
"Will Talpa actually do what he threatened? If you don't train your brother in four days, will he actually keep us as prisoners for eternity?" Thunder asked.
Cye could tell that Kaye didn't want to answer Thunder's question. "Thunder, as long as we're trapped here, Talpa can do whatever he wants. Because he controls everything that's in the Dynasty. So, unless the others figure a way to break us out of here, or we have to try to on our own, but I have a sick feeling that both of those options don't look too good." Cye replied as he answered for her.
"So then, you're just going to give up, just like that?" Thunder asked.
"No, we never give up that easily, it's just that we've dealt with Talpa many times before, and we know what he's capable of." Cye replied.
"If you know what he can do, then why..?" Thunder began to ask.
"Because the last time that they fought Talpa, they almost lost their lives in that battle while he was trying to gather their armors for himself." Kaye replied quietly.
Back at Mia's…
Everyone gathered around in Mia's study, trying to find anything about any kind of prophecies that they could of missed from Mia's grandfather's disks. "I don't understand it, we've been through these disks over and over again, and still nothing." Mia said in frustration.
"Maybe if we go through them again, there could have been something that we've overlooked." Rowen replied as he took his turn at the computer.
"Rowen…" Ryo started to say.
"Ryo, you know as much as I do, that when he gets this way there's no way to talk him out of it." Sage replied as he looked over at him.
"Hey, wait a minute, Rowen, go back one, I think that I saw something," Flash said as she was leaning over so she could see the screen better. Rowen nodded and then did as she requested. "I knew it. Come on Rowen click on it, let's see what it says."
Rowen clicked on the small icon, and then a hidden text suddenly showed up on the screen. "Whoa, hey you guys, check this out." Rowen said as his eyes grew wide as he kept on reading.
"It looks like it's in two parts, the first part reads, one who is like an immortal and the two that walk in dreams, will set free a power older than time. This power can be used for good or evil, depending upon…" Flash started to read, and then she suddenly stopped reading and blinked in confusion at the screen.
"Depending, depending upon what?" Scorpio asked in confusion as he and the others looked towards her.
"For some reason it doesn't say. It looks like it's been erased or something." Flash replied.
"But what about the second part? What does it say?" Mia asked.
"The second part reads, but if this power takes form, and takes a will of its own, then what was destroyed maybe restored, or what was restored maybe destroyed." Flash replied as she finished reading.
"You mean that's it, there's no more?" Ryo asked.
"That's it, so does anyone have any ideas of how to figure it out?" Scorpio asked as he looked around the room at them for any type of suggestions.
"We know that Kaye is a dream walker, but who's the other one, and who's the one that's like an immortal?" Sage replied as he leaned back against the wall.
Flash and Scorpio gave a quick look to each other, "Thunder's the one that's like an immortal." Scorpio said.
"What do you mean? How could Thunder be someone like an immortal?" Rowen asked.
"You see, Thunder is a healer, he can bring back the dead, but only if it's by violent means, or in battle. But he won't be able to bring them back if they die by natural causes. Also, he can't be killed; he goes into a coma like state for a while." Flash replied.
"Then Cye would be the other dream walker. But how can that be possible? I thought that Kaye was the last one?" Kento asked as he finally spoke.
"That's a good question, Kento, unfortunately, I'm actually stumped for once," Rowen replied. "Sorry, I know that's not very reassuring for you, but…"
"I understand," Kento replied as he got up and walked upstairs. As he got up there, he noticed that Lightning stood at Kaye's door. Staring at it with a longing look in his eyes. Kento walked over to the silver tiger, and then he stopped as Lightning turned around to face him. "I understand."
Kento decided that he should of stayed with the others to see what else they could figure out. He started on his way back, then he noticed that Lightning seemed to be following him. He gave the tiger a quizzical look, and the tiger still stayed with him. Kento shook his head and then continued his way back down. It seemed like wherever Kento went, there was Lightning not far behind. In a small way, Kento felt somewhat comforted with the tiger there, but still it just wasn't the same.