Tears of Twilight
Ch 16
Just as Cye and Kaye were about to tackle Thunder, the door suddenly flew open making the three stop and turn their heads. "You weren't thinking of having fun without us, were you?" Jakada asked with a sly grin.
"What do you want?!" Thunder asked angrily as they quickly stood up and faced them.
"We need to do a little question and answer with these two." Jakada replied as he glanced over at Cye and Kaye.
"What for?" Kaye asked.
"You'll find out soon enough." Jakada replied as he quickly grabbed for her, while holding Kaye very close to him. And then at the same time, Talpa made a grab for Cye.
"Let them go!" Thunder demanded as he glared at them.
"I don't think so, but don't you worry, Storm, you won't be alone for long." Talpa replied as they carried them away.
"DAMN!" Thunder yelled out angrily as he picked up the chair that was in front of the desk and threw it against the wall and making it shatter into tiny little pieces.
"Why are you doing this? What do you want from us? Didn't we already go through your tests?" Cye asked angrily as they were struggling to get away.
"You've only been through the first day, you have two more yet, and I don't know about you, but I'm looking forward to it." Jakada replied as they finally made it to the throne room. Talpa and Jakada forced Cye and Kaye to kneel on the ground, and then activated their collars to make sure that they didn't move. As Talpa and Jakada moved away, chains shot up from the ground and pinned their legs to the floor. Their hands were chained together in front of them, and then they found their chains bolted the floor. When Talpa and Jakada knew that they were finally secured, Cye and Kaye found that they could move, but barely.
"Show us your power!" Talpa said as his eyes glowed red.
"What power? The only power I have is my surekill, I don't know anything about any other power." Cye shot back.
"You lie! We saw you…" Jakada yelled at him as he kicked Cye in his back, making Cye and Kaye yell out in pain.
"Leave him alone!" Kaye spat angrily as she glared at him. Jakada grabbed the back of Kaye's head, and pulled back, making her wince. Jakada then ran his claws across her cheek, making the blood run slowly down her face. Then he threw her head forward and walked around in front of them. Jakada looked at the blood that he had on his claws, as he seductively licked the blood off.
"Blood tastes so much sweeter when fear is mixed in with it." Jakada said with a grin, which made Kaye shudder, and Cye's birthmark on his eyebrow to flare.
"Humph, it seems that whenever his sister is threatened, his birthmark flares up. But he's not aware of it at all. Maybe it's time for something different." Talpa thought as he approached them and pushed Jakada out of the way.
"What? Talpa, what do you..?" Jakada asked as he glared at him.
"Tell me, Dream Walker, have you seen anything involving the prophecy?" Talpa asked as he leaned in towards her.
"I..I don't know what you mean." Kaye replied.
"Don't lie to me, girl, we know that you've seen something. Now tell us!" Talpa ordered as his eyes glowed red. "Tell us, or you can watch your brother suffer!"
Talpa motioned for a solider to come over. Before they knew it, the solider was behind Cye, and pulled his staff up against his throat and pulled Cye close to him. Cye grabbed onto the staff as he was trying to fight off the soldier from choking him to death. "Stop it! No more!" Kaye replied in alarm.
"Tell us what we want to know!" Talpa said.
"Kaye, don't." Cye croaked as he was still fighting against the staff. Kaye looked into Cye's eyes with much concern. She knew that she couldn't let this happen any more. So Kaye nodded and then lowered her head. Talpa motioned for the solider to release Cye and then stepped back.
"Are you now going to tell us what we want to know? Or do you want to watch your brother fight for his life again?" Talpa asked as he looked over at her.
"I'll tell you what I saw, but that's all." Kaye replied quietly as she saw by the corner of her eye that Cye was rubbing his throat, and she could hear him trying to get his breathing back under control.
"We knew that you would, given the proper incentive." Jakada said as he reached out and caressed her jaw line with the back of his hand. Kaye flinched away, Jakada just gave a small laugh.
"Well, we're waiting." Talpa replied as they waited for Kaye to talk. Kaye took a breath, and then started to tell them what she saw, but not what the form in her dreams talked about.
"Interesting, and did this form, say anything while it was in your dreams?" Jakada asked as he kept his eyes focused on her.
"No, the form didn't say anything." Kaye replied quietly.
"I don't think that she's telling us the truth. Do you Jakada?" Talpa asked as he motioned again towards the solider as he got ready to put his staff up against Cye's throat again.
"I'm telling you the truth, it didn't say anything," Kaye replied, "please, don't hurt him any more."
"I think that your lying, in fact, I know that you are." Jakada said as he went behind her, and grabbed onto her neck, with his finger tips clawing up against her throat. Jakada pulled up and back violently on Kaye's throat making her gasp for air.
"That's enough! Let her go, and I mean now!" Cye spat angrily as his birthmark suddenly flared, making his eyes flare a different color. Jakada decided to ignore Cye's warning, as he pulled up harder and a little further back onto her throat. Cye could see that Kaye was trying to desperately struggle against Jakada's grip. Then when he could see that Kaye's struggle was starting to slow down a little, that's when Cye went totally ballistic. He yelled out in anger, and then all of the sudden the castle began to shake. Tiles from the ceiling began to fall all around them. The floors started to form large and long cracks, making the floors to split apart.
"Wha?" Jakada asked in amazement as he looked around while keeping his grip on her throat.
"Jakada, let her go!" Talpa ordered as he looked at him.
"Talpa, but…" Jakada started to ask as he looked back at him.
"Don't talk back, just do it!" Talpa replied. Jakada gave a low growl and then let go of Kaye's throat. Kaye leaned forward, gasping for air. Cye saw that Jakada had finally let go, the shaking stopped, and then Cye returned back to normal.
Ryo stared up at the Dynasty sky, thinking of what Sage had told him. Just how were they to have the same exact dream anyway? He wasn't sure if they could pull it off, especially when they were all separated. He knew the others were okay, but he couldn't reach them through their mental link. And that was another thing he couldn't understand. How was it possible for them to be blocked off from one another, when Talpa hadn't captured them to begin with? It didn't make any sense.
He looked over at Sage who was deep into his meditation, then over at Flash who was laying on her side, sound asleep. White Blaze was standing guard and he gave Ryo a concerned look as he rumbled softly at him.
"I know, boy, I should sleep," he replied, then gave a quick glance at Sage. "So should Sage."
He stood up and walked over toward his friend, stepping carefully over Flash as he did so. When he was standing right in front of him, he was about to tap him on the shoulder, when suddenly Sage's eyes shot openand stared at him.
"Hi, Ryo," Sage said calmly.
Ryo looked flustered. "I hate it when you do that!"
Sage gave him a wry smile and uncrossed his legs, stretching them out. "What's up?"
"You need to sleep," Ryo replied.
"I know, and I'm going to. I was just trying to see if I could figure a way we could all dream the same dream, but so far I've come up with nothing." Sage said as he lowered his head.
Ryo nodded his head as he felt a pang of sorrow hit him. "Well, there's not much we can do for now, except sleep and hope we all have the same dream." So the two settled down on the floor within the cave they lay in and closed their eyes. White Blaze watched over them as they slowly drifted off to sleep. Sensing no danger around, the white tiger fell asleep himself, but kept one earopened in case danger came.
Kento was tossing and turning, trying his best to get some sleep, but it seemed impossible for him to do so. Every now and then his eyes would open up and he'd stare up at the ceiling, letting out a miserable sigh. He really missed Kaye, and he was so worried about her, he could think of nothing else but seeing her face, and holding her close to him again. But alas, that wasn't to be. Sometimes Kento wondered how life could be so cruel, and often he'd find himself turning against it. And yet, he knew he had to remain strong, for Kaye would want him to.
He let out a sigh and rolled over onto his side, facing Rowen who was sound asleep. 'Well, at least he's asleep,' he thought bitterly. 'It'll take a miracle for me to fall asleep.'
Lightning stared at Kento with a worried expression. He knew he should sleep, that it wasn't good to stay awake and lose his energy. If he did, he would be of no help to Kaye or to Cye, or Thunder. He growled softly at the Ronin of Hardrock. Kento looked over at him with a miserable look. He sighed. "I know, I know. But I can't sleep."
Lightning cocked his head at him, then stood up from where he was laying down at and ambled over to him. He gently touched Kento on the forehead with his nose. At that moment, Kento suddenly felt drowsy and he gave Lightning a suspicious look.
"What did you do…?" Kento asked, then suddenly fell back and drifted into a deep sleep.
Lightning stared down at him softly. 'I'm sorry, Kento, but I had no choice.' The tiger walked away from him and laid down again. He lifted his head and checked on Scorpio, and saw that he was sound asleep as well. Satisfied, the tiger closed his eyes in concentration. 'Blaze, are you there?'
'Yes, there is something you need?'
'Yes, the Ronins and Warriors must dream the same dream in order to help rescue Kaye, Cye, and Thunder,' Lightning replied.
There was a moment of pause, and when Blaze answered, the tiger could sense the sorrow behind it. 'Although the dreams will help them, it will not help free their bodies from the Dynasty.'
'What do you mean?!" Lightning demanded.
'The Prophecy unfortunately will come to pass, and Talpa will grow stronger in power. The Ronins and Warriors will not be able to defeat him then. They will need to gather their strengths up and become more powerful as well. However, the
dream they will have together will keep their hearts, minds, and souls united, so that none will lose hope.'
Lightning nodded his head, although he did not like this situation at all. It seemed almost hopeless. 'I see. Is there anyway you can have them dream the same dream?'
'Yes. I just need to concentrate to do so.'
And so Lightning became quiet, steadily watching the sleeping teens, waiting to see if any of them began to show familiar signs. At first nothing happened, but then at the same time, their lips all twitched and their muscles flexed. Had Blaze done it? There was only one way to know for sure. He'd have to wait until they awakened so he could ask them.
Thunder was pacing the room, growing more and more anxious as he waited for Cye's and Kaye's return. Judging from his watch they had been gone for thirty minutes, and he couldn't help but feel more and more concern for them. Just then, the door began to unlock, and he whipped his head around, anxious to see if it was them. The door slowly opened, and then his face fell when he saw that it was Kayura.
"Aw, what's the matter, Storm?" Kayura taunted as she closed the door and looked at him with a grin on her face.
"Why are you here?" Thunder demanded as his arms crossed over his torso.
Kayura stepped up to him, a seductive smile spread across her face as she purred in response. "Simple, I'm here to keep you company."
Thunder shuddered. So this is what Talpa meant. He backed away from her, determined to stay as far away from her as possible. "I'm not lonely," he retorted.
"That's nice to know," Kayura said with a mocking grin. "But do you really think I care?"
Before he could utter another word, she suddenly shoved him down onto his bed. Thunder's heart pounded furiously against his chest as he went to get up, then gasped in shock when she literally slammed him back down, and pinned him to the bed as she sat over his torso.
"Now, now, Storm, we can't have any of that," she laughed. And then she forcefully pressed her lips against his, keeping him pinned beneath her, her nails digging into his flesh each time he struggled. Thunder did not like this one bit. He tried to throw her off him, but it just wasn't any good. He could feel blood running down his arms and he whimpered a little from the pain. She kissed him deeper, trying to force his mouth open so she could insert her tongue within. He kept up a good battle, and she decided a little persuasion wouldn't hurt. And so she took one finger and scraped him across his right cheek, which caused him to open his mouth to scream out in pain. He never got the chance to really yelp, because she then forced her tongue into his mouth, and pinned him even harder against the bed, as her hands began to trail up and down his shirt, playing around with the buttons.
Thunder was literally shaking, near panicked. He had to do something before she was able to go any further. But he could barely move. What was he going to do? And then it hit him. He didn't like using it, but there was no alternative at
the moment. Suddenly he flipped his bangs back from his left eye with a violent jerk of his head, and allowed his eye to stare directly into hers. The moment it happened, Kayura suddenly cried out in pain as her hands flew to her burning eyes. Thunder kicked her off him and she fell to the floor with a hard thud. She stood up, still rubbing her eyes violently. "What did you do?!" she cried out as she couldn't see. Thunder made no reply as he stood there, backing away from her as far as he could.
"You'll pay for this!" she screamed and fled from the room, letting the door slam shut, locking itself, as she ran for it.
Thunder remained where he was, breathing hard, his entire expression quickly turning from fear to extreme anger. He was shaking badly, and sweat ran down his face. He began to glow red and was soon lost within it, as he suddenly threw his head back and let out a loud scream of extreme anger. Inside that light, his body began to change form. He began to grow beautiful red fur all over, his appearance grew longer as a tail, ears, paws, and a muzzle took the places of his normal features; he went down on all fours, and black whiskers sprouted out from either side of his muzzle, his left eye became the same color as his right. The light then faded away, and Thunder was no longer human. He was a giant red panther with two light blue eyes of the same exact color and depth, and a very pissed and upset one at that. And then, he leapt at the door, broke through it, and ran off down the hall, just wanting to escape this hell hole.
Ryo looked around, with a strange expression covering his features. Before he had been in the Dynasty, but now suddenly he was somewhere else. Where could he be? Nothing looked familiar. A worried expression began to overtake him and he forced himself to remain calm. Just then he heard his name and turned his head. A grin came to him.
"Kento! What are you doing here?"
"Probably the same as you, man," Kento replied as he quickly headed to him.
"One moment I'm in a cave with Rowen and Scorpio and Lightning, and next thing I know, I'm here."
"What do you think is happening?" Ryo asked him.
Kento was about to answer when they both heard another familiar voice.
"This is too bizarre!" Scorpio said as he ran up to them, shaking his unkempt orange brown hair.
"You too?!" Ryo asked in surprise.
"Make that three," Rowen said as he approached them.
"Actually, make that five," came Flash's voice. All of them turned in the direction they heard it from and they could see Sage and Flash jogging up to them.
"Where are we?" Sage asked.
"We're not sure," Ryo said as he gazed around the unfamiliar place. "I've never seen this place before, and frankly it creeps me out."
"Yeah, I guess a foggy and dark forest would do that," Flash said as she looked around.
"Wait a minute!" Rowen cried out, as it suddenly dawned on him. "Do you remember what Kaye said when she spoke to Sage and me?" That got everyone's attention as they all turned to look at the blue haired archer, waiting for him to go on. "Well, this could be it!" he said excitedly. "We're all together, dreaming the same dream. Maybe we can find a way to rescue them now!"
"I hope so," Kento muttered with a frown. Did they even know where to start? What did they have to do now? He didn't know, and judging the way the others looked, it seemed as if they didn't know either. But little did they know, as they stood there together, their souls, hearts, and minds united into saving their beloved friends together, the more they were strengthening, and in turn, sending that strength to Cye, Kaye, and Thunder.
For the next few minutes of what actually seemed like for a week straight, they stood there, just letting themselves think of those particular people, and vowing to destroy Talpa and his Dynasty once and for all. 'Kaye, Cye, Thunder, hang on. We will get you out of there, and you will be home soon,' they each thought at the same exact time. It was all they could do for now in the short amount of time.
Ch 16
Just as Cye and Kaye were about to tackle Thunder, the door suddenly flew open making the three stop and turn their heads. "You weren't thinking of having fun without us, were you?" Jakada asked with a sly grin.
"What do you want?!" Thunder asked angrily as they quickly stood up and faced them.
"We need to do a little question and answer with these two." Jakada replied as he glanced over at Cye and Kaye.
"What for?" Kaye asked.
"You'll find out soon enough." Jakada replied as he quickly grabbed for her, while holding Kaye very close to him. And then at the same time, Talpa made a grab for Cye.
"Let them go!" Thunder demanded as he glared at them.
"I don't think so, but don't you worry, Storm, you won't be alone for long." Talpa replied as they carried them away.
"DAMN!" Thunder yelled out angrily as he picked up the chair that was in front of the desk and threw it against the wall and making it shatter into tiny little pieces.
"Why are you doing this? What do you want from us? Didn't we already go through your tests?" Cye asked angrily as they were struggling to get away.
"You've only been through the first day, you have two more yet, and I don't know about you, but I'm looking forward to it." Jakada replied as they finally made it to the throne room. Talpa and Jakada forced Cye and Kaye to kneel on the ground, and then activated their collars to make sure that they didn't move. As Talpa and Jakada moved away, chains shot up from the ground and pinned their legs to the floor. Their hands were chained together in front of them, and then they found their chains bolted the floor. When Talpa and Jakada knew that they were finally secured, Cye and Kaye found that they could move, but barely.
"Show us your power!" Talpa said as his eyes glowed red.
"What power? The only power I have is my surekill, I don't know anything about any other power." Cye shot back.
"You lie! We saw you…" Jakada yelled at him as he kicked Cye in his back, making Cye and Kaye yell out in pain.
"Leave him alone!" Kaye spat angrily as she glared at him. Jakada grabbed the back of Kaye's head, and pulled back, making her wince. Jakada then ran his claws across her cheek, making the blood run slowly down her face. Then he threw her head forward and walked around in front of them. Jakada looked at the blood that he had on his claws, as he seductively licked the blood off.
"Blood tastes so much sweeter when fear is mixed in with it." Jakada said with a grin, which made Kaye shudder, and Cye's birthmark on his eyebrow to flare.
"Humph, it seems that whenever his sister is threatened, his birthmark flares up. But he's not aware of it at all. Maybe it's time for something different." Talpa thought as he approached them and pushed Jakada out of the way.
"What? Talpa, what do you..?" Jakada asked as he glared at him.
"Tell me, Dream Walker, have you seen anything involving the prophecy?" Talpa asked as he leaned in towards her.
"I..I don't know what you mean." Kaye replied.
"Don't lie to me, girl, we know that you've seen something. Now tell us!" Talpa ordered as his eyes glowed red. "Tell us, or you can watch your brother suffer!"
Talpa motioned for a solider to come over. Before they knew it, the solider was behind Cye, and pulled his staff up against his throat and pulled Cye close to him. Cye grabbed onto the staff as he was trying to fight off the soldier from choking him to death. "Stop it! No more!" Kaye replied in alarm.
"Tell us what we want to know!" Talpa said.
"Kaye, don't." Cye croaked as he was still fighting against the staff. Kaye looked into Cye's eyes with much concern. She knew that she couldn't let this happen any more. So Kaye nodded and then lowered her head. Talpa motioned for the solider to release Cye and then stepped back.
"Are you now going to tell us what we want to know? Or do you want to watch your brother fight for his life again?" Talpa asked as he looked over at her.
"I'll tell you what I saw, but that's all." Kaye replied quietly as she saw by the corner of her eye that Cye was rubbing his throat, and she could hear him trying to get his breathing back under control.
"We knew that you would, given the proper incentive." Jakada said as he reached out and caressed her jaw line with the back of his hand. Kaye flinched away, Jakada just gave a small laugh.
"Well, we're waiting." Talpa replied as they waited for Kaye to talk. Kaye took a breath, and then started to tell them what she saw, but not what the form in her dreams talked about.
"Interesting, and did this form, say anything while it was in your dreams?" Jakada asked as he kept his eyes focused on her.
"No, the form didn't say anything." Kaye replied quietly.
"I don't think that she's telling us the truth. Do you Jakada?" Talpa asked as he motioned again towards the solider as he got ready to put his staff up against Cye's throat again.
"I'm telling you the truth, it didn't say anything," Kaye replied, "please, don't hurt him any more."
"I think that your lying, in fact, I know that you are." Jakada said as he went behind her, and grabbed onto her neck, with his finger tips clawing up against her throat. Jakada pulled up and back violently on Kaye's throat making her gasp for air.
"That's enough! Let her go, and I mean now!" Cye spat angrily as his birthmark suddenly flared, making his eyes flare a different color. Jakada decided to ignore Cye's warning, as he pulled up harder and a little further back onto her throat. Cye could see that Kaye was trying to desperately struggle against Jakada's grip. Then when he could see that Kaye's struggle was starting to slow down a little, that's when Cye went totally ballistic. He yelled out in anger, and then all of the sudden the castle began to shake. Tiles from the ceiling began to fall all around them. The floors started to form large and long cracks, making the floors to split apart.
"Wha?" Jakada asked in amazement as he looked around while keeping his grip on her throat.
"Jakada, let her go!" Talpa ordered as he looked at him.
"Talpa, but…" Jakada started to ask as he looked back at him.
"Don't talk back, just do it!" Talpa replied. Jakada gave a low growl and then let go of Kaye's throat. Kaye leaned forward, gasping for air. Cye saw that Jakada had finally let go, the shaking stopped, and then Cye returned back to normal.
Ryo stared up at the Dynasty sky, thinking of what Sage had told him. Just how were they to have the same exact dream anyway? He wasn't sure if they could pull it off, especially when they were all separated. He knew the others were okay, but he couldn't reach them through their mental link. And that was another thing he couldn't understand. How was it possible for them to be blocked off from one another, when Talpa hadn't captured them to begin with? It didn't make any sense.
He looked over at Sage who was deep into his meditation, then over at Flash who was laying on her side, sound asleep. White Blaze was standing guard and he gave Ryo a concerned look as he rumbled softly at him.
"I know, boy, I should sleep," he replied, then gave a quick glance at Sage. "So should Sage."
He stood up and walked over toward his friend, stepping carefully over Flash as he did so. When he was standing right in front of him, he was about to tap him on the shoulder, when suddenly Sage's eyes shot openand stared at him.
"Hi, Ryo," Sage said calmly.
Ryo looked flustered. "I hate it when you do that!"
Sage gave him a wry smile and uncrossed his legs, stretching them out. "What's up?"
"You need to sleep," Ryo replied.
"I know, and I'm going to. I was just trying to see if I could figure a way we could all dream the same dream, but so far I've come up with nothing." Sage said as he lowered his head.
Ryo nodded his head as he felt a pang of sorrow hit him. "Well, there's not much we can do for now, except sleep and hope we all have the same dream." So the two settled down on the floor within the cave they lay in and closed their eyes. White Blaze watched over them as they slowly drifted off to sleep. Sensing no danger around, the white tiger fell asleep himself, but kept one earopened in case danger came.
Kento was tossing and turning, trying his best to get some sleep, but it seemed impossible for him to do so. Every now and then his eyes would open up and he'd stare up at the ceiling, letting out a miserable sigh. He really missed Kaye, and he was so worried about her, he could think of nothing else but seeing her face, and holding her close to him again. But alas, that wasn't to be. Sometimes Kento wondered how life could be so cruel, and often he'd find himself turning against it. And yet, he knew he had to remain strong, for Kaye would want him to.
He let out a sigh and rolled over onto his side, facing Rowen who was sound asleep. 'Well, at least he's asleep,' he thought bitterly. 'It'll take a miracle for me to fall asleep.'
Lightning stared at Kento with a worried expression. He knew he should sleep, that it wasn't good to stay awake and lose his energy. If he did, he would be of no help to Kaye or to Cye, or Thunder. He growled softly at the Ronin of Hardrock. Kento looked over at him with a miserable look. He sighed. "I know, I know. But I can't sleep."
Lightning cocked his head at him, then stood up from where he was laying down at and ambled over to him. He gently touched Kento on the forehead with his nose. At that moment, Kento suddenly felt drowsy and he gave Lightning a suspicious look.
"What did you do…?" Kento asked, then suddenly fell back and drifted into a deep sleep.
Lightning stared down at him softly. 'I'm sorry, Kento, but I had no choice.' The tiger walked away from him and laid down again. He lifted his head and checked on Scorpio, and saw that he was sound asleep as well. Satisfied, the tiger closed his eyes in concentration. 'Blaze, are you there?'
'Yes, there is something you need?'
'Yes, the Ronins and Warriors must dream the same dream in order to help rescue Kaye, Cye, and Thunder,' Lightning replied.
There was a moment of pause, and when Blaze answered, the tiger could sense the sorrow behind it. 'Although the dreams will help them, it will not help free their bodies from the Dynasty.'
'What do you mean?!" Lightning demanded.
'The Prophecy unfortunately will come to pass, and Talpa will grow stronger in power. The Ronins and Warriors will not be able to defeat him then. They will need to gather their strengths up and become more powerful as well. However, the
dream they will have together will keep their hearts, minds, and souls united, so that none will lose hope.'
Lightning nodded his head, although he did not like this situation at all. It seemed almost hopeless. 'I see. Is there anyway you can have them dream the same dream?'
'Yes. I just need to concentrate to do so.'
And so Lightning became quiet, steadily watching the sleeping teens, waiting to see if any of them began to show familiar signs. At first nothing happened, but then at the same time, their lips all twitched and their muscles flexed. Had Blaze done it? There was only one way to know for sure. He'd have to wait until they awakened so he could ask them.
Thunder was pacing the room, growing more and more anxious as he waited for Cye's and Kaye's return. Judging from his watch they had been gone for thirty minutes, and he couldn't help but feel more and more concern for them. Just then, the door began to unlock, and he whipped his head around, anxious to see if it was them. The door slowly opened, and then his face fell when he saw that it was Kayura.
"Aw, what's the matter, Storm?" Kayura taunted as she closed the door and looked at him with a grin on her face.
"Why are you here?" Thunder demanded as his arms crossed over his torso.
Kayura stepped up to him, a seductive smile spread across her face as she purred in response. "Simple, I'm here to keep you company."
Thunder shuddered. So this is what Talpa meant. He backed away from her, determined to stay as far away from her as possible. "I'm not lonely," he retorted.
"That's nice to know," Kayura said with a mocking grin. "But do you really think I care?"
Before he could utter another word, she suddenly shoved him down onto his bed. Thunder's heart pounded furiously against his chest as he went to get up, then gasped in shock when she literally slammed him back down, and pinned him to the bed as she sat over his torso.
"Now, now, Storm, we can't have any of that," she laughed. And then she forcefully pressed her lips against his, keeping him pinned beneath her, her nails digging into his flesh each time he struggled. Thunder did not like this one bit. He tried to throw her off him, but it just wasn't any good. He could feel blood running down his arms and he whimpered a little from the pain. She kissed him deeper, trying to force his mouth open so she could insert her tongue within. He kept up a good battle, and she decided a little persuasion wouldn't hurt. And so she took one finger and scraped him across his right cheek, which caused him to open his mouth to scream out in pain. He never got the chance to really yelp, because she then forced her tongue into his mouth, and pinned him even harder against the bed, as her hands began to trail up and down his shirt, playing around with the buttons.
Thunder was literally shaking, near panicked. He had to do something before she was able to go any further. But he could barely move. What was he going to do? And then it hit him. He didn't like using it, but there was no alternative at
the moment. Suddenly he flipped his bangs back from his left eye with a violent jerk of his head, and allowed his eye to stare directly into hers. The moment it happened, Kayura suddenly cried out in pain as her hands flew to her burning eyes. Thunder kicked her off him and she fell to the floor with a hard thud. She stood up, still rubbing her eyes violently. "What did you do?!" she cried out as she couldn't see. Thunder made no reply as he stood there, backing away from her as far as he could.
"You'll pay for this!" she screamed and fled from the room, letting the door slam shut, locking itself, as she ran for it.
Thunder remained where he was, breathing hard, his entire expression quickly turning from fear to extreme anger. He was shaking badly, and sweat ran down his face. He began to glow red and was soon lost within it, as he suddenly threw his head back and let out a loud scream of extreme anger. Inside that light, his body began to change form. He began to grow beautiful red fur all over, his appearance grew longer as a tail, ears, paws, and a muzzle took the places of his normal features; he went down on all fours, and black whiskers sprouted out from either side of his muzzle, his left eye became the same color as his right. The light then faded away, and Thunder was no longer human. He was a giant red panther with two light blue eyes of the same exact color and depth, and a very pissed and upset one at that. And then, he leapt at the door, broke through it, and ran off down the hall, just wanting to escape this hell hole.
Ryo looked around, with a strange expression covering his features. Before he had been in the Dynasty, but now suddenly he was somewhere else. Where could he be? Nothing looked familiar. A worried expression began to overtake him and he forced himself to remain calm. Just then he heard his name and turned his head. A grin came to him.
"Kento! What are you doing here?"
"Probably the same as you, man," Kento replied as he quickly headed to him.
"One moment I'm in a cave with Rowen and Scorpio and Lightning, and next thing I know, I'm here."
"What do you think is happening?" Ryo asked him.
Kento was about to answer when they both heard another familiar voice.
"This is too bizarre!" Scorpio said as he ran up to them, shaking his unkempt orange brown hair.
"You too?!" Ryo asked in surprise.
"Make that three," Rowen said as he approached them.
"Actually, make that five," came Flash's voice. All of them turned in the direction they heard it from and they could see Sage and Flash jogging up to them.
"Where are we?" Sage asked.
"We're not sure," Ryo said as he gazed around the unfamiliar place. "I've never seen this place before, and frankly it creeps me out."
"Yeah, I guess a foggy and dark forest would do that," Flash said as she looked around.
"Wait a minute!" Rowen cried out, as it suddenly dawned on him. "Do you remember what Kaye said when she spoke to Sage and me?" That got everyone's attention as they all turned to look at the blue haired archer, waiting for him to go on. "Well, this could be it!" he said excitedly. "We're all together, dreaming the same dream. Maybe we can find a way to rescue them now!"
"I hope so," Kento muttered with a frown. Did they even know where to start? What did they have to do now? He didn't know, and judging the way the others looked, it seemed as if they didn't know either. But little did they know, as they stood there together, their souls, hearts, and minds united into saving their beloved friends together, the more they were strengthening, and in turn, sending that strength to Cye, Kaye, and Thunder.
For the next few minutes of what actually seemed like for a week straight, they stood there, just letting themselves think of those particular people, and vowing to destroy Talpa and his Dynasty once and for all. 'Kaye, Cye, Thunder, hang on. We will get you out of there, and you will be home soon,' they each thought at the same exact time. It was all they could do for now in the short amount of time.