Tears of Twilight
ch 17
As Thunder was running around Talpa's castle, he saw that some parts of it were torn up, and a few of the walls had giant holes in them. He was confused for a bit, and then all of a sudden he became very concerned as he remembered that Talpa and Jakada took Cye and Kaye for some kind of "interrogation." So Thunder's adrenalin pumped through out his entire body as it made him run faster, and faster as he was searching for his friends. Were they all right? What kind of interrogation did they have to go through? What information did Talpa and Jakada want to get from them? These type of questions flooded Thunder's mind as he swiftly ran through out the castle. Then as he took one final turn, he saw the entrance to the throne room. Thunder then started to slow down as he carefully, and cautiously walked closer to the entrance. As he finally got there, he stopped and started to look around the room. At first, he didn't see a soul around, and then just as he was going to try a different room, he heard noises coming from inside. Thunder turned back to the entrance and did another look around, then he finally saw who or what were making those noises. He saw in the center of the throne room, Cye and Kaye chained to the floor. Thunder did a quick look and then bolted inside. He ran straight for them, and then when he got there, he saw that both Cye and Kaye had bruises and blood on their bodies. Thunder then grew angry and then shot his head up and gave a loud roar.
"Mmnn, wha? Oh my God, Cye, wake up, Cye!" Kaye said as she frantically nudged him.
Cye stirred a little and then started to open his eyes. "Kaye, what is..? Oh shit! A panther!"
Thunder lowered his head, and looked at them with concerned eyes. "Cye, look." Kaye said as she saw that the panther was wearing the same amulet that Thunder was.
"No way. Thunder?" Cye asked as he and Kaye gave him a confused look.
The panther gave a nod, "but how..?" Kaye started to ask, but just then, Thunder shot his head up and saw a giant cage coming down on top of them. Before Thunder could even move, shackles suddenly came up from the floor and entrapped Thunder by clamping shut around his collar, and then the cage slammed down onto the ground, encasing all of them inside, as it locked itself in place. A giant bolt of black lightning shot through the cage and the shackles, making them yell out in so much pain, then all was silent.
"Kaye, Thunder, where are you? Answer me!" Cye called out into the fog.
"Cye! Stay where you are, but keep yelling, so we'll be able to find you." Kaye called back. So Cye kept on calling out to them in hoping that she and Thunder would find him soon.
It didn't take them long to find Cye. "Thunder, you're not a panther any more." Cye said as looked at him in a little bit of a shock.
"And you two aren't chained up to the floor in the throne room." Thunder replied with a smirk. "So then where are we, exactly?"
"We're in the dream realm." Kaye said as she looked towards them.
"Then, what's with the pea soup? I can barely see, Cye, you didn't order this London fog, did you?" Thunder asked as he raised an eyebrow at him.
"What? Why are you looking at me like that? I didn't dream this." Cye replied as he was slightly taken back.
"Cye, Thunder, wait a minute. They did it! They actually did it!" Kaye said in excitement.
"Kaye, what are you talking about?" Thunder asked in slight confusion. "What did they do?"
"They're having a convergent dream," Kaye replied with a twinkle of excitement in her eye.
"Couldn't they have came up with better scenery?" Thunder wondered, considering all they could see was fog and a dark forest.
"A convergent what?" Cye asked in confusion.
"Never mind, I'll explain it later, come on we have to get going. We don't have much time." Kaye replied as she started to take off into the direction of the forest.
"Kaye, wait! Go where?" Thunder asked as he made her stop and suddenly turn around.
"Don't you feel them calling? The others are calling for us, we have to find them before the sun rises, or we'll miss this chance, and see them again, you do want to see them, don't you?" Kaye asked back as she looked towards them.
Cye and Thunder looked at each other, and then back at her. "Well then, what are we waiting around here for? Let's go and find them!" Cye replied as he, Kaye and Thunder took off into the forest.
As the three were running, Cye glanced over at Kaye, he could tell that something was definitely wrong. She caught his glance and then shook it off and continued running. He had a hunch that something wasn't right, that something was going to
happen. He knew that she was trying very hard to keep this dream walk going, he knew that she was very determined to see the others again, especially Kento, and nothing would be able to stop her from doing so.
"I don't understand it, nothing is happening. What are we suppose to do here? Rowen, Sage, didn't Kaye tell you what we were suppose to do after we do this convergent dream?" Ryo asked as he looked at them in confusion.
"No, she didn't, but I think that she was going to, but before she could, she faded away." Sage replied as he shook his head.
Just as Ryo was going to say something, the sound of people running caught their attention. They got into defensive positions, waiting for whatever, or whoever came out of those trees. "Wha?! No way, am I seeing things? It couldn't be," Kento said as he squinted to get a better look. "It is, Kaye!"
"Kento!" Kaye replied in excitement as she rushed into his arms. Kento lifted Kaye up into the air, and twirled her around, and then brought her down. While still holding on, Kento started to passionately kiss her. Kaye threw her arms around his neck and passionately kissed him back.
"Auhem, are you done making out with my sister, yet?" Cye asked in a mock annoyance as he crossed his arms. Kento and Kaye broke apart and looked into each others eyes.
"Oh God, it's so good to see you." Kaye said as she hugged him.
"It's good to see you too." Kento replied as Kaye pulled back a little.
"Hey, what about us? You're not the only two that are here you know." Flash said with a teasing grin.
"Oh good, I see that you didn't lose your invitation." Thunder replied as he gave a teasing grin back.
"You know Thunder, I think that you've been hanging around Flash too long." Scorpio said with a smirk.
"Oh yea, and why do you say that?" Thunder asked.
"Because, I think that her sarcasm is starting to rub off on you a lot more than it use to." Scorpio replied with a chuckle.
"Hey!" Flash said as she gave Scorpio a punch in the arm.
"Uh guys, I have a question." Ryo said as he got their attention.
"Yea, what is it, Ryo?" Kaye asked.
"Who or what is that?" Ryo asked back as he motioned to the sky where the black and white form was hovering over them.
"It can't be." Kaye replied in disbelief.
"Kaye?" Rowen asked as he looked towards her.
"Restoration, and destruction...light, and dark...love, and hate." the form said as it started to create some kind of energy attack.
"What? Hey, you. What are you talking about?" Scorpio asked in confusion.
Kaye realized what the form was going to do, "Kento, toss me up." Kaye said as she looked at him.
"What?!" Kento asked as he blinked in confusion.
"I said toss me up, don't argue, just do it." Kaye replied as she got that determined look in her eyes again. Kento nodded and then tossed Kaye up into the air. As soon as she was air born, a pair of silver wings materialized on Kaye's back as she hovered between the form and her friends.
"Ok, now I've seen everything," Flash said as she and the others were looking up in awe. "Why didn't you guys tell us that she could do that?"
"Probably because we didn't know either." Sage replied as they continued to watch.
"Reality, and illusion...male, and female...life, and death." the form said as it shot off its attack towards the ones that were on the ground.
"No," Kaye yelled out, "barrier!"
Then just as Kaye said it, a barrier formed over them just before the attack hit. "That was too close." Kaye thought in relief.
"Kaye, watch out!" Cye yelled up to her.
"Wha," Kaye replied as she barely caught out of the corner of her eye another attack that the form launched. "Shield!" Just before the second attack hit, Kaye barely put up a shield in time to deflect it.
As they continued to watch Kaye and the form, they could see that for some reason, the form showed no emotion of any kind what so ever. It didn't show that it was angry or amused with Kaye when she put up the barrier and her shield. "Earth, and sky...fire, and water...restore, and destroy." the form said as it started to get ready to attack again.
"Hey pal, I don't know if you can understand me or not, but at the moment I don't care. You can try and attack as many times as you want, but there's no way that I'm going to let you hurt my friends. They're important to me, and if you think that I'm going to stand by and watch, then you are seriously mistaken." Kaye replied as she saw that the form stand down from its attack and then just started right into her eyes. Then without warning, the form dove right for her with lightning speed. Kaye's eyes went wide, as she felt the form go right through her.
"NO!" Kento yelled out as he and the others saw Kaye falling. As Kaye was falling, the barrier, her silver wings, and shield disappeared, and then the form locked its gaze into Kaye's eyes once more, gave a nod and then vanished.
"Kaye!" Cye yelled as he and the others ran. In extreme desperation, Kento's speed increased, just before Kaye was going to hit the ground Kento caught her.
"Kaye, are you all right?" Kento asked in concern, as the others caught up with them. Kaye slowly opened one eye, and then the other.
"Yea, I'm ok, Kento." Kaye replied with a small smile.
"Don't scare me like that, ok." Kento said as he carefully let her down.
"Sure Kento, the next time that I fall from the sky, I'll make sure to pack a parachute." Kaye replied with a smirk.
"Hey, what's going on? Why is this place going out of focus? I thought that I paid the cable bill already" Flash asked as the forest started to fade away.
"It must be because the sun's coming up. Soon, it won't just be the forest that's going to fade out. If you get my meaning?" Kaye replied as she, Cye, and Thunder also started to fade.
"No, you can't!" Kento said in disbelief.
"I'm sorry, Kento, but I can't control the dream realm when it's day," Kaye replied as she saw the disappointment in his eyes. Then Kaye got an idea, she took her silver pendant that has an engraving of the kanji symbol for strength that she always wore, and placed it around Kento's neck. "In case you need it." Then Kaye, Cye and Thunder faded as the light from the sun poured into the dream realm.
ch 17
As Thunder was running around Talpa's castle, he saw that some parts of it were torn up, and a few of the walls had giant holes in them. He was confused for a bit, and then all of a sudden he became very concerned as he remembered that Talpa and Jakada took Cye and Kaye for some kind of "interrogation." So Thunder's adrenalin pumped through out his entire body as it made him run faster, and faster as he was searching for his friends. Were they all right? What kind of interrogation did they have to go through? What information did Talpa and Jakada want to get from them? These type of questions flooded Thunder's mind as he swiftly ran through out the castle. Then as he took one final turn, he saw the entrance to the throne room. Thunder then started to slow down as he carefully, and cautiously walked closer to the entrance. As he finally got there, he stopped and started to look around the room. At first, he didn't see a soul around, and then just as he was going to try a different room, he heard noises coming from inside. Thunder turned back to the entrance and did another look around, then he finally saw who or what were making those noises. He saw in the center of the throne room, Cye and Kaye chained to the floor. Thunder did a quick look and then bolted inside. He ran straight for them, and then when he got there, he saw that both Cye and Kaye had bruises and blood on their bodies. Thunder then grew angry and then shot his head up and gave a loud roar.
"Mmnn, wha? Oh my God, Cye, wake up, Cye!" Kaye said as she frantically nudged him.
Cye stirred a little and then started to open his eyes. "Kaye, what is..? Oh shit! A panther!"
Thunder lowered his head, and looked at them with concerned eyes. "Cye, look." Kaye said as she saw that the panther was wearing the same amulet that Thunder was.
"No way. Thunder?" Cye asked as he and Kaye gave him a confused look.
The panther gave a nod, "but how..?" Kaye started to ask, but just then, Thunder shot his head up and saw a giant cage coming down on top of them. Before Thunder could even move, shackles suddenly came up from the floor and entrapped Thunder by clamping shut around his collar, and then the cage slammed down onto the ground, encasing all of them inside, as it locked itself in place. A giant bolt of black lightning shot through the cage and the shackles, making them yell out in so much pain, then all was silent.
"Kaye, Thunder, where are you? Answer me!" Cye called out into the fog.
"Cye! Stay where you are, but keep yelling, so we'll be able to find you." Kaye called back. So Cye kept on calling out to them in hoping that she and Thunder would find him soon.
It didn't take them long to find Cye. "Thunder, you're not a panther any more." Cye said as looked at him in a little bit of a shock.
"And you two aren't chained up to the floor in the throne room." Thunder replied with a smirk. "So then where are we, exactly?"
"We're in the dream realm." Kaye said as she looked towards them.
"Then, what's with the pea soup? I can barely see, Cye, you didn't order this London fog, did you?" Thunder asked as he raised an eyebrow at him.
"What? Why are you looking at me like that? I didn't dream this." Cye replied as he was slightly taken back.
"Cye, Thunder, wait a minute. They did it! They actually did it!" Kaye said in excitement.
"Kaye, what are you talking about?" Thunder asked in slight confusion. "What did they do?"
"They're having a convergent dream," Kaye replied with a twinkle of excitement in her eye.
"Couldn't they have came up with better scenery?" Thunder wondered, considering all they could see was fog and a dark forest.
"A convergent what?" Cye asked in confusion.
"Never mind, I'll explain it later, come on we have to get going. We don't have much time." Kaye replied as she started to take off into the direction of the forest.
"Kaye, wait! Go where?" Thunder asked as he made her stop and suddenly turn around.
"Don't you feel them calling? The others are calling for us, we have to find them before the sun rises, or we'll miss this chance, and see them again, you do want to see them, don't you?" Kaye asked back as she looked towards them.
Cye and Thunder looked at each other, and then back at her. "Well then, what are we waiting around here for? Let's go and find them!" Cye replied as he, Kaye and Thunder took off into the forest.
As the three were running, Cye glanced over at Kaye, he could tell that something was definitely wrong. She caught his glance and then shook it off and continued running. He had a hunch that something wasn't right, that something was going to
happen. He knew that she was trying very hard to keep this dream walk going, he knew that she was very determined to see the others again, especially Kento, and nothing would be able to stop her from doing so.
"I don't understand it, nothing is happening. What are we suppose to do here? Rowen, Sage, didn't Kaye tell you what we were suppose to do after we do this convergent dream?" Ryo asked as he looked at them in confusion.
"No, she didn't, but I think that she was going to, but before she could, she faded away." Sage replied as he shook his head.
Just as Ryo was going to say something, the sound of people running caught their attention. They got into defensive positions, waiting for whatever, or whoever came out of those trees. "Wha?! No way, am I seeing things? It couldn't be," Kento said as he squinted to get a better look. "It is, Kaye!"
"Kento!" Kaye replied in excitement as she rushed into his arms. Kento lifted Kaye up into the air, and twirled her around, and then brought her down. While still holding on, Kento started to passionately kiss her. Kaye threw her arms around his neck and passionately kissed him back.
"Auhem, are you done making out with my sister, yet?" Cye asked in a mock annoyance as he crossed his arms. Kento and Kaye broke apart and looked into each others eyes.
"Oh God, it's so good to see you." Kaye said as she hugged him.
"It's good to see you too." Kento replied as Kaye pulled back a little.
"Hey, what about us? You're not the only two that are here you know." Flash said with a teasing grin.
"Oh good, I see that you didn't lose your invitation." Thunder replied as he gave a teasing grin back.
"You know Thunder, I think that you've been hanging around Flash too long." Scorpio said with a smirk.
"Oh yea, and why do you say that?" Thunder asked.
"Because, I think that her sarcasm is starting to rub off on you a lot more than it use to." Scorpio replied with a chuckle.
"Hey!" Flash said as she gave Scorpio a punch in the arm.
"Uh guys, I have a question." Ryo said as he got their attention.
"Yea, what is it, Ryo?" Kaye asked.
"Who or what is that?" Ryo asked back as he motioned to the sky where the black and white form was hovering over them.
"It can't be." Kaye replied in disbelief.
"Kaye?" Rowen asked as he looked towards her.
"Restoration, and destruction...light, and dark...love, and hate." the form said as it started to create some kind of energy attack.
"What? Hey, you. What are you talking about?" Scorpio asked in confusion.
Kaye realized what the form was going to do, "Kento, toss me up." Kaye said as she looked at him.
"What?!" Kento asked as he blinked in confusion.
"I said toss me up, don't argue, just do it." Kaye replied as she got that determined look in her eyes again. Kento nodded and then tossed Kaye up into the air. As soon as she was air born, a pair of silver wings materialized on Kaye's back as she hovered between the form and her friends.
"Ok, now I've seen everything," Flash said as she and the others were looking up in awe. "Why didn't you guys tell us that she could do that?"
"Probably because we didn't know either." Sage replied as they continued to watch.
"Reality, and illusion...male, and female...life, and death." the form said as it shot off its attack towards the ones that were on the ground.
"No," Kaye yelled out, "barrier!"
Then just as Kaye said it, a barrier formed over them just before the attack hit. "That was too close." Kaye thought in relief.
"Kaye, watch out!" Cye yelled up to her.
"Wha," Kaye replied as she barely caught out of the corner of her eye another attack that the form launched. "Shield!" Just before the second attack hit, Kaye barely put up a shield in time to deflect it.
As they continued to watch Kaye and the form, they could see that for some reason, the form showed no emotion of any kind what so ever. It didn't show that it was angry or amused with Kaye when she put up the barrier and her shield. "Earth, and sky...fire, and water...restore, and destroy." the form said as it started to get ready to attack again.
"Hey pal, I don't know if you can understand me or not, but at the moment I don't care. You can try and attack as many times as you want, but there's no way that I'm going to let you hurt my friends. They're important to me, and if you think that I'm going to stand by and watch, then you are seriously mistaken." Kaye replied as she saw that the form stand down from its attack and then just started right into her eyes. Then without warning, the form dove right for her with lightning speed. Kaye's eyes went wide, as she felt the form go right through her.
"NO!" Kento yelled out as he and the others saw Kaye falling. As Kaye was falling, the barrier, her silver wings, and shield disappeared, and then the form locked its gaze into Kaye's eyes once more, gave a nod and then vanished.
"Kaye!" Cye yelled as he and the others ran. In extreme desperation, Kento's speed increased, just before Kaye was going to hit the ground Kento caught her.
"Kaye, are you all right?" Kento asked in concern, as the others caught up with them. Kaye slowly opened one eye, and then the other.
"Yea, I'm ok, Kento." Kaye replied with a small smile.
"Don't scare me like that, ok." Kento said as he carefully let her down.
"Sure Kento, the next time that I fall from the sky, I'll make sure to pack a parachute." Kaye replied with a smirk.
"Hey, what's going on? Why is this place going out of focus? I thought that I paid the cable bill already" Flash asked as the forest started to fade away.
"It must be because the sun's coming up. Soon, it won't just be the forest that's going to fade out. If you get my meaning?" Kaye replied as she, Cye, and Thunder also started to fade.
"No, you can't!" Kento said in disbelief.
"I'm sorry, Kento, but I can't control the dream realm when it's day," Kaye replied as she saw the disappointment in his eyes. Then Kaye got an idea, she took her silver pendant that has an engraving of the kanji symbol for strength that she always wore, and placed it around Kento's neck. "In case you need it." Then Kaye, Cye and Thunder faded as the light from the sun poured into the dream realm.