Tears of Twilight
ch 29
Suddenly without warning, the dynasty sky starts to turn between a sky and midnight blue, while the clouds started to turn dark purple. The sun is blocked out and then everything goes dark. The clouds then suddenly switched to a blood red. A quick-cold, arctic wind suddenly blew across the lands, turning everything that it touched into ice. Or to the ones that were traveling in the Dynasty, felt like they were turning into walking icicles. "What the hell?!" Kento asked in surprise as he, Rowen and Scorpio looked up into the sky.
"It looks like that it could be the beginning of the prophecy." Rowen replied as he explained his theory.
Inside of Talpa's castle...
"Wha...No...It can't be..." Kaye whispered in fright. Thunder looked over towards her in concern, and quickly stood up.
"Kaye, what's wrong?" Thunder asked as he looked towards her in slight confusion.
"It has begun." Kaye replied as she ran over to an open window.
"What? What has begun? The prophecy?" Thunder asked as he ran after her and then looked out the same window. Just after the sky has went through it's transformation, three diamond glass towers in a triangle formation, shot up from the ground.
"We have to find Cye...Now!" Kaye replied as she quickly turned around and started to run towards a corridor. Knowing that asking questions at this point would just waste time, and time was the one thing that they didn't have. So he quickly turned around and followed her. Just as they turned the corner, the entity that Kaye has seen in her nightmares walked towards them. It seemed to be there in one moment and then gone the next with every step that it took. It kept on going like that as it continued to advance towards them. Kaye quickly skidded to a stop, and then pulled back on Thunder's arm so he wouldn't go any further.
"Kaye, what? Why did you stop?" Thunder asked confused. "I thought that we had to find Cye."
"Don't you see it? Please tell me that you see it." Kaye pleaded.
"See what? Kaye?" Thunder asked with a slight frown.
"That's the one that's been haunting my nightmares!" Kaye replied as she motioned to the Tao looking figure.
"Holy shit!" Thunder said as his eyes went wide as he saw what she was talking about. The figure's left side was totally black, and the right side was totally white. Then on the left side, a white wing, while on the right side, there was a black wing. It wasn't really the body and the wings that caused them to freeze in place, it was the eyes. The left eye showed everything that's evil, while the right side showed everything that's good.
"Good, and evil...life, and death...hot, and cold...male, and female." the figure started to say again. In the library, Cye suddenly sensed Kaye's fear, he then set aside his own guilt and quickly took off to find them.
"Who or what are you?" Thunder asked as he finally found his voice, while he and Kaye started to back away.
"Love, and hate...fire, and water...earth, and sky,,,darkness, and light." the figure replied, as it kept on advancing.
"Thunder, it won't give you a straight answer, it'll keep chanting opposites over and over again." Kaye said as she quickly looked back.
As Cye's adrenaline pumped faster and faster in his body, he picked up his pace just as much. 'Hang on, I'm almost there!' Cye thought in desperation as he continued to run. Thunder and Kaye continued to back away from the Tao type entity, not knowing what to do since it wasn't a solid figure, so they couldn't fight it, but it could fight them.
'Cye, where are you? Hurry!' Kaye thought in desperation as her fear started to rise. The Tao type entity kept on coming towards them as it slowly raised it's hand and motioned over to Kaye, and then with the other hand beckoned her over.
"No, she's not going anywhere with you!" Thunder growled as he got in front of her.
"Thunder, wait, don't!" Kaye called out to him.
"Good, and evil,,,darkness, and light..." the Tao type entity said as it got close enough to the two of them. And then just as Thunder was about to strike, the entity separated into two. The black form of the entity stood in front of Thunder, as the white form of the entity stood in back of Kaye. Just as Thunder was about to strike it down, both entities at the same time said, "life, and death!"
"NO!" Cye exclaimed as he charged at them from out of nowhere. The two separate entities again became one and then vanished. "Are you two ok?"
"It's a good thing that you came otherwise, I don't want to think what would have happened if you didn't." Thunder replied in relief.
"Kaye, that wasn't the thing that Badamon…" Cye asked as he looked towards Kaye in concern.
"Yeah, it was." Kaye replied quietly as she closed her eyes, and wrapped her arms around herself.
"So then that means…" Cye started to say as he took a glance out the window while he tried to comfort her.
"That the prophecy has begun." Thunder finished for him.
"How, could it? I mean, Kaye hasn't finished training me, then why is it choosing now to appear?" Cye asked as they were now by the window looking out.
"I don't know Cye, maybe it got tired of waiting, and decided to step things up." Thunder replied with a slight frown.
"Then why don't they just get it over with." Kaye said in quiet anger.
"Kaye?" Cye asked in concern.
"I'm sick of this, all of it! I just want it to be over and done with! I want to go home! I want to see Kento again!" Kaye replied as she slammed down her fists onto the window sill. Thunder was going to say something but he decided to keep it to himself. He knew how she felt, how much hurt and sorrow that is going on. Because he felt exactly the same way. It wasn't towards Kento, but to someone else that he cares for more than anything.
"Kaye, I too want to go home. I'm tired of Talpa and Jakada thinking that they can get away with what they're doing to us. I'm tired of these stupid collars that they have us wear." Cye said as he kept his gaze onto the area where the prophecy was going to take place.
"Don't look now, but we have company." Thunder said as Talpa and Jakada were approaching them. The three slowly turned around as they got closer.
"Oh great, just what we need, more good news." Kaye replied sarcastically.
"I told you not to look." Thunder said as they were finally there.
"What do you two want?" Cye asked in annoyance as he, Thunder and Kaye glared at them.
"Well, that's no way to greet your hosts." Jakada replied with slight amusement.
"Some hosts, you don't even meet the requirements for a proper dungeon to hold your prisoners. There's no TV, no phone, no…" Thunder said sarcastically, as he named off some necessities.
"Enough! I'm getting tired of your sarcasm." Talpa replied in annoyance.
"Well I'm sorry that you have such a limited sense of humor, or otherwise you wouldn't be having this problem." Thunder said with an attitude. Just before Talpa could reply, the ground began to shake, and pieces of the ceiling started to fall towards them.
"Watch out!" Cye warned as he saw a few big chunks falling towards them. But his warning came too late as they hit, and the force of the impact made all three of them fall backwards and out through the window.
'Oh great, this isn't the way I thought that it would be, going out like Dynasty street pizza." Cye thought sarcastically, as they continued to plummet.
As the ground was coming up to meet them at a very fast pace, Kaye glanced over towards Cye and Thunder. 'I can't let it end this way! If Cye was right, then I should be able to have my wings materialize onto my back. So why aren't they?!' Kaye wondered in alarm. 'Come on, materialize already!' Just as she thought about it, her silver wings did finally materialize, slowing her descent. Kaye twisted into the air and then started to fly quickly to them.
"Grab on!" Kaye called out to Cye and Thunder as she reached out to them. Thunder grabbed onto Kaye's wrist, while Cye grabbed onto the other one.
"Alright, who's been putting on the weight?" Kaye asked in slight annoyance, as she was having trouble keeping them from falling. A sudden burst of wind, made Kaye struggle more.
"Kaye let go! You can't hold both of us! If you do, then we'll all fall!" Thunder yelled over the wind.
"Forget it Thunder, I'm not going to let anyone go! I can do this, trust me!" Kaye shot back as she fought harder, digging deeper to find the strength in order to save all three. Kaye closed her eyes, and then somewhere way deep down, a sudden rush of adrenaline or something else entirely gave her just enough strength to pull them back up to the window, where Talpa and Jakada were waiting for them.
"I'm impressed my fallen angel. I never knew that you could do that. Because if I did, then I would have came after you a long time ago." Jakada said as Cye and Thunder were pulling themselves back into the castle.
"Badamon." Talpa said as he called him forth.
"Yes master Talpa, what can I do to serve you?" Badamon asked in curiosity.
"I want you to reel in, as Jakada puts it, this fallen angle." Talpa replied, "since she's not coming in on her own accord."
"Of course my lord, it'll be my pleasure." Badamon said as his eyes glowed, and a couple of his nether spirits flew out of his body and ensnared Kaye and reeled her inside.
"Let go of me!" Kaye shot out angrily as she was trying to struggle.
"I don't think so, Badamon, put our little fallen angel into a cage that was hanging in the hall." Talpa ordered as he opened up the cage door. Badamon bowed and threw her inside. As soon as she was in, Talpa slammed the door and it automatically locked when the nether spirits fused themselves into the cage's lock.
"Kaye!" Cye called out to her.
"Cye!" Kaye called back, and then she looked over towards Talpa. "Get me down from here!"
"You heard the lady, get her down!" Thunder yelled over to him.
"I don't think so. She stays up there, and if she or either of you tries to get her out, then…" Talpa replied as black energy ran throughout the cage. "You get my point?"
"How long does she have to stay up there?" Thunder asked angrily.
"That has yet to be determined. But in the meantime, I suggest that you two go back to your room!" Talpa shot back.
"Don't worry Kaye, we'll get you out, somehow, I swear it!" Cye swore under his breath as they took one final look back before they headed to their room. Talpa, Badamon, and Jakada looked up towards Kaye, and then they gave a smirk and left her alone. Kaye leaned back against the cage, her wings that have not yet disappeared wrapped themselves around her, like they knew she needed to be comforted.
"I'm not going to cry, I'm not!" Kaye thought to herself as she fought back the tears. Kaye closed her eyes and tried to fall asleep, but at the same time, someone or something was watching her very, very closely.
ch 29
Suddenly without warning, the dynasty sky starts to turn between a sky and midnight blue, while the clouds started to turn dark purple. The sun is blocked out and then everything goes dark. The clouds then suddenly switched to a blood red. A quick-cold, arctic wind suddenly blew across the lands, turning everything that it touched into ice. Or to the ones that were traveling in the Dynasty, felt like they were turning into walking icicles. "What the hell?!" Kento asked in surprise as he, Rowen and Scorpio looked up into the sky.
"It looks like that it could be the beginning of the prophecy." Rowen replied as he explained his theory.
Inside of Talpa's castle...
"Wha...No...It can't be..." Kaye whispered in fright. Thunder looked over towards her in concern, and quickly stood up.
"Kaye, what's wrong?" Thunder asked as he looked towards her in slight confusion.
"It has begun." Kaye replied as she ran over to an open window.
"What? What has begun? The prophecy?" Thunder asked as he ran after her and then looked out the same window. Just after the sky has went through it's transformation, three diamond glass towers in a triangle formation, shot up from the ground.
"We have to find Cye...Now!" Kaye replied as she quickly turned around and started to run towards a corridor. Knowing that asking questions at this point would just waste time, and time was the one thing that they didn't have. So he quickly turned around and followed her. Just as they turned the corner, the entity that Kaye has seen in her nightmares walked towards them. It seemed to be there in one moment and then gone the next with every step that it took. It kept on going like that as it continued to advance towards them. Kaye quickly skidded to a stop, and then pulled back on Thunder's arm so he wouldn't go any further.
"Kaye, what? Why did you stop?" Thunder asked confused. "I thought that we had to find Cye."
"Don't you see it? Please tell me that you see it." Kaye pleaded.
"See what? Kaye?" Thunder asked with a slight frown.
"That's the one that's been haunting my nightmares!" Kaye replied as she motioned to the Tao looking figure.
"Holy shit!" Thunder said as his eyes went wide as he saw what she was talking about. The figure's left side was totally black, and the right side was totally white. Then on the left side, a white wing, while on the right side, there was a black wing. It wasn't really the body and the wings that caused them to freeze in place, it was the eyes. The left eye showed everything that's evil, while the right side showed everything that's good.
"Good, and evil...life, and death...hot, and cold...male, and female." the figure started to say again. In the library, Cye suddenly sensed Kaye's fear, he then set aside his own guilt and quickly took off to find them.
"Who or what are you?" Thunder asked as he finally found his voice, while he and Kaye started to back away.
"Love, and hate...fire, and water...earth, and sky,,,darkness, and light." the figure replied, as it kept on advancing.
"Thunder, it won't give you a straight answer, it'll keep chanting opposites over and over again." Kaye said as she quickly looked back.
As Cye's adrenaline pumped faster and faster in his body, he picked up his pace just as much. 'Hang on, I'm almost there!' Cye thought in desperation as he continued to run. Thunder and Kaye continued to back away from the Tao type entity, not knowing what to do since it wasn't a solid figure, so they couldn't fight it, but it could fight them.
'Cye, where are you? Hurry!' Kaye thought in desperation as her fear started to rise. The Tao type entity kept on coming towards them as it slowly raised it's hand and motioned over to Kaye, and then with the other hand beckoned her over.
"No, she's not going anywhere with you!" Thunder growled as he got in front of her.
"Thunder, wait, don't!" Kaye called out to him.
"Good, and evil,,,darkness, and light..." the Tao type entity said as it got close enough to the two of them. And then just as Thunder was about to strike, the entity separated into two. The black form of the entity stood in front of Thunder, as the white form of the entity stood in back of Kaye. Just as Thunder was about to strike it down, both entities at the same time said, "life, and death!"
"NO!" Cye exclaimed as he charged at them from out of nowhere. The two separate entities again became one and then vanished. "Are you two ok?"
"It's a good thing that you came otherwise, I don't want to think what would have happened if you didn't." Thunder replied in relief.
"Kaye, that wasn't the thing that Badamon…" Cye asked as he looked towards Kaye in concern.
"Yeah, it was." Kaye replied quietly as she closed her eyes, and wrapped her arms around herself.
"So then that means…" Cye started to say as he took a glance out the window while he tried to comfort her.
"That the prophecy has begun." Thunder finished for him.
"How, could it? I mean, Kaye hasn't finished training me, then why is it choosing now to appear?" Cye asked as they were now by the window looking out.
"I don't know Cye, maybe it got tired of waiting, and decided to step things up." Thunder replied with a slight frown.
"Then why don't they just get it over with." Kaye said in quiet anger.
"Kaye?" Cye asked in concern.
"I'm sick of this, all of it! I just want it to be over and done with! I want to go home! I want to see Kento again!" Kaye replied as she slammed down her fists onto the window sill. Thunder was going to say something but he decided to keep it to himself. He knew how she felt, how much hurt and sorrow that is going on. Because he felt exactly the same way. It wasn't towards Kento, but to someone else that he cares for more than anything.
"Kaye, I too want to go home. I'm tired of Talpa and Jakada thinking that they can get away with what they're doing to us. I'm tired of these stupid collars that they have us wear." Cye said as he kept his gaze onto the area where the prophecy was going to take place.
"Don't look now, but we have company." Thunder said as Talpa and Jakada were approaching them. The three slowly turned around as they got closer.
"Oh great, just what we need, more good news." Kaye replied sarcastically.
"I told you not to look." Thunder said as they were finally there.
"What do you two want?" Cye asked in annoyance as he, Thunder and Kaye glared at them.
"Well, that's no way to greet your hosts." Jakada replied with slight amusement.
"Some hosts, you don't even meet the requirements for a proper dungeon to hold your prisoners. There's no TV, no phone, no…" Thunder said sarcastically, as he named off some necessities.
"Enough! I'm getting tired of your sarcasm." Talpa replied in annoyance.
"Well I'm sorry that you have such a limited sense of humor, or otherwise you wouldn't be having this problem." Thunder said with an attitude. Just before Talpa could reply, the ground began to shake, and pieces of the ceiling started to fall towards them.
"Watch out!" Cye warned as he saw a few big chunks falling towards them. But his warning came too late as they hit, and the force of the impact made all three of them fall backwards and out through the window.
'Oh great, this isn't the way I thought that it would be, going out like Dynasty street pizza." Cye thought sarcastically, as they continued to plummet.
As the ground was coming up to meet them at a very fast pace, Kaye glanced over towards Cye and Thunder. 'I can't let it end this way! If Cye was right, then I should be able to have my wings materialize onto my back. So why aren't they?!' Kaye wondered in alarm. 'Come on, materialize already!' Just as she thought about it, her silver wings did finally materialize, slowing her descent. Kaye twisted into the air and then started to fly quickly to them.
"Grab on!" Kaye called out to Cye and Thunder as she reached out to them. Thunder grabbed onto Kaye's wrist, while Cye grabbed onto the other one.
"Alright, who's been putting on the weight?" Kaye asked in slight annoyance, as she was having trouble keeping them from falling. A sudden burst of wind, made Kaye struggle more.
"Kaye let go! You can't hold both of us! If you do, then we'll all fall!" Thunder yelled over the wind.
"Forget it Thunder, I'm not going to let anyone go! I can do this, trust me!" Kaye shot back as she fought harder, digging deeper to find the strength in order to save all three. Kaye closed her eyes, and then somewhere way deep down, a sudden rush of adrenaline or something else entirely gave her just enough strength to pull them back up to the window, where Talpa and Jakada were waiting for them.
"I'm impressed my fallen angel. I never knew that you could do that. Because if I did, then I would have came after you a long time ago." Jakada said as Cye and Thunder were pulling themselves back into the castle.
"Badamon." Talpa said as he called him forth.
"Yes master Talpa, what can I do to serve you?" Badamon asked in curiosity.
"I want you to reel in, as Jakada puts it, this fallen angle." Talpa replied, "since she's not coming in on her own accord."
"Of course my lord, it'll be my pleasure." Badamon said as his eyes glowed, and a couple of his nether spirits flew out of his body and ensnared Kaye and reeled her inside.
"Let go of me!" Kaye shot out angrily as she was trying to struggle.
"I don't think so, Badamon, put our little fallen angel into a cage that was hanging in the hall." Talpa ordered as he opened up the cage door. Badamon bowed and threw her inside. As soon as she was in, Talpa slammed the door and it automatically locked when the nether spirits fused themselves into the cage's lock.
"Kaye!" Cye called out to her.
"Cye!" Kaye called back, and then she looked over towards Talpa. "Get me down from here!"
"You heard the lady, get her down!" Thunder yelled over to him.
"I don't think so. She stays up there, and if she or either of you tries to get her out, then…" Talpa replied as black energy ran throughout the cage. "You get my point?"
"How long does she have to stay up there?" Thunder asked angrily.
"That has yet to be determined. But in the meantime, I suggest that you two go back to your room!" Talpa shot back.
"Don't worry Kaye, we'll get you out, somehow, I swear it!" Cye swore under his breath as they took one final look back before they headed to their room. Talpa, Badamon, and Jakada looked up towards Kaye, and then they gave a smirk and left her alone. Kaye leaned back against the cage, her wings that have not yet disappeared wrapped themselves around her, like they knew she needed to be comforted.
"I'm not going to cry, I'm not!" Kaye thought to herself as she fought back the tears. Kaye closed her eyes and tried to fall asleep, but at the same time, someone or something was watching her very, very closely.