Chapter 7: No one can stop them

About ten minutes later, Mia went up to her room and knocked on the

door. "Shane, its Mia. I would like to talk." she said, hoping to draw her

friend out. She could hear a sigh as Shane opened the door, a bag on

her bed. Shane looked up at her but didn't say anything as she put the

things that belonged to her into the bag. "Shane if there is any place in

Japan that you are safe at its here." She told her friend.

Shane shook her head. "It is you and your friends that are in danger Mia.

Because of me." She said as she slung the backpack over her right shoulder.

Mia gently touched her arm. "Please, Shane, tell us what is going on. Please."

She pleaded softly, Shane sighed. "Alright, I guess I own you that much." She

said.

And a few moments later everyone was sitting in the living room, everyone but

Shane who stood before them, looking as calm as a picture but the Ronins knew

from what happened earlier it wasn't how she felt.

"Now Shane, do you mind telling us what is going on?" Mia asked qiuetly knowing

it was something Shane didn't wish to speak of. Shane ran a hair thourgh her hair as

she shook her head. "Where to start?" She asked aloud as she looked at them though

her eyes didn't focus on them. "How about from the beginning? Who is Shane Madsion?"

Asked Cale, Shane smiled some and nodded.

"Shane Madsion was born a month ago, when I boarded a plane to get here to Japan,

no Shane is not my real name, I don't even know what my real name is anymore." She

answered. "What do you mean you don't know?" Rowen asked, Shane looked at him.

"Because I was took from my parents when I was a small kid." She said. "What?!"

Came the reply, Shane nodded evenly.

"I guess it really started when I was about five. I was at home with my parents when

two young men and an old man busted in. My father yelled at my mother to take away

to hide me but one of the men hit her, knocking her over the couch as she yelled at me

to run. I ran and hide under their bed but one of the men followed me. He garbbed me

and pulled me out from under the bed, taking me into the living room."

Shane closed her eyes remembering that night so vividly she still had nightmares about it,

as her emotionless voice carcked some. "It was then saw my parents, my mother was

covered in blood, dead. My father was covered in brusies and scarthes I knew he wouldn't

live much longer." She said.

"What did they do to you?" Dais asked, although, from his experiences in the Dynasty,

he knew it wasn't going to be pretty. "They took everything I had from me, I was forced

to wacth as the older man killed my father right infornt of me." She said gulping some to

clear away the sudden knot in her thoart, she had never spoke to anyone about before.

"He is called Zaide leader of the Shadow Wolves cult." She said.

"Shadow Wolves eh. Sounds like we might want to ask Cale to join in on this little party."

Dais muttered aloud. Cale glared at him comrade and looked at Shane. "Cult?" He asked,

unfamliar with the term. Shane nodded. "Cult." She sad rolling her right slevee up. "This is

why I won't let you tend to my arm Mia, I didn't want to see the mark of ownership he

put on me." She said britterly, on her arm was a scar of a star with a circle in the middle.

She never seen a woman move so fast as Mia garbed her arm, looking at the scar her face

had a look Shane never seen before until it hit her that she never really seen Mia mad. "They

did this to you?" Mia asked angerily as Shane nodded gently prying Mia's fingers loose. "Yes,

not long after I was kidnapped. I was trained to fight, what ever form of fighting they knew I

was taught."

"Why didn't you just use those skills to escape?" Kento asked. "I tried but I was the youngest,

there are three others, all who had more years of training then me. The first time I tried they

beat me so badly I had a few carcked bones, it was weeks before I can move around again."

Shane said calmly, as if such a thing was common to her and watching her Sage had a bad

feeling it was far too common.

"But then how did you manage to get away to come to the colleage?" Mia asked, Shane smiled.

"It was my first real escape, by some of fate's mercy one of them, Doran, had some keys with

him when he was 'training' me. I noticed and in the fight let him pin me, or so he thought. I

picked his pocket and managed to garb the keys." Shane smirked. "As soon as night fall I was

out of there, I hicth hiked out of state, using any means I knew to srouge up the money to get

a ticket to the Canadain - American border. I thought I be safe there and of course that how

I met you."

"But they found you again." Cale said, Shane nodded. "It was stupid too, you seen I checked

my record when I applied, under a flase name of course, seemed they made it out like I was

being home schooled by my grandfather and siblings. It took them nearly a year but they found

my record had been copied and then found me."

She looked at Mia. "That last night ..... when we was walking from the cafe ..... I sensed them.

That why I sent you ahead, I didn't want them to cacth you. I tried to fight them but I wasn't

ready for them to use some of their ..... abilities." Shane said the last part carefully.

"Abilites?" Mia asked. "What kind of abilites?" Shane looked at the other Ronins pointly.

"I rather not say." She said softly. "Shane, you have told us much, you can not stop here."

Kayura said. Shane sighed as she ran a hand thourgh her hair. "Alright, I'll show but don't

freak out on me." She said gruffly as she walked up the stairs, out of sight.

After a few moments a pure black jaguar walked down there stairs from where Shane had

been, for a moment its eyes was storm blue like Shane's before they turned yellow like a

regluar jagaur's eyes. "By the Gods." Anubis said in shock, a shock everyone shared.

"Shane?" Yuli asked softly as the jagaur looked at him.

~Do you see any other black jaguars nino?~ She asked in their heads. ~This is my ability

I can change into any form of any animal as long as it had some connection to the darkness

or the night. And in these forms I'm telepathic.~ She answered as she looked at them streching

some then looking up as White Blaze walked over.

"White Blaze." Ryo said softly moving over to them just in case but then Anubis garbed his

shoulder. "Wait Ryo, wacth." White Blaze catiously walked over to the jagaur, touching her

nose for a moment before pulling back as the jagaur laid down, eyes casted down in submission

for a few moment before White Blaze laid beside her and looked at the others.

"What ...?" Ryo started to ask. ~Sometimes the instincts of my forms get the better of me.

The jagaur submitted to White Blaze cause he is bigger then her and White Blaze regonizes my

scent as my human form.~ Came the reply from Shane as the jagaur stood and went back upstairs.

In a few moments Shane came back down looking the same but seeing the looks on the Ronin's

faces she looked at away. "Don't stare at me like I'm a freak." She hissed softly before White Blaze

nuzzled her right hand.

Mia walked over to her friend. "All this time, you been on the run because you can do that?"

She asked, Shane nodded. "Now you know the turth Mia. I thought by coming across the

world I would lose them but it seems I was wrong. I'll be gone before sun rise, on this you

have my word." She said turning away. "I will endanger you no longer."

But before she could head upstairs Kayura garbed her arm. "You are safer here then you

would be anywhere else. There is something we also have to explain." She said drawing

Shane back into the living room as Mia nodded as Shane sat down. Mia started to explain

everything from her meeting with Ryo and the opening of the Dynasty Wars.

Eventually, with the others help, she was able to tell Shane WHY it was better for her to stay

there than go on the run again. *OK maybe Mia was knocked over too hard today in the fight.*

Shane thought to herself as she shook her head. "You don't believe us?" Dais asked as Shane

looked at him. "Kind of hard to." She said as she stood up but was aburtly pushed back into

the seat.

"Sit down." Cale ordered as he looked at the other Ronins who nodded as Mia, Kayura,

Yuli, Leona, Fox, Yuli and White Blaze backed off. "Don't break anything." Mia muttered

as she stood beside the Shane sat in. Anubis nodded and looked at Ryo. "Care to start?"

He asked, Ryo smirked and nodded.

"Ronins to Arms! Armor of Wildfire! Toa Jin!" Ryo called. "Armor of Halo! Tao Chi!" Sage called.

"Armor of Torrent! Toa Shin!" Cye called. "Armor of Hardrock! Tao Gil!" Kento called.

"Armor of Starta! Toa Inchioa!" Rowen called and the five teenagers disappered into a flash

of light and reappeared in full battle armor, Shane's jaw dorpped some in shock and she was

sure if she hadn't been sitting she would now.

Dais smirked seeing Shane's reaction. *Finally, something impresses her.* He thought as he

looked at Anubis. "Well oh fearless leader?" He asked in a slight mocking as Anubis shot him

a look but shared his smirk. "Seasonals to Arms! Armor of Cruelty!" Anubis called.

"Armor of Illuison!" Dais called. "Armor of Darkness!" Cale called. "Armor of Vemon!" Sheckmet called.

The rest of the orignal team dissappered in a brillant flash of light and reappered.

A pin could have dorpped and it would have sounded like an expolison from the slience that

followed as Shane slowly stood up, looking at the armors in both awe and wariness. *Just like

the dreams.* She thought as she shook her head. "Believe us now?" Came the slighty muffled

voice of Dais as Shane looked at the spider looking armor. "I don't think I have a choice in the

matter." She said softly as she looked at them.

Ryo removed his helemet as the others did as well. "And now you see why we said you would

be safer here then anywhere else." He said to her as Shane looked away. "You guys don't know

what they can do. They will come and they will get at me, if not by you nine then by Mia, Yuli,

or even Leona and Fox. They will kill anyone they see as my friends. You can't stop them, no

one can." Shane said, her voice without any self pity but full of cool, calm knowleadge, sure it

would happen.

"That is where you are wrong Shane." Seckhmet repiled to her as Shane shook her head.

"I won't be responisble for any one else getting killed and I refuse to have more innocent

blood on my hands. I'm going." She said as she turned and qiuckly, nearly running, went

up the stairs.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*Author's Note

nino is Spanish for boy