Emotions VS Power
Chapter 3
"Are you sure that you're all right?" Katie asked as she joined with her on the landing.
"Yea Katie, I'm fine. Who was that?" Kaye asked back. Just as Katie was going to answer, the front door flew wide open as the guys and Mia charged in.
"Kaye, what..happened?" Mia asked as they were looking around the very much-destroyed living room. Kaye winced thinking that Mia was going to majorly blow her top, but instead Mia saw something that made her lose her anger and replaced it with high concern. Next to the landing where Katie and Kaye were sitting was a very large dent in the wall. The dent had a distinguished pattern; it was an impalement of Kaye's back and shoulders.
"Kaye, who did this?" Cye asked as they made their way to them through the mess.
"I don't know. I couldn't see her very well, she was dressed in some kind of black ninja garb, or something." Kaye replied as she looked up at them.
"Did she say what she wanted?" Rowen asked curiously.
"No, not really. All she basically said to me was that I wasn't the one she was after. Talk about being at the wrong place, at the wrong time." Kaye replied with a scoff.
"Kaye, this isn't something to be laughing about. You could have been hurt or worse." Kento said sternly.
"This is ridiculous, it's like I told Katie, and I'm fine. There's nothing wrong with..," Kaye replied as she started to get up. But just as quickly as she got up, she went back down again, "ok, maybe I'm a little sore."
"All right, that's it! I'm taking you upstairs to your room, and I don't want to hear another word about it." Kento said as he advanced towards Kaye to lift her up from the landing.
"Come on." Kaye replied as she was starting to get a little annoyed.
"Not another word." Kento said as he started to carry her up the stairs.
"But..." Kaye replied.
"Don't make me repeat myself." Kento said in a stubborn manner.
"Sage and I will be up there shortly," Mia called out up to them. "Would the rest of you please try and clean up this mess and Katie, me and you will have a little chat when I'm done."
"Heh, chat?" Katie repeats nervously.
As the others were cleaning up the wrecked living room, Sage and Mia entered Kaye's room where they saw that Kento finally laid Kaye down in her bed. "Kaye, I'm going to need you to take your shirt off for a minute." Mia said.
"MIA!" Kaye replied as she was starting to turn red as she glanced up at Kento.
"We'll wait for you out in the hall if you need us." Sage said as he guided Kento out of the room.
As soon as the door shut, "I can't believe that you said that, Mia, and in front of Kento no less." Kaye said in embarrassment.
Mia gave a small chuckle, "Sorry about that, now since the guys are not in the room, would you mind?" Mia asked as she looked over to her.
Kaye gave a small sigh and then carefully took her shirt off revealing a good size bruise on her abs, back, and shoulder blades. Mia then pushed gently on her rib cage to see if any ribs were broken. Luckily, none of them were, "All right Kaye, you can put your shirt back on." Mia said.
"So doc, what's your diagnosis?" Kaye asked sarcastically.
Just before Mia could answer, "Mia, is it ok to come back in yet?" Kento asked as he yelled through the door.
"Yes Kento, you and Sage can come back in now." Mia replied as they came inside.
"Mia, you didn't answer my question." Kaye said as they looked over to her.
"So far as I can tell, you only have major bruising on your stomach, back and shoulder blades. Your ribs seem fine, but it wouldn't hurt to make some precautions." Mia replied as she gave a quick nod over to Sage. Sage got Mia's hint and transformed into his armor, and began the healing process. Then when he was done, Kaye fell asleep. As she was sleeping, they decided that they should let her rest, and join with the others downstairs.
"How's Kaye doing?" Cye asked as he noticed them entering the living room.
"She's sleeping right now, no major damage done, just some really bad bruises." Mia replied as they finally finished up fixing what they could.
"She should have came with us, or at least I should have stayed here with her. Then..." Kento said halfheartedly.
"Then you would have probably been hurt too. Besides Kento, she had Lightning and White Blaze here with her." Rowen replied as he tried to reason with him.
"Yea, and look what happened Rowen, she still got hurt." Kento shot back as he threw a glare at the two tigers.
*He's right, we should have kept a better eye on her.* Lightning thought as he ran outside.
"Where's he going?" Cye asked as he watched him go. "Don't you think that we should go after him?"
"Don't worry Cye, I'm sure that Lightning will come back on his own. Besides, we have more important things to deal with." Ryo replied as he tried to reassure him.
"Yea, I suppose you're right." Cye said as everyone found a place to sit down.
"Katie, what happened when you got here?" Sage asked as he got the discussion going.
"Why would she be here? It doesn't make any sense. Why now, what could Reann want? She knows that I don't work for Maguyser any more." Katie thought to herself.
"Katie? Katie, hey sis, wake up!" Ryo said as he was trying to get her attention.
"Huh, oh ah, sorry Ryo, I guess that I'm as confused as the rest of you." Katie replied as she gave an apologetical smile towards him.
"Oh yes and by the way young lady, how did you get here so fast without the rest of us?" Mia asked as she settled a stern look on her.
"Ahhh... umm.... well you see... I.. erm..." Katie stuttered trying to think of something. "Mia I'm sorry, but I had to. I sensed something and my guardian actions just kicked in. I know I broke my promise to you, but it was an emergency! You saw what was going on here!" Katie said as she motioned with her hand to the still somewhat trashed room.
Mia smiled some, "I know I was just kidding with you. I know you acted on impulse and wouldn't have broke a promise unless you had to."
"So now what are we suppose to do? Just wait around and see if this intruder comes back again?" Kento asked as he was getting annoyed with the conversation that was taking place.
"For the time being, Kento, that's all that we can do." Rowen replied as he crossed his arms.
While they were talking, outside, Lightning was standing on a nearby tree branch that over looked Kaye's room. *Kaye, I'm sorry, you shouldn't have gotten hurt like that. I'm going to have to leave for a while, don't worry, I'll see to it that everything will be ok, I promise.* Lightning said telepathically. The tiger watched over her a little longer, and then he disappeared.
Kaye opened her eyes, and then looked over at her window, *Lightning?* Kaye thought in confusion. She then sat up, and continued to stare out of her window.
Elsewhere...
"Reann, was your mission successful?" a dark, sinister voice asked from the shadows.
"She wasn't where you said she would be, there was another girl there instead." Reann replied coldly.
"What did this other girl look like?" the voice asked.
Reann started to give Kaye's description, and then, "damn! That wretched girl is alive! Even after..." the voice hissed angrily.
"After what? What are you talking about?" Reann asked curiously.
"The girl that you described is a dream walker!" the voice replied angrily.
"What! You can't be serious dream walkers don't exist! And even if they did, she didn't seem all that strong to me." Reann shot back as she placed one hand on her hip.
"Don't underestimate her, Reann! She must not be at her full strength yet from using her dragon's song. She was the one that did this to me!" the voice hissed as it drew back the hooded cloak and revealed a very disfigured face.
"That, that can't be possible," Reann said as she started to back away.
"It is, and she did. But there was one little set back when she pulled off that little stunt." the voice replied as it pulled the hood back into place.
"What's this little set back that you're talking about?" Reann asked with interest.
"You see, when the dream walker used her dragon's song, our minds connected, and now she sees what I've done to my victims over and over again." The voice hissed in amusement.
"So you're saying that whoever she uses this dragon's song on, then..?" Reann asked with an evil smile.
"Yes, whoever she uses it on, she will have their memories for a period of time. But for how long no one really knows." The voice replied.
"Then will this interfere with our original plan?" Reann asked curiously.
"No Reann, everything will go as planned. But for now, I want you to just keep your eyes open, and watch them carefully. Watch them, study them, know their weaknesses, know their strengths, but make sure that they don't see you in the process. Also, for whatever reason, don't and I repeat, don't make any more sudden appearances. We don't want to tip our hand too soon." the voice replied as it disappeared.
"I understand Maguyser, but you don't forget who I am, or what I'm capable of either." Reann said as she threw her dagger into the headboard of the throne, just before she disappeared.
Chapter 3
"Are you sure that you're all right?" Katie asked as she joined with her on the landing.
"Yea Katie, I'm fine. Who was that?" Kaye asked back. Just as Katie was going to answer, the front door flew wide open as the guys and Mia charged in.
"Kaye, what..happened?" Mia asked as they were looking around the very much-destroyed living room. Kaye winced thinking that Mia was going to majorly blow her top, but instead Mia saw something that made her lose her anger and replaced it with high concern. Next to the landing where Katie and Kaye were sitting was a very large dent in the wall. The dent had a distinguished pattern; it was an impalement of Kaye's back and shoulders.
"Kaye, who did this?" Cye asked as they made their way to them through the mess.
"I don't know. I couldn't see her very well, she was dressed in some kind of black ninja garb, or something." Kaye replied as she looked up at them.
"Did she say what she wanted?" Rowen asked curiously.
"No, not really. All she basically said to me was that I wasn't the one she was after. Talk about being at the wrong place, at the wrong time." Kaye replied with a scoff.
"Kaye, this isn't something to be laughing about. You could have been hurt or worse." Kento said sternly.
"This is ridiculous, it's like I told Katie, and I'm fine. There's nothing wrong with..," Kaye replied as she started to get up. But just as quickly as she got up, she went back down again, "ok, maybe I'm a little sore."
"All right, that's it! I'm taking you upstairs to your room, and I don't want to hear another word about it." Kento said as he advanced towards Kaye to lift her up from the landing.
"Come on." Kaye replied as she was starting to get a little annoyed.
"Not another word." Kento said as he started to carry her up the stairs.
"But..." Kaye replied.
"Don't make me repeat myself." Kento said in a stubborn manner.
"Sage and I will be up there shortly," Mia called out up to them. "Would the rest of you please try and clean up this mess and Katie, me and you will have a little chat when I'm done."
"Heh, chat?" Katie repeats nervously.
As the others were cleaning up the wrecked living room, Sage and Mia entered Kaye's room where they saw that Kento finally laid Kaye down in her bed. "Kaye, I'm going to need you to take your shirt off for a minute." Mia said.
"MIA!" Kaye replied as she was starting to turn red as she glanced up at Kento.
"We'll wait for you out in the hall if you need us." Sage said as he guided Kento out of the room.
As soon as the door shut, "I can't believe that you said that, Mia, and in front of Kento no less." Kaye said in embarrassment.
Mia gave a small chuckle, "Sorry about that, now since the guys are not in the room, would you mind?" Mia asked as she looked over to her.
Kaye gave a small sigh and then carefully took her shirt off revealing a good size bruise on her abs, back, and shoulder blades. Mia then pushed gently on her rib cage to see if any ribs were broken. Luckily, none of them were, "All right Kaye, you can put your shirt back on." Mia said.
"So doc, what's your diagnosis?" Kaye asked sarcastically.
Just before Mia could answer, "Mia, is it ok to come back in yet?" Kento asked as he yelled through the door.
"Yes Kento, you and Sage can come back in now." Mia replied as they came inside.
"Mia, you didn't answer my question." Kaye said as they looked over to her.
"So far as I can tell, you only have major bruising on your stomach, back and shoulder blades. Your ribs seem fine, but it wouldn't hurt to make some precautions." Mia replied as she gave a quick nod over to Sage. Sage got Mia's hint and transformed into his armor, and began the healing process. Then when he was done, Kaye fell asleep. As she was sleeping, they decided that they should let her rest, and join with the others downstairs.
"How's Kaye doing?" Cye asked as he noticed them entering the living room.
"She's sleeping right now, no major damage done, just some really bad bruises." Mia replied as they finally finished up fixing what they could.
"She should have came with us, or at least I should have stayed here with her. Then..." Kento said halfheartedly.
"Then you would have probably been hurt too. Besides Kento, she had Lightning and White Blaze here with her." Rowen replied as he tried to reason with him.
"Yea, and look what happened Rowen, she still got hurt." Kento shot back as he threw a glare at the two tigers.
*He's right, we should have kept a better eye on her.* Lightning thought as he ran outside.
"Where's he going?" Cye asked as he watched him go. "Don't you think that we should go after him?"
"Don't worry Cye, I'm sure that Lightning will come back on his own. Besides, we have more important things to deal with." Ryo replied as he tried to reassure him.
"Yea, I suppose you're right." Cye said as everyone found a place to sit down.
"Katie, what happened when you got here?" Sage asked as he got the discussion going.
"Why would she be here? It doesn't make any sense. Why now, what could Reann want? She knows that I don't work for Maguyser any more." Katie thought to herself.
"Katie? Katie, hey sis, wake up!" Ryo said as he was trying to get her attention.
"Huh, oh ah, sorry Ryo, I guess that I'm as confused as the rest of you." Katie replied as she gave an apologetical smile towards him.
"Oh yes and by the way young lady, how did you get here so fast without the rest of us?" Mia asked as she settled a stern look on her.
"Ahhh... umm.... well you see... I.. erm..." Katie stuttered trying to think of something. "Mia I'm sorry, but I had to. I sensed something and my guardian actions just kicked in. I know I broke my promise to you, but it was an emergency! You saw what was going on here!" Katie said as she motioned with her hand to the still somewhat trashed room.
Mia smiled some, "I know I was just kidding with you. I know you acted on impulse and wouldn't have broke a promise unless you had to."
"So now what are we suppose to do? Just wait around and see if this intruder comes back again?" Kento asked as he was getting annoyed with the conversation that was taking place.
"For the time being, Kento, that's all that we can do." Rowen replied as he crossed his arms.
While they were talking, outside, Lightning was standing on a nearby tree branch that over looked Kaye's room. *Kaye, I'm sorry, you shouldn't have gotten hurt like that. I'm going to have to leave for a while, don't worry, I'll see to it that everything will be ok, I promise.* Lightning said telepathically. The tiger watched over her a little longer, and then he disappeared.
Kaye opened her eyes, and then looked over at her window, *Lightning?* Kaye thought in confusion. She then sat up, and continued to stare out of her window.
Elsewhere...
"Reann, was your mission successful?" a dark, sinister voice asked from the shadows.
"She wasn't where you said she would be, there was another girl there instead." Reann replied coldly.
"What did this other girl look like?" the voice asked.
Reann started to give Kaye's description, and then, "damn! That wretched girl is alive! Even after..." the voice hissed angrily.
"After what? What are you talking about?" Reann asked curiously.
"The girl that you described is a dream walker!" the voice replied angrily.
"What! You can't be serious dream walkers don't exist! And even if they did, she didn't seem all that strong to me." Reann shot back as she placed one hand on her hip.
"Don't underestimate her, Reann! She must not be at her full strength yet from using her dragon's song. She was the one that did this to me!" the voice hissed as it drew back the hooded cloak and revealed a very disfigured face.
"That, that can't be possible," Reann said as she started to back away.
"It is, and she did. But there was one little set back when she pulled off that little stunt." the voice replied as it pulled the hood back into place.
"What's this little set back that you're talking about?" Reann asked with interest.
"You see, when the dream walker used her dragon's song, our minds connected, and now she sees what I've done to my victims over and over again." The voice hissed in amusement.
"So you're saying that whoever she uses this dragon's song on, then..?" Reann asked with an evil smile.
"Yes, whoever she uses it on, she will have their memories for a period of time. But for how long no one really knows." The voice replied.
"Then will this interfere with our original plan?" Reann asked curiously.
"No Reann, everything will go as planned. But for now, I want you to just keep your eyes open, and watch them carefully. Watch them, study them, know their weaknesses, know their strengths, but make sure that they don't see you in the process. Also, for whatever reason, don't and I repeat, don't make any more sudden appearances. We don't want to tip our hand too soon." the voice replied as it disappeared.
"I understand Maguyser, but you don't forget who I am, or what I'm capable of either." Reann said as she threw her dagger into the headboard of the throne, just before she disappeared.