Emotions Vs Power
Chapter 8
Ok we don't own any of the ronins or Mia so don't sue us. ^_^ Oh yea and I own Katie, Maguyser, Reann and the Elders. Rouge owns Kaye and Lightning ah.... I think that's it. Ok well here's chap 8. ~kitty
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Kaye gasped and took a couple of steps back away from him. Maguyser seemed amused by her actions and merely laughed. Not even bothering to move towards her. "I believe you have something that I want." He said.
"Something you want?" Kaye repeated, not understanding what he was meaning.
"Yes, you have something that belongs to a certain warrior of mine and I would like it." He said as he reached out his hand towards her.
"No, you're never going to get this!" Kaye shouted at him as she clutched the medallion tighter in her hand.
Maguyser laughed at her actions, "You know what, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. You do have a very strong fighter's spirit. Unfortunately for you, you didn't learn anything from my warrior. That kind of a fighter's spirit will only get you into trouble."
"Your warrior? Katie doesn't belong to you! And neither do I!" Kaye shouted angrily at him.
"Oh, but I think your wrong. You see she does and soon you will too." He said as he advanced towards her, closing in the gap that had come between them.
"No, I will never belong to you and we will get Katie back." Kaye said as she continued to back away from him and out into the open.
"Kaye!" Kento shouted.
"Oh please." Reann said as she hit a point on his neck, knocking him unconscious. "Mushy moments really do annoy me."
"Kento!" Ryo and Cye shouted.
"So what will it be Dream Walker? Are you going to give me that medallion or will I have to make you?" Maguyser taunted.
"Like I said before, you're never going to get this." Kaye said as she glared at him.
"Have it your way. Reann if you would please."
"No problem." She said as she advanced towards the ronins. The ronins all took fighting stances and got ready for what they hoped wouldn't turn out to be ugly. With one member of their team down, they weren't as strong as they could be. Reann kept walking towards them with a very smug look on her face. "Now lets see. I've already taken out your boyfriend now how about you?" She said as she pointed at Cye.
Kaye said nothing as she watched her. "No? Ok then how about you?" She said again as she this time pointed at Rowen. Kaye again said nothing, but watched. "Hmm.... well let's see you must be Katie's brother, right?" She asked as she looked at Ryo.
Ryo smirked, "What's it to ya?"
"Yea, you're her brother. That hotheaded temper must run in the family." Reann said.
"Why you.." Ryo said as he tried to get at her.
"Ryo! Chill man." Sage said as he held onto the ronin leader.
Reann laughed at his actions, "You should listen to him. If you wanna live to see another day that is."
"Reann." Maguyser warned.
"OK, well I can't jus pick one so why not jus do all at the same time? I like that idea." Reann said as she readied herself to attack them. "Now what would work best for you all? Slow and painful or quick and painless?"
"How 'bout neither and we call it a draw?" Rowen asked.
"Slow and painful it is then." Reann said. She then quickly closed the gap in between them and attacked them. Within minutes she had them all on the ground almost dead. Kaye watched from the sidelines and wished she could help them. "Now then...." She said as she picked Cye up by the throat with one hand. "Any last wishes?" She asked as she began to choke him.
"NO! STOP IT!" Kaye yelled at her.
Maguyser waved his hand at Reann and she dropped a gasping Cye to the ground. "Well now, are you going to give us the medallion now or do I let her continue?"
Kaye wavered for a minute and then finally admitted defeat, "Ok, you win. Here." She said as she tossed the medallion at him. Maguyser's eyes gleamed as he looked at the medallion in his hands. "You did the right thing."
"No, Kaye how could you?" Ryo said weakly as he got up.
"I'm sorry Ryo." Kaye said.
"Yea, yea and she regrets doing it. We all know how it goes." Reann said as she rolled her eyes.
"Reann make yourself useful and get the Dream Walker. Let's get out of here. I have something to take care of." Maguyser said and disappeared.
"Sure thing." Reann said as she grabbed Kaye and was gone.
"Kaye!" Cye shouted. "This is just great. Now we've lost them both."
"Yea, and the fun doesn't stop there. Now Maguyser has my sister's medallion." Ryo said as he got to his feet.
"I think we're going to need a plan guys." Rowen said as he and Cye got Kento to his feet and began to walk back towards the house.
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Maguyser returned to the throne room where he had left Katie while Reann went to go and put Kaye somewhere safe. Katie was sitting on the floor and not looking to good. Maguyser smirked to himself and walked over to her. Katie looked up at him and glared.
"Get lost." She said in a very weak voice.
"Aw, what's the matter Guardian? Is it getting to the point of where it's starting to hurt to stay in control? Well it's almost time now. You see this?" He said as held her medallion in front of her. "This won't help you now. And very soon what little bit of energy you're surviving on will be gone." He said as he started to laugh.
"Kaye has been taken care of sir." Reann said as she appeared in the throne room.
"Good. You see, this time you won't win. I will rein over this world and every other world forever!" He said as he began to laugh again.
"You will never win. My brother and the ronins will stop you.... even if I do turn." Katie got out before she collapsed on the throne room floor.
Reann went to her side and checked to make sure she was still breathing. "Is she ok?"
"Yes, foolish child she is fine. The last of her energy is gone and her powers are slowly taking over again. When she awakes she will be under my control once again. Nothing will stop me this time." He said as he once again started to laugh.
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"Elders it is happening isn't it?" Tento asked as he watched the events unfold before his eyes.
"Yes, Tento and unless we do something we will lose everything." The second Elder said.
"The best course of action it seems to me is to send someone to help the ronins find Kaye and Katie before Maguyser can use them in his plan." The fifth and eldest Elder said.
"But whom would we send?" The third asked.
"Well why don't we send Tento?" The fourth asked.
"Me?" Tento asked as if not believing what he had heard.
"I think that would be a good idea. Tento you can take them to Maguyser and help them find Kaye and Katie." The fifth said as he looked at Tento.
"But I can not do this. I am jus supposed to protect you five."
"You can and you have to." The first added.
"The ronins need your help Tento. They have to find Kaye and Katie or we will not only lose Katie and Kaye, but our lives too." The fifth said.
Tento nodded and started to walk towards the exit, "Alright I will. I guess I have to." He then turned and walked out to go and help the ronins.
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While Tento was on his way to them lets jus say that the ronins were all recovering from the fight with Reann. Mia had her first aid kit out and was checking over the hurt ronins to make sure that none of them had any life threatening wounds. After they had all checked out ok she went to go and put the first aid kit back.
"So let me get this straight. You guys let them take Kaye and now Maguyser has her, Katie and her medallion?" Kento asked as he was trying to get his facts straight.
"Yea, that's basically all that happened." Cye said.
"Well, that's jus great. Now what are we supposed to do?" Kento said as he crossed his arms and sat back against the couch.
"Chill Kento, you didn't exactly try and stop her yourself." Sage said as he held an ice pack against his head.
"Well maybe because I was unconscious!" Kento shouted at him.
"My point exactly." Sage said.
"Well if I hadn't been unconscious blonde, I would have done something!" Kento replied.
"Stop you two. This really isn't helping any." Rowen said hoping to stop the argument.
"If only there was some way for us to get to Maguyser." Ryo muttered to himself. Kaye gone and Katie's medallion being taken had really hit home with him. All he had done since he had been given the A-OK from Mia was sit and mumble things to himself. The guys were starting to become worried about him. Just then there was a bright light and a man stepped into the front room. Tento looked around at his surroundings and then looked over at the ronins. "Um... I think I can be of some help."
"Ok so they sent you here to help us?" Ryo asked him after Tento had got done telling them what all he knew and why he was there.
"Basically yes. They sent me to take you all to Maguyser." He answered.
"Ok then, what are we jus sitting round here for?" Kento asked as he stood up.
"We can't just have him take us there without some kind of a plan." Cye said.
"Cye's right. Ok Kento you, Cye and I will go and look for Kaye when we get there. Sage, you and Ryo will go and see if you can find Katie." Rowen said as he looked at them all.
"Ok, Tento if you would, take us to Maguyser." Ryo said as he the others all stood. Tento nodded and with a flash of light they were all gone.
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Maguyser smiled as he looked at the now awake and back Katie. Everything he had planned was going right. He had Katie back and the Dream Walker, Kaye, not to mention the ronins were temporarily taken care of. Why wouldn't he be smiling? He now sat at his throne deciding his next move. "Now..." He thought aloud. "Should I take control of the Dream Walker now or use her to toy with the ronins?"
"If I may say something." Katie said as she stood before him wearing something similar to what Reann was wearing in the ninja department.
"You may." Maguyser said.
"Why not use her to toy with them? It would be more interesting than to jus take control of her now. Besides I would like to make those pathetic ronins suffer before we dispose of them." Katie suggested.
"Not a bad idea. Now Tento is here and he has brought the annoying ronins with him. Katie make yourself useful and give our guests a nice warm welcome." Maguyser said.
Katie bowed and was gone. Maguyser than turned to Reann, "Make sure they find the Dream Walker."
"What? Are you going to do what she suggested?" Reann asked as if not believing it.
"Yes, Reann now either you do as I say or... do I have to tell you the or?"
"No, sir." Reann said, bowed and was gone.
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Tento lead them all inside the palace of Maguyser. From there they all split up. Kento, Cye and Rowen going one way to try and find Kaye while Ryo and Sage went the other to try and find Katie. Tento went back to be with the Elders since his job had been completed. Leaving the ronins to deal with the elements of Maguyser's palace alone.
"Where do you think she could be?" Sage asked Ryo as they walked along the corridor.
"I don't know. Hopefully we can get to her soon." Ryo replied.
"You might jus find me sooner than you think."
"Huh?" Ryo said as he looked around.
"Katie?" Sage said as he too, looked around.
All of a sudden torches lighted the room and there stood Katie. She stood in a black ninja garb type outfit. The flames making her eyes seem to dance with an odd excitement. She grinned and walked slowly over to them. Each step she took seem to make the flames jump higher and higher. "I'm so glad you guys found me." She said in a very not like her voice.
"Katie? Are you ok and what are you doing here?" Sage asked as he motioned with his hands at the room.
"I'm jus fine and I like it in this room, don't you?" She asked innocently.
"Ok, something is definitely wrong here. Sis what's wrong with you?" Ryo asked, as he became alarmed.
"Nothing's wrong with me. Its what's going to be wrong with you two." She said as she pointed her finger at them.
"Katie, come on. This isn't right. You don't want to do this." Sage said as he took a step towards her. Throwing stars ended up at his feet, stopping him in his tracks.
Katie smirked as she held up two more throwing stars in her hand. "And what would you know? Someone who has always fought for the side of good would know nothing. This is where I belong."
"How can you say that Katie? This is not where you belong and it will never be where you belong. You belong with your friends and family." Ryo said as he tried to talk some sense into her.
"You know nothing of what you're talking about. I don't have time to chat with you two, sadly. Now would you prefer to die by my hand or would you like to wait and die by master Maguyser's hand?" She said as she advanced towards them.
"Katie please! You have to listen to us." Sage pleaded with her.
"Sorry, Katie's not available at this time but leave her a message and she'll try and come to your funeral."
"Katie stop this. I'm your brother, ok and I don't want to see you doing something that you've tried so hard to get away from." Ryo said as he tried again to get through to her.
"Maguyser is using you Katie. He doesn't care what happens to you. We do." Sage said.
"Is that so. Well you see..." She said as she held up her medallion. "I really could care less. This is who I am and what I will be. Nothing any of you say and do will ever change that." She said as she crushed her medallion in her hand. "I'm done being little miss goodie goodie and having to mask who I really am. No more. I'm back and for good."
"No." Sage whispered as he stared at her. Not believing that she could be the same person he knew and loved.
"Sis please..." Ryo said as he too stared at the person who stood in front of them. She looked like the Katie they knew, but she wasn't anymore. Her blue eyes were now clouded and dark. Her usually smiling face now held an evil glow to it. This person was definitely not the Katie they once knew.
Ryo balled his hands into fists at his sides while Sage hung his head. They had come so close to saving her and now they feared that all was lost. Them, Kaye and anyone else who mattered.
Emotions Vs Power
Chapter 8
Ok we don't own any of the ronins or Mia so don't sue us. ^_^ Oh yea and I own Katie, Maguyser, Reann and the Elders. Rouge owns Kaye and Lightning ah.... I think that's it. Ok well here's chap 8. ~kitty
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Kaye gasped and took a couple of steps back away from him. Maguyser seemed amused by her actions and merely laughed. Not even bothering to move towards her. "I believe you have something that I want." He said.
"Something you want?" Kaye repeated, not understanding what he was meaning.
"Yes, you have something that belongs to a certain warrior of mine and I would like it." He said as he reached out his hand towards her.
"No, you're never going to get this!" Kaye shouted at him as she clutched the medallion tighter in her hand.
Maguyser laughed at her actions, "You know what, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. You do have a very strong fighter's spirit. Unfortunately for you, you didn't learn anything from my warrior. That kind of a fighter's spirit will only get you into trouble."
"Your warrior? Katie doesn't belong to you! And neither do I!" Kaye shouted angrily at him.
"Oh, but I think your wrong. You see she does and soon you will too." He said as he advanced towards her, closing in the gap that had come between them.
"No, I will never belong to you and we will get Katie back." Kaye said as she continued to back away from him and out into the open.
"Kaye!" Kento shouted.
"Oh please." Reann said as she hit a point on his neck, knocking him unconscious. "Mushy moments really do annoy me."
"Kento!" Ryo and Cye shouted.
"So what will it be Dream Walker? Are you going to give me that medallion or will I have to make you?" Maguyser taunted.
"Like I said before, you're never going to get this." Kaye said as she glared at him.
"Have it your way. Reann if you would please."
"No problem." She said as she advanced towards the ronins. The ronins all took fighting stances and got ready for what they hoped wouldn't turn out to be ugly. With one member of their team down, they weren't as strong as they could be. Reann kept walking towards them with a very smug look on her face. "Now lets see. I've already taken out your boyfriend now how about you?" She said as she pointed at Cye.
Kaye said nothing as she watched her. "No? Ok then how about you?" She said again as she this time pointed at Rowen. Kaye again said nothing, but watched. "Hmm.... well let's see you must be Katie's brother, right?" She asked as she looked at Ryo.
Ryo smirked, "What's it to ya?"
"Yea, you're her brother. That hotheaded temper must run in the family." Reann said.
"Why you.." Ryo said as he tried to get at her.
"Ryo! Chill man." Sage said as he held onto the ronin leader.
Reann laughed at his actions, "You should listen to him. If you wanna live to see another day that is."
"Reann." Maguyser warned.
"OK, well I can't jus pick one so why not jus do all at the same time? I like that idea." Reann said as she readied herself to attack them. "Now what would work best for you all? Slow and painful or quick and painless?"
"How 'bout neither and we call it a draw?" Rowen asked.
"Slow and painful it is then." Reann said. She then quickly closed the gap in between them and attacked them. Within minutes she had them all on the ground almost dead. Kaye watched from the sidelines and wished she could help them. "Now then...." She said as she picked Cye up by the throat with one hand. "Any last wishes?" She asked as she began to choke him.
"NO! STOP IT!" Kaye yelled at her.
Maguyser waved his hand at Reann and she dropped a gasping Cye to the ground. "Well now, are you going to give us the medallion now or do I let her continue?"
Kaye wavered for a minute and then finally admitted defeat, "Ok, you win. Here." She said as she tossed the medallion at him. Maguyser's eyes gleamed as he looked at the medallion in his hands. "You did the right thing."
"No, Kaye how could you?" Ryo said weakly as he got up.
"I'm sorry Ryo." Kaye said.
"Yea, yea and she regrets doing it. We all know how it goes." Reann said as she rolled her eyes.
"Reann make yourself useful and get the Dream Walker. Let's get out of here. I have something to take care of." Maguyser said and disappeared.
"Sure thing." Reann said as she grabbed Kaye and was gone.
"Kaye!" Cye shouted. "This is just great. Now we've lost them both."
"Yea, and the fun doesn't stop there. Now Maguyser has my sister's medallion." Ryo said as he got to his feet.
"I think we're going to need a plan guys." Rowen said as he and Cye got Kento to his feet and began to walk back towards the house.
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Maguyser returned to the throne room where he had left Katie while Reann went to go and put Kaye somewhere safe. Katie was sitting on the floor and not looking to good. Maguyser smirked to himself and walked over to her. Katie looked up at him and glared.
"Get lost." She said in a very weak voice.
"Aw, what's the matter Guardian? Is it getting to the point of where it's starting to hurt to stay in control? Well it's almost time now. You see this?" He said as held her medallion in front of her. "This won't help you now. And very soon what little bit of energy you're surviving on will be gone." He said as he started to laugh.
"Kaye has been taken care of sir." Reann said as she appeared in the throne room.
"Good. You see, this time you won't win. I will rein over this world and every other world forever!" He said as he began to laugh again.
"You will never win. My brother and the ronins will stop you.... even if I do turn." Katie got out before she collapsed on the throne room floor.
Reann went to her side and checked to make sure she was still breathing. "Is she ok?"
"Yes, foolish child she is fine. The last of her energy is gone and her powers are slowly taking over again. When she awakes she will be under my control once again. Nothing will stop me this time." He said as he once again started to laugh.
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"Elders it is happening isn't it?" Tento asked as he watched the events unfold before his eyes.
"Yes, Tento and unless we do something we will lose everything." The second Elder said.
"The best course of action it seems to me is to send someone to help the ronins find Kaye and Katie before Maguyser can use them in his plan." The fifth and eldest Elder said.
"But whom would we send?" The third asked.
"Well why don't we send Tento?" The fourth asked.
"Me?" Tento asked as if not believing what he had heard.
"I think that would be a good idea. Tento you can take them to Maguyser and help them find Kaye and Katie." The fifth said as he looked at Tento.
"But I can not do this. I am jus supposed to protect you five."
"You can and you have to." The first added.
"The ronins need your help Tento. They have to find Kaye and Katie or we will not only lose Katie and Kaye, but our lives too." The fifth said.
Tento nodded and started to walk towards the exit, "Alright I will. I guess I have to." He then turned and walked out to go and help the ronins.
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While Tento was on his way to them lets jus say that the ronins were all recovering from the fight with Reann. Mia had her first aid kit out and was checking over the hurt ronins to make sure that none of them had any life threatening wounds. After they had all checked out ok she went to go and put the first aid kit back.
"So let me get this straight. You guys let them take Kaye and now Maguyser has her, Katie and her medallion?" Kento asked as he was trying to get his facts straight.
"Yea, that's basically all that happened." Cye said.
"Well, that's jus great. Now what are we supposed to do?" Kento said as he crossed his arms and sat back against the couch.
"Chill Kento, you didn't exactly try and stop her yourself." Sage said as he held an ice pack against his head.
"Well maybe because I was unconscious!" Kento shouted at him.
"My point exactly." Sage said.
"Well if I hadn't been unconscious blonde, I would have done something!" Kento replied.
"Stop you two. This really isn't helping any." Rowen said hoping to stop the argument.
"If only there was some way for us to get to Maguyser." Ryo muttered to himself. Kaye gone and Katie's medallion being taken had really hit home with him. All he had done since he had been given the A-OK from Mia was sit and mumble things to himself. The guys were starting to become worried about him. Just then there was a bright light and a man stepped into the front room. Tento looked around at his surroundings and then looked over at the ronins. "Um... I think I can be of some help."
"Ok so they sent you here to help us?" Ryo asked him after Tento had got done telling them what all he knew and why he was there.
"Basically yes. They sent me to take you all to Maguyser." He answered.
"Ok then, what are we jus sitting round here for?" Kento asked as he stood up.
"We can't just have him take us there without some kind of a plan." Cye said.
"Cye's right. Ok Kento you, Cye and I will go and look for Kaye when we get there. Sage, you and Ryo will go and see if you can find Katie." Rowen said as he looked at them all.
"Ok, Tento if you would, take us to Maguyser." Ryo said as he the others all stood. Tento nodded and with a flash of light they were all gone.
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Maguyser smiled as he looked at the now awake and back Katie. Everything he had planned was going right. He had Katie back and the Dream Walker, Kaye, not to mention the ronins were temporarily taken care of. Why wouldn't he be smiling? He now sat at his throne deciding his next move. "Now..." He thought aloud. "Should I take control of the Dream Walker now or use her to toy with the ronins?"
"If I may say something." Katie said as she stood before him wearing something similar to what Reann was wearing in the ninja department.
"You may." Maguyser said.
"Why not use her to toy with them? It would be more interesting than to jus take control of her now. Besides I would like to make those pathetic ronins suffer before we dispose of them." Katie suggested.
"Not a bad idea. Now Tento is here and he has brought the annoying ronins with him. Katie make yourself useful and give our guests a nice warm welcome." Maguyser said.
Katie bowed and was gone. Maguyser than turned to Reann, "Make sure they find the Dream Walker."
"What? Are you going to do what she suggested?" Reann asked as if not believing it.
"Yes, Reann now either you do as I say or... do I have to tell you the or?"
"No, sir." Reann said, bowed and was gone.
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Tento lead them all inside the palace of Maguyser. From there they all split up. Kento, Cye and Rowen going one way to try and find Kaye while Ryo and Sage went the other to try and find Katie. Tento went back to be with the Elders since his job had been completed. Leaving the ronins to deal with the elements of Maguyser's palace alone.
"Where do you think she could be?" Sage asked Ryo as they walked along the corridor.
"I don't know. Hopefully we can get to her soon." Ryo replied.
"You might jus find me sooner than you think."
"Huh?" Ryo said as he looked around.
"Katie?" Sage said as he too, looked around.
All of a sudden torches lighted the room and there stood Katie. She stood in a black ninja garb type outfit. The flames making her eyes seem to dance with an odd excitement. She grinned and walked slowly over to them. Each step she took seem to make the flames jump higher and higher. "I'm so glad you guys found me." She said in a very not like her voice.
"Katie? Are you ok and what are you doing here?" Sage asked as he motioned with his hands at the room.
"I'm jus fine and I like it in this room, don't you?" She asked innocently.
"Ok, something is definitely wrong here. Sis what's wrong with you?" Ryo asked, as he became alarmed.
"Nothing's wrong with me. Its what's going to be wrong with you two." She said as she pointed her finger at them.
"Katie, come on. This isn't right. You don't want to do this." Sage said as he took a step towards her. Throwing stars ended up at his feet, stopping him in his tracks.
Katie smirked as she held up two more throwing stars in her hand. "And what would you know? Someone who has always fought for the side of good would know nothing. This is where I belong."
"How can you say that Katie? This is not where you belong and it will never be where you belong. You belong with your friends and family." Ryo said as he tried to talk some sense into her.
"You know nothing of what you're talking about. I don't have time to chat with you two, sadly. Now would you prefer to die by my hand or would you like to wait and die by master Maguyser's hand?" She said as she advanced towards them.
"Katie please! You have to listen to us." Sage pleaded with her.
"Sorry, Katie's not available at this time but leave her a message and she'll try and come to your funeral."
"Katie stop this. I'm your brother, ok and I don't want to see you doing something that you've tried so hard to get away from." Ryo said as he tried again to get through to her.
"Maguyser is using you Katie. He doesn't care what happens to you. We do." Sage said.
"Is that so. Well you see..." She said as she held up her medallion. "I really could care less. This is who I am and what I will be. Nothing any of you say and do will ever change that." She said as she crushed her medallion in her hand. "I'm done being little miss goodie goodie and having to mask who I really am. No more. I'm back and for good."
"No." Sage whispered as he stared at her. Not believing that she could be the same person he knew and loved.
"Sis please..." Ryo said as he too stared at the person who stood in front of them. She looked like the Katie they knew, but she wasn't anymore. Her blue eyes were now clouded and dark. Her usually smiling face now held an evil glow to it. This person was definitely not the Katie they once knew.
Ryo balled his hands into fists at his sides while Sage hung his head. They had come so close to saving her and now they feared that all was lost. Them, Kaye and anyone else who mattered.