Chapter 10
Emotions vs. Power
Disclaimer: WE don't own the Ronins or Mia. Man, how many times have we said that? Eh, well anyway we do own our own characters and if you've been following this story than you know who owns who. ^_^
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Damnit!" Ryo shouted as he punched the wall with his armored covered fist. Anger and rage had begun to build up inside of him and this was the only way he knew how to let it out without anyone getting hurt.
"Hey, Ryo its not your fault." Sage said as he laid a hand on his shoulder.
Ryo shook it off and turned to stare at his teammates. "Yes it is. She was counting on me to help her. To save her and I couldn't! She is my sister; my own family and I let her down!"
"We all did Ryo. You weren't the only one she was counting on." Kaye said quietly, trying to calm the angered ronin.
"It's not over Ryo. We can still win and get her back." Rowen said as he took his try at calming him.
Ryo just shook his head stubbornly. "What are we going to do? Maguyser has her, her medallion is gone. Kaye is hurt and can't help us that much and I did nothing to stop that, that lunatic from getting to my sister!" Ryo shouted at them as he waved his arms to emphasize his point.
"Ryo." Cye said calmly trying to gain his attention. The ronin leader going off into one of his self-blaming moments while they were still in enemy territory was not a good thing.
"WHY?!" Ryo shouted as he looked up towards the ceiling. "Why couldn't you guys help her?!"
Kaye looked down at the ground as Kento kept a hold on her to keep her from falling. She started to feel a little dizzy and shook her head as little dots started form in front of her eyes. Trying to clear the annoying things from her sight. What did he do to me? She asked herself.
"Someone answer me as to why those Elders couldn't have helped her?! Why they couldn't have prevented this from happening? Can you?!" Ryo ranted, as he looked at each one of the ronins with wild blue eyes that seemed to accuse each of them.
"Ryo, none of us have any answers. We're just as clueless as you are." Cye said gently, trying once again to calm him.
"We need to get Kaye out of here though. We're still on Maguyser's turf and anything could happen to us here. Come on Ryo and try to pull your self together. We need to find a way back." Rowen said.
There was a bright flash of light and then Tento was standing in the corridor hallway with them. "I can be of assistance."
Ryo turned and laid cold blue eyes on him as he started to approach the confused guy . "You." He said as he reached Tento, grabbing him by the throat and slamming him against the wall. "You and the Elders did NOTHING to help her!"
"RYO!" Sage and Rowen shouted as they grabbed each of his arms and pulled them off the defenseless Tento. They then pulled his arms behind his back to keep him from hurting anyone else.
"Ryo, come on man. You need to chill out." Kento said as he held Kaye.
Tento took a few minutes to catch his breath before he tried to speak. "I was sent to take you all home. It is not safe here."
"Are you all right?" Cye asked him.
Tento nodded, "Yes, but I must get you all out of here."
"Well feel free to at any time." Rowen said as he and Sage tried to keep their hold on the outraged ronin leader. Tento nodded and then with a flash they were all gone.
~~~~*****~~~~*****~~~~*****~~~~*****
"REANN, KATIE!" Maguyser bellowed as he paced the floor of his throne room. Both appeared and bowed before him.
"Yes." Reann said as she stood.
"We must act now. Reann I want you to go and keep an eye on the annoying pests." He said as he looked at Reann.
Reann bowed, "As you wish master." She said as she turned and disappeared to carry out her order.
"And as for you." Maguyser said as he looked at Katie who seemed to be not too happy with him at all. Maguyser looked puzzled, "What's the matter with you?"
Katie glared at him, "I may be your little warrior again, but I still love my brother and Halo."
"You feel love for no one. You have no feelings. You know only to kill." Maguyser said.
"Ya know." Katie said as a sly grin came across her lips. "We could use them."
Maguyser looked at her with interest, "Go on."
"I was just thinking. My brother is very strong and would be an excellent addition to this little group of ours and Sage is a healer. He could be very useful to us." She said as she crossed her arms.
Maguyser smirked, "And you were thinking that we could capture them and bring them to our side. Am I right?"
"My you do think fast." She said as she tried to look surprised.
Maguyser thought over what she had said to him as he sat down at his throne. "All right. We will bring this Wildfire and Halo to our side. They could be very useful to use in time. I will have Reann do that while she is keeping an eye on them. For now I want you to go and pay those Elders a little visit for me."
Katie raised an eyebrow in surprise as to what he had told her to do. "Can I ask why?"
"I think they would love to see an old face and I want to make sure that they understand you are mine again. Nothing they try to do will bring you back." He said as he smiled evilly and raised a hand to touch her face.
Katie smirked and bowed. "Yes, master." She said as she too turned and disappeared.
Maguyser smirked to himself as he thought over his plan to rule the Earth and other worlds. "If that Dream Walker thinks she can take my assassin away from me again she has another thing coming. I won't make the same mistakes again. This time my evil will prevail!" He said as he began to laugh out loud.
~~~~******~~~~******~~~~******~~~~******~~~~******
Reann entered the house the way she had once before. Quietly she snuck down to where the ronins where all huddled. She noted how none of them had seemed to notice that she had even entered the house. Looking down at them she could she all but two of them down there. Ryo was sitting on the couch hunched over petting White Blaze. He looked very hurt and lost. Sage was sitting opposite of him; staring into space. Cye had just now walked into the living room with a tray of what looked like food and some kind of drink for all of them. He sat the tray down on the coffee table in font of everyone and then took a seat next to Ryo and Rowen on the couch.
"Well this should be easy to do." She said to herself as she got up to hide until the two ronins she wanted were alone.
~~~~~~~******* ~~~~~~~******* ~~~~~~~******* ~~~~~~~*******
"Things have gotten way out of hand." The third Elder said as he looked to the others. They nodded quietly to themselves. The worst of what was to come had happened and now all they could do was wait.
Katie came walking down the familiar corridor like she had done so many times as she walked into the throne room of the Elders. She grinned at them, "Miss me?"
Tento stood in front of the Elders, blocking her way. "I will not allow you passage to the Elders."
Katie rolled her eyes at him, "Oh please do you think you could really stop me Tento?"
The eldest of them waved Tento away and looked directly at Katie. His weathered face showing no fear. "We know why you have come and we will not try and stop you. There is nothing we can do for you now."
"No there isn't is there? There was nothing you could ever do for me. I chose to go back and this is where I will stay. Face it, you will lose this time." She said and smiled a very cold unnatural smile.
"We are sorry that this had to happen to you again. You had so much going for you." The fourth said as a look of sympathy formed on his face.
"I don't want your pity old man. I am who I always was meant to be and couldn't be happier."
"You may not be a guardian anymore, but we can still feel what you feel. Your friend was right, there is still good in you. The Katie that we once knew and cared for like a daughter is still inside you." The eldest spoke again.
She faltered for a minute, taken back by what he had said. Then she shook her head and laughed some to herself. "Madre del dios, it doesn't matter what you say or think. I know how I feel and right now I would love nothing more than to kill you all."
"Do you really want to do that? Will it make you feel better? If so than kill us now. We are all old and have lived a very long life. Kill us if it would make you feel better, Katie." The second Elder said.
Katie laughed that unnatural laugh that sent shivers up the Elders spine's as she walked closer to them. "Yes, it probably would, but my orders were to come and visit you all. Not kill you. As much as I would love to." She said and laid cold emotionless blue eyes on them. The Elders all looked to the eldest who looked down at the floor. They had failed to protect her and now the lives of millions hung in the balance.
~~~~~**** ~~~~~**** ~~~~~**** ~~~~~**** ~~~~~****
It had taken a while but her wait was worth it. The others had gone off to bed after a long while of silence between them. The only two still up where the ones she wanted. She smirked to herself as she made her way quietly to them.
Ryo sat where he had been since he had gotten back. Sage still opposite him. Neither said anything. They didn't have to. Both were thinking the same things. Kaye was now hurt but they didn't know what was the problem. She had nothing that anyone could see wrong with her but she still didn't seem right to any of them.
White Blaze's ears twitched at the sounds of silent foot steps coming towards them. He lifted his head and looked around. Ryo looked down at him and frowned. "What is it boy?"
Sage looked around the room, now alert that another presence was in there. Before either of them could do anything a hand came out of no where. Striking Ryo on his neck and rendering him unconscious. Sage stood, along with White Blaze and stared at the intruder.
White Blaze growled and lounged for her. Reann simply waved her hand at the large tiger and he fell asleep before her eyes. Sage looked at the tiger that was not fast asleep on the floor and back at Reann.
"Well, where was all his ronin power?" Reann said as she looked at Ryo and then up at Sage. "Well you know what, I can actually see why she is so attached to you." She said as she looked Sage over from head to toe.
"Where is she? What have you done to her?!" Sage shouted at her, trying to keep his voice down so as to not wake the others.
"Protective of your property aren't you?" Reann asked as she grinned at him.
"I swear, if Ryo doesn't kill you first I will..."
"What? Kill me? You and Ryo here couldn't lay a hand on me even if you wanted to." She said as she picked Ryo up and threw him over her shoulder. "Now, I came here to get you and Ryo. Do you want to see Katie or not?"
Sage looked skeptically at her. "How do I know this isn't some kind of trap?"
"You don't. I just thought that maybe you would want to see her. Since you both looked so sad without her." Sage glared at her but said nothing. "Are you going to come or not?" She continued.
"Do I have a choice?" Sage asked.
"Not really." Reann said as she hit him on the back of the neck, causing him to crumble to the floor. She caught him before he hit the floor and disappeared before anyone woke up.
~~~~~~~~**** ~~~~~~~~**** ~~~~~~~~**** ~~~~~~~~**** ~~~~~~~~****
"Ow, my head." Ryo said as he awoke to find himself chained and in some kind of a cell. He looked around and groaned when light flooded into the room; blinding him temporally. He looked up when the sound of a door shutting was heard. He went for his armor orb in his pocket when he found it not there.
"Looking for this?" An all to familiar voice asked him.
"Huh?" He said as he looked up to see the last person in the world he thought he would see. "Katie?"
She nodded and walked closer to him, "I had them bring you here."
"Why?" Ryo asked as he looked up at the person he once knew as his sister.
"I thought I could make you an offer."
"An offer?" Ryo repeated, now starting to get a very bad feeling.
"Yea, an offer hermano. I am offering you the opportunity to join my side."
Ryo stared at her for a minute, not believe what he was hearing. His sister, the only real family he had left was asking him to betray his friends and his duty as a ronin and join her side. He missed her yes and would do anything to get her back but this he could not do. He looked up at her, "No. I can't, I can't forget everything I stand for and have fought for to join your side."
He thought he saw a flicker of hurt in her emotionless blue eyes but pushed that thought aside. "Katie this isn't right and you know it. Please sis, I don't want to have to fight you again. Please I know you are still in there, somewhere." He said as he reached up to take her head in his hands. She pulled away from him and stood up. Ryo looked up at her with pleading eyes.
"No matter, after we are through with you, you will see things differently." Katie said as she turned to walk out of the cell. Leaving a very lonely and sad Ryo behind.
~~~~~***** ~~~~~***** ~~~~~***** ~~~~~***** ~~~~~*****
Sage had been awake for sometime now and was busy on trying to find a way out when a door behind him opened and closed. He didn't turn around to see who had come in. He figured it was just Reann coming in to pester him again.
"Oh come on don't be like that." Reann said as she looked at his back.
Sage smirked to himself. I hate it when I'm right, He thought. "Leave me alone, Reann." Reann laughed some at his words and Sage turned to glare at her. "You think this is funny don't you? You think me being chained up and here is funny!" He said as he held up his chained hands for proof.
Reann smiled and walked towards him, "Yea, I'm loving every minute of this." Sage watched her as she walked towards him, not sure as to what she was going to do. Reann smirked at the unsure look on his face.
"That's enough Reann."
Reann turned around to look at the person who had said that. Sage looked around her and blinked at the person who was standing in the doorway. "Maguyser wants you, you'd betta get moving chica." Reann smirked and sauntered out of the cell room.
Sage stood wide eyed looking at the person in front of him. He was considerering pinching himself when he remembered that his hands where chained. He blinked and then looked again. She was till there so it couldn't be a dream, he thought to himself.
Katie laughed slightly to herself. "No, I'm not a dream and yes I am really here but don't get your hopes up, Halo." He felt his heart sink when she called him Halo. She walked over to him and placed a hand on his cheek as she looked at him. "I can't help you with the pain. All I can do is tell you to get used to who I am."
Sage shook his head and took her face in his hands as he looked at her, "This is not who you are Katie, can't you see that?"
"I can see that your still stuck on who I once was." She said stubbornly. "I may be back to being an assassin for Maguyser but I have not lost my love for you."
Sage looked at her as tears started to form. "How can I make you see that this is not who you are?"
"You can't Halo, all you can do is just join me." Katie said, her eyes searching his.
Sage stared at her in disbelief. "Join you?" He repeated as he shook his head. "Listen to yourself, this is crazy talk."
"Hey, Maguyser wants to see both of us Katie." Reann said as she leaned against the doorway.
"Katie listen to me." Sage said as he looked at her. "Don't go. Don't listen to him." She tried to pull away to leave but he grabbed her face again and pulled her into a kiss. She pulled away from him and he stared at her. "Don't leave me Katie, please."
"Come on, he doesn't like to be kept waiting. You can come back here and play kissy face with him later." Reann said impatiently from where she stood.
"Yea, yea I heard ya the first time Reann. Why don't you just go on ahead of me and I'll be right there." Katie said angrily as she turned to glare at her. Reann smirked and walked away.
"Katie please." Sage pleaded with her as he held her face once again. "You can stop this. You know you can."
She looked at him, her eyes once again emotionless and cold. "Mi amor, I have to go." She said as she turned from him and walked out of the holding cell. She walked down the corridor and was surprised when a tear fell on her cheek. She quickly wiped it away and continued for the throne room.
Chapter 10
Emotions vs. Power
Disclaimer: WE don't own the Ronins or Mia. Man, how many times have we said that? Eh, well anyway we do own our own characters and if you've been following this story than you know who owns who. ^_^
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Damnit!" Ryo shouted as he punched the wall with his armored covered fist. Anger and rage had begun to build up inside of him and this was the only way he knew how to let it out without anyone getting hurt.
"Hey, Ryo its not your fault." Sage said as he laid a hand on his shoulder.
Ryo shook it off and turned to stare at his teammates. "Yes it is. She was counting on me to help her. To save her and I couldn't! She is my sister; my own family and I let her down!"
"We all did Ryo. You weren't the only one she was counting on." Kaye said quietly, trying to calm the angered ronin.
"It's not over Ryo. We can still win and get her back." Rowen said as he took his try at calming him.
Ryo just shook his head stubbornly. "What are we going to do? Maguyser has her, her medallion is gone. Kaye is hurt and can't help us that much and I did nothing to stop that, that lunatic from getting to my sister!" Ryo shouted at them as he waved his arms to emphasize his point.
"Ryo." Cye said calmly trying to gain his attention. The ronin leader going off into one of his self-blaming moments while they were still in enemy territory was not a good thing.
"WHY?!" Ryo shouted as he looked up towards the ceiling. "Why couldn't you guys help her?!"
Kaye looked down at the ground as Kento kept a hold on her to keep her from falling. She started to feel a little dizzy and shook her head as little dots started form in front of her eyes. Trying to clear the annoying things from her sight. What did he do to me? She asked herself.
"Someone answer me as to why those Elders couldn't have helped her?! Why they couldn't have prevented this from happening? Can you?!" Ryo ranted, as he looked at each one of the ronins with wild blue eyes that seemed to accuse each of them.
"Ryo, none of us have any answers. We're just as clueless as you are." Cye said gently, trying once again to calm him.
"We need to get Kaye out of here though. We're still on Maguyser's turf and anything could happen to us here. Come on Ryo and try to pull your self together. We need to find a way back." Rowen said.
There was a bright flash of light and then Tento was standing in the corridor hallway with them. "I can be of assistance."
Ryo turned and laid cold blue eyes on him as he started to approach the confused guy . "You." He said as he reached Tento, grabbing him by the throat and slamming him against the wall. "You and the Elders did NOTHING to help her!"
"RYO!" Sage and Rowen shouted as they grabbed each of his arms and pulled them off the defenseless Tento. They then pulled his arms behind his back to keep him from hurting anyone else.
"Ryo, come on man. You need to chill out." Kento said as he held Kaye.
Tento took a few minutes to catch his breath before he tried to speak. "I was sent to take you all home. It is not safe here."
"Are you all right?" Cye asked him.
Tento nodded, "Yes, but I must get you all out of here."
"Well feel free to at any time." Rowen said as he and Sage tried to keep their hold on the outraged ronin leader. Tento nodded and then with a flash they were all gone.
~~~~*****~~~~*****~~~~*****~~~~*****
"REANN, KATIE!" Maguyser bellowed as he paced the floor of his throne room. Both appeared and bowed before him.
"Yes." Reann said as she stood.
"We must act now. Reann I want you to go and keep an eye on the annoying pests." He said as he looked at Reann.
Reann bowed, "As you wish master." She said as she turned and disappeared to carry out her order.
"And as for you." Maguyser said as he looked at Katie who seemed to be not too happy with him at all. Maguyser looked puzzled, "What's the matter with you?"
Katie glared at him, "I may be your little warrior again, but I still love my brother and Halo."
"You feel love for no one. You have no feelings. You know only to kill." Maguyser said.
"Ya know." Katie said as a sly grin came across her lips. "We could use them."
Maguyser looked at her with interest, "Go on."
"I was just thinking. My brother is very strong and would be an excellent addition to this little group of ours and Sage is a healer. He could be very useful to us." She said as she crossed her arms.
Maguyser smirked, "And you were thinking that we could capture them and bring them to our side. Am I right?"
"My you do think fast." She said as she tried to look surprised.
Maguyser thought over what she had said to him as he sat down at his throne. "All right. We will bring this Wildfire and Halo to our side. They could be very useful to use in time. I will have Reann do that while she is keeping an eye on them. For now I want you to go and pay those Elders a little visit for me."
Katie raised an eyebrow in surprise as to what he had told her to do. "Can I ask why?"
"I think they would love to see an old face and I want to make sure that they understand you are mine again. Nothing they try to do will bring you back." He said as he smiled evilly and raised a hand to touch her face.
Katie smirked and bowed. "Yes, master." She said as she too turned and disappeared.
Maguyser smirked to himself as he thought over his plan to rule the Earth and other worlds. "If that Dream Walker thinks she can take my assassin away from me again she has another thing coming. I won't make the same mistakes again. This time my evil will prevail!" He said as he began to laugh out loud.
~~~~******~~~~******~~~~******~~~~******~~~~******
Reann entered the house the way she had once before. Quietly she snuck down to where the ronins where all huddled. She noted how none of them had seemed to notice that she had even entered the house. Looking down at them she could she all but two of them down there. Ryo was sitting on the couch hunched over petting White Blaze. He looked very hurt and lost. Sage was sitting opposite of him; staring into space. Cye had just now walked into the living room with a tray of what looked like food and some kind of drink for all of them. He sat the tray down on the coffee table in font of everyone and then took a seat next to Ryo and Rowen on the couch.
"Well this should be easy to do." She said to herself as she got up to hide until the two ronins she wanted were alone.
~~~~~~~******* ~~~~~~~******* ~~~~~~~******* ~~~~~~~*******
"Things have gotten way out of hand." The third Elder said as he looked to the others. They nodded quietly to themselves. The worst of what was to come had happened and now all they could do was wait.
Katie came walking down the familiar corridor like she had done so many times as she walked into the throne room of the Elders. She grinned at them, "Miss me?"
Tento stood in front of the Elders, blocking her way. "I will not allow you passage to the Elders."
Katie rolled her eyes at him, "Oh please do you think you could really stop me Tento?"
The eldest of them waved Tento away and looked directly at Katie. His weathered face showing no fear. "We know why you have come and we will not try and stop you. There is nothing we can do for you now."
"No there isn't is there? There was nothing you could ever do for me. I chose to go back and this is where I will stay. Face it, you will lose this time." She said and smiled a very cold unnatural smile.
"We are sorry that this had to happen to you again. You had so much going for you." The fourth said as a look of sympathy formed on his face.
"I don't want your pity old man. I am who I always was meant to be and couldn't be happier."
"You may not be a guardian anymore, but we can still feel what you feel. Your friend was right, there is still good in you. The Katie that we once knew and cared for like a daughter is still inside you." The eldest spoke again.
She faltered for a minute, taken back by what he had said. Then she shook her head and laughed some to herself. "Madre del dios, it doesn't matter what you say or think. I know how I feel and right now I would love nothing more than to kill you all."
"Do you really want to do that? Will it make you feel better? If so than kill us now. We are all old and have lived a very long life. Kill us if it would make you feel better, Katie." The second Elder said.
Katie laughed that unnatural laugh that sent shivers up the Elders spine's as she walked closer to them. "Yes, it probably would, but my orders were to come and visit you all. Not kill you. As much as I would love to." She said and laid cold emotionless blue eyes on them. The Elders all looked to the eldest who looked down at the floor. They had failed to protect her and now the lives of millions hung in the balance.
~~~~~**** ~~~~~**** ~~~~~**** ~~~~~**** ~~~~~****
It had taken a while but her wait was worth it. The others had gone off to bed after a long while of silence between them. The only two still up where the ones she wanted. She smirked to herself as she made her way quietly to them.
Ryo sat where he had been since he had gotten back. Sage still opposite him. Neither said anything. They didn't have to. Both were thinking the same things. Kaye was now hurt but they didn't know what was the problem. She had nothing that anyone could see wrong with her but she still didn't seem right to any of them.
White Blaze's ears twitched at the sounds of silent foot steps coming towards them. He lifted his head and looked around. Ryo looked down at him and frowned. "What is it boy?"
Sage looked around the room, now alert that another presence was in there. Before either of them could do anything a hand came out of no where. Striking Ryo on his neck and rendering him unconscious. Sage stood, along with White Blaze and stared at the intruder.
White Blaze growled and lounged for her. Reann simply waved her hand at the large tiger and he fell asleep before her eyes. Sage looked at the tiger that was not fast asleep on the floor and back at Reann.
"Well, where was all his ronin power?" Reann said as she looked at Ryo and then up at Sage. "Well you know what, I can actually see why she is so attached to you." She said as she looked Sage over from head to toe.
"Where is she? What have you done to her?!" Sage shouted at her, trying to keep his voice down so as to not wake the others.
"Protective of your property aren't you?" Reann asked as she grinned at him.
"I swear, if Ryo doesn't kill you first I will..."
"What? Kill me? You and Ryo here couldn't lay a hand on me even if you wanted to." She said as she picked Ryo up and threw him over her shoulder. "Now, I came here to get you and Ryo. Do you want to see Katie or not?"
Sage looked skeptically at her. "How do I know this isn't some kind of trap?"
"You don't. I just thought that maybe you would want to see her. Since you both looked so sad without her." Sage glared at her but said nothing. "Are you going to come or not?" She continued.
"Do I have a choice?" Sage asked.
"Not really." Reann said as she hit him on the back of the neck, causing him to crumble to the floor. She caught him before he hit the floor and disappeared before anyone woke up.
~~~~~~~~**** ~~~~~~~~**** ~~~~~~~~**** ~~~~~~~~**** ~~~~~~~~****
"Ow, my head." Ryo said as he awoke to find himself chained and in some kind of a cell. He looked around and groaned when light flooded into the room; blinding him temporally. He looked up when the sound of a door shutting was heard. He went for his armor orb in his pocket when he found it not there.
"Looking for this?" An all to familiar voice asked him.
"Huh?" He said as he looked up to see the last person in the world he thought he would see. "Katie?"
She nodded and walked closer to him, "I had them bring you here."
"Why?" Ryo asked as he looked up at the person he once knew as his sister.
"I thought I could make you an offer."
"An offer?" Ryo repeated, now starting to get a very bad feeling.
"Yea, an offer hermano. I am offering you the opportunity to join my side."
Ryo stared at her for a minute, not believe what he was hearing. His sister, the only real family he had left was asking him to betray his friends and his duty as a ronin and join her side. He missed her yes and would do anything to get her back but this he could not do. He looked up at her, "No. I can't, I can't forget everything I stand for and have fought for to join your side."
He thought he saw a flicker of hurt in her emotionless blue eyes but pushed that thought aside. "Katie this isn't right and you know it. Please sis, I don't want to have to fight you again. Please I know you are still in there, somewhere." He said as he reached up to take her head in his hands. She pulled away from him and stood up. Ryo looked up at her with pleading eyes.
"No matter, after we are through with you, you will see things differently." Katie said as she turned to walk out of the cell. Leaving a very lonely and sad Ryo behind.
~~~~~***** ~~~~~***** ~~~~~***** ~~~~~***** ~~~~~*****
Sage had been awake for sometime now and was busy on trying to find a way out when a door behind him opened and closed. He didn't turn around to see who had come in. He figured it was just Reann coming in to pester him again.
"Oh come on don't be like that." Reann said as she looked at his back.
Sage smirked to himself. I hate it when I'm right, He thought. "Leave me alone, Reann." Reann laughed some at his words and Sage turned to glare at her. "You think this is funny don't you? You think me being chained up and here is funny!" He said as he held up his chained hands for proof.
Reann smiled and walked towards him, "Yea, I'm loving every minute of this." Sage watched her as she walked towards him, not sure as to what she was going to do. Reann smirked at the unsure look on his face.
"That's enough Reann."
Reann turned around to look at the person who had said that. Sage looked around her and blinked at the person who was standing in the doorway. "Maguyser wants you, you'd betta get moving chica." Reann smirked and sauntered out of the cell room.
Sage stood wide eyed looking at the person in front of him. He was considerering pinching himself when he remembered that his hands where chained. He blinked and then looked again. She was till there so it couldn't be a dream, he thought to himself.
Katie laughed slightly to herself. "No, I'm not a dream and yes I am really here but don't get your hopes up, Halo." He felt his heart sink when she called him Halo. She walked over to him and placed a hand on his cheek as she looked at him. "I can't help you with the pain. All I can do is tell you to get used to who I am."
Sage shook his head and took her face in his hands as he looked at her, "This is not who you are Katie, can't you see that?"
"I can see that your still stuck on who I once was." She said stubbornly. "I may be back to being an assassin for Maguyser but I have not lost my love for you."
Sage looked at her as tears started to form. "How can I make you see that this is not who you are?"
"You can't Halo, all you can do is just join me." Katie said, her eyes searching his.
Sage stared at her in disbelief. "Join you?" He repeated as he shook his head. "Listen to yourself, this is crazy talk."
"Hey, Maguyser wants to see both of us Katie." Reann said as she leaned against the doorway.
"Katie listen to me." Sage said as he looked at her. "Don't go. Don't listen to him." She tried to pull away to leave but he grabbed her face again and pulled her into a kiss. She pulled away from him and he stared at her. "Don't leave me Katie, please."
"Come on, he doesn't like to be kept waiting. You can come back here and play kissy face with him later." Reann said impatiently from where she stood.
"Yea, yea I heard ya the first time Reann. Why don't you just go on ahead of me and I'll be right there." Katie said angrily as she turned to glare at her. Reann smirked and walked away.
"Katie please." Sage pleaded with her as he held her face once again. "You can stop this. You know you can."
She looked at him, her eyes once again emotionless and cold. "Mi amor, I have to go." She said as she turned from him and walked out of the holding cell. She walked down the corridor and was surprised when a tear fell on her cheek. She quickly wiped it away and continued for the throne room.