Chapter Four
At the house, Ayame had slipped into Ryo's room to check on him. The bleeding from the gash on his forehead had stopped bleeding once again and he was now sound asleep. She left and headed for her room but she couldn't sleep so she sat down out in the patio outside her room. She was sitting there watching the stars when someone sat down beside her. She looked up and saw Kei sitting there.
"Everything okay Kei?" she asked her.
"So far," Kei answered. "I know why Ayame has the amulet of Aisu."
"You do?" she asked.
"See, I found out that the amulet has been passed down from generations on her mother's side of the family,' Kei said. "Satori has been after that necklace for decades and would have succeeded in getting the necklace that evening of the crash but her mother didn't have the necklace because she had already given it to Ayame for her birthday."
"So the anniversary of Ayame's parents death is on her birthday," Ayame said. "Weird."
"I know," Kei said. "I've been tracking Satori since that day and just now have been able to catch up with him."
Ayame didn't answer because she had seen something coming out of the woods near the house. Looking closer, they could make out the Warlords and Satori coming out of the woods.
"Go get the others," Kei told her as she donned her armor and jumped off the patio, heading for them.
Ayame ran out of the room and woke the other Warriors up and they hurried outside to help Kei, donning their armor on the way. Cye and Kei took on Satori while the others faced off against the Warlords. Upstairs, the battle roused Ryo from a deep sleep. He struggled to his feet and over to the window, looked out and saw the others engaged in a battle with the Warlords and Satori. He hurried over to the table and grabbed his kanji ball and slipped out the window and across the lawn. Cye looked up as Ryo came running over.
"You should be resting Ryo?" Cye yelled over the noise of the battle.
"I'll be fine," Ryo said as he tangled with Sekhmet.
"But you're not," Satori said after knocking Kei out of the way. "SWORD LIGHTNING SLASH."
Cye screamed in pain as the sure-kill hit him full force. "CHAINS OF LIGHTNING."
Cye felt chains wrap around his body and started tightening and then to make things worse, he felt electricity course through his body. Satori kept up the attack until Ayame and Kei both tackled him ending the attack. The chains disappeared and Cye fell to the ground, unconscious.
"If you can't get Ayame, take her brother," Talpa said to Satori telepathically. "With her brother in danger, she'll come willingly."
Satori looked at the unconscious form of Cye laying on the ground near him. He whipped out a chain which wrapped around his legs and started pulling him toward a portal that had opened up near the Warlords. Ayame watched in alarm then sprung forward to grab Cye as Cye was jerked away.
"If you come with me, I'll leave your brother," Satori said as he dragged Cye backwards.
"Leave him alone Satori," Ayame yelled.
"Okay, it's your choice," Satori said and he and the Warlords disappeared through the portal with Cye and it closed.
"No!" Ayame yelled dropping to her knees. "Not Cye!"
The battle had worn Ryo out and he disappeared back into the house to lie back down in his room. Ayame was really upset because of Cye being captured and taken by the Dynasty. The others trudged into the house. Buka and the others joined them and they tried to put together a plan of action to get both Ayame and Cye back from the clutches of Talpa. Meanwhile, they arrived in the throne room with Cye, who was still unconscious.
"Good job," Talpa said appearing with Marik. "Take him down to the dungeons for now."
Dais slung Cye over his shoulder and headed for the dungeons. Ayame looked up as the door opened and Cye was tossed into the cell and the door locked once more. She got up from where she sat and hurried over to him. She could see small burns through the slashes in his shirt. He was bleeding from some cuts on his legs. Using some strips from her shirt she put pressure on the cuts and soon had them stopped. She propped his head on her legs and tried to get comfortable and soon fell asleep. At the house, Mia had gone upstairs to check on Ryo. She found him sitting on the windowsill looking out over the woods.
"Are you okay Ryo?" Mia asked as she sat down beside him.
"Yeah," Ryo said, looking at her. "Have they come up with any plans yet?"
"Not yet," Mia said.
"And Buka and the others?"
"They'll be better once Ayame is back here safe and sound," Mia said. "Mako is especially worried about something other than just Ayame but he won't tell anyone."
"Let me talk to him," Ryo said. "Ask him to come in here."
Mia nodded and left the room. Five minutes later, Mako knocked on the door and went in after Ryo told him to come in.
"Mia said you wanted to talk to me Ryo," Mako said sitting on the bed.
"Yeah," Ryo said turning around. "Are you worried about something other than Ayame?" Mako nodded and Ryo continued, "You know you can tell us."
"I know," Mako said. "I've already told Yami and the others, so I might as well tell you all too." He stopped and swallowed the lump that formed in his throat. "Ayame just found out she is a month pregnant last week. So, I'm really concerned about her and the baby. I mean if anything happens to her and the baby, I don't think I could forgive myself."
"I don't blame you," Ryo said placing a hand on Mako's knees. "I would be concerned to if I was in your place. But don't worry, we will get Ayame back."
"Thanks Ryo," Mako said as he stood. "I really appreciate it."
Ryo wanted to rest some more so Mako headed out of the room to be met by Yami, Joey, Tristan and Ryou who were heading to their room to get some sleep. He followed them and soon fell asleep. In the dungeons, Cye started to come around, waking Ayame up.
"Easy Cye," she said as he tried to sit up.
"Where am I?" he asked as he looked around the small cell. "How did I get here?"
"I don't know," Ayame said helping him sit up against the wall. "I was sitting here and Dais opened the door and just tossed you in."
She was going to say more when nausea hit her and she threw up.
"Are you okay?" They haven't hurt you, have they?" Cye asked concern evident in his voice and eyes.
"No. I'm fine," she said. "Just pregnant."
"You're pregannt," Cye said happily. "Well congraduations."
"Thanks," she said.
They looked up as the door slammed open and Satori entered the cell. He walked over and pulled Ayame to her feet while Sekhmet pulled Cye to his feet. They chained their hands behind their back and they were forced to walk.
At the house, Ayame had slipped into Ryo's room to check on him. The bleeding from the gash on his forehead had stopped bleeding once again and he was now sound asleep. She left and headed for her room but she couldn't sleep so she sat down out in the patio outside her room. She was sitting there watching the stars when someone sat down beside her. She looked up and saw Kei sitting there.
"Everything okay Kei?" she asked her.
"So far," Kei answered. "I know why Ayame has the amulet of Aisu."
"You do?" she asked.
"See, I found out that the amulet has been passed down from generations on her mother's side of the family,' Kei said. "Satori has been after that necklace for decades and would have succeeded in getting the necklace that evening of the crash but her mother didn't have the necklace because she had already given it to Ayame for her birthday."
"So the anniversary of Ayame's parents death is on her birthday," Ayame said. "Weird."
"I know," Kei said. "I've been tracking Satori since that day and just now have been able to catch up with him."
Ayame didn't answer because she had seen something coming out of the woods near the house. Looking closer, they could make out the Warlords and Satori coming out of the woods.
"Go get the others," Kei told her as she donned her armor and jumped off the patio, heading for them.
Ayame ran out of the room and woke the other Warriors up and they hurried outside to help Kei, donning their armor on the way. Cye and Kei took on Satori while the others faced off against the Warlords. Upstairs, the battle roused Ryo from a deep sleep. He struggled to his feet and over to the window, looked out and saw the others engaged in a battle with the Warlords and Satori. He hurried over to the table and grabbed his kanji ball and slipped out the window and across the lawn. Cye looked up as Ryo came running over.
"You should be resting Ryo?" Cye yelled over the noise of the battle.
"I'll be fine," Ryo said as he tangled with Sekhmet.
"But you're not," Satori said after knocking Kei out of the way. "SWORD LIGHTNING SLASH."
Cye screamed in pain as the sure-kill hit him full force. "CHAINS OF LIGHTNING."
Cye felt chains wrap around his body and started tightening and then to make things worse, he felt electricity course through his body. Satori kept up the attack until Ayame and Kei both tackled him ending the attack. The chains disappeared and Cye fell to the ground, unconscious.
"If you can't get Ayame, take her brother," Talpa said to Satori telepathically. "With her brother in danger, she'll come willingly."
Satori looked at the unconscious form of Cye laying on the ground near him. He whipped out a chain which wrapped around his legs and started pulling him toward a portal that had opened up near the Warlords. Ayame watched in alarm then sprung forward to grab Cye as Cye was jerked away.
"If you come with me, I'll leave your brother," Satori said as he dragged Cye backwards.
"Leave him alone Satori," Ayame yelled.
"Okay, it's your choice," Satori said and he and the Warlords disappeared through the portal with Cye and it closed.
"No!" Ayame yelled dropping to her knees. "Not Cye!"
The battle had worn Ryo out and he disappeared back into the house to lie back down in his room. Ayame was really upset because of Cye being captured and taken by the Dynasty. The others trudged into the house. Buka and the others joined them and they tried to put together a plan of action to get both Ayame and Cye back from the clutches of Talpa. Meanwhile, they arrived in the throne room with Cye, who was still unconscious.
"Good job," Talpa said appearing with Marik. "Take him down to the dungeons for now."
Dais slung Cye over his shoulder and headed for the dungeons. Ayame looked up as the door opened and Cye was tossed into the cell and the door locked once more. She got up from where she sat and hurried over to him. She could see small burns through the slashes in his shirt. He was bleeding from some cuts on his legs. Using some strips from her shirt she put pressure on the cuts and soon had them stopped. She propped his head on her legs and tried to get comfortable and soon fell asleep. At the house, Mia had gone upstairs to check on Ryo. She found him sitting on the windowsill looking out over the woods.
"Are you okay Ryo?" Mia asked as she sat down beside him.
"Yeah," Ryo said, looking at her. "Have they come up with any plans yet?"
"Not yet," Mia said.
"And Buka and the others?"
"They'll be better once Ayame is back here safe and sound," Mia said. "Mako is especially worried about something other than just Ayame but he won't tell anyone."
"Let me talk to him," Ryo said. "Ask him to come in here."
Mia nodded and left the room. Five minutes later, Mako knocked on the door and went in after Ryo told him to come in.
"Mia said you wanted to talk to me Ryo," Mako said sitting on the bed.
"Yeah," Ryo said turning around. "Are you worried about something other than Ayame?" Mako nodded and Ryo continued, "You know you can tell us."
"I know," Mako said. "I've already told Yami and the others, so I might as well tell you all too." He stopped and swallowed the lump that formed in his throat. "Ayame just found out she is a month pregnant last week. So, I'm really concerned about her and the baby. I mean if anything happens to her and the baby, I don't think I could forgive myself."
"I don't blame you," Ryo said placing a hand on Mako's knees. "I would be concerned to if I was in your place. But don't worry, we will get Ayame back."
"Thanks Ryo," Mako said as he stood. "I really appreciate it."
Ryo wanted to rest some more so Mako headed out of the room to be met by Yami, Joey, Tristan and Ryou who were heading to their room to get some sleep. He followed them and soon fell asleep. In the dungeons, Cye started to come around, waking Ayame up.
"Easy Cye," she said as he tried to sit up.
"Where am I?" he asked as he looked around the small cell. "How did I get here?"
"I don't know," Ayame said helping him sit up against the wall. "I was sitting here and Dais opened the door and just tossed you in."
She was going to say more when nausea hit her and she threw up.
"Are you okay?" They haven't hurt you, have they?" Cye asked concern evident in his voice and eyes.
"No. I'm fine," she said. "Just pregnant."
"You're pregannt," Cye said happily. "Well congraduations."
"Thanks," she said.
They looked up as the door slammed open and Satori entered the cell. He walked over and pulled Ayame to her feet while Sekhmet pulled Cye to his feet. They chained their hands behind their back and they were forced to walk.