Finding Family
Chapter 37 - Kita Vs. Amber
"Where are we now?" Joey asked looking around.
"A white room. I've heard of these." Seth sighed.
"From what I can tell it is a room filled with dark magic. Enough to keep us locked away but not enough to hold back our defensive magic. Magic used for attacking is pointless. It will only rebound and hit us. Only the items themselves will be able to attack and what chance do we have there? I only have my staff and pearl, Seto has his staff, Yugi only has his sword and Joey only has his dagger. Even then, we can't use the magic from that for it will hit us." Amber sighed.
"I can fight with the dagger itself," Joey snapped.
"Short range attack only, and that army of theirs is powerful. The sword and staff are the only things really for good use here. Not all of us know how to make barriers so were stuck." Amara replied, "And from what I gather, if that army of creatures breaks the skin you get poisoned. As Amber said, our powers are pretty much usuless here. So that means no healing powers."
"That means-"
"We're in a tough situation."
"Wasn't it tough when we started?" Yugi replied, "We'll just have to make the best of it. We'll get out of here."
"Will you?" a voice spoke.
"Aroga!" Sakura hissed.
"Sakura my dear..." Aroga spoke, "I'm surprised you did not fall pray to my spell."
"I've done a lot of growing up. I'm going to kill you this time...not just send you to the shadows."
"Oh, but if you kill me you kill Amber's only true father." Aroga laughed, "Suficed to say I have not been such a great father but...as I say, all is well that ends well"
"You're a sick bastard!" Amara shouted, "After Harmony had Amber you left her. Amber died after that. You killed your own child!"
"So, what if I did? She's back now isn't she? I will not kill her. I only need her soul. Once we're done with it she'll have it returned and she'll know the ways of dark magic."
"No! I won't let you!"
"Why? Are you afraid to leave your friends forever? You know that is the outcome." Everyone looked at Amber shocked, "You haven't told them yet have you? Going to play the hero and save everyone else?" He appeared in front of Amber, "Now, now my daughter. You'll like being evil."
"I won't let you do that to me!" Amber pulled one earing off and it formed into a staff. She kicked him and pushed the staff up to his neck. She removed the other earing and a sword formed.
"What are you going to do my devil in disguise...kill me?" The sword was shaking in Amber's hands, "Going to kill your own father, have his blood on your hands?" Amber backed up a little but still held the sharp tip of the blade to his neck. "Couldn't do that, could you? You're just like your mother, kind and sweet. Too kind to kill."
"Don't think that I can't?"
"Prove it."
"I will." Amber stepped on his chest and lifted the sword high in the air. She was going to plunge the sword deep into his head when he vanished.
"I can't let you destroy my fun yet. You people will never destroy me." His voice laughed, "But I left you a little gift."
Kita stood in the middle of the room.
"Surprise." She smiled and lunged at Amber knocking her weapons from her. Everyone rushed to help but Kita held a knife up to Amber's throat. "Any of you move and she dies."
"We'll defeat you and all of the cronies."
"Like hell you will Mr. Motou. I'm stronger then all of you. What makes you think you people that you have a chance?" Kita laughed, "You know I'm right, from the looks on your faces it is easy to see."
"Really?" Yugi kicked her off Amber and helped her up, "You okay?"
"Where did she go?" Kaiba asked looked around the room.
"She has become invisible," Cala informed.
"Yeah, and we can't cast a spell to make her visible." Caru moaned. "I'm hungry."
"Wait...say that again."
"What, I'm hungry?"
"No!" Cala exclaimed, "The spell thing."
"Oh, the spell to make her visible. It would just backfire on us." Caru replied.
"No...I don't think so. Cala, Caru, Amara I need you to take hands. Concentrate on making Kita visible, I'll deal with making a distraction. Aroga said nothing about using an attack spell on the wall, only people."
"Okay..." Cala looked at her light, "Just be careful." Sakura nodded and shot several blasts causing explosions allowing the room to crack and cause debris to fall. Dust and smoke filled the room allowing Kita's form to show up. She was heading straight for Amber.
"Yeah, I'm alright Yugi." Amber replied, "Now duck!" Amber pushed Yugi down and kneed Kita in the chest. Taking her head into her hands she kneed her in the face causing the woman to stumble back. "Surprise."
"How...I was invisible!"
"Sakura allowed me to see you when the smoke filled the room but you were moving so fast you barely noticed, and you say we're foolish?" Amber was knocked down and rolled out of the way of being struck with a dagger to her shoulder. She managed to grab her sword, "And you can't seem to catch me off guard anymore thanks to your surprise attack."
"Can't I now?" Amber saw Kita in the air in front of her. Amber rolled out of the way again and stood up.
"Aroga! I need back up!" An army of plasma creatures appeared but they weren't ordinary, they looked like humans with long spider arms and wings. Kaiba, Yugi and Joey were left to deal with the creatures. Amara, Yami, Seth, Cala and Caru joined in the fight against them. Joey skillfully dodged one attack after the other stabbing one creature after another in the left shoudler. They disappeared.
"Go for the left shoulder. That's where their hearts are!" Joey jumped out of the way of an attack.
Kaiba got out of the way of a creature and thrust his staff into the left shoulder of the monster. Seth and Kaiba ended up back to back, each taking out the circle of creatures around them.
"I got your back." Seth told Kaiba who nodded.
"Can you get us into the air?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Better chance." Seth agreed and cast a spell to launch them into the air. They pushed off each other and ran their own weapons into the creatures. Kaiba's staff taking out three at the same time, all in the same place. They disappeared. Seth had a staff in his hands and took out three as well, just not at the same time.
Yugi and Yami were next to each other mimiking each others moves. Yami found Yugi had formed a sword for him. They ran their swords through four creatures at one time and ended up back to back, entrapped in a circle.
Amber and Kita were locked in battle. Amber managed to make a long gash up Kita's left arm. Kita cried out in pain as did the other creatures.
"Ah...now I get it." Amber smiled and laughed. "You're just like them. You and all of those other creatures being made to fight. You have a soul though, that is how you have a body. But the question is..." Amber became serious again, "Who's soul did you take?"
"That-that is none of your concern."
"Hmm...who's was it? The soul of a pure and kind heart or the soul of one who was extremely over the edge."
"I have a surprise for you brat. I don't have just an ordinary soul." Kita smiled, fangs grew from her mouth, "People think vampires have souls, and they don't. They give them up. So I just took one of those. But it has been so long since my kind have been around. Aroga and Erik let me be free. I was trapped in that hell hole of hell and shadow realm for so long. It's my turn to get revenge on those people."
"I'm not surprised, but really, deep down, you don't have a real body anymore. You're just an experiment, like me. But I've come to terms with my issue, what about you?" Amber did a side flip and dodged Kita.
"What do you have little girl? You may be the key to all time but I'm still going to kill you."
"Key to...time..." Amber felt a long red handled, steel dagger, rip a small but deep cut along her right arm. Her long detached white sleeve was stained red. "Damn you." Shit. I got caught off guard. But being the key to time...Amber jumped out of the way, her bad arm helping to keep her up. She winced in pain and rolled out of the way. Shit. Amber could feel the loss of blood start to take effect.
"Nice dodging girl." Kita slashed away at Amber. Soon her long white top had been torn to shreads. Amber ripped it off to reveal a red tank top with a dark purple and black corest over it. "Nice job keeping your chest protected girl." Kita tried to push the dagger through the leather corest but it was no use. Amber pushed the dagger away.
"Nice try." Amber kicked the back of her knees. "But I'm just a little bit better." Amber fliped Kita over sending her into a wall. Quickly she retrieved her own sword and thrust it into Kita's left shoulder. Kita screamed out in pain as black blood ran down her arm. "May your soul be at peace," Amber cleansed her soul of the evil, sending that back to the shadows, "May Ra look upon you with grace." The other plasma creatures turn into a black liquid and absorbed into the floor staining it along with some of Amber's blood.
"Nice one Amber," Yugi commented walking tenderly on his right leg. Yami picked Yugi up and put him on his back.
"We need to get out of this room so we can heal," Yami commented.
"How?" Caru snapped, "With the invisble door infront of us?"
"Caru!" Cala and Sakura snapped, "We know your edgy but do not take it out on the pharoah!" Cala finished.
"The easy solution to that is to make a door." Kaiba smirked and held his right wrist, "And fast."
"I don't feel well," Yugi complained.
"I know Yugi. We'll get you healed soon."
"I'll deal with the door." Amara concentrated and a door formed. "Lets go. I have a feeling we have a lot more to deal with yet." Everyone entered the door. It disappeared after they all entered it. Though they were not aware, there was a lot more danger to come.
TO BE CONTINUED...
