Kaida Okami – The Prophesy
Chapter Five
Beating
Kaida's first reaction when she woke up was of panic. That swiftly changed to anger.
She was in a dark room -a warehouse?- with no windows that she could see. After the
few seconds it took for her eyes to adjust to the dark, Kaida saw that she was in much
more than a room.
Her simple anger rapidly turned to blinding rage.
Who ever, or what ever, had managed to capture her had gone much farther than to
simply lock her in a room. Kaida found herself in a small cage, similar in structure to
those used to capture rather aggressive and violatle wolves, but slightly larger to allow
her some room to move. She snarled loudly at the surrounding metal bars and launched
herself at them, with the full intent of ripping through them like butter.
Instead of her claws simply slicing through the bars, Kaida received a large shock.....
Literally.
Electricity flowed from the bars to rip through her body. The shock jarred Kaida
backwards to the center of the cage, where she sat, hands smoking from the direct contact
to what felt like a live wire. She snarled in pain and anger, cursing for all she was worth
"Tut-tut." said voice from the shadows of the room "that's no language for a lady."
Kaida became instantly alert. Her eyes darted to where the voice was coming from and
she struggled to make out a figure in the darkness.
"Who are you?!" she demanded loudly, charred and burned hands forgotten.
"I am your captor, your kidnapper, and more likely than not, your executioner."
The voice answered.
Kaida's eyes narrowed.
"Try, I dare you." She said softly.
The man; she was sure it was a man, the voice was to deep to belong to any woman;
clicked his tongue.
"Ask and yea shall receive." He said softly and coldly.
Another form materialized from the darkness, one that the wolf demon recognized.
The demon hunter she had fought in the ally, the one who had defeated her by luck and a
chancy underhanded trick, stepped forth.
He grinned wickedly at the trapped girl and Kaida saw no humanity in those eyes.
Kaida realized what was going to happen, even before the man pulled out a large metal
pipe.
She sneered in the direction of the shadows.
"Of course," she snarled "you have to have your little thugs do everything for
you, don't you? You don't have enough honor to face me alone, or to even step from the
darkness." She spat on the ground and uttered one single word, "coward."
The hunter entered the cage, pipe in hand, not a second after the word had fallen from
Kaida's lips.
His first blow caught her off guard, striking her hard in the side. She grunted as the force
knocked her aside. The second and third blows she easily dogged but the small space
worked to her disadvantage. When Kaida dodged, she was used to a lot of room in which
to jump and twist her way out of range of her enemies weapon. If she tried that here, she
ran the risk of brushing against one of the cage bars, thus sufficiently electrocuting
herself. Soon her opponent had backed her into a corner. His next blow caught her on her
cheekbone, right below her eye. She could feel it already begin to bruise. His fifth and
sixth blows caught her on the shoulder and back of the neck. She fell to the ground,
attempting to kick out at her adversary. The man gave her another blow that sent
fireworks and starburst of pain exploding in her head and field of vision.
It became a painful patter, the beating. The bar would go up, Kaida would try to retaliate.
The bar would come down and sent bone crunching pain all along the point of impact.
Through the haze of pain, Kaida briefly heard the Shadow Man call off her beater with a
quick,
"That is enough, Shiin."
Her enemy, for he was that, left the cage and Kaida struggled to get up. When she had
finally struggled to her feet, she glared at the hiding place of the Shadow Man.
"I am done with you for now, Toorima." He told her
She could hear him turn and walk away, though she saw nothing.
"Speak of the devil," she said softly. "and he shall appear."
The Shadow Man paused, but continued walking, followed closely by Shiin, who gave
her one last parting leer.
-I'll remember your face- she thought bitterly -and I'll personally mention you to
the devil himself-
A/N: hmmm...is that a cliffie? Oh well. Just a warning for future reference, this is not going to be a very long part of the Saga I am creating, but it will have an immediate follow up that ties in directly....so....yeah.....REVIEW!!!!
Chapter Five
Beating
Kaida's first reaction when she woke up was of panic. That swiftly changed to anger.
She was in a dark room -a warehouse?- with no windows that she could see. After the
few seconds it took for her eyes to adjust to the dark, Kaida saw that she was in much
more than a room.
Her simple anger rapidly turned to blinding rage.
Who ever, or what ever, had managed to capture her had gone much farther than to
simply lock her in a room. Kaida found herself in a small cage, similar in structure to
those used to capture rather aggressive and violatle wolves, but slightly larger to allow
her some room to move. She snarled loudly at the surrounding metal bars and launched
herself at them, with the full intent of ripping through them like butter.
Instead of her claws simply slicing through the bars, Kaida received a large shock.....
Literally.
Electricity flowed from the bars to rip through her body. The shock jarred Kaida
backwards to the center of the cage, where she sat, hands smoking from the direct contact
to what felt like a live wire. She snarled in pain and anger, cursing for all she was worth
"Tut-tut." said voice from the shadows of the room "that's no language for a lady."
Kaida became instantly alert. Her eyes darted to where the voice was coming from and
she struggled to make out a figure in the darkness.
"Who are you?!" she demanded loudly, charred and burned hands forgotten.
"I am your captor, your kidnapper, and more likely than not, your executioner."
The voice answered.
Kaida's eyes narrowed.
"Try, I dare you." She said softly.
The man; she was sure it was a man, the voice was to deep to belong to any woman;
clicked his tongue.
"Ask and yea shall receive." He said softly and coldly.
Another form materialized from the darkness, one that the wolf demon recognized.
The demon hunter she had fought in the ally, the one who had defeated her by luck and a
chancy underhanded trick, stepped forth.
He grinned wickedly at the trapped girl and Kaida saw no humanity in those eyes.
Kaida realized what was going to happen, even before the man pulled out a large metal
pipe.
She sneered in the direction of the shadows.
"Of course," she snarled "you have to have your little thugs do everything for
you, don't you? You don't have enough honor to face me alone, or to even step from the
darkness." She spat on the ground and uttered one single word, "coward."
The hunter entered the cage, pipe in hand, not a second after the word had fallen from
Kaida's lips.
His first blow caught her off guard, striking her hard in the side. She grunted as the force
knocked her aside. The second and third blows she easily dogged but the small space
worked to her disadvantage. When Kaida dodged, she was used to a lot of room in which
to jump and twist her way out of range of her enemies weapon. If she tried that here, she
ran the risk of brushing against one of the cage bars, thus sufficiently electrocuting
herself. Soon her opponent had backed her into a corner. His next blow caught her on her
cheekbone, right below her eye. She could feel it already begin to bruise. His fifth and
sixth blows caught her on the shoulder and back of the neck. She fell to the ground,
attempting to kick out at her adversary. The man gave her another blow that sent
fireworks and starburst of pain exploding in her head and field of vision.
It became a painful patter, the beating. The bar would go up, Kaida would try to retaliate.
The bar would come down and sent bone crunching pain all along the point of impact.
Through the haze of pain, Kaida briefly heard the Shadow Man call off her beater with a
quick,
"That is enough, Shiin."
Her enemy, for he was that, left the cage and Kaida struggled to get up. When she had
finally struggled to her feet, she glared at the hiding place of the Shadow Man.
"I am done with you for now, Toorima." He told her
She could hear him turn and walk away, though she saw nothing.
"Speak of the devil," she said softly. "and he shall appear."
The Shadow Man paused, but continued walking, followed closely by Shiin, who gave
her one last parting leer.
-I'll remember your face- she thought bitterly -and I'll personally mention you to
the devil himself-
A/N: hmmm...is that a cliffie? Oh well. Just a warning for future reference, this is not going to be a very long part of the Saga I am creating, but it will have an immediate follow up that ties in directly....so....yeah.....REVIEW!!!!