Chapter 4: Attacked
The woman followed Dart and Shana as they walked together. "I need him. He won't listen to me if I ask him, so I need to steal his attention. She will do." With that, the woman, who was wearing a brown cloak to conceal her features, moved through the crowd until she was standing right behind the couple. 'I must make sure that their friends are no where near first.'
The woman closed her eyes and began to search for the three companions' thoughts. First, she saw Miranda resting in her hospital bed. She wouldn't get in her way as of right now. Then, she saw Meru walking around in the Magic Shop, arguing with the owner who claimed that she had magic that was stronger than winglies themselves. Next, she saw Albert standing in a store looking into a book. 'All clear.' She said to herself. Swiftly, the woman grabbed onto Dart's neck and pulled his head down into her knee. Shana spun her head around to see Dart unconscious. As the woman reached for her, Shana put up her fists in front of her face. After the defeat of Melbu Frahma, she learned Martial Arts to protect herself. With one fluid movement, Shana spun around and spin-kicked the woman in the face. The woman's hood fell off and Shana saw that she was a beautiful, long raven haired lady. She didn't look old, but Shana really didn't care about that right now.
She chased after the woman and tried to punch her in the face. The woman grabbed her hand and flipped her over her back. Shana landed on the floor and coughed hard. Townsfolk now had their attention on the situation. People who knew Dart and Shana ran towards the woman. After looking at them, she jumped up and kicked sideways in a full 360 before landing neatly. All of the people fell to the floor and held their heads, for they were all kicked. As the woman smiled, she felt a pain in her head as Shana smashed her knuckles into the back of her head. "Who are you! I don't recognize you!" Shana yelled at the woman who was now on the floor holding her head.
After a short laugh, the woman pushed against the floor into a backflip and kicked Shana in the face. As Shana fell to the floor unconscious, the woman said "Recognize that."
As soon as Dart woke up, Shana was gone, along with the woman who attacked them. Meru stood over him. "Dart, what happened! Shana's missing and you guys were attacked!" Dart sat up on the ground and said "Crap! She must've taken Shana!" Just then, Albert stepped up beside Meru. "The citizens said that they saw a mysterious woman attack you. After that, the woman attacked Shana, but supposedly she put up a good fight. Somehow, the woman still beat her and suddenly disappeared into red mist. Sounds strange to me." Dart remembered the day that he had seen the red mist. Was this somehow connected?
As Dart stood up, Miranda walked over to him. "Don't worry Dart, we'll find her." Dart turned around and asked "Miranda, you okay?" Miranda nodded as she looked around at all the injured citizens. "I told her not to come!" Dart yelled.
Just then, a group of men approached Dart and the others. "Dart Feld, you are under arrest for the assault here on the citizens." Dart gave him a baffled look and said "What the hell are YOU talking about? I was attacked too. Right!" He looked around to the towns people for support. However, they remained silent. This was the new most powerful Jail Guard. Nobody dared to go against him. Meru walked up to the soldier and said "Excuse me, but he is right." The guard looked her up and down and said "Am I to believe a mere slutty dancer?" Meru got angry at this remark, however Albert and Miranda stepped forward and said "They are both right." The guard saw them and said "Hmm…Royal King Albert and First Sacred Sister Miranda. You are the victims here aren't you?" Albert and Miranda looked at each other with confusion. "Apparently, they think that we are holding the two against their will and that we are lying about the attack." Meru said.
Dart grew angrier and unsheathed his sword, as Meru raised her mallet in the air. Miranda was still too weak to fight, so she and Albert watched as the fight was about to unfold. Just as the guard ordered his men to attack, something black wrapped around his throat. It looked like a whip and on the end of it, were sharp pieces of metal. The metal dug into his neck as he collapsed to the ground. Everybody looked to the source of the weapon and saw a woman. She had long black hair that was held up behind her head in a tight ponytail, a long braided pig tail falling down both sides of her head. She wore a violet leather dress-top. It looked like a tank top, but it went down into a dress for her back, ending just above her ankles. Her stomach was revealed and the rest of her front was exposed. She wore a black leather skirt that stopped a little above her knees, black knee-high boots matching it. Also, she wore black finger cut gloves. On her right arm, was a metallic looking arm guard that started at her wrist and ended in a black bandage on her bicep. Around her neck laid a beautiful pendant. It was a violet diamond attached to a shiny black string. Her pale skin was complemented with dark violet lipstick and violet eyes.
As the guards ran to her, she pulled the whip and lashed at all of the men. Two of them managed to endure the whipping and get close to her. She knew how to defend herself well, for she kicked the first man in the stomach and cartwheel-kicked the second. As all the guards made way for her, she walked to Dart and said "Dart, I am your aunt. My name is Anita Li Wheng."