Ronin Goonies Chapter Five Disclaimer: Do I really need to do this for all chapters? Alright if you haven't figured it out yet. I OWN NOTHING!
Ronin Goonies
Chapter Five:
Metal Monster
Revealed
Kento struggled but to no avail as Dais and Kale tied him down to a chair. "Do your worst. I'm not going to say anything." Kento said trying to sound brave but not doing a very good job at it.
Deep laughter came from the darkness as Sekhmet walked into the room with something around his neck. "Brave words from such a young boy." He said walking towards Kento and the other two. Kento shifted uncomfortably in his chair, as Sekhmet got closer. The room was poorly lit that Kento could not make out what the green-haired man had around his neck.
"Guess what kid?" Kale said clapping Kento on the back. "You get to meet Iris."
Kento looked up at the man confused. "Who's Iris?" He asked almost afraid to know.
"That's Iris." Dais said pointing at the thing around Sekhmet's neck.
Kento gulped as Sekhmet came into the light. He got a good look at what was around Sekhmet's neck. The twelve-foot boa constrictor hissed at the boy.
Sekhmet grinned. "Now you're going to tell us what you know all right? Or is Iris here going to have to eat you?" Sekhmet asked holding the snake up to Kento's face. The snake hissed at him as if daring him to say no. Kento just nodded his head fearfully. "Good." Sekhmet said taking the snake away and making kissy faces at her, telling her what a good job she did.
Kento immediately felt nauseous. "Man if he kisses that thing I'm gonna gag." He said in a low voice.
"You won't be the only one kid." Kale said looking a little green himself. Dais shook his head and smacked Kale. "Oww what has that for?" Kale snapped rubbing his injury.
"For being an idiot." Dais said then looked down at Kento. "Alright kid, now you're gonna tell us everything you know." Dais said in a low threatening voice.
"Everything?" Kento said unsure of what all they wanted from him.
"Everything!" Sekhmet said once he returned.
"Okay I'll talk. In first grade I ate everyone's lunches and hid in the bathroom so no one would know it was me. In second grade I fed the class hamster skittles until it went into sugar shock. In third grade I talked Cye into jumping off the roof with an umbrella and broke his arm…" Kento continued to babble as the three Masho brothers looked at each other thinking the same thing. This wasn't what we had in mind.'
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The pipes were banging against each other and the sound was getting louder. "I think we should get the hell out of here." Sage said.
Before anyone could agree the pipe above Cye's head broke spraying gallons of water all over the unsuspecting boy and the wall of dirt behind him.
"Cye get out of the way." Rowen yelled at him. Cye tried to evade the water pipe instead he slipped on the rock he was standing on and fell through the weak wall of dirt. "CYE!" Ryo yelled as he watched his friend slip through the wall and disappear.
Thinking quickly Sage grabbed a hold of the pipe and pulled it away from the hole while the others crawled through. Taking a deep breath Sage let go and jumped through the hole before getting sprayed with water.
"Cye you okay?" Ryo asked helping his friend up.
"I'm fine just wet." Cye said bitterly wringing his shirt out.
"You idiot. You should have been more careful. You could have gotten hurt." Rowen yelled at him.
"It's not like I knew that pipe was going to break and knock me through a wall Rowen." Cye shot back.
"Guys cut it out. We don't have time for this." Mia said.
"Yeah we still need to find a way out of here." Kayura said.
"How about figuring out where we are now?" Sage said looking around in the poorly lit cavern. The others look around and notice that this caver was much different than the others. Almost hand carved in a way.
"I think we're in one of the caverns Talpa's troops made." Cye said shivering a little. It was kind of chilly in the cavern and having a wet shirt of didn't help it any.
Rowen saw this and took his sweatshirt off, he had on a white shirt on underneath and handed Cye his sweatshirt. "Take that shirt off and put this on before you catch a cold." He told him ignoring Sage smirking at him from the other side of the cavern. Cye nodded taking both his jacket and shirt off putting the over size sweatshirt on then putting his jacket back on. Kayura just admired Rowen's built underneath his shirt.
"Now I see why you like him." Mia observed.
"Yeah and his little brother isn't half bad either. For a kid that is." Kayura said.
"Hey Cye, didn't you say that Talpa made traps in his caves?" Ryo asked nervously. Cye nodded his head catching on to what Ryo was thinking.
Sage groaned. "We're all gonna die down here." He yelled.
"Now look who's being negative." Mia said smirking. Sage frowned at her but said nothing.
Rowen sighed and leaned against a small boulder. The boulder moved a little and Rowen heard something from the other side. "What the?" Rowen said softly as he tried to listen better.
"What's wrong Ro?" Sage asked as the others saw what Rowen was doing.
"I thought I heard something from behind this rock." Rowen said looking around for a way to shove the rock aside.
"Maybe it's a way out." Kayura said hopefully.
"Maybe it's the Masho brothers." Mia said fearfully.
"Maybe it's one of Talpa's traps." Ryo said nervously.
Rowen ignored them and started to push the rock out of the way.
"Rowen, I'm pretty sure there is a good reason for that rock being there and I'm not so sure you should move it." Sage said.
"Relax Sage I doubt anything will happen." Rowen said as he shoved the rock aside. Rowen found out there was another cavern behind the rock. Peering closer into the dark cavern, Rowen tried to listen for movement. "Hello?" He called into the cavern's entrance. Suddenly he was shoved aside as a huge flock of eerie looking bats flew out. The bats were a strange blue color and old wrinkled faces. They had huge foreheads that resembled long hats. Their wings looked torn on the ends making them look like torn cloth. They made a strange humming sound as they flew around the frightened teenagers.
"Get down!" Rowen shouted over the humming. Sage was trying to keep the out of his hair and fell over. Kayura and Mia were screaming both hiding in a corner underneath Bo's jacket. Ryo was making a crucifix with his index fingers trying to keep the bats away. Cye was swatting the bats away. One managed to scratch him just above his left eye before he ducked to the ground. They group remained on the floor of the cavern until the bats left.
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"And finally the worst thing I did today was just a few hours ago. Cye's mom asked me to translate for Mrs. Chung since she didn't speak Japanese. I told her that Rowen kept sex toys and porn in his room and made sex and torture videos up in his attic." Kento said finishing up his confession. Dais was rolling in laughter. Kale was half asleep and Sekhmet seemed indifferent.
"This kid's pretty funny Sekhmet. Are you sure we have to kill him?" Dais asked.
Sekhmet growled then knocked Kale out of his chair, waking him up.
"What was that for?" Kale said grumpily picking himself up off the floor.
"Is that it?" Sekhmet asked.
Kento thought for a moment. "Oh yeah I also broke your water cooler. But that was an accident." Kento explained.
"I don't want to hear it. Stop stalling and tells us where your friends are." Sekhmet said getting angry with the young boy.
"Why didn't you say so? They're in the fireplace." Kento said gesturing towards it. The brothers look at him funny.
"Now kid we don't have time to play games. Where are your friends?" Dais asked trying to sound polite.
"I told you they are in the fireplace. They are looking for Talpa's treasure." Kento told them.
"That's just a story to make kids like you wet their pants. Now tell us the truth." Kale said.
"But I'm telling the truth." Kento argued.
"Like the time you called the National Guard and said that aliens had taken over all the cheese factories demanding for the earth's supply of nachos and cheese dip." Dais said. Apparently Kento told them a lot of interesting things.
Sekhmet frowned and got right into Kento's face. "Last time kid. Where are your friends?" He asked glaring down at the boy.
"In the fireplace." Kento said. Sekhmet was about to hit the boy when a strange humming sound came from the fireplace.
"What the…" Before Kale could say more the wood from inside the fireplace was knock over and hundreds of bats flew out and around the room.
"We're under attack! MOMMY!" Kale yelled ducking under a table. Both Sekhmet and Dais joined him.
Kento smirked at the three men. "Told ya." He said to them then looked up at the fireplace. "Hey Cye if you can hear me, RUN! They're coming after ya!" Kento shouted hoping that his friend could hear him.
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Rowen slowly stood up and brushed himself off. "Is everyone okay?" He asked.
"I'm fine. But I've definitely seen better days." Sage said trying to put his hair back into place.
"We're okay." Mia said as her and Kayura came out of their little hiding spot.
"Cye you're bleeding." Ryo said as he went over to his friend's side.
"Yeah one of those bats got me before I could duck." Cye said wiping some of the blood away.
"Don't touch it. You might get it infected." Sage said walking over to him getting a better look. Three thin but deep scratches went above his left eye. Sage winced and looked over a Ryo. "Do you have anything to cover the wound up in that backpack?" He asked.
Ryo dug into his pack searching for something. The others heard some ripping the Ryo pulls out a piece of white cloth. "How about this?" He asked handing it to Sage.
"That'll work." Sage said taking the cloth and ripping it in half. He takes one and tries to clean the wound. Cye winces but stays still while Sage wiped the cuts clean. Sage places the other piece over the wound. "You need to keep this over it to avoid infection." Sage said in a matter of fact tone.
"How is it going to stay?" Cye asked holding the cloth over his eye.
Rowen seemed to be thinking really hard before he walked over to the group. Taking a deep breath he removed his bandanna and handed it to Sage. "Use this." He said in a low voice. Sage looked down at the bandanna in his hand then back up at Rowen, raising an eyebrow. Rowen gave him a hard look but said nothing.
Cye looked up at Rowen confused. "But Rowen I thought you..." Rowen cut Cye off before he could say anymore.
"Just forget it Tensile Teeth. Forget it." Rowen said before turning back towards the cavern entrance he found behind the boulder.
Cye just stared at his older brother in confusion while Sage tied the bandanna over his wound. "Thanks." Cye said softly.
Sage put a hand on his shoulder. "He knows Squirt." He said while helping Cye up.
"Where did you get that cloth Ryo?" Sage asked curious as to what else Ryo had in that backpack.
"Uhm, Cye's shirt." Ryo said sheepishly.
"Don't worry about it Ryo." Cye said. "Besides I think it was Rowen's shirt anyway." He added in a softer tone so Rowen couldn't hear.
"Now what?" Mia asked.
"I think it's safe to go through the tunnel." Rowen said looking into the entrance but being careful incase there were still bats in there.
"I think we should go back." Kayura said.
"Can't now." Mia said.
"How come?" Sage asked.
"Those bats probably flew through the fireplace by now. That would draw the Masho Brother's down here if they thought it was important." Mia said logically.
"She's right. We need to keep moving." Rowen said.
"Ryo do you have anymore flashlights?" Sage asked. "Just one more." Ryo said pulling it out of his pack and handing it to Sage.
"Good enough." Sage said handing it to Mia.
"Ryo you take the lead. Rowen and I will take the end to make sure the Masho brothers are not following us." Sage said. Ryo nodded and walked through the tunnel with Cye on his heels. Mia and Kayura followed them chatting softly to themselves. Rowen and Sage went in last walking a couple feet behind the girls.
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"Oww, do you have to tie them so tight?" Kento whined as Kale tied him to the chair.
"Shut up or I'll pop you one." Kale said as he finished. Something fell out of Kento's pocket and onto the floor making a loud clanging sound.
"What the heck is that?" Dais asked Kale as he picked it up from the floor.
"Looks like some old coin with holes in it." Kale said holding it up to the light. Dais went over to look at it.
"Cye found it with the map. It came from Talpa's ship." Kento told them.
"Sekhmet come here and look at this." Dais said waving his older brother over.
"What is it?" Sekhmet asked slightly irritated.
"Look at the date on this thing." Dais said handing the coin to him.
Sekhmet held it up and read it closely. "1632." He whispered astonished.
"Guys I think the kid's on the level. There is a treasure and the way to it is under our hideout." Kale said starting to get excited.
"That's what I've been trying to tell you." Kento said but they ignored him.
"You know what this means right? If we find this treasure we'll be rich." Dais said getting as excited as Kale.
"Hey wait a minute you can't have the treasure. We need it so Sarenbo I won't tear down the Ronin Goondocks." Kento said.
"The Ronin Goondocks? We use to live there. Disgusting place. It's about time they decided to demolish that junk yard." Kale said.
"It's not a junkyard. I live there." Kento said angrily.
"Well Ronin, looks like you'll be out of your house and home." Sekhmet said chuckling. "Dais, grab some supplies. We're going on a treasure hunt." He told him.
Dais went off to find some supplies while Kale and Sekhmet waited.
"What are we going to do with the kid?" Kale asked.
"Put him in with the traitor in the other room." Sekhmet said.
Kento's eyes got real big. "No not the metal monster! He'll try to eat me! Don't put me in there!" Kento pleaded. Kale and Sekhmet look at each other and shrugged. Hey maybe he won't try to escape if he thought the metal monster would eat him.
"Too bad kid cause that's where you're going." Kale said as he and Sekhmet picked up the chair Kento was setting in and carried him to the other room. Kento silently prayed that someone would come to his rescue. But no one did.
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Rowen and Sage walked behind the others in silence. The tunnel was becoming narrower and shorter that Sage almost had to duck to avoid banging his head on the ceiling. He glanced over at Rowen who was being very quiet for the past few minutes. "Hey Ro. You okay?" Sage asked.
Rowen frowned at him but then sighed in defeat. "Yeah I'm fine." He said slowly. Sage nodded and said nothing. He knew if Rowen wanted to talk about it he would on his own time. He didn't have to wait very long when Rowen finally decided to say something.
"She's not coming back is she Sage." Rowen said barely above a whisper. Sage looked over at his friend. Never in his life had he seen the look of pure anguish on his friend's face before.
Sage sighed and put a hand on Rowen's shoulder. "I'm sorry." He said.
"It's okay Sage. Not your fault." Rowen said trying to cheer up. "Should of stopped deluding myself a long time ago." He shook his head, disgusted with himself. "I'm such an idiot to think she would actually keep that promise." He said bitterly.
"Don't be so hard on yourself. There's nothing you could have done to make her stay. It was her choice." Sage told him.
"Yeah I know. I just wish I knew why." Rowen said looking down.
"Only she knows why Rowen. Come on. It's time to stop thinking about what you don't have and think about what you do right now." Sage told him. "You have your dad, a step mom and a step brother. Cye's mom thinks of you as her own son and believe it or not, Cye looks up to you."
Rowen looked at Sage in surprise. "You think?" He asked him.
"Of course, little brothers always look up to their older brothers." Sage said satisfactory.
"How would you know? You don't have any brothers." Rowen asked accusingly.
"Hey I'd trade in my sisters for Squirt any day." Sage said seriously.
"You can keep your sisters. They give the creeps." Rowen said shivering.
"At least you don't have to live with them." Sage said. Rowen chuckled.
"Yeah I think I'll stick with what I got." He said looking up ahead, watching Cye and Ryo talking and laughing. "Cye's a pretty good kid. I guess I don't mind having a little brother. Besides he's a real good cook when mom-err his mom's busy." Rowen said. If Sage heard Rowen's almost slip up he didn't say anything.
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Kento hissed in pain when Kale tugged the ropes tying him to the chair tighter. "Too tight?" Kale asked sarcastically.
"Yes they are." Kento said fidgeting in his seat.
"Too bad." Kale said laughing.
"Kale quit bothering the kid and let's go." Dais said from the door.
Sekhmet was by the metal monster harassing it. "Now be a good host and entertain our guest while we're away." He said sarcastically. The monster growled at him and tried to lunge at him but was held back by the chains. Sekhmet laughed and walked towards Kento. "Have fun kid. If we find the treasure I might let you live." He said and walked out of the room.
"Yeah maybe but your friends won't be so lucky." Kale said as he and Dais followed Sekhmet out of the room.
"Hey you can't leave me in here with the monster. He'll eat me!" Kento shouted after the Masho Brothers. Kento looked over at the monster. Its piercing eyes staring at him oddly.
Kento chuckled nervously. "Hi Mr. Metal Monster Sir. My name is Shuu Rei Fuan. But everyone calls me Kento." Kento said half scared and half being friendly. The monster continued to stare at him. Finally Kento snapped.
"Please don't eat me. I'm just kid. I'm not good for you. There's so many things I haven't done yet. Please let me live." Kento continued to babble. The metal monster rolled his eyes and looked at the ground shaking his head.
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"I don't know you guys. It looks pretty dark down there." Dais said nervously.
"Poor little Dais afraid of the dark?" Kale taunted.
"Shut up Kale. Dais get down there." Sekhmet ordered.
"Why me. Why not let the baby go first." Dais asked pointing at Kale.
"I'm not a baby!" Kale whined.
"Kale shut up. Dais get down there now." Sekhmet yelled.
"Make me." Dais shot back. Sekhmet pulled a gun out and put the barrel under Dais's nose.
"Go." Sekhmet said.
"I'm going. Hand me the flashlight." Dais said taking the flashlight and climbing down the fireplace followed by Kale. Sekhmet put the gun away and climbed down after his younger brothers.
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Kento finally stopped babbling when he realized the monster wasn't going to do anything to him. It just continued to stare at him. "So I guess you're not going to eat me huh?" Kento asked just to make sure. The monster shook his head no.
"Okay. That's one good thing." Kento sighed in relief. He looked around the room. "Man I hope the guys are alright." He said out loud looking down at the roes. "Don't suppose you know away to get out of here." He asked.
The monster nodded and point behind Kento. Confused Kento looked behind him and saw a small red desk in the corner.
"What? The desk?" Kento asked. The monster nodded and kept pointing at it. Shrugging Kento, using his feet shove him and the chair to the desk.
Once he was in front of it he looked over at the monster. "Now what?" He asked.
"Rawwl." The monster growled as clearly as he could.
Still confused Kento looked at the desk and back at the monster. Rawl? What's a rawl?' Kento wondered. He looked back at the desk and notice a drawer was slightly opened. Oh drawer that makes since now.' Kento thought. Seeing no other way to open it Kento grabbed the handle by his teeth and opened it. Inside was a pair of keys.
Kento looked back up at the monster. "You want the keys?" He asked. The monster nodded excitedly and held his hand out. Kento shrugged and pulled the keys out by his teeth and pushed himself towards the monster. Once he was in reach the monster grabbed the keys.
"Hey watch it." Kento snapped once they were ripped out of his mouth. He wanted to keep his teeth. The monster ignored him and unlocked the shackles that held his wrist and ankles. Once they were off he unlock the heavy metal helmet. The monster pulled the helmet off and shook his head.
Kento gasped when the monster revealed himself. "Hey you're not a monster." He said. "You're a man!"