Author's notes: Yeah I'm back. After multiple delays and life altering changes I'm finally writting again. Hopefully I'll finish this story by the end of this month! Well that's my goal, anyway enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own the Ronin Warriors or the movie The Goonies. That should do it.
The Ronin Goonies
Chapter Six
The Dead Guy
"Very perceptive aren't we?" The man underneath the metal mask said after he pulled it off. The man had long dirty auburn hair and piercing blue eyes. His cloths looked worn and dirty as well.
"Wow man I thought you were some kind of metal monster that eats kids like me for dinner." Kento said as the man untied him.
"Kids these days. They watch too much TV." The man muttered.
"I do not and besides Cye said you tried to kill him when he came down here earlier." Kento said jumping out of his chair.
"I was not. I truly didn't mean to scare him like that. It's just been so long since I've seen anyone other than my older brothers." That man said.
Kento suddenly thought of something. "Hey wait a minute. You're Anubis right? You're the missing Masho brother. Everyone thinks your brothers killed you." Kento said.
"Unfortunately no. They're not that kind." Anubis said looking through the desk and coming up with a comb.
"Man that must suck to have brothers like that." Kento commented.
"Thankfully I was adopted so they're not my real brothers." Anubis said trying to get the tangles out of his hair. "You wouldn't happen to know where those three were going do you?"
Kento slapped his forehead. "Shit I forgot. They were going to find Talpa's treasure and kill the others." He said.
"Talpa's Treasure? That's just a story." Anubis said finally getting the tangles out of his hair, now he was looking for some cleaner clothes. Finding a navy blue turtle neck sweater and dark blue jeans he put them on.
"No it isn't. You see Cye found this map in his attic and Sage translated it and it said that it was Talpa's map. So me, Ryo, and Cye duck taped Rowen and Sage to the chair and rode WhiteBlaze to the shore and came here cause the map said to. Then that big ugly guy with green hair gave us beer and the one with the eye patch tried to cut Ryo's fingers off." Kento explained.
"That was Sekhemt and Dais." Anubis cut in.
"Yeah they're not very nice. Anyway the other one was carrying a large bag in the kitchen. I think it was a body and it was because after you screamed at us earlier we fell into this other room and we found the body locked in the freezer with all the ice cream. After I broke the water cooler and Cye found the entrance to the cave that leads to Talpa's treasure." Kento finished almost out of breath.
After a short pause Anubis finally spoke up. "You have a very big imagination." He commented before heading to the door. "Now if you don't mind I'm leaving and I suggest you do the same before my brothers return."
"But you can't leave. You have to help me find the others before your brothers find them." Kento said.
Anubis sighed and looked down at the boy. "Look kid, I've been down in this horrible basement for nearly two years. There's no way you're taking me on some wild goose chase. If you want help go call the police otherwise I'm leaving." He said heading out the door.
Kento grabbed him by the arm. "There's no time. Come on I helped you out. The Masho brothers said they would kill Cye and the others. Please? You gotta help." Kento pleaded with him.
Anubis thought about it and after seeing the desperate look in the young boy's eye he gave it up. Rolling his eyes he pulled his arm out of Kento's grasp. "Alright I'll help you." Anubis agreed.
"Great. I'm gonna call the police and tell them to tell my parents where I am." Kento said as he went down the hall.
"The cops know you that well?" Anubis asked.
Kento grinned sheepishly. "I uh, had a few false alarms before." Kento said before racing up the stairs. Anubis shook his head and followed the enthusiastic teenager while wondering what he had just got himself in to.
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"Hey Cye you okay?" Ryo asked when he noticed his friend was looking a little pale.
"Yeah I'm fine. Just confused I guess." Cye said fingering the bandanna.
"Confused about Rowen right." Ryo guessed.
"I don't get it. Why's he being so nice to me all of a sudden? He hates me." Cye said a little dejectedly.
"Man he doesn't hate you. Brothers are supposed to pick on each other I think." Ryo said, not having any brothers or sister himself he wasn't sure.
"Yeah but he would never give me this for no reason." Cye said gesturing to the bandanna. Ryo remembered Cye telling him about the importance of Rowen's bandanna and thought about it.
"Well maybe he's finally considered you as family." Ryo suggested.
"You think? I don't know. I would hate to think he's given up on his mom ever coming back." Cye said quietly.
"From what you told me Rowen's mom was a loser anyway. Don't worry about it. Maybe he just wants to make amends." Ryo suggested.
"Well he has been a jerk lately I guess that would be the answer. But I'm actually kind of glad He and Sage and the girls came along." Cye said.
"Yeah me too. It's kind of creepy down here. I'd hate to get stuck down here alone." Ryo admitted shinning the flashlight on the cave walls and the floor ahead.
"Yeah who knows what could of happened if it was just us. No one would find ever find us if the cave was to collapse, or we fell into a bottomless pit." Cye ranted.
"Or have a large rock fall on us like that guy had." Ryo said pointing to a decaying corpse a few feet away from them. Realizing what he was seeing Ryo cried out fell back a few steps running into Cye causing both boys to fall over.
"What the hell are you two… Whoa." Rowen gasped as he came up to the two younger boys and notice what they had found.
"I think I'm going to be sick." Sage said turning green a little the decaying corpse was a little harder to look at then the dead agent from earlier.
"What's going on?" Kayura asked as her and Mia came up behind Sage and Rowen. Both girls saw the dead body and immediately screamed. Cye slowly sat up and crawled over towards the body.
"Cye don't go near it." Ryo said pulling his friend back.
"He's dead Ryo I don't think he'll hurt me." Cye said shrugging him off.
"Cye would you not go near that thing?" Rowen asked while a panicky Kayura cried in his shirt.
"Relax Rowen I just want to see who it is… or was actually." Cye said. He slowly reached out and touched the faded coat looking for a wallet. Finding a small pocket he slipped his hand in and pulled out a worn brown leather wallet and flipped through it. "Hey it's Lord Saberstrike." He said surprised.
"Who?" Rowen asked.
"You know the guy in the news clipping in the attic. The explorer that went looking for Talpa's treasure and no one ever found him." Cye explained putting the wallet back.
"I guess we found him." Sage said trying to lighten the mood however it didn't work to well.
"This is bad, guys. What if we end up like him?" Mia asked fearfully.
"Don't worry Mia, if we just watch where we step, we'll be fine." Cye said he was about to get up when something caught his eye. He reached down and brushed some of the dirt of the object he had seen.
"What is that?" Sage asked.
"I don't know." Cye said as he picked up the object. A band was tied to the object, and when Cye picked it up the head of Lord Saberstrike fell off and rolled to Ryo's feet. Ryo cried out and tried to climb the cave walls. Cye picked up the head and placed it back where it belonged.
"I cannot believe you just did that." Sage said looking ready to puke.
"It's just a skull." Cye said while brushing the dirt off his hand on Rowen's sweatshirt. He took the flashlight from Ryo and shinned the light over the object.
"What a pretty stone." Kayura said momentarily forgetting the decaying corpse at their feet. It was a ruby colored stone that was shaped like half a ying-yang.
"You know I think this is the key he was talking about." Cye said thoughtfully.
"Who said what?" Ryo asked calming down a little.
Cye rolled his eyes. "Does anyone ever listen to me? Lord Saberstrike of course. In the paper he said he had the key for the down fall of Talpa." Cye explained putting the stone around his neck. He pulled out the map again and looked over it to see if there was a ying-yang symbol or something that resembled the stone on the map.
"But what is the key for exactly?" Mia asked.
Cye shrugged. "Dunno, the map really doesn't say anything about it, but I'm sure it's important."
"Hey check this out." Rowen said picking up a large bag next to the corpse. He opened it up and found several large red candles inside. "We can use these for extra light."
"Here put them in Ryo's backpack." Sage said opening Ryo's backpack since Ryo was too busy staring at the corpse.
"Good idea." Rowen said as he took out a few candles and putting them in Ryo's backpack. He failed to notice however that one of the red candles had the word dynamite written on it.
"Yeah whatever now let's keep moving guys. We still need to find a way out of here." Sage said looking around nervously.
"But I thought we were looking for the treasure?" Ryo asked coming out of his stupor.
"Ryo do you see that guy under the rock? You wanna end up like him?" Sage snapped at him.
"As long as we're careful Sage we'll be okay. Trust me." Cye said looking over the map some more.
"I don't know Cye this has gotten out of hand. I think we should start looking for a way out before the Masho brothers find us." Rowen suggested.
"Maybe the map has a way out?" Kayura suggested. Cye shook his head rolling it up.
"Nope the only way out is to find Talpa's ship." Cye said. He started to get up when he saw something halfway buried in the ground. "What's this?" He brushed some dirt aside and started to pick it up.
"Looks like string." Ryo observed as Cye pulled up.
"Wait Cye don't! It might be a…" Rowen started.
CLICK
"Trap." He finished. They all looked up to see a cannon ball rolling around above their heads.
"Uh oh." Sage said noticing large boulders dangling above their heads.
SNAP
The group looked behind them and saw a large boulder fall to the ground. A second later another fell.
"RUN!" Rowen shouted grabbing Kayura's hand and taking off. Sage took Mia's a hand and started running while Ryo jerked Cye up to his feet causing him to drop the map.
"Cye come on." Ryo urged him. Cye pulled away and went back for the map. Two more boulders fell to the ground just a few feet away from Cye as he picked up the map.
"Uh, oh." He uttered looking up in time to see a boulder getting ready to fall on top of him. Suddenly he was jerked up from behind and dragged out of the just as the boulder fell.
"Move your feet!" Rowen snapped as he dragged Cye to safety.
"Guys hurry up!" Ryo shouted at them from a safe distance as the two ran towards them. Boulders were falling everywhere and the ground shook beneath their feet.
Rowen looked up to see the last boulder ready to fall just ahead of them. He still had a hold of Cye as they continued to run. "Cye jump!" he shouted pushing the younger boy in front of him. Cye dove into the next passage with Rowen following just as the last boulder fell.
"That was freaky, you guys okay?" Ryo asked helping Cye up once the boulders stopped falling. Before Cye could say anything Rowen went up to him and shoved him against the wall.
"What the hell's the matter with you! You could have been killed!" Rowen yelled at him.
"But…the map… the treasure." Cye mumble not sure what to say. Rowen shoved him against the wall again.
"Will you shut up about the treasure? You think our parents will give a damn about the treasure if they lost you in the process? Damn it Cye this is serious. I swear you're the dumbest kid I ever met, you need to start thinking straight." Rowen snapped at him. Cye looked down at the ground ashamed. Sage went over and put a hand on Rowen's shoulder.
"Rowen calm down. We're all okay. Come on we need to find away out." Sage said. Rowen gave Cye a dark look before turning away and walking farther into the cave. Kayura went up to him and wrapped he arm around his. Mia followed with Sage right behind him.
"You okay Cye?" Ryo asked his friend. Cye nodded slightly not looking at him. He brushed some dirt off of him and started to follow the others. Ryo looked at him worriedly before following behind.
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RING RING
Officer Smith sighed from his paper work and pick up the phone. "Hello?"
"Officer, office I need help my friends are in trouble!" A very familiar voice said over the receiver. "My friends are being chased by the Masho brothers!"
"Whoa, wait a second. Kento is that you?" Smith asked frowning.
"Oh hey Office Smith, uh how's your head?" Kento asked sheepishly.
Smith groaned. "Fine, thank you. Now what kind of tale do you have for me this time?" He asked in a bored like fashion.
"Look Officer Smith I'm totally on the level this time. My friends are being chased by the Masho brothers! They said they were going to steal Talpa's treasure and kill my friends if they got in the way. You have to help." Kento explained.
Officer Smith shook his head. "Another story Kento? Like the time you said you and a couple of your friends where tortured by terrorist demanding the recipe for Mrs. Fields chocolate chip cookies? Or how about the time you said some guy in his boxers carrying a huge boomerang was wreaking have all over downtown Toyama?"
"Okay maybe I exaggerated those times but this is real you gotta believe me. My friends are in danger." Kento said urgently. Office Smith was about to say something when he heard another voice on the line.
"Look kid we don't have time to waist if we want to save your friends now come on." The voice said.
"Oh yeah, sorry Officer Smith I have to go save my friends. Tell my mom I won't be home tonight. Later." Kento said then the phone went dead.
"Kento?" Officer Smith said wondering if he should of taking the boy seriously this time.
"You sure this is a good idea?" Anubis asked as they looked down into the tunnels.
"My friends are in trouble, they need me." Kento said as he started climbing done. Anubis shook his head and grabbed a flashlight before he climbed down as well.
"Exactly how do you plan on helping your friends?" Anubis asked curiously. Kento stopped short and looked at him.
"I dunno. I guess I can take the Masho brothers by surprise or something." He answered not sure what to do. Anubis sighed and pulled out a handgun he picked up earlier and checked to see if it was loaded.
"Whoa is that real?" Kento asked impressed.
"No it's a water gun. Of course its real you nit." Anubis snapped frowning when there were only a couple of rounds in it.
"Can I see?" Kento asked.
"No it's not a toy." Anubis said putting the gun in his pocket. He took a look around his surroundings and frowned. "Don't wander off kid, let's go."
"Okay, okay sheesh you're such a grouch." Kento commented as he followed him through the tunnels.
"You spend two years chained in a dank basement and see how grouchy you are." Anubis snapped as they continued walking.
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"Hey Cye you okay?" Kayura asked coming up to him. Rowen and the others were just ahead of them. Cye had fallen back from the crowd and Kayura wanted to see if there was something wrong.
"I'm fine." He said in a soft voice not looking at her. He still felt bad about what Rowen had said earlier. As if reading his thoughts Kayura took his hand.
"Don't be upset because of what Rowen said. I'm sure he didn't mean it. He was just worried about you." Kayura assured him.
Cye just shook his head. "He's right, I am dumb. He's always calling me names. He hates me."
"He doesn't hate you Cye. Look it was pretty scary back there. You should of seen Rowen's face when you fell. He was terrified. He probably doesn't show it often but I think he does care about you." Kayura told him. "And you're not dumb. You're a pretty brave kid to me."
Cye looked up at her. "Really?" He asked. She smiled squeezing his hand.
"Yeah really. After all that's been going on you haven't panicked once. You've kept a cool head with those corpses." Kayura shuddered. "I couldn't of done that."
Cye smiled. "Thanks Kayura."
"Anytime kid." Kayura said.
"Hey guys get over here you have to see this!" Ryo yelled to them excitedly. Exchanging looks, Cye and Kayura ran up to where the others where staring into the next tunnel.
"What is…oh wow." Cye exclaimed when he saw what the others where staring at. In front of them was this small waterfall. A light shinning from the ceiling made the walls and ground glitter and sparkle. A small pool by their feet also glittered like stars as the waterfall splashed into it.
"This is beautiful." Mia gasped. Ryo walked around the waterfall and noticed the glitter was actually money.
"Its money, all over the place. We've hit the jack pot!" He jumped into the pool and started collecting the glittering money pieces.
"But where did it come from?" Sage asked as he walked along the edge avoiding the water.
"It looks like some sort of wishing fountain or something." Kayura commented. Rowen walked over to where there was a hole in the ceiling.
"Hey your right Kayura, I think this is the wishing well on Gaiden St." He said looking up through the hole.
"I use to through my money in this well when I was a kid." Mia said softly. "I use to think that your wish would come true."
"Yeah well welcome to reality. Wishes don't come true." Ryo said darkly as he pocketed some more money.
"Hey Ryo stop that. Put it back." Kayurascolded him.
"Why?" Ryo asked.
"Because, they're someone else's wishes. You can't just take them." Mia said. Ryo looked at her like she was crazy.
"She's right Ryo. It wouldn't be right for us to take them." Cye added. Ryo looked like he was about to argue but sighed in defeat.
"Yeah I guess you guys are right." He said empting his pockets and tossing the coins back into the water.
"Guys quiet, I think I hear people." Rowen said as he climbed up closer to the hole trying hard to listen. The others climbed up closer too hoping that there were people at the top of the well.
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Bo and a couple of his friends were hanging out by the wishing well. His friend Mulkala smirked at him.
"So Bo, have you done it with Kayura yet?" He asked jokingly. Bo chuckled tossing a coin in the air.
"Well let me put it this way. I haven't done it with Kayura yet, and I stress yet." He said tossing the coin down the well.
"So what did you wish for?" Mulkala asked.
Bo grinned. "To do it with Kayura." He said laughing. He was suddenly struck in the head when the coin came flying out of the well. He picked it up, looked at it, then looked down into the well. "Hey who's down there?" He yelled.
"Bo? Bo is that you?" A familiar voice floated up to him.
"Kayura? Is that you?" Bo yelled down.
"Yeah Bo its me. My friends and I are stuck down here. Please help!" Kayura shouted up to him.
"What the hell are you doing at the bottom of a well?" Bo asked.
"Never mind that just lower the bucket down and get us out of here!" Kayura shouted. Bo laughed and looked at the others.
"See fellas wishes do come true." He said as he and the others started lowing the bucket.