Chapter 5

Where Am I?

"Rowan!" Everyone, except for Sage and I, called. Rowan was sitting at the bottom of the stairs, breathing heavily, but he seemed happy to have joined the rest of us. Mia and Ryo helped Rowan to the couch, next to the one I was sitting on.

You see, the way the living room was laid out, you had one couch facing the TV and the other one was jammed up against it forming an "L" shape. The stairs came down behind the couch facing the TV and the doorway to kitchen was opposite of the other couch. There was also a large window above the couch facing the kitchen and the front door was next to that. Now that I cleared that up, let's continue with the story.

So we were sitting comfortably on the couch when Kento decided to stretch out, so he kicked us all off. Sage, Sai, and I just moved to the other couch, but Mia and Ryo made Kento move his feet so they could sit down. He did, even though he moaned and grumbled the whole time. We just burst out laughing.

We turned the TV on, but there was nothing good on, so Yulie put on a movie. I don't even remember what the movie was about, but either it was very boring or I was tired because I fell asleep shortly after it started.

"Ryo, Kento, Mia, look at Hikari, Rowan and Sage." Sai whispered. I slept on happily.

"Aww… They must be so tired." Mia said. "Let's leave them be. Come on guys let's go upstairs, so they can sleep." She added turning off the TV.

Ryo carried Yulie to his room and shortly after, everyone else went to sleep.

"Where is every body?" I wandered in pitch darkness. "Sai? Kento? Anybody?"

Suddenly I saw everyone walking away in the distance.

"Stop! Wait! Don't leave me!" I ran after them calling these words.

"My voice…" I thought, grabbing my throat, "… They can't hear me."

As I watched my friends disappear into the darkness, someone grabbed me from behind, "Join the dynasty." It told me. I struggled to get free but it was all in vain.

"Never!" I shouted back.

"Fine. Suit yourself, but your fate will soon be no different than your friends." I recognized Sehkmet standing in front of me, but who was behind me?

"Dais, hurry up." Sehkmet said impatiently.

I suddenly became immobilized. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't even move a finger.

"Dais, Warlord of Illusion! You're mine!"

"Ryo! No! Stay back!" Again, he couldn't hear me. I was forced to watch as each of my new found friends was cut down mercilessly, first Ryo, then Mia, then Yulie. Kento followed them, then Sai and Rowan. Sage was the last to fall.

By that time, I was standing in a pool of my own tears.

"Sage, you can't die! Let me go!" I cried, breaking free of the spell. I ran over to Sage who just laid there in a puddle of his own blood. "Sage, wake up! Please…" but it was too late, he was gone.