Two days have passed since Rath and Tetheus were finally returned.
Dragon lord Lykouleon and his queen stood worried on their balcony.
"Tetheus'
wounds? So they haven't started to heal even with the doctor's
treatments?" Raseleane asked quietly as she stared off at the darkening
night.
"Yes. Nor have Rath's. It seems Nadil though of them escaping
and wanted to make sure they would not be much of a threat." Lykouleon
said unhappily.
Moments later Alfeggi knocked on the door and
stated that Cesia and Rune were finally back from Mirate's Forest."Let
the rest. I'm almost certian they are both very tired. Also remind them
to both keep away from the armory. We don't want anymore mishaps
to occur. Nadil would become too strong if he were to gain Cesia's
powers, and we still need all three Dragon Knights"
"Yes. Highness." Alfeegi said as he went off to tell them.
The Next Morning:
Rath, Kai-Stern, and Thatz all stood around bored. The three of them had been asked to go to the conference room after eating breakfast, but all three were ready to just leave after waiting for the last twenty minutes.
Zoma slowly walked in next and regarded them all with surprise.
"Hey!"
He said happily, "The Dragon Lord said he'd be here in a minute. There
was some report about Ruwalk that he needed to attend to."
"About Ruwalk?" Kai-Stern asked, feeling anxious.
"Has he been found?" Rath wondered, hoping nothing too serious had befell the Yellow Dragon Officer.
"There was some note in the house he was last seen at. It just appeared there today. From Nadil." Zoma said, nearly choking on the last few sylables.
"Nadil!" Thatz yelled out along with Rath and Kai-Stern.
"Yes.
A ransom note if you will. We are to exchange the Yellow Dragon Officer
for the Dragon Knight of Fire in one day." Alfeegi said as he walked in
with nearly eveyone else behind him.
The Dragon Lord looked grave at
the news, and Cesia was hugging a withered looking plant very tightly
in her grasp. Rune was stuggling with his steps from various injuries
but still felt pain from hearing of the Dragon Officer's present
perdicament. Tetheus had a sour look on his face and Kitchel was
leaning on the wind staff for support. It seemed no one was happy.
"So I just have to go back there then?" Rath asked, though he noticed Kai-Stern and Tetheus flinch at his words.
He
turned to face them in annoyance. "I was just down there for over an
month and was alright! I'm a yokai and Ruwalk's not! He's probally
having a much harder time than I had especially if Nadil wants
information from him. I can't sit around and just let him be killed
off!"
"I am not allowing you to go, Rath." Said Lykouleon. It seemed as a big weight had lifted off of Kai-Stern when he heard his highness' words.
"But"
"No Rath, this is what Nadil wants. So
we will find another way to save Ruwalk without giving someone up. We
will not play by that demon's rules!" Lykouleon said, and nearly
everyone agreed.
Note:
Yes, I know it has been a long, long
time. I've been very busy but it paid off and now I have some time to
do fanfics again. Kira reminded me that someone actually likes this one
so I'm working on it again. Review and I'll see what I can do for the
next chapter. I wonder if Ruwalk will survive? Hmm, decisions,
desicions, all left up to input from nice reviews. Or whatever you all
tend to be.
So yeah, I'm back for round two!