~~~~~~~~3rd P.O.V~~~~~~~~
Zhao Yun and Guan Ping ran towards the gates with their weapons but by the time they got there, everyone was gone. The gates were wide open and the place was a complete mess. Signs of struggle and fighting was evident but there was no one. "I never expected Wei to attack here…Where are the guards at?!" Guan Ping said with a loud voice. Zhao Yun didn't pay attention as he was studying the scene.
He slowly walked around the area and something caught his eye. He knelt down and picked it up. It was a gold necklace with a jade pendant shaped as a figure. (This is a real thing. This necklace was given to me by my mom and the figure is known as Guan Yin. It's a female goddess similar to Buddha but she's different. Hope this helps you.) "This necklace…" He murmured. Soon, his eyes went wide and he stood up quickly facing Guan Ping. "We have to warn the Lord about the girls' disappearance. Now!" Guan Ping didn't have time to respond to that as Zhao Yun ran with Guan Ping following suit. "The girls disappeared? But how?!"
Zhao Yun ran down the halls. "We have to find Lord Liu Bei first!" Finally, Zhao Yun stopped at a room panting really hard from his running. He barged through and there sat with the five tiger generals along with the people from Wu. "My Lord, the girls, they-!" Liu Bei stopped him from speaking further. "We know Zhao Yun. It seems the two from Wu has been taken as well." This was news to him. "Then…" Sun Ce sighed. "It seems Wei wants to do something to them. We're not sure what though."
Zhou Yu spoke up. "I heard from few spies that the girls had some sort of ability." This caught everyone's attention. Ma Chao finally said something now. "What kind of ability?" Lu Xun stood up from his seat and laid out a large scroll in front of everyone. "I tried gathering information about this and eliminated of what type of plots were being pulled. I could not find any that made sense." The room fell dead silent until Jiang Wei finally broke all that. "Have you found any connections?" Lu Xun turned his attention to Jiang Wei in slight annoyance.
"I tried everything. I even asked Lord Zhou Yu and he can't find other methods." He nodded as he understood the situation. "What do you think Prime Minister?" Zhuge Liang was sitting back studying the scroll with such intensity that it could be lit on fire if eyes can burn right through people. "None of this makes sense." The generals let out sighs while the strategists groaned in annoyance. Things were getting more and more confusing as time passes by. "Wait!" Lu Xun jumped from his seat as if an idea came to his mind. "I believe the one that knows about them is Simi Yi." Zhou Yu took thought to this. "Yes… It makes more sense as why he would take them."
Zhao Yun finally spoke up. "How come reinforcements weren't there when the girls were taken?" Everyone stood silent. "It was sudden." Sun Ce said. "How was it sudden when Wei is being pushed back?" Zhao Yun asked but everyone went back to complete silence. 'Wait…'
~~~~~~Flashback still in 3rd P.O.V~~~~~~
Valentina explained while Zhao Yun heard every single word since they are in his room. "So… Let me get this straight. You've been stuck here for nearly a month and can't find a way out?" Kimberly asked curiously. Valentina nodded. "I heard from a lot of people in school saying that you just took home-schooled or on vacation." She laughed and shook her head at the same time. "Not even. No one knows where I am besides this entire place and you now." Kimberly just looked up and can't really believe the story but Valentina's sudden disappearance does make up for it. No later as she was going on with her questioning thoughts, it felt like something just pierced right through Kimberly and she got up so quickly that her right side began to throb in pain again.
"Are you alright?!" Zhao Yun and Valentina asked in unison. "Yeah I'm fine… Just let me ask you a question Val." Valentina nodded for Kimberly to go on. "Was it you that told Simi Yi about my presence here?" Valentina slightly frowned for a bit before shaking her head. "Why do you ask that? Because just so you know, I was picked up by Shu." Kimberly looked down a bit than turned to Zhao Yun. "Do you know anything about this Zhao Yun?" He shook his head. "As far as I know, he's very dangerous. He has many different plots and no one knows what they are."
"Why do you ask me that Kimberly?" Valentina asked once again. "When Simi Yi took me to the palace, he said: 'They did say you were going to be interesting." This time it was Zhao Yun's turn to talk. "No wonder Wu is attacking Wei. They came by to ask us to assist them. We agreed but only some of us stayed back just in case there was an attack within this kingdom." Kimberly looked completely shocked. "You didn't know this Kimberly?" Valentina asked. "I didn't think it was an ALL out war. Just a few week battle. No wonder there were less guards around…" She replied honestly. "Weren't you playing the game?"
~~~~~~End of Flashback~~~~~~
Zhao Yun took a deep breathe. "Valentina mentioned something about a game with war." Some looked confused while others raised their eyebrows at this. "So?" Lu Xun stood up. "Could it be that it's related to us?" More people got confused while Zhao Yun continued what he was talking about. "It could be. When I asked them, they wanted me to leave instead." Now at this point, everyone wanted to know what's really going on. "We'll just have to get them back to know the answers, right?" Gan Ning asked standing up while stretching.
"Easier said than done." Sun Ce replied. "Simi Yi will set up plans. Along with traps perhaps. We must be careful." Zhou Yu said standing up while fixing his clothes. "We shall set off now then." Liu Bei said getting up. "Yes. We shall meet again. Farewell for now." Zhou Yu said bowing. Everyone from Wu stood up and left. The rest of Shu stood in their places waiting for Wu to go.
There was slight tension in the air but most of it was confusion of what is happening. No one uttered a word before standing up and preparing to attack Wei with all force and power.
~~~~~~To Vi-vi and Kim-kim~~~~~~
Groaning from the head pain, Vi-vi slowly opened her eyes only to close them shut again because of the blinding light. Opening them again, her eyes managed to somewhat adjusted to the blinding UV rays. Her head was throbbing in pain and she can tell there will be a large bump on her head. Other than that though, she's fine. Slowly turning her head, she screamed but no sound came out.
There was the said girl Kimberly lying motionlessly on the floor next to Valentina. With difficultly, Vi-vi scooted away from the unmoving body only to realize that it was just Kimberly. She relaxed for a brief second allow her head to slowly hang. That is until she tensed once again, snapping her head up to see if the girl was moving. No movement or anything. Val looked to see if she's breathing but it didn't look like her chest was rising or falling.
Panic started to rush over her like a waterfall. "Kimberly! Wake up!" She scooted closer to the unconscious figure. "Kimberly, get up please." Val started to nudge Kimberly with her forearms trying to stir the girl but to no avail. The fear of truth began to seep through the awoken girl's mind. She shook her head trying to stop that thought from going further into her mind. Her hands started to shake even though it was tied together, her body trembled that it was more than likely to be visible.
Nearly screaming in frustration and fear, the girl lying on the cold floor twitched. Snapping her head back to the unconscious figure, Kimberly began to stir. Mumbling and groaning, Vi-vi's face broke into a smile because her friend isn't dead. "Kimberly, wake up. Get up please." Managing to open her eyes, Kimberly looked up to Valentina who seemed so happy and relieved at the same time. "Ugh, next time… Please don't nudge me so hard." Vi-vi laughed while Kimberly slowly sat up without much struggle.
"Where are we?" Vi-vi shook her head. "I'm not sure. Some sort of dungeon I guess." Kimberly scanned the room. There wasn't much to look at. There was chains hanging off the wall swinging back and forth but they were thin and seemed rusted. The only light was from the window with iron bars and there was no way that either of the two in the room can reach up there. Looking at the floor, Kimberly used her tied up hands and gently swiped her hand. Now rubbing her fingers together, there wasn't much dirt but it sure seemed like it was recently used. A shiver ran through her body at a previous person being here, being tortured, being… Shaking her head, Kimberly looked up at Valentina.
"Got anything we can use to cut these ropes?" Valentina looked back and thought for a moment. "I don't think so." Kimberly gritted her teeth. There is no way they can get out unless… An idea popped in Kimberly's mind. "Kim, what are you doing?" The girl started to bring her tied hands closer to her bottom and slightly hissed since the ropes were tied quite strongly. Soon, she sat on her hands and slid her arms further down to her thighs but soon enough, she managed to it to her calves while putting her feet on the tied ropes before bringing it up to her face. Kimberly grinned victoriously. "Glad that I'm double jointed." Vi-vi once again let out a laugh. Kimberly joined in before focusing at the task she was doing.
Looking at her bonded wrists, she saw a small little rope sticking out. Once again, she grinned before bringing it to her mouth. Using her teeth, she tugged on the rope. Little by little, it started to come off. Near the last few thick string of ropes, she easily slid off the rest before looking at her wrists. There are quite a few deep red marks with little beads of blood and most likely bruising but no other damage. Getting up, Kimberly went to her friend to untie her hands as well. After a minute or two, the ropes came loose and Vi-vi rubbed her now free hands.
Both of them up while stretching. "I seriously hope we don't have our hands tied like that again." Kimberly giggled. "This isn't the first time for me in this world." Valentina gave questioning stare but didn't really ask what her friend meant. "Let's try and get out of here." Vi-vi snorted. "Well duh." Smiling, Kimberly walked up to the wooden door and put her ear against it to hear anything. "Do you hear anything?" Kimberly brought a finger close to her lips to silence Vi-vi. Focusing her attention back to the door, the girl listened intently. Not a single sound can be heard on the other side.
Kimberly stood up straight before turning to Vi-vi shaking her head. The girl that stood there waiting for news frowned. "It could be a trap. I mean… That Simi Yi dude is a sneaky freak." Looking at Vi-vi, the girl nodded in agreement. "Possibly but… Should we take the risk?" Vi-vi thinking of the possibilities soon shook her head. "And get caught again? I really don't want to be tied up like that again." Kimberly bit her lip and was sorting out the possibilities of escaping the dungeon. Closing her eyes to concentrate better was brought to an end when the door began creaking open.
With hopeful eyes, the both turned to the door thinking that they have been saved only to turn to shock and surprise once it was shown to who was at the door. It was a boy who looked to be at least 18 years old with light spiky blonde hair (Think of it like Zack from FF but with blonde hair haha). He was about 5"8 with piecing brown eyes. He wore a dark blue clock around his neck and it reached to near his ankle. He was wearing the same armor as the Wei soldiers were but instead of just blue, there was slightly purple along with gold lining in parts of body armor. There was a sword strapped to his side and a dagger on his left boot. "Hello Kimberly and Valentina. It is so lovely to see you again." The boy said with a sing-song voice.
Both the girls were furious and now clenching their fists so hard that their knuckles were turning white. "What do you want Roy?" Kimberly spat at him. He chuckled before leaning against the door way. "Oh not much my dear. I'm here to talk… Mostly." He added the last part with a sinister smile. Kimberly glared dangerously at the male and if looks can kill, he would have been a pile of ash by now. "About what? Of how much of an idiot you are?" Valentina said with venom dripping in her voice. "My my, it seems you both hate me to that extent I see." He said with a smirk.
The girls cringed in disgust at his voice. Roy's voice was a deep and melody-like said by many people including teachers but to the two right now, it was just like an elderly. Old and raspy. He titled his head. "Why must you hate me so? After all I am-" Vi-vi cut him off. "Cut the crap already. What do you want?" His face darkened and so did his eyes. It was as if they just became darkness itself. "If you really must know, we need your blood." Kimberly's face turned into complete rage. "What is WRONG with you?! Why do you need our blood? Are you freaking insane?!" He smiled once again but it was even worse than before. More cruel if that's possible. "Perhaps but it's only because you have what we need. Plus, after everything, we can have anything we want and what we want is to have one of you as our bride."
Vi-vi and Kimberly snorted in complete disbelief. "You are just disgusting. We haven't even gotten out of high school yet you damn fool!" Kimberly cussed out. Roy just chuckled. "Oh believe me, even if we aren't, we can still get close together without parents. After all, I'm quite sure you have learned enough in history that in the very old days, girls were left to marry without even knowing the face of their spouse." Clenching her fists, Vi-vi shouted. "ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?!" Another voice came but it was almost inaudible. "We only wish to fulfill our desires." The one male that once leaning against the wall was now moving out of the way to let another in. 'Dear gods, no… Anyone but him…' Kimberly pleaded in her mind.
A/N: Yes! I finally uploaded this chapter. Now I need to upload the rest later. So sorry for all the delay for I am busy with school and it's difficult for me to even type up new chapters. Hopefully, this story will be finished soon and I can finally make new ones as well as doing one-shots. Thank you for your support!