Chapter 19
Bastion stormed into Taniya's office enraged by the fact that his girlfriend was missing. Taniya looked up from her paperwork confused. He probably found out that Megara is gone the amazonness thought. She looked into his eyes seeing the anger burning deeply.
"Where is Meg?" he demanded angrily slamming his fists on the desk, "she wouldn't run off, and I know you had something to do with it. Tell me where she is now!" Taniya flinched at the harshness in his voice. The amazonness felt pity for her younger sister's boyfriend.
"I'm not telling you," she snarled in return. She waited for Crowler to burst through the door with news about custody on Jaden. From the story, his wife divorced Crowler when he got the job for Duel Academy when Jaden was six. He didn't receive permission to see his son. To make it unobvious on how he missed Jaden as his son, he treated the teenager like crap. Jaden, of course, had his mother's maiden name for his last name.
Bastion replied with more pain inflected in his voice, "I will find her because," he discontinued as he pulled out a box from his pocket, "I was going to propose to her." Taniya stared in disbelief. Bastion continued his talk, "My father almost gave this to a woman before he met my mother, and gave it to me so I could give it to the right woman, and that's exactly what I am going to do whether you like it or not." He put the ring back in his pocket and left the room.
Meanwhile, Meg was in a wooden cage in her clan's prison. Apparently her family hated the idea of little of her running off with a boy. She closed her eyes hoping to fall asleep and maybe when she woke up, there would be Bastion to take her to Duel Academy. That was a lame wish of hers but nonetheless, she really thought that's what she needed. She took off her boots and socks to reveal her long pale legs. She let out a loud howl of anguish.
A black panther slinked over to greet her master. Meg sighed in relief; it was only Kuroko, her pet and best friend. She squeezed her hand through the bars of the cage to reach her panther. "Kuroko, I wish I could have brought you," said Meg soothingly to the giant feline. The cat meowed in pleasure.
"I guess there's nothing to do but pray we are found huh?" she asked the black pet. She wished that Bastion had known that past the volcano and forest there was a mountain where he could hopefully find her, but he didn't know that. He didn't know that she was captured and imprisoned, and he didn't know that she was alone.
Little did she know, he did know. At that very moment, Bastion was walking around the volcano thinking of what he would have to do when he got to the clan's territory. He had received information for Wesley who overheard Raoul's, his mother's, and Taniya's plan. His blasted family was the one who took her back to her dreaded home. Bastion swore to himself I will be there for her. I won't let her down. He looked behind him to see Wesley and Jenny.
"We're coming too," said Wesley, "besides; we can be a distraction, okay." Jenny smiled and patted Bastion on the back in reassurance that they would do whatever they could to be of assistance.
"Yeah totally," agreed Jenny eagerly, "I want you two to work out. Besides, I heard that you were going to propose to her. That's fabulously romantic of you." Bastion laughed thinking that he was so fortunate to have them on his side instead of against him. He knew Wesley was a great and even a braver man than he was the last time he saw him even though that was a week ago.
"Okay, then we have a bit further to go, so let's get a move on," said Bastion as they all went. Bastion thought Meg loves the thrill of an adventure. Too bad, she got the damsel in distress role. She must hate that beyond all things.
Sooner than Bastion had expected, they reached the amazonness lands of destruction. He looked at Wesley unknowing what to do in this situation. He couldn't use the excuse that Meg had given the last clan they visited, and to make matters worse, they were sexist.
"What do we do?" whispered Jenny holding on to Wesley's arm. Bastion ran the possibilities through his head and then looked over at the couple. He didn't want them to be in harm's way which was more than likely. Jenny grinned and said, "By the way, we could just jump them."
"They look really strong though," replied Wesley. Bastion looked over at them and nodded. What they could do was more than dangerous. It was nightfall, so perhaps the Amazonian women were asleep. The trio snuck through the camp and hiding behind tents when the saw a woman warrior.
After an hour of wandering, they came to the prison to see Meg in the cage and the panther by the wooden structure holding Bastion's girlfriend. Bastion ran over to greet her concerned. Wesley and Jenny followed making the panther roar. Of course, many cats in the clan did that so no one minded it very much.
"Are you okay?" asked Bastion reaching through the bars to grab Meg's hand.
"Really hungry," she replied, "I am so happy you're here, but you have to hurry up and go if you don't want to be like me." She had so much warning in her voice that Bastion believed it wasn't Meg. Wesley picked the lock with Jenny's hairpin. Meg rushed out only to see her mother.
"Planning on taking away my daughter?" she asked firmly. Her grey hair lit by the moonlight. Bastion nodded holding Meg's hand tightly. She continued, "Well, if that's the case, you do know the both of you will have to fight for her freedom." Bastion agreed quickly.
"We'll fight too," said Jenny and Wesley in unison. All of them were ready for the fight of their lives.
Mew Kazurinu: So next chapter beware of fighting physco bitches, a pissed Raoul ready for combat, and stuff like that. I cannot believe I am almost done. Wow! I hope you enjoyed it.