Chapter Two: Broken Warrior, taken memories
Crack.
Crunch.
Smack.
Maya whimpered in pain as the Hiverax brutally attacked her. "P-please, m-m-make it s-stop," she begged, crying out in pain when she was smacked upside the head.
"Quiet, you!" Hexus breathed into her ear, making the kairu warrior squirm in fear as tears slowly streamed down her face. A few seemingly endless minutes later, the three brothers stood back up, glaring down at Maya's now bruised and bloody body. They then used their special knock out trick (1) causing Maya to fall forward and land flat on her face.
The brothers, however, were not done with the broken warrior just yet. They pulled out their X-readers, finding the desired attack. "Mind Wipe! (2)" they exclaimed. The attack hit Maya square in the back, slowly locking up most of Maya's memories into the back of her mind, out of her reach.
"Perfect. Our plan is working."
The plan was to convince a memory-free Maya that she was one of lokar's E-teens, and that Ky Stax was the one who had beaten her bloody. If she was anything like their master, her grandfather, Maya would vow vengeance and eliminate their enemy for them.
However, this plan would not work, for someone had viewed this heinous crime, and he was not happy about it.
"MAYA!" Ky yelled in a mixture of rage at the brothers and concern for the girl. The Hiverax spun around to face him, shock clear on their matching faces.
"HOW DARE YOU HURT HER, YOU JERKS!" Ky yelled, before jumping forward and attacking his enemies. He kicked and punched until the three were out cold, laying limp on the floor. They were still alive, though. As angry as Ky was, he couldn't bring himself to take anyone's life, regardless of how much they may deserve it. Besides, he had more important things to attend to. Specifically, poor, poor Maya.
Speak of the devil, she was screaming in absolute terror. She had viewed Ky beating the boys up, so naturally she was scared. She had a distinct feeling that they had been the ones to hurt her, though.
"Sh, it's OK," Ky said in a soothing voice, reaching out for his friend. "I won't hurt you."
Maya shook like a leaf. "W-w-who are y-you?" she stuttered in confusion. The boy did look vaguely familiar to her, but she couldn't for the life of her recall his name.
"I'm a friend. My name is Ky, and I'm here to help you," Ky assured her gently. "Do you trust me, Maya?"
Maya didn't have much of a choice. Besides, his presence felt comforting, like he would never dare to hurt her. That just had to count for something. She nodded meekly in response. Ky very carefully picked her up, cradling her protectively in his arms. Maya giggled softly at the contact, but the noise was so quiet that Ky wasn't sure that she had actually done it. She laid her head against his chest, and finally fell into a peaceful slumber, lulled to sleep by the sound of Ky's heartbeat.
Despite the grim situation, Ky smiled at Maya. "You're safe now," he whispered. (3)
1. I don't know what it is really called.
2. My own, copy-righted attack. You can use it, but you must ask my permission first.
3. Line was taken from Legend of Korra, of which I do not own.