Tears of Twilight
Ch 33.
As the Dynasty sky kept on its transformation, from sky blue to dark midnight, the white clouds that were left, shifted to a dark purple. In one swift motion, the sun is finally blocked out, causing everything to go pitch black. In the final sky transformation, the remaining clouds twisted themselves from the dark purple to a blood red.
Everything that passed for living, is now petrified, void of life. Trees, animals, everything, deathly still. It's like something came out of nowhere, swooped down, and stole their souls, their very being, leaving nothing behind but a shell of their former selves. If they did happen to get struck, then whatever was left would have been carried away on the currents of the winds.
"Master Talpa, the Ronins..." Dais started to say as a solider reported to him.
"Yes, I know, the Ronins and their friends are here in the castle. But they're too late to save them." Talpa replied as he circled the three.
The Ronins, Warriors, and the two tigers stood there at the front door to the castle. They had fought against hordes of dynasty soldiers and suddenly found themselves at the very doors they were planning to break into. Their focus now was not only to get their friends back, but also to destroy any evil that stood in their way.
"We've made it this far, so now what do we do?" Sage asked as he looked over towards Ryo, as he was still holding onto Flash's unconscious form.
"What are you talking about, Sage? We go in, what else?" Kento replied as he looked towards him in slight confusion.
Rowen thought about Sage's question for a minute, "Kento, that's not what Sage meant."
"Then enlighten me, oh smart one." Kento replied sarcastically.
"What Sage meant Kento, was what do we do about Flash? She's still not conscious yet." Rowen explained as he started to frown.
Ryo's temper was starting to get the better of him. "No, we're not going to leave Flash here alone. That's it, end of discussion." Ryo held Flash a little closer to his body. His eyes had a look to them that said, try and take her away from me, I dare you. The guys knew at that point there was no way that they were going to change his mind for anything.
Scorpio's eyes flared with anger. His best friend was in extreme danger, along with two other people, and his other friend was hurt, enough was enough. "Scorpio, where do you think you're going?" Rowen asked as he noticed that he was starting to sneak in.
Scorpio turned around and faced him, "What does it look like, I'm going inside." Scorpio replied with a scowl.
"If you'd hold on a minute..." Rowen started to say.
"No, I'm not going to hold on, my best friend is being held prisoner in there, along with your friends." Scorpio said as he cut Rowen off.
"Scorpio, that's enough." Kento replied as he looked up towards the Warrior.
"Kento..." Scorpio said as he looked at him in shock. "You'd be the last person to hear that from. I thought that you more than anyone, would want to smash in and get the two people that you care for out of there."
Kento made a deep frown as he continued to look towards him. "You know that I do, more than anything, but..."
Scorpio was starting to get more than just a little annoyed at the bearer of Hardrock. "But what?!" Scorpio asked as he returned his own deep frown.
"We know Talpa's castle inside and out, and you don't. So it would be better if you wouldn't just go running in there and getting yourself lost or something." Sage replied as he looked over towards him. Sage gave a relieved smile as Scorpio nodded in response. Everyone knew how each one felt, and they'd make sure that Talpa, Jakada, and any other evil that they ran across would pay severely for what they have done. As they were now running down the halls, all of the windows suddenly flew open.
"Keep going! We can't let anything stop us from getting to them!" Ryo called out as the wind became even stronger. Out of nowhere, a hawk flew in and hovered in front of Scorpio.
"What the!? Hawk!" Scorpio said in surprise.
"Hawk?" Flash replied in a groggy voice as she was finally coming around.
"Flash! You're awake!" Ryo said with relief as she was finally standing on her own. "You all right?"
"I'm fine Ryo, just a little tired, but nothing like a good ass kicking won't fix." Flash replied with a fire in her eyes.
"Hey, maybe Hawk can take us to where our friends are being held." Scorpio suggested as he kept his gaze on him. Hawk gave a quick nod and then flew ahead of them, glancing back making sure that they were coming. As they took a few more turns, fear and worry began to rush in them like adrenaline, wondering what's been happening to their friends. Wondering, if they'll get there in time before the prophecy comes to pass, or if it has already.
"That's it!" Rowen called out as they approached the throne room. "Whoa! Watch it!"
Just then as they entered, an extremely strong wind came in and blew the roof off.
"Talpa, Jakada! Let our friends go now!" Ryo ordered as a growl escaped his throat, while he and the others glared at them in fighting positions.
"You and your friends are too late, Wildfire, the prophecy has already begun." Talpa replied with a laugh as he and Jakada stepped aside and revealed the situation.
"Cye...Kaye..." Kento said in extreme shock as he felt his heart tear in two.
"Thunder!" Flash and Scorpio called out to him.
"See, you are too late to save them. The prophecy will come to pass, and the power will soon be mine!" Talpa cackled as three diamond glass towers in a triangle formation that shot up from the ground, encasing the three. In the center of this is a beam of light that shot upwards was the Tao form, half light and half dark. Its wings are opposite of its body. The eyes are majorly different than anything ever seen. Frightening, in fact the left eye shows everything of evil, while the right eye shows everything that's good.
"It's that thing that Badamon forced Kaye to show us in her nightmares!" Sage exclaimed above the winds as they all looked up towards it.
"You are correct, Halo, and now the dream shall be a reality." Talpa replied as the three towers started to rise higher and higher from the ground, with the Tao form in the center of them. As they stood there watching helplessly, the Tao form suddenly split not into two but three, the white, black, and the combo mix of itself.
"What!? I don't understand, I thought that this thing was only one, not three!" Rowen asked in disbelief.
"Who cares if it's one or three, Rowen, we have to do something!" Kento replied angrily.
"There's nothing that any of you can do but watch." Jakada said as he threw his head back and laughed. Each form of the Tao now hovered above the keys, the black one above Thunder, the white one above Cye, and the combo form above Kaye. Each of them gazed into each others eyes, and then entered them, causing the three to scream in extreme pain. Each one was glowing their respected colors as the forms increased their powers. Then when they were in the middle of the cross over, Kaye's silver wings appeared on her back. Then in one final increase of power, the Tao forms shattered the diamond glass towers and flowed into Talpa.
"NO! This can't be happening!" Ryo said in disbelief. "It's...it's not real!"
"Oh, but it is happening, it is very real." Jakada replied as he tossed his head back and laughed.
"Now it's time to say goodbye!" Talpa said as he sent an attack with his new powers. The shockwave on its own, was more powerful than the Inferno itself. The last thing that they saw were that Cye, Kaye and Thunder falling to the ground. Their backs arched, arms and legs hanging limp, as well as Kaye's wings. It was like time stood still as they saw that their friends' eyes started to fade, leaving no indication of life what so ever.
"Cye...Kaye..." Kento yelled out with a heart-wrenching cry.
"Thunder!" Flash and Scorpio cried out exactly at the same time. The last thing that they saw were their eyes closing for one final time.
"NO!" Kento called out as the attack finally hit them, and sent them all back to the mortal realm, leaving them with only the memories of their loved ones in their minds, as well as the laughing of Talpa and Jakada ringing in their ears.
End.
Ch 33.
As the Dynasty sky kept on its transformation, from sky blue to dark midnight, the white clouds that were left, shifted to a dark purple. In one swift motion, the sun is finally blocked out, causing everything to go pitch black. In the final sky transformation, the remaining clouds twisted themselves from the dark purple to a blood red.
Everything that passed for living, is now petrified, void of life. Trees, animals, everything, deathly still. It's like something came out of nowhere, swooped down, and stole their souls, their very being, leaving nothing behind but a shell of their former selves. If they did happen to get struck, then whatever was left would have been carried away on the currents of the winds.
"Master Talpa, the Ronins..." Dais started to say as a solider reported to him.
"Yes, I know, the Ronins and their friends are here in the castle. But they're too late to save them." Talpa replied as he circled the three.
The Ronins, Warriors, and the two tigers stood there at the front door to the castle. They had fought against hordes of dynasty soldiers and suddenly found themselves at the very doors they were planning to break into. Their focus now was not only to get their friends back, but also to destroy any evil that stood in their way.
"We've made it this far, so now what do we do?" Sage asked as he looked over towards Ryo, as he was still holding onto Flash's unconscious form.
"What are you talking about, Sage? We go in, what else?" Kento replied as he looked towards him in slight confusion.
Rowen thought about Sage's question for a minute, "Kento, that's not what Sage meant."
"Then enlighten me, oh smart one." Kento replied sarcastically.
"What Sage meant Kento, was what do we do about Flash? She's still not conscious yet." Rowen explained as he started to frown.
Ryo's temper was starting to get the better of him. "No, we're not going to leave Flash here alone. That's it, end of discussion." Ryo held Flash a little closer to his body. His eyes had a look to them that said, try and take her away from me, I dare you. The guys knew at that point there was no way that they were going to change his mind for anything.
Scorpio's eyes flared with anger. His best friend was in extreme danger, along with two other people, and his other friend was hurt, enough was enough. "Scorpio, where do you think you're going?" Rowen asked as he noticed that he was starting to sneak in.
Scorpio turned around and faced him, "What does it look like, I'm going inside." Scorpio replied with a scowl.
"If you'd hold on a minute..." Rowen started to say.
"No, I'm not going to hold on, my best friend is being held prisoner in there, along with your friends." Scorpio said as he cut Rowen off.
"Scorpio, that's enough." Kento replied as he looked up towards the Warrior.
"Kento..." Scorpio said as he looked at him in shock. "You'd be the last person to hear that from. I thought that you more than anyone, would want to smash in and get the two people that you care for out of there."
Kento made a deep frown as he continued to look towards him. "You know that I do, more than anything, but..."
Scorpio was starting to get more than just a little annoyed at the bearer of Hardrock. "But what?!" Scorpio asked as he returned his own deep frown.
"We know Talpa's castle inside and out, and you don't. So it would be better if you wouldn't just go running in there and getting yourself lost or something." Sage replied as he looked over towards him. Sage gave a relieved smile as Scorpio nodded in response. Everyone knew how each one felt, and they'd make sure that Talpa, Jakada, and any other evil that they ran across would pay severely for what they have done. As they were now running down the halls, all of the windows suddenly flew open.
"Keep going! We can't let anything stop us from getting to them!" Ryo called out as the wind became even stronger. Out of nowhere, a hawk flew in and hovered in front of Scorpio.
"What the!? Hawk!" Scorpio said in surprise.
"Hawk?" Flash replied in a groggy voice as she was finally coming around.
"Flash! You're awake!" Ryo said with relief as she was finally standing on her own. "You all right?"
"I'm fine Ryo, just a little tired, but nothing like a good ass kicking won't fix." Flash replied with a fire in her eyes.
"Hey, maybe Hawk can take us to where our friends are being held." Scorpio suggested as he kept his gaze on him. Hawk gave a quick nod and then flew ahead of them, glancing back making sure that they were coming. As they took a few more turns, fear and worry began to rush in them like adrenaline, wondering what's been happening to their friends. Wondering, if they'll get there in time before the prophecy comes to pass, or if it has already.
"That's it!" Rowen called out as they approached the throne room. "Whoa! Watch it!"
Just then as they entered, an extremely strong wind came in and blew the roof off.
"Talpa, Jakada! Let our friends go now!" Ryo ordered as a growl escaped his throat, while he and the others glared at them in fighting positions.
"You and your friends are too late, Wildfire, the prophecy has already begun." Talpa replied with a laugh as he and Jakada stepped aside and revealed the situation.
"Cye...Kaye..." Kento said in extreme shock as he felt his heart tear in two.
"Thunder!" Flash and Scorpio called out to him.
"See, you are too late to save them. The prophecy will come to pass, and the power will soon be mine!" Talpa cackled as three diamond glass towers in a triangle formation that shot up from the ground, encasing the three. In the center of this is a beam of light that shot upwards was the Tao form, half light and half dark. Its wings are opposite of its body. The eyes are majorly different than anything ever seen. Frightening, in fact the left eye shows everything of evil, while the right eye shows everything that's good.
"It's that thing that Badamon forced Kaye to show us in her nightmares!" Sage exclaimed above the winds as they all looked up towards it.
"You are correct, Halo, and now the dream shall be a reality." Talpa replied as the three towers started to rise higher and higher from the ground, with the Tao form in the center of them. As they stood there watching helplessly, the Tao form suddenly split not into two but three, the white, black, and the combo mix of itself.
"What!? I don't understand, I thought that this thing was only one, not three!" Rowen asked in disbelief.
"Who cares if it's one or three, Rowen, we have to do something!" Kento replied angrily.
"There's nothing that any of you can do but watch." Jakada said as he threw his head back and laughed. Each form of the Tao now hovered above the keys, the black one above Thunder, the white one above Cye, and the combo form above Kaye. Each of them gazed into each others eyes, and then entered them, causing the three to scream in extreme pain. Each one was glowing their respected colors as the forms increased their powers. Then when they were in the middle of the cross over, Kaye's silver wings appeared on her back. Then in one final increase of power, the Tao forms shattered the diamond glass towers and flowed into Talpa.
"NO! This can't be happening!" Ryo said in disbelief. "It's...it's not real!"
"Oh, but it is happening, it is very real." Jakada replied as he tossed his head back and laughed.
"Now it's time to say goodbye!" Talpa said as he sent an attack with his new powers. The shockwave on its own, was more powerful than the Inferno itself. The last thing that they saw were that Cye, Kaye and Thunder falling to the ground. Their backs arched, arms and legs hanging limp, as well as Kaye's wings. It was like time stood still as they saw that their friends' eyes started to fade, leaving no indication of life what so ever.
"Cye...Kaye..." Kento yelled out with a heart-wrenching cry.
"Thunder!" Flash and Scorpio cried out exactly at the same time. The last thing that they saw were their eyes closing for one final time.
"NO!" Kento called out as the attack finally hit them, and sent them all back to the mortal realm, leaving them with only the memories of their loved ones in their minds, as well as the laughing of Talpa and Jakada ringing in their ears.
End.