(My heart…)
Hunter’s jaw clenched. She would not cry. She would not cry. She crumpled the note up and was about to throw it across the room when she stopped. Carefully, as if it were a priceless object, She tucked it into the pocket of her jeans. “Ready to go?” She asked Order, her voice cold and emotionless. It was just like Sam. He had died to save her, when she didn’t need saving. It was the one time when the quest didn’t get finished. This time, she vowed that it would be different. Not only would she save Kye, she would hit him so hard that he would wish he were dead. That would be for making her think that he was going to die.
Order arrived shortly, humming with power.
“Can we go now?” Hunter asked her.
Order looked at her sadly. “Let’s go.”
"We have someone who would like to meet you," a different voice sneered at Kye. He was then kicked in the side.
He coughed a bit and spat out more blood. "You guys… really know…. how to treat.. a guest," he wheezed. He was than grabbed and pulled to his knees were he was held.
"You might know this person as Chaos," the man was right in Kye's face. He hadn't even paid attention to what Kye had said.
"You know what I have to say to that?" He was being defiant. "Fuck Chaos." Which landed him a punch to the gut. He bit his lip and kept quiet though. Not giving these people the pleasure of hearing him in pain.
A dark chuckle broke through the darkness. "Gentlemen. You shouldn't treat our guest that way. After all, he is worth more alive than he is dead." A tall man stepped from the shadows. He radiated power and confidence, and made the men cower away. He had dark hair and glowing silver eyes. He smirked. "Hello, Kye."
"Aaaaaaah, well if it isn't king dipweed himself," Kye wheezed. He figured that this was going to end with him likely dead, so he was gonna make the best of it. "What's the matter? Not getting the attention you want?"
Chaos laughed. His voice was hard, and seemed to hold many dark promises. "No. I need you alive as bait. I believe you may know Hunter. And her mother, Order. My scouts tell me that you do."
"Who?" Kye looked at the man like he was crazy. "Listen I don't care who you are, but I have something else to do and you are in the way."
Chaos laughed again. "Oh, the poor boy thinks that he can trick me. You, Kye, know exactly who I am." He jerked his head at one of the men. "Gag him."
Hunter and Order were not doing well. They had gotten caught at least five times, and barely managed to escape. It was times like this when Hunter remembered how bad of a fighter her mother really was. Then, she heard a voice. It was dark and filled with madness, but charming. Order froze.
"I ain't tryin' a trick you," Kye looked at the man. "I could be gone within seconds. And you wouldn't even know." He was gagged and thrown back to the ground. Pain shot through him in waves.
I mean if you weren't about to die then sure you could disappear, but currently… I'd be impressed if you did.
Then prepare to be impressed, because I'm not stickin' around and letting Hunter get into a trap.
Chaos snorted. "Of course you could. Because it's not like there's a power dampener in this room."
Hunter finally recognized the voice, and shivered. "No…" she whispered, fear flooding her.
I don't require power to disappear. Jerkweed.
Kye merely glared at Chaos unable to speak due to the gag.
And technically you don't have power, I'm the one that allows you to use the force fields.
Yeah but he doesn't know that, so give me a moment to figure something out from where I am.
Chaos suddenly snapped his fingers. "Men? Get our two extra guests."
Kye moved slightly and grabbed a some stone off the ground behind him. If he hit it right he could make it sound like footsteps from somewhere. Which he did. He hit it on the ground and made a footsteps sounding noise from what sounded like all the way across the room.
The men turned in that direction, but Chaos scoffed. "It's going to take a little more than that to fool me, Caveman." He pointed towards the entrance. "There."
Kye bit down on the gag in frustration. This dude knew how the cave worked. Black spots danced in his vision, and breathing hurt more than anything at this point.
You know I can put force fields around people when they're a certain distance from us right.
Yeah, I know that, but they have to be like five yards from us and that is far to close to jerkweed over here.
But if need be I can help.
I know, thanks.
Kye shifted silently and pushed himself back, towards the shadows.
Hunter and Order were pulled from the shadows. Order cowered back, her gaze almost fearful, and Hunter stood firm, a defiant smirk on her face, though, if one looked closely, her jaw trembled with suppressed fear. She gave a mock bow.
"Father," she said, smirk widening at his annoyed look.
Kye moved farther into the shadows. Pain engulfed his body and made it difficult to move without making a sound. But he eventually pushed himself fully into the shadows and got his hands, which were tied behind him, in front of him.
He didn't spare a glance at Hunter. Chaos gazed at Order, his gaze hungry. He smirked, smile sharp enough to cut iron. "Hello, dear," he purred.
Kye pulled the gag out of his mouth and used a rock to cut his hands free. Then he shoved himself to his feet and began moving around the room in silence, and out of sight.
Order cowered away. Hunter rolled her eyes in disgust and tapped him on the shoulder. "What?" Chaos snarled, lashing out at her and slamming her into the cavern wall.
Kye forced himself to stay hidden, and bit his lip to keep himself from talking just yet.
How long do you think it will be before he notices that you skipped town?
I'll say that he'll notice in about thirty seconds when he looks over to laugh at me thinking he's causing me pain by hurting Hunter. That or he won't notice at all and I could just cause some mayhem here and there, to drive him nuts. Whichever comes first.
Hunter pushed herself to her feet, scowling. Chaos raised an eyebrow. "Haven't had enough yet?"
She rolled her eyes, hands on her left side. "Have I ever?"
He snorted. "Can you tell your boyfriend to come out of the shadows?"
"He's not… my boyfriend," she forced out through gritted teeth, before taking a kick at a portion of the wall.
Kye glared at Chaos, then he began moving again. Stopping every so often to try and breathe, at one point even going down to one knee because of the pain. That and he was losing blood from an open wound, and he was seeing spots in his vision. "Yeah, no I like the shadows, they have been my only friends for a few hundred years, and I don't really want to come out. You're a dirt-bag. I don't associate with dirt-bags who can't find their way out of their own ass," Kye let his voice travel around the room, bouncing off the walls and making it sound like he was everywhere at once. That was the best way to keep his actually location hidden.
A chunk of rock fell from the ceiling, and nearly hit Chaos. He ignored it, chuckling an looking around. "Very clever, Caveman. I can see where you got your name."
"When you spend years on end down underground, you tend to learn a little bit of how the cave works. Unless you're like you and you don't try to learn anything," Kye continued moving.
Chaos seemed not to notice the jibe, or, at least, didn't let it affect him. He smiled, showing his teeth, which had been sharpened into points, and sighed, shaking his head. "Kye, Kye, Kye."
"That's my name," Kye replied. He attached a rope to a beam, and began crawling across the ceiling, to the other side of the large room. "You know, there is something you should never let me do. Can you guess what that is?"
"Live?" He snorted. "I know. I plan to change that."
"Mmm, no, not quite the answer I was looking for, but that is also probably correct. No, there is something else that you should never let me start doing," Kye pulled himself into a small crevasse on the ceiling, and took a moment to breath. The pain coursing through his body was almost unbearable, but he kept going. "I've noticed that you seem a little annoyed. That wouldn't happen to be my fault would it?"
Chaos rolled his eyes. "I'm not exactly in the mood for a heart-to-heart talk about my feelings. "Why don't you come down from your little perch so I can kill you."
Kye tightened his grip on the rope and slipped out of the crevasse. He came down and stopped about halfway between the floor and the ceiling. He was facing Chaos, and holding the rope with one arm. "Rule number one about Kye Gathrodir, never let me start talking. And rule number two, don't let me get you talking. Would you like to know what this rope is attached to?"
