6: Paralyzed

Cain Nightshade's POV

"Our forces were completely dismantled in a flash! What the hell! How did our forces become so damn weak? Not only that but Captain Luset still hasn't been found. Our only conclusion is that the enemy has captured him. *sigh* How did this all happen? If only you would have been on the field Cap-" The dark blue-haired man who was standing next to the redhead, gave the lenient a sharp glare.  The curly-haired man shut his mouth with such force I thought his jaw would shatter.

The blued haired man turned to look at his captain. "Captain Axel, what do you make of this?" At that moment I could see the side profile of both men. I had to hold in a gasp at how handsome both of them were. The red-haired young man looked lost in thought for a moment. "Kai Yoshimarou, I believe that Luke is right. I should have been there and maybe some families wouldn't have to receive such bleak news." He looked regretful as he looked over the reports. Kai the blue-haired man with dark sapphire eyes looked angrily at his captain. "What would have done if you died out there, we would be left with no one suitable enough to lead the rest of us into battle. You would have died out there and left the rest of us scared and clueless. You are the leader of the captains for a reason. That is why you have been appointed as the lead commander. Do I need to remind you of who you are or what?" He huffed and puffed as his red face pointed at the floor, I could feel the rage even through the window. Thanks to me being part ghost I can cloak myself even if someone looked right at me that wouldn't be able to see, hear, or feel my presence. anyone could see why I was such a good assassin. I can collect and kill just about anyone without being noticed.     

Captain Alex turned his burning scarlet eyes my way and I almost stopped breathing. He is the definition of beautiful but dangerous. My heart began to beat unimaginably fast, it seemed as if he was looking into my very soul. Calm down that's not possible, no one can see me as long as I don't want them to. I'm fine he's probably looked into the horizon. Just as I had finally calmed myself down, he said in a bone-chilling calm voice, "Make a note of everyone who has lost family and I will personally deliver the news to all of the families that had lost those who are dear to them..... But first, before we do that, I say we invite our uninvited guest in and ask what his purpose of eavesdropping is." His eyes never left mine not even when I sucked in a breath and moved further behind the wall. I've been found but how? Before I could so much as blink dread settled in as I watched in slow-motion as a tanned hand reached out the window and grabbed a hold of my neck. I snatched inside and flung to the ground, my cloaking ability snapped off as if my powers were dissipated.

I looked up at the three of them and the one named Kai Yoshimarou's eyes were glued to me, they seemed to have a glowing hue to them. Can he cancel the abilities of those he looks at or is there more to it? He smirked at me, "Close but not quite little assassin. I can do much more than you think I can. Now tell us what is your purpose here?" My eyes widened at the realization that not only can this man cancel out my abilities and read my mind, but it seemed as though Captain Axel knew I was there the whole time.

I glared up at them, I planned to show them that I would never speak, not even if they tortured me. They were going to have to kill me! To my dismay, Kai and Luke sighed simultaneously "I guess we are gonna have to do it the hard way." Said Captain Axel with a wicked smile plastered on his face. "Luke I leave you in charge of getting the names of the fallen and traitors, we will start in the morning with the lost souls' families." The golden curly-haired man named Luke looked at me with sympathy saluted and returned to the desk not once looking up to see me get dragged away. I feel so powerless! Where are they taking me? Why do I feel like screaming and crying? I do I want to beg for their mercy? Why do I feel like this? I've never felt fear before, but looking into their eyes I couldn't help but feel like I did then watching those damn Nether Beats rip apart my family. The fear I feel now is so much more painful to bear now, it made that incident seem so innocent, so pure. Whatever they have planned for me now seemed to brand my soul with fear and despair.

The cold floor seemed to weep for me as I was dragged further within the walls of the Castle that would forever close off the outside world from my eyes till the end of time. As we moved further and further down in the depths of the castle we entered a dark and dank corridor before stopping in front of a large steel door. 

Upon opening the door an unforgiving heart rose from the dark winding stairs below. Kai looked at me looking as if he wanted to say something to me but thought better of it and watched as Axel slipped the enchanted key he used to open the door back into a portal once it was securely on the hook the portal disappeared. I didn't even see him open that portal, he can't be human, he didn't even use a chant. It would explain how he was able to see me through the astral plane. But what is he, he moves faster than anything I've ever seen not to mention his strength is unimaginable. " Yeah, my captain is truly something else. Despite how you he is he's so mature, tall, smart, strong, humble, loving, respectable, prideful, unmatched in magic, military tactics, bravery, brutality, brute strength, and of course his sexiness." He purred that last part and I shivered internally, although Axel didn't seem to hear any of it.

The stairs seemed rather endless, the heat continued to grow to an unbearable, unbreathable pocket, sweat beads crawled along my skin. I tried my hardest to gulp down some air. My lungs began to clump shut on each other. Tears streamed down my face, the world began to spin, it was so painful. I tried clawing at the hands that held onto my limp body, the dense hot air, the stairs, anything I could touch. It started to get to the point where I couldn't get any air into my lungs. I could hear voices shrouded in pain calling out and the muffled sound of the two men who dragged me across the scorching hot stone floors. My world slowly faded to black despite the bright flames around me.

I awoke to water being poured over my boiling hot skin, I looked around and all I could see was two dark silhouettes standing before me and towering flames accompanied by fire runes etched into the floors. "Looks like he's alive." Said a cold yet  excited voice, "of course he's alive my lord, he is a part ghost after all." I could finally make out the faces of Kai and Axel. Kai with an unreadable expression and Axel with a sadistic smile stretching across his face. "Yes, but who knew that ghost so we would fire and heat. I thought they emit cold temperatures." Kai side glances at Axel, "They do but the amount of cold can fare against this heat. Unless the one would call forth the flames have been permitted to be within these flames and feel as if nothing was out of the ordinary." He grunted at Kai's words and waved him away. "Whatever let's get the questioning underway. I need to relieve my pent up rage, causing him some pain would hopefully do the trick." My eyes widened, I shook my head and tried to make my way to the walls but searing shot through me like electricity. I stifled a scream as I looked down to see chains made from bright blue flames. "Yeah I wouldn't try that if I was you, the more you resist the more pain you'll endure. Don't forget you can't use any of your abilities here. To answer the question you are most likely to ask yourself. No Kai here is no longer using his powers. the chain and these walls dampen everyone's abilities except for a very few important personnel. You are as powerless as the weakest human on earth. Let me explain what is gonna happen, my subordinate here will take a stroll through your memories and gather every bit of information you have. While I have fun taking my frustration out on you. Sounds like you'll have a lot of fun with me more than Kai, if you resist him he's not as nice as I am. All I want to do is rent out my problems, Kai on the other will surely hurt you if you aren't a good little boy. Did you know that he can kill you and still get all the information from you? He is quite terrifying, so let us begin."

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Next Morning

Jessica's POV 

I had decided to take a walk around town, I felt hollow inside and cold. So much so that I almost couldn't the sun's warm embrace as it peeked over the horizon greeting me as tears ran down my face. "Deanaro.... where did you go? I'm supposed to look after you remember? Just please come back home. Come back home." I sniffled and sat down on the wall of the bridge that led into the hunting forest. I placed my hands over my face and began to cry harder. Why? Why did you leave without saying goodbye? Do we mean that little to you? What will father and brother think? I want them to come home soon so that way we can look together. We need to find the baby of this family pronto. My thoughts suddenly stopped at the sound of water sloshing around beneath the bridge. I quickly grabbed the knife hidden within my boot and slowly walked around the side of the bridge, only to drop the said knife. My eyes widened as they caught the sight of snow-white hair laced with silver. I gasped out one word and only one word, "Deanaro!" 

Tears streamed down my face as I nearly tripped myself running down the slope and wading through the water to reach my precious younger brother. He was faced down in the river, a loose brick had caught hold of the dark sleeve of his shirt. I flipped him over and almost let go. "This can't be right..... What happened to you?" I pulled over to the bank and stared down into his mature and handsome face. He looks like 9 years have passed by, he looks so much older and so handsome. What in the world? It's only been two months! I couldn't tear my eyes off him the sharply defined angles of his face, his long eyelashes gently brushing his sharp yet graceful cheekbones. his beautiful porcelain skin had a slight hint of a tan, the rippling muscles that decorated his body. I should be worried about the slashes and holes in his now too small clothes. But I was distracted by his finely defined 8 pack.

His plump light pink lips waiting to be tasted, those dark nongreen eyes that stared into mine. My mind becomes blank while staring into the eyes of a young man I used to know but is now an unfamiliar grown man. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" I screamed and pushed myself away from him. He looked at me like I annoyed him or something, then casually looked around at his surroundings. "D-Deanaro..." I took a sharp inhale, "Deanaro is that you?" His eyes snapped onto me "Yeah and who are you?" His voice so deep and sexy, It made the butterflies in my stomach do summersaults, and my heart like it was melting as he vibheed through my body to its core. 

I was flabbergasted "What do you mean who am I? And would you quit glaring at me like I'm some suspicious person? I'm your older sister for crying out loud!" I ended up shouting at him. He just stood up and began stretching out his amazingly tight muscles, there was not an inch of fat on him. Did he get taller? I shook my head furiously. He's your brother, snap out of it! I looked back at him and let out a shriek, he had taken off his shirt and threw it to the ground and was now squatting in front of me. I could see the water droplets racing through his hair and his incredibly toned body. "Hey, you said your my sister right?" I just nodded my head as I gulped down my sigh of awe. "Then stop looking at me like you're gonna pounce at any moment and get me some clothes would yah?" My eyes went wide and I hurriedly stood up. "Who taught you to be so damn rude and I wasn't looking at you in any way but disbelief at old you look and how your manners seemed to run away from you." I quickly turned away from him so he couldn't see my blushing face. " An-anyways let's get you home. I hope we have some clothes that will fill you." I heard him give me an irritated sigh. " How long have you been gone do you know?" I held my breath hoping that he would say a few months', but the answer I got made my heart drop. "I think it was 9 years, I remember having an older brother and father but that's it. I was mad at them for some reason. I don't remember you, although I do remember this town." His words were so cold and distant. I looked over at him only to realize that I have to look up at him now. He was close to 6'0". I stood at 5'9'', It's so weird I've never seen anything like this happening before and I've seen a lot being the court wizard's apprentice and all. But nothing like this. There is something different about him, something dark and mysterious. For just a split second I felt the same darkness as before enveloping me. Fear stopped me in my tracks, then the cold grasp was gone. I felt a rock-solid body collide into my back. "Oi! Watch where you stop! Has your brain finally stopped working or something? If I had an older sister I know for a fact she's not brain dead." 

Deanaro's POV

See her jump at my voice made me very annoyed, I could hear hurried horse hooves beating the ground coming our way. Without saying a word I slid over to the side of the road Until I could see the outline of a horse and its a rider I could see the outline of other riders talking to the townsfolk. crimson flashes in the light of the rising sun as well as deep blue. I know those guys who snatched my family away from me. A newfound rage filled my veins, I watched as they stopped in front of a weapons shop. They had what appeared to be a body slung over the back of the blue-haired man's horse. My proclaimed sister took off running towards the two men. With a newfound purpose, I followed after her.

"Cain!" she screeched once we caught up to the two a dark-haired man was laying limp on top of one of the horses. Another dark-haired man came rushing out of the shop's door looking alarmed. "Jessica? What happened?" He looked over at the limp body and his jaw dropped. The red-haired and blue-haired men just stood there with their arms folded over their chest, looking quite grim. "I apologize, he was eavesdropping on imperial business so we had to question him." Said the Red-haired one, neither one of them noticing me but I sure noticed the. The midnight-blue waist-length hair the honey-colored skin accompanied with fine features and sapphire eye that sparkled like the gems themselves. Then the red-haired one, a dark yellow root that darkened into burnt orange then into crimson, his hair looked freshly cut not reaching past his mid-neck. The scarlet eyes seemed to burn everything that his gaze touched. Just by looking at them that they are both well built. I caught myself wondering how it felt to glide my hand's smooth tight skin. I shook my head, they took my family away and came back with some handsome lost boy. "I worry we haven't introduced ourselves yet. My name is Commander Axel Sinatra, I don't really like formalities so everyone calls me captain and this here is Kai Yoshimarou. Not that I like that title either, although your brothers aren't what we originally came here for." His emotionless face showed a great amount of grief. "They died didn't they?"

For the first time they all noticed I was there, everyone looked shocked, except for Jessica she looked sad and heartbroken more for me than herself. "Who's he?" asked the dark-haired boy who came out of the store. "Well, Xerox don't you recognize Deanaro your little brother? We've been looking for him for 2 months remember. But in his case, he's been gone for 9 years." The young boy named Xerox dropped his jaw again. "N-n-no way! Is that you Deanaro? Or should I say big brother Deanaro from now on?' 

Axel and Kai both looked at all of us like we were crazy, I ignored them and looked directly into Axel's eyes. he seemed to tense up under my gaze. "That is what you came to tell us, isn't it? That the people I loved most died in YOUR WAR!"My blood began to boil; everything around me stood still not daring to break the silence. Kai's eyes began to glow as his hand slowly moved towards his sword. I heard his buttery voice filling my mind. This man is dangerous is he going to try to hurt the captain. He hasn't used an ability yet, what is he planning? Then almost right after the man named Axel's voice spilled into my mind, His deep rich voice made my body tingle with delicious shivers zipping throughout my body. Wait he looks a lot like a grown-up version of the kid with the guts to stare me down and he matches the image of the boy that we extracted from his brother Cain's mind. He's quite the looker Kai and I type. I'm willing to fight for him if you are gonna put up a fight Kai. If not I'll make him mine. I clutched my head "STOP!" They both looked very surprised, "STOP! Just stop talking about me like I'm some kind of prize. I'm right here and I can promise you I'm not easy!" My eyes widened and looked away embarrassed, What the hell? Why did I just say that? Can I r-read minds? Have I always been able to do that? I looked over at Jessica and Xerox both of who stopped dragging Cain off of the horse. "B-besides that isn't the point the point is you both came here to tell us that my father and older brother died right?" I could feel the sting of tears making their way to the surface. Azel and Kai both looked down at the ground in shame Kai's hand still rested upon his sword. "Yes, we have come to tell you that they both have been defeated in battle." They then made eye contact with me, "FINE! THEN TAKE ME WITH YOU AND TRAIN ME! I'll avenge their death with my own two hands."