Flash, Mia, and Rekino all looked at Rowen. They knew his injuries, but who cause him the injuries. All of the female warriors just kept looking. Rowen looked at each of them as well with a look of confusion on his face, “What?”

“Not to add insult to injury, Rowen, but…what semi ran over you?” Flash asked.

Mia jumped in, “If it was Mesu…”

Rowen shook his head and interrupted her, “It wasn’t Mesu.”

Rekino let her head fall, “Now sweetie, I know that the only people who could catch you off guard and beat the crap out of you like that would be: Talpa, Mesu, or the Warlords. One, the warlords are good now. Two, Talpa bit the dust. Three, Mesu couldn’t of captured Thunder and beat you up within the time span I’m estimating.”

Rowen looked at her, “Oh Rekino, you make it sound so nice,” he said sarcastically, “It wasn’t any of them,” something hit him, “Thunder’s captured?”

“Yeah,” Flash said, “As soon as I can, I’m going to bust him outta there and kick Mesu’s sorry can!” She recomposed herself, “back to the matter at hand. Who did this to you?”

Rowen muttered something that the girls couldn’t hear. He looked around and decided to bury what little pride he had left, “Brock.”

Everyone stayed quiet for about three seconds until Rekino’s eyes turned completely dark purple. She squeezed the sides of the chair and everyone heard the metal starting to bend. They all watched as she slowly got up, walked over to the window and open it, and then, she summoned her subarmor.

“I’ll be back. I have something on my ‘to do’ list,” Rekino started to climb out of the window, but Flash and Mia held on to her. Rowen was trying to get out of bed, but his ribs were stopping him.

“Whoa, calm down,” Mia said. Her friend was now lashing out in every direction yelling curse words beyond anyone’s imagination. Needless to say, they were all shocked at her words.

“Sheesh, what I wouldn’t give for a censor right now!” Flash said over Rekino.

*~*

Ryo was on his way to the hospital when he felt a jolt. An angry jolt exactly. He pulled on the side of the road and rubbed the sides of his temples. Rekino must be really angry to make him feel all of it. The others looked at him funny.

“Ryo, you okay buddy?” Kento asked.

“No. Someone else needs to drive,” Ryo said and got out of the car. Before he could say anything, Sage jumped over to the driver’s side, “Thanks Sage,” Roy said as he climbed into the passengers seat.

“No problem,” Sage said, “What’s wrong?”

Ryo laid his head back into the seat, “Rekino’s angry. I don’t know how I can feel her emotions though. She must be really ticked at something or someone.”

Cye rubbed his chin, “Do you think that it could have something to do with what happened to Rowen?”

“Maybe. I’ll contact her and see,” Ryo said and closed his eyes and tried to reach out to his sister, Rekino?

Ryo cringed just a little bit. Rekino could be scary when she was mad, I was just checking on you. Will you please calm down? I can feel all of your anger!

The siblings continued to fight all the way to the hospital while Sage was driving. Each coming back with rude remarks for the others comment. Sage pulled up in the parking lot and got out followed by Kento, Cye and Ryo, who was still fighting with Rekino telepathically. They got on the elevator and up to the room that Mia had told them earlier. Sage was the first in and hugged Rowen. Each of the Ronin Warriors greeted their friend. Ryo turned towards Rekino and stared at her.

“Hey wuss boy!” Rekino said.

“Hey hoochie hoe!” Ryo shot back.

All six of the others sweat dropped. Ryo and Rekino hadn’t done the name-calling thing in a while. All of them had to admit it was funny listening to them. Some of the names they came up for one another were hilarious.

The doctor came walking in during the middle of Rekino and Ryo’s heated argument of name-calling. She exchanged looks with all of the others and cleared her throat. Ryo and Rekino looked at her and immediately stopped arguing.

“Sorry to interrupt your arguing, but visiting hours are almost over,” Dr. Kinomota said.

All of the Ronins, Guardians, and Flash exchanged glance, “Can someone stay with him?” Kento asked.

“Yes, but only two.”

*~*

Hana, Josephine, and Amaya were all sitting around at the manner discussing the matters at hand. The Lady of Hardrock was currently munching on a pop tart while the others were just looking at her.

“So, Rowen’s been beat up and Thunder’s been captured,” Amaya’s sweet French voice said, “What do we do? I don’t want to sit around here and do nothing.”

Josephine swallowed the rest of her snack, “I say we kick some dynasty ass! I’m in the mood for a fight.”

“News flash, Jo, you’re always up for a fight,” Hana muttered, “I believe that Rekino and Mia would contact us if she wanted us to do anything, ya know. Fearless Leaderette is not the one to leave us hanging.”

Josephine and Amaya nodded at Hana’s comment. They all sat there for about five minutes until Hana started to sing a little song. It was called “Stardust Eyes.” (Winter: That’s the opening to Samurai Troopers season one!)

“The eyes of this city always stare sadly. The fragmented moon will one day be made whole and decorate the night sky once again. The armor protecting the soul is not warm. It’s the time! Do the best! Reach beyond your courage. The eyes of this city always see stardust.” Hana sang while providing the back beat with her fingers and her beautiful, sultry voice.

“Wow, Hana! That was good! I wish that I could sing like you can,” Josephine said.

Hana sighed and flipped some of her blonde hair over her shoulder, “It takes a lot of practice. Too much actually,” That was when all went quiet. All of the girls could’ve sworn they felt the presence of evil, but they thought nothing of it. Josephine sighed and grabbed another pop tart.

“I’m bored,” She whispered.

Hana was very quiet now, her midnight blue eyes narrowed, her body tensed, her jaw set. She could still feel the evil and it was getting closer. The hairs on her arms and the back of her neck rose up as every tendon, every muscle tightened with anticipation.

"What’s wrong, Hana?" Amaya asked her, looking up at the blond haired girl with worry.

"I…I feel something," Hana said in a whisper. "Something evil is here."

They all stood up and got back to back with each other, their eyes darting back and forth, searching. A few minutes passed, it remained quiet and still, only the chirping of some birds could be heard, and the wind blowing softly passed.

Josephine began to relax. "I don’t know, Hana. Maybe it was just your imagination this time?" she asked as she reached for yet another pop tart. (Firestorm: Hey, I wonder if she’ll share with Winter and me? O.o)

Hana shook her head. "It wasn’t my imagination. I know I felt evil here."

"Well, I don’t sense it, so I say we take a chill pill and concentrate on hoping Rowen will get better and figure out how to rescue Thunder."

Hana became silent again, deep in thought. Then suddenly there was a loud roar and all three girls went flying backwards. Each landed a few distance from each other. Amaya wiped some blood off her mouth and winced. She looked up. Several soldiers surrounded them, ready for a killing battle.

"Hey, you were right, Hana," Josephine remarked.

"Good, remind me to kill you later," Hana gritted through her teeth.

"Guys, now is not the time for this!" Amaya said as the soldiers begin to advance on them.

"Right," Josephine and Hana nodded in agreement. They armored up to subarmor.

"Lady of Halo! Chi!"

"Lady of Hardrock, Gi!"

"Lady of Torrent, Shin!"

The soldiers attacked, the three Ronin Lady Guardians fought back with equal force.

Hana punched a soldier right under its chin sending flying backward into a telephone pole; the force of it caused the telephone pole to crack. Amaya did a flying leap kick and kicked another soldier right through a glass window of a closed store. Josephine punched and kicked her way through soldiers, knocking them down, and even picking some up and throwing them. She seemed to be having a ball as she fought.

Hana ducked from a blow, then flipped another soldier over her shoulder. A soldier sneaked up behind her, but Josephine took care of it quickly. "You still gonna kill me later?" she asked Hana.

"Yes," Hana answered as she slammed a soldier into another building.

"Bummer," Josephine said and kicked a soldier high into the air, then punched another one hard in the face.

The fight continued on for more than thirty minutes. By the time the soldiers were all gone, all three girls felt tired, but relieved they had been able to take care of all the soldiers without summoning their armors.

"I think I need a rest," Amaya said.

The others nodded in agreement, and just sat there, resting, and thinking about the fight and wondering what was going to happen next.

*~*

Thunder’s eyes fluttered several times as he let out a soft groan. His body twitched a bit, then his eyes opened. He looked around his prison area, seeing that it was dark, though he could see the outline shape of a few soldiers. He could also see Mesu sitting on his throne a few feet away from him. The dynasty master’s hands were folded and he seemed to be in deep thought, but with an evil smile. Thunder wondered what he was up to, but he could about guess. He checked his watch. It was 8:30 P.M. He had been Mesu’s prisoner since around 2:00 P.M. He felt hungry but he did not let on that he was.

"So you’re awake," Mesu’s voice came to his ears. Thunder looked right at him, light blue eyes narrowed with anger. Mesu only smirked. "I’m surprised really. That sleeping potion should have worked on you longer than I expected."

"I’m not what you expected am I?" Thunder retorted.

Mesu only laughed. "You have that right. You are more than what I expected. Most people would have stayed dead from that blast I threw at you in the beginning or even remained sleeping for days when my sleeping potion surrounds them. But you were able to bring yourself back to life and even wake up from the sleeping potion. Very intriguing indeed."

"So what do you plan on doing with me?" Thunder wanted to know as he stretched out his legs and stared at his captor.

Mesu smiled evilly. "Perhaps use you for bait, or just keep you prisoner or as an entertainment. I will capture those Lady Ronin Guardians and the Ronins, and even your friend Flash. And they will suffer for standing in my way of world conquest."

"If you think you can capture Flash you’re badly mistaken. No one has been able to catch Flash no matter how hard they try," Thunder told him.

"Then I shall be the first one to do so, now won’t I?" Mesu had a smirk on his face.

Thunder shook his head, and brought his knees up to his chin, deep in thought. He hoped the others would come after him soon. He wasn’t sure how much longer he could take being a prisoner.

*~*

Rekino bit her lip when the doctor announced that only two could stay with him. She knew she wanted to go after Brock, but she also wanted to stay with Rowen. She couldn’t abandoned him, even though she was pretty pissed off.

Flash watched Rekino for a few minutes, knowing her temper was still pretty high. She stepped forward and spoke gently to her. "Rekino, I know how much you want to go after Brock, but right now Rowen needs you the most. I think you should stay with him."

Rekino stared back at her, thinking. Yes, it was true she wanted to go and slam Brock’s head off a glass wall, but looking back at Rowen she knew she had to stay with him.

Ryo stepped forward as well and gently took his sister by the shoulders. "Hey, Rekka, we’ll get Brock, guaranteed for hurting Rowen. But you stay here and take care of him, okay?"

Rekino looked back at Rowen who was watching her. He was still in pain, but doing his best to ignore it. Finally Rekino nodded. "Alright, I’ll stay with him. I have to anyway. But Brock will pay for what he did to him."

The others nodded as Sage spoke up. "I’m staying as well. Rowen is my best friend."

"Alright then that settles it," Ryo said, looking at the doctor. The doctor nodded, and the others, said good-bye to Rowen, wishing him to get well, and left the room, leaving Rekino and Sage with Rowen.

The doctor followed them out, and then headed off into another direction. Ryo, Flash, Kento, Cye, and Mia all headed left, passing some doctors and orderlies, and some visitors to the hospital. All of them were pretty much quiet, not wanting to talk about what was happening in the hospital. Finally they exited the hospital and stood where no one could hear them talking.

"Okay," Flash said. "I think I know some reasons why Thunder was captured."

"Go on," Ryo said, waiting to hear why.

"Okay, you already know that Thunder is a powerful healer," Flash began. "He also can heal himself, and he cannot die by violence, no matter how the violence is used. Anything done to his body that is used to heal him is immediately healed by himself. He can also raise the slain back to life no matter how long they’ve been dead. He cannot however bring back those who have died naturally. I think that’s one of the reasons why Mesu wanted him was because of his abilities. Another reason was so that he couldn’t heal Rowen."

"So what are you saying?" Mia asked. "Are you saying that somehow Mesu and Brock teamed up together?"

"That’s exactly what I’m saying," Flash said as she crossed her arms. "I think that somehow Mesu convinced Brock to work for him, then used Brock to put Rowen out, then went after Thunder."

All of them were silent, thinking about what she said. It was a very high possibility to what she said and it all made sense.

Flash looked up, her cerulean eyes narrowed. "We have to get Thunder back, and get Rowen healed, then go after Mesu, and then Brock. And I have a few tricks up my sleeves for Brock,” The way she said that was enough to put shivers through their spines.