Ronin Warriors Fan Fiction ❯ Sympathy for the Devil ❯ Evil Rears its Not-So-Ugly Head ( Chapter 3 )
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By: Faia Saiyajin 
Anime/Manga: Ronin Warriors Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Adventure / Occult / Supernatural | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 09.19.2002 | Pages: 1 | Words: 769 | Visits: 237 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Ronin Warriors Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Adventure / Occult / Supernatural | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 09.19.2002 | Pages: 1 | Words: 769 | Visits: 237 | Status: Work In Progress
Chapter III: Evil Rears Its Not-So-Ugly Head
Ryo was groggy, but awake. He hadn't gotten much sleep last night. Every time he
had gotten remotely comfortable, one of his injuries protested, and he had to
move. Combined with that, and the strange dreams he had been having, sleep
didn't come easy to our beloved Wildfire.
The lights were off, but someone was home, and it was all Ryo could do not to
scream in the silence. Just the thunderous sound of rain against the glass, and
his own noisy breathing. That was it. No nurses, no voices in the hall, no cars
on the streets below, nothing.
It was unnerving.
It was only 9 o'clock, and he reckoned that he'd be here until 11 or so, because
rainy days and Rowen equaled a noontime wakeup. "Wonderful." He groaned, and
licked his lips. Instantly he made a face. Combined with his empty, sour
stomach, and killer morning breath, it felt like his tongue had grown fur.
Either that or there was a small fuzzy mammal corpse in his throat. "I'd kill
for a toothbrush... but water will have to cut it for now.." He rolled his head
to the side, to reach for the usual bedside glass of water. He nearly jumped
when he saw someone standing to the immediate left of the table. When had that
nurse come in? He stood at the window, watching the rain smash against the thick
window pane. "Sheesh. You scared the hell out of me." He muttered, snatching the
glass from the table and downing the stale water in one gulp.
The nurse at the window didn't reply. Ryo, after a loud burp, watched the man.
In the gray light it was hard to tell who it was. It was odd, because the moment
he had gotten out of X-ray, all the female nurses in the building seemed to be
stationed on his floor. "Hey, man.. when do I get out of here?" He asked,
looking at the plastic cup in his hands, as if he were wishing it to fill back
up.
No response.
"Uh... helllooo?"
The nurse drew upwards, taking a deep breath. Ryo was getting suspicious. If
this was a nurse, why wasn't he busy doing nurse-stuff?
"Do you know fear, Ryo of the Wildfire?"
"What?" Ryo was too alarmed to think of an adequate response. "Who are you?"
That was Ryo for you. Ask questions first, get your ass kicked next. Ryo didn't
have time to cry out as the nurse from hell lunged for him, wrapping a hand like
a vice around his throat.
Ryo was jerked forward, his body screaming in agony as it was drug mercilessly
out of bed. Then the room spun like a roulette wheel, thoroughly disorienting
him. A deafening explosion of shattering glass nearly made Ryo drop a load in
his shorts as he was rammed, back first, through the window.
The initial warm wetness of the blood on his back was replaced by an icy sting
as he was drenched by the downpour. Ryo tore at the hand around his throat. A
foolish idea, given the fact that even if he did break his captor's hold, there
was no where to go but down. Down 5 stories, to be turned into Ryo-Pizza, heavy
on the sauce.
"I said." Every word was forced through the man's teeth, as Ryo went still,
holding for all he was worth onto his life/death line. "Do you know fear,
Wildfire?" Ryo squinted his eyes, trying to see through the broken window.
"N-Not from scumbags like you, pal." Wrong answer. Ryo's voice seemed to gargle
in his throat, as the hand tightened its grip around his windpipe.
"You should, Wildfire. And you will. "You will know fear, when you see what I am
capable of. You will quake with fear, just like Kayura did."
If Ryo's eyes had gotten any wider, they should have dropped out of his head.
'Quake with fear'? When the man from beyond the window said that, Ryo recognized
his hissing voice. "Anubis?!"
Anubis ignored him, and finished his threat. He thrust his head from the broken
window, his snarled and matted hair plastered to his face as he was soaked. The
smell of damp earth and rot rose from him, and surrounded him like a blanket. It
was if he had just risen from the grave. Indeed, his arms and most of his face
were still slathered with mud. But he still had that same piercing glare, his
bloodshot green eyes full of hatred and malice. "And then you will die, ...just
like Kayura did."
Ryo was groggy, but awake. He hadn't gotten much sleep last night. Every time he
had gotten remotely comfortable, one of his injuries protested, and he had to
move. Combined with that, and the strange dreams he had been having, sleep
didn't come easy to our beloved Wildfire.
The lights were off, but someone was home, and it was all Ryo could do not to
scream in the silence. Just the thunderous sound of rain against the glass, and
his own noisy breathing. That was it. No nurses, no voices in the hall, no cars
on the streets below, nothing.
It was unnerving.
It was only 9 o'clock, and he reckoned that he'd be here until 11 or so, because
rainy days and Rowen equaled a noontime wakeup. "Wonderful." He groaned, and
licked his lips. Instantly he made a face. Combined with his empty, sour
stomach, and killer morning breath, it felt like his tongue had grown fur.
Either that or there was a small fuzzy mammal corpse in his throat. "I'd kill
for a toothbrush... but water will have to cut it for now.." He rolled his head
to the side, to reach for the usual bedside glass of water. He nearly jumped
when he saw someone standing to the immediate left of the table. When had that
nurse come in? He stood at the window, watching the rain smash against the thick
window pane. "Sheesh. You scared the hell out of me." He muttered, snatching the
glass from the table and downing the stale water in one gulp.
The nurse at the window didn't reply. Ryo, after a loud burp, watched the man.
In the gray light it was hard to tell who it was. It was odd, because the moment
he had gotten out of X-ray, all the female nurses in the building seemed to be
stationed on his floor. "Hey, man.. when do I get out of here?" He asked,
looking at the plastic cup in his hands, as if he were wishing it to fill back
up.
No response.
"Uh... helllooo?"
The nurse drew upwards, taking a deep breath. Ryo was getting suspicious. If
this was a nurse, why wasn't he busy doing nurse-stuff?
"Do you know fear, Ryo of the Wildfire?"
"What?" Ryo was too alarmed to think of an adequate response. "Who are you?"
That was Ryo for you. Ask questions first, get your ass kicked next. Ryo didn't
have time to cry out as the nurse from hell lunged for him, wrapping a hand like
a vice around his throat.
Ryo was jerked forward, his body screaming in agony as it was drug mercilessly
out of bed. Then the room spun like a roulette wheel, thoroughly disorienting
him. A deafening explosion of shattering glass nearly made Ryo drop a load in
his shorts as he was rammed, back first, through the window.
The initial warm wetness of the blood on his back was replaced by an icy sting
as he was drenched by the downpour. Ryo tore at the hand around his throat. A
foolish idea, given the fact that even if he did break his captor's hold, there
was no where to go but down. Down 5 stories, to be turned into Ryo-Pizza, heavy
on the sauce.
"I said." Every word was forced through the man's teeth, as Ryo went still,
holding for all he was worth onto his life/death line. "Do you know fear,
Wildfire?" Ryo squinted his eyes, trying to see through the broken window.
"N-Not from scumbags like you, pal." Wrong answer. Ryo's voice seemed to gargle
in his throat, as the hand tightened its grip around his windpipe.
"You should, Wildfire. And you will. "You will know fear, when you see what I am
capable of. You will quake with fear, just like Kayura did."
If Ryo's eyes had gotten any wider, they should have dropped out of his head.
'Quake with fear'? When the man from beyond the window said that, Ryo recognized
his hissing voice. "Anubis?!"
Anubis ignored him, and finished his threat. He thrust his head from the broken
window, his snarled and matted hair plastered to his face as he was soaked. The
smell of damp earth and rot rose from him, and surrounded him like a blanket. It
was if he had just risen from the grave. Indeed, his arms and most of his face
were still slathered with mud. But he still had that same piercing glare, his
bloodshot green eyes full of hatred and malice. "And then you will die, ...just
like Kayura did."