Escape:A man slides in from behind the door. Tall, though not much taller than Junzo. He was covered in a black hooded robe. A red and white mask hid his face. The word Yang was engraved on the left side of the mask. His eyes were barely noticeable through the slits on the mask, just darkness. The white scarf he wore around his waist seemed to glow, only slightly.
The man steps forward. Towards the ninjas, each step he took were so graceful it felt as though he was simply gliding towards them. Without moving any other part of his body but his feet, he advances within touching distance of them. Stops and studies them.
“You are from the hidden lightning,” he says morosely. “The Gems of the Himitsu. I must admit I was not expecting you. Why did you come?”
There was silence. No one could speak, they could feel it, the murderous aura that poured and flowed around-through this man. This man was not part of the mission.
“I don’t take kindly to be ignored,” the man says softly. He crouched slightly, moving closer to the bounded up ninjas. All three keeping their sights on him.
“Such sadness,” the man sighs, and there’s genuine pity in his tone. “Tied up. Starved. Confused. No idea who we are or why we’re here.” He pauses and doubt crosses his expression. “You don’t know who I am, do you, lightening shinobi? This was not supposed to happen, your 'intel' on showed you of a small band of rogues.”
The ninjas still could not speak, but he reads the ignorance in their faces and steps backwards. “I thought so,” he says. “But do not worry, your confusion shall be short-lived. The rogues you sought out will be upon you and all will soon finish. There will be pain great pain – but then….” He pauses and leans in closer and spoke softly. “ - Then the total peace of the beyond. Death will as a blessing.”
“Wh-Who are you?” Kazuki asked sternly, forcing the words out from his dry throat.
“The beginning and end of your greatest sorrows,” the man replies. He says it plainly – not a boast. He stood and turned his back towards the ninjas. Without any sound he slides out the room, identical to the way he entered.
As soon as he departed the room, the atmosphere changed completely. Everything returned to the way it was, the cold air had disappeared. The colour of the rogues returned. Junzo nodded at the two rogues, and clicked his fingers.
The ninjas fell face first on the rocky ground. The material the held them up was gone, now only bounding their arms. Junzo without looking back leaves the room, leaving the rest to the rogues.
Hatae grunted, grabbing both Kurai and Isei by their hair, beckoning them forward. The other rouge grabbed Kazuki by the arms pushing towards the door. The ninjas were led out into a dark corridor, poorly lit candles were held on the walls of the corridor. The further they moved the narrower the corridors were.
Isei sighed and grinned. “Sooo… when do you think we’re gonna be rescued?” Hatae jerked Isei forward. “Shut up!” “Don’t think we are,” Kazuki replied with a slightly relived expression. Ahead of the others. “Shame isn’t it?” Kurai giggled.
“Guess we have no choice then.” Isei moaned. Hatae grabs Isei tightly, “I said shu - ” Cut short – Kurai head-butts Hatae. Freed from Hatae's grip, without time to react the sudden blow he received, Isei drops low, spins his leg, knocking Hatae off his feet, gasping with shock. Hatae rolls backward, collides head first with a wall, knocked out.
With incredible speed, Kazuki jumps forward, grabbing the rogue with his legs, crushing the rogue against the wall. His legs tighten around the neck of the rogue. The rogue struggles, tries to pull himself away. Kazuki squeezes his legs, the rogue no longer able to fight back passes out.
“There’s no time we must find a way out now!!” Kazuki orders, and runs in the opposite direction they came. The others willing obliged and follow.
Taking sharp turns, moving in random directions, they run. They move towards a black door with a small barred window at the top. Paying no attention to it, they run past it. With the corner of his eye, Isei spots something… or someone through the bars of the door. He shakes his head, and focuses on the way ahead of them.
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