Collision

*~Chapter 13: Reunion~*

As Sara and Razuka headed through the gate, The superiors had been notified of the incident. The Mistress was furious when she heard about it. She ordered the officers to go in the room where they once were. They see unconscious guards in the cell. Seeing the sight made her blood boil almost to the peak. The officers were scared out of their wits, but showed no weaknesses.

Mistress put her arm out and burned those in the cells.  The bodies disappeared completely. She turned to the officers behind her. "If you fail to find them, you'll end up like them."

"WHAT?!  Mistress! Are they being transported to their deaths??"

"Please have mercy on us We don't deserve this!!"

"Mercy...Hehehe....Mercy, you say?" Mistress gave out a sinister laughter that would chill anyone to the core. After a moment of insanity, she gave them a twisted grin. "Weak...so weak... I can't have any good help these days can I?" As she was about to speak, Baki, and Blaze showed up, checking on the casualties in the prison cells.

 "What's going on? It looks real fun!" Baki exclaimed.

"Oh, just in time. This is what happens if you betray me... Witness the severe punishment for weakness!" Blaze and Baki looked at the cowering guards and the mistress as she was charging her energy,

M...Mistress?" She put her hands on their stiff shoulders. Fire started to show from her palms, quickly spreading to their entire body. She continued to smile while the guards were screaming in pain with distorted cries of pain. The terrible two watch and laughed as they saw the mistress's smile.

"No need to worry about us," stated Blaze. "We're always loyal to the despicable mistress." Mistress gave a small nod of approval, and descended back to her throne.

*Your part is done Razuka. You are no longer needed in this world...or any world when I'm through with you.*

Back at RedBand's Hideout...

"I can't remember when we had decent food like this..."  

"Decent? It's amazing! I've haven't had anything like this before!" 

"I still wonder how we even got heat, let alone electricity in this place..."

 Everyone was chattering about Ana's cooking at the table. The atmosphere was quite lively and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves that seemed to have lasted forever. They felt this bond that they haven't felt in a long time. Laughing and cheering, they acted like real children. For the first time in Red Band's Hideout, there was a good atmosphere.

Ana smiled as she saw everyone chattering away, but she still had a bad feeling that it wouldn't last very long. She didn't want to ruin the atmosphere, so she kept her mouth shut. She then noticed Aoru with his blank expression. He hasn't touched his plate. He seemed to have a lot on his mind. 

"Aoru. Aoru? AORU!!"

"H-huh? What?"

"Aoru? Are you okay? You seem kinda off." Koru asked. Everyone stopped and stared at Aoru, noticing him being unusually pale. Aoru couldn't stand it, his thoughts overwhelming him. He clenched his fists together in frustration as he abruptly left to his room, slamming his door behind him. Everyone looked at each other. All the cheeriness had then disappeared. They just sat there just looking at their plates. Ana decided to go check up on him. 

Slowly walking to his door, she was about to knock, but she heard a surprising sound. Tiny sniffles were heard from the other side. She decided to eavesdrop. Hey, she couldn't help being human.

"I'm sorry...what do I do now Sara? You're not dead, but we stole all those lives for you...What's gonna happen to us!? What's going to happen to Red Band?!"