A New Beginning (Lloyd x reader)

Chapter 22

The guards behind us pushed on one more time and made on land on our stomachs. 

"Careful! She's pregnant." Growled at the man. 

"Pregnant? What a wonderful surprise." The man spoke.

"His throne. I already hate him." It was almost impossible to hear what Kai said, but you heard him. 

The man stood up from his throne and walked over to us and knocked on Zane's head. 

"They don't look as I imagined." The man said and the others laughed- 

"Where did you find them?" The man asked. 

"They were building a fortification." One of the guards behind us spoke. 

"That's pretty generous. Heh. More like a rickety shack. But after losing everything, who am I to complain?" Jay said, as usual in his very relaxed tone of voice. 

"Did I say you could speak?" The guard pushed him down to the floor again. Jay glared at the guard but didn't say anything else. 

The man walked around to Jay and looked over us one more time. Jay turned his head, probably because he didn't want the man staring at him for too long. 

"We took them by surprise. There may be more." One of the guards told the man. 

"Is this true? Are there more of your kind?" The man stood in front of us and asked. 

"Our kind?" Kai questioned. 

"No. We're alone." Zane said quickly. 

"Then tell us, who do these diapers belong to?" A woman walked up and showed us a diaper. 

"Oh, those are for the baby she's having, you know," Kai responded quickly. 

"Yeah, never hurts to prepare for a baby." Jay jumped on the wagon, but the people surrounding us just began to laugh for some reason. 

"See how they lie? See their treachery? They cannot help it. It's in their nature." He faced his comrades.

"Do not reveal anything," Zane whispered to us. 

"Well, we already kind of revealed one thing." You whispered back. 

"But there is one whom you cannot deceive." The man turned towards us again. 

"Okay, now, take it easy there, Captain. Let's not do anything-" Kai tried to reason with the man in front of us, but that didn't really seem to work. 

"Throw the Oni into the pit!" The man shouted, and the people roared in excitement. 

"Slab knows! Slab knows! Slab knows! Slab knows! Slab knows! Slab knows! Slab knows! Slab knows! Slab knows! Slab knows!" The people began to shout, and at that point, you were terrified. 

"Oni? You're making a mistake!" Kai tried to say, but his voice was tuned out. 

"We are not Oni!" Zane tried to do the same but got the same result. 

"Okie Dokie. Off we go." Jay seemed to be the only optimistic person around right now. 

You guys were pulled by the chains to a place you didn't even know. 

As you were being pulled, the people kept looking at you guys with distaste. 

"They think we're Oni," Kai whispered as we walked. 

"I know, how funny. And here we thought they were Oni." Jay, again, being the only optimist in this situation. 

As we walked, we saw a dragon chained up, forced to provide fire to the blacksmiths. When you saw this, it hurt you deeply, but alas, there was nothing you could do at the moment. 

"Their entire culture appears to be built around the hunting of Dragons and exploiting their Elemental Powers," Zane said. 

"Then it's a good thing we kept our identities secret," Kai whispered. 

"Agreed." You whispered back. 

"Ah! Welcome to the Dead's End! May I have your parts when you expire?" You heard a muffled voice from behind you, you couldn't really get a good look since you had to keep walking. 

"At least we know what to call this dump. But what do you make of this "Slab?" And what's "the Pit?" Kai asked us. 

"Duh. It's most likely an arena. A brutal tradition but exciting nonetheless. I, for one, can't wait!" Jay said to Kai, and you were getting more concerned for Jay's physical and mental health. 

"This isn't good, Jay. It's bad. And it's only going to get worse." Kai told him, as we walked past two guys fighting. 

"Aw, lighten up. We're in an exotic realm, discovering new cultures, meeting interesting people." Jay said to Kai. 

"People who want to kill us, Jay!" Kai whispered, but tried not to be too loud.

"If this is your ideal vacation, I'd gate to see the worst kind of vacation." You whispered. 

"Oh, boy. I believe Jay's mental state has made him useless to our plight." Zane said, proving your point from right before. 

"Hey! That's ours!" Kai said as we walked past the Bounty. 

"Let's just hope Cole can rescue us from out of this mess." You heard Zane whisper. 

"I hope so too, Zane, I hope so too." You whispered back to him.