Ow! My butt hurts! I just came back from riding, and boy am I sore! (sits on ice pack) Well no pain no gain! Plus I just got to finish this story. So enjoy this chapter, while I get myself another ice pack. (wobbles off downstairs to the kitchen)

I just want to say that I do not own the characters from the show, but I do own the characters that the original's meet. You'll understand when you read.

The Vision of Escaflowne ~ The Dracoinian Sphere"

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Dravo stood outside of the room in which Hitomi was held in, he could hear her crying in the room, slowly he leaned his back against the door and closed his eyes. Mentel images flashed into his mind of Hitomi, and then the image of her crying crossed his mind and his eyes flashed open. Dravo looked down at his hands, in disgust. {What have I done?} thought Dravo, as he made his hands into fists. He swung his hands down to his side and slumped his head against the door, he could hear Hitomi, mummer something about Van, and that brought Dravo back to his senses and rage started to fill in. He pushed himself off of the door and faced it. {That boy will have to go.} thought Dravo. {The girl Hoshino WILL be mine! No matter what the cost.} and with that Dravo spun around and headed towards his quaters down the long dark hallways, that were only illuminated by the lightening from outside.

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"Huff! Huff! Allen who are the twins?" huffed Merle, as she ran beside Allen.

"There two orphans, that Van and I met in this world." said Allen.

Merle looked at Allen and then turned her gaze to the front. {Oh I hope Lord Van will be alright!} thought Merle. Then it hit her, her and Allen were leaving the castle, and Van and Ryu were going after Hitomi. {Oh great! They just have to rescue the crazy one.} huffed Merle to herself, as her ears pinned back. {Ugh! I should be the one with Lord Van NOT Ryu. Nothing better happen when I'm not around between Van and Hitomi. .... She's allways ruining my chances with Lord Van!} Merle hissed to herself, as the thought of reuniting with Hitomi came to her. {Great first Ryu, NOW Hitomi! Nothing can possibly go wrong now.}

"Huh!?" Allen stopped abruptly and stopped Merle with his left hand. Merle looked at Allen and then down the hallway and noticed the door.

"Hey there's the exit Allen, lets go!" said Merle, but then stopped as Allen shoved her back. "What is it?"

Allen didn't say anything, he just stared down the hallway and at the door, Merle stared down at the door. Then the door opened, and a young man in his twenties walked into the hallway. The strange man stared at Allen and Merle with hard cold eyes. The man was around Allens height, short brown straggly hair, red eyes which seemed to glow in the darkness, and he was wearing dark blue armor with gold trimmings. Allen rested his hands on his sword, he was about to withdraw it when a strange black aura illuminated the man. Merle hid behind Allen's back, and looked over his shoulder.

"You pestilent fools been nothing but a thorn in my side! I shall get rid of you once and for all!" said the man, as he raised his right hand into the air.

"That voice! I heard it before!" whispered Allen.

((Flash back...))

<"You, the one that can see the invisible, the girl Hoshino. You shall be mine!"

"Hmmmmm.

I can sense, that you other three have no powers. You are no use to me.

But you might cause some threat to me, and my future plans.

I must seperate you three, at once!">

((End of Flash back))

Merle looked up at Allen, he was biting his lower lip and sweat was forming on his forehead. "Allen?" said Merle calmly.

"That voice." Allen clenched his sword harder, and withdrawn it. "It was you! Your the one who took Hitomi to this world!" yelled Allen. Merle looked at Allen in shock and then at the mysterious man.

The man smirked and chuckled to himself. "Yes I am that man." Allen glared at the man, and the man smiled at this remark. "You will not ruin my plans with the girl Hoshino, or the one that you know of as Hitomi. She WILL be mine!"

Allen snarled and lounged forward, he took three steps but then stopped. He couldn't move, some mysterious force was holding him at bay. "WHO ARE YOU!!" snarled Allen.

The man smiled, and then decided it wouldn't hurt to tell them his name, for they wouldn't live that long anyways. "Baado."

"Allen are you all right!?" yelled Merle.

"Quick Merle get out of here!" snarled Allen as he looked over his shoulder and looked over at Merle. Merle stood there for a few seconds. "GO NOW!!" yelled Allen. Merle jolted to her senses and turned around and started to run.

Baado looked behind Allen and noticed Merle, his smile faded and he then snarled. Merle then felt something strange, she felt a strange presence wrap around her body, and was pulling her back. Then Merle was flung right around, and she noticed that she was now beside Allen. Baado smiled, and then a string of blue like rope appeared infront of Allen and Merle and then it wrapped around the two of them. Allen and Merle struggled to get free, but it was no use.

"Now to get rid of these pathetic fools!" hissed Baado.

Allen and Merle looked over at Baado. He slowly raised his right hand once again, and his eyes glowed an evil red. The blue ropes that were rapped around Merle and Allen started to electrify. Allen and Merle screamed in agony, as electricity passed through their bodies. Then Baado lowered his hand and his eyes went back to normal. When the electricity stopped, Allen's and Merle's head's slumped over, and there bodies went limp. The smell of burnt fur, skin, and hair started to flood through the halls.

"Mwahahahahaha!!!! Now for the other two!" laughed Baado.

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Dravo walked into his quaters and shut the door behind him. he looked over at the window, and then walked over to it. He peered out of the window, and watched as the rain pelted down, and the lightening streaked across the sky. Then there was a light tap on his door. Dravo turned his gaze to the door, and then walked over to it and opened it. There in the hallway was Lavar. Dravo didn't trust him at all, Drazoid's were well known as back stabbers, and liar's. But Baado had allot of faith in him, and he was the one who introduced Lavar to him.

"Yes what is it Lavar?" asked Dravo.

Lavar smiled at Dravo and then saluted him. "A messssage from Lord Baado." hissed Lavar. Dravo looked at him suspiciously. "The prisssonerssss have esssscaped. He has caught two of them sssso far. But he sssussspectsss that the other two are going after the girl."

Dravo's face tightened in anger, as he listened to Lavar's story. {Insulate fools! They can't do anything right!} thought Dravo.

"Sssir! What do you want me to do?" hissed Lavar. "Sssshould I take care of them?"

"No! I want to meet them personally!" smirked Dravo.

"Assss you wisssh my lord. I will go announce your decissssion to Lord Baado at once." hissed Lavar and with that he took off down the hall and leaped out of an open window.

Dravo turned around and went back into his room to get his armor, and sword. "Finally now I get to meet these fools that Baado is so afraid of." Dravo grabbed his gear and then headed out the door, and headed towards Hitomi's room.

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Hitomi jiggled with the door knob, but it wouldn't turn. She rammed her shoulder against the door, but it didn't work. "LET ME OUT!!!!" yelled Hitomi, as she banged her fists on the door. "CAN ANYONE HEAR ME!!!!!???? LET ME OUT!!!!" But no one replied to her screams, Hitomi kneeled down on to the floor and she slid her hands and her forehead down the door. "Anyone? .... help....." Hitomi trailed off.

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Van and Ryu ran down the halls of the castle, taking care of the guards as they came. When they came to an intersection they stopped. Ryu hunched over to catch his breath, while Van looked down the different halls.

"Man we can't keep on fighting them like this! Huff! Huff! Were never going to find her, in this place without some kind of help." huffed Ryu, as he stood back up and looked over at Van. Van just gave him an evil stare, and then he closed his eyes. "Oh come on! This is no time for a nap!" said Ryu.

"Quiet! I have to concentrate!" said Van, as he looked at Ryu.

"Concentrate? On what?" asked Ryu in confusion.

"I'm going to use dowsing to find Hitomi." said Van, as he closed his eyes once again.

"Dowsing? What's that?" said Ryu. Van just gave him another evil glare to shutup. "Yesh! If looks could kill!" sighed Ryu, and then he went silent.

Van closed his eyes and started to concentrate. {Hitomi where are you?} thought Van. Pictures of Hitomi flashed into his mind, and then the pendent appeared and it swung to the right. Vans eyes flashed open. "This way!" and with that Van ran down the hallway to the right.

"Huh? But how do you know that!?" asked Ryu as he ran after him. But Van didn't answer him. Ryu breathed in heavily and started to pick up his pace. "Hey wait for me!!" yelled Ryu as Van turned around a corner.

After a few turns, going up stairs, and fighting guards along the way, Van stopped infront of a door. Ryu ran up behind him, and nearly collapsed on the ground, from exhaustion.

"Huff! Huff! Is this it?" huffed Ryu, as he leaned against the wall.

"Yes this is it." Van turned towards the door, and noticed a control panel on the side.

"Oh great a security system. It seems your friends doesn't want her to leave." said Ryu as he looked over at the panel.

Van leaned his ear on the door and listened. "HITOMI!?" yelled Van.

"VAN IS THAT YOU? OH VAN! HELP ME!!" yelled Hitomi from the other side.

Van pushed himself away from the door, and then looked over at the panel. "Now how do we operate this thing?" asked Van.

Ryu coughed and Van looked over at him. "Well aren't you glad, that you dragged me along!" Ryu started to crack his knuckles. "Let me at it! I'm an expert at these things." said Ryu confidently.

Van backed away from the panel and let Ryu through. Ryu tilted his head side to side and cracked his neck. Van looked at him suspiciously. Ryu took a deep sigh, and closed his eyes.

"What are you doing?" asked Van.

"Dowsing." smirked Ryu.

"Ha ha very funny!" smirked Van.

Ryu then opened his eyes and punched the control panel with all his might. The panel sizzled and smoked.

"So that's your expertise on the situation?" asked Van.

Ryu stood infront of the closed doors. "Just wait." said Ryu, a few seconds later the doors started to slide open slowly. "See told ya I was an expert." smirked Ryu. Van just looked at him in disbelief.

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Hitomi sat infront of the door, when a familiar voice broke her thoughts. "Van?" whispered Hitomi.

"HITOMI!?" came Van's voice from the other side.

Hitomi stood up and stared at the door. "VAN IS THAT YOU? OH VAN! HELP ME!!" yelled Hitomi. Hitomi could hear someone else with Van on the other side, and then there was a loud smash. She staggered backwards, and watched as the door started to slide open, and a black figure appeared in the door way. "OH VAN!!" yelled Hitomi, and she ran up to the black figure, and wrapped her arms around his waist.

"Gesh!!! What is it with these women!!!! First that crazy cat girl and now her!!" said a boyish voice.

Hitomi's eyes widened in shock, for this wasn't Van's voice. Hitomi staggered backwards to see a young boy that looked like a mixture from Van and Merle stand before her. Then she noticed Van standing behind him, immediately her face turned bright red.

"Come on we better go! .... Oh by the way, the name's Ryu!" said Ryu as he turned and left the door way and out into the hall way. Van and Hitomi just stared at each other in a silent stare. "Hey come on guys! You can make out later! It's time to go!" yelled Ryu.

Van turned around to Ryu and motioned for Hitomi to follow, Hitomi followed him and they started down the hallway.

"Stop right there!!" came a loud voice from behind them.

They all turned around to see Dravo standing near the far end of the hallway, heading towards them. Van's eyes widened. "Brother?" whispered Van.

Hitomi heard this and she turned to Van. "No Van, that's not Falcon. That's Dravo." growled Hitomi.

Van looked at Hitomi, and noticed the hurt and fear in her eyes. He then turned around and faced Dravo, who stopped a few feet away from them. Ryu stepped up beside Van, and withdrawn his sword. Dravo smirked at them, his long black leather cape withered in the icy wind that blew in through the open windows.

{So this is Van. Hmgf! He's just a boy! Nothing that I can't handle.} thought Dravo. "Step away from the girl, if you want to spare your pathetic lives!" growled Dravo.

But Van and Ryu stood their ground and raised there swords. Hitomi staggered backwards, as a vision of Allen and Merle being captured and being electrified came to her mind. Hitomi then passed out on to the ground. Van looked over his shoulder and noticed Hitomi.

"HITOMI!" yelled Van, Van spun around and was going to go too her side when blue ropes wrapped around his body.

"VAN!!" yelled Ryu, as he noticed on what happened, but then he too got caught by this mysterious rope. "WHAT THE?" Then the ropes started to glow, and electricity started to pass through their bodies. Van and Ryu screamed in agony.

"Mwahahahahaha!! Finally I can get rid of them the right way!!" echoed a voice through the halls.

Dravo hardened his eyes in anger. "Baado! This one's MINE!!" yelled Dravo, as he looked around the hallway. He then noticed Baado on the other end of the hall.

"Now! Now! Don't forget where your place is Dravo! You take your orders from me!." said Baado. Dravo growled under his breath, and he backed down. Van winced one of his eyes opened and stared at Baado. "Now to get rid of these fools!" growled Baado.

Baado closed his eyes, and Allen and Merle, still tied in the ropes magically appeared out of no where. The ropes tying Van and Ryu had stopped and Ryu hung limp from the ropes snare. Baado raised his right hand into the air and a black vortex appeared. Van was barely hanging on to his consciousness.

"hitomi .... " moaned Van in a small whisper, and then he passed out from exhaustion.

"Let fate decide YOUR destinies!" growled Baado, and then with that Van, Ryu, Merle, and Allen were dragged into the vortex.

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To Be Continued ....

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Oh no! I hope they weren't set back to Gaea or Earth! Or worse killed! (gasps in horror) What's gonna happen next! Well let me just give you a little teaser. In the next chapter Hitomi is getting prepared for the experiment that Baado has planned. And Van wakes up in a place where no one would like to be.