Free The Wrath Of the Forgotten by Michael Ignacio

shook her head and allowed her hands to turn back to normal. “You can’t sneak up on us like that. I could have killed you.”
    Nori said, “You couldn’t kill me. Come on, we found the doctor’s husband.”
    One of the girls grumbled to herself, but Nori didn’t quite make out what was said. He stormed back down the corridor like a rampaging bull. Rayko stood before the man, and she applied some kind of liquid to his wounds.
    “What are you doing?” Nori asked.
    Rayko didn’t take her eyes off of the doctor’s husband. “What does it look like I’m doing? I’m cleaning his wounds so they won’t get infected. Must I explain all of my actions to you?”
    “You just happened to have antiseptic on you?” Nori asked. “I mean that’s great news for us, but I’m just surprised.”
    Rayko let out an exasperated sigh and gave him a scornful sideways glance. “My mother is a doctor and my father makes medicine. I know the value of having these kinds of luxuries on hand.” She glanced past Nori. “Oh good, you’re here. Help me get this man free.”
    Flara clasped her hands together and closed her eyes. Just as before, a mysterious light emitted from the back of Flara’s collar. When she parted her lips, a stream of pink mist floated out and filtered into the air. This time, a grey blackish sphere of energy slithered out of the metal chains that held up the man. The sphere took on a shape of a half person, just like the kami from before.
    Flara opened her eyes and turned her attention to the kami. “C-can you please break the chains so we can free this man? He’s innocent and we n-need to get him back home to his wife.”
    The metal kami nodded and floated back into the chains. Within seconds, the manacles opened up, and the man fell into Rayko’s arms. She eased him to the floor and started examining him closely.
    The ceiling creaked overhead.
    Nori held up his tetsubo. “We’ve got company. From the sounds of it, a lot of company.”
    Thunderous feet echoed from the hallway. Flara crouched by the man while Rayko and Apisa stood over the pair of them. The room had two entrances, one leading to the main hallway, and the other leading to the side corridor that Rayko and Nori had come down. Nori placed himself in front of the doorway leading to the main corridor.
    Over a dozen armed men and women moved into the room, but they stopped once they saw Nori. On the other side of the room, eight more thugs came in through the side entrance.
    An overweight, middle aged man pushed his way to the front of the crowd and gave Nori a critical review. He wore a vibrant red long sleeved jacket with a pair of black slacks. A blade with a gaudy hilt hung at the man’s side. He also had a bushy mustache that clung to the underside of a nose too small for the man’s face.
    He snarled at Nori. “What in the Hell is going on here? Who the hell do you think you are to attack my home and kill my people?”
    Rayko pointed at the chubby man. “You sir are a villain. What gives you the right to abduct people from their homes and torture them? You sicken me!”
    The large man waved her off. “Shut the hell up, you obnoxious cow. This man’s wife caused my son to die, so I’m going to make her pay in kind.”
    Apisa said, “Doctor Caosisti helps and heals people. She would never be the cause for someone to die. You’re a liar!”
    “Am I?” The chubby man asked. “I came to her for medicine to help cure my son of Tyfyag Plague. The medicine she gave me didn’t work, and my son died.”
    “Tyfyag Plague?” Rayko asked. “Don’t you know anything, you moronic glutton? Tyfyag Plague has a significant mortality rate. Once it hits your system, there’s little a doctor to do.”
    “I don’t like your mouth, you dolled up little who…” the large man started.
    Nori leaped forward and swung at the man’s face. The fat man froze, but the tetsubo sailed just over the top of the man’s skull. A savage wind trailed the war