NEW STORY! This should be the last one of this series and then I'll work on a different Chlasmine fic. Check out this one for now, though.
Previously, on The Nine Lives of Chloe King
When she caught sight of them, Lilah snarled and stood in a defensive position.
"Easy," Safire told her. "We don't want to hurt you."
"Then why are you here?" the girl growled.
"Because there's someone we want you to hurt." Safire replied.
"Oh really?" Lilah raised an eyebrow. "And who might that be?"
Safire took a breath before saying, "Chloe and Jasmine."
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Lilah stared at Safire for a moment in utter shock. "This is a joke, right?" she asked slowly.
"No," Safire sighed. "We need you to attack Chloe so that Jasmine will attack you. Then you have to give Jasmine a wound that seems" Safire put extra emphasis on 'seems' to make sure Lilah got it. "fatal so that Chloe can finally admit she loves Jasmine."
"Why?" Lilah inquired.
"Because we've tried everything!" Felina groaned. "I even had to kill a potential boyfriend for Chloe just so she could be single for Jasmine."
"The other night, they were so close to revealing their feelings to each other," Valentina sighed.
"Well, at least Chloe was." Meredith pointed out. "Jasmine's already told Chloe that she loves her, but Chloe's reluctant to express the same."
"If you were to make it seem as though Jasmine is dying," Raton explained, also putting emphasis on 'seem'. "Then Chloe would try to save her. If you do it properly enough, then Chloe will think that she can't save Jasmine, begin crying and admit that she loves her."
Lilah laughed mockingly. "And why would I want to help those two?"
"Because if you don't, then the entire world is going to fall apart completely." Valentina murmured. "Diseases will spread faster, people will begin dying of unknown causes, the world will go to complete ruin."
Lilah still looked dubious, so Valentina added, "The humans will tear down the forests and expose us all to the sunlight and carbon dioxide in the air. Mai need air more than most species; you'd be the ones to die out first, leaving the humans to try and find a cure."
Lilah's eyes narrowed. "The playthings will get to live longer?" she growled. "I don't think so! Alright, I'll help you." Lilah glared at them contemplatively. "But we aren't friends."
Safire shrugged. "Never said we were."
Lilah glared at her again, but said nothing otherwise.
Felina moved closer to Valentina and whispered, "That's not actually going to happen, is it?"
Valentina gave her a subtle headshake and replied, "It was just to get her to agree."
"The only thing we have to do is figure out how we're going to-."
Just then a scream rent the air followed by growls and more screams. They looked over to the entrance of the village and found several Jackals coming through while the ones already in attacked the Mai. Warriors were fighting back, but the Jackals had used the element of surprise. Safire, Felina, Raton, Dimitri and Lilah glanced at each other before jumping into action. Running at the attacking Jackals, they began throwing punches left and right. Felina, of course, had the most progress, battling them back while Mai reinforcements came. Felina saw a flash of blonde hair followed by a mass of brunette and knew that Chloe had arrived with Jasmine in tow. She smiled. This is the perfect way to have the attack play out. She thought as she ripped the head off of an unsuspecting Jackal. As the fight raged on, more Jackals began falling; obviously they underestimated how many Mai were in the village.
A tall muscular Jackal seemed to be doing the most damage and Felina was about to go for him when she saw Jasmine running at the large demigod. "Jasmine, no!" she screamed, but it was too late; Jasmine jumped on the large Jackal's back and began biting and scratching at him. Chloe saw what was happening and instantly ran over to help.
What is she doing? Felina growled to herself as she shoved three knives through the hearts of four Jackals.
The large Jackal was trying to dislodge Jasmine as Chloe battled him from the front. The Jackal sent a large hand out and wrapped it around Chloe's throat, lifting her off her feet. Jasmine gasped as the Jackal promptly made to break Chloe's neck and she quickly headbutted the Jackal from behind. He dropped Chloe as he stumbled, clutching his head. Chloe dropped to her hands and knees, gasping for air as the Jackal reached back and pulled Jasmine off his back and slammed her to the ground. Everyone else had stopped to watch the fight as both girls stood again, glaring at the large man in front of them.
The Jackal stopped for a moment and sniffed the air, a malicious smile crossing his mouth. "Well, well, well," he sneered, moving closer. "Two mates willing to fight for each other… to die for each other." Felina gasped and made a run at the large Jackal, but a smaller one took her attention.
"M-mates?" Chloe murmured, looking up at the man in confusion.
"Ooh, you didn't know?" he mocked.
Chloe glanced at Jasmine and asked, "Y-you're my mate?"
Jasmine looked at her and they merely stared for a moment, but the large Jackal had other plans. Picking Jasmine up by her throat, he dug his dirty nails into her thin flesh and began squeezing; if the bloodloss didn't kill her then the strangling would.
"No!" Chloe screamed, jumping up and kicking the Jackal in the stomach. He flew backwards into a tree as he released his grip on Jasmine. Felina hurriedly finished off the Jackal she was fighting and raced over to Jasmine as Chloe continued bombing the large demigod with punches and kicks. Felina pressed a hand to Jasmine's throat and felt her pulse fading. Valentina and Meredith were running over when a scream rent the air and everyone stared at Chloe. The blonde was kneeling on the ground, clutching her head and whimpering.
"No, Jasmine!" Chloe cried, looking back at the other girl.
Felina could see her eyes rapidly changing green as she blinked the tears out of them. Chloe tried to get up to fight, but she fell back to the ground, clutching her stomach as her body convulsed. She can't fight in this life while Jasmine's dying. Felina realized. She's sick! THIS is what we were going to do to her? I have to save Jasmine!
Working quickly, Felina took off her trench coat and wrapped it around a shaking Jasmine as she tore off her shirt and began cleaning the wound in Jasmine's neck. Glancing at Chloe, she saw her cousin getting better and managing to stand. Safire saw what she was doing and joined in trying to make Jasmine better. At last, the blood stopped flowing and Jasmine opened her eyes again, blinking to clear her vision.
"Have to… help Chloe." she groaned, attempting to sit up.
"No," Valentina cooed, pushing her back down. "You need rest."
Jasmine glared at her and shoved her hand away, gripping the ground to stand. She glanced over at where Chloe was still trying to fight the large Jackal and snarled. Running at the large man, the tan girl used Chloe to form a distraction so she could surprise him with a punch in the jaw. The Jackal staggered backwards and growled at them both. Chloe looked to Jasmine and the girls smiled at each other; running at their foe, they both delivered mirrored punches and kicks, finally forcing the Jackal to surrender. Felina strode over and placed two knives at both his neck and chest to make sure he stayed in place.
"Who are you?" Chloe demanded, clutching her stomach but trying not to show any pain.
"The name's Kenon." The Jackal snarled lowly.
"What were you trying to do?" Jasmine snarled, also clutching her stomach.
"Wipe out the major Mai tribes. We started with Brazil since they were most vicious, but once my men find out I've been taken hostage, they'll all attack at once. You won't be able to warn the other Prides in time."
"Wanna bet?" Chloe asked lowly, pulling out her spare cell phone.
"I thought you put your phone in your bag." Amy exclaimed.
"I put my main phone in my bag," Chloe told her. "This is my backup. I never go anywhere without it."
Jasmine moved closer to Chloe as Safire strode over to help Felina tie the Jackal up. Dialing all eleven of the other Tribes, including Nigeria, Chloe put the phone on speaker. At last, eleven voices answered and Chloe cleared her throat. "Alright, roll call. Josef?
"Here."
"Gregory?
"Uh, h-here."
"Alfred?"
"Buen."
"Jacque?"
"Ici."
"Sébastien?"
"Y-yes."
"Nikolas?"
"Bishkopas."
"Orlando?"
"Bishkopas."
"Anton?"
"Bishkopas."
"Hei-Ting?"
"Your Majesty."
"Sheng-Hei?"
"Your Highness."
"Aniche?"
"My Queen."
"Good that's everyone. Ok, I called up the humans and the Mai leaders because we've got a bad situation. Jackals are planning to destroy all of the main Mai Prides in the world. I need you all to trust each other (and I mean trust each other) and begin sending Mai everywhere. Keep some of the native Mai at home, but send Mai to all of the other Prides as well so that we can all help each other. The Jackals attacking the Brazilian Mai have been beaten down, but I will ask Francesca to send Mai to other Prides too. Please, just try and work together?"
"A question first." Jacque said. "Why do they call you 'queen'?"
"Once this mess with the Jackals is sorted out, I'll call all of the leaders to San Francisco. Be sure to bring some guards with you, but for now, everyone needs help. Got that?"
They all answered in the affirmative and Chloe disconnected the line. Turning to the others, Chloe found Francesca looking at her speculatively. "So they willingly believe this story of you being queen?" she asked.
"I don't know," Chloe replied. "But we'll find out after this Jackal mess is finished. Are you willing to help them?" Francesca raised an eyebrow. "Remember that they are your kind, no matter what country they live in. They are Mai and all of the Mai, no matter how reluctantly, are fighting for the humans as well. Are you going to be the only one left out? The only one not included in the unity that will make everyone stronger in the end?"
Francesca met Chloe's defiantly determined gaze with a curious one of her own. Slowly, she knelt down on one knee with her head bent and said, "I will do whatever it takes to serve you, my queen."
Everyone around, including Chloe, Lilah and Jasmine, gasped at this and the rest of the Mai hurried to copy their leader. Chloe smiled at Jasmine and the two of them, plus Felina, began picking out the Mai that should go to the different tribes. Once all that was set up, everyone began preparing to leave.
"We'll make our way through the forest with the other Mai and then we'll all get on separate planes to different places." Safire was explaining to the group. "We need to get back to San Francisco to make sure that they aren't going to attack the Pride there. Everyone ready?"
They all responded in the affirmative and everyone set off. Chloe was nervous as they began making their way back into the woods, knowing that something bad was ahead. Pushing this thought to the back of her mind for the time being, the blonde focused on following the others through the forest.
First chapter ready to go. This is where the whole, Chloe ruling over Jackals thing comes in. Let's see how Chloe and Jasmine deal with finding out that they're mates. Though, that probably won't come until AFTER the Jackals have been taken care of, huh? Review and tell me what you think.