Seph's POV

"Seph, you seem distracted again." Madison's voice brought him back to the world. He looked up and saw her watching him, her face concerned.
"Sorry," he muttered and tried a smile. "what do you want to have for dinner?" he asked lightly. His girlfriend frowned.
"Seph, is there anything wrong?" she asked. "Talk to me." He shook his head.
"Nothing," he shook it off and looked back at his menu. Maddison's voice was a buzz in his head. He could barely make out what she was saying. Cheeseburger, Hotdog-are they safe? Jonah, he's with Emma, they're both powerful. Jack's with Ellen, they can take care of themselves. My mom's in town so she's safe and Hastings' with her. Maddie's grandmother is safe in town. Will, Fitch, Ross, Aunt, Natalie, Mercedes, Jason, Leesha, Alison-
"Seph!" Maddison's voice was suddenly loud. Seph's head snapped up. His body tense.
"What? Attackers?" he looked around wildly.
"You're always in your own world," Maddison glared at him. Seph relaxed slightly when he realized there were no attackers. "Why can't you just for once stick with me and listen to me like how a normal boyfriend would do!" Maddison's voice had risen to a high pitch. The people looked towards them. Seph flushed and put his menu down.
"I'm sorry, Maddie, I'll pay attention next time-" he began. She got up abruptly. "Maddie?"
"You always say that!" she glared at him. "You always say that but you never do!" tears were clearly running down her face. Seph looked at her, alarmed. "You don't know much this war has affected me. You don't know the burden I carry now. You don't know how much it's weighing me down! Why can't you just help me and understand? If you can't do that then just leave. I don't need another weight dragging me down." she screamed the last sentence and ran out of the door, crying harder. Seph stared at the door, shocked. The people watched him, curious. Then he got up and left the restruaunt. Did Maddie just break up wtih me? He thought numbly. Am I going to be alone? He walked down the cold, empty street, uncaring where he went.
"Hey, pretty boy," a girl's voice called to him from behind. He stopped and turned around, a spell already in his mind. A girl with long, red, wavy hair was standing in front of eyes were big and bright as a ruby. "Heard about you and Maddison breaking up." Seph stiffened. He hadn't seen her at the restruaunt. "Quite a big ruckus you both made." Seph kept his face blank and his emotions under control.
"Who are you?" he asked coolly.
"Me?" she tilted her head in an innocent way. "that's not important is it? Boys, he's all yours." she took a step back as Seph tensed. Three cloaked figures appeared around him, charging in. Seph muttered an attack spell that shot out in all directions but off course it didn't work. A person tackled him to the ground. He hit his head hard on the concrete but quickly regained his senses and kicked the attacker off him. He jumped back on his feet and immediately had to duck when the second attacker swung a punch. Seph grabbed the second attacker's arm and threw him over his shoulder, hitting the third attacker as well. The second attacker hit the ground hard with a dull thud and didn't move. The first and third attacker attacked at once. Seph dodged a punch and tried to aim a punch of his own. But the other kicked him in the leg. Seph felt pain shoot up his leg. He froze and the first attacker punched him square in the jaw. Seph stumbled backwards, pain throbbing everytime he took a step. The first attacker punched him again in the other side of his cheek. Seph lost his balance, pain blinding him, but before he could collpase, the second attacker grabbed his arms from behind and held him up. His arms were twisted behind his back. Seph struggled to get free but the second attacker's grip was inhumanly strong.
"You're better than we thought," the first boy said, spitting at Seph's feet. Seph struggled again but the red haired girl appeared in front of him, a sword at his neck just below his chin. She tilted his face up with the sword. Seph could feel the blade drawing blood. He felt the blood trickle down his throat inside his shirt.
"You idiots could have just used swords," another girl appeared behind the cloaked people. Like the other girl, her hoodie was pulled back so Seph could see her blonde curly hair. The third attacker snorted. The red haired girl looked at her coldy.
"We don't fight armed against unarmed people," she said.
"That's cowardly," the third attacker added. The blonde girl raised an eyebrow.
"Isn't five against one cowardly?"
"Three," the first one corrected.
"Plus, he's the best wizard in the whole Weir community." the third said. Seph watched them talk in silence. Best? Impossible, The red haired girl must have caught his look of disbelief because she turned her attention back to him.
"Yes, you are, Seph McCualey," her sword dug in harder.
"You're armed," the blonde pointed out.
"He's already captured. By now he should have been disarmed," the redhead said and eyed Seph. He couldn't guage out what she was thinking. "You're coming with us McCualey." she said and her sword arm dropped to her side. Seph let his head down and gingerly moved it slowly. The second attacker pushed him forward as the others started walking. The first and third boys were talking to eachother. The blonde seemed to be arguing while the red head was calmly pointing out the answers.
"Why can't we wait for them to be together then attack?" the blonde was complaining again.
"We can't do that because they'll be too powerful for us to handle," the red head's voice was blank.
"If we come in numbers-"
"Numbers will attract attention and the whole town will be on us. Anyways, they have Madison. She'll cut of our magic."
Seph watched the red head. She seemed to be the wisest and most powerful in the group. He could already see the many different ways he could escape without them knowing.
"Why can't we capture the girl then?" the blonde asked. Seph stiffened. The boy holding him chuckled.
"Too late boy, your chance was up. Now she hates you." he pushed Seph forward. Seph strained his ears.
"She never leaves the town and we can't risk attacking her without a surprise magic attack. If we do with weapons, she could cripple us permantely." Seph hurried to catch up with the girls. The second boy followed slowly.
"But we should take a chance-"
"No, we can only send in our best men since she's heavily guarded. Usually by Seph or their friends," the red head cast a backwards glance at Seph. He met her eyes levelly. Nothing changed in her face and she turned back front. Seph looked up and realized that they were nearing to the entrance of Trinity. I should get out now! He gathered all his strength and quickly elblowed his captor in the stomach. The boy gasped and doubled over. Seph turned around and started running to where he knew a party was going on. The attackers wouldn't dare to attack him there. He took out his phone and started calling Jack.
"Hello?" Jack's pleasant voice immediately answered after the first ring. Seph appreciated the fact that his cousin didn't take anything for granted and was always on his guard.
"Go to the party, take Ellen and call Maddie to come as well," Seph looked back. The others were runnning after him and they were catching up. The red head girl was in the front and she was gaining on him more quickly than the rest.
"What's going on Seph?" Seph could tell that Jack was running.
"They're gaining on me," Seph started running faster. His legs were burning from talking and running at the same time.
"Who is?" Jack sounded alarmed.
"Call Jonah as well." Seph glanced back again. They were only a few feet away. "I won't be able to call him in time."
"Hey, come back here!" the blonde girl shouted.
"Shut up," the third boy growled.
"Who are they, Seph?" Jack sounded even more alarmed. "Tell me where you are. I'll come get you." Seph glanced back again. The red head was right behind him but she couldn't quite grab him yet.
"Keep Maddie safe. None of you should you should go out by yourself and never go out of town." Seph tried to go faster but his energy was burning up. "Tell Maddie I'm sorry and I hope she won't get captured."
"Seph," it was obvious Jack was panicking. Seph could hear Ellen's voice in the background. "Don't say that. Who's after you? Tell me, we'll help."
"Tell Maddie I'm so sorry," he was slowing down. "I really am." He looked back just in time to see the red head girl luanch herself at him. He twisted around and yelped as he was tackled to the ground. He landed on his back and skidded a few feet with the redhead on top of him. His shirt was worn off and the concrete scraped painfully against his bare back. He hissed in pain as he came to a stop. The red head quickly got off him and towered over him, her long red hair falling over her shoulders. Seph blinked away the tears and tried to focus on something else other than the scorching pain in his back.
"Well done," the first boy grinned and stopped near Seph's side. "You nearly got away didn't you?" he playfully kicked Seph in the side. Seph cried out and his body curled up in pain.
"Get up," the third boy ordered. Seph opened his eyes and looked at the boy. His hoodie had been blown back and Seph could see his messy brown hair.
"Do what my man says," the first boy kicked Seph again. Seph winced and slowly got up. He saw his phone lying scattered a few feet ahead of them. The call was still going.
"Hello? Seph?" Jack's voice could be heard clearly in the silence.
"Let's get out of here," the blonde girl muttered. The second boy grabbed Seph's arms again. The redhead girl walked up to Seph. She only came up to his chin but her aura made her seem bigger and more powerful.
"You're going to run away again," she said it like she had been through this a hundreds time before. "we don't want that unnessacary trouble." she raised a hand. Seph looked at her steadily. She slapped him. Pain stung his cheek. He looked at her, surprised. Then he started to feel numb. He felt his body become stiff then he relaxed. The darkness overcame his vision. He was still awake. He could still hear. But that was it. He couldn't feel or see anything.
"Let's go," it was the first boy.
"Master will be happy to see that we have McCualey," the blonde girl sounded pleased.
"He doesn't look much," the second boy commented. "he's pretty light and he looks harmless."
"Don't underestimate him," the third boy warned.
"What will Master do him?" the blonde girl asked.
"McCualey is no exception. Master will do anything it takes to turn him to our side," the red head girl answered.
"Anything nessecary," the third boy repeated as if there was a darker meaning to it.