Huzzah, chapter two! I'm not sure how many chapters I can get out of the story I wrote on paper but I predict, maybe, four. I dunno. If it's successful i'll add more stuff in that wasn't in my written version ;D
Disclaimer: I still own nothing :( Though I wish I owned Griffin. Anyone who's seeing Defiance just for Jamie Bell gets a cookie! xD
A couple days after meeting Griffin I went out to find him again. He wasn't in his hideout, which I guess he preferred to call a lair, so I tried the place I saw in his mind as his favorite place to go. There he was. Sitting on a rock, drinking a spiked smoothie, watching the Cuban waves crash against the side of the cliff. It was a romantic and poetic place to be sure, but he liked it because it was quiet. I almost hesitated to go talk to him.
"You gonna tell me your name this time?" He asked when I sat down beside him.
"Maybe, if you're really curious."
He was. I was surprised to find he really wanted to know what my name was. Instead of replying I looked around and noticed a bat laying against the side of the rock. It seemed to be his. "Expecting company?"
"Paladins."
So there were. Two of them, both intent on killing Griffin. Neither of them knew I was even here, which presented me with a choice. I could help Griffin with these guys and put myself on the radar for a brief moment, or I could jump away. Griffin seemed able, and willing, to take care of both of them himself, but I felt the urge to prove myself. It was a silly feeling, the type a teenage girl gets when she's around a boy she likes.
Griffin hopped off the boulder and grinned at the un-welcome visitors. They glared back, while shifting their eyes toward me. Well, too late to run. I figured i'd take the one on the right. I lowered myself into a crouch, drew my knife, and waited for him to make the first move. Griffin had already engaged his Paladin, they were now fighting a few yards away.
The Paladin twitched, both on the outside and in his mind. He didn't know who I was or what to expect from me, and that made him nervous. Before I could help it a grin spread across my face. I have to admit, I relished in the fear Paladins had of me. They knew better then to show fear on the outside but every Paladin is always afraid of Jumpers. A simple 'bring-it-on' gesture from me made him angry enough to forget his fear.
With lightning speed the Paladin drew a rod and shot electric darts from it. I was quicker, knowing every move he was going to make. He tried to swing the rod at me but I jumped behind him and slashed him across the back. I was gone before he turned around. I feinted a few more time, jumping around him to make him confused, before jumping behind him and slashing his throat, assassin style. I tutted as he hit the ground, they never were fast enough for me. Though having the ability to see what they're going to do helps.
I looked around to see Griffin still fighting with his. He was fast, agile, and ruthless in the way he fought. Swinging his bat every chance he got. The Paladin was the same way, predicting where Griffin would jump and swinging his rod there just a hair to late. Neither had even made a scratch on the other. I could've helped but this seemed like something Griffin wanted to do himself. Besides, I was content with watching the fight. It gave me a chance to admire Griffin's form and his fighting skills, also watching a hot guy try and kill someone was a huge plus.
After a minute or so Griffin ended the fight with a sickening blow to the Paladin's head. I applauded lightly. Panting, he walked over and I gave him his smoothie back. He seemed to notice I wasn't out of breath or broken into a sweat or anything, "Did you kill him that fast?"
"Yeah he wasn't much of a challenge. Your's seemed to be a bit of a fighter though, kudos."
He grunted in reply and took a sip of the smoothie. In his mind I saw him immensely impressed at my skills, but he wasn't about to say anything. I beamed slightly then frowned. What was the matter with me? I shouldn't get too close to him, and this was getting too close. The rational side of my brain told me to jump the heck out of there but the part of my brain that was controlled by something else, I shudder to say my heart, told me that he seemed different then the rest. In all his life he never got close enough to any other jumpers to rat them out. Something told me he wouldn't anyway, he despised the Paladins so why would he help them?
"Now can I know your name?" He questioned after we sat in silence.
"It's Libra." I heard him chuckling about my name but he didn't say anything, he just nodded. Without saying anything we both hauled up our respective, dead, Paladin and tossed them over the side of the cliff. It gave me a slight feeling of triumph to see them crash into the water below. You know that feeling when you finally get old enough to stop the school bully from picking on you because you're stronger then he/she is? That's what it feels like.
Griffin grabbed his bat and was about to leave but then he stopped for a second and turned to me, "Next time, i'll let you take both of them."
"Only because you're too much of a wimp to take care of them."
I saw him smirk, then he vanished. A light, fluttery, feeling rested in my chest as I looked back out to sea. Definitely getting too close.
Maybe there will be more chapters, just really short ones. I have all this content to put in but there are certain points that require me to go to the next chapter xD i'll figure it out soon.
R&R please? :) And you get a cookie if you're going to see Defiance!
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