Chapter Six
I don't really wanna fight...
Blaire shifted nervously, holding her bow. She kept throwing glances at her older cousin. Ginny squezzed her shoulder.
There was a horrid screeching sound as a door opened. The girls held their ears until it stopped. They turned en masse to the now open door. Through an unspoken agreement, Ginny took the lead and walked out the door cautiously, hand on her sword.
Outside was an arena, much like a Roman colluseum. Ginny glanced around, noticing a mirrored box in the stands. Doubtless her captors were watching from there. She motioned the girls forward.
Soon they all stood in the open arena. Ginny put her hand on Blaire's shoulder. She nodded discretly at the mirrored box. Blaire nodded slightly. She lifted her bow and fired a single shot into the mirrors. They shattered, revealing seven men.
Most of them cowered, but one just smiled down at the girls. "Interesting that you could see us."
"A mirrored box is rather hard to miss."
"Really? Ask your associates what they saw."
Ginny frowned and turned to the other girls. All but Sintha were looking confused. "What did you see?" She asked.
Akari answered first. "Nothing."
The rest replied in similiar fashion. Sintha shook her head. "I saw something, but it wasn't a mirrored box."
"What was it?"
She met Ginny's eyes. "A Hellion."
Ginny frowned. She wasn't familiar with that creature. "Is it still there?"
"Yes." She pointed to the fore figure. "Him."
Ginny turned back to the men. "What do you want?"
"For you to fight."
"What? You? More than happy ro comply."
He smiled. "Each other."
Ginny opened her mouth to tell him where to shove it, when she felt the stir of movement at her back. She spun, bringing her forearm up in time to catch Erika's hatchet to her forearm. She swore as blood welled from the deep cut and backed away. There was a hollow look in Erika's brown eyes and Ginny recognized the look of one possessed.
"This is a fight to the death." The man said from behind Ginny. "You will fight each other and the last to survive wins their freedom."
"Fuck you," Ginny snarled at him over one shoulder.
He looked surprised, as though she had been mute before this.
Ginny swept her sword from her belt as Khary and Annie had at each other. Erika drew her dagger. Ginny swung her sword, striking Erika with the flat of the blade on the neck. Erika crumpled, out cold.
She turned and slammed the pomel into Alice's face, ducking to avoid the swinging mace. Alice fell, blood seeping from her nose. By then, Khary had fallen under the onslaught of Annie, who ignored the fallen body and flung herself at Elora.
Ginny caught a bolt in her shoulder as Adriana stood above the dead form of Maragrat. Ginny lifted her wand. "Expelleramis!"
Adriana snarled, but Zenia's shacrum separated her head from her shoulders.
Elora was down for the count and Dire and Blaire were having it out. Florence flung a dart, catching Geneiveive in the neck. Zenia and Florence threw both their weapons at Ginny, who ducked. Florence's dart hit Zenia in the chest and the shacrum burried in Florence's chest. Both fell.
Eliana threw herself at Annie who stood over Sintha's body. Annie sidestepped and deftly broke Eliana's neck. Melissa rose up before Ginny as Annie took care of Akari and headed for Dire. Ginny knew she didn't have much time before Annie reached Blaire. She slipped her dagger from her belt and stood before Melissa, ready. Melissa lunged, a terribly childish move, and ill prepared. Ginny could see the balance on the sword was off and Melissa had to use both hands with this sword. GInny easily incapacitated Melissa and turned to see Annie dispatch Dire.
Ginny rapped her hilt against Blaire's neck, knocking her out. Now she faced Annie.
She straightened from her half crouch. She threw down her weapons. "I'm not gonna fight you Annie."
"You have to." She said in a tight voice.
"Why?"
For a moment the dead look was gone and the real Annie showed through. Then she grinned and aimed Blaire's bow at Ginny.
(A/N: Ahhh Jules will kill me.