We fell to the floor after the amulet, both scrabbling around, fingers clawing at the soil, elbows nudging and feet kicking. My heart leapt when my fingers clasped around the chain, I yanked it pulling it to me. I had a few seconds to scrabble to my feet before Vex noticed that I had claimed back my amulet. I had just stood vertically when a hand clasped around my ankle, one sharp yank had me crashing to the ground and sprawled out on the floor pain pulsed in my shoulder. The jolt had caused the amulet to slip from my fingers and bounce along the ground a meter in front of me. I kicked out hard with my free leg flailing wildly until my foot connected with something and the "oof" which followed meant that I had hit my target. I scrabbled along the ground toward my gem, spiders the size of my fist appeared out of nowhere and began to scurry around and on me sinking their fangs into my skin. I tried to ignore them reminding myself that it was an illusion but I couldn't help but begin to frantically swat them away, panic welling inside me.
Once again my hand clasped around the cold metal, I held it so tight that it would not surprise me if it left an imprint on my skin. I rolled over onto my back swiping at some of the spiders in the process, for the second time I scrabbled to my feet looking around for the best escape route. My eyes fell on my weapons and I dashed towards them, footsteps thundered behind me, I turned in time to let out half a scream before my breath was knocked out of me as I was tackled to the ground. Vex straddled my struggling form pinning my arms to the floor, I kicked my legs and thrashed around but to no avail. I stopped struggling and we both paused breathing deeply his face inches from mine. He smirked in triumph eyes locked onto mine.
"I do like a good chase and scuffle in the dirt" he said leering at me, inching his face ever so slightly closer to mine.
"Get off me!" I ranted
"mmm I do love your fighting spirit, there is something... alluring about it" he replied once again moving closer to me.
"I said get off me or I will bury you alive" I whispered subconsciously raising my head towards his so what I spoke my lips brushed his. I kept a firm grip on my amulet.
"Is that right?" he whispered back, grinning.
"mmmhu" was all I was able to sound before his lips were pressed firmly onto mine. I gasped and my breathing deepened as the kiss became more aggressive his body pressed against me pinning my body to the ground.
"What the hell is going on!" an angry voice sounded from the other side of camp.
Vex released me and jumped to his feet in one swift movement. I leapt up and drew power from my amulet and aimed it at Vex pulling the earth up around him and buried him up to his neck so all you could see was his head poking out of a pile of compacted earth. He shot me a look of horror and anger, a flicker of movement caused my attention to snap back to Taleik. He had whipped off his cloak revealing a belt of various throwing knives, my blood ran cold he knew that he could not reach me with his nunchuk so he was going to use the knives.
He pulled out a star shaped blade and with a flick of his wrist sent it hurtling in my direction; I rolled out the way using the momentum to push myself back onto my feet. Another blade flew past my ear it was a near miss, frustration glinted in his eye and he drew out five blades. Oh hell. He smirked at me before launching the bladed into the air and towards me; I knew I could not avoid all of them. I pulled power and aimed it at the ground under Taleik's feet the ground softened and he began to sink, panic flashing in his cold eyes. I dove to the ground in the hope to avoid the missiles flying to me but I was not so lucky one of the star blades hit my in the side and wedged itself into my body. I yelped in pain clutching my side, did I dare pull it out?
"Nooo! Taleik what are you doing?" Vex yelled in panic as I writhed in the floor.
"This is your fault you let her escape, I had no choice!" his brother bellowed back straining in his trap. My injury had stopped my enchantment and now Taleik was stuck up to his shoulder in solid ground. I took a few calming breaths and stumbled to my feet gathering my weapons, with one hand clasped around the star to stem the bleeding I staggered from their camp, sincerely hoping to find the others before it was too late.