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The girls all jumped to their feet growling at each other and me. Becca made to jump at me but she was too slow. I dodged to the side. She was older. She looked about 17. When had that happened? I shook the thought from my mind. I had to focus. "Becca stop. It's me, Bella!" I informed her as I tried to stop myself from lunging at her. She had left the perfect opening so that I could go in for the kill. NO! You swore to protect them for Alana! They all jerked out of their fighting crouches and hung their heads. "Come on guys its okay. Let's go practice. Once we get good enough Maria is going to let us kill those men." Their eyes darkened as they remembered.
"Who's Maria?" Alice questioned at vampire speed. Wow, we really had to work on talking slower.
"She's our creator. She saved us." They nodded. "Come on. Let's go train!" They followed me as we left the small house to be outside. Becca and Ashley gasped as they saw the sun. I smiled. The others were staring at their skin as it glittered. I didn't really have time to be lenient right now.
"Come on we need to train. Split into two groups." They did as I ordered. "Do you think you can fight with each other without killing one another?" They nodded. "Then practice. Head to the shoulder signifies a kill. I need to see what you can do." They nodded. I watched as they attacked each other. Ashley and Becca were good. They watched the other's back and worked as a team to try to take down Sam. How the hell had Sam gotten from there to over their like that? I really watched her. She was disappearing and reappearing somewhere new.
She was teleporting. She had a power! That would make it much easier for her to take out enemies! Then Ashley and Becca took her out and I focused on Alice. Alice didn't even have her eyes open. How the fuck was she not 'dead' yet? She put her head to Becca's shoulder before trying to do the same to Ashley. They kept clashing but neither one of them was gaining any ground. After about an hour the others were getting restless. "Okay girls, break it up!" I ordered the pair. They backed away from each other laughing.
"Alice, why did you have your eyes shut?" I inquired curiously.
"I didn't need to see with my eyes, because I could see with my mind." She explained.
"What?" I asked.
"I mean that I see things before they happen."
"Oh, you get visions." She nodded smiling.
"You're doing good, but you have to practice fighting without it as well." She nodded. "Becca and Ashley: you two work together very will as a team, but I'm worried about how you'll manage if separated, work on that. Sam just work on dodging and use your opponents weight against them without your power for a while." The twins and Sam nodded in agreement. "Then let's get back to work. This time I'll fight with you." Becca and Ashley split up. Ashley went after Sam and Becca moved to attack me. I saw Sam and Alice fighting behind us, but I couldn't focus on that. I needed to watch for Becca's next move. I growled a warning at her instinctually. She hissed back as her own instincts started to kick in. I mimicked her foot work. She would lunge and I would dodge. She would retreat and I would advance.
It was irritating her that she couldn't gain any ground. She kept growling and lunging without really thinking. Ashley cam to join her sister: they spilt up and lunged at me from the sides. I moved just in time, so they collided like two boulders. I moved quickly to 'kill' each of them in turn. They were irritated by their loss. They each took down a tree in their frustration. Alice followed suite. She wasn't good at fighting blind and it irritated her to no end.
"You guys did really well. We're young and we have to get better fast. I want to take out those men and prove myself to Maria. Who's with me?"
'We are!" the girls chorused.
"Then let's work harder. Sam and Alice you make a good pair. Learn each other's weaknesses and cover them. Becca and Ashley go attack them. Remember that I might jump in at any moment and I pick no sides." They nodded and got to work. They worked on attacking one at a time a long with tag teaming and diversions. They moved in quickly for the 'kill' whenever the opportunity presented itself. They leaned how to work as a group to take me down.
One day Becca went too far and bit me. I wanted blood. I wanted to stop the fire in my shoulder and remove the threat. It took me a second to remember that she was a friend. When I did I took a few steps back and ad unnecessary deep breath to calm myself.
"Bella, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to "Becca whimpered out lowering her head in submission.
"It's fine." I spat out through clenched teeth. Then an idea struck me.
"Our names don't fit anymore." Sam cocked her head to the side.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that we're not the weal humans we once were. When I hear my name I remember pain and suffering as the hands of the Escotts. I want a new name. What about you guys?" They nodded in agreement. "I want to be storm."
"I'm Ghost," Sam announced.
"I'm Snake," Alice called.
"I'm Dagger," Ashley added.
"I'm Wind," Becca decided. I nodded in approval.
"I turned to face whoever was approaching. I growled out a warning crouching. "Bella calm down." Maria called. I jerked to a standing position and I felt the others follow my lead.
"I'm not Bella anymore. I'm Storm." Maria nodded in approval.
"What have you been doing in the past month?"
"We trained long and hard."
"You haven't fed?" I shook my head. "Y'all have the most restraint out of everyone here." We warmed at her praise.
"They did do a very good job. Ghost and Snake use their powers to cover each other. Wind and Dagger always know where the other is and can take down an opponent fast."
"You've done well Storm. Once you feed I will let you all get your revenge. You will be able to kill those men." One of the girls cracked her knuckles in anticipation. "Here," Maria offered throwing each of us a human. Venom pooled in my mouth. They smelled amazing, but I didn't want t kill mine. The other girls were hesitant as well. Maria growled at us. "You are monsters now. Deal with it. We KILL to survive. Kill them!" The burn in my throat was obnoxious now that I was thinking about it, and I didn't want to disappoint her again. I snapped his neck before draining him. The girls followed my lead.
When we were done Maria led us to an arena like spot with cement and reinforced cage over part of it. There were vampires on the outside watching us. They must have wanted to see the carnage. "You are free to do whatever you want with the men that hurt you. Make sure to kill them when you're done." I nodded.
We entered their holding place together. They started smirking when they saw us. "Can we go first Storm?" Dagger and Wind questioned.
"Yes." They stalked forward focusing on three of them in particular. The other men moved to help their friends. "You move and I'll kill you now." I growled at them. They held still.
Wind nodded for her sister to go first. Dagger gladly moved forward. "We were five and you told us we were worthless. When we were six you raped us. What the fuck kind of person does that? You sick bastard! You lied to our mother and said that if she had sex with you willingly you wouldn't touch us. You manipulated her and hurt us all. Never again! My sister isn't ever going to have to fear you again!" Dagger growled out. She lunged at the one closest to her and Wind jumped in a second later. Once of them got their teeth into Dagger but she quickly ripped him apart. They were vicious and skilled. They had found a challenge in killing their abusers.
Ghost was the next to move forward alone. She separated four men from the group. "You came to my house, killed my mother in front of me, and enslaved me in that hell hole you called a house. What the fuck kind of person does that to a four year old without regret? I was only there a fucking week then you raped me. I was so young. You'll never be able to do that to anyone again!" She hissed at them. She had a fire in her eyes that I had never seen before. She teleported behind them before lunging at the one farthest for her. I shook my head. That girl had always been one for a challenge. At least it was a good test of her skills.
Completely confused they tried to turn and face her as she tore the first one apart. She played with her catch like a cat plays with a mouse before killing it. She teleported so much that she was always just out of reach. After ten minutes she was sick of toying with them and she quickly eliminated the threats.
Snake looked to me. I stared for her to go first. I could tell her six weren't part of my ten, so it didn't make a difference to me. She went to her six with a very non-aggressive pose. Then she lunged at the closest one and ripped his arm off before the others even registered what had happened. "You tore my world apart. I was happier in the fucking orphanage! You adopted me and acted like I was accepted. Then the minute the social worker was gone you beat the shit out of me!" She started fighting them but she wasn't done yelling at them.
"You raped me, yelled at me, made me work, harassed me, killed my friends, and made me fear sleeping, because I wasn't fucking sure if I would live to see another day!" She hissed. For each thing she listed she ripped a limb off of each of them. Five of them were totally dismembered. Only one was left standing. "I hope you burn in hell." With that she tore the last of her tormentors apart.
Now it was my turn. I stalked forward, and my ten were laughing. "What's so funny?" I asked innocently.
"You were our pet and Maria sent you in here to kill us? Just give up. It's not going to happen." I ignored him.
"I think that out of everyone here I was hurt the least, because I wasn't at that home very long. But I also think that you shouldn't be given the chance to hurt anyone else. Don't you agree that the death penalty is the best way to end a certain behavior?" They were squirming now as I stalked around them in a circle.
One of them was dumb enough to shout, "Bring it bitch!" I couldn't hold myself back any longer; I lunged at him. The other men were quick to help their friend. One of them bit before I threw him and his friend into a wall. The others advanced quickly and I ripped off an arm, which I used to hit the one that was attempting to rip my head off. I dismembered one of them and moved on. Foe well trained vampires they were really slow. I easily managed to dodge and hurt them without receiving more then a few bites in return. It took me less then a half hour to destroy them all. Maria threw me a lighter and I quickly burned the remains of all 23 of them. There was approval from the entire crowd directed at us. We stood tall and proud as we accepted the praise. We were killers now true monsters. We weren't so sure that was a bad thing.
I head clapping from my left and turned to see that it was Maria. "You did well Storm. You've trained them perfectly." I smiled at the praise.
"They weren't hard to train."
"You're modest as well. You trained them in a month. My last general took two months to train newborns properly in his prime. I'm promoting you to general in my army. Your sisters are being placed below you. I have 25 newborns that are a week old. I've had them fed already. When can you have them ready for battle?" She inquired. I wanted to impress her.
"Three weeks." I stated confidently.
"Okay General. Here are your recruits." She pointed to a group of irritated newborns and walked away. Wind moved her brown hair out of her eyes sighing. Dagger was doing the same with her black hair. "You have a lot of work ahead of you Storm." They said together.
"I know." We walked over to the newborns. They eyed us arrogantly. One of them moved to the front. "I'm Eric. I'm in charge here. What do you want?" I growled at him. He needed to learn fast or he wouldn't make it.
"I'm Strom and I'm actually the one in charge, and if you and your little group want to live to see the next dawn you'll do as I say. We have a war to win and disobedience will not be tolerated. Am I understood?" I questioned in a deadly tone. They nodded. "Then come on. You need to train." I took them to a meadow a good 15 miles from civilization. We didn't need them massacring the townsfolk.
"I want the five of you that think you're the toughest to step forward." Eric and for others stepped forward as I had asked: I rolled my eyes. No surprises there. "I want you to attack me one by one." Eric didn't waste any time. Eric lunged directly at me. I easily dodged by him. "Faster, come on! Think about what you're doing!" I ordered. He took it to heart, but he was still going for the obvious kill. I used one of his attacks against him, which ended with him being thrown into a tree. He growled at me furious. "Don't go for the obvious kill or our enemies will kill you. Go practice with Dagger and Wind." I ordered.
"Next!" I called to the group at large. Two of them moved forwards and tried to get me from different angles. One of them got their teeth into me before I managed to throw him off. "Good, you two go train with ghost. Someone new step forward!" I moved through all of tem in turn and had them in groups. Everything was going well until Eric and one of the others got into a fight. Everyone stopped what they were doing to watch. Growling in frustration I went to break up the fight.
"Break it up boys. We need to be ready for the first battle!" They didn't pay me any heed. I ran into the middle of their fight, but instead of stopping they redirected their anger at me and attacked. I neatly dodged them but they had gotten better. They started working as a team to gain the upper hand. Eric managed to bite me before I pinned him to the ground. I yanked him to a standing position and grabbed the other male. I held them at arms length as I worked to calm myself down. They really were testing my self control.
"You both need to stop trying to kill each other. Maria is coming to take us to the first battle in less then two weeks so go train!" I hissed out as I threw them in Ghost's general direction. Snake would have tow help her manage those two. They were ridiculous!"
"Some of you can break off and work on sparring. Use different techniques. Remember the obvious kill will get you killed." They were excellent listeners and top notch fighters. They would easily be able to hold their own in a fight as long as they didn't kill each other first.
"Are they ready General?" Maria questioned standing next to me as I surveyed my unit practicing below.
"Yes, they'll be able to hold their own in battle. They're very thirsty but their focus is still impeccable. They're getting very aggressive though." I informed her.
"Good, that's just how I want them to be. Can you manage leading them into battle?"
"Of course I can!" I said, irritated. She smiled.
"I was just making sure Storm. We're launching a sneak attack on one of my old friends, Nettie. Last I head she had a small force of 15 guarding her territory. If your men want to feed we have to secure the area." I nodded taking it all in. We would easily be able to defeat them, or so I hoped.
"When do we attack?"
"Now, gather your unit." By way of replying I got to work.
"Ghost, Wind, Dagger, Snake get them into ranks. It's time to test our battle skills." They weren't excited enough for my liking.
"Who's thirsty?" I called to them.
"We are!" They replied.
"We can't feed because someone is in our territory. Some vampires are killing our prey! Are we going to just sit around like pathetic humans and stand for it or are we going to fight like vampires?"
"Fight!!!" They yelled back as one. I smirked, they were ready. We all followed Maria to the edge of the city.
"There. You know what to do. Go on!" Maria ordered.
"Let's go take back our territory!" I growled to the group. Their eyes were black instead of the usual red with a hunger only death could quench. Ghost teleported ahead and directed us around the building.
"Watch your left." Snake warned me. I nodded. She must have seen something. We rounded the corner to see 15 vampires.
"Get them!" I hissed loudly. We all charged into the opposing side. They were in our land. They were in our place. I tore apart the first vampire I fell upon. This was easy. They were no where near as skilled as us. I dodged to the right not a second too soon. Snake had been right to watch it. That vampire had nearly gotten me. Maybe they weren't as unskilled as I thought. I gaped for half a second as I saw more newborns climbing over the hill and joining in the fight. Fuck! There were at least 300 of them. How the hell had she managed to control all of them? I didn't have time to think anymore as someone lunged at me and I was pulled back into the fight. My sisters were doing well taking down the newborns with surprising strength and agility but they just kept coming. 3o of them came and attacked me at once. They were friking biting me. They were toying with me. Bite, then back up, and repeat. I growled and lunged at one of them.
They ripped at my arm and something snapped in me. I was furious. I could see my sisters were fairing just as poorly. I growled loudly. No one listened to my warning. I was going to kill them for threatening my sisters. We had been through enough. I was not going to loose them this way. Somehow I knew to call the water and it lifted me high over the fighting. Earth covered my sisters as I directed lightning and fire upon the humongous threat to our safety. I was invincible. They fell one by one all around me. I called the earth to open and take them to the center. I told it to be silent so that the mortals would never know. The earth wanted to disobey but it knew the consequences would be dire if that were ever to occur. They tried to hurt me while I killed their allies and it only angered me further. A wall of fire swept across the battlefield killing almost everyone. When no one was left standing the water lowered me to the ground.
I surveyed the scene of the massacre with wide eyes. I had done that? How? I realized I had gone stiff with fear. I forced myself to move but I was still scared. How had I done all that? Were the girls safe? That was all it took for the earth to search for them. They were safe under the mounds of earth, thank god. I had killed everyone else but at least I had saved the girls. I released the earth that trapped them and they ran over to me shocked. "What happened?" Wind asked shocked.
"She saved us stupid." Snake informed her rolling her eyes.
"What was so terrible we couldn't help you?" Dagger questioned.
"Me, I was out of control. I killed everyone even our men. Somehow I knew to keep you safe." They gaped at me.
"You just took out 600 vampires alone." Ghost gasped.
"Yeah and I scared the shit out of myself. I don't know how to control it. What if I had killed you?" They were shaking their heads.
"You couldn't hurt us any sooner then we could hurt you on purpose. We're sisters. We'll always be safe from each other." Snake told us. No one had anything to say to that. We all knew better then to argue with Snake. Her visions made it so that she was always right.
"We need to get back to our base. I killed everyone here but if a mortal comes to investigate all I want them to find is ash." The sisters nodded and we took off into the night.
What the Characters think:
Storm: What the fuck did I just do? Is everyone okay?
Snake: Yeah. We're fine. You did great.
Wind: Can we fight them again?
Me: No more fighting for at least half a chapter!
All of them: *growl and glare at me*
Me: Grow the fuck up
Storm: *wind picks up and I take a step back.*
Me: Whatever. Will you at least tell them the challenge?
Storm: You people need to review at least 6 times or that bitch that won't leave me alone won't update and I'll start the apocalypse so review! *growls and stalks off*
Readers: What the fuck?!?!?!?!
Me: It's true *walks away*
Readers: O_o
