Chapter 12
Death Dealers's training
The training grounds for the Death Dealers was huge.
One section was clear of trees,rocks,bushes or other things. Another section was filled with trees,rocks,bushes and others things. The third section had little,wavy hills with a few trees. The click and clang of steel knocking together or whissh of crossbows being launched sounded in the air as everyone was training.
"This place is huge!"Kate exclaimed in awe. "The bigger the better: That my motto,"Alice replied. "Plus with the increase of werewolves we had to get more and more vampires to join the Death Dealers." Rachel could see she wasn't kidding. There was thirty vampires in the coven,not counting her and Kate,but somehow it seemed as if there was more in the Death Dealers than in the entire coven.
"Calista! Get over here!"Alice shouted. A second later,a female vampire was standing before Alice. "Yes Alice?"she asked. "I need you to train these two for me." Calista nodded and turned to Rachel and Kate. Kate was able to see the striking resemblances between Alice and Calista. Same short black hair,golden eyes and height.
Calista smirked as she saw Kate's eyes dart from her to Alice. "Yes me and Alice are sisters,if that's what you were wondering."she said to her. "It would make sense with the resemblances."Kate replied. "That's what everyone says."Alice said with a smile before her face became serious. "Anyway,we need you guys to start your training immediately. You never know when we'll need all the Death Dealers." "So what are they going to do today?"Calista asked Alice. "They need to learn to fight while avoiding obstacles,so take them to the forest section."Alice said. Calista nodded. Alice looked at Rachel and Kate. "Listen to everything Calista tells you. Every bit of information will be useful in the future." They nodded.
Alice smiled,satisfied,then ran off.
Calista watched her sister for a moment before turning around. "Follow me."she said and began walking to the forest section. Once they got there Calista turned to them. "All I want you two to do is run through this forest,no swords or other weapons for now. I'll be moving trees,rocks,bushes and anything else in your way so you'll have to avoid them. Understood?" "Yes ma'am."they said in unison. "Wait,I have a question. How will you move trees and all the other stuff?"Kate asked. "With magic of course."Calista said. "If you have magic shouldn't you be with the Nightwalkers?"Rachel said. "Yes but the count said that my talents would be of better use if I was with the Death Dealers since my magic isn't strong enough to be with the Nightwalkers,"Calista replied. "Now are you two ready?" "Yeah."they said. "Alright...go!"Calista ordered.
Kate and Rachel sprinted through the forest,everything nothing but a blur.
Two trees moved from the sideline right in front of her. Kate barely had time to move to side. Thank you for my fast refleks Kate thought. Kate turned her head and saw Rachel keeping up beside her. Guess she either dodged the trees or Calista didn't move anything in front of her.
Just then her foot caught on a rock the size of her two fists. She toppled face first into the ground. "Kate!"Rachel yelled worriedly,immediately at her side. "Don't worry i'm fine."Kate assured her,slowly getting up. "You two back to the start now!"Calista ordered. Rachel dusted off Kate's clothes then they walked back to Calista. "Kate,"Calista said once they got to her. "The point of this training is for you to work on you fast reflexes. You being distracted doesn't help. If a werewolf had been chasing you,you've been long dead." "I'll try not to get distracted next time."Kate said. Calista nodded. "Good. Now let's try this again." Rachel and Kate turned back to the forest,tense and ready. "Go!"Calista said
. Kate and Rachel sprinted through the forest once more.
A boulder moved in front of her and she quickly moved to her left and continued running. Some bushes moved,making almost like a maze. Kate moved gracefully between each bushes,almost never touching them,and continued running straight. For two minutes straight nothing moved and Kate relaxed ever so slightly. Then a row of trees moved in a vertical line formation smushed together,blocking off Kate and Rachel. Kate quickly looked for some route and saw the branches between the trees. "Rachel up!"she shouted,not looking to her side. She leaped on top of a branch then dropped down and went back to running.
Seconds later,they finally make it out of the forest.
They turned around only to find Calista and the count already behind them. Kate nearly jumped up in fright. "How did you get here already?"she asked then immediately wanted to slap herself for asking that.
The count chuckled while Rachel and Calista burst out laughing.
"I'm going to pretend that you just didn't ask that question."Calista said once she stopped laughing. Kate looked down embarrassed at the ground. "Anyway,the count wants to speak with you."Calista said to them. "Thank you Calista. You two are no longer newborns but we need to see how you are with humans around you. So tomorrow you'll go back to your homes. If you do well then you'll have permission to visit anytime you want."
Kate felt a wave of happiness at the thought of going back home. She looked at Rachel and could tell she just as happy. "Wait...how will you know if we did well?"Kate asked him. "Edward and Rulan will be going with you."the count answered. Rachel groaned. "Don't worry,"the count said laughing. "I know how you teenagers are with your friends. They'll only be close by and won't bug you unless necessary." "Oh thank god."Rachel said and Kate couldn't help but smile. "Well,that's all I had to say. Carry on with your great training."he said and walked off. Kate couldn't contain her excitement during the rest of their training.
I can finally see my parents,sisters and friends again she thought.
