Lupus – A CoAD Fanfic

Chapter 12 – Torak, Renn and Lupus

"Don't be so boisterous, Aki. Torak's dying! I need your help! His lungs been opened up by Kadra's knife!"

"Oh come on, Renn! That's easy! Leave it to me!" He grinned widely pointing to his chest with his thumb. He set about stitching up the punctured lung. He lit a stick with some flint and cauterized the wound shut then removed the stitching after a little while and did the same to his chest. It took a while, but all-in-all he looked ok again.

"Sorted!" shouted Aki.

"Ok, don't shout... Jeez..."

*

Kadra was seriously annoyed. He'd just have to return to Eostra without the children dead and sacrifice the boy anyway. Once he reached the cave he didn't expect Eostra to be so furious.

"No! This has to be perfect!" she screamed! "Bring them back to me. ALIVE!"

"I'm afraid that won't be necessary, Eostra!" grinned Renn as she stepped out from a bush with Torak over her shoulder and a proud, still-grinning Aki behind her. Eostra looked seriously shocked. Then she smiled.

"Perfect! This should be much quicker! I'll rip the skin from your bones and leave you begging to be killed! I will kill you! ALL THREE OF YOU!"

*

"Renn, I'll take care of this. You try to wake up that lazy sod, Torak!" Aki teethed.

"Ok." she replied. He needed to be calm and cool. Not repetitive. Doing the same thing twice will just make it easier for them. He needed to be calm and cool. Not repetitive. Doing the same thing twice will just make it easier for them. Oh, damn!

"Torak! Wake up!" she wondered what would make him get up. She shook him, shouted at him, even slapped him. Nothing worked.

Aki stabbed at Kadra, he hit but Kadra had shape-shifted into a stream of bubbles and the knife went straight through them. As they dispersed, Eostra came up behind him and stabbed his shoulder. Aki gasped, and dropped to the floor only to see a livid Kadra shape-shift into a rock and attempt to crush him. Aki rolled out the way just in time.

"Don't be ignorant, Kadra! He's too fast for moves like that." shouted Eostra.

"Shut up, you. I can fight the way I want to. He's dead anyway."

"Good point."

Aki dodged a swift attack from Eostra and suddenly had a nasty bite on his neck. Without thinking he swung his knife to hit Kadra, who was now a disturbingly large rat, and ended up stabbing into his shoulder again.

"Pathetic! I'm surprised you survived our previous attack. Pathetic!"

"He is somewhat useless, eh, Kadra?"

Eostra darted behind him, slashing his back and Kadra thumped him square in the forehead. Aki collapsed. He was bleeding heavily. He could see it now. This was how he would die. He smiled. It's worth it for Renn and Torak and Lupus. He knew they'd win in the end.

"May I have the finishing blow? I couldn't bare but watch as you kill him!" smiled Kadra, with an evil grin on his face.

"He's all yours."

Kadra jumped forward and stabbed at Aki in a wild flurry of unseen attacks. When it had finished Aki looked down at counted the cuts. On across his leg. He couldn't move it. One across his chest. He noticed his chest was spilling out his guts. He had several cuts on his arm and one finger was missing. He had a deep slash in his neck, and, if that wasn't enough, Kadra's knife was sticking out his head.

He smiled again. And died.

*

Renn: Ouch!

Torak: Finally, I hated him...

Renn: …

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Renn + Torak: OMGAKIWELLMISSYOUSOMUCHOMGOMGOMG!