Just a few feet away from Abel, Leon glared down at the boy. Abel could tell he was pissed, big time. Everyone was holding their breaths, waiting for a fight to break out. A few seemed worried, some could care less and one wanted nothing more then to see what would happen as she silently urged the fight to start. Abel stood up. His eyes locked on Leon, waiting for him to make the first move. His muscles tensed.
Long moments passed by in silence. Then suddenly- thud. Leon delivered an upper punch to Abel's jaw. Everyone in the room gasped.
The metallic taste of blood flooded his mouth as he felt his fangs easily pierce through his tongue. Not even a minute passed before Abel felt himself being slammed into the wall. Leon had a hand on Abel's neck to keep him pressed against the wall as Leon tried to choke him. Abel gasped and opened his mouth, drawing his fang out of his tongue as he did so. He gently pressed his tongue against the inside of his mouth, it was already beginning to feel numb. Abel looked straight into Leon's eyes as the man started to tighten his grip on Abel neck. His wind pipe was being crushed but he could hold his breath for a little over five minutes so he would be fine for now. Leon was drawing his arm back, to deliver another punch to Abel but before he could Abel threw his feet upward and kicked Leon right in the chin. The man doubled over in shock and released Abel. Abel took that chance to catch his breath and in one smooth movement he took hold of Leon's shirt and pushed the man into the wall, just as he had done to Abel; minus the choking part.
"Hey what's that?" Abel said as he pointed to Leon's chest with his free hand, he spoke in childish tones. Leon wasn't falling for it and continued to struggle out of Abel's grip. Abel dropped Leon and kept his gaze. "Lets just stop," Abel spoke, his voice once again serious. "We shouldn't be fighting amongst ourselves. The enemy is only a few days away, we should save our energy on them." He slowly turned away. Once his back was to Leon he could hear the swishing of wind and fabric as Leon made to kick Abel sideways.
The sound was off. The foot that remained flat on the ground has twisted strangely. If Abel didn't take the impact of the kick Leon would end up with a broken ankle. Abel grit his teeth, he would not only have to take the hit but would also have to move with it to cushion it.
These thoughts raced through his mind in a split second. A second later the leg came at Abel from his right side. Abel moved with the leg cushioning it just enough so that the other leg planted on the ground wouldn't twist any more.
"Wha-" Leon fell to the ground and held onto his leg as his fingers messaged the ankle. It was just sprained not broken. But that didn't mean it didn't hurt.
Abel would have helped him but decided not to, after all he was the one who wanted to continue with the fight. Not Abel. He glanced down at Leon before he turned and walk to the couch, to continue reading.
Whispering a little ways off was Ion and Asthe. They seemed to be talking about Abel and Leon. They seemed to be debating on whether to help Leon or not. Ester had a worried expression on her face as she looked at Leon then Abel and back again. She was probably confused and didn't know who to help. The kick had looked painful, but for some reason instead of Abel being hurt it was Leon. Seth was the on to take action. She inspected Leon's ankle and traced her finger along his leg and down to his toes.
"You just have a sprained ankle," Seth concluded. She rapped a thick bandage around his foot to prevent him from moving it. "You should keep off of it for a few days. It should be healed by the time we get to Berlin," Abel heard her say. 'Well,' Abel thought, 'at least Leon hadn't been injured more.'
He heard Asthe move to help Seth, as she supported Leon so that he could walk to a near by couch. Unfortunately the closest couch was the one Abel was on. As they neared, Abel could just make out sound of Leon's heart beat as it got faster. Leon was still mad. Abel sighed and put his book down, he might as well get this over with. "Sorry," he huffed. He hadn't meant to say it in such a rude way, but it still came out that way.
Leon snorted at his apology and plopped down onto the couch across from Abel. They both stared at each other, Leon gave Abel looks that could kill. At fist Abel gave an apologetic looking face but as time past his face moved into a more mad looking face that could match Leon's. It seemed like hours had passed even though it had only been a few minutes.
"Are they going to be okay?" Ester asked. She had edged her way to Seth, Asthe and Ion.
Shrugging Seth said, "they'll be fine."
"Yeah, I hardly doubt Abel will attack Leon now that he has an injury," Ion said then paused as he thought about what to say next. "I think he was going easy on Leon," he whispered and everyone looked at him. "When Abel first woke up with no memories he attacked everyone and I hate to say this but if it had been one on one he could have easily beat everyone," he looked at Asthe and she confirmed what he said by nodding her head. Ion continued, "infact if he hadn't shrunk I think he would have been able to take us all down within seconds, even if it wasn't one on one." As he said this he seemed upset at himself for being weaker then Abel who was 'supposed' to be a terran. He almost seemed ashamed.
"Heh, if that idiot ever gets his memories back I can guarantee that I'll be the first to put him back into place," Asthe promised.
Ester didn't like the idea of father Nightroad being beaten up, but didn't say anything. It seemed as though everyone here didn't like the new Abel. She glanced at him as he continued to shoot Leon death glares, and Leon countered them with his own. She found herself smiling, the old Abel would have cowered and begged Leon to stop. He also wouldn't have done all those horrible pranks to the man. Goodness, Leon's skin still had a slight green tint to them. She thought for a moment, even if everyone seemed to be upset at Abel, deep down they were really worried about him. After all they couldn't really blame him for loosing his memory, anyone who ad gone through the same thing would find that they are acting differently.
"In any case," Seth's voice snapped Ester back into the here and now, "lets play a board game and invite those two, to join us. It'll let them fight it out on the board," she smiled at everyone.
In the end everyone settle for a game of cards and invited Leon and Abel to join. Leon jumped right in at the invitation. Abel on the other hand seemed reluctant, but in the end he also joined. Seth had given him a weird look that said he had better listen or else.
They played a few games consisting of black jack, BS, and slap jack. Seth had also taught everyone how to play an ancient card game call egyptian war. Each time Leon lost he would always begin to pout and would blame Abel and say he had cheated. This of course wasn't true, Abel hadn't used any slight of hand and had won all the games fairly. Ever since he caught Ion cheating no one else had dared cheat with him around, well, except for Seth; but he let her get away with it.
"Hell!" Leon shouted. Abel had just slapped another double before anyone else could. "The card's are closer to you, so you're able to get to them faster," Leon complained, as he moved the pile of cards farther away from Abel and closer to himself. Abel through a card down, then Seth, Ion, Ester and Asthe. She had thrown a Queen down. Leon grunted and threw two of his top cards down it was a double, he realized this a second to late. Abel's hand came racing to the table and slapped the pile, followed by everyone else's. He had been the first to slap so Abel had gotten the cards. "That's cheating!" Leon roared and glared at Abel, "you saw my card before I got to put it down!"
Abel rolled his eye's and smirked, "you're just to slow. Or are you just scared of getting slapped, slow poke," he teased. He was slowly beginning to fall back on that klutzy priest act. Stupid habits! He hit himself mentally. "Ow," he rubbed his head and looked across the table to where the hand had come from. He hadn't expected to be hit in real life. It was Asthe.
"Oh, sorry my hand just slipped," Asthe said. Yeah right! She just wanted to hit him. They had a whole table between them for crying out loud. "Besides you need to respect your elders."
"What?" Abel looked at her confused.
"I might only be a year or two older then you but he's not," She jabbed her thumb at the man sitting next to her. "He's a good ten years older then you are," she explained. Why did she still remember that argument they had the week before?
"What ever," Abel said in gruff voice. He didn't really care. "Ow," he yelped again. "What was that for!" This time he looked at Ester.
"No, that's not how you're supposed to speak, young man," Ester chided and everyone chuckled. "You're supposed to say, yes. Now say yes." No one had expected her to say anything.
"What in the world is wrong with you people," Abel demanded. Whack, someone else hit him, this time in the gut. He looked up and was met by emerald eyes. Oh just great, Seth had jumped on the bare wagon.
"You were supposed to say yes," she scolded. Abel scowled and said nothing, instead he whipped out another card and threw it on the table.
"Hey," Ion punched Abel in the arm. "Don't ignore Seth," he put down his own card and smiled at Abel. Everyone was having fun and Abel's expense.
Abel rolled his eyes to the ceiling. "I hope we land soon," he mumbled just loud enough for everyone to hear.
"We won't be landing until I beat you at a game, Shrimp!" Leon announced. He seemed to have forgotten about everything Abel had done. Abel sighed and gave in. He might as well just lose already so that Leon would leave him alone.
"I don't think anyone can beat him," Asthe said as Ester threw a card down. "He hasn't lost in a single game, that he hasn't lost to on purpose. Lets all team up to beat him," she suggested.
"You do realize I'm right here right?" Abel asked and slapped a sandwich. He placed another card on the table the only other person who still had cards was his sister though she only had two. A few seconds passed and he unnoticed that he won in a bored voice.
"Okay," Ester spoke as she collected the cards from Abel and handed them to Ion who shuffled the deck. "We came up with a new game. Lets try playing it," Ester said. The next few minutes consisted of Ester explaining the new game, followed by Asthe who explained the gaps that Ester forgot. Ion then dealt the cards. It seemed as though everyone was going to try to beat Abel in this game and would work together even if it meant someone had to be used as a sacrifice.
Midway through their game Kate shimmered into view, "we will be landing in four hours," she announced.
A/N: I have discovered the mysterious forces of the lines, like the one you see above. Thanks Flame.
I just remembered that I might not be able to update next week. I'm going on vacation for spring break and I don't think the hotel I'm going to has Wi-fi. Lets pray that there is.
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