Chapter 2
"Edea, what are you doing? I can handle this."
"Not alone." She kicked the soldier in the side of the leg and made it
buckle. Then she planted her foot in the side of his head knocking him out. Now more soldiers were closing in on them.
"What now?"
"Instructor, behind you!" One of them grabbed her from behind and wrapped his arm around her neck as if to strangle her. She elbowed him in the stomach and took the chain from around her waste.
"What was that?" She coiled the chain around his ankles and knocked him on his back.
"Go Instructor," she cheered. "Now... what about the rest of them?"
"Get em'." She told her.
"We want the girl."
"Who are you?" Faith demanded.
"Shields, Nick Shields. I'm the commander of this sorry bunch of losers. Who might you be? He was hitting on her, and she could tell.
"Sorry, you're not my type." The other soldiers made it clear that he had been rejected.
"Shut up," he ordered. "Give me the girl and no one'll get hurt." Aurora stood up with her eyes still closed.
"What's going on?" Kyra stared in amazement as the unconscious girl walked over to the group of soldiers.
"Aurora what are you doing?' Faith beseeched. It was as if she was sleep walking, swaying back and forth.
"This is getting weird."
"What do you want with her?!" Trae shouted.
"Matriarch Eudel is obviously controlling her." Nick explained, "She wants her as her successor."
"NO!" Trae grabbed her arm trying to stop her, but she pushed him with incredible strength into the wall.
"No Aurora."
"None of you care about her any way." Her eyes opened and glowed an eerie purple and red. The Matriarch spoke with a half-Aurora, half-Eudel voice.
"We just don't know her. She's quiet." Faith pleaded with the tyrant.
"Well, her brother is quiet. Why do you like him?"
"How do you know that?" Kyra was kind of embarrassed.
"I know everything she knows," it clarified. "Trae!" For a split second, Aurora broke free of her power. She fell limp at one of the soldier's feet. He picked her up and started to walk off.
That tore away at his heart. He didn't want to show anyone what he was feeling. The yellow cross-shaped Crystal around his neck started to glow. It rose up and became suspended in air. The glow became brighter and brighter.
Everyone stared in amazement as the Crystal began to change shape. The glow quickly faded revealing the handle of a sword.
"A lot of good that's gonna do!" Nick laughed.
The sword handle fell into Trae's hand. As he gripped it tightly a beam of light projected from it forming the "blade".
"Whoa!" Kyra uttered in awe.
"Let go of my sister!" He charged at his sister's captor and brought the sword down and cut the man's body in two.
"Oh god." Faith turned around a puked at the grotesque sight.
Nick held his hand out on front of him as if he were ordering them to stop. A ball of red energy shot toward the three students. It stopped short of hitting Trae and formed a wall preventing them from further attacking.
"Damn you!" He then vowed, "I'm gonna hunt you down, and when I find you, I'm gonna kill you!"
Nick walked off taking Aurora's blood stained body with him. The tremors stopped, and there was an eerie silence.
"Edea, what are you doing? I can handle this."
"Not alone." She kicked the soldier in the side of the leg and made it
buckle. Then she planted her foot in the side of his head knocking him out. Now more soldiers were closing in on them.
"What now?"
"Instructor, behind you!" One of them grabbed her from behind and wrapped his arm around her neck as if to strangle her. She elbowed him in the stomach and took the chain from around her waste.
"What was that?" She coiled the chain around his ankles and knocked him on his back.
"Go Instructor," she cheered. "Now... what about the rest of them?"
"Get em'." She told her.
"We want the girl."
"Who are you?" Faith demanded.
"Shields, Nick Shields. I'm the commander of this sorry bunch of losers. Who might you be? He was hitting on her, and she could tell.
"Sorry, you're not my type." The other soldiers made it clear that he had been rejected.
"Shut up," he ordered. "Give me the girl and no one'll get hurt." Aurora stood up with her eyes still closed.
"What's going on?" Kyra stared in amazement as the unconscious girl walked over to the group of soldiers.
"Aurora what are you doing?' Faith beseeched. It was as if she was sleep walking, swaying back and forth.
"This is getting weird."
"What do you want with her?!" Trae shouted.
"Matriarch Eudel is obviously controlling her." Nick explained, "She wants her as her successor."
"NO!" Trae grabbed her arm trying to stop her, but she pushed him with incredible strength into the wall.
"No Aurora."
"None of you care about her any way." Her eyes opened and glowed an eerie purple and red. The Matriarch spoke with a half-Aurora, half-Eudel voice.
"We just don't know her. She's quiet." Faith pleaded with the tyrant.
"Well, her brother is quiet. Why do you like him?"
"How do you know that?" Kyra was kind of embarrassed.
"I know everything she knows," it clarified. "Trae!" For a split second, Aurora broke free of her power. She fell limp at one of the soldier's feet. He picked her up and started to walk off.
That tore away at his heart. He didn't want to show anyone what he was feeling. The yellow cross-shaped Crystal around his neck started to glow. It rose up and became suspended in air. The glow became brighter and brighter.
Everyone stared in amazement as the Crystal began to change shape. The glow quickly faded revealing the handle of a sword.
"A lot of good that's gonna do!" Nick laughed.
The sword handle fell into Trae's hand. As he gripped it tightly a beam of light projected from it forming the "blade".
"Whoa!" Kyra uttered in awe.
"Let go of my sister!" He charged at his sister's captor and brought the sword down and cut the man's body in two.
"Oh god." Faith turned around a puked at the grotesque sight.
Nick held his hand out on front of him as if he were ordering them to stop. A ball of red energy shot toward the three students. It stopped short of hitting Trae and formed a wall preventing them from further attacking.
"Damn you!" He then vowed, "I'm gonna hunt you down, and when I find you, I'm gonna kill you!"
Nick walked off taking Aurora's blood stained body with him. The tremors stopped, and there was an eerie silence.