Chapter 1
It was a beautiful clear morning in mid June and the day was warm. Gaea dozed under silk sheets in the sunlight that poured in her open window. It was still early morning so she didn't have to get up just yet. She could hear Athena dozing in the room just out side hers, her receiving chamber which had turned into a guard post/bed room for Athena. She must have dozed off because she all of a sudden woke to a frightened warning from Athena.
:Dearheart! Get up! Intruders! Intruders!:
With that Gaea was on her feat and ready to defend her self. She opened the bonded link between herself and Athena to see who these intruders actually were. But as she did so she received a flood of blinding pain in the right side of her head that knocked her back on to her bed. Then before she could mentally shield herself from further pain, another blow of pain was shared between the bonded pair, this time I the ribs.
{They must have broken a few ribs. That will slow our retreat.} Gaea thought as soon as she had her shield in place and the pain was in the back of her mind. She sat up again and prepared to fight again. She could feel the pain and frustration in her bonded, as Athena struggled to defend herself and keep the bastards away from her chosen. Just then, Gaea felt a stab of fear in the back of her mind.
:Chosen, alert! They are coming in. They're armed! Beware!: Was the only warning she got before her door burst open and five males almost two head lengths taller than her strode in like they owned the place. She was a bit of an empath and could feel the greed and lust for blood pouring from them, unshielded as they were. The tallest one stepped forward and grabbed her by the shoulders and threw her on to the bed.
:Smallone! Help!!!: Gaea called desperately as she tried to make for the door and got caught up in the sheets. As she fell she screamed mentally for help, knowing that no one would come, for, no one was linked mentally to her and she wasn't a very strong mindspeaker. She turned over and kicked out of the sheets as the attackers advanced upon her now freed body. She rolled to one side of the ring leader and swipe-kicked him causing him to lose his footing and fall. She took advantage of this moment of incapacitation and kicked out with her other foot and caught him right in the ribs. As he cried out in pain and rolled away from her, another two took his place. By this time she was on he feet and in a fighting stance. She knocked the first two out and broke the other two cronies wrists.
Suddenly she felt a wave of power very unfamiliar and very foreign. It swept over them, and as she looked around, she saw that her would be attackers were drawing it in and they were healing themselves right before her eyes. She knew that they were healers in training, but one can not heal himself until after they graduated from the School of Healing.
:Athena? What Elemental power is this? Can you feel it?:
:Yes, Dearheart. I can feel it. I am trying to talk to my guards and see if they know what is happening.:
:Good luck getting anything out of them. It just feels so cold and I can feel an overwhelming hatred in it. I am scared:
:Don't let it know that Gaea. It will count it as a weakness and feed upon it.:
Then just as suddenly as it had come, the power left and the five boys that she had grow up with, turned and lunged at her all at once. She was caught off guard after talking to Athena and was taken down to land at the bottom of the pig pile. She heard a crunch and a few cracks following, then nothing but the laughter and taunts from the weight that was holding her down to the floor in no hopes of escape.
:Athena!!! Help!!! Their talking about rape and hot coals and chains in dark dungeons!!! Help!!!!!!
Suddenly she felt a hand on her mind drawing her away. Things around her began to waver and move. The people that were holding her down weren't any more, they were leaving, frightened out of their wits by…something. Everything began to get dark and she could no longer feel her body.
:Ath…e..n….a…: was all Gaea could get out before there was nothing but darkness as her conscience slipped away into an empty cold abyss.
It was a beautiful clear morning in mid June and the day was warm. Gaea dozed under silk sheets in the sunlight that poured in her open window. It was still early morning so she didn't have to get up just yet. She could hear Athena dozing in the room just out side hers, her receiving chamber which had turned into a guard post/bed room for Athena. She must have dozed off because she all of a sudden woke to a frightened warning from Athena.
:Dearheart! Get up! Intruders! Intruders!:
With that Gaea was on her feat and ready to defend her self. She opened the bonded link between herself and Athena to see who these intruders actually were. But as she did so she received a flood of blinding pain in the right side of her head that knocked her back on to her bed. Then before she could mentally shield herself from further pain, another blow of pain was shared between the bonded pair, this time I the ribs.
{They must have broken a few ribs. That will slow our retreat.} Gaea thought as soon as she had her shield in place and the pain was in the back of her mind. She sat up again and prepared to fight again. She could feel the pain and frustration in her bonded, as Athena struggled to defend herself and keep the bastards away from her chosen. Just then, Gaea felt a stab of fear in the back of her mind.
:Chosen, alert! They are coming in. They're armed! Beware!: Was the only warning she got before her door burst open and five males almost two head lengths taller than her strode in like they owned the place. She was a bit of an empath and could feel the greed and lust for blood pouring from them, unshielded as they were. The tallest one stepped forward and grabbed her by the shoulders and threw her on to the bed.
:Smallone! Help!!!: Gaea called desperately as she tried to make for the door and got caught up in the sheets. As she fell she screamed mentally for help, knowing that no one would come, for, no one was linked mentally to her and she wasn't a very strong mindspeaker. She turned over and kicked out of the sheets as the attackers advanced upon her now freed body. She rolled to one side of the ring leader and swipe-kicked him causing him to lose his footing and fall. She took advantage of this moment of incapacitation and kicked out with her other foot and caught him right in the ribs. As he cried out in pain and rolled away from her, another two took his place. By this time she was on he feet and in a fighting stance. She knocked the first two out and broke the other two cronies wrists.
Suddenly she felt a wave of power very unfamiliar and very foreign. It swept over them, and as she looked around, she saw that her would be attackers were drawing it in and they were healing themselves right before her eyes. She knew that they were healers in training, but one can not heal himself until after they graduated from the School of Healing.
:Athena? What Elemental power is this? Can you feel it?:
:Yes, Dearheart. I can feel it. I am trying to talk to my guards and see if they know what is happening.:
:Good luck getting anything out of them. It just feels so cold and I can feel an overwhelming hatred in it. I am scared:
:Don't let it know that Gaea. It will count it as a weakness and feed upon it.:
Then just as suddenly as it had come, the power left and the five boys that she had grow up with, turned and lunged at her all at once. She was caught off guard after talking to Athena and was taken down to land at the bottom of the pig pile. She heard a crunch and a few cracks following, then nothing but the laughter and taunts from the weight that was holding her down to the floor in no hopes of escape.
:Athena!!! Help!!! Their talking about rape and hot coals and chains in dark dungeons!!! Help!!!!!!
Suddenly she felt a hand on her mind drawing her away. Things around her began to waver and move. The people that were holding her down weren't any more, they were leaving, frightened out of their wits by…something. Everything began to get dark and she could no longer feel her body.
:Ath…e..n….a…: was all Gaea could get out before there was nothing but darkness as her conscience slipped away into an empty cold abyss.