First time writing action. But I hope it will live up to it's expectations! Won't say much! But read yeah??
Skye lifted his head from the ground and coughed. The dust in the air blurred his visions as he slowly sat up. The ballroom, which had just been lively a moment ago, was still and eerily silent.
He was not sure what had happened. He was chatting with Paula and Dermot when suddenly a huge force threw everything into chaos. He extended his witch senses and realized, with regret, that many of the daybreakers had not survived the attack. Kyle was already on his feet at a few tables away, checking the conditions of other daybreakers. Other than a few cuts, he looked none the worse for wear. He knelt beside Jade, who was conscious but disoriented.
Skye sent out a telepathic message to any daybreakers who were alive. We're under attack. Daybreak Center is now in Red Alert. Not long after, medics who were not in the ballroom came over and attended to the wounded. Dermot came over after Paula was placed in the care of a medic. "What happened?" He asked, anger in his voice.
As if on cue, Nathaniel, leader of Blood Iris appeared in the middle of the ruined ballroom, together with a few of his men flanking his sides. Skye was shocked to see Clio beside Nathaniel, then he realized that it must have been spite that drove her to work for Blood Iris.
Quit guessing. Nathaniel's Clio's uncle. Kyle's calm voice rang in Skye's head. He turned his head and saw that in contrast to what he had expected, the young vampire had chose to fix his gaze on Jade, and not at Clio.
"You know what we want. Hand her over." Nathaniel's voice was like chilling wind, his fiery eyes on Jade.
Dermot got to his feet. "And you know we won't allow it." Then, he spoke to Kyle, Bring Jade away. We will cover you.
Ralph changed into a savage panther and pounced on Skye. The witch muttered a spell and in a flash, a glinting silver blade was in his hand. Elspeth took chance of the diversion and gathered a bolt of dark energy. Angus, the Viking-like witch orbed in behind her and beat her to it. A light exploded in Elspeth's chest as she gave a terrible shriek in pain.
By now, the daybreakers who were able to fight had gathered in the room and were engaged in fierce fights. Bolts of lightning flashed in the room as the witches fought. Ferocious roars echoed in the room, the shapeshifters attacking in full force. The room was thrown into chaos and Kyle helped Jade up. Dodging the bolts of energy that were flying across the room, he managed to get Jade out of the room, catching a few bullets in his limbs. A wooden arrow whizzed past his ear and a bolt of lightning hit his back, sending him sprawled on the ground.
Lifting his head, he saw Clio standing in front of him, with a gun pointing right at him.
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Mervyn wasted no time. He struck at Dermot repeatedly, only to see that the old witch blocked his bolts easily and quickly. He dove behind a chair as a bolt of lightning flew towards him, shattering the chair and leaving him vulnerable for a second. Scrambling for another cover, he took a chance and shot a bolt at Dermot, catching him in his arm. Dermot staggered back a few steps and in a flash, lightning strikes jabbed out of nowhere, hitting Mervyn on his body. He flung a wrecked table at Dermot and muttered a spell. Instantly, the table exploded into many bats flying towards Dermot, taking him by surprise.
Skye wrestled with the panther, trying to inflict injuries on the shapeshifter. A swipe caught him squarely in the jaws and he was stunned badly for a moment. Shaking his head to clear his mind, his blade found its way into the panther's body. It thrashed around, temporarily hurt by the silver blade. Skye took the chance and slashed the panther as it roared in pain, hot saliva dripping from its mouth onto his face. Blood spluttered around as the panther went into convulsion, having taken a stab in its heart by the blade.
The panther shrunk back into Ralph in his human body. He screamed and in a moment, it was over for him. Shapeshifters feared silver just as wood was fatal to vampires. Skye closed the shapeshifter's eyes and ran over to help Dermot, who was busy fending the fierce bats off himself. The little creatures' bites stung, but the witches knew they were just illusions cast by Mervyn. The sly witch had created the diversion to buy himself some time to heal. Skye would not allow it. Shooting a ball of fire at the evil witch, he caught the latter by surprise. The bats disappeared instantly as the witch lost concentration. Before the Elders could move in for the kill, Mervyn cursed and orbed away.
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Kyle stood up slowly. Clio's eyes were wild. One hand holding the gun, she had another on Jade's neck in a death grip. "You love her, don't you?" She asked, menace in her voice. Was Clio willing to jeopardize Blood Iris for her own selfish needs? Kyle did not know what to do. He did not want to hurt Clio, yet he wanted to save Jade. There was no way out of the situation.
"Come back to me, and I will let this vermin go. I know you still feel for me. Besides, there will be no way a vampire can have a future with a vermin. You know the law." Smiling, she added, "The Daybreak Council will never allow it."
Kyle knew that delaying time and diverting Clio's attention would be his best bet at this moment. "We can't be together. We belong to two different sides of the war." He said quietly.
"Why?! Why?!" Clio shrieked hysterically. Tears streamed down her eyes. "I can quit Blood Iris! I can quit Blood Iris for you! I can join Circle Daybreak and be a really good daybreaker!" She tried desperately.
There was no way to talk things through her, not when she was so worked up. Or perhaps there is a way. "You will? You will become a daybreaker if we get back together?" He asked. Clio nodded tearfully. "Then come over. Put down the gun and we will leave the vermin here. We will go elsewhere and leave everything about Night World behind; start lives afresh. All right?" Kyle persuaded Clio.
"Don't believe him, Clio!" Nathaniel materialized behind Clio. For a moment, she felt confused. Kyle took the chance and tackled Clio. She fell down and lost her grip on Jade and the gun.
Clio was not about to give up. She drew a knife from her pocket and scrambled up. Nathaniel was reaching for Clio too, but his niece beat him to it. Jade looked in horror as Clio swung the knife up and brought it down in a graceful arc.
But the knife stopped in midair as the sound of gunshot rang in the hallway. Blood blossomed in Clio's chest like a red flower and she looked at her own wound in confusion. She tried to bring the knife down to Jade, only to lose her grip on it. She spun around slowly and looked at Kyle in disbelief. Kyle stood rooted to his ground, shame and regret in the pair of ink black eyes. Clio gave a little laugh, as if she understood everything all of a sudden. But the laugh became a cough as she spluttered out blood. Then she sank to the ground as her legs gave way under her.
Nathaniel went ballistic. He gave a furious roar and shot a bolt of dark energy at Kyle, whose gaze was on Clio's fallen body. Jade tried to shout a warning to him, but the dark energy caught him squarely in the chest, throwing him against the wall. Nathaniel then ran over to Clio's side and orbed away with her body.
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Awwww… here ends chapter 9. Now that Blood Iris's plan has been thwarted, what more will the now ballistic Nat do? Stay tuned to find out. And don't forget to review!~ Thanks!
