Lance stepped out of the front doors of the school, in the distance he could vaguely make out Kitty standing waiting for him; her back turned in his direction. Lance hurried over to her and wrapped his arm around her waist.
"Ready?" he asked
Kitty nodded and they walked off towards Lance's car.
Unknown in the distance a shadow followed them. Staying always unseen, always in the shadows. Anger seeped off the follower in fiery waves, the silent inspiration the lead on the follower.
They reached the spot Lance had found for them to have their picnic. It was semi hidden within a forest of trees with a clear patch of grass for them to sit. Lance lay down a blanket and allowed Kitty to sit down before returning to get the food from the car.
Kitty lay back on the blanket, totally relaxed and carefree. She listened to the melodic tunes of the birds singing while waiting for Lance to return.
Lance neared his car to get the food for their picnic lunch. From the short distance away lance could see a fresh black mark lined the drivers door. Moving closer he saw the black mark was a scorch mark. The mark was still smoking slightly giving away the fact that it had recently been done. A flame of orange and red shot swiftly out of the trees as Lance stood there, hitting the glass window. He turned slowly and met his match.
Kitty sat up suddenly, she could swear she heard something. A noise coming from the direction of Lance's car. Pushing herself up from her sit she went to investigate. She reached the car to find an unwanted sight.
Standing face to face stood Lance and John. Both of them stood ready to fight, John with one hand holding a flickering ball of fire, the other holding Remy's stolen bow staff. Lance only stood with his feet firmly on the ground and his hands curled into fists. Both stood in waiting wondering who would make the first move.
"Stop!" Kitty yelled striding closer to the pair "Don't do it"
The two turned towards her, watching as the pleading eyes turned on them.
Seeing his chance come up through Kitty's distraction Lance made the first move. He stamped his foot hard into the ground, causing it to rumble towards John. John wobbled momentarily before regaining his balance. He threw his fireball at Lance, watching as it flew through the spot where his shoulder had been seconds ago. The battle raged on with Kitty helplessly watching from the sidelines. Lance angered by a fireball the finally scorched his shoulder threw another earthquake at John. This earthquake was stronger then the others and caused the bow staff to fly from his hand. The staff flew through the air as the two watched. The flight of the staff curved in a graceful arc and turned towards the unaware Kitty.
"Kitty!" The pair screamed
Turning she saw the bow staff speeding towards her, it was too late.
A thin scream fell from her lips as the staff stabbed through her stomach.
'Help me' she screamed in her mind hoping to only be heard.