Chapter 6: Catfight
Annie charged at Jordan, her sword risen high in the air. Jordan grabbed hers' from the groundand quickly blocked a strike from Annie. "Sorry, Jordan," Annie said. "But this has to happen."
"No, it doesn't," Jordan said, blocking another strike. "Relinquish your powers."
"Never," Annie said, blocking a blow from Jordan.
"I don't want to hurt you, Annie."
"You don't need to," Annie said. "I'm gonna be the one that's hurting you." Annie being evil added a lot to her physical strength along with her magical strength.
"Remember good," Jordan said. "Steer from the dark side." Wow, this sounds so corny and Star Wars-like, Jordan thought to herself. Jordan then struck Annie and hit her across the stomach. It instantly healed. Jordan looked at it, perplexed.
"Don't you remember, Jordan?" Annie asked. "Most warlocks, like me, can't be killed with human weapons." Jordan put down her sword and concentrated on Annie to take over her mind again.
"What the…?" It hadn't worked. Instead, Jordan had felt a sharp jabbing pain in her head. She clutched at it.
"Sorry again," Annie said. "I'm immune to that now." Annie put down her sword. She formed a fireball and threw it. Jordan jumped to the side, narrowly missing it.
"Sabrina, wake up!" Jordan yelled. "Sabrina!" Sabrina slowly started to move. "Sabrina!"
"Annie, stop!" Sabrina yelled, standing up.
"And are you gonna make me, half-breed?"
"How dare you!" Sabrina yelled, sending a light beam at Annie, hurling her across the room. Sabrina hated to be insulted for being part whitelighter and part witch. She walked swiftly towards Annie, who was just getting up. Sabrina knocked her back again.
"Sabrina, be careful," Jordan said. "We don't want to vanquish her unless it's absolutely necessary." Annie slowly stood up and formed a fireball in her hand. Sabrina used another two light beams, which pinned Annie against the wall. Sabrina started to raise the beams, which raised Annie up the wall as well. "Sabrina, no!"
Sabrina stopped shooting light from her hands, and Annie dropped to the ground. Sabrina was huffing and puffing from all the energy she exerted. Annie got up, gripping her chest. Her chest had two giant wounds where the light beams hit.
"Didn't know you had it in you, Sabrina," Annie said. Every breath she took, strained her. Suddenly, the door to the warehouse whipped open and Millie, David, and Charles walked in. "The rest of the witch pack has arrived."
"Annie, put aside this foolishness," Millie ordered.
"Or what? Are you going to blow me away?" Annie started to chuckle.
"No, I'll vanquish you."
"You wouldn't dare!" Annie yelled, flaring with rage.
"Oh, but I would, Annie. And I have a warlock vanquishing potion right here."
"Vanquish me, and you destroy the Four Corners."
"If I don't vanquish you, I let loose another warlock to cause havoc across the world."
"Havoc," Annie said, smiling and leaning back against the wall. "Such a beautiful word."
"Annie, please," Charles said kindly.
"Don't even say a word to me!" Annie screamed, erupting fire towards him. Millie blew it in another direction with a gust of wind.
"Charles, leave the room," Millie said.
"What?" he asked.
"Do it," Millie ordered. He looked at Annie in the eyes, but she crossed her arms andlooked away. He then reluctantly left them.
"I'm finally happy," Annie said. "Why take it all away from me?"
"You were happy before," Sabrina said.
"I was miserable. I had nothing before. Nothing but my power to create illusions. Now, I have more; much, much more."
"Annie, you're a damn warlock," Jordan said. "What's so great about that?"
"I have power now. Power that I can use when and how I please. I don't have any Wiccan laws to abide."
"I have the spell that will get rid of the power, Annie," Millie said. "Relinquish your powers, or I'll use the potion."
"I'm not saying your stupid spell. You'll never get me to give this up."
"So be it." Millie threw the potion. Annie disappeared as it hit her.
"What just happened?" David asked.
"Damn, an illusion," Millie said.
"A what?" Jordan asked.
"That was just an illusion of her," Millie explained. "She must have been sitting somewhere else, projecting it. She probably switched out after her last attack. She's gone."
"But Annie can only do that when she's within eyesight," David said.
"Well, she could be in contact with a seer or maybe her powers are just advanced since she's become evil."
"Jeez, maybe I should become evil," David joked. He instantly knew that he shouldn't have said that.
"David," Millie said harshly. "Don't even joke about that."
"We need to get scrying, fast," Jordan said.
"No, it's no use," Millie said, looking at the ground.
"Then what? We just let her be a warlock?"
"We have nothing else we can do, it has to be her own free will to come back."
"Now what?" David asked.
"I guess we just…go home."
"Sabrina, will you orb them home?" Millie asked. "I'm not going to go straight back, and I feel like being alone."
"Of course," Sabrina answered.
"What happened?" Robert asked a few minutes later. Everyone was gathered in the living room, except Millie and Annie.
"She tricked us," Jordan said.
"And she's not coming back," David added.
"Jeez," Charles said. "The Four Corners failed after being together only two months."
"No," Robert said. "Don't say that. You didn't fail. Annie chose this, it's not your fault."
"Doesn't make us feel any better," Charles said. They all bowed their heads in silence.