The Wayward Daughter
Chapter 2: I Remember You
A/N: Sorry it took so long people… I've just gotten through my first term at my new college. Sorry also that its so short.
Alexius came awake with a splitting headache. Her shoulder was giving her a bit of trouble. Standing up she walked towards the nearest free wall. Putting her shoulder up far enough she slammed herself into the wall. A satisfying pop told her that her shoulder was back in place. Looking around she tried to gauge where she was. The scents of this place were weird to say the least. Catching a particular scent made her start then smile softly. She remembered this scent. Sitting against the wall she allowed her mind to wander to the past.
Flashback to 10 years before
Alexius ran through the woods. Some type of black creature was chasing her. It kept hissing like some snake. She was being followed by at least five of them. Two were running behind her to keep her running and the other three were ahead of her trying to corner her. Luckily, she was smarter than these creatures. One of the three lunged at her from her left. With a quick roll to her right she barely avoided the sweeping claws of the other two. Coming out of that roll she flexed her now extended claws. Her cat-slitted eyes narrowed in warning as she crouched ready to fight. Her ears strained to pick up the slightest movement. The black reptilian like creatures was in a perfect circle around her. There hissing communication skills were getting on her nerves. Looking around she tried to discern which one would attack first, but knowing the ganging tactic all five of them would attack together. Getting low she readied herself for an all out assault. Suddenly all five of them leapt for her. With practiced ease she got out of her crouch and sliced into the first attacking creature. Its green blood splattered against her chest. Whimpering, she fought off the pain to slaughter the other four without getting their blood on her. Finally allowing the pain to wash over her, she moved unsteadily towards the stream. It was shallow, thankfully. She waded in and let the water wash away the acid. The chances of her scarring were a good percent. Getting out of the water she stood there and let the water drip from her form. Two other strange scents caught her attention making her head jerk up. Looking around she tried to locate the source of the scent. Two creatures stood in the shadows watching her. She carefully imprinted their scents into her mind for later use incase those two showed up again.
End flashback
Alexius sat there and decided to mediate. Invoking the trance like state she allowed her mind to be free. It wasn't that long into the meditation when she scented a familiar scent. The sliding door opened allowing someone to enter. She kept her eyes closed and used her other senses to tell her what the creature was like. The creature was definitely male. He was a confidant bugger she'd give him that from his walk. The creature stopped right in front of her.
"So we meet again?" she spoke softly.
The creature that stood before her was huge at least 7'6. She bowed her head in respect as her heritage taught her so long ago. He did likewise.
"Name?" he asked.
His voice said in rough English due to the normal hissing and purring of his normal language.
"My name is Alexius? And you?"
"Malakai."
She nodded and the two of them stared at the other as if trying to size the competition up.
"You will train with me," he said sternly.
"Seeing as I don't have a choice. I will do as you ask."
"Good," he purred.
He helped her to her feet and they headed down the hall to some unknown destination. When they arrived in a small room, Alexius took the few moments to look around. Moving into the middle of the room she stepped onto some squishy mate type thing. She figured it was there training arena. A playful thought occurred to her. Walking out onto the mat she jumped on it. Without warning Malakai threw himself at her trying to test her in the ways of fighting. He never saw her move.
"You know Malakai, if I don't want to be caught I won't be."
"Yet you are here," he pointed out.
"Smart ass."
She threw a punch and he dodged backwards. The two of them trained for a few more hours. Once they were exhausted they retreated to their rooms for some rest before dinner.