Disclaimer: As you all know, I do not own, nor will I ever own the Dark Jewels Trilogy.
AN: Ok, I'm really trying to get these chapters updated fast. So ya here's the next chapter.
Italics are the private communications between the Blood
Italics are normally used for the Blood, it will just be the other part of Selari
Bold lettering is when inanimate objects are speaking (Selari's replies will also be in bold)
Chapter 19
No Longer a Child
9:40
Selari didn't waste another second with the man, she just vanished him. She knew that she might not get to the down in time to save everyone. If the attack had been going on for so long, who knew how many would still be living? But she still needed to try.
But first off she needed to protect her family. She would stick a shield around them that should help. That would protect them. The distance didn't really matter to her; it was all just a matter of concentrating. She knew that she couldn't put a shield around their house for what if a solder was already in their then they would be trapped in there with him and wouldn't be able to get out.
She first thought of her mother and placed a shield over her, followed by her father, then Elise and then her little nephew, then even though she disliked her sister with an intensity she placed a shield around her as well. She didn't bother to check them, it didn't even occur to her that there might be something wrong with them.
In a second she was off towards the city. Selari used her Jewels to speed up her process, not wanting to take longer then she had to. She didn't understand why people didn't do this more often, speed up their actions using their Jewels. When she had asked Divear about it, he had said he didn't think that it was possible, course she had proved him wrong. Then she had tried to teach him that, but it hadn't turned out so well.
She was there in a matter of moments, she didn't have time to stop and look around, all she did was continue running towards her house not really noticing the blurs that she passed.
When she reached her house she banged open the door and looked around. The house was silent, while the outside was loud with shouting and other noises that Selari didn't really pay attention to. She turned pale at what she saw. The area was a mess tables and couches were thrown every which way. The curtains that her mother had had made were ripped and on the ground. Papers littered the floor. Then just for a second she just stared at the mess that she had encountered. Then she started calling out for her parents.
"Mom! Dad!" there was no answer. Selari rushed through the living room and into the kitchen, and that was where she had found them.
Her father was lying in a pool of blood just a few feet away from her. His head was a couple of feet away from him. His eyes were staring up vacantly at the ceiling. Her mother on the other hand had had it much worse. No parts of her body was still connected, they were in fact splattered all over the room.
They were dead; she had been too late. She reached out feeling for the shield. It was there and still strong. She had just been too late. If she had been a little bit faster they could still be alive. She hurriedly left the room and the house. She didn't want to see them like that. But she knew that that sight would be burned into her mind for all eternity.
"Hey over there, there's another one." A voice called out. Selari glanced up to see a man coming towards her with his weapon drawn. She looked at him as he came closer. Selari really felt nothing, no feelings, no anger, no sadness; it seemed that in just a few moments she had just gone numb.
He was now right in front of her and he was laughing, he was laughing. Why are they always laughing, didn't they know that they were ending lives, killing innocent people, didn't they care? No they didn't care, but she would make them regret the fact that they had ever came to this city.
She smiled as he raised his weapon and prepared to kill her with it. She raised her finger and placed it directly onto his chest. She blasted through him like he was nothing but thin air. There was even less of him then her mother.
There now do you have something to laugh about, she thought silently. Then her mind was blank and she was off to fight the rest of the soldier men.
Blood…Blood…
It is everywhere…
You turn left and there is an arm…
Hehehehehe, it's funny looking…
On your right you shall find a head…
Nothing else though, the rest is gone…
They're so funny raising their shinny sticks…
Drip, drop, drip, drop, its raining blood, it's raining blood…
Blood…
Blood…
La la la la la…
The blood is everywhere…
Who looky how that one flies…
Ten minutes later…9:55
247…248…249…250. She started down at the last one. 250 men dead in less then a quarter of an hour. It really didn't take all that long. She drew out her Black Jewel, the one that she had been using. It didn't even have a dent in its stores. That was pretty easy. Though a lot of the parts were a bit blurry, but that was ok, she didn't mind.
Selari took a second to look around at her surroundings; there was not a living thing in sight. She had been too late to save her city. She then turned her back on the scene before her. There were a few things that she wanted to check out.
It only took her a few minutes to reach Jerrid and Elise's house. The door was already open. Selari didn't even hesitate to enter; she already knew what she was going to find. She was going to find them both dead.
She didn't see anything off in the front of the house. She took a few steps into the house and then she saw it. It was a foot holding open the door to the kitchen. Selari didn't want to see what they had done to her. She already knew that she was dead. There was no life signs coming from her.
With that she turned to look at the other door in the room it was closed, no sounds were coming from it. This was Mortin's nursery. Her steps faltered a bit as she headed towards it. Her hand was shaking when she turned the doorknob. The door opened silently. Selari entered the room a bit hesitantly. She walked straight up to the crib that her nephew had slept in.
She looked down into the crib and screamed.
(AN: I thought about ending it right here, and wouldn't that have been so much fun. But I thought nah this chapter is a bit too short, and I want to continue on and so I shall.)
Mortin's eyes opened and tears filled them and he screamed back at her. Selari had never been happier to hear her little nephew scream. After just a few seconds he stopped and stared at her. His eyes wide open and his face covered with tears.
The shield she noticed was still surrounding him, she had reached him in time to save him. Selari decided to leave it on him for right now, just in case.
Now that she knew that he was alive she didn't really know what to do with him. She had never taken care of a baby before, well not with out her par…not with out help. So not knowing really what to do she sat down to think a bit about it.
Selari decided after a few moments to see if there were any survivors left. She had doubts about that, but still some of them could have hidden or something. She used her Jewels to search out the living.
There were a few, ten to be exact. Six girls and four boys. The youngest being around three and the oldest being 14. They were all scared and a bit scattered. Selari decided that she had to get them together. Then after that she would make a plan.
Selari thought about contacting Divear or Jerrid, but she shied away from that idea. She didn't want to see them she didn't want to see them. She had done a lot of things that were bad and they might think of her like the other men had thought about her. And Selari didn't want to see their faces when they found out what she had done to all the uniformed men. She didn't want to see the horror and disgust in their eyes.
"Go to the temple." Selari told the other children in the way of the blood.
They didn't question her, they just did. They had just lived through something drastic and they were willing to trust the voice, they knew that she was safe.
Selari packed up a few of Mortin's things and vanished them. He was a baby after all, he needed these things. She then walked over to the crib where Mortin still laid. She looked down on him he was smiling and reaching his arms towards her. She gently picked him up and walked out of the house.
AN: I have decided to be done with this chapter, so there.If you have any complaints go ahead and send them. But if you don't you can always do the bestest thing ever and that is…
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