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Dragon Days

Chapter three: 360 Degrees To Death

Phil came down the stairs with a single bag and said, "Right come on then." Balise nodded feeling edgy. Her senses told her danger was close but she just couldn't be sure. He turned to her and said, "Okay Balise where's the car parked?" Balise had to think for a second. Then it came to her. "Um the first turning after you come into El Camino." Phil nodded and ushered her out the door.

Balise stepped into the bright sunshine pulling down her sunglasses from where they were positioned in her hair to cover her eyes. The last thing she needed was a night person recognising her as soon as she stepped outside the house.

"Don't worry. No one would know a party animal resided under there." Phil grinned. "Oh thanks." Balise said, sarcastically. "You do wonders for my confidence." "I aim to please." Phil shot back.

Balise opened her mouth but closed it at the last second. She didn't need his cockiness right now. She had a job to do and that took priority over his arrogant arse.

She was thankful he had helped her sure, but he didn't have to be so cocky about she would have eventually found a way out herself. She always did. That was why she had been assigned to this assignment in the first place. She was a damn good agent and she could think on her feet.

She didn't need his help.

Yeah.

Right.

Phil turned and looked at her with a look that said he knew exactly what he was thinking. "Unless you want to be seen by your tails I suggest you hurry up." He said in a clipped tone that left no room for arguments.

Balise felt royally put in her place and it wasn't a feeling she enjoyed. She was too used to being the one that made the orders not the one that followed them.

Although she followed Thierry's Orders without question but that was different. Thierry was the leader of Daybreak. Who was this guy to boss her about?

She was on really good terms with James and Poppy but that did not mean she had to be on good terms with her twin.

Her twin knew nothing about the workings of Daybreak and nothing about the Night World other than the bare minimum that allowed him to live without getting in their way.

Her twin knew nothing about the struggle the Night World was experiencing and the fight for survival the People were undertaking.

Every Night Person was drawing battle lines in the sand weather it be for good or bad but everyone was choosing a side and in some cases, almost like in the case of Balsie and Thea it tore families apart.

Luckily Balise had seen sense. It had taken the Death of Grandma Harman at the hands of Shape shifters controlled by the Dragon to do it but she had seen sense.

She had realised they were at war and chosen her side. She had chosen what she knew was right. It didn't mean she was Light. She wasn't and never would be but she knew that she was fighting for the survival of the world.

She would rather be a Daybreaker than someone who knew an apocalypse was coming and did nothing to stop it.

Phil North had no idea of these things yet he looked down his nose at her as if he knew more about the world she lived and fought in.

He had known nothing of this world until 2 years ago when James had revealed his true identity to his best friend and soulmate Poppy, Phil's twin sister.

Poppy had been dying and James, unable to stand his best friend dying had turned her. To the rest of the world Poppy North was dead. To Circle Daybreak and her brother she was the spitfire vampire agent with an attitude.

They walked to the car and without being asked Phil walked up to the driver's seat and motioned to be given the keys.

"Err… I don't think so." Balise said. "Move. My car. I drive. No one drives this car but me."

"Not anymore. The Night World is looking for Balise Harman a girl travelling alone. If I drive there are two of us we might be able to slip under their radar."

Balise knew he had a point but there was no way she was going to just let him get away with it. This was her car and her mission who was he to try and take over?

"Excuse me who do you think you are?" Balise demanded, "Do you even know who I am?" "Of course I do." Phil said shortly. "Balise Harman the witch who thinks she knows everything when she really knows nothing at all."

"How dare you!" Blaise said her voice rising and so was her magic, she could feel it. She'd show him…

"Get down you idiot!" Phil snapped in the second. He ducked behind the car and pulled her with him she toppled down beside him her fingers' giving off sparks that bounced off the car's side.

"Are you trying to get us caught?" Phil snapped. Balise pushed him away from her and sat up. "You prat! What are you doing?" Balise shot back. "Saving your life." Phil said between clenched teeth the Shifters are talking to my team.

"What?" She yelled. Phil put his hand over her mouth. "Shut up!" He yelped. She unlocked the car and said, "Just get in the car."

He slithered round to the divers side of the car and got in the car making sure his sunglasses were in place and gunned the engine.

Balise jumped in and arranged her reflection in the mirror and said, "Well go then. They'll catch us at this rate." "Yes your highness." Phil said in a tone that was both mocking and sarcastic but not enough for her to challenge it.

She did anyway. Who the hell did he think he was? "What is your problem?" She demanded. "What aside from your arrogant, manipulative attitude?" Phil said pulling the car out of their hiding place. "What else could I possibly have a problem with?"

Balise went to open her more to argue but shut it again quickly. She couldn't really argue against that. She used to pride herself on manipulating human boys and didn't care what happened to them. She especially used to love it when they eventually "popped" and where never the same again.

She had been proud of it, bragged about it. Loved it. Loved the attention she used to get.

She could not change it, no matter what she did. She had loved it. It had been her life. She had been arrogant, she had thought she was better than the humans; she had knew she was more powerful. She shook her head.

She had been manipulative but Damn It! She would not apologise for it! Not to a little boy like Phil North. In the end her activities had given her the connections she needed to run through the Night World and get information many could not.

Her old true self proved to be the best identity she could use. What scared her was how easily she slipped in again. She had to claw her way out but slipping in was like coming home. She didn't like it. She didn't like to think what that meant but she couldn't change it.

Damn Phil North for making her think it! Who the hell did he think he was? What was it about this guy that annoyed her so much?

Then she had to shake herself. He had not wanted this. And he had still helped her when she had no one else to turn too. Still, that did not give him the right to preach to her what was right and wrong.

He had no idea what it was like growing up in the Night World. They had mixed with humans because hey had to not because they wanted too. She had been taught to distrust humans. They could not reveal their existence to humans in general because they could not handle it.

Look what happened the last time humans thought witches were real last time? Witch-hunts and near extinction. Balise may have not been kind to human boys but she had reason to do what she did.

"What nothing to say?" Phil said looking at her as they moved along the road. "You wouldn't understand." Balise said shortly. "Whatever." Phil said shortly. "You were done to so badly where you that you have reason to cause humans pain."

"Because they hurt us!" Balise snapped. "Oh, please!" "I'd love to know what any of the guys you played with did to you." Balise looked at him.

I know more about you than you think Balise Harman." Phil said quietly. "I know more about the Night World than you can possibly know. I told James that I wanted nothing to do with it but in the end it found me."

He said nothing else and the silence stretched between them Phil drove quietly. Balise suddenly had a thought. "Shit!" Phil looked at her. "What?" "I need to check in with Thea." Balise said. "She'll be frantic." She pulled out her mobile and dialled the number and Thea answered on the first ring.

"Where the hell have you been?" Thea demanded. "You were meant to check in an hour ago!" "I'm sorry I was hiding out. I've got a new partner." Balise smirked as Phil shot her a surprised look. "Who?" Thea said just as surprised.

"Phil North. He helped me in El Camino. He's coming to X with me." They were always careful when trading information even though Thierry's new mobiles were as secure as a CIA satellite.

Signals could be intercepted and codes broken. So they never passed any valuable information freely it was always in code or otherwise.

"Poppy's brother?" Thea asked. Balise could hear the smile in her cousin's voice. "Well, well what do you know? Balise Harman actually admitted to needing help."

"Ha." Balise said quietly. "I'll check in later Thea." "Right. Don't make it too late otherwise I am sending the search teams." Thea said meaning every word.

"I'll try and be punctual." Balise said sarcastically and then softened her tone and said, "Later baby sis." Thea laughed quietly. "Baby sis by 2 minutes. Be Careful. Bye." She hung up and Balise put the phone away.

She felt Phil's eyes on her but she wouldn't meet his gaze. "What?" She demanded. "I do care about some things." Phil looked back at the road and Balise felt like she could breathe again.

What was it about this guy that got her so wound up?

They had been driving for another 10 minutes after Balise's phone call and they had entered desert and where driving along a cliff side road. This time the silence was comfortable. Balise was pouring over a map and Phil was driving his eyes on the road.

Suddenly a car came flying from behind them and Balise's heart was in her throat. "It's the Night People!" She screamed. Phil didn't hesitate he put his foot down on the accelerator and they shot forward.

"Goddess!" Balise said her eyes fixed on the mirror. "They're gaining on us." She gasped. "I won't let anything happen to you." Phil said.

Balise looked at him then. His knuckles where white on the steering wheel and his eyes were fixed on the corner ahead his mouth was in a tight line. "You promise?" Balise found herself asking.

"I promise." Phil said.

The car behind them suddenly sped up and took over them but as they forced their way past on the road they clipped Balise's car. They then shot ahead and round the corner.

But that knock was all it took. At the speed they were going the car began to spin and Balise screamed.

Phil fought to straighten the car but they had already began to spin. "Hold on!" He yelled as he yanked the steering wheel back the other way but the car was spinning towards the edge.

"Goddess!" Balise screamed.

The car spun and Balise saw the edge of road rush towards he and then they were toppling and she saw the ground, so far down seem to get a whole lot closer.

She heard Phil yelling her name then everything went black.