Chapter 6: Bonding

Throughout the night, a bond started to form between Anwyn and the boys; which was unheard of in the vampire world. Either you're one of them or dinner; those are the only two options. Anwyn was different though. On the surface, Paul seemingly showed less interest in Anwyn than the others but in reality, Paul actually enjoyed her company. Although he agreed with the other boy's opinion about her beauty, Paul didn't have a romantic interest in Anwyn. Instead, Paul admired her spirit and strength. He enjoyed joking around with Anwyn; even going so far as hitting Anwyn's arm when he was making jabs at her. Marko, much like Paul, enjoyed talking to Anwyn too. Anwyn's head strong sarcastic personality really appealed to Marko. He found her quite amusing and there was a lot of laughter among each other. Dwayne remained the least vocal while Anwyn was around. He was more satisfied listening rather than talking. Dwayne, just like David, was star struck when he first saw Anwyn. Pretty girls were on the board walk all the time but there was a difference between pretty and stunning. In his mind, Dwayne had battled with the idea of pursuing Anwyn as his mate. However, Dwayne realized that he'd have too much competition with David, after realizing that David was interested in her. Instead, Dwayne settled for having Anwyn around as company. He'd already gotten comfortable enough to call her a sister. Then there was David. Admiring Anwyn for so many reasons, David's infatuations for her continued to grow as the night went on. Still not being able to figure out why she was so familiar, David hung off every word that came out of Anwyn's mouth. David couldn't help but stare with admiration. The way Anwyn's eyes fell on David, the very aura of her was enough to send him over the edge. Debating since he first spoke to Anwyn, David had made up his mind. He was going to pursue Anwyn as his mate. Pursuing her affections would be David's new game…..and he wasn't planning on losing.

"So how do you do it?" Marko asked glancing over at Anwyn's staff sitting not far from where they were.

"Do what"?

"How do you make the air move like that? Or make the ground or water move? And fire! How the hell do you make fire appear out of nowhere"? Anwyn was intrigued by Marko's curiosity. Also intrigued by Marko's question, Paul and Dwayne decided to join the conversation.

"Well, it's kinda hard to explain but I'll try". Anwyn got up and moved in front of the boys. "It's comes from energy that flows within me. I channel it from the spirit world and the spirits that reside in me. First, I concentrate on what element I want to move. Then executing the right movement, I can unleash the energy and BOOM...stomping one foot into the ground a piece of earth flew up, shooting her right arm back and then forcefully forward, the rock flew in the air and slammed in the back of the cave….the element moves"!

"Holy shit….that was cool as hell!" Paul shouted. "Do something else"! Coming back down to her center, Anwyn took a deep breath. In one seemingly fluid motion, Anwyn drew water from the well. Swirling it around and then forcefully pushing her arm forward, the water shot off towards the side of the cave; turning into ice blades before it hit the side. Then punching forward, Anwyn generated an air current that hit the cave wall with such force, it shook. Finally, fluidly switching moves one last time, Anwyn swirled her hands to produce fire. Pushing her arms out in front, Anwyn crossed her hands, causing a semi-circle of fire to shoot out in front of her. David just sat there and watched Anwyn. "That's my girl….at least she's going to be", he thought to himself as a smile crept across his face. The boys just watched her, their jaws dropped.

"Damn girl, that's fucking crazy! Can you do anything else?" Marko said excited to see what she was going to do next. Anwyn circled her hands, dissipating the fire and bringing herself back down to her center.

"Lots of things! Each element has a sub element that goes along with traditional bending. You guys already saw me lava bend. That's a part of earth bending. There's metal bending too".

"What about the other elements?" David asked with fascination in his voice.

"Well…..with fire there's lightning bending. I can either generate it myself or I can take it from a source, like the lightning that's produced during a storm. Air doesn't really have a sub element. It's powerful enough on its own I guess".

"And water"? Anwyn hesitated to answer. Water did indeed have a sub element…blood bending. Anwyn never really used it though. She thought it was too insidious and never wanted to use it on anyone, at least not if she could avoid it.

"Well…..there is blood bending…which sounds like it's right up your ally but it doesn't really involve blood".

"What is…", but before Dwayne could finish is question, Anwyn quickly changed the subject.

"Well that's enough exercise for me tonight. What about you guys? What are your "special powers"? David got off this wheelchair and walked towards Anwyn.

"You mean besides flying?" he said with a smirk on his face.

"Yeah, obviously", Anwyn responded with a slight snort of derivation.

"When we turn, we become extremely strong. Kind of like a super human strength".

"Strong, uh"? For the most part, Anwyn had an arrogant and slightly cocky type of personality. She wasn't one to look down on others though; but…..she couldn't pass up the opportunity to screw with them a little bit. "Is that all?" she asked with a hint of "that's lame" behind her voice. Raising an eye brow, David leaned into Anwyn.

"Don't think you're so impressive. You might be able to take us on one at a time but you'd be no match if we took you on as a pack". Realizing that his words would stir Anwyn up, David walked away with a grin across his face. Anywn stood there and glared at the back of David's head as he walked away. If looks could kill…

"Is that a challenge, David?" Anwyn's voice boomed through the sudden silence.

"Yes…I believe it is", David said without turning around to look at her. Anwyn's face turned cold. Stomping her foot firmly to the ground, a sheet of rock shot up just shy of David's face. Forcing him to stop in his tracks, David turned his head slightly to look at Anwyn. Waiving her hand as a gesture for David to come at her, a slightly fiendish smile formed on her face.

"Bring it". The rest of the boys started whopping and hollering, riling them up for the pending challenge. David turned to face Anwyn; a malicious grin appeared as his face began to morph.

"You heard the lady, boys. Game on"! The rest of the boys followed their leader's footsteps. Simultaneously, they began to turn into their monstrous form. Barely containing her excitement, Anwyn leapt over and grabbed her staff. Getting into a fighting stance, Anwyn prepared herself to take down yet another group of arrogant boys. With a very pack like mentality, all four boys attacked Anwyn at once. A pack's strength comes from their unity. Anwyn, knowing this all too well, needed to separate them. Bending herself in the air, Anwyn came down and slammed her staff into the ground, causing an air blast that sent all four boys flying in different directions. Regaining their composure, Marko was the first to get up and attack. Upset that he couldn't gain an edge on her, Marko chased Anwyn to the side of the room. Air bending herself, Anwyn started running along the walls. Marko was in hot pursuit behind her. Needing to shake him, Anwyn decided that Marko's time in this game was over. Turning around mid-flight, Anwyn saw pieces of metal sticking out of the wall.

"Must have been part of the structure of the building. Perfect"! Anwyn sent an air blast and launched Marko back in between the metal barbs. Leaping over before he had a chance to move, Anwyn metal bent the barbs around Marko, encasing him in a metal prison. "Sorry sweetie", she said blowing him a kiss. "Game over for you". Leaping backwards, Anwyn pressed on with the challenge. "One down….three to go". While Dwayne was keeping Anwyn occupied through chase, Paul saw an opportunity to knock Anwyn off her game. Sneaking up behind her, Paul reached out to grab her arm. Instinctively, Anwyn shifted backwards. Sending an air blast that sent Dwayne flying, Anwyn turned her attention onto Paul. Running over and jumping up on top of the well, Paul and Anwyn did their best to gain an edge over each other. Finally twirling around, Anwyn was able to gain advantage. Leaping off his back and sending Paul flying forward; she dove head first into the well. Paul dove in after her and they both disappeared. The other boys watched to see what was going to happen.

"Aww shit! Looks like Paul's gonna win this", Dwayne said, confident that his brother cornered Anwyn and cut off her escape. All of a sudden a rumbling sound could be heard. From out of the well, a huge spout of water came jetting out with incredible force. Moments later Anwyn flipped out of the well. She landed with one foot and hand on the ground while balancing on the opposite heal and other hand out to the side. As the water started to rain back down, Paul fell to the ground with an "umpf". He was out of the game.

"That's two", Anwyn laughed to herself as she prepared to take down the remaining competitors. Dwayne finally recovered from being air blasted against the wall. He teamed up with David to finally take the girl down. David acted as a distraction, while Dwayne snuck up behind her. What they weren't aware of was Anwyn's seismic sense. Her ability to see things through vibrations on the ground enabled her to see Dwayne coming. Leaning forward and kicking her leg back, Anwyn sent a rock flying towards Dwayne, smashing him into the ground. Before he could regain his wits, Anwyn quickly bent water out of the well and launched it towards Dwayne; encasing him in ice.

"How the hell?! Not cool Anwyn let me out! It's freezing in here". Anwyn could only laugh. She pranced up to him, leaned in and kissed him on the cheek.

"Sorry sweetie, you're out. Good game though". Much to his objection, a small smile did form across his face. Leaving Dwayne to soak in the cold, Anwyn turned around to face her final challenger. A devious smile formed on her face. "And then there was one", she said with a smirk. David seeing Anwyn kiss Dwayne fueled his desire to subdue her and win this challenge. Jealously took over and David lept towards Anwyn. Slightly knocking Anwyn off her feet, she quickly regained composure. Leaping from one side of the wall to another, they played a game of cat and mouse. As David flew past the walls, Anwyn earth bent the rocks; jetting them out towards him. Although David was quick at dodging him, one finally flanked his side, sending him flying to the ground. Anwyn, not wanting to miss an opportunity of vulnerability, launched a boulder straight down on top of him.

"Oh shit", David said to himself has the boulder came down. David maneuvered out of the way, narrowly being hit.

"Time to end this", Anwyn said to herself. While David was recomposing his position, Anwyn struck her final blow. Pulling a boulder from opposite sides of the room, she encased David between the rocks, completely disability him. The game was over. Anwyn gladly claimed victory. David looked around the room in disbelief that his whole pack had been defeated. Anwyn walked over and stood next to David. Glancing around the room, she began counting. "One…two…three…" Anwyn turned to David and flicked his nose, "Four. Game over", she said with an arrogant smile on her face.

"Fair enough. You win, I lose. Care to let me out now"?

"I don't know…you kinda look good surrounded by earth".

"Anwyn"?

"Ok, ok…...I'll let you out". Anwyn moved her arms and the two pieces of rock flew apart, releasing David from their grip. Without warning, David launched at Anwyn knocking her to the ground. Anwyn, being in tune with her reflexes, grabbed David on the way down, falling on top of his chest. Anwyn made no attempt to get up. She lied there shocked for a moment. Staring into his eyes, David smiled at her. He cupped his hand and placed it on Anwyn's face. Staring into each other's eyes, they both started leaning in to kiss.

"Hey are you going to let us out too or are you just going to make out?" shouted Marko. Both annoyed at the interruption, Anwyn air bent herself off David and made her way to Marko. With sharp bursts of hand movement, the metal released Marko from his prison.

"Uh…a little help over here", Dwayne said shivering. Anwyn laughed as she made her way to Dwayne.

"You holding up ok?" she asked sarcastically.

"Oh yeah, never been better". Anwyn held up two fists and brought them down to her side in one quick motion. The ice shattered around Dwayne and he was released from his icy prison. Paul joined the rest of the gang, still a little woozy from being knocked out.