I'm on a roll here! This is my third chapter posted in a day! Hooray! –llamas clap…somehow- Here you go!
Chapter 8
Arkarian
I join the other 6, and Matt asks me where Isabel and Rochelle are. I point a few feet back to where they're standing. "Over there," I say.
"Well, get them over here so we can fight!"
I tell Rochelle to come and bring Isabel, and Dillon says, "Fight? Are you insane? Do you see who that is up there? Seriously, Matt, if we go up against her, we're all screwed." (A/N: That little outburst from Dillon was thanks to a retarded game I played with a friend where that's all Dillon would say: "We're screwed". Eventually, after Neriah slapped him 5 times, he stopped. But I just had to put that in here. I'll shut up now. Yes, I say that a lot.)
Matt looks at me, and I shake my head. "Lathenia killed my father. She's going down."
Isabel and Rochelle join us, making the Named whole again. Matt yells, and Jimmy, Shaun, Rochelle, Ethan, Isabel, and Dillon all rush forward to fight the Order's soldiers. Matt, Neriah and I stay behind to fight Lathenia. Although only Matt or Neriah can actually kill her, I can still fight, and I want to hurt her for what she did to me.
Matt gives us our directions. Arkarian, you distract Lathenia while Neriah and I attack from above.
Got it, I reply, and Matt and Neriah change into crows, taking off into the sky. My path to Lathenia is clear, with everybody else fighting the Order's soldiers. Although I know I won't be able to do too much damage to her, my job is only to distract her from seeing Matt and Neriah above her, though I keep all my thoughts well guarded unless it's either Matt, Neriah, or Rochelle.
At first, I think that Lathenia is too busy watching her army fight to even notice me, but then she spots me walking towards her. Since my hair is different still, she doesn't recognize me right away, but her gaze soon shifts to my eyes.
"Ah, Arkarian," she says. "I see that you're trying to blend in with the rest of the world."
Her small talk surprises me momentarily, but I make sure not to let my guard down. "The hair's only temporary," I say before turning around to get rid of the three soldiers trying to sneak up on me. Each of them then gets hit with one of Jimmy's grenade-pebbles, blowing up on impact.
Lathenia turns away for a moment, and I quickly scan the skies for Matt and Neriah.
Where are you guys? I ask.
We're the two bats circling above Lathenia's head, Neriah replies. I look up, but find that I'm unable to spot them. Luckily, Isabel's fighting brings her right beside me, so I ask her to look for me. She spots them almost instantly, and raises a finger to point them out. They're just barely visible against the black sky, but I eventually see the outline of two bats.
Isabel returns to her fighting, and I notice that she has her light staff in her hands, fully lit. Lathenia turns her attention back to me, and begins to fight, but Matt and Neriah swoop down on her at that moment, this time as falcons, scraping her with their talons. They land and return to their human forms, and Neriah stand back a bit, shooting lightning bolts at her from her hands, while Matt gets right up there, swinging his axe down on her and setting her on fire at the same time.
"Cool," I whisper to him as he passes me. He winks.
By now, all of us (even the Order members) have stopped to watch the three immortals battle it out. Even though she's on fire, it doesn't stop the Goddess from fighting back. Neriah and Matt continue with their strategy, which seems to be working pretty well. Lathenia can only really hit Matt, since Neriah is way too far away, but even Matt constantly eludes her grasp while still hitting her.
Isabel's thoughts come pouring into my head as she comes to stand beside me, her hand reaching for mine. If they keep this up, we might win! I smile at her, our fingers intertwining (A/N: I love that word, don't you?). "Don't jinx it," I warn her. She giggles guiltily.
Just then, Rochelle's voice fills my head. Arkarian, Isabel has something she'd like to tell you about tomorrow.
How do you know? I ask her.
We talked.
I turn to Isabel. "Rochelle says that you wanted to tell me something about tomorrow."
She raises and eyebrow. "Oh really? What else has Rochelle told you?" She glances at Rochelle, who's standing a few feet behind us. Rochelle smiles sweetly and waves.
"Only that. Why, is there something else you told her that you don't want me to know?"
"No," she says nonchalantly. "Tomorrow's my birthday, and I'd like to have a party. Depending on the outcome of this battle, I'd like to invite all of the Named."
Her words get me thinking about what I can get her for her birthday, and then it hits me. I'll get her the one thing she wouldn't accept from anybody else…
Oooooooooh…what's Arkarian going to get Isabel? You only have to wait another 10 minutes or so for the end of chapter 10 to find out! I'm thinking of typing the rest of the story out tonight. I'll probably get started on the second one either tonight or tomorrow…who knows? Maybe my typing will actually catch up to my writing! It's always a possibility, since I haven't really been writing out the third story very much lately…In case you haven't noticed with this chapter, my action scenes are always crap, so I try to get them done as quick as possible. That's why there wasn't that much fighting. If you like cheesy clichés and unexpected dialogue, stay tuned to the next chapter, which will be up in about 5 minutes or so. Don't forget to review!