Chapter 4: Surprise!

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" What are you" I questioned trying to hid the fear in my voice. " I am the one who is going to destroy you half-blood!" she screeched. She dove toward me , her mouth open reveling large fangs. I'm so dead - Recap of Chapter 3

There's nothing you can say , Nothing you can do , Nothing in between , You know the truth , Nothing left to face , Nothing left to lose, Nothing takes your place. - Not Enough by Our Lady Peace

In the spilt second , as the thing that had been my caretaker dove at me, I made a decision.

" SHIELD" I cried out in perfect Greek. I felt my wrist tingle and itch as my golden id bracelet grew. It expanded and formed until I was wearing a very familiar and somewhat heavy shield. The sunlight reflected off the shield casting the room in a golden shimmer as I raised it above my head and tightened my grip. Her evil mismatched eyes widened as the shield smashed into her face, sending her flying across the room and utterly destroying the wall of my classroom.

I don't know what or who she is , but no way was I going to give up anymore. I'm confused , slightly creped out but mostly ticked off. And they say the best way to take out your anger is to hit something ,so I did. Before the monster even had a chance to pull its self back up , I was on it again with another crashing blow. She fell back down and didn't try to get back up , she just starred at me with her eyes full of hate and bloodlust.

" What are you" I questioned , " what do you want with me?"

She hissed , shrinking away from my shield, " I am one of a old race whose name mortals have forgotten" she hissed while she glared at me , making her hate known. I glared back till she looked away chuckling, "as to what business I have with you," she paused and gave me a psychotic smile. " Half-bloods are so , tasty."

Half-blood , the word echoed through my head like a song I had forgotten the words to. She called me that before too. I pushed the shield tighter against her throat , " Explain" I said.

" I have been watching you for a while Aleksandra , watching and waiting with the help of my cousins." My gaze flickered to her long scaly tale. Cousins? Images flashed in my head . Of the fight yesterday and earlier today. " Snakes " I guessed. " I had them watching you to confirm my suspicion's and just incase your powers began to emerge."

I leaned forward , to make sure I caught that last part right. " Powers?"

Suddenly I felt something wrap around my leg and throw me across the room like a football. I heard the sound of cracking wood and felt pain in my back as I hit the wall hard and lights flashed in front of my eyes. I laid in a pile of broken wood which was most likely the desks I had pushed against the wall . Yeah , not my best idea ever. As I struggled to find my breath , which was probably in Ireland right now , rose to her full height and started walki- slithering toward me with a triumph look in her eyes . The end of her massive tail was what had tossed me and it was still wrapped around my ankle in a death shield , surprisingly, was still latched to my arm, not that it would do me much good with me being , practically attached to the lady who is trying to kill me. I shook my dizzy head , trying to get the three Ms. Anna's back to one. When my gaze finally refocused I realized just how bad my situation was. So far I had been on offence but now I was going to have to be on defense . My gaze went back and forth between the snake , who was now standing in front of me licking her lips , to my shield.

I tried to connect the dots , to figure out what to do. My whole body was shaking , partially fear but more of adrenaline and anticipation. Everything so far had been natural, like a extension of me. I could see the scenario in my head , the best places to attack.

It was over-whelming.

Her muscles tensing was the only warning I got before she rushed at me , screaming like a banshee. Seriously , how has no one heard us yet?I rolled to the right as her face smashed into the place I had just been. It looks like she relies mostly on her fangs as a weapon . At this rate , I can make her knock herself out. She pulled herself up and glared at me with fury only Ms. Anna could have. I gave out a short yell as I felt myself being dragged towards the snake at a fast rate. Pieces of the broken wall scraped across my back , leaving a blood trail behind me . I ignored the pain as her ugly face rushed toward me. I remembered my dream and glanced down at my shield. This wasn't its only form , it could be made sharp . But what did I- the person in the dream do ? They did something , come on , come on . I put my mental video player to reverse , to my dream.

Suddenly , it hit me. I put my hand down and pushed myself up , using her tail as a slingshot to launch myself towards the snake. The person in the dream , he had pressed a lever or button or something. That's what did it. Everything seemed to go into slow motion as I flew toward the snake while franticly searching the back of my shield. My fingers fell on something that was slightly raised from the surface. And in a last ditch , I'm-about-to-die effort I pushed down on it. My wrist itched as the edge of my shield glimmered and became thin and sharp like a knife. I pulled it back and with strength I didn't know I had flung it towards the snake.

The spinning golden shield cast the room in a yellow hue as it spun , dead on , toward its target. It so was beautiful but deadly. Ms. Anna gave out one last screech which turned into a death rattle as the shield slammed in to her , passing clean through her body like she was made of water , totally separating her torso from her monster tail. Then Ms. Anna exploded into yellow powder all the way from her head to the tail that was still wrapped around my leg. I fell to the ground and quickly jumped up , expecting a attack . But this wasn't a secret power or some kind of way for me to drop my guard. She was dead and I was the one who killed here. But its not like she was human , right? But no matter way I put it , I was alone with a shield and a LOT of questions. Banging on the door causing me to jump in fear interrupted my self pity party. I could see through the window of the barred door , Mr. V the principle , some students and a whole lot of teachers examining the room with a mixture of horrified and astonished expressions. " Oh crap" I whispered while looking around the room to see what damage had been done . One of the walls had been almost completely destroyed , with rubble covering the ground . Not to mention the pile of wood in the corner that used to be desks and the little Sahara Desert in the middle of it all that used to be Ms. Anna. Or it could be the blood dripping off my back . But it didn't matter what part of the mess they were staring at because I was going to be blamed for it.

And Ms. Anna , how could I explain why she's a pile of dust without being thrown into a asylum for being crazy! As my small crowd of spectators looked on , I considered my options.

1. Go to jail for completely destroying school property .

2. Tell the truth about Ms. Anna and go to the insane asylum.

Or 3. Run . The only situation I could see here that I didn't go to jail or locked up in a sponge room was running.

Leaving everything behind to escape the hell here they call prison . I ran over and grabbed my shield and my backpack. Mr. V was yelling now , banging against the door. I pressed the center of the shield causing it to shrink to my normal bracelet as I ran over to the window ,thankful that I was just on the 1st floor. I turned back to what was my whole world. Even if it was screwed up , it was the only one I have. I caught sight of Alena , starring at me with confused and pleading eyes. That almost broke my resolve , almost . But if there are more things like Ms. Anna around , nobody around me is safe and I couldn't do that to my friends or the people around me . And there were things that I needed to find out that I couldn't find out here. I had to find out what I was , cause at the moment , I don't know what I am. Am I human or am I what the monster called me , a half-blood.

I stared back at Alena and put my hand over my heart , our signal we had created when we first became close , for I love you. She copied my movement, placing her own hand on her heart . I jumped out the one-story window and sped away from the school , trying ignore every memory and doubt that popped up . This wasn't going to be the last time I'll be here. I was going to come back. I wasn't going to leave my sister here alone. The further away I ran from the school the less doubts I had. This was something I needed to do .

I hurriedly stuck my hand under my bed for my first-aid kit and accidentally banged my ID bracelet against the metal frame. Somehow during my frantic and somewhat emotional ( not that I'd tell anyone that, I'm a dude for gosh sakes ) run it had shrunken down to its normal size. I was really glad for that cause it was kinda heavy and it stuck out of place until I noticed that it hadn't even attracted attention anyway. In the whole ten minutes it took me to run from school to home , no one showed any surprise or even took notice of me with my clothes torn and bloody running down the street like a mad man , holding a golden shield! I shook my head in disbelief and stuck the kit in my backpack along with my other belongings. I wasn't stupid enough that I thought I could run away with no supplies and still survive. Hence the backpack filled with some clothes , money and rice-krispies. I couldn't survive with out my rice-krispies ... and that other stuff too.

I slung my backpack over my shoulder and took one last look as I walked out the door. For 14 years I had lived in this room and now I was leaving it. I knew it was crazy to run , but I felt like I had a voice telling me that this was the right thing to do. Crazy huh ? I ran down the stairs and out the door and turned right on the street. I was going south , towards Europe. I figured it was the best place to start with Italy being there and all . I ran into an alley beside the building and ran straight into someone.

" Ow" I yelled, " watch were your going !" The person I had run into was short pale boy about my age with tuffs of short brown hair sticking out from underneath a baseball hat. He looked a little confused and with the American baseball hat , I figured he didn't speak Russian. I had learned English from one of the volunteers at the orphanage who was American. I was pretty good at it and sometimes I would switch between the languages without even noticing. I repeated what I said in English to him and understanding lit up his face. " Sorry , I didn't see you " he said while holding out his hand for me to shake , " my name is Jace" I slowly reached my hand out to shake his , he seemed a little to friendly to me.

As soon as my hand touched his , he gasped and started looking around like he was expecting ninja's to jump out or something. " So he's the one , he does exists" he muttered to himself in a bewildered tone. I let go of his hand and started to back away real slowly. I knew it , he's a loon. Then it got really weird , he leaned forward and smelled me. Ok , he's not a loon , he's a freak!

As I turned to walk away his hand grabbed my wrist and held on tight. I looked down at his hand and then at his serious face. " Um.. Let go now!" I yelled. He furiously shook his head almost throwing the hat off. " I can't do that" he stated. I pulled my arm hard but for such a tiny guy , he sure was strong. " Why is that ?" I yelled. He smirked and let go of my arm , causing me to lose my balance and fall on the ground. " Cause " he drawled, " I'm from camp , I'm here to protect you"