Like One Possessed
by Ankari238
A/N: Thanks for your reviews Fastforwardd, Tines, Ashley and Anadi. I hope you also like the second part!
Ashley: I originally wrote this story in German and started to translate it recently.
Special thanks to my betareader loraya, who made sure that you can read "Like one possessed" in proper English.
Part 2
Seth wasn't in on what happened to him at all, when Zach seemed to appear from nowhere lunging at him. His reactions came much too late and his resistance was too unsighted to effectuate anything. The strokes came down on him like a tempest, but Seth was paralyzed and couldn't do anything.
And then… suddenly, it was over.
Strenuously Ryan hauled Zach off of his victim and tried to hold him back somehow, which wasn't easy at all, because as inflamed with rage as Zach was he fought tooth and nail and wanted to lunge at Seth again straight away. He had always worried that something like this might happen one day, but he had been naive enough to take Cohen as a good friend who would never cheat on him like this.
"Zach, stop this! I getthat you're upset, but after all nothing actually came about. So perhaps you should just talk about it tomorrow when you're all sober again." Ryan talked at him exertedly.
In the meantime Summer attended to the dazed but not seriously hurt Seth and tried to drag him to his feet again, which wasn't a particularly promising intention considering that she herself hadn't the best standing anymore. Already alone she wavered noticeable, but with the even more wavering Seth in tow she got ultimately out of balance. Ryan expected every second to see the two of them ending up on the floor again.
Zach had meanwhile calmed down a bit. At least to such lengths that Ryan dared to release him. With an angry jolt he conclusively tored himself away and flounced towards Seth and Summer, who were still fighting against gravity.
Ryan already feared that he would have to intervene again, but Zach made do with trading insults instead of letting his fists speak again: "Just so you know; and I hope you'll be able to memorize this until tomorrow: I'm done with the both of you!" Then Zach stormed off coarsely blazing a tail through the crowd.
Having overcome the worst perplexity, Summer simply let go of Seth, who had been attached to her like a slow-witted pile of laundry so far, and went after Zach no less enraged than he had been before he went outside.
Momentarily Ryan was irresolute whether he should catch the tottering Seth or try to prevent the oncoming bang which would inevitably take place when Summer and Zach met. Finally he came to the conclusion that he should better steadily keep an eye on both Seth and the two squabblers
Cursing lowly he got about towingSeth tediously as fast as possible to the outside. Even from a distance he already heard the loud clamor of the two squabblers, which told him that the situation was on the verge of escalating.
to be continued