I could feel every pump of my adrenaline, every bead of sweat that trickled down my back. My eyes zeroed in on the filthy creature, we started to circle. Instead of watching his expression I watched his movements like papa had shown me... He was going easy on me, i could tell by the way he was stepping. I wouldn't have long to keep the advantage. I saw him step forward and punch but I ducked just in time
-note to self, steps before he punches
He laughed "pretty good for a baby dhompire" I ignored him watching, then I saw my opening. I leaped at him with the chair leg in hand, I scraped it deep across his stomach. He let out a grunt of pain then almost instantly recovered, he scowled at me "fast little gi-" I didn't let him finish, I shot a kick in his direction only to get grabbed and flung into a tree. I bit my lip fighting a scream, it felt like well... it felt like my hip was bashed into a solid ass tree. I got up quickly and got back into position blocking out the sounds of Stephan screaming my name. The Strigoi was still trying to distract me... Mama warned me about that, when they felt they would win they would "play with their food" so to say, they would try to freak them out. Not me though. I saw him step, I grabbed his arm, I didn't have and opening for his chest so I stabbed the wood strait into the soft tissue of his shoulder then steeped back. He stumbled back grabbing his shoulder and hissing in pain, I ran up full fires and kicked him in the stomach. To my surprise he didn't fall over but he did stumble giving my a chance to stab him in the side causing another hiss. "I can hear your heart beating little girl, I can't wait until it stops still" He surged forward at me, I felt like my heart would thud out of my chest. There was no time to side step, no time to deflect. He was going to smash into me, and it was going to hurt like a bitch.
I put both my arms up and covered my face and crouched a little preparing for the impact. And boy was there an impact. I felt his whole body weight on me, like a tone of rocks on my chest, I felt his hot breath nearing my neck, I smelt the old curdled blood drifting from his rotten lungs. I was struggling with all my might but I knew I was done for. But Stephan was safe, mama and papa were alive, my siblings Stephan, Ariana , Edward and the baby would get out of here, my uncles got back to their family's, my best friend would be ok... I had done my guardian job even if I didn't have the marks... And even if I hadn't got to say good bye, so much for seeing matt this holiday... He would have to be a smart ass to someone else... And that's when I heard the shriek.
I looked up to see the Strigoi standing above me with a sizzling love heart burned onto his shoulder. God I love my aunt lissa. I got up ignoring the cuts, bruises, gashes and scrapes and smirked at the ferrel thing "your scared of a little girl and her neckless? Very manly of you" I got up the nerve and flung myself at him, my legs were would tight around his waist and pressed the neckless that was now in my hand onto his skin while my other hand was desperately stabbing at the Strigoi, which wasn't really doing to much damage. I felt his long claw like nails dig gauges into my skin making the blood soak through my favourite pink top. So much for that. I gasped in pain but held on tight to the neckless and wood in my hands making the impact with the ground all the more awful. It felt like having a car thrown at my already bloody and bruised back. I felt a tear slip down my face but it wasn't noticed because of how much I was sweating, I felt my untameable hair flying loose out of the braid izzy had put I it earlier that morning... Izzy, mama, papa, ari, ed, steph. My family
The thought of my family brought me back. I swished my legs under the strigois legs and jumped on top of him, I felt his hits and they felt like I was being pimpled by a sledge hammer but I kept trying to get a clear shot at his heart. That stupid son of a bitch kept defending his chest while hitting me. My head felt fuzzy from the fall and my breath was coming out in pants, I had spots in my vision and my movements were slowing... These were all things I was aware of but I kept fighting. He flipped us over so he was hovering over me, he thought I was near dead, I was near dead. Key word near. His was millimetres away from my throat when I heaved the wood into his heart with all my might. He screamed and collapsed fully on top of me, I could barely move but I knew my job wasn't done. I wasn't strong enough to kill him with out a silver stake, I needed to think but I couldn't and the Strigoi wouldn't be out long... I pulled the wood out but before the wound could close I dumped the neckless in the hole then the chair leg again. I heard the neckless crush and a few screams behind me but I couldn't move, I was still gasping and begging for breath, my eyes felt heavy and my vision turned black. I didn't know what death would feel like or even if I would feel anything at all but my last thought before I crumpled on top of the dead Strigoi was they come first... Not all moroi but my family...
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