Hey here's the next chapter. Yay! I know I haven't posted in a while so I'll try to do better. Enjoy!
Chapter 6: Battle Unseen Powers Renewed
The troops started to close in on us and I tensed up. "Jess, a little help here!" I exclaimed.
"Water protect us!" Jess yelled and put her hands on the ground.
A wall of water rose out of the ground and surrounded us. Staci and I stared at her in amazement and Jess jumped for joy. "Boo-ya! Beat that!" Jess yelled at the soldiers.
One of the soldiers walked up to the wall of water and carefully touched it. His finger went through the water and made an arch opening. He walked in with a smirk and raised his weapon to us.
"Oh great," I said.
We dodged the weapon and the rest of the troops charged through the water.
"I thought you said 'water protect us'!" Staci yelled.
"Well, sorry I haven't gotten used to my powers yet," Jess said.
I didn't have anything to attack or defend with so I dodged most of them. I stopped when I heard Jess scream at me. I turned just in time to see another arrow fired at me. I turned just enough to make it miss me but it hit my outstretched sleeve. The speed and force of the arrow was so great that my body flew backwards along with the arrow. I abruptly stopped when I hit a tree and the arrow imbedded itself halfway in the tree. I struggled but the arrow refused to come free and I couldn't rip my shirt off of it.
"I'm getting sick and tired of being a target!" I yelled, trying to yank the arrow out.
The fat man walked up to me and chuckled. He raised his staff and started to chant something. I could feel my body becoming numb and soon my legs couldn't hold my weight very well. The arrow stuck to the three through my shirt was the only thing holding me up. The fat man turned Jess and Staci and sent what looked like a shock wave over them. Jess and Staci instantly fell to the ground. I could see Staci struggling to get up but a soldier pushed her back down.
"You jerk! Let us go right now!" I yelled, getting on my feet.
I felt the wind blow over me and it gave me strength. I sent the wind over to Staci and she slowly stood. Next to Jess who rose with ease and sighed, the fat man got frustrated with me and raised his staff to hit me. I closed my eyes and screamed, expecting to feel a curse upon me but my ears picked up another sound in the moods. A mighty roar came from behind me and I looked up to see panic in the fat man's eyes. The next thing I knew Ranulf jumped over me and pounced on the fat man. Soon, all of the mercenaries from Ike's group jumped out of the forest. The fat man threw Ranulf off of him and got onto his feet in a rage. Ranulf regained his balanced and walked in front of me, hissing at the fat man. Soldiers instantly surrounded the fat man and he started to chant again. Ranulf's legs collapsed and he whined as his body started to transform back into a human. Soon, the whining of a cat turned into a screaming young man in agony. I felt tears in my eyes swelling up and I tried again to struggle free of the arrow. Suddenly I had an idea and I searched frantically for Shinon on the battlefield.
"Help!" Jess screamed as another sword hit her stick.
The force of the block caused her stick to snap in two. Jess stared at the stick and gulped. "Well, that's interesting," she said, smiling and slowly backing up.
The soldier started to charge her when a horse galloped up to Jess and the rider swept her up onto the steed. "I am Kieran, Commander of the Crimean Army Fifth Platoon. Tremble before my might!" Kieran proclaimed.
Jess rolled her eyes at him and proceeded to poke her eye when an arrow whizzed past them and hit the soldier square in the chest. The soldier fell and Shinon ran up to Kieran, bow in hand.
"Ah, Man. Shinon, I was trying to make a dramatic entrance!" Kieran complained.
"If you focus on being dramatic, you'll get us all killed! Now go help Gatrie protect Rhys!" Shinon said, running off.
"I really hate that guy." Kieran said softly. He kicked his steed to go while having a gentle hold on Jess.
Staci was trying to fend off the soldiers when Mist ran up to her.
"Staci, are you hurt!" She asked in a small voice.
"Mist, what are you doing! Get back, quick!" Staci yelled, hitting a soldier away.
Mist yelped as a swordsman came out from behind. Mist clung to Staci and trembled as soldiers surrounded them. Staci got in a fighting stance and patted Mist's hand for comfort. The soldier in front started to laugh but abruptly stopped as he was cut down from behind.
"Staci, what do you think you're doing!" Boyd yelled.
"I'm fighting! What took you so long? Staci said as she whacked a soldier unconscious.
Boyd tossed her a real sword and she struck at the closest victim. Boyd joined her back to back with Mist protected in the middle. "We didn't know you guys took off. You blindly ran out at night with your PJ's on!" Boyd yelled, cutting down another soldier.
Staci turned to face him and smirked. "How did you know we were in our PJ's?" she asked.
A bright red blush grew on Boyd's face and he couldn't say anything for a bit. Finally he came back to his senses just in time to see and enemy behind Staci. "Duck!" he yelled. Staci ducked and Boyd swiped at the soldier, killing him in one stroke. "Next time, be on better guard!" he yelled as he sprinted away into the fray.
Staci stood up and clenched her fist in frustration. "Come on Mist. We need to find your brother," Staci said. Mist grabbed her hand and they ran off looking for Ike.
I was searching frantically for Shinon and found him in the fray. "Shinon!" I yelled; he turned and saw me. "Shoot him!" I yelled, pointing to the fat man.
Shinon saw the fat man and had a clear shot. He strung his bow and fired at the fat man. The arrow was on target but a force field around the fat man prevented the kill. The fat man smiled and laughed but I had a Plan B.
"Shinon, shoot me!" I yelled.
"What!" Shinon yelled back, confused.
"I said shoot me darn it!" I struggled on the tree.
"Fine, okay," Shinon said as he strung his bow once more. "Forgive me." He fired at me and it was dead on target. I stretched out my hand and caught the arrow in mid air. Smiling victoriously, I turned to face my target.
"Jessica, can you see Rhys?" Kieran asked holding her on the horse.
Jess searched the fray as she desperately held onto Kieran's arm. She caught a glimpse of light and looked over. Many soldiers trapped Rhys in a corner. Gatrie was desperately trying to reach him in time but his armor slowed him down. "Kieran, over there!" Jess yelled, pointing at Rhys.
Kieran kicked his steed into a fierce gallop. They were almost there when many soldiers blocked their way. Jess looked helplessly at Rhys and anger swelled up. "Water protect us!" she yelled and thrust her hand towards the sky.
Rain began to fall and a blue barrier surrounded Rhys. One of the soldiers that broke through the last one smirked. He backed up and aimed his weapon down. He started to charge but when he hit the barrier, he was bounced back. Jess stared in amazement and then jumped off the horse and proceeded to do a victory dance. "I did it, I did it, woo yah, I did it!" She stopped abruptly and looked up to see many soldiers surrounding her.
"Quick, Jessica, get back on!" Kieran yelled but Jess froze.
She snapped back to her senses and screamed so loud that the horse was scared. Kieran was reared off the horse and hit the ground with a thump. "Ouch!" Kieran exclaimed, rubbing his head.
He quickly jumped up and grabbed his ax. The soldiers surrounded them and they were back up into Jess' shield. Jess screamed, ran backwards, and disappeared into her shield. Kieran tied to follow but the shield wouldn't let him in.
"Uh, Jess!" Kieran yelled as the soldiers surrounded him. "Jess!"
"What!" she yelled as her head popped out of the shield. All of the soldiers looked confused and stared at them. Kieran checked his heart rate and found that it doubled. "Will you hurry up! Rhys is hurt and you're just standing there!" She disappeared back into the shield.
"Wait… Jess!" Kieran yelled in frustration. He put his ax in front of him for a defense stance. He was about to strike when two hands grabbed him from behind without warning. He was pulled backwards through the shield and landed on the ground with a thump. He looked up to see Jess looking down at him with her hands on her hips.
"You're so slow!" Jess yelled at him.
"But I…" Kieran started to talk back but Jess' stare stopped him I'll just let it go he thought.
"Quick! We have to help Rhys!" Jess said, kneeling next to the healer.
"I think Mist might be able to help me… but I don't know where she is," Rhys said softly.
"I'll find her!" Jess yelled and ran out of the shield.
"Jess… oh darn it…" Kieran said as Jess disappeared. "Well Rhys, how's it goin?" Kieran asked and Rhys gave him a pathetic stare.
"Duck!" Staci yelled as she threw Mist to the ground. An arrow whizzed past them and Staci sprung up, dragging Mist with her.
"Staci, where are we going!" Mist yelled above the battle cries.
"Just stay close," Staci said, searching for Ike. Staci cut through one last soldier and then spotted Ike. She felt so relieved that she didn't notice the ambush waiting for her.
"Eeeeek!" Mist screamed as many soldiers advanced on them. Staci grabbed Mist but they were torn apart.
"Mist… Mist!" Staci yelled but there was no answer. Staci dodged many attempted attacks and cut down many enemies. She started to tire and she let down her guard as a mercenary started to strike.
"Staci, look out!" Boyd yelled and he blocked the mercenary's blow.
"Boyd?" Staci said as she stumbled backwards.
"Stay with me Staci. I'll help you through this," Boyd said to her.
Staci regained her balance but didn't see the sage behind her. The sage cast Elfire and it engulfed her.
"Staci!" Boyd yelled as he ran to the fire. Boyd stared into the fire and saw Staci's body but there was another woman with her. Boyd was mesmerized but the flame that he froze and the blaze grew. The flame lashed out, destroying everything it touched.
Cliffhanger I know, oh well, I'm really excited about the next chapters so stay tuned. R&R please.