"You know, healing your silly recruits won't help you in this situation." A sly grin crawled onto his lips. Chandler had to hold me back and I saw Adam sit up behind me, letting me know the he was back to normal now. But his shirt sure wasn't, it had splotches of red, which were now turning brown as time passed, eerily decorating the shirt. My hands were a little brown too because they accidentally smeared against the blood on his face while I was in the process of healing him.
"You can't even comprehend what I'm capable of, Helios. Maybe that's why I'm such a threat to you." Helios's hands balled at his sides as he quickly strolled over to me. I stood up, facing him, ready for whatever he had to bring to the table.
"Hate to break it to you, but you're not a threat to me in the least, my dear. You're just a pathetic, little, annoying bug underneath my foot that I have to crush." I moved closer to him, raising my fist in order to punch him. But I felt a hand yank on my shoulder, roughly pulling me back from Helios.
"Leave her alone." Adam said through his teeth as I stood behind his back. My eyes almost widened as I had a flashback to when we were younger, he had said those same words when I had gotten bullied. However, I found that my eyes were still narrowed at Helios. Helios raised an eyebrow at him.
"Make me." He proudly challenged. Adam nodded.
"All right," He accepted, twirling the key chain, making it turn into his sword. Helios looked a bit surprised once he finally saw the weapon but that look went away just as fast as it appeared. Adam swung the sword at Helios and he blocked his blow by blinding him with a bright light from his hand. It was sort of like my power, except it didn't heal, it hurt. Adam stumbled back, his hand over his eyes, his sword loosely swinging in his grasp.
I guess Helios didn't have a specific weapon because he raised a hand at the nearest wall and a pipe flew out of the wall and into his hand. I gasped, recognizing the fact that my visions had pieced together and were now playing out in front of me. Helios raised his weapon but Adam managed to block it just in time, making a sound of crackling electricity echo around the room. They continued this routine until Adam knocked Helios's weapon out of his hand, sending the pipe across the room. Adam grinned victoriously as he held his sword to his neck.
Helios rolled his eyes as he got the weapon back with one flick of his hand, making the pipe hit Adam's head during the journey. He let out a grunt of pain before slumping to the ground. The pain I recieved seconds after wasn't as bad as I expected but it still made me cringe. I knew he was conscious but I'm pretty sure he was seeing birds. He rubbed his head as he groaned a bit.
Chandler hurriedly dashed over, taking Adam's sword in her hands. She faced Helios, the sword pointing at him, the electric hum dimmer now. He smirked at her bold gesture. I tried to stop her but she shrugged me off, she was too persistent. Helios raised his pipe and sliced it at her. She blocked it but the pipe forcefully slid off of the blade of the sword, making the pipe hit her stomach, which sent her flying to a wall. She didn't go through it, but managed to painfully hit it. My eyes widened and I sprinted over to her side. I felt that Adam was fine but I didn't notice when he started to fight with Helios again.
It seemed like Chandler was bleeding even more then in my vision, I guess it was more real, since that it was happening now. My eyebrows furrowed as my hands hovered over her stomach. I bit my lip as the light started to glow, making all of my energy go to my hands. But, it wasn't working, no matter how hard I tried. Chandler's breathing became shallow, her lone hand resting near her deep cut from where the pipe intruded. Her blue shirt was slowly drowning in a sea of crimson, oh the irony.
I started to cry frustrated tears as I ripped the sleeves off of my shirts, leaving my arms bare, trying to create a makeshift bandage. Once I tied the two pieces together, I gently placed them on the cut but the blood devoured it just as quickly as the shirt.
I wiped some tears with the back of my hand as I looked at Chandler with defeat and helplessness, her tired eyes flickered to mine and she managed a weary smile before she fell into a deep slumber. I broke down, my sobs accompanying the bangs and clangs of the weapons. I heard Adam call for me, like I knew he would. I gathered all of my strength to load the bow and aim at Helios. His face was lit up with success as he pressed his pipe against Adam's sword. It's too bad his victory was going to come to an end, whether he liked it or not. Why can't people understand the fact that no one can control or change their fate, no matter how hard they try?
The bow slipped from my fingers, even though I was half aware that it did. Helios's eyes widened when he saw the arrow soaring towards him. He opened his mouth to cry out but he was too late. And then that's when the whole saloon exploded, once my last and final arrow barely broke through the barrier of his slowly flickering aura. Oops. Now that's something I didn't see coming.