Chapter Eight

Shots Fired

Amari's Point of View:

The last I can remember was Lexis leading me to the front of a local community college, and then suddenly growling like crazy and making her fur prick up like an insane wolf. What was she up to?

"Lexis?" With my body turned and now facing her, my arm slowly raises and nears to the top of her head to pet her and make sure she was still sane, but immediately when I did that, she curled her upper lip wide enough to show her fangs. In shock, I pull my arm back fast enough to make me hit myself in the chest. Dang, if she was so angry at me, then why in the world wasn't she looking at me? Wait a minute….

My honey colored eyes dart in the direction Lexis was looking, but to my surprise there was nothing or nobody there. Yet while staring in the empty space, I could have sworn that I heard somebody talking, more like yelling. Whoever it is must be a really bad or angry person considering Lexis wasn't taking much of a liking to them. Well, curiosity killed the cat my butt, I'm going to go check it out.

Again like always, Lexis clamps her teeth down into the fabric of my pants; preventing me from walking any further.

"If you're scared about me possibly getting hurt, you can just come with me." I assure. But Lexis continues to whine and whimper and protest by tugging on my pant leg.

"Okay, that's it!" I shout in frustration. "Sit!" Instantly, she obeys and sits. "Now stay!"

Lexis' Point of View:

She….put me….in a sit…..and stay… She put ME in a sit…..and stay! NO FREAKING WAY! She wants to get in some type of trouble? Fine! But I might as well be there in case anybody even dares to mess with one of my girls. What am I saying? Nobody could really be that stupid enough to mess with her as long as I was around! All right…..now, where did she go?

"Down the empty space…." I muttered to myself while walking along. "And behind a building? No, in an alley, right? Grr…"

"Who do you think you are, little girl?" says a voice.

"Oh no." I was right. She had run into trouble. This'll be fun.

"Would you let go of me?!" Amari shouts.

"Um, I don't know. Can you—

And that very sorry excuse for a boy, said something that no girl nor loyal companion ever wants to hear. That's when I snapped.

There was a hot, lava-like sensation that flowed gently down my spine and the feeling of my fur slightly rising up with my anger as I tried to refrain myself from drawing my claws out. Turning the corner, I can now see Amari, with her back faced towards me, standing in front of two large and older guys. A low growl escapes from me and Amari turns around to finally notice my furiousness.

"Hey, little girl I'm still talking to you!" With that said, he grabs her upper arm and pulls her forcefully back towards him. Enough…IS ENOUGH!

In the open chance that I had, I flew through the air and snapped down into his arm, which caused him to release Amari and give her a chance to move on to the other bloke. I watched my enemy squirm around trying to get up and reach for something, but I reacted quickly and moved upwards to drive my teeth into his shoulder.

"Don't you dare think about it!" I roared.

Now this was where things got even more intense. As I held this idiot in place, I caught a glimpse of Amari and "Lee"—as the back of his jacket read—scuffling a few more times before he had the nerve to suddenly pull out a switchblade. I can then see his arm swing across the air, and before anyone can even notice, he's already made a cut on her lower lip; blood drips to the ground. That didn't stop her.

Before "Lee" can swing again, Amari swiftly glides under him and digs her elbow into his shoulder blade while her ankle in front of his and finally making him fall; the blade falling out of reach. Lee flips on his back and watches Amari swing across the left side of his face. With a now red and swollen face, Lee lands on the ground again before Amari raises her foot and firmly stomps on his—

"Amari!" Rachel shouts.

Oh crap.

Rachel's Point of View:

Amari looks up at me with wide eyes and Lexis releases some random guy; lowering both her ears in embarrassment and putting her tail between her legs in fear. The both of them left the two guys groaning on the ground and walked towards us.

"What in God's name were you doing to those guys!?" Megan exclaimed. "And why is your lip bleeding like crazy?!"

"Don't worry about me," Amari says. "Worry about those guys that pulled a blade out."

"They did what?!" Nya asked.

"This is why you shouldn't go out without us!" I stated.

"What is it with you guys about me going out by myself? I may be the youngest, but that doesn't mean I can't take care of myself!" she yelled.

"And yet you ended up getting yourself sliced with a blade!"

"Yes, and that guy got his lucky charms smashed in, so what?"

"I'm agreeing with Rachel. You really need to have some sense, Amari." Megan quoted.

"Have some sense?! What the heck do you think you're saying? You think I can't take care of myself because I 'don't have any sense'?"

"We know you can't take care of yourself!" I screamed.

"Oh and you can?" she protested. "If I recall precisely, it's your dumb butt that's always gotta be so negative about everything every time were in a small jam while we're on a mission!"

"And if I recall precisely, it was YOUR ignorant and stupid fault that got attacked and got Jesse killed!"