I have not forgotten you all, okay so do you all kinda see something playing out here? Well you should! And Btw, little irony in this chapter, hope you spot it out. Chapter 4.
So far, there are two hints as of where exactly the safe house is. Granted they weren't the most specific hints, but they were hints. First was that they were near a city, so not in Antarctica like Mary-Lynnette had predicted. Second, they weren't in a New York City like town either. There are trees all around them, including a thick forest, pines kissing the sky with the tips of their needles, oaks flowing in the December breeze, looking over a quaint little garden, which is exactly where, Mary-Lynnette stood now. She turned to see if her audience was following.
Sure enough, Morgead -strolling proudly-, Jez -arms over her chest in pure show that she was against this fight-, Thistle -who was skipping-, Val -who kept looking back and forth to see if he was going the right way-, The blonde boy –with a smile on his face- and the kind girl- who was looking strait ahead-. Each stopped around the edge of the garden, except for Morgead who marched right up to Mary-Lynnette and stood nonchalantly like he was waiting to be told a joke.
"First." Mary-Lynnette held up a finger. 'I think Jez, shouldn't watch." She turned to Jez, apologetically. "I kind of don't want to get hit by any blue fire today."
Jez nodded, "I won't do anything. "But you have to promise me that yes I can use it when you need it." She turned to the boy next to her. "Im sure, Delos will do the same."
The boy -Delos- snorted a laugh, "Speak for yourself. I want to see this fight, start to finish, no interruptions." The girl next to him glared, making him sigh. "Fine. I'll do it if she needs it." He placed an arm around the girl. "Okay, Maggie?"
Maggie nodded and turned back to the Morgead and Mary-Lynnette who were still staring intently at one another.
"That it?" Morgead asked taking a step next to her, then another. "Are we ready?"
"Another thing." Mary-Lynnette added. "Do not kill me. I won't if you don't."
Morgead rolled his eyes. "I'll try."
Seeing that that was as far as she was going to get, Mary-Lynnette shrugged. "Well I guess that's it, I'm ready when yo-"
Mary-Lynnette's words were instantly cut off by a whizzing sound then a sharp pain in her ribs. She looked up and saw clouds nearly at her reach then plummeted back to the earth. Dirt and other bits of the forest, blocked her view, it clung to her face, blinded her, its earthy smell choking her as it layered in her nostrils. And the taste, by the time, Mary-Lynnette finally stopped moving she was spitting out dirt by the mouthful, never sure if she got all of it. Finally she made an attempt to land, only making it to her knees. She looked up and saw Morgead standing ten feet away, his back turned to her. He threw her? She hadn't even finished talking. What a cheap shot. That thing switched inside her again, lighting the fuse that lead to a giant fire, burning inside her, aching to escape. She stood completely stable and turned, there were low branches all around her, some thin that would snap at her touch, others thick that could hold her weight. She smiled and grabbed hold of a branch about a foot and a half long. With extreme silent she smacked it against a tree and examined the point. Standing firmly Mary-Lynnette held the wood, in her good hand, like an arrow and threw it strait into the other's direction, aiming for Morgead in particular. The make shift spear sailed through the air silently, unnoticed by everyone until it was a second to late, Morgead turned and winced in pain as the spear shifted past his arm, opening a cut right through the jacket he was wearing, into his pale flesh.
He whipped his head around to Mary-Lynnette's direction, her face calm and level, waiting. With a smile, he lunged at her; flying threw the air like her spear. She waited till the last second to tumble away landing near on one the low branched trees, without a second thought she jumped clinging onto it's thick branch and pulled herself up, till she was crouched high ready to pounce at any moment. Morgead stood and looked around for his opponent, but was unable to see her as she darted up the branches, hidden under the leaves camouflage.
Making a minor mistake she snapped a branch making Morgead turn quickly and spying her dark hair amongst the green. He launched and this time she was without a weapon, she stood and braced herself against the tree. He landed a few next to her, fangs out in hunting position, only four feet in between the two battling opponents. Morgead pounced and landed on the other side of Mary-Lynnette completely, his hand gripping her ankle till she feared he would snap it in two. Instead he smiled wickedly. "You ready to end this?"
Mary-Lynnette shook her head. "Not until I kick your sorry ass." What did she just say?
Morgead shook his head sadly. "I didn't want it to have to come to this. With one swift moment he pulled her by her ankle and dangled her head first of the branch. Mary-Lynnette stared frightened down at the ground which was over three stories below. A sheer drop that would cripple her for months or at the most kill her. She looked back at Morgead, who had his other hand to her, "We can end this." His eyes had something, fear? Remorse? Neither seemed likely but Mary-Lynnette smiled and reached out for his hand, while both hands were out, and only his feet hanging onto the tree, Mary-Lynette pulled on his arm hard and kicked her free leg repeatedly. She heard a few crunches then she was falling with Morgead, holding onto her ankle for dear life. With a final kick he released her and she reached her arms out wide, trying to grasp the first things that her hands could come into contact with. Finally her fingers found something sturdy and clung onto it with dear life. She stopped falling and threw pulled herself up, throwing her legs around the branch. Once she was finally seated she stared down at where she could have fallen.
On the ground was Morgead, who lay completely, covered in pine needles and leaves. Mary-Lynnette watched him carefully when he stirred, his eyes blinking up into the sky. Finally his eyes focused and he saw Mary-Lynnette perched on the branch fifteen feet above him. He smiled and sat up, wiping pine needles of his jacket and jeans. "You're slick." He called standing up and nearly toppling down again, but managing to lean against the large tree next to him. "You ready to move this fight down hand to hand?"
Mary-Lynnette stared back, was she ready to against him with out her weapons and his weaknesses; she could jump, tumble, and kick, but throw a punch? Only one way to find out. Without thinking Mary-Lynnette stood on the tree and leapt of it, flinging herself into the air then landing onto the soft meadow a few feet away from Morgead. Her feet tingled from the vibrations she'd cause to the earth, and straitened up, sticking her hands up feebly.
Morgead smiled and did the same walking close to her, "You're good kid. You know," He pulled a swift kick knocking Mary-Lynnette off her feet and onto the grass where he stepped close to her, leaning over to show off his vampire smile. "You know, for a human.' Without saying anything, Mary-Lynnette spun flicking one ankle around Morgead's, the other kicking him under his other knee and locking it in place, As Morgead moved back, she rolled backwards landing onto her feet and standing, giving him a swift round house kick into the jaw before he feel over. "I was just about to say the same thing to you. But for some vampire gang member of course."
Her words cut Morgead and released pure anger and fury. He stood and starting throwing thousands of kicks and punches while she either dodges ducked or blocked with a movement of her own, as she took a step back every time.
She burst out of the dense brush into the small clearing back where they're first fight started, she heard gasps behind her but didn't bother to acknowledge, with a smile she caught Morgead's foot and spun twisting it with her as she went, Finally Morgead jumped, while Mary-Lynnette flipped him over so he was laying onto his stomach. She jumped onto his back and grabbed both of his arms pushing them forward in n X formation.
"You can stop this at any time." Mary-Lynnette repeated putting more pressure on his arms.
He kicked her in the spine, releasing his arms in pain and he spun kicking her in the ribs again and sending her a few feet away, but instead she landed on her hands then pushed herself up in a superb back flip. Her smile returned and she ran at Morgead, expecting him to duck or turn, He turned and while she jumped into the air, her hands reaching his shoulder and allowing her to pull herself around his neck, She tucked her legs around his neck and hit points in his back. He fell down onto the ground with a thud and didn't move. Detangling her legs, Mary-Lynnette stood and looked back at her audience. All of their mouths hung open in shock and stared back at her questionably.
She smiled and saw a movement out of the corner of her eyes, it was quick enough to catch her attention and allow her to duck to the ground and reach an ankle above her that she immediately jerked down and twisted till it faced forward again.
"That was cheap. We both know that." Mary-Lynnette told him, her smile fading. "Now have I showed you what you wanted?"
Morgead nodded, his face caked with dirt from where he fell. "Okay, now will you let my ankle go now?"
Mary-Lynnette sighed and let it go straitening up again. Everybody stared at her, eyes wide with shock, awe, surprise, probably a mix of all three. Mary-Lynnette looked down at herself. Her jeans were completely brown and green and her knees and arms were caked with dirt and grass. Mary-Lynette smiled as Morgead stood and crossed his arms staring at her.
"You did good kid," He said with a nod of respect. "Real good."
Then two specific things happened at that exact moment. Somebody screamed a loud, ear drum rattling screech. And the world turned an extremely odd angle for Mary-Lynnette and then turned black, while her body collapsed onto the ground.
The end of chapter 4! Yes they fought, and Mary-Lynnette is a sneaky little girl isn't she? Did I do good? Review and give me suggestions, good review bad review any kind of review!
