A/N: I am so sorry for not updating, but I have been very busy at school lately and I don't think I will be able to update very soon.
Chapter 16
I tried to slow my breathing in an attempt to calm myself, but my body wasn't listening to me. I was exhausted. I wanted to sleep, to relax, to breathe easily. But that wasn't going to happen. My gift told me that we had company. I could hear about ten heart beats outside of the house, none of which were any of the people I wanted them to be.
"He has back-up," I said, answering the two eyes that were staring at me.
"Wha-What? I thought we got rid of the backup" Raphael rushed his words, but he seemed to stutter slightly
"He had more that just arrived" I closed my eyes, attempting to think of a plan "Mum get the girls out of here and stay with them"
"What about you?" I could tell that she was worried about me, I looked like breathing would cause me pain.
"I'll be fine, I'll hold them back. Just get out of here" My voice sounded stronger than I was actually feeling
"But-"
"Don't worry mum, I'll be fine"
"Please don't push yourself, I can't lose you"
"You won't" I smiled slightly, showing her that I was going to be fine, even though I had nothing but doubts about what I was promising. I watched my mum go through the back rushing the girls to safety. I looked up at Raphael, expecting him to follow my mum.
He seemed to catch on to what I was thinking "You are not staying here alone" Raphael said in a matter-of-fact tone
"Yes I am, you are not staying with me"
"Why?"
"I can handle it myself, plus it's me they want if you're here it will just make them more defensive" Obviously all that was coming out of my mouth was lies. I just didn't want him to get hurt
"Don't give me that bullshit Samara! I know that you are lying"
"What it's true plus I want to make sure that the girls safety are top priority, please go with them" I argued, my point being completely worthless as my mum was more than capable
"Don't underestimate your mum. She's strong she can protect them plus if it's you they want, then they won't go after them"
"If they want to blackmail me like they said they would then yeah they will go after them"
"Samara I am not leaving you! I am not losing you again" I looked up into Raphael's eyes, he looked so tired, had I done that? He was worried about me too, I was being selfish. "Stop trying to do everything by yourself! You do not have to do this by yourself!"
"But if anything happens to you guys it will be MY fault! I need to fix this" my voice was shaky and it took all of my strength not to burst into tears again
He lifted his hands and placed them on the sides of my face, his thumb stroked my temple while his fingers laced through my hair "Samara, none of this is your fault" Before I could open my mouth he cut me off "Don't try arguing with me. No matter what you think no matter what these psychopaths put in your head, this is not your fault. So don't think that you need to do this alone, from now on we do things together!" He kissed my forehead and grabbed my hand "Right?"
I nodded my head "Right" Almost on cue all of the men from outside came rushing in
Before any of them registered what was actually in the room I started to shake the floor with sound waves. I ran up to others and kicked them where it hurts. Raphael was close behind me I saw him elbow a guy in the face and kick him in the gut. I felt someone grab my arm and place a knife to my neck, in response I kicked his knee and elbowed him in the stomach I bent down when I saw Raphael charging towards us, I heard the connection of Raphael's foot with the guys face, I used what little strength I had to flip him over so he landed on the floor. Once I was free I stood back and sent a wave of high pitch sound to a few of the men making them drop their weapons and clutch their ears in an attempt to block out the sound, which was pointless. Raphael sent out electric current to those that were still standing, all of them were on the floor in less than a minute.
Raphael bent down and whispered in my ear "See we make an amazing team" his breath tickled and made me smile slightly.
I felt like falling onto the floor, I felt like the threat was over so I let myself fall into Raphael's arms "Samara?!" He lowered me down to the ground and rested my head on his shoulder
"Don't worry I'm just tired, if I use my powers anymore I think it will be dangerous for me" I started to close my eyes but at the sound of something moving I snapped my eyes open to see about four of the men on the floor grab guns and aim to shoot at Raphael "NO!" my voice was a screech and on impulse I used my gift creating a wall of sound waves to protect Raphael. They kept on shooting so I kept the wall up, I felt blood drip out of my nose and ears, tears streamed down my face. I was so tired.
"Samara! Stop!"
"NO! I'm not letting them hurt you!" I was starting to gasp for breath, but I didn't drop the wall, I refused to
"Please!" His eyes filled with tears "Samara you're crying blood for God's Sake!" Crying blood? Was that even possible? Whether it was true or not didn't matter I wasn't dropping the shield until I knew that Raphael would be safe.
"Samara! Listen to me! I am going to hit all four of them with electric the moment you drop the shield" I gave him a sceptical look "Trust me! Please!"
"Sit me up properly and move out of the way of the bullets. Leave me here they need someone to shoot at" I said calmly
"Like I'm going to let you get shot"
"Then we are going to have to wait for them to run out of bullets"
"Are you kidding me? They are loaded with ammo!"
"Then we will be waiting a long time!" I tried to shout, but my voice was incapable of doing so
"Fine! Please don't let yourself get hurt! Please!" His plea made my hurt ache
"Okay"
I sat me up and moved to the corner of the room, he looked at me and nodded, I dropped the barrier of sound and was hit with the brunt force of using my power to this extent. My head felt like it collapsed on itself and my body felt like it had shrivelled up. Before I collapsed three things happened I saw Raphael electrocute the men that were firing, the rest of my family came flooding in immediately and I heard everyone scream my name as I felt a pinch in my arm.