I'm back, finally. I'm not really sure if this will be any good. I hope it is.
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Beck's fists clenched at his sides as Tori applied a foul smelling substance to the burned parts of his face. He hated that he had to allow her to touch him, but he had decided to take Robbie's advice and play along… for now.
His eyes lingered on her face as she concentrated on attending to his wounds. He narrowed his eyes, annoyed at her act. He was certain her silly kindness and naivety was an act. Females raised on the woman's side held no compassion, no kindness; it had been lesson number one when young. Women of the female's republic could not be trusted; they were all witches and seductresses. He had been taught only to moderately trust his own mother and sisters, but never trust a female from the other side.
Tori noticed his glaring and slowly removed her finger from his face. Her lips parted to say something but behind her the room's door opened.
"Are you ready?" Jade asked impatiently. "She's your friend not mines. Why am I coming to check her traps again?"
Tori moved away Beck and rolled her eyes. "Cat is your friend Jade." The girl looked towards Robbie who was standing silently on the wall. "We're ready."
Robbie gently pushed himself from the wall ready to follow Tori out of the room.
"Wait," Beck called. "Can I come too?" He asked as politely as he could.
Tori actually seemed to be thinking it over. "No," Jade answered. She looked towards Tori and frowned. "He can't be trusted, Tori."
Beck ignored Jade and focused on Tori. Tori looked between her sister and Beck.
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"I think you're forgetting on purpose." The black cloaked girl accused annoyance lacing her every word.
Cat frantically shook her head so much her hood fell from her head. "No I'm not really…"
They grew quiet again as they made their way through the thick vegetation, the females movements light and soundless over the fallen twigs and rocks. The males trailing behind them weren't as graceful, as black boots crunched heavily over fallen leaves and twigs.
Jade removed her hood and turned to face them rage flashing in her blue eyes. "Why are you idiots walking so loud?" She growled. "Don't lie to me and tell me this is how you normally walk."
Andre, Robbie, and Beck glanced at each other, communicating without even opening their mouths. Growing up together gave them the ability to easily read each other's facial expressions. Of course they weren't walking quietly, they wanted the girl's to run into trouble.
"You shouldn't be mean, Jade." Cat announced innocently.
"Mean? These mutts are trying to draw attention to us." The girl shot back. "If you would hurry and find your stupid traps we could get all this over with."
"Jade…" Tori began.
"Tori…" Jade mocked. "She's totally stal-"The girl cut herself off her body tensing and she glanced towards Tori, who had also tensed her eyes frantically darting around them. Tori's hand had slid into her brown cloak.
Tori and Jade only had seconds to duck and to reach out for Cat bringing the red head with them. Behind them a dagger was lodged into a tree in-between Andre and Beck who had simply took a step out of the way of the flying projectile.
They didn't have much time to think before a rain of daggers fell from an above, and made them all separate to avoid them. Jade was just regaining her composer when a flash of red and black appeared in front of her and instinct had her taking a back successfully avoiding the masked male from plunging a blade into her stomach. Her foot came up and she quickly kicked the black blade from the gloved hand while reaching into her cloak and with perfect aim tossed her own blade at him. He quickly dodged. Catching movement out of the corner of her eye the girl had to dodge another attack from another masked male. Another dropped from a tree behind her…
Tori successfully connected her blade with a masked male's throat and he crumpled when she removed it. Her eyes darted around her quickly taking in Cat handling herself against her own opponent, and Robbie, Andre, and Beck standing back, watching, and not helping either side. Of course… Then her eyes fell on Jade who was being swarmed by three black and red masked males. She realized horrified that it was Jade who they were after. She made a step towards her to help but ended up barely dodging the blade heading towards her throat by falling to the ground. She quickly got on her feet ignoring the blood pouring from the cut on her neck, the guy was on her again sending a black boot towards her head. She blocked it by grabbing it and yanked successfully causing the male to lose his balance; the girl then landed on top of him and struggled to keep him down.
She raised her head a little to look towards Jade who had taken out two of the three guys, but her heart quickly plummeted into her stomach. Jade was being held tightly from behind, as she harshly struggled. The one man left was easily holding her with one arm while the other raised and his hand tugged down the half mask revealing his mouth, he whispered something into Jade's ear Tori couldn't make out, but it made her sister cease her struggling. A horrified expression came over the older girl's face. A pain filled scream bounced off the tall trees, and Tori glanced briefly at Andre who had collapsed on the ground, Jade in her frightened state causing him pain subconsciously. It took her by surprise which promptly gave the male underneath her an advantage to flip her over. She closed her eyes and struggled to keep the man's blade from her throat. In seconds she felt his weight leave her chest and she opened her eyes finding Robbie over her and Beck on the ground beside her on top of the masked male who was attacker her his hands wrapped around his neck. Robbie was holding his neck the tattoo on his neck glowing. She had made them help her. "One of you go help, Jade," She ordered harshly holding her bleeding neck. She wouldn't be able to do it, "Help my sister, now." She quickly sat up looking frantically around for Jade, who was gone now along with her male attacker. "One of you go after, Jade!" She yelled hysterically.
No one moved.
Beck squeezed on the man's neck until the man's eyes dulled, the hands clawing at his hands stilled, and the burning of his insides ceased. His tattoo collar stopped its red glowing. He blankly stared down at the man he had just murdered slowly getting to his feet. He wasn't feeling too bad about it recognizing the men's outfits those of bandits.
"Tori!" Cat ran by him and helped Tori up, while quickly shrugging her cloak off and pressing it onto the girl's bleeding neck. Tori pushed her friend's hand away and stalked towards Beck, and landed a surprisingly powerful right hook to his jaw.
The boy stumbled back almost falling. He held his jaw out of surprise and stared at her, honestly surprised by the amount of anger on the girl's face. "That was because I can't hit him." She angrily pointed towards the withering Andre on the ground. "Now, go find my sister!" She angrily jabbed a finger into his chest. "I swear… you better return with her."
Beck took a step back, his eyes never leaving the girl's angry water brown eyes. He then turned and went after the bandits.
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