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The complete and utter dread, hopelessness and fear spread through my veins like wildfire along with the tears that were threatening to fall. If Bianca so much as lays a hand on Jade I would kill her, slowly, painfully, and not hold back. To hell with morals or witch code or whatever, she hurts my family there'll be hell to pay – I would make sure of that.
The ropes did begin to loosen slightly even though trying to escape the ties made my skin turn raw though I hardly noticed it – my whole focus on trying to pin point Jade emotions but it was like she was asleep or, god forbid… not there anymore. No, I cursed, she was still alive; I know she was, she had to be.
My aunts were struggling as well, their legs kicking around wildly as they fought the ropes that were binding them above ground.
"Stop trying to escape Halliwell's, it will only end in disaster" A demon warned playfully, walking up to the three of us with a fireball in his hand – obviously for his own protection. At that I felt my blood boil – the demons were working with Bianca, working with her to kill my family. None of them would survive this encounter; I would make sure of that.
"Don't tell me what to do" I snarled back, too angry to even care if I enraged him more.
"Chris, Chris, Chris, Bianca told us a lot about you and I can tell she was right. You're very… driven aren't you?" He asked, aiming the fireball at me with a smirk, "But don't talk back, I don't like that" And with that he threw the big orange fireball directly at me and it flew through the air, scraping across my shoulder before extinguishing itself when it hit the tree.
Oh god... That HURT. I felt blood seeping down my skin but held back a shout of pain. Never show weakness in front of your enemies, never.
"See what happens when you disobey us, you get hurt" He stated, leaning against the tree so he could lean down and whisper in my ear.
"But that's just a taster – we'll do that over and over again, and then to your slut of a girlfriend and your brat of a child's, just on principle" and I clenched my teeth. Don't react, don't react, don't react, I reminded myself though it took everything in me not to scream and shout and attack the living daylights out of this bastard. The ropes lessened their hold on me even more just as Bianca shimmered in the middle of the clearing, holding up a squirming Jade who looked like she was in pain. She dropped her and Jade crumpled to the ground and all I could focus on was the small whimpering noises she made as she leant forwards, wrapping her arms around her stomach. My heart clenched as I realised what was happening – it looked like she was losing the baby.
"Now that we're all present we should get this show on the road" Bianca announced, dismissing the remaining demons with a swipe of her hand. I leant forwards, as far as the rope would allow me, to try and catch Jade's gaze.
"Hey Jade, hey, look at me" I called out to her gently, realising how my voice cracked ever so slightly – dammit Chris don't get emotional now, Jade needs you. She turned her head slowly and her bright blue eyes met mine though now they were red with crying and tears were streaming down her cheeks.
"You'll be fine I promise - I'll get you out of here" I vowed, fully intending to keep my promise. It didn't look like jade heard me though as she kept frowning.
"Chris, I'm-I'm sorry about the f-fight" She stuttered out, her bottom lip quivering as she peered over at me as I blanched. She was seriously apologising for that…now? "I didn't mean it I was j-just mad" She continued looking so incredibly guilty for something that she shouldn't, that guilt was on me. I was about to say something, reassure her everything was okay and fine but she let out a pained noise and hunched over further. I tried racing forward but of course I was still tied up, forced to watch helplessly as my fiancée went through this pain alone.
"Bianca you let me go right now" I snarled, breathing heavily – god I was so mad, so livid I couldn't even think straight. Bianca laughed airily.
"It hurts doesn't it, seeing those you love suffer – well, think of this as payback" She stated, her smug face looking gleeful. I took a deep breath, trying to calm down my emotions that were threatening to bubble to the surface.
"Bianca please" I started, trying to appeal to whatever humanity she had left in her, "You want to hurt me? Then hurt me, no resistance, but just leave them alone – I'm begging you" I said desperately, not being able to hold back the tears any longer.
"Why should I? My entire family were gone in a blink of an eye, torn away from me by you" She took a deep breath as if she was trying to calm herself down, "Why should I let her go – because she's pregnant? Because you love her? Because you're asking me too?" Bianca shook her head in disgust, the knife reappearing in her hand, "How about none of the above!" And with that she stalked towards Jade, holding the knife steadily in her hand. Time seemed to slow down then. My heart was racing and pure, raw and utter fresh fear washed through me. She was going to kill her; she was going to kill Jade.
"Bianca, don't, DON'T" I screamed desperately as she plunged the knife downwards, straight towards Jade's hunched over back. Then, the least thing that I expected happened. Jade caught the knife midway way, twisted it out of Bianca's grip so it went flying through the air, landing conveniently at my feet. A sickening crunch echoed throughout the woods as Bianca's wrist snapped and she gasped, stumbling backwards a few steps, staring at Jade in shock.
"Don't mess with me" Jade threatened, her voice eerily low. I kicked my feet out, trying to hook the tops of my sneakers against the hilt of the knife. It was slow work but I began to pull the knife closer to me, knowing that cutting the ropes would be the only way to escape.
Jade stumbled to her feet, wincing painfully as she tried to stand up straight and I watched as she blinked away the fuzziness. Oh god Jade, what the hell are you doing?
"You think you can just come here and ruin everything that we have just tried to fix, you think that you have the right to decide who lives and dies all because your feelings are hurt" Jade said to Bianca in a mocking voice, one arm wrapped around her stomach and she was swaying on the spot, like she was about to keel over any second. My worry then just increased tenfold – Jade was having a miscarriage, I knew the signs and crippling stomach pains were one of them.
"Don't you dare speak to me like that little girl" Bianca snarled back, cradling her broken wrist to her chest. Jade rolled her eyes, smiling a humourless smile that even sent shivers up my spine. The rope was almost cut; if only Jade could spare another minute then I would be free and make sure Bianca got exactly what was coming to her. Paige and Phoebe were looking absolutely furious and I could see that they were almost out of their ropes too – that meant more back up.
"Or what? What could a whore like you possibly do to me" And that one statement sent Bianca over the edge. She let out a primal scream of rage and raced forward, sprinting at Jade with fury on her face. Just as it looked like Bianca was about to get her way and they were sure to both tumble to the ground Jade whipped her hand out from behind her back, holding something large. Bianca gasped as the sharp tree branch pierced her stomach, producing right through her back. Her mouth kept gaping, looking down at her wound then at jade in something close to fear.
"That's for my baby you evil bitch" Jade choked out just as Bianca collapsed to the ground, dead. It was then that the ropes restraining me finally became undone and I scuttled to my feet in desperation. Not even glancing at the dead phoenix witch I rushed to jade's side, holding her arms tightly and trying to meet her eyes.
"Jade, honey, can you talk to me?" I asked gently, heart pounding. Jade's bright blue eyes met mine and they looked clouded over and tired.
"Chris… I think I need to go to a hospital" She whispered before her eyes rolled in the back of her head and her legs collapsed. If it wasn't for me catching her falling body then she would have hit the ground. I held to my chest, moving her hair from her face and trying to get her to wake up.
"Jade, Jade – please say something" I begged, absolutely terrified at the site of her closed eyes and pale skin. She remained still like a ragdoll, head lolling back and forth.
"…Remove this spell" Paige chanted and both her and Phoebe came rushing over, looking tired and panicked but unharmed – that I was thankful for.
"Chris go, get her to a hospital, we'll be right behind you sweetie" Phoebe said, trying to keep her voice calm but I detected the small shake to it. I glanced at Jade once more, saw how she still looked completely out of it and nodded; I would get her out of here no matter what. I picked her up under her legs and pulled her against my chest, giving a hard glance at the dead body that lay sprawled on the forest floor, blood pooling around her before we disappeared in orbs.
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