The Phoenix

Saving the town

      Hunter went into the town and saw what looked like lava monsters dripping fire walking around the square. He pulled Rebecca behind him hearing Hutch tell him about how they were surrounded. He watched the men shoot at it and they looked happy they were getting shot and Hutch shouted at them to get down. Hunter looked around at them wondering why and the monsters started to shake a little before they started firing back at them all. Hunter had his arm up point a gun at them when they started an felt a bullet burn his arm and he pushed Rebecca down laying on top of her as they all started shooting bullet back at everyone and the men who didn’t get shot started to shoot again and Hunter tried to shout at tempt stop it felt like it wouldn’t end and Hunter pulled Rebecca back to the town statue picking his gun up to shot their guns out of their hands telling them to all stop and get down till the shooting stops. Peyton shouted over to Hunter tossing him a blue sword that was cold to touch. She was taking sword after sword and Graham was running them to the men and Hunter told Rebecca to stay there which of course she didn’t. Hunter ran over to a monster swinging his blade up turning a lava hand into snow as it fell to her floor. The thing melts to the floor and slid the other side in front of Rebecca she started to swing possible, but Sara came behind it stabbing her sword so deep into its chest that she almost hit Rebecca. Hunter pulled her back watching it slowly trying to stop it but not before getting one swing in at Sara, burning her chest, throwing her into the trees. Hunter saw another coming the other side of them for Rebecca who was looking for Sara and he jumped in front of her feeling it claw at his arm a little burning before exploding into snow this time blowing him and Rebecca both back.

Hunter rolled over in the dirt looking at her cough and blood came out on one of her coughs and Hunter felt like everything else was gone. He jumped to his feet feeling like he wasn’t moving fast enough still as she lifter her up with him rushing out the field toward camp towards his father. He saw One of the other men carrying Sara not too far ahead. He didn’t bother checking Becca into the emergency room he ran straight o his father’s office here knowing it had a training room in it. the hallways of the hospital were busy, and the hallway felt like it was longer than normal, and his father saw him coming and grabbed a nurse with abed for Rebecca. Hunter put her on the bed running with them telling them everything and he wouldn’t let her go until a nurse yank him away. Hunter made them stich him up while he was in the room watching them all talk about the wind getting knock out of her and then felling on something sharp. Hunter thought back and rebred how close they were to the statue she probably hit that and then the floor he shook his head at himself trying to save her actually hurt her more.

   Peyton rushed into the room looking at his arm then up at her apologizing so much he couldn’t tell why it’s not her fault at all.  “I saw you headed straight for the sword in the statue and I had just enough time to move you from it but moving you pushed her too and she fell right on top of a dead solider is she okay?”

   “I don’t know and it’s not your fault son sorry, get back out there our best hope.” He said looking away from Rebecca’s of the 1st time see blood running out of Peyton’s shirt which Graham was already attending to. “what happened?”

   “Sword flew out of someone hand when she killed the last one and just nipped her side she’s fine really how is-”

Graham was cut off by the sound a flat line drawing all their focus really it felt like time stopped for a moment and all he could hear was the alarms from the flat like and all he could see was that. He felt like he got pulled into a different world and saw her laying in the bed looking up at it too. The world felt like e a dream like he was running through marshmallows just to make it to her. He touched her hand and she closed her eyes laying back down. Suddenly he was in the real world again watching h line bounce up and he realized he was holding his breath until that monitor something because it felt like that breath was long overdue and much needed. He looked up and he was actually in the room with her holding her hand, even his father said he didn’t know how Hunter got in there but hey pulled him back out again telling him he had to leave. He couldn’t sleep he just kept dreaming about the flat line and the beep back up. HE went out of his room and Sara came up the steps looking up at him like she was in a lot of pain he went to help her, but she swatted him away asking for Rebecca.

She walked to the hospital looking the screen with her in bed and was happy they said she was going to be okay. Sara asked him if they told him about the bullet burns from the demons. He nodded his head liftin his arm showing he burn mark that wouldn’t heart or change from being a burn even with magic. She opened up her shirt showing he circle brunt burned into her chest. He looked at her arms where the robe sleeve slid down her arm and he saw tatts on it and an idea hit him. He looked at her and she looked shocked.

   “What?” he asked looking at her face.

   “I open my robe and showed a lot of boob and you look at my arms its new for me guys haven’t been so gentlemanly.”

“I’m no gentlemen but I thought maybe we cover up the burns with a tattoo that will be nice to look at more so then the burn marks. Maybe some other guy will admire the tattoo you have there.”

   “I’m not pretty enough for you then?” she asked and then he started to stumble for his words trying to say she is but not his type but something that sounds less mean and cliché then she started to laugh. “I’m joking let do it come on, its bonding outing. Never had friends for 20 years now all the sudden I got you guys flying in like crazy it’s fun.” She’s hyper.

Sara grabbed his hand as the tattoo artist went under her boob a little that hurt more than she thought it would. She pulled his arm looking at the tattoo he got looking back up at him questioning with her eyes trying not to focus on the pain. “Care to explain.”

“Rebecca s heartbeat after the flat line.”

“Hence the heart around it too very nice its cute to tiny. Sorry I don’t have a huge chest tattoo of flowers and arms covered in random stuff I can’t keep track of. I Like it small and hidden.”

   “Like your feelings for her.” she said laughing a little probably should have said it seeing as he’s a new friend not a solid set in stone friend, but she said it anyway she’s very blunt.

   “You can think what you want.” he said looking away from her up at the cover walls of tattoo ideas. “Why would you say that anyway?”

   “Why won’t you? You won’t let her out of your site, and you took a bullet for her you were on top her that while fight and oh yeah you got a tattoo of her heart beat in a heart on your arm. It’s very obvious you should really take a look at yourself. From the look at the picture of you two all over her room you grew up together you took her prom so either you like her, or you just broke up and still have the instinct to be loving with her.”

“You really think you know all about people huh?”

“You would be amazed what you learn while spending your life alone on the move, only able to watch people to pass time. How else would I know what men would help me and what men wouldn’t? I’m an expert at reading people”

“Yeah you’re a genius it sounds like but your wrong about that.” He said looking away from her still.

Wow he even hides it from himself she has to figure out how to fix that, neither of them will be happy if he can’t admit it. Rebecca talks about him all the time, so she admitted it already maybe not out loud. Planning out how she would get them together helped her get through tattoo process at least.

Peyton looked through the bag of stones opening up the book trying to figure out what each rock did putting a post it on them as she figured it out. Then she came across a bag full of 4 stones blue with white looking spikes in it the tips of each spike looked to have red on it to was crazy when she looked at it, she saw it was a protection stone. She got up and ran into her father’s office watching him pull the paper is into his desk again she wondered what he was hiding from her but ignored it placing the book in front of him showing the stones. He admired the stone and read it wondering what her plan was to find more stone like this. She shrugged and told him that’s how they would be able to hide from Seaton if they mix it with other stones and a carefully worded spell. They can’t have another attack like that they lost a lot of men in that battle and he only had 5 or 6 demons. Her father nodded and told her to look more into the stones and how to find the heat they needed while he would talk to the sorcerers about a spell. Graham walked in with Amethyst and Peyton told him to go get the ashes from their lava dripping some of the snow that they turned into because it would help with the spell in case Seaton makes, them stronger. Graham nodded placing her sister down rushing out the door Peyton was quick to follow him making sure she grabbed the book to find the best thing to use and for that she should go to the expert.

They both started planning it out together while Graham and her dad started talking about the spell with sorcerers making it, so it was not only a shield from Seaton nut also a way to hide them all from Seaton.

Doyle didn’t like this plan. He did Like the plan it was going to work completely without a doubt, but it was also the biggest spell he or Peyton have ever done, and he doesn’t know exactly what it will do to them. Peyton looked ready and Graham was burning up but seemed just as ready to join them. He is going to double not only her magic and Doyle’s but every sorcerer in town which is as far as Doyle hears the most powerful sorcerers in the world, that much power in one boy might take its tole and he’s only worried for Peyton. Doyle wishes he could keep them out of this they are just kids in so many ways, here goes nothing.

Hunter almost decided to lock Rebecca into the jail cell because she refused to listen to him and stay in. Seaton has been watching the town, they know because they have been watching him and the camera in town are on his screen they don’t know when he’s planning to end his army of demons but once he sees the sorcerous in town he will. Hunter, and Hutch from the nonstop yelling in his brain, don’t want her around it all. She finally agreed and stayed in the room when he took off, but she is too stubborn. He took his spot on the border looking back to the circle of sorcerers start to from and turned back to face the trees. demons will come from the trees and the ground knowing Seaton, he likes to make it a big show. As he reached for his sword Hunter stopped and looked down unable to feel the sword Peyton blessed in his sheath. It’s gone. He looked up and Sara smiled tossing him a sword and Hunter almost asked her why she took it and he heard a tiny cough, Rebecca.

“Did you really think you talked me out of it?”

“Yes, I did.”

“Boys.” Sara scoffed spinning her sword. “You never learn the girl always wins.”

“Not always.” Hunter said as she walked up in front of them looking to the trees. He looked at Rebecca pulling her behind him slightly. “You do not leave my side you got it?”

“I’ll do my best hard to say when the fight stats how close I can stay.”

She hasn’t passed her field test he can’t let this happen, but he also can’t get her stay home clearly. This won’t be good.

   Seaton watched the sorcerers all line up for the slaughter and decided he wanted them to feel fear, he’s going to make them watch as the demons surround the town no escape, they just have to watch their doom come. This is going to be the best show he’s seen in his life he sat back putting his feet on his desk and watched with a grin on his face. Why do they even try? They know he is the best in the world.

Peyton took a deep breath and her seat on the stage it took a lot to hide her fear. the protection spell enchanting the stone with the magic is the easiest part but he 2nd part of the spell making the ashes and the invisibility from Seaton only but the world to literally take their town off the map that’s just the three of them and that will be hard and dangerous, but the sorcerers will be too tired after this spell. Uncle Prophet said that she and Doyle with Graham will be strong enough to do both, but the rest can’t and that’s what scares her. Uncle Prophet says that he can’t see much past that, but he is sure of it.

Graham looked at her and smiled as they took his hand. To make it more powerful he put a drop of his blood in each stone that is placed around town and they had to each hold another stone with a drop of blood here that will get places around town again. He handed her a stone which had the ashes and another crystal drilled and sealed inside to wipe it off the map, he seemed very confident for this. Peyton watch the men all sat crossed legged placing the stone in front of them and took hands, so she copied looking at her dad taking his hand as he smiled with worry across his face. Then she looked at Graham who’s smile hid something, but it didn’t look like fear, she wondered what her face said to them because she was scared not for herself but for this plan. Everyone in the circle could die everyone around town including her childhood best friend could die and it’s all her plan she doesn’t make plans this isn’t her strong suit but hey followed and she has no idea how to see if it will work out until it does or doesn’t, that’s when she heard the roar. Peyton couldn’t bring herself to look back she just closed her eyes and started to say the spell with them feeling the pulsating magic flow out of her into the stone, she could see it wasn’t just here it was flowing into all of them. This is insane.

Rebecca held Hunter’s arm at the roar, she didn’t mean to just did when she was scared. Every time she scared, she runs to him she should really stop that, but she can’t control it. He intertwined his fingers into hers and she felt calm looking up at him he probably doesn’t even realized he did that. Either way she liked it.

Hunter looked at Sara’s amazement at nothing while the heard of demons came swarming in front of the trees. He’s asked her if her head was in the game and she shook her head sliding her ring off handing it back to him, he reached up realizing he had Rebecca’s hand in his, he thought she only grabbed his arm that’s weird. He took the ring from her and took a step back looking up at the sky. It was like the ocean waves crashing over the town, but it was rainbow colored all mixing it together to was amazing to look at. then he saw the fear in her blue eyes as she looked up at him taking from daze hearing the roar of demons running towards them. He could see it in her eyes, fear that made him scared he wasn’t going to keep his head in the game because he would keep looking for her. Hunter turned around handing the ring back pulling Rebecca closer to him. nothing was going to happen to her be made a promise to Hutch.

Hunter looked back at them when he heard a crashing sound. It felt stupid to look back as the demons were right on them but then he saw it, something you didn’t need powers to see. The power was so strong everyone could see as it shot up in the sky and around. Hunter watch it coming down onto the demons and he tossed his sword away hitting Rebecca’s out of her hand as he wrapped his arms around her turning his back the demons as the spell landed down. The snow froze him immediately as it blew them off their feet and luckily made a soft pillow to land on unfortunately, he had Rebecca and twisted in time, so he’d hit the floor. He didn’t know it would be soft but he’s sure landing on him wasn’t as soft for her as landing on snow was for him. Hunter smiled up at her as she smiled happy, they didn’t get hurt when he felt heat. He looked down at the snow that was red around them and checked her for any wounds as he looked on him.

When he realized neither of them were hurt so Hunter pulled her off digging in the snow around them when he said the blue stick out from the red. Hunter doesn’t even really know Sara, but he felt like he was losing Hutch all over again seeing her covered in blood and snow. He yanked her out of the snow seeing a huge slice across her stomach like the sword hit her when the impact blew them all back. Rebecca handed him her coat pressing it on Sara’s belly as they ran back to camp.

      Doyle opened his eyes pressing his hand onto the pain in his chest and saw Graham’s dagger in his chest. He reached to pull it out feeling strange like he was sliding around and looked at where he was actually confused about it. The snow was everywhere but he was up in the air. Doyle winced as he pulled himself to the edge feeling the curtain from the stage twist and flip until he was face 1st on the concrete stage and the dagger felt like it was handle deep inside his chest. A solider came up to him limping and bleeding from the head but seemed to be more worried about Doyle than himself. Doyle felt his face was bleeding and started to go in and out on conciseness he realized Peyton and Graham were not on the sage with him. He could see Graham shish-kebabbed on the town statue’s sword right at his hip just before he passed out.

      Rebecca watching him take care of Sara and she looked around as Mr. Quinn was rushed in on a bed bleeding out from his chest and his head was bleeding as swollen. She scanned the crowed frantically for Peyton and Graham but nothing, so she yanked Hunter’s arms gesturing to Mr. Quinn as the doctors took Sara away. She watched the calm in his face turn to worry feeling terrible, but he needed to know. He took her hand yanking her out the hospital and back to town. He didn’t have to take her with him she would have run all by herself. Rebecca watched as men carried Graham and the trial of blood on the snow was all the way over, she stopped for a moment looking back at him worried he wouldn’t make it through this and Hunter didn’t stop or let go of her. They made to the square where men were digging in the snow and pulling the curtain down off its broken bars looking for her. Rebecca saw the blood puddle from where Graham was on the sword, then the blood splatter marks from where Mr. Quinn fell down off the curtain and froze. They didn’t fly far so Peyton had to be close and from where they were, she was up high why was everyone looking low? Rebecca stood where they were sitting in the center looking up and she could practically see where they all went.

      Mr. Quins back was to the curtain when the spell hit he flew up and back in the t curtain rods breaking them and getting tangled, Because Graham was protective of Peyton he would have taken the spot more open to the cameras to block her that’s why he was blow into the statue, so Peyton had to have had he back to the woods and houses. Rebecca turned around and looked. It was so hard to tell whose blood was who’s from all if this and the houses here was all destroyed. She looked around and then took off every house was messed up but not every house had a hole in the roof from it. She ran in the door falling to the floor as she ran inside. Rebecca could hear the house slowly crumbling as he walked through trying to figure out how to get upstairs, Hunter ran in behind her wrapping his arms around her waist pulling her back looking around. Rebecca told him what she saw and assure him that Peyton has to be in here. He told her to wait outside and he would look, and she rolled her eyes pulling his arms off her. He is so concerned with keeping her alive that she doesn’t realize she snot a child she can take care of herself. Hunter and Rebecca couldn’t find her at all in the bottom floor, so Rebecca stared to go up to go up the stained and they broke under her feet slightly. He tried to stop her, and she had it.

      “Okay Hunter now you are going upstairs is suicide. It crumbled for me it will shatter for you. I’m small I’ll go up if she’s there I’ll call you to figure out how to her get her out but for now get outside and wait for my call.”

      “I’m not going outside if you are in here.”

      “Fine if the 2nd floor crushes and kills you the I told you so.” She said with a huff feeling the 2nd step drop down feeling Hunter grab her waist pulling her into him.

      “If I leave who’s going to catch you when you fall.” He said with a smile even in this chaos it stopped her for a second.

      “That could have been a really cheesy pick up line if you liked me.” she said wishing he did as she looked into those light green almost teal eyes of his. this is too close for her when he is never going to.

      Rebecca pushed off his shoulder onto the 3rd step tip toeing up the steps feeling the breeze come for the room just to the left. She took a step felling her foot go through frantically she reached for the rail hearing Hunter call for her. She said she was fine and pulled herself up and looked into the bathroom. She could see Peyton on the sink blood dripping of her fingertips and Rebecca called out for Hunter trying to get her feet to any kind of ground. She was dangling in the air and she couldn’t see Peyton too well, but blood bring from her hand can’t be good. Hunter ran up the steps and with every step her took the house shook making her loos her grip on the railing a little. Just as her hands slipped, she felt him yank her up into his arms falling back to the floor and she knew that wasn’t going to be good. She felt Peyton’s hang in her hair then the floor shaking and with a loud snap they all fell down. Rebecca pushed herself up trying to wave Hunter up the and time she landed on top of him today and he looked to be in more pain than she thought she was.

      Without thinking Rebecca crawls off him pushing the rubble aside to get Peyton. She had broken tile through her leg and the sink facet in her arm now. Rebecca tried to see where the bleeding was before when the men ran it pulling Peyton on a back board before he’s even realized they were in there it was that fast Rebecca looked back to tell Hunter it was okay and saw Averie pull him up off the kitchen counter and her heart dropped as he saw the knifes on his back and she crawled back over getting lifted of the floor seeing her legs had the kitchen counter and railing spikes in them not as bad as Hunter or Peyton but still. They didn’t let her make sure he was okay they just gave her a shot and ran off with her on something, all she could see were trees before the morphine kicked in and knocked her out.

Seaton watched the men break every single camera in town and the towns location was not only wiped from his memory but the maps. He couldn’t control his anger and crushed the entire room calling his secret Weapon. His smile was all he could see from the shadow his laugh echoed in the demolished room the annoying cocky laugh like he knew it would happen.

      “I told you that you couldn’t control them that they would outsmart you and look what happened.”

      “FIND THEM!” he shouted hearing the echo thought halls of the castle.

      “As you wish, and next time listen to me that’s why you created me isn’t it? Oh no my creation was an accident I forgot.”

      Seaton dove for him wanting to strangle him for that know it all attitude, but he was gone before Seaton made it there, this isn’t over. Not with him or them.