The Destined Queen

Chapter 27

*Ashten*

Emerson called some of his friends and we are now in my apartment in Reinshart, where Gustin and I fight, nowadays. " So, This is Aaron, Austin and Neil. They are good fighters. Neil taught me to fight after I became a soul. " Emerson said. " Hi. Nice to meet you all. " I greeted them, shaking each of their hands. Aaron, Austin and Neil doesn't look a day older than thirty. Aaron has short brown hair and green eyes. Austin has black hair with a navy blue streak on the right part of his hair, and has brown eyes. Neil is a blonde and has black eyes. They are each built like a warrior. " Did you three work as a bounty hunter or something? " I asked. " What is a bounty hunter? " Aaron asked. " We were warriors of our time. We won many battles. " Austin said. I nodded. " Let's start the lesson, then. " Emerson clapped his hands one time. And then someone bursted through the door. I turned to see an angry grey head. " I said, " I am going to train", and it is not up for arguing. " The grey snapped at us. " Winter,What are you doing here? How did you come here? " Emerson asked. " I asked Gustin. " She said, raising her chin. And Indeed Gustin walked inside. That's why he is late. I didn't even look at Gustin. I was busy gaping at Winter. She was wearing a black fighting gear. From where did she bought that? And might I add, that she looks gorgeous and dangerous at the same time? She is wearing her hair as a ponytail and no makeup was on her face. Absolutely none. Her nose and ear was pink with anger. At last, the beauty in front of turned her eyes to look at me. My jaw was still slightly down. " Close your mouth, Emerson. You look like a fool. " Gustin said. I shut my mouth immediately. Winter's cheeks reddened as well. And she looked away. I scratched the back of my head and turned around to see Emerson looking at Winter with admiration. My hands curled and I gritted my teeth. " Who are you three? Are you going to train us? " Winter snapped my attention to her. Before any one of them could answer, I walked up to her and pulled her outside. " Ash, Leave me alone. " She shouted and tried to pull away. " Ashten. " She shouted. I took her to my room and shut the door. " I told you, you are not training with us. Because you are not fighting in the battle with us. You have nothing to do about it. " I snapped. " And I said that I would train. Because I am a human being and I have every right to defend other human beings. " She shouted. " Stop it, Winter. " I said. " Or what? " She shouted. And My lips met with hers. I kissed her angrily. I bit her lip and she whimpered. And then I hold her tightly. " I am afraid to lose you, too. Don't you get that? " I asked. " But I want to fight. " She said. " Don't you have work? " " No. My juniors are working by themselves. They are doing all the work. " " Winter, You need to go back. I need you to be safe. " I said, calmly ." And I want to fight. " She said with determination. My hands flopped. I ran my hands through my hair and gripped it tightly. She doesn't listen to me. She never listens to me. " I want to protect Rose, Aunt Annie and Uncle Gerald. From the evil souls and the war. " Winter whispered, at last. I looked up to her eyes. It held pain and fear. Not for her but for Rose. Fear that Rose will also be taken away from her. I sighed, and closed my eyes. I can not deny her now. She wants to protect Rose as much as I want to protect her. " Fine. " I said. Winter slowly smiled. " But... I want you to stay with me when the battle rages on. You have to stay with me. All the time. " I said, looking into her eyes. She nodded vigorously and hugged me. " Thank you, Ash. For understanding. " She said. " I am sorry, Winter. I just want to protect you. " I said. " I understand. " She nodded and broke the hug. " Let's go. I don't want the souls to get angry because of us. " She said, smiling. I smiled and pulled her along with me. I hope I won't regret this decision. I have to make sure she is alright in the battle. And I also have to make sure that she has sugar with her. Can't have her fainting on me.

* Winter*

I managed to make Ashten understand that I need to fight in this battle. I can not lose Rose. And I want to defend humans. We are not a toy to play with. I will make sure that The Kingmas knows that. We entered the gym or fighting room or whatever Ashten calls it. I didn't know he had a room like this. That too in his basement. Thanks to Gustin, I got to come here. I begged him to get me here. And he eventually gave up and brought me here. " As we cannot touch you, We will demonstrate how to fight with the damned soul. You are humans so the only thing will help you to kill a soul is the weapon. So, pick something up like a knife or bottle. Anything will be fine. And use it as the weapon. " The guy with blonde hair and black eyes said, his name probably is Neil. Then the lesson started. They had their swords. Seems like they were warrior back in the days when they were alive. They showed us how to hold a weapon. How to grip it strongly but not tightly. They instructed us about the basics about fighting. Taught us how to kick an punch. It seemed like Ashten and Gustin were previously trained. And I seemed like a doll, who failed everytime. I fell on my butt again and again. So, Neil took me to the corner and said that I need to practice entirely in a different way. Like a beginner. He said to me that he will train me and also told me to lock time. Either At night or early in the morning. I chose five a. m. As I am always too tired at night. " Good. Then I will see tomorrow. " He said and told me to go home. I walked outside, lowering my head. Ashten and Gustin didn't turn their head towards me. Because Aaron and Austin told them not to. I ashamedly went out of the apartment and a driver was already waiting for me to take me home. I can not believe I am this bad at fighting. And It is hard. I have never trained as a fighter. I even didn't exercise that much. I felt like a failure while going back home. I have to be better at it. I have to fight. I have to protect Rose. I will come to train with him. I silently went home to change in my normal clothes and went to office in the car that was probably Ashten's or Gustin's. I will train hard. Yes. I nodded my head with determination.

The day went by normally. I couldn't believe that The Kingmas is going to attack us. I don't know what is his gain. Revenge on Jacob or Revenge on humans. I will surely ask this to him when we capture him.

I couldn't sleep at night that well. Ashten returned to my apartment at Night. I don't know what he was doing all day. Maybe he is working with the scientists of the company that makes weapons. It is a miracle that we are soon going to possess a weapon that has the ability to kill souls. I didn't know anything could do that. Until now. I hope the damned soul realm is getting ready, too. We need to be together to finish off The Kingmas. If he had been thinking about raging war with humans for a long time that means he has enough evil souls to attack and destroy humanity. We have to be prepared. My mind had so many thoughts, it didn't keep quiet until it was one in the morning. I put an alarm for 4:30 in the morning. I need to be there within five. We are going to train at Ashten's apartment. In the same room.

I jerked from the bed when my alarm rang. I hurriedly freshened up and drove my car to Ashten's apartment. I already took the key from Ashten previous night, when he returned to my apartment. So, I opened the door and walked to his kitchen first. I took a water bottle and started gulping down lots of water. But the bottle fell when Emerson flashed his teeth, leaning on the wall at the corner. " You scared me. " I said, placing my hand on my heart. " I am sorry. I just wanted to ask you, if you have your candies with you. And also that, Did you eat? " He raised his brow. " No. And No. " I said. I forgot about the candies. And it was too late to eat food. " Thought so. " He said, a bag of candies, a plate of salad and a bowl of strawberries appeared beside him, floating in the air. The food moved towards me. The plate and the bowl of strawberries sat on the kitchen table and the bag of candies were still floating in front of my eyes. I took it and placed it on the table. " Why salad? " I asked him. " Because it is light and it is full of proteins. " He said. I pouted at the salad. I am in no mood to eat that. " Come on. Eat up. Neil is very serious about training. But surely he will train you perfectly. I have no doubt. So, fill your tummy and train hard. And don't fall on your butt the next time we train together. " Emerson said. " Won't he get angry that I am late? " I asked. " Then you should eat as quickly as possible. " He smiled. I shook my head and sat on the chair. " You could have at least given me some chicken. " I said, and started eating the salad. " I didn't give you chicken that's why you have the berries. Stop complaining. " He said, and sat beside me on the chair.

" Why are you helping me? You denied when I asked you to fight in the battle. " I asked, eating my breakfast. " You are Ashten's girlfriend. If he agrees to let you fight in the battle, that means there is something important for you to fight for. " He shrugged a shoulder. And he stopped at that. I ate my breakfast silently. Two bananas appeared when I cleared up the plate and the bowl of berries. I looked at him. " Bananas give you nutrition. You will need it. " He said, his eyes showing no emotion. Sometimes he scares me. How can a soul who was human a long time ago, doesn't show any emotion? I mean we are humans. We have so much emotion. I sighed, and ate the bananas.

I surely was late for the training. Neil was waiting for me.But He didn't say anything. He started barking instructions at me. " It seems that you don't exercise enough. So, your legs, hands and your entire body is... fragile. You need to strengthen everything. Let's start with some stretching." So, we stretched. For half an hour. " Is this all we are going to do? " I asked. " No. But Stretching is necessary. We haven't started the real training yet. " He said and snapped his fingers to tell me to continue doing my lunges, to stretch my legs. After I finished stretching, He told me to start strengthening my legs. He told me to pick a sack of wheat with my legs. I don't know where did he get it from but it was heavy. I was laid on the ground supporting with my elbows, and I was pushing the sack up with my legs, and down. My stomach and legs hurt like hell. Even my hips started burning. After Half an hour of doing that, He told me to stand up and I couldn't. I fell on my butt. AGAIN. I groaned and turned on my back. And I just couldn't get up. I tried and tried. But couldn't. At last I gave up. Neil brought a chair and offered his hand to me. I held it and got up on my feet, my body was aching. He left my hand when I sat on the chair. " You are worse than I thought. " Neil said. I looked up at him, whimpering. " Don't worry. You will be trained perfectly. And the more you train, the more the ache will go away. " He said. I nodded, biting my lip. I hope it goes away.