gave
me hope that this would work. I squared my shoulders and spoke as
loudly and as strongly as I could, “You are trespassing. Please
leave the premises.”
The dhampirs and vampires looked at each
other for a moment before one of them walked forward. He was a
short man, thin and unimposing, yet I could feel the evil radiating
off of him in waves. How can you tell the difference between a
vampire and a dhampir? Two ways. One, dhampirs are more muscular,
not bulky like the werewolves, but not thin built like the vampires
either, an in-between of the two. And two, vampires ooze evil mojo
whereas dhampirs only emit a creepy level of evil. He stopped
several yards away from me and bowed elegantly. “Greetings,
Artemis. I am Roger. It is a pleasure to meet you.” He spoke with a
slight English accent that would have made me smile if I hadn’t
been able to feel how evil he was.
“Who sent you here?” I asked.
He smiled. “If you would please come with
us, we will take you to the one requesting your presence.”
He was trying to be sweet, but nothing as
evil as he was could be truly sweet. My skin began glowing brighter
and my powers formed a shield around me as my fear of him grew. Any
vampire who was so calm when faced with a group of werewolves must
be powerful. “I am not going anywhere with you. Leave this place or
die.”
The werewolves behind me began murmuring
excitedly. Roger’s smile widened. “You think you can take us all
on?”
I clenched and unclenched my hands and
visualized fire covering them. Instantly my visualization came
true. Purple flames flickered around my hands as I smiled at Roger.
“I can try.”
One of the dhampirs yelled and began running
towards me. I held up my hand, palm facing the dhampir and a
fireball flew from my hand and through the dhampir’s chest. The
body fell to the ground and the rest of the vampires and dhampirs
began rushing towards me. I backed up as I continued to send
fireball after fireball into the group.
The werewolves behind me finally regained
their composure and rushed forward to join the fight. I dropped my
shield to conserve energy while I continued firing at my enemies.
Roger dodged three of my fireballs and punched me in the face,
making the flames around my hands disappear and me stumble
backwards. His fists flew at me too fast for me to track and soon I
was bleeding, in pain and on my back on the ground. He jumped at me
and I flipped him over my body using my legs. I was up and fighting
with another vampire before his body had even hit the dirt. More
dhampirs and vampires poured into the area easily outnumbering
us.
I had been wrong. I couldn’t take on this
many. I could barely handle twenty. “ARES!” I yelled as loudly as I
could. The connection between us would have notified him
immediately when I was in pain so I knew he had to feel the fear I
felt. “ARES!” I yelled one more time before Roger tackled me from
behind while I was exchanging blows with a dhampir.
I grunted from the impact and tried to roll
over, but Roger’s fingers turned to claws and he stabbed me in the
side, holding me in place. “The boss didn’t say you couldn’t be
hurt, just that you couldn’t be dead. I have a lot of leeway
between living and dead.”
His arrogant attitude angered me more than
the fact that he wanted to torture me. I grabbed his hand at the
wrist and pulled his claws from my side. My skin began glowing and
I smiled up at him. “It’s going to make your boss really unhappy
when he learns that you failed.”
Roger tried to pry his wrist free from my
hand, but I held tight and then faster than I’d ever been able to
summon it before, flame covered my hand and instantly ate through
his wrist, bone and all. I tossed his severed hand aside and
plunged my hand into his chest like I’d done with the female
vampire who’d tried to kill me. He began screaming and I quickly
pulled his heart from his chest and turned it to ash. I pushed him
off of me
me hope that this would work. I squared my shoulders and spoke as
loudly and as strongly as I could, “You are trespassing. Please
leave the premises.”
The dhampirs and vampires looked at each
other for a moment before one of them walked forward. He was a
short man, thin and unimposing, yet I could feel the evil radiating
off of him in waves. How can you tell the difference between a
vampire and a dhampir? Two ways. One, dhampirs are more muscular,
not bulky like the werewolves, but not thin built like the vampires
either, an in-between of the two. And two, vampires ooze evil mojo
whereas dhampirs only emit a creepy level of evil. He stopped
several yards away from me and bowed elegantly. “Greetings,
Artemis. I am Roger. It is a pleasure to meet you.” He spoke with a
slight English accent that would have made me smile if I hadn’t
been able to feel how evil he was.
“Who sent you here?” I asked.
He smiled. “If you would please come with
us, we will take you to the one requesting your presence.”
He was trying to be sweet, but nothing as
evil as he was could be truly sweet. My skin began glowing brighter
and my powers formed a shield around me as my fear of him grew. Any
vampire who was so calm when faced with a group of werewolves must
be powerful. “I am not going anywhere with you. Leave this place or
die.”
The werewolves behind me began murmuring
excitedly. Roger’s smile widened. “You think you can take us all
on?”
I clenched and unclenched my hands and
visualized fire covering them. Instantly my visualization came
true. Purple flames flickered around my hands as I smiled at Roger.
“I can try.”
One of the dhampirs yelled and began running
towards me. I held up my hand, palm facing the dhampir and a
fireball flew from my hand and through the dhampir’s chest. The
body fell to the ground and the rest of the vampires and dhampirs
began rushing towards me. I backed up as I continued to send
fireball after fireball into the group.
The werewolves behind me finally regained
their composure and rushed forward to join the fight. I dropped my
shield to conserve energy while I continued firing at my enemies.
Roger dodged three of my fireballs and punched me in the face,
making the flames around my hands disappear and me stumble
backwards. His fists flew at me too fast for me to track and soon I
was bleeding, in pain and on my back on the ground. He jumped at me
and I flipped him over my body using my legs. I was up and fighting
with another vampire before his body had even hit the dirt. More
dhampirs and vampires poured into the area easily outnumbering
us.
I had been wrong. I couldn’t take on this
many. I could barely handle twenty. “ARES!” I yelled as loudly as I
could. The connection between us would have notified him
immediately when I was in pain so I knew he had to feel the fear I
felt. “ARES!” I yelled one more time before Roger tackled me from
behind while I was exchanging blows with a dhampir.
I grunted from the impact and tried to roll
over, but Roger’s fingers turned to claws and he stabbed me in the
side, holding me in place. “The boss didn’t say you couldn’t be
hurt, just that you couldn’t be dead. I have a lot of leeway
between living and dead.”
His arrogant attitude angered me more than
the fact that he wanted to torture me. I grabbed his hand at the
wrist and pulled his claws from my side. My skin began glowing and
I smiled up at him. “It’s going to make your boss really unhappy
when he learns that you failed.”
Roger tried to pry his wrist free from my
hand, but I held tight and then faster than I’d ever been able to
summon it before, flame covered my hand and instantly ate through
his wrist, bone and all. I tossed his severed hand aside and
plunged my hand into his chest like I’d done with the female
vampire who’d tried to kill me. He began screaming and I quickly
pulled his heart from his chest and turned it to ash. I pushed him
off of me
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