Hunted Memories

20- Betrayal

Fear clouded Kathy's senses and she forgot how to breathe. It wasn't until Hala pulled her out of the way that she realized that a misty knife was thrown at her. The girl rushed at her quickly with another knife in hand taking her to the ground with a slam as another man went after Hala. Extreme pain in the left side of her abdomen made her realize that she had been stabbed. 

With much effort, she pushed the girl off her and touched her stomach in despair. When she raised her hand to her face, it was covered in blood. The wound was deep from what she could feel. She threw a weak punch at the girl who caught her arm and sent a kick to her wounded stomach. Kathy collapsed to the ground in pain, gasping for air as the wind got knocked out of her. 

Kathy tried to start a fire but the girl smashed her head into the ground. Kathy's eyes rolled to the back of her skull, her vision blurring. She then understood why Lunae soldiers could not stand a chance against the shadow warriors–they were indestructible. She realized that when they rose after being killed. The girl on top of her threw various punches at her face and Kathy tried her dizzy best to block some. 

Why wasn't she healing? 

With the accelerated healing from the moon, she should have started healing by now but the wound kept on bleeding heavily. She was frightened, tired, and hurt. She was never ready to go into battle, never prepared enough. Now, she was going to die just like that. The words of the shadow came back to her mind. She was weak. 

'Kathy, please, get up!' Hala's voice rang in her head. 

'I can't!' She whimpered. 

'Yes, you can! I can't help you now but you can't die like this,' Hala said to her. She could feel the mind-bond fading. 

The girl got off Kathy and raised her hand with a sword in hand to finish Kathy off. 

'Kathy, please!' Hala pleaded again, sounding more desperate that time. Kathy heard her voice like an echo. 

Unable to get her body to stand up, Kathy closed her eyes in defeat. She was bleeding and in so much pain. That was it, the end of her pathetic existence. 

"That's enough, Talia!" A familiar voice said coming towards them. Kathy couldn't muster enough strength to look up to see who saved her from dying. 

"But she tried to kill me!" The girl, Talia spat, still standing with the sword raised. 

"Don't be petty, honey, you can't die as long as I'm alive," the familiar voice said. 

Kathy managed to peel her eyes open with much difficulty. Her sight was still slightly blurry making it impossible for her to see. Someone pulled her up and dragged her to the corner of the Castle, there she saw some other elementals. All of them were in bad shape, they were bleeding and exhausted. Why weren't they healing? 

She looked around for Hala but couldn't find her. She couldn't find Aerial or Triton. Talia and the female who saved her were nowhere to be found. 

"Has anyone seen my parents and brother?" Kathy asked through the pain of her swollen face. 

"The last time I saw Luna, she was taken down by a warrior," a water elemental replied. His head was bleeding severely and he was slowly losing consciousness. 

Kathy prayed that her family was still alive wherever they were. 

She ripped a piece of her dress off and pressed it over the man's head. That movement caused great pain in her abdomen. Her insides felt like it was on fire, she still wasn't healing. From the beginning of the ballroom to the end were bodies for Lunae warriors with the shadow warriors walking around and making sure nobody stood up. None dead but all severely injured.