INFERNO: The Fiery Inception

CHAPTER 20

Lucas walked forward, holding a bottle in his arm it contained a liquid which looked a lot like silver route, but there was gold in it too, dancing around like one would with ribbons, it was very pretty in sight but I wouldn't under estimate it as harmless, no one would when you see how beautiful the poison looks around here. It was a potion which helped to teleport, we had talked about it before.

Lucas poured the liquid on the ground in a circle and whispered something, for a moment nothing happened and I strained my eyes to see if there was any change, trying to see if there any movement. Slowly the mud started moving and it was just a matter of seconds that it turned into whirlpool of mud, pulling everything in, one last look at my parents and Lucas then I turned and held Alex's and Claire's hands and ran towards the portal. Just as we were about a feet away from it, it pulled us in.

It was hard to breath, we were turning around so much I was starting to feel nauseous. It was pitch black around us. We started falling in what seemed like a second our feets were on the ground and nausea was gone like it never was there. I turned around to see a boy around our age looking at me, suddenly he was standing in front of me making me take a startled step back.

"I haven't seen you around before" he said and  took my hand in his only to get shoved back by August.

"Back off" August hissed. August was fuming, it was clear they were anything but  friends. I look at the boy in front of me, he was skinny and tall, he was too pale, almost chalky white. Fear was evident in his hazel eyes but there was something else in there but before I could name it, he was back to his arrogant self, all the fear and any other trace of emotion masked.

"Ah..the heir. I knew it, the aura around you wasn't of an ordinary warrior" he said looking at me, sizing me up.

"But what is she doing here with here lap dogs?" He continued to himself. My blood boiled at his arrogance.

"They are NOT my lap dogs" I seethed. He just shrugged with a cocky expression making me ball my fists. I took a deep breath and calmed my nerves, he wanted to make angry and I'm not falling for it. Suddenly he shoved me back. But that wasn't what I was worried about, his hands glowed blue when he shoved sending a electric shock through my body, I grunted holding a hand to my chest due to the pain, each beat of of heart felt slow and agonising for a moment until the pain slowly reduced into nothing. I was breathing hard and I heard August and the others calling my name looking at me with worry. The guy was shaking, his breath coming out as heavy pants. Whatever was it he had done to me, it took a lot of energy from him. Eric shoved the guy and yelled

"What were you thinking? You could have killed her" he seemed shocked that the guy would even think of doing what he did.

"Well its good then that she's strong we wouldn't want a weak leader, it would have been a good riddance if she did actually die" he merely shrugged like it was obvious, the fear was becoming more evident in his eyes no matter how much he tried to hide it. He was afraid of me, that I was sure. I took a step forward, only for him involuntarily take a step backward. His eyes dimmed in realisation that he just showed that I intimidate him, I smirked at him and took another step forward. His eyes shot towards August.

"You can't hurt me" he said quickly casting a glance at August, and he seemed to gain some confidence too.

"Not if you want to get out of here alive" he added. I tried to take another step forward but Claire held my hand stopping me.

"We're in their territory, attacking him isn't the best idea, and you haven't got your powers yet" she whispered the last part in my ear. I nodded understanding what she meant. It was too much of risk,  if a fight were to start we were severely outnumbered. And without getting my powers, I won't be of much help to them. I took a step back, reassuring the guy that I won't harm him.