Xerxes

When things seem right...

Two hours had passed and I was getting tired of fighting. The demons did not die out in number, they multiplied. Some of the fallen ones healed up again, while others replicated after being slashed.

"Xerxes! To your left!" she cried out, creating a barrage of wind attacks with her cane, holding me for support.

"I can't get a hit on them!" I cried back. "They're too fast!"

They were everywhere. We were surrounded. At this point, I wished my father would swoop in to save us, but we got separated during the attack. Harry, Olly, Trina and Indigo laid on the ground bleeding. I sighed. How shitty could this day get?

"They aren't fast," she replied. "We're getting slow."

I bent to catch my breath, I was exhausted keeping them away from us. I had created a protective barrier with my flames to shield us. My powers were going down and I could feel myself slipping.

"I'm done," I moaned, falling onto my knees.

Petra let out a soft chuckle before sitting on the ground, dropping her cane beside her.

"Don't tell me you're giving up too," she said, cracking her knuckles noisily.

I gave a shrug. "It doesn't matter. We can't win."

We had four brutally wounded people in our team who needed medical care.

"It would take a miracle to get us out of here," I muttered, hoping the universe would cut us some slack and help us live, even if it was just for today.

The creatures were in close proximity as my protective flames were too weak to keep them at bay. They stopped moving, like they were waiting for something, when the biggest one showed up. It crawled to me, looked me in the eye, then smiled evilly baring its fangs.

"I guess this is it," I sighed, accepting my fate.

There was no use fighting, these creatures could not be killed. We had wasted our time fighting when running was our best option. It raised its black paw ready to strike when something zipped past me. It was too fast to see, but I saw the aftereffects. The head of the demon slid slowly before rolling onto the ground. The other creatures jumped back in fear, staring at their fallen comrade. There was something different about it this time, it wasn't healing. I looked at Petra in shock when she nodded to something behind me. Turning back, I saw my father looking at his fingers with a lazy smirk on his face.

"You can thank me later," he said. "For now, we need to get out of here. There are big ones like that one on their way here. I don't have much strength left."

I stood to my feet with determination, ready to use my second chance at life, as I gave a silent thank you to the universe.

"What about the little ones?" I asked, eyeing the demons around us.

"Forget them. They're useless without the big ones anyway," he grunted, tossing Olly and Indigo over his shoulders. "The both of you should grab the others and follow me."

I carried Trina, with Petra dragging Harry along as we followed the god into the forest.

***

"Let's stop here for awhile," he mumbled, crashing onto the ground with the humans on his back.

He was exhausted and I could not blame him. He had fought more demons than the six of us combined, coming out unscathed. That was a feat worthy of emulating. I still had a long way to go, I thought, as I carefully laid Trina by a large tree.

"How bad is she?" Petra asked, dropping Harry on the ground.

I looked at Trina, she was pretty even with the blood on her face. I was not one to look at features and find out what they looked like, but I had to make an exception. Her short blond hair glistened with an odd glow under the shadowy forest light. Her breasts were bulging from the light armour she wore making her look seductive. She had long legs which were covered by a tight black trouser and it made her have a resemblance to Queen, except Queen was sexier. I hit my cheek. Have some respect man!