The Fire -1-

-S1, Ep10: Chapter 39-

-Chapter 39: Fire-

Tanner spoke his incantation as he waved his hand over Anna's body. She struggled and cried as she wiggled in her bonds. She grabbed the rope and gripped it in her hands as Tanner ended his incantation, moving to the other side of her. He revealed a knife and Anna immediately knew that knife. It was Richie's.

"Carlos wanted you here for a reason." Tanner said. "Your blood is so pure, it's gonna satisfy the Nine Lords." She gripped the rope tighter, feeling its material cutting her hands open. "At least for now, before they realize that their precious Santanico is gone." A tear rolled down her face. "Oh, Princess." Disgust filled her stomach as he used the nickname Seth gave her. It was strange, because it didn't happen when Seth used it himself. "You should be very proud. It's all you." He put the knife against her shirt and moved it down. She felt it cut a small amount into her skin, causing her to yelp, gripping the rope even tighter. "I know why you got that name." He rubbed the knife against her stomach. "Princess." The blood from her hands started covering the rope in the red liquid. "Who wouldn't want to save you?" She felt her bonds get heated up and break. She pulled her hand back and punched Tanner across the face. He groaned and quickly held her down. "There's that fighting spirit!" He put all his weight on her, causing her to scream against him. "No wonder Seth wanted to keep you!" He lifted the knife and held it up to her face. "Who couldn't resist your beauty? If they did, it'd be a sin. You're like an Angel. The way you look at everyone with kindness, it only proves my theory more. You, Anna, are an Angel." Her hands gripped his jacket.

Suddenly, fire erupted onto his jacket sleeve from her hands.

What the hell?!

Her eyes widened in shock, thinking Tanner would be screaming for his life and in pain, but no. Tanner just looked at her and laughed.

"Fireproof." Tanner explained, simply. "I figured it might be a good material to add, and I was right. But I was even more right about you, Anna. You're not human." Her eyes widened even more as the fire went out. "The girl who can start fires with her mind. Reminds me of the legend I heard about when I was a little boy. Of course, everyone thought it was bullshit, but I believed it. I believed every second of it." Anna thought this guy was even more crazy than he was a few minutes ago. "There's only one creature...who can do it and look as human as you do. You wanna know what it is?" She closed her eyes and shook her head in disbelief.

"No, no, no." She said, muffled by the rag in her mouth. Suddenly, fire erupted from her hands again and it started crawling up to Tanner's face. He started to panic.

"Forget it!" He said, causing her to open her eyes. "Now we're gonna skip to the good part!" He raised up his knife and 3 voices screamed out at the same time.

Suddenly, Freddie showed up and swung his sword at Tanner, but Tanner dodged and the two started fighting. Anna grabbed the rag out of her mouth and threw it on the ground. She looked up and saw Freddie on the ground with Tanner standing above him.

"Ranger Gonzalez!" Anna shouted in fear for him.

"Welcome to the party, Sheriff." Tanner said and the two started fighting again. Anna sat up and untied her feet. Freddie got up and pointed his sword at Tanner. "I knew it! That's why you didn't get affected by the queen's bite. You're otomi, baddest of the bad-ass ancient warriors. I've read about you. You've got a hell of a bloodline there, compadre."