The Devil's Thirst Trap

Chapter 25

'BOOM'

A loud sound went off as fire went off in the warehouse and the force of the fire made her fall flat.

"No no no no no....NO!", she yelled from the top of her lungs as tears rolled down her face and one hand on her bruised ribs with the other covering her mouth in shock.

"I am not done with you yet Zoey."

She felt herself being held in a choke-lock, she knew who it was. Arthur.

Zoey tried to pull him off her but she continue to fail, just before Arthur could stab her using the medallion, she bit on his arm and stomped on his foot, then she hit his head with the back of hers causing him to let go of her.

Zoey tumbled out of his arms and fell to the floor she gasped for air and put her hands around her neck gently. She knew she wouldn't make it out alive, especially in a fight with a vampire, and Arthur above all. So she ran into the woods and brushed herself against the trees that had dew drops of water that started to fall on her skin as she moved against them and she ran over the pine cones that poked her bare feet but she could not feel the pain. Zoey was numb and scared and she needed to come up with a plan as quickly as possible.

There was an old log nearby which she had found, so she picked up a stone as she was running and slid behind the log. Arthur followed her but he lost track of her and he started to slow down, coming to a stop, right in front of her as he turned his from left to right to look for her tracks but he couldn't find them as it started to rain. Zoey closed her eyes gently to calm herself and control her rapid breathing so he wouldn't find her but all she could think about was Alex which made her whimper and tear up at the thought of him.

(He's dead...), she thought to herself. (I need to deal with my pain later and deal with the problem at hand now...I'll find you, Alex...I promise...)

Zoey looked around for any sharp weapons around her but she found something that caught her attention.

"Zoey Zoey! Come out where ever you are!", Arthur said as raised his voice.

Zoey threw the rock that she was holding in the opposite direction of her bright idea. He quickly turned around to where the stone was hit and moved in that direction which gave her enough time. She broke off an arched- branch off a tree and took out the elastic band from her pants and tied it up. She took her hairband off her wrist too and tied her hair up into a high ponytail and took another stone as she pulled out more branches and sharpened it using the rock to create a bow and arrows.

(Perfect.), she thought to herself as she stretched out her bow a little to make sure her aim would reach far enough and that the bow won't stiffen up while aiming. Drops of water fell down from her hair as she was ready to kill whatever would come her way.

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'Creek', Arthur heard a small noise as he turned his head but to see nothing, he went to walk forward as he turned his head back.

"Don't worry, someday you'll go far hopefully, but only if you survive this death.", Zoey said in her deep voice while she aimed her bow and arrow at him square in-between his eyes, not hesitating, not shaking, not moving an inch. Like a predator that had just had its prey enter its trap.

She let go of the band and the show shot but he caught it right on time before it could hit him.

"Neat trick sweetheart, but you should know who I am.", he said as he crushed the arrow with his bare hand with her ease.

But she didn't flinch.

"Made you look, shithead.", she said gruffly.

Arthur took a step forward and his leg got trapped in a rope which then made him hang from a tree, just then she hit him with an arrow straight to the heart and slid under him grabbing the medallion before running away. Arthur managed to get out of the trap she made for him by swinging from side to side with great force that managed to break the tree branch.

"Wow! I guess I have really underestimated you Zoey!", he shouted as he tried to follow her path. "You know...I would love to slice your pretty and cute little face with that medallion, I just need you to give it to me."

"Never.", her voice echoed throughout the forest.

"I'll make sure you regret those words.", he muttered under his breath.

Just then Zoey ran with great speed behind him as she tried to jump on him but he dodged her and pinned her to the ground. Arthur held both of his hands around her tiny neck and began to throttle her, but she reached up for his eyeballs and added pressure on it which made him let her go.

"AHH!!! YOU LITTLE SHIT!!!", he yelled as he held his eyes.

She tumbled him around as she pinned him down and tried to stab him with the medallion but he grabbed her hand quickly and tumbled her as he started to push the knife that was inside the medallion towards her and she had both of her hands trying to fend off the medallion but the medallion was getting closer and closer to her heart until it started to poke her which made her yelp in pain as she closed her eyes.

All of a sudden she felt all of the weight Arthur and the medallion were lifted off her to see that Alex had him pinned to the tree and started to punch Arthur rapidly and fast, the two of them went on and Zoey crawled for her bow and arrow and tried to aim for a perfect shot but she couldn't so she left it and joined in the fight.

Zoey threw a punch at Arthur which he blocked but it gave Alex enough time to take a good swing at him. Alex grabbed the hand that Zoey had been blocked by and he twisted it behind Arthur.

Zoey looked around to find that the medallion was lying on the ground, so she ran as fast as she could to grab it and slid her body with it to Alex who stabbed Arthur fast and heavily.

"You're no different from me brother....and you know it too....", Arthur said as he grabbed Alex and then turned to Zoey, "He's going to betray you.", he stated before he could finally die.

They stayed quiet for a moment until Zoey reached out to Alex and held him tightly. Everything seemed long for them but it all ended quickly.

"Alex...", she said as she started to tear up. "I thought you were dead...", Zoey added as she hugged him tightly and he hugged her back.

"Come on, you're safe now...I promise...", Alex stated as he cupped her face and kissed her deeply. "Let's go.", he said as he interlocked his fingers with hers and walked back into the car.

They kept quiet for a long time during the road trip.

(Maybe I should tell him how I feel for him...), she thought to herself.

(Maybe I should tell her ...), he thought to himself.

But they didn't talk, they both hesitated and stayed quiet and she soon fell asleep. Until they finally reached their stop, he watched her sleep. He found her sleep face looked so peaceful. He was somehow happy and broken, he knew what he had to do, and he knew what he had to sacrifice to make sure that she would be happy and safe. Alex kissed both of her eyelids gently and caressed her face before composing his composure again.

"Zoey, wake up. We're here.", he said coldly.

Zoey woke up groggy as her eyes adjusted to the darkness that surrounded them.

"Where are we...?"