Opposites Attract

Chapter 4

"Crap" Gaby thought as she realized that Crystal passed out and she was left to fight for both of them. When the hawk pointed the crossbow at her she let out a roar and ran. The arrow barely missed her by an inch. She ran in a circle around the hawk trying to find a weak spot. She stopped in back of him and turned into her human/leopard form. "Why are you attacking us!" Gaby shouted. "I'm just having a little fun, is that so wrong?" He responded with a crazy smile. He had long grey hair that went up to his shoulers with grey eyes, and appeared to be in his thirties. "My name is sir John Berwick of the Berwick Household" he stated with a bow. "I'm Ga-"
"My new play thing, well until I brake you that is" John's eyes glinted with evil as he said that.

His body was covered with a cloak so Gaby couldn't see what he had inside. One of the things turned out to be a long sword. He had it in a two handed grip as he pointed it straight at Gaby. Gaby reached down to her boot and took out a hunting knife that she kept there. It's was half as long as a machete with teeth on the side, it wasn't a sword but it would have to do for now. They both stood there waiting for one of them to make a move, and it was John who did. He moved like a blur, but all were-animals could move like that so it was easy to keep up. All five races were known for a certain aspect of them like hawks for their speed, bears for strength, foxes for brains, leopard for healing, and wolf's for combat. So Gaby could keep up, but barely because hawks were faster than any were-animal.

John ran and jumped in the air and brought his sword in a downwards swing. Gaby barely blocked it in time by bringing her knife up. The knife and sword connected, but the force and weight of the sword brought Gaby to one knee. John kept her pinned then lifted his sword up and kicked her in the stomach. The kick send Gaby back and into a tree. She got up quickly, but when she looked up at John she saw he had the crossbow again. Luckily her quick reflexes were what saved her from being stabbed in the heart by dodging to the left, but she wasn't fast enough because the arrow still got her in the right shoulder. She fell on her back with a groan and as she tried to get up she was pushed back down by a boot to her chest. Gaby opened her eyes to see John standing on top of her with the tip of his sword to her neck. He gave her an evil smile before raising it and bringing it down swiftly.

Shhliiing! CLANG!!!

the sound of a sword getting hit and falling to the ground was heard in the silence of the field. John was stunned for a second seeing and feeling his sword disappear from his grip. He looked up but instead of seeing a person, he saw a flash of silver before a giant sledgehammer smacked him in the face. The hit send him high up in the sky and John fell in the other side of the clearing with his skull broken.

The man brought his hammer up and put it behind his back. He was about 6'6 and had muscle that seemed to bulge from his brown cotton shirt and light brown leather pants. The shirt had the sleeves ripped and showed his giant muscular arms, which seemed like they were the only thing that let him carry a weapon that big and heavy. He had medium length dark brown hair and brown eyes that were so dark they seemed black. He looked down at Gaby who was staring at him from the floor with her mouth agape. "You'll catch flies if you don't close your mouth" he chuckled. "Ah.....I...um, sorry" she said as she tried to stand up. As soon as she did her knees buckled but before she fell down the man caught her arm. "Did you hurt your legs?" He asked with some concern. "Uh....no, just a little dazed. Almost getting killed does that to you" she smiled as she finally got her feet steady. "Ha, I like your sense of humor girl" he said with a smile as he patted her back, which almost cost her to fall over again.
"Thank you for your help...um.."

"Name's Donovan wickedman, but my friends call me wicked"

"Well, again thank you for your help wicked. My name is Gaby Vymont, my friends call me....Gaby....heh.." she said the last part while looking down and scratching the back of her head embarrassed. "Any way... I have to go and help my frie-"

"I know, I saw the fight, well it was more him fighting and you running" wicked said with a chuckle. Gaby just glared at him as her cheeks flushed with embarrassment. She thought of herself as a good fighter, especially with a bow. "Good bye, there's someone that needs me" she said with a huff and walked (more like limped) towards Crystal. She was about to pick her up until wicked stopped her by putting his hand on her shoulder. "Your too weak to carry her, let me help. In your condition you won't even make it half way to town with her in your arms especially with that arrow in your shoulder" Gaby looked at her right shoulder as if she just noticed the arrow sticking out. "Right now you don't feel it because of the adrenaline from the fight but you will soon, and trust me it's going to hurt, plus she also needs medical help, so we need to get back quickly"

"Not really, we're leopards, we heal faster and better than others. We'll only need something to numb the pain, the wounds might heal, but they will still hurt" Gaby grabbed the arrow in her shoulder and with a grunt she pulled it out. She fell to knees with a scream. Wicked was about to help her up, but she stopped him. "I'm..I'm all right" she panted, "Pick Crystal up....and Carrie her back to the village.....I'll catch up" Gaby said breathlessly. She moved to the side as she motioned for wicked to pick Crystal up. He crouched down and lifted her up and carried her bridal style towards the village. Gaby got up and took off her shirt. She used her knife to cut her shirt to strips and Wrapped them around her injured shoulder. She had a silk shirt under it so she wasn't worried about giving people an eye full. Crystal always said it was too hot to wear two shirts, but Gaby did it anyways. It actually turned out to be helpful she thought with a smile as she ran to catch up with wicked.

They went to Crystals house and Gaby put her to bed while wicked waited in the leaving room. As soon as she was done Gaby walked in to the leaving room and sat in front of wicked. "Now what?" He asked. "Now we wait for her to wake up, while we wait I'll make some dinner, I'm sure she'll be hungry when she wakes up" Gaby said as she got up and started a fire. "Shouldn't we wait, what if we don't hear when she wakes up?" He questioned her while looking at the door that led to the bedroom. "Trust me we'll hear her, mostly because she'll start complaining like a 5 year old. At first it's cute, but then it gets annoying as hell" she complained with a shake of her head. "...l see" he said as he looked at the door again before he got up again and started helping out with dinner.