Magic, Strength And Speed

Chapter 3- Thieves

Vixen's Pov

The hard ground beneath me made my feet ache and practically scream at me to stop. "How long till' we are there?" I asked Bliss who was staring at the map intensely. "Uhhh.. Not long" She hesitated not taking her eyes off the map. "Maybe an hour?" She guessed. "Ughghghghghgh" I complained but kept going. Only an hour and then I could relax.

"It could be worse" Ember pointed out as she trudged up the mountain. "We could be in a swamp." She suggested. "Actually, depending where we head after we reach the village, we might have to go through a swamp." Bliss pointed out. "Oh. Still." She paused looking ahead.

For as far as the eye could see, rocks covered the land but it wasn't very surprising. We were on a mountain, what do you expect? "Who the crap builds a village on the side of a mountain?" I complained. "Seriously!" Bliss turned to me. "Well, if you really want to know, a man named Greg built the town. However he died by falling down a large fissure in this very mountain."

"And people still live here?" The long haired girl shrugged. "You'd be surprised."

A sudden noise that sounded like rocks shifting sounded from behind. All of us immediately turned to the source and froze for a moment. Five people dressed similar to Ember were approaching. Each one had some sort of weapon drawn. Exchanging glances, we had a silent conversation that went something like this.

Bliss: I think we should take them out.

Ember: What if they are just passing by or are just petty thieves?

Me: Ember, you know thieves the best. Do petty thieves who only steal to survive draw weapons?

Ember: .... True.... Okay never mind.

Me: Only kill if needed, agreed?

Both of them: Agreed

I took out the lightweight sword out from its sheath and pointed it towards them. I wasn't in the mood for fighting. If anything, sleep sounded really nice right now. They didn't flinch at all. I glanced behind me to see that Ember had taken two Kai blades out and was waiting for them to do something, and Bliss's eyes and hands had the eerie glow I knew too well.

Crap was about to go down.

The group of vicious thieves dashed at us and spit up. The biggest one headed straight for me. Sparks literally flew off of two more as they passed right passed me and head towards the mage of our little group. Finally, the other two bolted to Ember, who looked more than ready for this. I faced my opponent confident that Bliss and Ember could handle this or a least hold out the fight long enough for me to interfere.

The one who came for me was twice my size but half my speed. Honestly, dodging his attacks were a piece of cake. Dang it, now I want cake... Not the point.

He kept swinging a hammer left and right but each time I managed to come out just as fine as before. Ooooo. Dirty thoughts ;). "AAAAAAAAARRRRGGGGG" He screeched but I just kinda laughed at him. "Someone needs anger management help." And as soon as I said that, I took my sword and stabbed the back of his leg. He howled with pain and before I could process what was happening, hit my arm with his hammer.

I winched and rubbed my arm a bit before stabbing his arm returning the favor. The hit from the hammer would have broken my arm if I hadn't been wearing my armor. The large man screeched again in pure frustration. It was pretty funny. "Just die already so I can take your stuff!" I smirked at him. "No, no," I plunged my blade into his chest. "You first, I'm not done with life. I have cake to eat and plus," I added. "My friends wouldn't survive a week without me."

I pulled the blade out and wiped the blood on the dead man's armor. "Sheesh. Trying to kill me just to loot me? That's low." I surveyed the battlefield and to my liking, I didn't have to do anything. The two wizards fighting Bliss shot several lightning bolts at her but the earth mage shielding herself using the ground below her by making it rise and create a wall.

Bliss then dropped it and to the enemy's confusion, she was gone. I laughed a bit. I had seen Bliss pull this trick so many times. She loved doing this most of all. That could only mean that in about two seconds.... NOW. I thought loudly and just as I suspected, Bliss shot out from underneath the pair and blasted them in different directions. She sure loved going underground and taking them from surprise. With a swift hand movement, Bliss forced one of them into a tree and knocked them out.

However, the other one got up and launched their injured self at them with a knife in hand. Bliss turned a bit late and her arm took a slash. She groaned and as the attacker raised his knife to stab her in the heart, the mage I knew too well eye glowed with anger and she raised both her hands up a bit. A long and sharp rock shot out from the ground and priced right through the man's armor and came out the front of his chest a bit.

The man's eyes grew wide and he gasped and dropped the knife. With a snap of their commanders fingers, the rock went right back into the ground and disappeared as quickly as it came. The man's body dropped on the ground, dead.

My gaze turned towards the other one who was still fighting. Ember whirled around quickly dodging each of the attacks. She did unnecessary flips and spins and avoided the enemies. Finally she ended both of them and backflipped over to me. "Was that necessary?" She looked at me weirdly. "They were trying to kill me, so yes, killing them out of self defence was necessary" She snapped her fingers and moved her head with them sassily.

"No I mean the flips. You did a ton of them." She made a face that said 'Oh' and winked. "Of course it was necessary! How else would I win?" Bliss walked over to us and waved. "Okay, I might have taken their weapons and anything valuable." She shrugged. "That's okay. Now we actually have more money to buy crap like cake! I don't know why but I am REALLY craving some cake right now." Bliss smiled brightly at me.

"Then let's buy some. Come on! The village isn't too far from here!" She called and went ahead. "Hey!" Ember called to Bliss getting her to turn back. "What happened to him?" She pointed to the wizard that Bliss had killed. "Oh you know. He's STONE COLD DEAD!" She snapped her fingers and pointed at Ember with the cheesiest smile she could make. "EYYYYYY" Ember returned the gesture.

I face palmed. "Dang it. I swear." I mumbled and walked ahead of Bliss as the pair snickered at the joke.