My Last Hope (Truth Series 4)

34: Yogs Endangered

Third Person POV

Shadowy figures move through the forest surrounding the group in the clearing. One notches an arrow on his bow, aims it at the back of a blonde haired girl standing behind a male werelion, and releases.

The young blonde haired girl, Star, is pushed out of the way by a taller blonde haired woman, Sierra. The elder literally shoves Star in the shoulder. Star is forced to the ground and Sierra uses the moment to propel herself out of the way as well. The arrow just narrowly catches her forearm. It clips the shin of the male werelion. Both Star and Clash cry out in surprise. Chaos ensues.

Panic and fear ignites. Weapons are swiftly drawn and people scramble to defensive positions. Frantic shouts of 'Are you okay?' and 'Is anyone hurt?' fill the air. One voice stands out. It's strong, powerful, and commanding. It's Lewis. "Stay calm! Everyone stand your ground! We'll get through this together."

Nearly a hundred figures jump to from the shadows of the trees. They completely surround the group in the clearly. The figures are revealed to be a mix of different races; from skeletons to zombies to witches to rogues and warriors wearing dark cloaks. They carry a variety of weapons; from maces to bows to swords to daggers to magic. They attack as soon as they appear.

A pair of rogues carrying iron swords dart towards Martyn, a frail looking forest elf. One rogue lunges at him sword slicing downward. Martyn dodges and the sword cuts through his shirt. The elf grins as he uses his magic to grow a sapling successfully entangling a rogue. Seeing an opportunity the second rogue attacks Martyn from behind. Caught by surprise the iron sword tears across the elf's back. Martyn cries out and retaliates with a swift roundhouse kick to the head the rogue falls to the ground unconscious.

Two skeletons launch arrows as two zombies with extraordinary speed assault Clash, Sierra, and Star. Clash easily avoids the zombies and ducks past incoming arrows. He draws a diamond sword and charges at the two skeletons. He swings the sword with ease cutting one in two. It disappears into dust. The other skeleton tries to launch another arrow at the werelion but is clearly struggling with the close combat. Clash avoids the arrow with ease and thrusts his sword upward. It pierces the underside of the skeletons skull and breaks through the top of it. Sierra blocks the zombies punches with her arms. She stands protectively in front of Star. While the young girl may be taking lessons in magic she is not well versed in combat. Sierra fails he defense and is hit in the stomach. She gasps and clutches at her stomach with one arm. She uses her free hand to summon magic water. The water hardens into the shape of a sword but does not become ice. Sierra dodges a punch aimed again for her gut and slices downward with the water sword. A zombie turns to dust. The water sword turns into a whip and she cracks it into the head of the other zombie.

Rythian and Seto stand back to back defending each other from flying arrows, wild magic, thrown daggers, and flailing swords. Seto casts fire magic on zombies and skeletons slaying several of them at once. Rythian uses his red matter katar to slice through multiple cloaked warriors. No matter how many they cut down many more replace the fallen.

Star screams when an arrow embeds itself in he previously injured shoulder. She crumples to the ground in pain and clutches at her shoulder. Tears form in her eyes but she doesn't pen them fall. Sierra and Clash immediately surround her and defend her from the enemies.

"Stevie, there's too many," Sierra calls to her brother.

Ridgedog grunts from where he floats in the air shooting balls of magic at the enemy. He takes a quick survey of the battlefield. They are vastly outnumbered. "Everyone get together!" He orders. He flies higher to get a complete overview of the scene. Everyone is doing as he says and gathering around Star. Rythian and Seto are the first to meet up with the slowly forming group. The first chance he gets, Seto breaks away from his defense with Rythian. He gets to Star's side in a flash. He crouches beside her, removes the arrow, and immediately starts healing her. From his station in the sky Ridge blasts enemies away with his magic making it easier for his allies to escape their clutches. Finally everyone is in the center of the clearing surrounding Star and now Seto. Ridge flies down to join them as he shouts, "Sierra! Now!"

They disappear leaving nothing behind but confused enemies, monster dust, and cloaked corpses.