The Disappearing Fields

chapter 16

+ Haven+

It had been a couple of days since then and i've been run ragged. Right now, it's about five o'clock in the morning and Kaz and I have been in a training /sparring/educating session for about an hour and a half. He's lucky I'm a good morning person or I'd probably kick him so hard he won't be able to have kids anymore. Hell I wanted to do that when I saw my clock saying 3 am when he woke me up. Like who the heck gets someone up that early for no reason.

"Alright. Now kick your leg out and up. Make sure the knee is unbent."

Following his directions, I kick out my leg hard only for Kaz to grasp my calf before my foot made contact with his chin.

"Good. I'm surprised by your natural penchant for martial arts. Now Here comes the hard part. Use your weight and momentum to twist your body to break free from my grasp."

"Why don't you just let go?"

He smiled at that, but something told me it wasnt for a good reason. It was one if those evil smiles kaz has uses when I don't listen to him. I knew I wasn't going to like what he was about to say, but I waited anyway.

"Why on earth would anyone do that? With you like this, you're at my mercy. " with that, he tugged my leg hard and brought an elbow to my face, stopping inches from me.
"You see? It's easy to knock someone out like this. Which is why you have to be able to break free." He said while squeezing my ankle.

Pain shot up my leg as he tightened his grip on my leg."Owwww oww owwwwww! Stop that Kaz."

"Haven. I can't Just let you go. You have to do it on your own."

On your own. That's become Kaz's moto now. I think he thinks he's been to soft on me which is why he was so worried when I fought Bane and Kyle. His so into this on your own thing, he's even told Niko to go to the bathroom on his own.

Despite what he said, he eased up on his grip. Immediately after, the pain receded. "How about we try this with the other leg. I'd rather you didn't squeeze a healing ankle."

He heaved a sigh before letting my leg go. "No. We'll focus on upper body strength for now and worry about lower body strength later. " he gets into postion, knees slighty bent both hands up in fists.

Inwardly, I heave a sigh. I really hate sparring. I'd much rather learn to use my essence rather than learn to punch and kick people. But apparently ' essence is unique and is only mastered through years of self discovery. ' or some mumbo jumbo kaz had said.

I get into proper form and the sparring session begins again.

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I scurry behind the mountain of kids with my lunch in hand. I'm almost there. Just around that corner and down the hall then I'll be in my sanctuary.

That thought pushes me to walk as fast as I can before breaking out into what I hope is normal run. Just as the library doors come in view, I'm grabbed roughly by the shoulder and hauled into the nearby bathroom.

My back makes contact with the sink and I stare at my assailant. The Queen and her Drones.

"You think you can mess with me? " she sneers.

I say calmly. "I don't remember doing anything to you. "

She glares at me and proceeds to mention all the ways I've wronged her but the only real thing she says is I stole Zeik but we aren't together. I don't know why people think that.

A silent gasp escapes my mouth as something appears over her shoulders, a group of small glow bugs? They we're too tiny to see but their wings illuminated the area around them in different hues. They appeared to be moving in such a way that the light around their wings formed a letter.