what walks in the shadows

chapter 13

jack

jack looked at Lewis who was shivering with fear and looking were the hole used to be. Jordan looked at jack . and Henry who started to fallow until Jordan coughed. Henry looked to Jordan who replied by shaking his head glaring at him.

"But-" Henry started

"No." Jordan finished as he interrupted Henry in mid sentence.

Jordan gave Henry another stern look and Henry gave up sitting on one of the big loose roots of a giant tree. They waited and waited not daring to fallow the girls. Jack leaned against the same tree and Jordan sat on the ground next to Lewis.

They waited longer. The whisper of the wind against the still leaves of the giant trees sent shivers up jack's spine. Henry looked up occasionally to see if any one had come back, he would look at the trees and then when there was nothing he would go back to drawing smiley faces in the ground. Jack looked to the trees and an un-easy feeling grew.

"your friends are in danger, Help them. They call HELP!" the winds whispered

Jordan and jack stood up at the same time. The two boys must have heard the voice and soon henry and lewis looked up from what they were doing. The boys looked back at the trees. Again the wind whispered but this time it said nothing it only brought cold chills. then it came, the thing that jack had been dreading.

"HENRY! JACK! JORDAN! LEWIS, SOMEONE! HELP!"

Jack was the fist to start running to were he heard the voices. Jack looked to his left and saw Jordan gaining speed. On his right Henry was running a few steps faster. Jack noticed that Henry had an amazing poker face and he couldn't ready his expressions. Jack took out his pocket knife. As his thumb rubbed the Swiss sign the knife expanded in to the really wicked sword. Henry in mid jump, jumped up and grabbed a loose branch which he tore clean off the tree. Jordan still had his bow and enough arrows in his quiver. Jack swung his sword cutting at all the branches, bushes, leaves and shrubs in his way. Jack picked up a lot more speed.

The boys ran into a grove of trees to find the girls. On the ground lay Coralyn clutching her chest were her heart was. A little ways away Elizabeth lay with a very bloody head. Reyna was still standing, barely. She was holding Carolyn's good knives and was about ready to fall.

Henry charged first and reached Reyna were he helped her stand. Jack noticed right away that their was a creature similar to the creature they just fought, but instead it had someone riding on it. The person was holding one single candle stick and was singing a very grucim song. The words didn't make sense but with the melody it tied together to put a very deadly song.

Jack looked to the rider. The rider turned her head and jack was stunned beyond belief. She was meant to be dead. Jack had lit the train on fire and Aria burned to death before his very eyes she smiled at jack.

"it has been a while jack." She said

Jack just stared in disbelief at the girl.

"What no words? Ah, didn't you miss me?" aria said with fake sympathy.

"I thought you were dead?" jack said still in shock

"well, it takes more than a little flame to take me out." Aria said

"then I'll take you out again." Jack said

"well, I am still too weak to fight you here but in a different time we will have our little duel. So till then good bye." Aria said.