The Cursed One

The Fight Begins

Lysander's POV// 

Nikolina closed in on Lazarus, and I launching dark blasts at us. Thankfully, I've always been good at dodging attacks. Quickly, I moved out of the way, and ran towards Zaiden. If we knock him out, maybe Nikolina will stop.
"Oh no you don't," Leon said, and appeared before me, punching me in the stomach, "Zaiden, stay back,"

I yelped, as I was sent back, and landed on my ass with a thump. Growling, I stood back up, and wiped my pants for any sand that could've made them dirty.
"Are you alright, Lysander?" Lazarus asked, and I smiled.
"Are you kidding? Yes, I'm perfectly alright, Lazarus," I said sarcastically, and he jumped out of the way from Nikolina.
"Ha. Ha. Very funny Lysander," He mentioned, and made his way over to me, "What's the plan?"
"'What's the plan'? Aren't you the leader, Lazarus? Why don't you tell me what the plan is," I commented, and Leon took a step towards me, "And make it quick,"

Leon was tossed a sword from one of the others in the group, and I growled low in my throat.
"Yeah, any day now Lazarus," I said, keeping my feet where they were planted. I'm going to die, if he doesn't freaking hurry. Lazarus cleared his throat, and smiled, I looked at what he was smiling at, and when I realized it I smirked.

Nik stood behind Leon, his hand wrapped in what looked like fire magic. Okay, and Nikolina didn't notice this? He has freaking fire magic. How did she not see this? Nik ran up to Leon, and put his hand on his shoulder, sending warmth throughout his body, Leon cried out, and tightened his grip on the sword, swinging around, to attack Nik. Luckily, Nik backed away fast enough, managing only to get a scrape on himself. I heard him wince, and Zaiden moved forward going over to Leon, worried. Oh, we hurt your boyfriend, so now you want to join us? What great luck.

Moving over to Leon, Nik backed away more. 
"Dammit. Lazarus was that your plan?" I growled, and he shrugged.
"You think we're trained to fight an entire army, Lysander?" Lazarus said, raising his voice.
"Guys!" Luca yelled, and we turned our heads to face him, he had made a shield to protect himself and the others, while he looked at us, "This is not the time to for arguing, you two are fucking twins," Luca yelled at us, "You're supposed to be a damn team, twins work together, and if not you two are still brothers, if you two don't get your act together, we're gonna die, and Nikolina will still be Zaiden,"

I sighed, and nodded, "Yeah, your right Luca. Thanks," I turned towards Lazarus, and smiled, "Come on Big Brother, you know one way we can take care of Leon,"
"You want me to do that?" Lazarus trembled, and I placed my hand on his shoulder, "You remember what happened? Our parents were killed."
"I know, Laz. But right now if we don't do anything, then we might all be killed," I said, and pat his shoulder, "I'll be here for you,"
"Rhys, get back here you idiot!"

Dropping my arm, I glanced at Rhys who had started to run towards Nikolina. When she noticed this she didn't hesitate to start attacking him. Behind us, Ashleigh had started yelling Rhys name, trying to get him to come back. But...she never succeeded.

A bolt of magic Nikolina shot hit Rhys start in his chest, and he fell over onto the ground. This time it was my turn to run. I ran towards Rhys hoping to see if he was still alive. Lazarus had tried to stop me, worried I'd get myself possibly killed also, but when he realized I wouldn't stop, he took to action.
"Oh, Nikolina~!" He called out, and Nikolina's attention traveled to Lazarus, giving me time to check up on Rhys.

I grabbed his body, and rested it in my lap. He was still breathing, but barely. Weakly, I saw as he turned his head to look at me, smiling.
"Lysander, when you...save Nikolina...take care...of her...ya?" He said, slowly, as he began to breathe heavily.
"Rhys, don't die. Your gonna make it. You can't leave Ashleigh here by herself." I said, realizing that might him feel guilty. Instead he just chuckled.
"I was never going to be good enough for her. It's best she forgot about me," I noticed he wanted to keep talking, but it pained him to do so. A tear fell down his cheek, as his eyes rolled back into his head, and he stopped breathing. I looked at Ashleigh, and shook my head. Instantly, she fell onto her knees sobbing.

I wanted to comfort her, but I had bigger issues to deal with. I left Rhys's body where he lay, and walked over to Nik who was still standing in front of Leon. I took a swift look at Leon, and smirked. His shoulder had a scorch mark on it, thanks to Nik's fire. Leon noticed this, and took a step towards me.
"Ooo...you can still fight?" I asked, and glanced at Lazarus who was still in Nikolina's attention span, "Hm...guess we'll have to deal with Leon for now, Nik."
"Yeah. Works with me."

Leon stood up straighter, and tightened his grip on his sword. He looked between me, then Nik, then back at me again. I realized Zaiden was standing beside him, and my smirk faded into a snarl.
"See, now the dog is all worked up. Leon, deal with him quickly. He'll be the reason why Nikolina doesn't do what we want." Zaiden commented, and moved away, "I'll deal with Lazarus. I'd love to see what this thing is, the twins were talking about."

I growled, and moved towards Zaiden, but Leon got in my way, so I stepped back. I glanced at Nik, and he smiled.
"You have a plan?" I asked, and he nodded. "Wanna indulge me?"
He chuckled darkly, "Let's just say, it's gonna get hot."

A/N: Hey everyone, sorry for the late chapter. I've been doing more often lately, I realized. :D I gotta work harder to update more, aha. Anyways, so...Rhys is dead...yeah, that happened. What'd you think? And are you curious about these two plans the three have? Thanks for reading the chapter. See you next time. Love ya. <3