Primal Inheritance: Freedom [COMPLETED]

Chapter 31: She Knows

Avery

The revenant had on a dirty brown leather jacket and black pants, meaning he either wasn't part of our territory or he didn't prepare to show up today. All vampires wear suits and appropriate attire in this building, to lower suspicion.

I underestimated the revenants. They may look like they're dying, they may look like zombies, but they were just as powerful as the rest of us. The revenant became nothing but a blur as he attacked.

He went after the biggest guard first, sinking his teeth into his neck and tearing at his skin with his claws. The guard yelled in pain and threw the revenant off of him. He covered his neck and his body trembled. Maybe it was just the shock of being bitten... Or maybe the revenant had different venom?

One of the other guards came forward and stepped in front of him. He stretched out his arms and purple tendrils of smoke emanated from his skin.

Oddly, he attempted to fight the revenant head on, like a boxer. When it lunged at him he swung with his right fist and knocked out back.
He ran towards it, trying to make sure it had no chance to recover, but it was still too fast.
It hissed like a snake and darted towards the left wall, leaped off of it, and attacked from his side. The other guards all started humming something, casting some type of spell, when as soon as it tried to sink it's teeth in his arm, his arm disappeared. Completely.

In a small purple fog, his arm vanished. It caught the revenant completely by surprise. He rammed into the guard's side, who picked him up by his neck and held him tight. All of the guards were pretty big, and even though none of them were vampires, they all possessed incredible strength. I wasn't sure if there was a spell for that, or if they hit the gym during their free time. The revenant tried to struggle, but the more he struggled the tighter the guard held onto his neck.

"We apprehended him, Miss Barnes." The guard said,
Raising the revenant slightly higher.
I looked past them, at the door. There were a bunch of vampires snooping, trying to see the incident.

This won't look good for us. I realized.
"Okay... Um..." I stopped for a second. Damn, I didn't even bother to remember the guards' names!
"For now, detain the revenant until we-"

"IGNITE!" shouted the guard.
His left arm reappeared the same time his right arm lit ablaze. The fire spread and consumed the revenant, who screamed and writhed in agony.
The guard was unfazed by the flame, and showed no mercy. He kept a stranglehold on the revenant, who had started begging and pleading for it's life.

There were some vampires and revenants watching, and they must have sympathized with the creature, because some sprang forward to free him.
The other guards didn't give them a chance.
One threw balls of fire, burning the vampires and revenants in the front, making them retreat.
Another drew a line of fire in front of them that grew taller the closer they got.

I wasn't sure how long this disaster would last, when finally, the revenant went limp. The flames extinguished, and the guard dropped it to the floor.
"It's dead, Miss Barnes."

Great. Just great. I let out a deep breath. "Gabriel, control the crowd."
Gabriel's eyes glowed a translucent blue, and he raised his hand. The line of fire extinguished, and all of vampires froze.

But the revenants didn't.
They looked at the vampires and then at each other.
Gabriel mumbled something, and the intercom came on. A woman's voice spoke.