My Two Daímones

Chapter Eighteen: New Leader

I fell asleep that night in Chris' arms, and he usually slept shirtless, but not tonight. Apparently he didn't want to tempt me, and he didn't want to tempt himself. I thought it was ridiculous that he was being so cautious, but I guess if he felt that nervous then it was for the best. He had a lot on his plate right now, and I didn't need to be something else for him to worry about. 

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I woke up to find that Chris was gone and the door was locked, like usual. I sighed and walked over to the window, looking outside. I saw the trees in the distance, wondering when the other side would attack. I couldn't help but worry a bit about Christian. He was Chris' brother,  I was sure Chris would be upset if he died, no matter how well he tried to hide it. I let out another deep breath, sliding the window up a bit so some air could sweep into the room. I walked over to the bookshelf in the corner, randomly assessing some old books, until I found a Greek dictionary. I wanted to occupy myself with something, and I knew Chris liked to trick me with a lot of phrases, so I curiously sat on the bed and placed it in my lap, opening it to a random page. I looked at a few words before I grew bored, and then I took to staring out the window, gazing at the treetops and zoning out like I usually did. The dictionary stayed propped open on my lap as I sighed, and then I jumped when there was a knock at the door. My heart instantly started beating fast, wondering where Chris was, but then there was the sound of a key being placed into the lock and the door gently opened, revealing a small girl with some leftover childish features. She looked to be about fourteen. 

"Hello..." I said cautiously, but something told me that this was Mira, the girl Jared had brought with him.

"Hi...Um...you must be Melanie. I'm Mira." she introduced with a small smile. I smiled in return, knowing Chris told me not to go meet her, but this wasn't my fault. She had found me. Not the other way aorund. I would have to explain that to Chris. 

"You're with Jared?" I asked, and she nodded, coming to sit on the edge of the bed. She glanced at the dictionary in my lap and smiled. 

"Jared always speaks that stuff and he never tells me what it means. Does Chris do the same thing?" she asked, sounding like she was just looking for something to talk about. I nodded, going along with it. 

"Yeah, and it's the only thing I had to keep me busy since Chris won't let me leave the room." I said, sighing. She nodded. 

"Same with Jared. I hope they're okay." she commented. My head snapped up. 

"What do you mean?" I asked, slightly scared at her words. 

"Oh...didn't you know? They left early this morning because the other side attacked early." she explained. I jumped up, the dictionary falling to the floor with a dull thud. 

"Chris didn't tell me!" I said worriedly. She slowly stood, standing half a foot shorter than me as she glanced up at me. 

"Calm down, Chris probably didn't tell you because he didn't want you to worry." She said reassuringly. I let out a deep breath. 

"But I am worrying...because he's in danger." I said pacing. "God....this isn't good. I didn't even get to say goodbye in case he doesn't make it..." I said, working myself up more and more as I paced, running my hands through my hair repeatedly. Mira tried countless times to calm me down, but she just couldn't do it. 

"Melanie, their fights don't take too long. I've known Jared for a long time before we were together. He's fought before. They always win. And everyone is against Jackson...I'm pretty sure they have some plan to purposely get him killed." she explained, still trying to calm me down. I stared at her, raising an eyebrow. 

"And Jared tells you all this?" she nodded sheepishly and I sighed, feeling frustrated. "Chris barely tells me anything." I grumbled. She giggled softly. 

"That's how Jared was...at first. But I usually get my way with him. I hate it when he keeps things from me, I even threatened to break up with him once, even though I'd never do it. But he knows that I like to know where he is. I hate being kept in the dark. Chris is just being really overprotective. Jared told me he's like that..." she said. I shrugged and nodded. 

"Yeah...more or less. I just hope he's okay..." 

CHRIS POV

I tried to stay away from Christian while we fought, since I didn't want to kill my own brother. All of us were against Jackson, all of us wanting him to die. I would've explained that to the other side, but they were too busy trying to kill the rest of us at the moment. I dodged a ball of fire, not knowing where it came from, before I glanced at Jared and another boy, who both glanced back at me with equally impatient stares. We were waiting for Jackson to perish, but he was strong. I knew what I had to do. I saw Christian preparing to toss another fire ball at Jackson, and I tricked him. 

"Jackson, behind you!" I shouted as Christian tossed the fire. Jackson turned the opposite way, making him blind to the fire that was aimed towards his back. Christian's eyes widened slightly as the fire seemed to strike Jackson in the back in slow motion, making him yell in shock and fall to the ground. Everyone stopped fighting, all of us still. Jackson fell to the ground groaning, and one of the boys on Christians side motioned towards him, wanting Christian to finish the job. Christian gulped, but I knew he didn't want to kill him. He hated killing. I shook my head. 

"I'll do it." I said, surprising everyone. I slowly walked over to Jackson and took a deep breath before I stepped on the back of his neck with full force, hearing a sickening crack before his groans stopped and he went limp. Christian was the one to break the silence. 

"You killed your own leader." he whispered in shock. I shook my head. 

"No...technically you did. You burned him badly enough that he was gonna die anyway, but I just sped up the process. I don't have all day. Besides, I'm the leader now." I said, smirking and realizing that what I said was true. I WAS the leader now. Free to let Jared and Mira be together, free to be together with Melanie...I didn't have to follow the rules anymore....I could be with her. Wow. I never thought I'd feel like this. I never thought this day would come. 

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A/N Short chapter, but my friend really really wanted me to update. I know this chapter probably sucks, and let me know if there's any mistakes since I haven't re-read this story in forever so I don't know where I left off at. But anyway, I might not update again for a while. This was just a random update but...yeah, hope you enjoyed :) teach me will be updated soon