Protector Of The Four

Chapter 13

Ashley fell to the ground.

My last blow had connected with the side of her face. The mark started to disappear not long after I had punched her, but it was there long enough for me to smack her once more in the jaw. She looked up at me, her eyes were now a deeper red and I felt my body rise in temperature. She smiled as sweat dripped from my forehead. I started to get dizzy and I knew in seconds I was going to pass out, big time.

"No powers!" Toby spat through his teeth protectively. I smiled as I started to feel cooler and back to normal. Ashley then stood up and kicked me in the side of my ribs. I held my side carefully as I tried to kick her back but Ashley went forward and grabbed my leg before it made contact. She then threw my leg back to me and I tripped.

Ashley felt stronger than normal and it was until she shot forward, dragged me to a wall and pinned me firmly up against it, I realised she was definitely using her vampire powers.

Her hands kept me pressed up against the wall, holding me at the sides of my arms. I tried to break myself free but she was too strong. I sighed and gave up, as a smirk appeared on Ashley's lips.
"I think it's my turn to kick some butt. Don't you agree?" She said as a twinkle went through her eyes. The next thing I knew, I was hurdled and smacked on the hard, wooden floor. I heard my spine snap as I hit it and pain shot through my body.

I was dying.

It was that easy for her to break me. She just threw me, as if I was a feather, and fractured my spine. I couldn't move. My head and heart were thudding and my ears weren't in action. My eyelids started to shut but before they could Toby stuck his wrist in my mouth. Ashley stared at him but didn't stop him. She probably didn't actually want me to die.

How sweet.

Toby rushed to the side but before he could say anything, Ashley started slowly walking towards me. I was still lying on the floor from her last attack. Why did she have to come and hurt me more? What have I ever done to her?

Well...

Moving on.

She reached my head and began to raise her leg. She brought it down slightly and gently rested her heel on my throat. My eyes were glued to her high heels, worried they were going to go down any further. She just smirked at me and pressed a little harder. I could still breathe but if she applied a bit more pressure, I probably wouldn't have been able to.

Ashley then removed her heel from my throat and just tilted her head down at me. I relaxed and got up, quickly creating space between us just in case she did decide to kill me.

Holy $#%t! That was terrifying!

She smirked some more and I rubbed my neck, glaring at her. Half of me wanted to be mad and the other half wanted to understand her. I can see where she is coming from. Ish.

Toby started to walk towards me. When he reached me, he put a protective hand on my shoulder.
"Don't worry, she won't hurt you." He said, not realising that she did like five minutes ago.
"Oh, so what was that? A not intentional flick of the wrist?" I asked, folding my arms.
"Pretty much." Ashley answered with her fake smile. I moaned and started walking off. Toby caught my arm and pulled me back.
"Hey, listen okay? Ashley just got jealous and carried away. She didn't like the fact that all of us could use our powers and not her. She felt left out." He whispered, even though vampires can hear everything.
"Jealousy?! I could have died! I think it's fair that the arch enemy of the person being trained, shouldn't use their powers." I replied angrily.
"Annabel, you can't change the fact that Ashley is bet- more powerful than you." He said, not meeting my eyes.

Huh. He thinks Ashley is better than me.

Toby started to shake his head to my thought and I turned around and started walking. Lucas followed me, looking back on everyone else in the room, in disgust.

As I was leaving, I heard a loud cracking noise. I turned around to see what it was and saw Lucas on the floor in pain. He was clutching his leg tightly, as if it was broken. I ran towards him and knelt beside him, looking up at Ashley and Toby.
"Toby? Did you do this?!" I shouted.
"Wow. I can't believe that you thought, I would do something like this. It just shows how much you dislike me." He scoffed. "You go and help your human friend." He added, and with that he was gone.

I glared at Ashley and she smiled.
"Oh, darling, you have no idea how long I have waited to do this." She said, as she headed her way towards Lucas.

What the hell was she going to do?!?

She reached Lucas and knelt beside him, his eyes were a mixture of lust and fear. She smiled, properly and bit her wrist. She then placed it over Lucas' mouth. He started to drink it and in about five seconds, he stood up, completely forgetting his broken leg.
"So, you broke my leg and then healed it?" You could tell Lucas was confused and so was I. Ashley stared at him for a while and then cleared her throat.
"Anyway, you're all good now." She said not making eye contact with him.  I groaned and Ashley gave me the shut-up-don't-make-this-even-more-awkward-than-it-already-is look. I smiled at her and began to walk off once more.
"I need to talk to you first." She called.
"Alone." She added, looking at Lucas. He headed off with Emma and Elliot, leaving just me and my nightmare left alone...