Her New Battles: sequel to The Keepers Daughter

chapp 13

"Loki Sama? Loki sama, wake up!" Nekoette shook me awake.
"Levin." I groaned.
"Loki!" Familiar voices shout, and near me. I don't care.
Must...make him happy...
"Nekoette?" I asked. She hugged my neck, along with Dmitri.
"We thought you had died!" He said.
"It's my curse." I weakly smiled, and my face burned.
"Loki! We thought you almost died!" Katelyn ran up to me, and squeezed me tight.
"Loki!" Aph, Dayia, Lio, Garroth, Laurence, Vylad, Lucinda, Dante, Travis, Kawaii Chan, Malachi, Lilith and Alina said.
"H-hey." I smiled at my friends.
I was hugged by like, ten more people, and felt a violent shake of memory.
"You never made me happy."
"Loki, can I speak to you alone?" Aph said.
"S-sure." Nekoette and Dmitri helped me up, and me and Aph walked into the woods.
"How long was I out of it?" I asked.
"3 hours."
"Okay. What's up?"
"Who attacked you in the woods? Alina said that she was attacked and you told her to run to me, and she had to leave you. Loki, who attacked you?"
"Him."
"The only thing you could do for me is die."
"Shad?" She asked.
"No, Aph. Him." I looked in her eyes, and she stopped dead in her tracks.
"B-but hes, but Levin is... you were in a fatal position, he would have had to..." I reflected on the incident.
"What did he say?" She was on the brink of crying.
"He was... a Shadow Knight... and he... he..."
"I so greatly despise you with everything I have."
"Lev said... that he hated me. That I killed him. That I left him alone, and that the best thing I could do was die, because I was a kid who couldn't do anything, and dreams to be a hero. I'll never be anything but a dumb slut, and that I might be the worst person ever."
She wrapped me in a hug.
"Loki, how much of that is true?" Aph said, looking into my eyes.
"All of it." I started crying. Lev didn't love me anymore. Did he ever? Was everything a game?
"You do know Gene toyed with his memories, right?" Dayia jumped down from a tree, and stared me in the eyes.
"Y-yeah, but i think he d-did mean it."
"He meant it because he didn't know what he was saying. He doesn't remember any love or affection you showed him, Gene screwed around with it and made all the love hate."
"He thinks I killed him." I looked down the path. Not very far was the tree he smashed me into.
"Wait... who found me?" I asked, realizinvg I blacked out before I saw who rescued me.
"Lucinda, Katelyn, and Travis. Lucy made sure that Levin went back to the nether. It's a cruel game, that Shadow Knight life." Dayia said.
"I know this must be hardest on you, Aphmau. Levin is your son, and to see him come back like that is... I can't even explain it. I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have left to Pheonix Drop that night. If I had known that Zane...." I said.
"Loki, I'm not holding you responsible for Levin's death. That was all Zane, and we know now not to leave anyone alone. Ever."
"Yeah, well it has been an hour, so we should get back." Dayia said.
"Seriously?" I asked.
"No, thirty minutes, but you need rest Loki. You were about thiiiiiiiiiiiis close to death." Aph held her fingers about an inch apart.
I found Vylad waiting to see me at the edge of the forest.
"Hey kid. Can I borrow you for a minute?" Vylad tussled my hair.
"Sure." I walked away with him to Aph's house.
"So, I know that Levin tried to er... kill you, but I was wondering, since you are torn up with grief, if you wanna play a game."
"Depends, what game?" I smiled a bit.
"Midnight, in the woods, you, me, Gar, Kate, Travis, and Dante. I'll explain there. Bring weapons."
"Already sounds fun. Sure."

Midnight, I was walking to the outskirts of the woods with  Katelyn and Garroth. 
"What do you think Vylad has planned?" Kate asked.
"If Vylad asked to bring weapons, just... be prepared." Garroth looked into the woods weirdly.
"Oh good, you are all here. Perrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrfect." Vylad played with his fingers, and laughed maniacly.
"Vylad, what are we doing?"
"There will be four teams. I have decided! Katelyn.... and Dante!"
"Alright." Dante smirked.
"Nuuu! I wanted Loki!" Katelyn walked over to Dante.
"Travis... and Loki!" Vylad shouted.
"Alright. Hey Trav."
"Hey, Loki."
Travis was like my big brother. He kind of was, considering the whole Enki thing. He  was a nice friend, and was fun to watch get beat up by Katelyn for touching her butt.
"And that leaves me, and GarGar here!" Vylad playfully punched Garroths shoulder, and he rolled his eyes.
"So, we will be having a mini war! There will be the three teams against eachother! You can get out if someone touches the padding on these vests with their weapon, and ends up slicing into it. The first three people to get out are one team, and we have a massive battle at the end!" Vylad said, passing us all vests.
"You have ten seconds to prepare. Ten, Nine, Eight..."
"Let's go hide!" Travis ran into a hole, and fell down.
"Crap! Loki, I need you to do this! I'll get out, I think." He started jumping up to try and escape, but failed.
"Atleast you'll be safe?" I said.
"Dante, look for Loki's thingy of hair! She'll probably go invisible." Katelyn said.
"I FORGOT, NO POWERS, IF YOU HAVE ANY. YES TRAVIS AND LOKI, THAT WAS DIRECTED TO YOU." Vylad yelled.
"Aww, cmon!" Travis said.
I decided to atleast try and help Travis up, so I wouldn't be alone. When I did get him up, he was marked with a slash on his chest.
"DANTE!" I shouted.
He laughed and ran back to Katelyn.
Katelyn was slashed by Vylad, and she punched Dante in the arm.
"Ow! Why!" Dante rubbed his arm.
"You were the closest to me!"
"Next person to get out is on Travis and Katelyns team!" Dante shouted.
"Oh Irene no." Katelyn stared in horror at Travis.
Dante swiped at me and missed.
I swiped at Garroth and hit his back.
"YES!" I smiled.
"Alright, team switch. Me, Loki, and Dante, against Garroth, Katelyn and Travis."
"We can't beat them! They have Vylad, Dante and Loki!" Travis shouted.
"Yeah, well we have Gar and me!" Katelyn shouted.
"CHARGE!" Dante shouted.
The night went on like that til around two am, when I finally joined Vylad and Dante when Travis slashed my back.
"Okay, that was fun. We seriously need to do this more." Travis laughed.
All my friends went back to Pheonix Drop. Katelyn and Travis were sleeping at Dantes place, so they followed him home. On my way back with Garroth and Vylad, I remembered something.
"Froop, I left my machetes. Lemme go get em, I'll meet you."
"Gee, I dunno, after what happened with you... and him... and... yeah."
"I'll be five minutes. Promise. If I'm not back by then you two can come look for me."
"Alright." Vylad said, shrugging.
I raced back to the woods, and found my machetes on the grass. When I went to grab them, there was another hand.
It was Zane.