Finally Special

The Demons

Sophie's POV

Finally we are at the end of that long corridor that smelt to me of death. Well that is probably because there were dead bodies down there, but that isn't the point. Turning to Aisha I pull her behind me. The last thing I need is her dying on my watch. I can feel her resisting against my arm, but when I apply a little strength, she stops fighting me. Looking at Harry I nod at him to open the door and he does so. The scene that meets our eyes is utter chaos. There are about ten of the beings that attacked us in this single room alone. In the middle of the room stand Kate and Christina, back to back. Christina is whipping out her stars faster than I can follow and so is Kate with her knives. These things though aren't human, so they manage to evade most of their attacks, and the two girls are soon running out of ammunition.

"Christina and Kate. Get back here. It's strategically illogical for you to stay out there." bellows out Liam from where he is protecting Emma and Chelsea, who both only have small weapons.

"Nice to see how much you care about me!" Christina yells back before again turning her attention back to the shadow. Niall also only has a small weapon but he sure uses that to his advantage. In a flurry of moves, Niall manages to stab the first shadow, making it explode. Another explodes from Kate's knife, and one from Christina's star, before both run to Liam. Neelam and Zayn are spinning, pivoting and stabbing in fluid motions, gesturing their twin stilletto blades around. Zayn suddenly sheaths his and with a nod at Neelam, cups his hands at about knee level. With a solomn nod, Neelam sprints at Zayn, before pushing her foot into his palms. With a loud yell, Zayn throws Neelam up into the air straight at one of the shadows. Neelam lets out a piercing cry, and slices at the monster, cutting it clean in half. Daintily she lands in a crouch, and lets out a loud hiss, while her eyes glow silver and her tail whips back and forth. Turning she pounches over to Zayn, pulling him away before he is bitten by the thing.

A sudden shriek interrupts my thoughts and I turn to see Aisha standing in the middle of the fray, both her swords swinging. She has just successfully killed one, and is starting on the next.

*Why that little..* I start thinking before another thought interrupts mine. 

*I wouldn't finish that thought if I were you* comments Aisha. *And help Niall.* With a scowl in the general direction of my annoying friend, I go to find our little blonde leprechaun. Niall is struggling with keeping one of the demons away from eating his face, so quietly I sneak up behind the shadow. Keeping my sword in front of me, I stop directly behind it. 

"THIS IS FOR MY ANCESTOR YOU FUCKER!" I yell, stabbing my sword clean through it. With an inhuman shriek it explodes.

"Thanks." says Niall shakily.

"No problem." Suddenly Aisha's voice breaks above the general noise of battle.

"EVERYONE HEAD OVER TO LIAM NOW!" she yells, and makes sure everyone gets there. Once everyone has arrived Aisha grabs me. 

"Sophie. You need to try and put up a shield!" 

"What?!" I yell at her. "There is no way I can do that!"

"Liam." Aisha hollers, turning to him. "Tell Christina and Kate what you said to me before. Chelsea and Niall, come here. Louis and Harry, keep the monsters back for now." Vaguely I can hear Liam telling the two girls what they need to do, but I turn my attention to Aisha.

"Alright. Chelsea and Niall, you need to give Sophie some energy so she can put up a shield."

"I can't do that!" I reply, feeling frantic. There is no way I can do this.

"You can!" she says to me passionately. "I know you can Sophie. Not only because you are the bodyguard and protector for this circle, but because you are my friend and you CAN do this." Taking a deep breath I stare into Aisha's eyes seeing the truth there and then at Chelsea and Niall who are standing beside me. Looking at everyone, I feel a sense of purpose wash over me. Reaching into my mind I feel something in there that feels a lot like glass. Pushing gently I feel the shield expand out from me, covering everyone. With a swift nod at me, Aisha turns to everyone else. 

"Ok. So these shits won't go down without a fight and this shield can only be used for a brief collaboration. Now Kate and Christina, I'm sure Liam has already told you, but for the rest let me explain quickly. Kate, Christina and myself are the only ones with weapons that can move away from our bodies. So we are going to attack them, ok? And the rest of you have to distract them so that there is a clean shot for us. Alright. Let's go guys." And with a tilt of her head in my direction to lower the shield, she slides her swords back into the sheaths and grabs her bow. Louis, Harry, Niall and Neelam do everything they can to distract the shadows. Zayn, Liam, Chelsea, Emma and myself stand back watching. I hope this plan works.

Aisha's POV

Grabbing my bow I prepare myself to kill some shadows. Louis is in front of me, using his super speed to run circles around the thing, making it look around. Stringing an arrow in the bow, I take a deep breath in, before releasing the string. The arrow flies straight off the bow with a high whistle noise, before hitting the thing right in the chest, where it promptly explodes. With a grim smile at Louis I turn to see how the others are doing. Kate's shadow monster explodes as I am watching, and Christina's has already gone. Those two know the drill and gesture both Harry and Niall back. Trying to find out where the rest have gone, I see Neelam is trying to hold off three at once. With a snarl, I fire my bow in quick succession, hitting and killing two of those things. The final one managed to evade my attack and is now trying to get at Neelam again. Slotting my bow back on my back, I grab my two swords, before sprinting over to the final demon. Suddenly Neelam slips over, and the demon goes in for the kill.

"NOO!" I scream, making it pause for a moment. This gives me enough time to get to them. Standing between the two, I look up at it, before letting out a feral grin. Releasing my hold on my power a little, I feel my eyes light up and see a light radiate off me. Smiling again, I know I am floating a little off the floor, my hair moving about me as though I am underwater. I suddenly hear a faint scream, but am too caught up in what I am doing to pay it much attention.

"Tut tut tut. Someone's been a naughty demon thing." I say in a voice that is more melodious than my normal one. Holding my sword out in front of me, I beckon the thing closer, and it comes forward, much like a moth to light. Quickly I stab my sword clean through it, but not before giving it a parting word.

"Go to hell." I hiss, and so the thing explodes. Reigning in the wild power that flows through all the people in the circle, I feel myself float down from the air, and I stop glowing. Spinning around I see everyone staring at me.

"What?" I ask.

"That was absolutely terrifying." says Niall, but with a wide grin on his face. Suddenly a loud shout cuts the air.

"GUYS! It's Harry." yells Louis "Something's wrong!"

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A/N cliff hanger, I know. Sorry. I'm having to write these chapters on my bus because that is the only free time I have at the moment, so that is why it is taking longer for me to update. I will try and update again soon so you aren't on the cliff hanger for too long..