Cold Moon (Book 2 - Moon Series Trilogy)

Chapter 11

Chapter eleven

Jaël grimaces. She acknowledges that Siuzh is incredibly strong. If he fends off one blow, she almost loses balance. There is no way that she will be able to beat him with her strength alone. She needs to come up with a strategy. Only that way, she will defeat him. She's sure that she has one special trump card. She's a Mahubi. Siuzh strikes his axe towards Jaël. She avoids it by jumping away. The tiles, where she was standing a few seconds ago, crack in pieces. She swallows something away.

"Is that all you've got?" He asks, completely not impressed.

"I'm just getting started." She sounds tougher and more self-assured than she feels. Around them, Rebels and Kitaling fight and fall. The metallic scent of blood is rising in the air. Jaël decides it's about time she showed him what she can do. The earlier she finishes this battle, the faster she can return to Tessa and the rest. She creates circles of fire around the blade of her sword. Immediately, she charges an attack towards Siuzh.

"That's a nice trick you know." Siuzh grins. He easily blocks it, pushes her away and kicks the end of the iron grip against her cheek and mouth. Her head swings back and she trips. Luckily, she notices the axe right on time and rolls farther. She gets back up on her feet, wiping the blood from her split lip away. She takes up her sword again. She breaths heavily. She will have to use her agility and a strategy to survive and eventually win. Yet she has no idea how. She pretends she will hit him on his left side, then quickly move to the right to cut him on that side. However, it only leaves a small scratch. His armour is too thick. She will have to use her fire powers to weaken his defence. She has to distract him, but how? Then it strikes her mind. She recalls that she received a few things from Tessa earlier today. A few bombs, two dynamites and a sparkler tube! That's it! She can blind him with the light of the sparkler. Then she can melt his armour and finally finish him off. She jumps away to avoid another attack. She grabs the bag, opens it and takes the sparkler tube. However, Siuzh doesn't hesitate and strikes again. Jaël backs away, trips over a body of a dead Kitaling and drops the bag and the sparkler. The bombs, dynamites and sparkler roll away. She curses under her breath. She doesn't have the time to be clumsy. She has an idea. She rushes and picks up the first bomb she finds. With her fire, she enlightens it and throws it towards Siuzh. The bomb touches the ground and a small explosion rises. Smoke is hindering his view.

"Bitch!" She hears him scream. He suddenly jumps out of the smoke, raising his axe towards her. She yelps and can barely evade it. He accidentally hits one of the bombs on the ground. It explodes. Broken fragments of the floor spurt up. Some graze Jaël's cheeks. Blood comes out of the little wounds. There's a little piece blown off the axe. Siuzh throws off his helmet, revealing his agitated face. His blonde hair falls onto its place. His blue eyes glare at the little girl in front of him. Jaël acknowledges that she has to gather the dynamites as soon as possible, because the effects will be much greater than just a small bomb. If Siuzh would hit them accidentally, the consequences would be catastrophic. There! She sees one of the two dynamites. The girls picks it up and puts it away. Avoiding him, searching for the things she dropped and fighting takes a lot of energy. Jaël knows that she has to finish this battle as soon as possible. If she won't, she'll end up losing. She fends off another attack from the axe. She uses all her physical strength to stop him from hitting her. However, Siuzh is too strong. Though he only kicks her backwards in her stomach. Perhaps he wants to play a little longer. Jaël lands and gasps for air, since it feels as if it all disappeared from her lungs. She shares an angry and pained look with him. She lays her hands next to her to get up, but touches the missing dynamite and sparkler tube. Lucky! She stashes away the dynamite. A grin appears on her face. It's time to end this battle. Siuzh draws closer, raising his axe. He blurts out a laugh.