Secret War

Final Chapter

20

She stopped mid sentence and I screamed because her blood splattered onto my cheek. A red patch was going fast on her shirt and Dimitri looked torn between wanting to protect me or supporting Riya. Riya bit her lip and a moment later I saw something drop behind her. The glittering metal had me shaking in fear, it was silver, there was no doubt about it. She'd just been shot with silver...

"Riya!" I screamed.

"Buria!" she hollered at the same time. I guessed that code words were similar even all the way over here. It was the same word that Dimitri had told me to shout back then with the attack on St. Vlad's. The others immediately rushed out and were at her side in an instant. Riya span on her heels and focused on something far away before cursing. "Everyone, remember the procedure I explained to you earlier? We need to put it all to action right now. Roza, I'm sorry but it seems your peace is over. Welcome to war," she smiled grimly just as Zana sent a fire ball flying into the sky. "Let's go help in the town. Dimitri, take care of Roza and good luck everyone."

Riya had just been shot with silver and yet she was still moving as though nothing happened. I realised that she must've been through a lot of training to train her body to ignore such pains since I was sure it must've been excruciating.

"Riya you should - "

"Not now Cain." Riya whispered gently. "I can't, not now that they've made their move. It's time to step things up everyone. Let's just hope that all our training's enough to protect this town."

"Where are Konstantin and Aleksandr?" Luka asked curiously.

"They're off protecting the remaining Belikov family." Riya smiled grimly. "I have no doubt that they'd be attacked." Dimitri looked shocked but gave her a grateful look. "Val, I place you in charge."

"What? No I refuse to listen to this - "

"Shut it!" Riya growled glaring at him and I saw her as a powerful being and she was somewhat threatening right now. "She did not beat up Zana all those years ago so stop your fucking unjustified hatred for her this instant! We don't have time for this; we don't have time for us to be fighting amongst ourselves. So please, just trust in those we have left."

"Yes Riya." Luke said with a shamed tone. Guilt played on his features but it passed when she touched him on the shoulder.

"Let's get this show on the road." Riya smiled ruefully. We scattered in pairs and I somehow found the strength to move.

"Here. Zana told me to let you drink this." Dimitri said holding up a bottle. I took a large gulp and nearly choked. It was absolutely revolting and I fought back the gag.

"What the hell is this?" I demanded. A few moments later, I felt the pains in my body fade to a dull ache rather than blazing pain. "Okay, that worked miracles. Did she say what it was?"

"She said that she apologises for the horrendous taste but it was the best she could come up with at such a short notice. It's meant to speed up your healing process."

"It worked alright, I feel like I could run a marathon." I grinned. "So what are we up against?"

"Guardians." I froze and stared incredulously at him.

"What?" I stuttered.

"Guardians."

I paused for a lengthy moment and mulled over the situation. "So that's why Riya was training me so hard... She wanted to make sure that I didn't hesitate when I attacked the guardians. They're corrupted aren't they? Or at least they're blindly following the queen's orders."