BATTLE SCARS: (Indigo Symbols Book II)

Chapter Sixty-Five: Dance Of Death

HUNTOR:
"Should've figured." I thought as Amanda made her exit, sure, I might have allowed it, sure, if she hadn't dropped those little details on me I would've killed her already. Would've killed, killed an Indigo. No matter how wrong an Indigo was, I never considered killing one, even if she or he was a turned Indigo. Killing Amanda, I would've done it, would've, if it weren't for what she had said about the King, that I might not even be apart of the prophecy. I wasn't sure what to believe, wasn't sure if Amanda had dropped those hints to trip me up, or to buy her more time until the Keepers got there, actually, yeah it was both, she knew I would've killed her, one way or another she knew, it didn't matter if her reinforcements got there or not, with them watching or not I still would've killed her. She saw it, saw the God looking out at her, saw, felt, and feared, she feared me, feared what I could do to her, the absolute agony I could give to her. Maybe she always knew, maybe she was always aware, always known to it, but I would've, would've put her through Hell for everything she's done. From swaying me alone in that dark empty gym, to revealing a hint of my power in the pool area, to torturing me in the prisons, to getting Amala captured, hinting that they should torture us both, cage us both. And what do I do, I have a soft heart and let her come with us to the Symbol, the symbol I, Amala, and Aquilla created with the help of the pearl Aquilla had gifted me with. I let heer into our home, the home that was made, meant, for peace, and she destroyed it. Sure, I had Diana and Kitana kick her out, literally, but still, she betrayed us, she had a silver tongue, was able to worm her way into anything, and I was too loyal to see it, or even sense it. I loved her, in a strange way, cared deeply for her, and she threw that in my face, used it, tried to take me down using it. She lead them to our home, I knew she did. I knew that it was her that lead them there, even if she wasn't there. No, no I wouldn't let my loyalty blind me again. I wouldn't let it get in the way, because i'd hunt her down, hunt her down and deliver the kind of love she gave to me, I'd destroy her, for every, damn, thing, she did to me, and our people. But first, we had to finish this battle.
I spun my staff, effectively causing three Keepers to stumble back. these newcomers opened fire, bullets flying along side black darts. This time though Indigo shields buckled, this time Indigos used steel and wit to fight back. Drained, we all were drained, even with the help of our counterparts, our matches, Diana and Kitana, Kendra, Joy and Luna, Sarah, Reina and myself. Even with us all together we still were draining, and these Keepers were fully rested and ready to fight. The world shook from a quake, from Reina's quake. Keepers fell, stumbling and sliding to stay upright. I allowed my weight to carry me as I lashed out at a stumbling Keeper and sent her into the tiles. the world shook again, more violently, and the world cracked, and began to shake. I felt the floor cracking apart like an opening maw. Keepers screamed, actually screamed in fear and tried to climb away from it. Audrey, who still fought beside me, swore and said, "Shit, damn her power is a little too great." She stumbled but stayed upright. She lashed out with a whip of water. I rolled over a widening crack and saw two Keepers try to do the same, they weren't so lucky, and they screamed as they fell in.
Bullets sang for me and Audrey threw her shield in front of me, but it buckled, once, twice, then held firm. "Shit, damn, damn, damn." Drained, Audrey was drained. She pulled her sword out and swung with deadly accuracy as a Keeper got in range. She sliced him open from arm to arm. He screamed and a large stone slammed into him, cutting that scream off and sending him into one of the many widening cracks in the floor. Sarah was still fighting, her and wenzi seeming to be able to fight and fight with their power, fire and ice, working together in ways never heard of. Then, I began to wonder, to truly wonder if Khione, the goddess of snow didn't claim for the reasons we assumed, but for other reasons.Kitana, who shifted into her wolf form, was howling a nd snarling as she tore into the Keepers, her body alive with wolfish power, the power of Thanatos weaving through the Keeper force, doing whatever she can. Those three, those three with their otherworldly powers, something clicked, something that made me rethink that the prophecy was meant for me, Sarah, and Reina. I was the most powerful Indigo in the world, but, but, but if you put other powers together, say, Wenzi, Sarah, Kitana, they were just as powerful as I was, perhaps even more so, or, Reina, Veronica, and whoever that other girl was, that other girl that Veronica hinted was out there but never told me where. She'd only said that if I went after her then I, and everyone would be killed. Not like anyone wasn't now. I swung my staff and sent another Keeper into one of the many cracks. The world trembled and stomped, then shook again.
Audrey spun, her steel blade like blue moonlight over the world as she connected, again, again, again, and, again. Audrey dove to the side and I blocked thee dart with my staff, the staff shimmering in the wake of the attack. I brought the staff down, and sent another two Keepers down to their deaths in whatever Hell Reina was creating. I ce flashed, freezing faster that Reina could create her graves. Wenzi roared, a monster's roar, a roar as she shifted into her Drac'on form, wings of blood red glowing, long spikeed tail thrashing, claws extending, and fire, true and dangerous, flowed around her like a Halo. She and Sarah threw themselves into the fight, Kitana along side them. I flashed my Hydro power, water cleaving through the Keepers, but they seemed to just keep fighting. No matter how many Reina took down. No matter how many died down beneath us. Audrey parried a sword strike, and lashed out with a roundhouse. Wenzi roared again, fire exploding, fire flowing out from her like water.
Audrey's bloodied hand found mine as we moved again, making a lunge over a pit that was as wide as one of the cafeteria tables, now gone. Audrey twisted in the air, effectively kicking two Keepers into the open maw of death below. We landed and moved on. Audrey slashed and parried, her Indigo blade bloodied, but never faltering, no matter how tired she had to be. Even I, who was filled with my never ending ocean of power, was starting to tire from so much fighting. The Earth shook again. Then, then, I felt it, the hand pressing against the back of my neck, the cold hand, the sign of danger. Then I heard the screaming beeping from one of the Keepers, and felt the grenade that flew overhead, and bounced once, "Shields." I yelled, or tried to, my voice was so horse. But Indigos shielded best they could against the explosion, black smoke choking the air, no doubt a powdered version of the stone they had. Audrey swore as another Keeper threw another grenade.
I slashed up, trying to intercept the bomb, but a fireball beat me to it. The grenade exploded, but Wenzi's fire incinerated the smoky powder within. Two Keepers shot toward Audrey, as if on bow strings. Audrey engaged them without a lick of fear or tire. She stabbed, parried, and kicked. I spun my staff, defending her blind spot, keeping her safe, defending my friend. For a moment, that's all it was, Audrey bellowing her everlasting fury. Audrey battling, Audrey swinging her blade like the Indigo-Warrior she was. To think that juat a year ago we were nothing more or less than children, and now, now we were battle seasoned warriors, fighting for what we believed in. Audrey screamed insults as she slashed and stabbed. "If I ever died," she had said one night, one night long ago, "I'd wanna die in battle, wanna die with my enemies around me, their blood on my hands. If I go, I'm taking several down with me." I pushed the thoughts away, because, because it was Audrey, Audrey was, even though we went through Hell and back, Audrey was, was, was Audrey. She was, and is, just, there. She kicked and slashed, spinning with deadly ease. I spun my staff, feeling the power she displayed. then, then it all went wrong. I felt the hand again, felt it against my neck, and felt the cold unforgiving breath of death against my face, then I was flying through the air and landing hard on tiles. Audrey was over me, her body shielding me. Blood, blood was in my nose, the scent coppery and familiar. I rolled, or tried to, Audrey tightened her legs around my hips, effectively pinning me, protecting me. Then, then she screamed, a scream I knew well, a scream, clogged, clogged, with, blood.