maybe, someday | hosie

[ 07 ] Threat Assessment

The girls were cornered, Hope's mind worked overtime to try to figure out how to get them out of this. They had been training with the boys for a few hours before it was apparent to Alaric and Freya that they needed to up the ante. Which is why, Penelope, Josie, Lizzie and Hope were currently back to back being surrounded.

"I say we take out their weakest link first...we need to eliminate them one by one." Hope uttered only loud enough for her girls to hear her.

She scanned the area trying to assess who was the weakest.

"Or...do we take on the leader...leave them in disarray?" Josie wondered from Hope's left.

Hope considered that. Freya was definitely the strongest. They were barely sheltering themselves from her magical attacks as it was. She wasn't sure how much longer the protection field Penelope cast around them would hold.

"I say if the twins focus on Freya...Penelope and I can start eliminating the rest of them." Hope suggested.

"I call dibs on Rafael, he's really starting to piss me off." Penelope growled under her breath.

"Great. You get him, and I'll grab MG and Kaleb." Hope added.

That would still leave them to face off against Keelin, Caroline, Alaric and Dorian. But at least it was a good start.

"Okay, on two...we break." Josie whispered. "We have to move fast because once we separate...the protection field won't be able to protect us anymore. We'll be on our own."

"We've got this. We'll just have to go after Freya with everything we have. They said we have free range to use what powers we have. They need to see what we're capable of." Lizzie commented. "I say we show them that they don't mess with our pack."

"Sounds good to me. On three." Hope said. "One. Two."

"Three!" They all declared in unison as they took off in the direction of their targets.

It took Hope all of three seconds before she closed the distance on MG. She lunged at him, and caught him while he was mid-punch. She grabbed his outstretched arm and used her momentum to spin them in a half circle before throwing him full force at Kaleb. Even though it knocked them both down, she ran to meet them before they stood up and "staked" them with some practice Eskrima sticks.

"MG and Kaleb you're out of the fight." Emma called from the bleachers.

Hope smirked at them as they groaned, not only in pain but, in frustration for losing. She continued to survey the room. Penelope used magic to throw Rafael into a wall, before she ducked a strike from Alaric.

"Rafael, you're out." Rebekah yelled.

Hope caught sight of the twins. Lizzie deflected every attack Freya threw at them--while Josie used any spell she could remember to go on the offensive and also ward off Dorian's advances. They seemed to be holding her off fine, so Hope focused her attention on Caroline and Keelin.

Hope tried to separate the two, but planned to try to keep both far enough away from the others that they couldn't assist their teammates or interfere with hers. Keelin transformed into a wolf mid run and jumped toward Hope, so Hope transformed to meet her in the air. The collision was brutal and nearly took Hope's breath away. They landed on the gym floor with a loud thud, and Hope immediately recovered so she could wrestle Keelin to the ground.

She struggled to overpower the older wolf. Keelin had experience and years of control on her side. But Hope had intensive training of her own, and pure unchecked strength. Penelope flew by her line of sight as Alaric tossed her and attempted to advance on her. Caroline broke away from pursuing Hope and went to help Alaric take out Penelope.