Ruins

Chapter 4

I'm still wearing the clothes I'd been wearing the day before when we'd gone hunting, so I climbed into my matte black Lamborghini, the trunk of which is decked out to resemble the '67 Chevy Impala from Supernatural. I press a button on the sun visor and the garage door opens. A ramp extends and I drive off the ship, flying at 75 mph and don't stick around long enough to see the door automatically close.

I'm so fucking furious. How can Seth even suggest I become the Queen Terainian?  Mother taught me to fight so I would never have to be their queen. So I would never become a monster.

I'm pushing 120 when I catch my first whiff of Terainian; I slow the car as I get closer to the 10 Terainians I can smell. I pull over to the side of the dirt road and climb out of the car. I pull open the trunk and grab a gun holster, then strap it on. I look down and realize I'm wearing sneakers instead of boots and cuss into the wind. I finish suiting up, still glaring at my stupid shoes.

Seconds after I finish tying back my hair I hear the first growl from behind me. I pull out my guns and began to shoot.

After a couple I decide to switch to hand to hand so I can think. I imagine the conversation Seth and Damon are probably having right now. 

"I can't believe she's being like this!"

"Seth, bro, she's not like you. She's your mate, so she's almost your polar opposite. You're more of a roll over and play dead kind of person when it comes to conflict, CeCe is more of a stand up and raise hell kind of person." Damon would say to his older brother.

"She can raise hell as Queen!"

"She doesn't see it that way. If she 'caves'," Damon would make air quotes. "It'll make her feel like she wasn't strong enough to defeat them. Would you want to live forever thinking you were too weak to defeat your greatest enemy?" Damon in my head makes a good point Seth, maybe you should listen to him instead of being a big stupid face.

"Whose side are you on?" Seth would demand with hostility.

"I'm not taking sides. How am I supposed to take sides when one side is my brother and the other is my sister-in-law to-be?  You're both my family, but I think you should let Cynthia fight her war, her way." At that, Seth's eyes would began to water.

"I can't lose her." He'd shout. 

"Do you really think Cynthia Claire, the most powerful being from here to Cylim would let the beasts that the Terainians have become get the better of her? Kill her? That's a joke. Look at this ship! She built this in 3 hours! The interior is 7 and a half million square feet, yet it takes up 6 square feet on the outside. She used her mind to figure out how to make it based off of a British television show!" So maybe he wouldn't say exactly that, but it sure made my ego feel good. 

"I know, but..."

"No 'buts', do you remember how in grade 2 she made a fully functioning 20-foot rocket for a science fair project?"

"Yea, I remember."

"She is more powerful than she knows, than anyone knows." Maybe I'm feeding my ego a little too much, but a girl needs a little of that sometimes. Besides, it's not like any of the facts are untrue. 

"That doesn't mean she can't be over powered! Have you seen her? She looks so fragile!"

"Yet she could beat you unconscious in 10 seconds flat and you know it."

"She could not."

"Do you honestly believe that? Come on. You can't be stupid enough to actually bet against Cynthia."

"Are you calling me stupid?" I think I might know him a little too well. This sounds exactly like him, and Damon for that matter.

"Of course that's what you'd get out of that. Okay, I'm going to switch tacts with you here, big brother. Do you know who Cynthia was named after?"

"I didn't know she was named after anyone."

"Well she was. She was named after the Greek goddess Artimis. She is the goddess of the hunt; and her arrow never missed. Remind you of anyone? They say names have power, do you believe that?"

"No."

"I didn't either until I found out about the meaning of Cynthia's name. I asked Sapphire why she gave Cynthia her name when we were really young and she told me she was named after Artimis. I looked it up a few weeks ago and now I believe it. Have you ever seen someone shoot as honest and true as Cynthia Claire?" Seth would hesitate, saying no would admit that Damon was right.

"No." He would say finally. "No I haven't."

"Exactly. She'll win this war, her way."  Damn right I will. 

When all the Terainians are dead, and my imaginary conversation that involves Seth chilling the fuck out is over, I decide to go home and hit the gym.