The Shadow and The Seer (Jasper x Alice fanfic)

11. Fight

   Chapter song- Don't Stop Me Now by Queen

Sorry for being gone so long. I promise it wasn't just me getting busy or bored, just that something really terrible happened.
I'm glad to be back though and I hope you like the rest of the story
-rednight73
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That scent. That damn scent that had controlled the last decade of Laurent's life yet he had never actually smelled wafted to him in a lackadaisical breeze. The golden-eyed ones were watching them warily, but in that moment, Laurent knew they'd have to fight their way out of this.

   James had caught his scent and had gone entirely mad with it. The tiny female who'd kept her eyes upturned on the tall, scarred vampire looked at them with frightened, human eyes. Her delicate throat bulged with blood that had kept Laurent's leader on the brink of insanity. The fact that the little human was currently in the possession of a powerful coven was mere unfortunate coincidence.

   Laurent hated fighting.

He watched with dread as James began his thoughtless lunge towards the group while Victoria sprang into a white and red blur trailing behind him.

   Laurent, too smart to die, stayed frozen in fascination at his coven's actions. The decade of starvation and bloodlust had cultivated into a complete lack of thought or self-preservation on James' judgement.

   The bizarrely large coven of five vampires simply watched in an unnatural calm.

Time then slowed to a crawl as Laurent witnessed a tussle of honey-blonde hair and white vampiric skin walk towards them. His arms were outstretched towards Victoria and James and his handsome face was stretched in an easy smile. He took the impact of the two bodies in a loud clap as loud as the thunder that reverberated through the misting air.

   "She's not your snack or your prey." The tilted words were calmly spoken as the man slammed a booted foot onto James' back after a series of minimalistic movements which spoke of brutal violence and discipline. He simultaneous picked Victoria up by her gaping jaw and begun to squeeze it with a single hand.

Laurent began to back up slowly, noticing that the largest man in the enemy coven was eyeing him despite the brutal show in front of them.

   James roared in an enraged gargle. His body then pulled a reservoir of power into an upward spring that threw the scarred vampire up into the air with Victoria still in his arms. The tracker then lunged towards the tiny human, who had already been hidden by a seemingly unintimidated, gorgeous blonde.

   Laurent could tell that James would be able to take her out and then would probably get a single drop of that delicious human's blood before the inevitable vampiric dog-pile began.

   But then Victoria's head was thrown as a projectile and it knocked James slightly to the side of his intended target.

   It took mere milliseconds later for James' head to fly alongside it. The scarred monster landed with his back to Laurent, hands held to the side as if he couldn't stand to have the dust of the two vampires touch his clothes.

He then turned black eyes on Laurent and began a slow walk towards him. The French vampire remained frozen, his muscles bunching as he prepared for a flight that he had no hopes of winning.

"Jazz, stop!" The little, spiky-haired human cried out. Her thin, chirpy voice was difficult to hear over his terror, but it seemed to pull the strings out of the monster named 'Jazz'. He actually turned his back on the rogue even as his dust-covered hands bunched into fists.

Laurent needed no further prompting. He ran for his life.
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   His family's shock and her terror were the sole anchors keeping Jasper from further violence. He knew the last remaining vampire wasn't a threat, but damn if it wasn't difficult to not continue his rampage.