The Flame

CHAPTER 53

Someone shouted a spell, and then in a flash the spear shredded into thousand pieces and fell on the ground. I let a huge breadth of relief before falling on my knees.

"Is everyone fine?", Clarke asked, who was now slowly covering the distance between the tunnel end and us, as she was supporting Alicia too.

"OH, you saved us Clarke", Merlin cried, reaching her and hugging them.

"Alicia, woke up and agitated that we should go and find you guys", she told us, now supporting Alicia to sit up straight on the uneven ground.

"Kat" I breathed, getting up on my feet to walk over till the bed, where she was lying unconscious.

"Where is Kat?", I asked frightened, when I could not find her.

"And where is Serena?", Merlin asked, pointing at the spot where she laid unconscious.

"Here my friends", said Serena moving forward from the darkness. She was holding a small pointed part of the shredded spear at Katy's neck, and pushing her forward.

"One wrong step, and this beautiful neck gets split into two", she threatened me, as involuntarily I tried to move ahead.

"You are bluffing; you don't dare to waste her Eldar blood. The blood you value most", I tried confusing her, in the hope buying us some time.

"Try me", she laughed madly. Her laugh echoed back and sent chills through me, at the same time her words boiled my blood.

"You slit her throat, and you will face the same fate. I will slit your throat and watch the blood flow out of your veins, watch the life drain out of you", I laughed so coldly, that I myself shivered, at the cruelness off those words that came out of my mouth. It was like, it wasn't even me, like someone else was speaking from inside. And I was starting to feel hot, like as if my internals were all set on fire. I started sweating like a pig, my hands were paining with an immense burning sensation.

"I will kill her", Serena repeated.

"No, you will not", I said fiercely. There was smoke coming off from the tips of my fingers. And then I was set on fire, or was I? The fire did not harm me, it did not melt my skin, or burn my clothes, but it did have the same intensity as a fire. My friends started retrieving back from me.

"Rose,you are on fire", shrieked Merlin. "Someone do something", she cried. I simply ignored her, as my eyes were locked with Serena now.

"What were you saying?" I demanded. But there were no words from her, she was rendered speechless. "Leave Kat", I ordered.

"Who are you?" she cried "You cannot be the one possessing the Flame of Life, You are too fragile and mad", she rattled madly, coming forward.

"Try me" I shouted back "I will show you how fragile and mad I am", I laughed at her. "Come", I challenged her.

Serena pushed Katy down and moved ahead laughing to herself like a lunatic "The treasure finds me", she breathed. "The Tetrand is mine finally", she laughed again.

"Not again you bitch, this is for ruining mine and my friends life", I said channeling all my power and aiming at Serena. She screamed and cried and pleaded, but I did not stop. She should die, for all the things she had done to Katy and me a voice inside me kept saying, convincing me to keep using the full force of my energy, to ruin her, to kill her.

"Rose", a weak voice came from the distance. A voice, I was fighting to hear again. "Please, stop Rose", she said weakly. She tried to get up on her feet, but fell down. There was no strength in her legs, no redness left in her cheeks, she was pale and thin. Her pink dress which no more looked pink was ripped in several places, exposing her wounds which were freshly covered in blood. "Rose", she repeated. It was just my name she pronounced, but her voice held so much power. Tears formed in my eyes.

"I want to, but I can't", I finally managed, letting the tears roll down my cheeks.

"You are strong Rose, you know that. Try to fight it", she said softly. I briefly closed my eyes and tried to calm myself. As I started regaining my composure, I started understanding what was happening. I was doing a cold murder, or rather hot murder. I tried to control my power, and withdrew the sparks of fire I let back.

But the damage was done, there were no burns on her skin or her clothes but the damage was done to her magic. Two jet of sparks came out of her, one entered into Katy's chest and the other into Princess Genn's chest, who was still laid unconscious on the bed. As soon as the spark entered Katy, her wounds started covering up, her face regained its color again. There was strength and determination in her now. Princess Genn woke up and stupidly kept staring at the people around her, trying to analyze the situation and then her eyes set on Adrian.

"My Prince", she ejected, springing up in joy and running into him "You saved me", she said kissing him.

I saw that small reunion, but had no strength even to feel jealous or for any other feeling. I fell down on my knees, breathless. I could not feel my legs, or any other parts of my body, the only thing I could feel was pain, pain and extreme pain, my eyes started to blur and the last thing I saw before blanking out was Katy's face.