The Rescue Mission Saga: Rescue Mission: Zavrina Bennett

We Must Flee with the Girl

Zavrina sat trying to magic her way out of her bonds. She knew it was pointless but not trying felt like giving up and she wasn't going to do that. Jessica had just brought her back from the bathroom and when she left the room she left the door cracked. Zavrina could hear voices outside the door.

"We must go, Andrew," the old woman Anna said, panic in her voice.

"Where are you going?" Jeffery asked.

"Another safe house," Andrew told him.

"Why are you going?" Jesse questioned.

"Do you not feel the magic in the air?" Andrew snapped.

"Fool, the Bennett witch has found us," Anna growled. "We must flee with the girl."

"I thought you wanted her to come," Jessica said.

"On our terms," Andrew said, "not this way."

"What should we do?" Jennifer asked.

"Protect each other and allow us time to get to our next destination," Anna said.

"Once you have disposed of the Bennett witch, join us at the next location," Andrew informed them. Zavrina wasn't sure what happened next but the door flew open and Anna and Andrew entered. "Come," Andrew said untying her. Anna pulled her from the chair. The three of them burst through the back door, the sunlight burned Zavrina's eyes and the fresh air stung her lungs.

"Zavrina!" she heard someone yell. They all turned to see a beautiful young black woman with a bob and fiery green eyes, an older woman who looked like the young woman and another brown skin woman with hazel eyes. She didn't know who they were but she was happy to see them but too weak to say so. "Duratus!" the young woman shouted.

"Nos protegat," Anna and Andrew chanted and when the magic that the young woman had cast hit theirs the ground shook. "Phasmatso radium calaraa," the older twins chanted. Zavrina didn't know what was happening but the three women looked confused as she was being pulled away through the woods.

As the Bennett Witches and the Mystic Falls Gang approached the seemingly empty space, Damon held up a fist stopping everyone.

He turned to them and whispered, "Go to your positions. When Em, Miss Amelia and I set foot on the porch steps, both cloaks will be down so be ready." Everyone nodded their understanding as they spread out preparing to make a mad dash for the house once it appeared. "You ready?" he asked with a squeeze to the two hands that held each of his. Emily and Amelia both nodded. "Let's go," Damon said in a determined voice as they took large strides directly in front of them. When Amelia's toe touched the bottom porch step everything in the now not so empty clearing became visible. The three of them ran up the stairs and tried to burst into the house when Damon kicked the door.

"Aperta!" Emily chanted her palm facing the door. The wooden door blew off the hinges and they trio stormed inside.

Arissa was pulling up the rear of her group that was being led by Jeremy's sister, Elena. She kept a close eye on what was happening with the groups going to the left. It was during this observation that she noticed that after the Parker and Bennett twins entered the house that a man and woman ran out on to the porch. They both had menacing looks on their faces. Arissa saw this as her opportunity to show her quality. She turned on her heel and ran back to the front yard.

"Give us Zavrina!" she yelled.

"Arissa!" Jeremy called out but she ignored him.

The man on the porch didn't say anything. He just grinned devilishly and took each step slowly.