Bloodline (Completed)

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Henry seems to appear and hit his arm, aiming the gun up at the very last second. The bullet lodges itself in a tree above. Henry grabs the weapon, and hits Luke in the face with the gun.

"Go, get her out of here!" he yells.

Lee and Nick appear next, and I am picked up between them and carried off. I glance back as Henry knocks Luke unconscious. Then, I see the girls and Harry. Harry casts a green light at the tree line, and I watch as green flames appear, surrounding the area, and boxing in Annabelle, Sammy, and the other woman are.

"Feel the burn, bastards!" Harry yells.

We reach the edge of the woods, and Gemma opens a portal for us. We slip through and into Nick's backyard. All the others come back after us.

"Where the hell did you guys come from?" I ask.

"We came from here," Henry says. "Nick sensed something was up with you."

I look at him, and he blushes.  I don't say anything, but I can feel the blush forming on my face. I look at Jade as she speaks up.

"What happened to you besides that?"

Harry goes to work on where my leg was shot.

"Looks like it went the whole way through," Harry announces.

"They killed my parents," I whisper.

"What?" Nick asks, breathless.

Everyone looks at me, and I nod once. "Yeah ... they uh ... they're dead." And then, I start to cry.

Nick comes over and hugs me tight. "You can stay here for as long as you need to, okay?"

"Okay," I say.

He smells like wind and mint. He is sturdy against me, and I look up as Lee begins to pace.

"This is war," he says.

"Yeah," I agree.

"Okay, well, if this is war, I should probably pee first, huh?" Harry asks, smiling.

I roll my eyes and Tori snorts.

"Okay, well, if anyone was wondering who the class clown was, I think they've figured it out."

We all laugh, but my laugh is mostly faked. I don't say anything about how broken I am on the inside. I've lost everything. I've lost my family. Now, all I have is my friends and this stupid war between us and the bad guys.

"This changes everything," I say softly, and Nick looks at me. I don't meet his gaze as I say, "I have to kill Annabelle."