The Warrior Phoenix and her King Mates'

Chapter 22

Dahlia's POV

"Baby wait up they need training." "I agree what do you want me to do about it?" Please don't ask me to train them any person I helped died. "You train them your the best at it heart." I shook my head. "No I'm sure their are expert swordsmen and woman who have trained at this for years and are far better than I Logan." Darius shook his head. "None that show passion for it like you, you can't teach that." "But I-I can't do it, I can't teach what I know anymore." They looked confused surprised I don't know. "Baby what do you mean anymore you taught people how to do this." I winced from the painful memory as I held the bridge of my nose and looked away from them both. "I can't do it the end. Please find someone else." Darius hugged me "heart I thought you'd be happy to train the warriors." I sniffed pulling away from his embrace holding back my tears. "There are some things I'm uncomfortable with and that's teaching others what I learnt myself. It's not me being selfish wanting to keep the knowledge I learnt to myself it's because it won't work it didn't the first time. Rose... it won't work." I storm off I almost told them I know your probably thinking I should but this pain hurts too much and teaching the warriors would only remind me of Rose, now there was a warrior with heart.
They shouted which stopped me in my tracks "Just think about it heart." When they finished I walked outside and shifted. You'll be alright sweetie whatever you decide I'm there with you. I know how much both those Warrior friends meant to you. I know you wanted them to live because they deserved to. Our mates can't help you unless you talk to them about why you can't do it they don't understand your reluctance. Please Charisma I just want to fly I don't want to talk about it. She sighed but let me just fly free from my cage. Why me, there are experts out there none that come to mind but there has to be someone else. I flew for what felt like hours something in me wanted me to go back to the Games like I was missing something. Why would I want to go back there there's nothing there for me anymore the people I met and loved are gone so why was I wanting to go back. Oh yeah justice I promised myself I'd give my friends their justice so I have to face my fears and go back.

I could sense my mates oddly down at the gym, there's only one place that will make these men warriors and I'd have to go back there and bring back the Gladiators who caused death and destruction in the people I loved the most. Plus personal revenge and all. I saw Darius spar. Eeemm yummy, yummy. Focus girl. Logan spotted me and gave me a tight smile he looked like he was struggling with something. I walked over to him."You ok hunny?" "Uh huh just thinking of how to get the warriors up to par. What can I do for you baby."  "Look I'll help them but not here. I need to tell you about what happened in the Games." He rose his brow Logan didn't expect me to ever tell him. I mind-linked Darius. "Can we go to the movie room?" I need a chilled place to talk about something so personal to me. Darius soon came over and kissed my cheek. I smiled at both of them as I walked up to the movie room.

"Well what do you know about the Games." They looked at each other before replying at the same time. "Only that it's a gruesome place we're you fight Gladiators that's all." I took a deep shaky breath. "The first day I woke up there I was in a dark, dank room, I heard screams outside so I looked through a gap in the wall and saw a young girl scream as a sword was harshly pushed into her chest, she wore the same clothes I did, it then dawned on me I'd have to face that and it scared me. The gladiator showed no remorse for taking a young life. Then I felt pain in my arm." I shoved my leave up showing the gold brand with D circled in it. My mates snarled. "Yeah well that happened to everyone who was thrown into the games. We were known as slaves they didn't care for our names only using our first initial to identify which slave we were. The Games master had a hatred for my kind you know Phoenix he said as soon as my little sister reaches 15 he'll do the same to her. He said I was in a place called the Games, where I'd fight Gladiators to win my freedom, then he whispered 'nobody leaves here alive.'
He said because he hated what I was he'd have his associate torture me every morning before I get my breakfast, he said tomorrow I'd fight my first gladiator. If I was no good I'd die, I'd already figured that part out. I struggled as I first picked up the sword it was very heavy and I dropped it a lot I knew if I couldn't even hold it that would be it for me.
The first gladiator they give you to fight will always be a 'fair' fight I say that loosely because you could still bloody well die. I managed to after a few careless mistakes which I was sure never to make again managed to slice the back of her thigh ending my fight. If you could injure or miraculously kill your opponent the fight was over, if you lasted three rounds before the bell went off and lived your fight would be over. As time progressed I knew I wouldn't have the stamina to last three rounds so I chose to injure or kill them fast. After a month I met a slave called T Tiana as I know now but then she was slave T. We didn't speak to each other much, we weren't that friendly she would of been a she-wolf she was 15 like all the slaves. She was a great warrior she picked it up quick like me, she had a different style she had the stamina so she liked to tire her opponents then give them a destructive blow. A month after Tiana showed up, a human girl called Rose appeared she was quiet and frightened as we all were when we first arrived. She was called R I asked her how much training she had she said none she said she never went to a gym. She asked where she was which surprised both T and myself they told us where we were the day we arrived. I told her where she was and what she'd have to do to live and she cried from fear. She reminded me of Aspen and I didn't want to watch her be thrown on top of rotting bodies. Like no doubt she would have been. It was then she said her name was Rose I introduced myself and T spoke up stating her name. I said to Rose I'd help her train by now Tiana and I were pretty good and could go without training, Rose needed training and fast if she was to make it.
Tiana and I taught her defence first then sparring then we introduced holding a shield. Tiana gave her shield and at first Rose really struggled holding it and dropped it a few times. Remember she only had that night and a bit of the morning to pick this training up. She never complained and appreciated us taking time off our own training to help with hers. Tiana and I were still worried we were running out of time with Rose in the morning she'd face a gladiator if she couldn't hold a sword or an axe and use it well she wouldn't make it. It was an extremely long night for us she began holding the shield securely in one hand dodging my blows as I used a big stick as a weapon. I introduced a broad sword to her, she struggled getting used to defence with the shield then multitasking with moving the sword fluidly around, in one night she came further than those warriors I saw down there she was human and hadn't been fighting a day what excuse do they have who've been doing it for years. Anyway Rose fought her first gladiator in the morning and lived after she watched how I killed my opponent she injured hers and was so happy we all screamed in joy it actually worked she did it in a day.
We became very close friends, sisters as we called each other a month later we were all alive and doing well we reached the semi-finals. The fight started out well we fought side by side and had two Gladiators each I had just killed one of mine when I heard a scream it was Rose I focussed on killing my gladiator quick and Tiana and I raced to Rose who was holding a wound to her neck, we knew she couldn't make it. I held her in my arms as Tiana took her other hand and told her she'd be ok to think of home that she was safe and her sisters are here it's ok for her to go home." I broke down I couldn't finish. I took a deep breath and cleared my throat as Darius lifted me onto his lap and Logan kissed the temple of my head. "She was taken away from us as we were screaming for her she was tossed into the pit on top of the other rotting slaves like she was no one. Tiana and I didn't feel like talking we grieved for our sister, for a human she was the strongest person I ever met. Tiana and I couldn't eat we went to bed together I watched her cry herself to sleep knowing tomorrow we'd both join Rose at least I'd be with my sisters I'd be safe, I wouldn't be in pain. The morning we ate our last meal together I told her let's go out swinging for Rose and we'd be with our sister again once we give those fuckers hell. She smiled and told me she wasn't always trusting of people but I was a sister to her and if she was to die she was happy to die with me.
As we waited the Games master said we would have to fight all the Gladiators males and females, we're girls, so usually we only get to fight the same gender so this was new and Tiana looked at me nervously I smiled through the shock squeezing her hand as if telling her we'd be ok. The Games Master said we'd fight four at a time to start with I remember thinking how kind of him. I remember it as a blur we did well we were winning Tiana and I fought as a team, until I heard her yell my name I looked over and she was surrounded by five Gladiators I stabbed mine in the foot and made it to her I noticed she had a gash wound to her side one hand was holding her wound the other was still fighting the gladiator. I lifted my sword by its hilt spun it out around my head like a boomerang, like I did with the dummies in the gym. Killing them. They kindly gave me moments to say goodbye to my friend and I told her I'd join her soon she smiled and told me she was with Rose and she shut her eyes as her smile faded a little she was gone too, pissing me off I saw fog I didn't recognise my own moves I think I managed to let Charisma take over, all I could feel was my wrists slicing through bodies I couldn't see, and my feet thumping the ground until my senses returned. All the Gladiators were dead.
The paying audience gasped in outrage as I was told to announcer my name. I thought why not be dramatic on my final day I saw the gladiator that killed Tiana and swung my sword till his head came clean off I stabbed my blade through his head hearing gasps from the crowd." I smirked as I said this to my mates. "I told them who I bloody was and that when I return should I see any of them, I then threw the head on my sword like a javelin into the post behind the crowd as they ducked away, the next time I see them there heads would also be on that post. Then I was knocked out by a guard. I woke up being carried in that cage. I spoke up to my sisters already waiting for me and told them I'd be with them soon. The Games master was there he said I had made a mockery of what he created and if it weren't for my mouth I'd be something. I was then put on the bank as two guards kicked the cage into the water thus ending my story, now you know why I don't want to be the one to train them.
I trained Rose and it didn't help she still died Tiana was a hell of a warrior and she still died. I'm not happy to do this but I don't want the warriors to die like them but at least my friends were warriors true warriors not those ones downstairs. So if I'm going to do this then I will do it in the same place that made me the Winter Warrior, and if I find the Games Master he's mine to kill is that clear hunnies." They sadly smiled "yes our Queen and warrior after hearing about that place we know a million percent you are the only one to teach these pups a thing or two."I smiled at Darius as Logan said "I can't wait to see the place that made our heart a warrior." I flinched at least he's excited.