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screeched.
“...Or, he may be just fine,” Jason
concluded.
Below, Tony ran at Roloth, thrusting and
slicing with his sword. Roloth leapt backwards, dodging, hand swatting the air
as if to ward off the searing light.
Roloth’s back bumped into a pile of crates.
Reaching behind him, he seized one of them and threw it at Tony. While the
other man struggled around it, he leaped up nearly twenty feet into one of the
empty warehouse windows.
Our eyes met across the valley of crates. I
shivered as I heard his voice in my mind. “I must leave now, sweet Princess. I
shall return.” He jumped off the wall and was gone.
I sighed, relieved, and turned to Jason.
“Okay, we’re fine now. Thanks... for coming back.”
He started to respond, when the spotlight
in the window swiveled to face us. Eyes stinging, I threw a hand up to shield
myself from the blinding light. Jason cried out in pain beside me.
“There’s another one!” yelled Tony. “Tara,
get it!”
The door broke open and Tara barged into
the room. “On it.” She raised her crossbow at Jason and fired a single shot
into his leg. He gasped and fell to one knee. I foundered in confusion and
sudden, stabbing fear, worse than anything I had felt when I had been held
prisoner.
As Jason tried to drag himself to the
window, Tony dashed up the stairs and grabbed him. I saw the stake appear in
his hand, as the two wrestled, Jason trying to get away, Tony trying to gain
leverage. They staggered together out onto the balcony and Tony managed to pin
Jason against the rail. He raised his arm, the stake pointed straight at
Jason’s heart.
No! Jason’s hands clenched the stake arm as
he thrust it closer and closer. Their arms trembled with exertion. Tony clearly
had the upper hand and it was only a matter of time.
My vision swam from the shock and the
bright light. “Stop!” I cried out, but Tony took no notice.
“Die.... vampire....!” he hissed through
gritted teeth.
My body moved on its own. I ran forward and
collided with the struggling men. “Stop, please!” I pleaded, trying to pull
Tony off Jason. I might have well been trying to lift a truck.
In desperation, I lifted Tony’s feet off
the ground with all of my strength.
Taken by surprise, he lost his balance and
they plunged forward. My grip broke and I fell backwards onto the catwalk and
they tipped forwards over the rail.
I caught a single glimpse of Tony’s shocked
face as it fell and then he vanished. I heard a sharp, meaty crack and a louder
weighty thump.
I couldn’t move. I couldn’t imagine what
happened or even that anything did. I just remained rooted to the spot.
Tara ran to the balcony. “Tony! Are you all
right?” Silence answered her, but it snapped me out of the spell.
Shaking, I picked myself up off the ground
and walked to the edge of the balcony.
Still half-blinded by the light, I saw two
bodies. One lay unmoving under a pile of crates and I could only see his feet.
The other lay with his neck at a strange angle, one that was impossible for a
live human to maintain. My knuckles turned white as I gripped the handrail in
shock.
What had I done?
“...Or, he may be just fine,” Jason
concluded.
Below, Tony ran at Roloth, thrusting and
slicing with his sword. Roloth leapt backwards, dodging, hand swatting the air
as if to ward off the searing light.
Roloth’s back bumped into a pile of crates.
Reaching behind him, he seized one of them and threw it at Tony. While the
other man struggled around it, he leaped up nearly twenty feet into one of the
empty warehouse windows.
Our eyes met across the valley of crates. I
shivered as I heard his voice in my mind. “I must leave now, sweet Princess. I
shall return.” He jumped off the wall and was gone.
I sighed, relieved, and turned to Jason.
“Okay, we’re fine now. Thanks... for coming back.”
He started to respond, when the spotlight
in the window swiveled to face us. Eyes stinging, I threw a hand up to shield
myself from the blinding light. Jason cried out in pain beside me.
“There’s another one!” yelled Tony. “Tara,
get it!”
The door broke open and Tara barged into
the room. “On it.” She raised her crossbow at Jason and fired a single shot
into his leg. He gasped and fell to one knee. I foundered in confusion and
sudden, stabbing fear, worse than anything I had felt when I had been held
prisoner.
As Jason tried to drag himself to the
window, Tony dashed up the stairs and grabbed him. I saw the stake appear in
his hand, as the two wrestled, Jason trying to get away, Tony trying to gain
leverage. They staggered together out onto the balcony and Tony managed to pin
Jason against the rail. He raised his arm, the stake pointed straight at
Jason’s heart.
No! Jason’s hands clenched the stake arm as
he thrust it closer and closer. Their arms trembled with exertion. Tony clearly
had the upper hand and it was only a matter of time.
My vision swam from the shock and the
bright light. “Stop!” I cried out, but Tony took no notice.
“Die.... vampire....!” he hissed through
gritted teeth.
My body moved on its own. I ran forward and
collided with the struggling men. “Stop, please!” I pleaded, trying to pull
Tony off Jason. I might have well been trying to lift a truck.
In desperation, I lifted Tony’s feet off
the ground with all of my strength.
Taken by surprise, he lost his balance and
they plunged forward. My grip broke and I fell backwards onto the catwalk and
they tipped forwards over the rail.
I caught a single glimpse of Tony’s shocked
face as it fell and then he vanished. I heard a sharp, meaty crack and a louder
weighty thump.
I couldn’t move. I couldn’t imagine what
happened or even that anything did. I just remained rooted to the spot.
Tara ran to the balcony. “Tony! Are you all
right?” Silence answered her, but it snapped me out of the spell.
Shaking, I picked myself up off the ground
and walked to the edge of the balcony.
Still half-blinded by the light, I saw two
bodies. One lay unmoving under a pile of crates and I could only see his feet.
The other lay with his neck at a strange angle, one that was impossible for a
live human to maintain. My knuckles turned white as I gripped the handrail in
shock.
What had I done?
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