Fifteen Journey - Chapter 34

Now was Cassey’s turn to be in danger. What had happened?
Bradley had already left for Levinita. Kane had the stupid habit of attracting trouble causing worries for all his siblings. But this time, it wasn’t that kind of trouble. This time, it envolved magic: something that just recently Rick had used and something his country had feared for many centuries. Was the judge a traitor or someone trying to protect his belongings? The fact is that he had tried to kill Kane and that was enough to convince Rick for his guilty.
But Cassey was different. She had the charcateristic of not being able to protect herself. And Rick felt responsible for that. After destroying an astral transmission, there is no chance of coming back. So Rick was responsible for her safety.
His body was slowly decreasing the speed applied in running. His breath was irregular and his body was sweaty. He knew the place was still far away since he had recorded Cassey's voice begging for help. The voice was echoing through his mind, making him to feel the guilty. Without barely any strengh left and a mind full of negative thoughts, Rick collapsed in the floor trying to faint. But he couldn’t. Eventually, he got up and painfully continued his way. But besides the feeling, he felt he was being followed. Not a bad spirit like Annya’s, but someone who wanted to know his inner secrets. With all the strengh he had and ignoring the mind’s pressure, Rick ran like he had never ran before. And with tiredness, moving forward trying to seek the light, Rick finally reached the place from where the scream had come. Quite a scenery…
The pearl they had searched for, next to a tired body, was in the floor illuminated by the shadow of an angel. His friends were staring at him breathing. The action had centered herself in Rick. Until her grin.
“Number Seven, welcome! We were waiting for you…”
Rick raised his head but the sun blinded him. With did the shadow had to be in that exact place?
The silence was broken with the sudden quick movement of the shadow straight forward to Rick. Rick unsheathed Thynia, one movement he had been forced to do multiple times in the last days. But then something unexpected happened.
With strengh, Thynia slided in the air to send away the opponent. Rick quickly prepare the sword once more until he realized the girl had fell in the floor. Was this the strengh of the girl who had beaten the tired body?
But the girl’s appearance was a puzzle too. Cute face, nice smile and warm face. She quiclky raised her agile and thin body up and stayed across the cliff with the help of her baton to giggle one more time. Her light hair flew with the wind. Was this the face of an assassin?
Rick was preplexed. She hadn’t the strength to beat the other girl in the floor. Did she had hidden powers? It must be that…
“Looks like you don’t need our help…” Mike replied.
“What-“
Fred interrupted Rick. “Finally a break…”
‘Mike…’ But Rick easily understood why such a genious wouldn’t be worried. Still, Horous and Ashley were facing the girl with bravery. But Ashley had other intentions.
“Who are you?” Rick asked confident.
She giggled once more. “Sarith Nince. Your opponent, Seven.”
She quickly advanced too fast for Horous or Ashley, who flew with the speed, but Rick had already changed his battling strategy. He just shunned her attack and grabbed her left hand.
“What’s with The Seven thing, girl?” he asked face to face.
She didn’t seem worried. With her baton, she tried to hit Rick but he would always figure a way to avoid her attacks. Sarith was about to make another attack Rick would avoid when she fell abruptly in the floor.
“I win!” Ashley cheered. Her ribbon had grabbed Sarith’s foot.
Rick calmly stood up and removed the dust from his clothes. Looking at the fight, he had that need to accompany Fred and Mike’s laughs: the two girls were fighting against each other just like a girls' fight. Cassey was the only one who couldn’t even smile: she was strongly grabbing the hurt person’s clothes. But Ashley could get hurt and that was the last thing Rick desired. With a quick jump forward, Rick grabbed Ashley by her tummy and tied her up with her ribbon while the jump making impossible for her to move. As soon as they landed like a stone multiple times touching water, Rick put the tied Ashley in the floor, stood up and advanced towards Sarith. But her smile had not fade yet. In a matter of seconds, Rick heard Mike standing up, Ashley screaming for Rick’s sake, Cassey grabbing the hurt person’s clothes tighter to herself, Sarith increasing her warmy smile and his vision becoming blurry. Grey powder surrounded him not permiting him to breath. Then, the saviour’s sound. A mechanical arm grabbed him and took him out of the cloud of dusty powder. It was Fred.
Rick was safe so Mike raised his head to Sarith and faced her with an angry expression. But then he detected sadness. She hated to do that…
After a change of glares with Mike, Sarith faced Rick from the rock across the cliff.
“Bye bye, Seven. We’ll meet again.” The smile hadn’t disappeared yet. Rick answered the same way and the girl disappeared with jumps into the thick forest.

Next Chapter:
“She saved me. I must pay the same way.” – Message of happiness

Author’s Note:
Quite amusing this chapter. Full of action. This chapter is yours Saritah.
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