Fifteen Journey - Chapter 49

A/N: Woot! I’m getting really excited!
Three more chapters and Sloan’s arc is finished. God, I can’t wait! :D

Chapter 49 – Loyal Team

What he was about to do was against his ideals, but which other chance did they have?
They were hiding in some bushes, watching their camp. Sheila was busy as always and Elain was looking sad at the sky. For their surprise, Sloan was there also, watching the woods waiting for their arrival.
Annya was the first to advance, as they had planed. She came out of her hideout, which was a few steps away from theirs and started the attack. With the same dark power balls she had used against Rick, she blasted the entire camp with several power balls. Some time after, when the camp was so dusty that she could not see a single thing, Annya found herself trapped in a bubble, which she could easily destroy thanks to her dark power. While absorbing the power of the bubble, someone came to her using ultra speed and kicked her hard in the face. Annya was dragged to the ground, some metres away from the place she was originally in, and, looking up, the person who had attacked her had disappeared. Soon after, the dust came back to the ground.
“Elain!”
She had blood all over her body, since she had been targeted with many power balls. Fred tried to run in her direction, but Sheila trapped him into a battle.
“We are in a fight, you know…” she said with a challenging tone.
Sloan appeared later, indifferent to the whole situation.
“Back so soon?”
Rick was obliged to come out of his hideout. Without losing time, he advanced towards Sloan, with Thynia in his hand, and attack circularly. However, something blocked his attack. As he looked ahead, another person stood and had blocked his attack with his or her hands.
Rick jumped backwards and watched the enemy. She wasn’t human. Her skin was silver and she wasn’t bleeding from blocking the sword with her hands. However, she was very fit and perfectly conceived. If she had been human, she used to be a beautiful woman.
In a flash, the woman disappeared as her body was absorbed into Sloan. Rick didn’t understand what kind of power he had, but he sure was powerful.
“Attack them, Elain.”
Her body didn’t give time to any of them to get away. Hopefully, Annya stood up and made a dark barrier between them and the arrows. Fred was outside the barrier, but as long as he was trapped in the bubble, he would be safe. But, smart as a fox, Sloan made a sign to Sheila and she dropped him down.
“Kill him.” he ordered Elain.
She froze. She could never kill him. However, contrary to her will, she locked her target on Fred. Her hands were trembling and her mind wouldn’t let the arrow go.
“Kill him now!”
For her panic, her hand let the arrow go. Fred was staring puzzled at her image, which appeared on the arrow. He couldn’t move at all and he knew her aim was perfect. He closed his eyes to avoid crying.
As he opened his eyes, he saw Cassey holding a sword and the arrow lying in the ground. For Elain’s relief, Cassey was able to run to his direction and, grabbing Rick’s sword, which was in the way, she magically blocked the attack.
Now, it was their time to attack. Quickly, Annya did the same as Sheila was doing and trapped her in a similar bubble, which just couldn’t increase size. Fred called his robot and, together with Ashley, he hurried to take care of Elain, who stared at them trying to be stopped. Indeed, they stopped her. Fred entered his robot and, using his arms, he trapped Elain, which had already been grabbed by Ashley’s ribbon.
One enemy stayed untouched. Rick, Mike, Cassey and Sarith were staring at him, waiting for his attack.
“I feel honoured, so many people came to kill me…” he smiled opening his arms.
Rick ignored his statement and grabbed Thynia tighter.
“You mad people, you will all die…” he warned grinning.
And, with that, Rick advanced towards him, before he could summon the silver lady. But, before she could appear, someone blocked his attack with his sword. When Rick looked at his face, he saw Matt.
“Hello, Seven.”
But, as they landed in the ground once more, Sarith pushed Rick away.
“I must do my duty, right?” she winked at him. “Sloan is waiting for you.”
Rick knew she couldn’t fight by herself with Matt so, he caught Mike’s attention and did a movement. Quickly, Horous transformed himself into the huge monster Rick had originally met, which made Matt a bit scared. And, with Horous behind her, Sarith advanced towards Matt.
Rick was face-to-face with Sloan. He didn’t seem wanting to summon the silver lady at all. Finally, Cassey gave Rick his sword she had used to save Fred, but he grabbed her hand to whisper at her hear.
“You must explain me later how you have such an ability with a sword.” He smiled.
Having said that, Rick decided to strike first. And with a decisive jump, he directed his sword to Sloan, right in his face.

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