Chapter 14

chapter Fourteen

*Caleb*

I shifted back, "Drake what are you looking for?"

"I want to see how loyal they are to her. I want to know how they work together."

I nodded as we watched. As the girl began healing Ariya, the rabid looked at them amused. The Rabid was waiting. Waiting to see what they would do. The boy and girl with Ariya seemed scared being face to face with a vampire for the first time. Ariya seemed to rally them up because after saying something they seemed more confident. More sure of themselves.

Ariya and the boy charged forward. Ariya drew a sword and lunged at the rabid. Easily, Ariya was sidestepped and then struck in the chest. Drake growled angrily in response to the rabid putting a hand on Ariya.

I stepped in front of Drake, "No. You wanted to see what happened. Ariya wants to activate her ability. So trust her. We have to. Let her fight. Trust her. She's probably stronger than you think."

The boy lunged at the rabid, also getting sidestepped and struck in the chest, but in the opposite direction as Ariya.

"Fine," Drake said, "But why hasn't she already activated her abilities?"

"She must not have been ready yet or had the proper motivation." I suggested.

Ariya drew a knife and lunged at the Rabid again. Instead of getting sidestepped and struck again, the rabid jumped over Ariya. Drake growled and activated his Dragon's eye ability. His eyes went to a light brown color with a black slit. Drake watched intently as Ariya turned and ran toward the girl. The rabid grabbed one of the dropped blades and raised it above his head ready to slash down through the girl. Ariya was just fast enough to raise both of her arms. Ariya took the full force of the slash by the rabid by using her arm guards. But the blade still came down slicing through her left eye. She screamed in pain. Drake and I growled in concern but didn't move. We knew Drake could heal her if needed after. We stayed in place.

"That's interesting." Drake stated.

"What is?" I asked.

"She did it. Her Dragon's eye activated. But the color is weird. It's gray, like her regular eyes. Maybe a little darker. I've seen a bunch of colors but never gray before."

"I mean your eyes are brown, wouldn't it make sense?"

Drake just nodded, "I guess. Their eyes were always a little different."

The boy used the chance to use his ability to throw the sword at the rabid. Drake smirked, impressed at the teamwork between Ariya and her team. But the smirk quickly vanished as the sword buried itself deep into the wood missing its target. Ariya ran towards the boy, her arm reaching out as if she could reach the boy. Drake and I leaned forward in anticipation of what would happen.

"Link!" Ariya shouted desperately.

Link looked up at the rabid, knowing death was about to come.

"No way." Drake breathed, surprised that she was easily able to activate both abilities so quickly.

"STOP IT!" Ariya shouted.

Suddenly, a protective black dome appeared over Link. A loud clang echoed throughout the area as the sword the rabid held hit Ariya's black dome over Link. Angrily the rabid charged Ariya with everything he had, slamming into her.

"NO!" Drake and I shouted.

Ariya flew through the air until she landed being impaled through the chest with a metal rod. My heart sank and my stomach churned. I growled angrily, unable to stop myself, my body shivered, my eyes changed and I shifted into wolf form. Drake growled angrily as well. His eyes changed to red with a black slit as his canines grew into fangs. Ariya's team screamed as they saw what happened to her.

The anger in Drake's eyes told me he wanted to kill who he felt was responsible. The question was, was it Link who Ariya saved or the Rabid who struck Ariya, making the metal rod impale her through the chest?