Chapter 19

chapter Nineteen

*Ariya*

"Are you ready for this, Link?" I asked him.

"NoNot really" Link laughed nervously.

I laughed, "Me either."

"So remind me of the plan again, Ariya?" Link asked.

"Well, you wanted to fight with me right? You and Mya?" They nodded in response, "So, we have been gone for about 8 hours now. Which means we have to explain what we have been doing and why we haven't communicated back. So, we have to fight. Best person to fight is Drake. Not only will we learn more about our abilities but we will have injuries too. Mya will have to work hard to heal all of mine so when I show up without a mark on me, we don't have to explain why. Make sense?"

"Yeah, and after we follow the rest of the plan."

"Right."

I looked to Mya, who nodded in understanding. After gaining their nod in understanding, letting me know they were ready, I looked at Drake.

"Are you ready?" I asked.

Drake placed his hand on my head and ruffled my hair, "Yes, and you'll do fine. I'll see you soon after this, ok?"

I nodded, "You'll have 15 minutes. Don't hold back. Then you'll have a 15 minute head start to get out of here and that will give Mya a 15 minute timeline to heal Link and I before they should arrive at the earliest."

Drake nodded. Then Drake got a sly smile on his face and with one hand struck me in the chest sending me flying backwards. I landed against a rock and the air whooshed out of me.

"Ahhhowow,ow,owAhh" I grumbled in pain, "That hurtYou jerk I wasn't expecting that." I looked at Drake with a smirk on my face.

Drake smiled, "Well if that is how you plan to fight this will be easy."

I stood up using the rock to support me. As I let go of the rock a sharp pain shot through my body. I cried out in pain as I fell to the ground. As I coughed and spat up blood, Drake was right beside me.

"It's alright. Focus Ariya. Can you feel what is happening?" Drake asked me, helping me up.

I nodded. My ribs broke from the impact and were working on healing themselves. The pain slowly disappeared but replacing it was a small feeling of hunger. I looked at Link and he nodded in understanding. Quickly I grabbed hold of Drake as Link threw a pole using his ability. Shocked, Drake looked at me as I smirked. The pole hit its target, burying itself through the lower left of Drake's ribcage. Drake roared out in pain. Without warning Drake grabbed me and hugged me, letting the metal rod sink into the middle of my chest. I cried out in pain as the rod bit into where I'd been impaled atDrake grabbed the metal rod and held it in place while he pulled his body off of the rod. Gasping for air I dropped to my knees holding the metal rod that was buried in my chest.

"You're going to have to pull the rod out yourself, Ariya." Drake told me. "Your body won't heal otherwise."

I looked up to Drake, knowing he was right. I forced myself to stand. I grabbed hold of the rod and tugged. I cried out in pain. Drake put his hand on my head and looked at me concerned.

"I know it hurts. But the pain is only temporary. Keep that in mind and you should be able to do it. I believe in you little one. You're strong. Just like him." Drake said to me.

I nodded in understanding. I could feel my eyes harden as I ignored the pain. While it still hurt, Drake was right. It was only temporary. I grabbed hold of the rod and ripped it out of my chest. I gasped as I freed myself. I could feel my body healing itself. Just like before, the pain was replaced by hunger. I could feel my healing slowing down immensely.

"Your body won't heal much after that. Depending on the amount of damage and where, depends on how much you can heal. In other words those big wounds took just about all your healing, until you feed again that is." Drake explained to me.

He was right. The first attack he hit me with broke a bunch of ribs and punctured my lungs. The second attack went through my chest hitting some major internal areas.

"Looks like you can control yourself fairly well. Now it's just time to make you and Link bleeda lot." Drake smiled sadly, "Good luck little one."

"Link! Ariya!" Mya screamed.