Chapter 3
They were flung some distance away from her. One of the men fell and used his head to hit a rock, the tall man fell hitting his back hard against a tree, the fat one wasn't so lucky as he fell and fractured his hand, while the leader was flung really far but luckily for him on a thicket of bushes.
They all get up except the one who hit his head against a rock and died.
"Sorcery" the tall man exclaimed.
"A mage" the fat bellied man said.
"A witch" the leader announced, "she has killed Christopher, she must die" he said while walking towards them.
Astrid's POV
I am being surrounded by these men.
"Where do you think you are going?" The tallest one amongst them asked me.
I ignored his obvious question and just as i was thinking of a way to escape, the fat bellied man grabbed me by my hands, shocked and feeling disgusted I kicked him with all my might and he fell down.
I walked back away from them, till my back hits a tree behind.
"Dead end" I thought to myself and I knew I was trapped, there was no where to run.
"Feisty are we, get her".
With the command from their leader, two of them lounged for me, while the other I kicked a moment ago, got up and tore at my gown.
I felt so helpless, they were going to have their way, I couldn't let that happen, I struggled trying to get out of their grip, but they were too strong. I could see my helpless situation, there was just one thought left and I did that...
"Help, help.. Aaahhhhhh... " I scream my lungs out, hoping, praying that someone would hear
"No not this one, he seemed more brutal than them all, they'll definitely kill me if they have their way" I thought again and screamed even more, then i felt something moving in me and before i knew it, a sudden burst of energy comes out of me and pushes everyone away and knocking them on different things.
Then it surged back close to me, I was scared but it shot up into the sky instead.
Still trying to process and take it all... "What just happened?" I asked myself. I just stood there, shocked at what just happened. I had never seen anything like that. I was brought back to reality when the leader spoke.
"A witch" he said, "she has killed Christopher and she must die".
As she spoke he walked closer to where the others stood, that's when I noticed he had been flung farther than the others.
"Kill her" he shouted.
"No, stop" I screamed, stretching out a hand telling them to stop, and a light rushed out of my hands and hit the fat bellied one, then he was flung several meters away.
Quickly, I withdrew my hand and clutched both hands close to my chest. "What's going on? What's wrong with me?" I kept screaming those words in my head.
"I told you, she's a witch, let's kill her".
"But there aren't any other mage, they all disappeared eighteen years ago".
"I don't care Torren" he said to the tallest one among them, "we just have to kill her, I bet the king would reward us" he grinned wickedly showing half of his brown tooth.
"I'd say we run if she truly is a mage".
I just stood there listening to them blabber on, something wasn't right, I could feel that same familiar surge of energy rus.h.i.+ng in my body, but rather than feeling scared about it, I smiled wickedly to myself.
"If these fools want a piece of me, I don't mind giving them, I don't care whatever is going on with me, but I'm grateful it is. Right now all that matters is to survive, I'd rather kill them, than have them have their way with me, but I'm not so eager to court death so it's kill or be killed" I thought to myself.
"What did you say?" the leader asked.
They couldn't hear me, that when I realized I might have said it out but only to my hearing.
I gave that wicked smile again and it only seemed to enrage the leader more. I waited, waited, waited. He took a step closer, one more, one more step.
"Come on, come close" I said in my head.
As he took the last step closer, I unleashed the power in me and the breath I didn't realize I'd be holding in... I let it all explode out of me, feeling the euphoria of it all. I wasn't scared, I just felt powerful. Its like nothing I've ever felt before. A loud thud, "bamm" and there he was on the ground lifeless.
I finally raised my head after the power rushed out of me and faced the last man.
"You wanted to **** me and kill me right?" I said as I looked intensely at him.
"Your eyes, your eyes... they are of different colors, what are you? You're not human".
I could see the fear etched on his face, but I didn't care, human or not they brought this out and I can be only grateful. I walked closer now, the prey now the predator.
"Stay away, stay back".
"Stay away? I thought you wanted me".
"I don't want anything to do with a witch like you".
"Minutes ago you desired me, now you fear me" I didn't know whether to laugh or cry at my current predicament. I kept walking close.
He got extremely scared and backed out, then he took to his heels and ran as fast as his legs could carry him.
Just as I am about to chase after him, a hand grabs me...