"Everyone, stay alert and go to your stations we are being ambushed" shouted Jacob as he commanded his soldiers
"Yes Sir" they replied
Just then another explosion sounded and it was right next to them, it blew up the ground and it sent some soldiers flying.
Whoever was doing this, must have already planned everything out, whatever he/she was using to cause the explosions caused no noise whatsoever and the only time you actually noticed that something was going on was when it hit the ground and caused the soil to shake.
"Everyone hold your ground" said Jacob
"Who is doing this?" asked Jacob to himself
Suddenly there were more explosions and they were even more closely spaced than the last one, and the time in between explosions had reduced drastically.
Jacob was loosing men faster than he could count, and the fact that as the soil exploded it created dust that blinded them and blocked their field of view was not helping.
Bella immediately covered her eyes because the dust particles were entering her eyes and she chanted a spell that got rid of the dust and that gave Jacob an opening to command his troops.
"Group A, go east and try to locate the source of the attacks" said Jacob
"Yes Sir" said a Group of 5 Vampires as they went east.
"Group B, C and D proceed to the North, South and West" said Jacob
"Yes sir" said the Groups
Bella just observed quietly as Jacob commanded his troops with Authority, the attacks seemed to stop and before long Group A was back.
"Sir we have scouted the area there is no sign of anyone" said a Vampire
"Then who are they?" asked Jacob as he was deep in thought.
"I cannot hear them, with my hearing and neither can I smell them this is very suspicious" said Jacob once again as he was in deep thought
Just then in the corner of Bella's eye she saw something shiny and it was heading straight for Jacob.
Bella immediately shouted Jacob's name which brought him out of his deep thought and she jumped right in front of him and the bullet his her instead, she fell heavily on the ground.
"Bella! Bella" shouted Jacob as he realized what had happened.
"Ahhh" said Bella as she pulled out the bullet, it had hit her on the right side of her shoulder and she seemed to be loosing consciousness.
Her shoulder was bleeding and there was a deep hole in it, Jacob immediately ripped off a part of his shirt and used it to try to stop the blood from rushing, he carried her right away.
"Sir where are you going?" asked one of the Soldiers
"Tell Vince to take Charge and find out who did this" said Jacob
"Yes Sir" said the Soldier as Jacob ran swiftly with the unconscious Bella in his arms.
Meanwhile in the Witch world
Azazel and Stella were in her office and so was Curtis.
"Azazel" said Curtis
"Ah Book" said Azazel as he sat down.
"Now Azazel enough with the fake pleasantries, just tell me what you came here for" said Stella seriously
"Ahh I see, okay then I will get straight to the point" said Azazel
Meanwhile in the Vampire Realm
Everyone was quietly sitting and reading in the lounge until they heard a mighty THUD at the end of the balcony which scared them.
"What was that?" asked Matt
Just then Jacob came in from the balcony door while carrying Bella in his arms.
"Uncle Jake what happened?" asked Matt
"It's Bella she got hit" said Jacob
"I don't know what to do" he said
Ellie, Cellie, Mark, Edward and Frankie were all crying, as they looked at the unconscious face of their Aunt.
Annie immediately stood up and said
"Uncle please put her down" and Jacob laid Bella on the carpet.
The children were still crying to Evie stood up and said "Come on, don't cry, crying won't make Aunt belle better, she would want you to be strong"
"Okay" said Evie
"Okay" they replied
"Alright now, let's go, let me read you a bed time story okay?" asked Evie and her siblings agreed and followed her, just before Evie left she gave Annie a Look that said "Please save her" and Annie nodded back.
Levi, Kaylee, Annie, Maddie, Matt and Jacob were the only people left in the lounge.
Annie was panicking she did not know what to do.
"Umm okay, Levi, get me some toilet paper" said Annie as she tried to calm herself down.
"Okay" said Levi as he rushed to get what Annie asked for.
"Kaylee, you go get me a first aid kid" said Annie
"Okay Annie" said Kaylee as she rushed to find a first aid kit.
While Annie was waiting for the items she asked for, she removed the cloth that Jacob used to stop the bleeding, the cloth was all covered in red blood and it was then that Annie finally noticed that the cut was very deep, she put her finger on the hole and she cried out in pain.
"Ouch" she said as she removed her finger immediately
"Annie what happened??" asked Matt and Maddie worriedly
"Ahh it burn" said Annie as she held her finger.
"This is not an ordinary wound" she said
"I need to call Curtis quick" said Annie
"Curtis, Curtis are you there? can you hear me?" asked Annie as she said it out loud she waited for a few minutes but heard nothing.
Meanwhile in the Witch World
Curtis heard Annie calling him and he stood up and said
"Please excuse me" as he walked out of Stella's Office.
Meanwhile Back in the Vampire Realm
"Yes Annie I can hear you, what is wrong?" asked Curtis
"Ah Curtis, it's Bella she got hurt and when I touched the wound it burned" said Annie as she explained.
"Witches Brew" said Curtis under his breath
"Huh what did you say Curtis?" asked Annie
"Don't worry about that now but you need to do is to help Bells before it's too late" said Curtis
"Yes I know but how do I do that?" asked Annie
"Do you remember that spellbook I gave you?" asked Curtis
"Yes yes I do" said Annie
"Good then go get it, there is a healing spell in it, it should be able to stabilize her" said Curtis
"Okay Curtis" said Annie
Annie turned to look at Kaylee that had brought the first aid kid.
"Kaylee please go to my room, and check under my pillow you should see a purple diary like book there, bring it to me and please hurry we do not have much time" said Annie
"Yes" said Kaylee with determination as she ran quickly to find the book.
Bella was in discomfort, she had a frown on her unconscious face, the poison was making it's way into her blood stream and they had limited time to reverse the effects.
Kaylee brought the book quickly and Annie opened it and found the healing spell in no time.
"Sanitatem incant-" said Annie as she was cut off as she felt a sudden surge of weakness and fell down.
"Annie what's wrong?" asked Maddie as she rushed to her side.
"Ah I can't do the spell" said Annie
"It's a level 5 spell, it takes out too much energy from me" said Annie as she stood up and looked at the book.
"We don't have much time, Aunt is getting worse" said Levi
"I know I know" said Annie
"Wait, I have an Idea, let's do the spell together" said Maddie
"Would that work?" asked Annie
"Of course it would" said Maddie
"It will help reduce the amount of energy one person will use" said Maddie
"Okay then in that case, I can help too" said Matt
"But you haven't practiced with your powers yet?" said Annie
"Don't worry about me I will be fine" said Matt
"Okay then let's do this" said Annie
Meanwhile Jacob was getting more frantic by the second, the more he looked at Bella's discomforted face the more he felt bad, he had lost his cool and calm demeanor and it was not replaced with worry.
Annie, Maddie and Matt knelt down in a circle around Bella and they held hands.
"1, 2 ,3 go" said Annie
At the count of 3 the three of them said "Sanitatem incantatores" immediately there were balls of colourful lights that enveloped them, and power surged around them, the lights made their way to Bella's wound and it managed to heal it a bit.
Bella's face that was once in a frown was now, relaxed and she had stopped sweating it was like she was sleeping.
Annie, Matt and Maddie opened their eyes and smiled,
"It worked" said Annie
She immediately took the first aid kit and bandaged Bella's shoulder, she snipped the extra bandages neatly with a scissor.
"Thank you" said Jacob as he was finally relieved.
"I think she should be fine now" said Annie
"Let me take her to her room" said Jacob as he carried Bella Gently and left the room.
"Ahh that was so close" said Annie
"Haha yes it was, now let me take a look at your finger" said Maddie and Annie gave her finger to Maddie and Maddie muttered a spell and Annie's finger was as good as new.
"Ahh Thank you Maddie" said Annie
"Your welcome" said Maddie as she smiled
Meanwhile in Stella's Office
"Are you not tired of this back and forth that has been going on for centuries now?" asked Azazel
"I kill a Grey, and renew my powers and another one rises up, it is kind of boring don't you think?" asked Azazel
"Azazel what are you going on about?" asked Stella suspiciously
"Here is my proposal" said Azazel
"I give you a year from today, to train the girl of all necessary things that she requires to beat me, and one year from now, we will battle it like we did in the old days. When I win, I get to kill the girl and her whole family, but if some way she manages to win, I will surrender and she can kill me" said Azazel with a chilly smile.
"Azazel what are you playing at? This seems too good to be true" said Stella as she did not trust Azazel at all.
"The girl is young, she has no offspring, If I was to kill her now, that would be the end of the Grey lineage , and it would also signify the end of me, seeing as I need their blood to renew my powers" said Azazel
"So in my defense it would be a win win situation for you, in either scenario" said Azazel as he smiled.
Stella was in disbelief this sounded too easy, and then again this was Azazel we were talking about, who knows what type of plan he had up his sleeve.
"If I agree to this, I have my own conditions that need to be fulfilled" said Stella
"Name them" said Azazel
"Number 1, I get to choose the plain we battle in" said Stella
"It is done" said Azazel
"And condition number 2 during this time, you will not attempt to harm Maddie in anyway" said Stella as she looked serious
"Consider it done, I have already disowned that girl from the moment she disobeyed me" said Azazel coldly.
"Fine, but I cannot make a decision now" said Stella
"Then so be it, I give you a week to decide on your answer or else, and remember you are the Vice Chancellor of the whole Witch Realm, would you sacrifice the whole fate of your realm for a measly powerless girl? Think wisely" said Azazel as he stood up.
"Ah and another thing, when you send me your answer, tell your messenger to deliver it to me personally, I would not want more broken glass in my house" said Azazel as he smiled and walked away.
"Ahh Curtis, we will see each other soon once and for all" said Azazel as he saw Curtis on his way out.
Curtis walked to Stella's office and asked what Happened, and Stella just sighed.