Landon's Pov
We were on a mission to lure and capture Ted. I was offered up as bait… but Hope was eager to sacrifice herself. I couldn't let her do that. If anything was to go wrong Hope would be gone forever maybe. I had hoped that Lucas would have stopped Hope but he didn't.
It made me so angry I wanted to punch him. After discussing it, I was chosen to be the bait. Tina helped make my case. So finally the plan was in motion and we left the school.
I have been driving this car for hours now. I was also in contact with the Van behind me and I was surprised to know that Hope and Josie had snuck onto the van. It must be Lucas.
It was early in the morning and I got a call from Tina. I picked it up and she asked "How is it going and where are you guys?"
I said "Ah, 156 miles outside Mystic Falls and no sign of Ted so far. How are things at the school?"
She said "Oh, nothing is normal here. I'll call later. You should focus on driving. Bye love you." She hung up. It looked like she was in a hurry. Must be something else.
I put my phone aside and was driving when I saw the horde of zombies in front of me and I tried to manoeuvre it but the steering wheel was stuck. The car flipped. I was hanging upside down thankfully I wasn't injured. I removed my seatbelt and got out of the car.
I heard the screeching of tires behind me then I heard the door open and someone stepped out.
I tried to fight the zombies with my fire and it was keeping them at bay. The zombies or rather the people that were conjured didn't bother to move. They just looked at me and enjoyed seeing me struggle.
I then heard a snap and then all the zombies were burnt to a crisp. I turned around and it was Lucas. He is still above all… I shook my head and I walked towards the van. I reached him and I looked at him and said "Don't bother doing that. I can handle myself."
I got in the van and Hope and Josie looked at me and I sat behind the van. He got on and we went through the portal. But as we passed through it. We all heard the grumbling noise of the zombies but they were in the numbers of thousands, tens of thousands.
Everyone looked tense except for him. How is he so nonchalant about all this? Then we saw Ted. He opened his arms and said "Bow down before the necromancer."
Principal and Prof. Saltzman were panicking and he had that annoying smile on his face. He looked at all of this like it was child's play. He just grinned and snapped his fingers again, no way he can burn them all and not create a forest fire.
But he did… I looked at Hope and Josie and they saw this and were calm like this was normal like what he did was nothing. He opened a portal underneath Ted and he was easily captured. He then turned towards me and said "Oh, should I have not done that?"
There it is again I scoffed and got out of the van. He went to check with MG and Kaleb. Hope and Josie went to check on Lucas. Which was pointless, he didn't even break a sweat.
I couldn't take it and I went to my room. I went inside and I saw Ralph and Alyssa together and he walked towards me and he asked "Hey how did it go?"
I sighed and said "Ask Lucas, I need to go."
I could hear his scoff and I just walked away. I reached my room and Tina wasn't there. She is always here. Maybe she went to the garden or the library. I decided to take a shower first. I went ahead and took a shower and then my phone rang. It was from Lucas.
I picked it up and I said "What do you want?"
He sounded serious and he said "Come to the basement… you would want to hear this." This wasn't like his usual self. He sounded serious, something was wrong.
I went down stairs and I saw that MG, Kaleb and Lucas were inside Ted's cell and Ted was not bound. I looked at it and said "You want to set him free or something?"
MG said "Lucas has cut off his magic, he is just a normal human at this point."
I said "What did you want me to hear?"
He sighed and looked at me and got up and said "There is a mole in school who has been feeding intel to Triad and Ted."
Ted said "I am not Ted. It's necromancer!"
I asked "That is why the school was attacked with such numbers they wanted to take Hope. But who is it?"
He looked at me and said "It's Tina… Landon, she is from Triad. She had made a deal with him. He gives her Hope and she gives him you."
I was boiling with anger and I punched him and grabbed him by the collar. He didn't even budge, MG and Kaleb got up but he just told them to sit down. He just looked at me but it was different this time.
I looked at Ted and he said "It's the truth Kid. She was from Triad." I let go of his collar.
He said "We will find her."
He said "No, this is something that I have to do. This is my revenge!"
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Lucas's Pov
It was sad to see it again, although I have not seen this look for a millenia. I had asked MG and Kaleb to look after Landon, they will make sure that he doesn't leave campus alone.
It can be dangerous for him to go after Triad, although I do admire his resolve for revenge. I will inform Prof. Saltzman later this evening about this whole situation and my findings.
It has been quite a while and I decided to talk to the Principal about this. I was going towards the office while I heard Landon and him arguing. I entered and they stopped and I said "Hope, I am not interrupting something here."
Landon said "No, I was about to leave." I grabbed his arm and I said "We all need to discuss this Landon."
He said "I don't" He walked away. I sighed and She said, "We can't let him go on his own."
I sighed and said "We will help him but right now he needs space from us. I will have Ralph talk it over with Landon."
Principal asked "Do you think they both will run? They intend to do that."
I said "Don't worry I have put MG and Kaleb to work. I am sure they will be able to keep an eye on them."
She said "I will get Lizzie to talk to other witches so that they don't cooperate with Landon in finding Tina." She then asked "How secure is Ted?"
I said "He is sleep cut off from magic. So pretty secure I'd say."
She asked "Didn't you hate him or something? Why help him now?"
I shrugged my shoulders and said "I merely don't care for him. But there is one thing I understand… that's revenge… I'll help him until he can exact his revenge then I will simply go back to not caring about him."
She sighed and asked "Why are you like this?"
I smiled and said "It's who I am."
She sighed and said "Alright you should go and take some rest. I need to get all this in order."
I nodded and she said "Thank you Lucas."
I smiled and said "You're welcome."
I walked into my room and I was tired. I laid down on my bed and Josie came out of the shower wrapped in towel while drying her hair and I was surprised to see her here and I asked "Ah, what are you doing here?"
She looked at me and walked to the dresser and asked "Oh, you here? What happened to keeping an eye on Ted."
I said "Well, I put him in a deep sleep and he has no connection to magic whatsoever so he is going nowhere."
Hope came out from the door. She was in shorts and a tank top and was also drying her hair and I said "So you both are going to stay here?"
Hope said "Yeah, you don't want us to?"
I said "No, I am fine with it. Delighted actually."
Josie said "Good, so it's settled then."
I smiled and got up and said "Alright then, I am going to grab a bottle of scotch from the cellar."
Hope and Josei looked at me and Josie said "Alright, also get some wine as well please."
I smiled and said "As you wish."
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