He looked around him, afraid of getting struck by the ring of fire or the lightening bolt around them...
"Is this really necessary" he asked sarcastically, trying to hide the worry being planted by the unfamiliar events.
Gregory stared at him, like nothing that was occurring had shaken him, like he had done familiar things, everything was way too much to his liking.. But you can't blame the man , can you, he dated her mother, half as powerful as she was..
Gregory also turned attention to Alice , who by now was calmly sliding into the years they wanted to appear into..
Gregory also wondered why it was necessary to put the lightning bolt around them. On the various accounts he had done it with Amalia, there was nothing protecting them...maybe it was the reason why she was captured the way she was, lost in the spirit world.. Well....we'll find out..
"Yes, its necessary.." Alice stated , avoiding too much explanation...
"Why" Ryder persisted again rather much more confidence than he was at first..
Suddenly, their ring of fire got struck by an oblivient dark force, catching all parties unaware...
"We were suppost to go unnoticed, that's what the lightning bolt was for.." Alice screamed right before stepping in front of both men and attering some other incantations, hence reconstructing another stronger lighting bolt...
Suddenly, a large sword like ring of fire appeared before them, burning brighter than the fire that burns inside of Alice...
"Get down!!!" She screamed right before their protection barrier was struck down, being cut in half and falling to both their sides...
Suddenly, a glowing old woman appeared before them, right before she attered her own incantations and blew against Ryder , Gregory and Alice..
"Michukas" Alice screamed as the three immediately disappeared before the effect of the witches words could catch up with them...
* * * *
As she came to her senses, her eyes flicked open meeting the Stern stare of both Gregory and Ryder, pissed of their feet..
"How long was I out?"she asked, as she got up, slightly rubbing her throbbing head...
Ryder stared at her, furry building up inside him....he felt angered, on the fact that Alice had once again endangered them, they were somewhere in the middle of a spooky forest...lost and alone,
" 3hours, three fucking hours you stupid bitch. First you killed my whole pack, then, you got us attacked by a witch, then you made Maya run away, and now look at us, in the middle of a freaking forest, at midnight, waiting for god knows what out there, this is all your fault you stupid hippo.."
He screamed louder, making Gregory's mouth fall open...
" I see why she turned you to porridge now...I see why.." Gregory smirked, understanding that it was indeed Ryder's behavior that caused him to get his stupid ass beaten up by Alice..
Alice on the hand was trying to put down her temper, she'd dealt with enough. Enough battle, enough surprises, enough attacks, she just wanted to rest her mind, so she decided to jeep quiet on this, as she got off her feet and shook the dust off her...
"Now where are we...or are you gonna need to kill some people first to find out.. . you behave like you don't fucking care, yet you do, you're soooo weak, so vulnerable, you smoke weed just to fit in with your own self, you think I'd ever fall for a stupid fat ass like you. ...." Ruder continued his insults..
I mean who was this guy, thinking he knew Alice, thinking Alice wanted him to fall for her, boy, you never even crossed her mind as a potential friend, leave alone boyfriend...
You mistake her silence for weakness, you know zero about her, bit what you should know, is that she can insult better than you're trying to do her..
And right now, she's already tired of keeping quiet...so let her talk now..
"A big brain doesn't count if you don't use it right.. Well neither does a big dick if half of it is in your personality... Look at you, you stupid lame ass nigga, I should put a condom on you head, if you're going to behave like a dickhead, at least look like one....you keep playing the blame game here, well I ain't done no shit, so If you think you found a bitch to blame everything on, try your pussy personality your chicken. "
At some time, maybe around ten minutes, there was silence, utter silences, Gregory's mouth wide agape staring Ryder, then at Alice, at Ryder then at Alice.. .
Ryder was taken aback, those were he'd never had, not even from himself, those words pierced him deep, he felt it sooooo bad, it was like his brains were laughing at constantly, constantly reciting that he just shamed and dissed by a mere girl.
He just stared at Alice, waiting for her to back down, or at least apologize, it wouldn't make him feel better, but it would bring back his pride from whatever it'd just fallen into..
Alice on the other hand didn't move, she didn't shake, and neither did she once think of taking back her words, she was proud of herself, for putting him to Shame and in his place...
Somehow, she felt sorry for him, she'd seen how wounded he was by the color of his eyes, but what did he expect...
....Don't test her waters if you know you can't swim.
"Uhm...so let's set a fire...Alice...can you help me with that.." Gregory stated breaking the defensive silence...
"Sure.." Alice said before breaking eye contact and moving to a pile of sticks and wood the boys had earlier collected...
But before she did a thing, she stopped in her tracks, closed her eyes, and focused her senses searching their surroundings miles away..
She flinched in horror, as she saw the approaching danger.
"Were having company.." She said as she constructed another bolt of fire.
"W. Wh..what are you doing.." Ryder attered, calmer than he already was.
"I need your blood, just a little drops, we can't fight them alone, they seem powerful..." She stated before settling the bowling fire on the ground...
"Who ...can you just calm down ..and explain...and why the heck do you need our blood.." Gregory asked moving towards her...
"Three witches, the witch who attacked us earlier has brought company, and she's already tracked us down, we can't run, they are too close.. We can't fight them on our own, we need a group, a pack. "
She finished before asking for Gregory's pocket knife.
"You want to make your own pack.. " they both asked confused.
She looked at them, breathed in, and calm down.
"I want to bring back your pack.."