Rose softly glared at the witch in front of her, who had just thrown Maverick down the stairs from all the way up knowing that would surely leave an impact.
The Witch appeared to be young and beautiful but looking deeper she could see that she used magic to keep herself this beautiful.
'Ignis', Alice the red haired girl chanted a spell causing fire ball to emit out of her hands as she aimed it directly at Jonie. Jonie's face hardened, quickly blocking the attack, chanting a spell of her own.
' Deponere ignem', she chanted raising her right hand up in the air causing the fire ball to turn into ashes. Alice smiled at the competition as she faced off Jonie on her own who was surprised at how sharp the girl was, obviously an experienced witch like her.
" Peacelynn get the box out of here now. Josie and I will try help distract Liam and this witch, go", Rose softly communicated to Peacelynn who gave her sister a 'be safe' stare before turning on her heels and descending down the stairs.
'Invisibilia Novaculae', Jonie said chanting a spell causing the wind to move quickly. Josette quickly sensed the attack and was quick to counter it but it didn't stop Alice from getting hurt.
' Scutum', Josette said and immediately an invisible shield formed around them and Jonie's attack turned from invisible to straight visible as metal sharp Razors fell to the ground along with Alice who had been grazed on her shoulder by the razor. It was pretty deep and she had started bleeding.
Josette went over to her side as she tried to lessen the hurt till they could get back to the Haven while Rose turned to stare at Jonie who had a deadly look on her face.
" Where's the fucking box?", Jonie asked with glaring eyes. " I will kill each and everyone of you if I don't get my box soon enough", she said and lunged at them.
Rose immediately got out of the shield as she fought off Jonie woman to woman with the inclusion of spells. Jonie was very strong and not easy to take on but she couldn't obviously give up, she had a whole team depending on her and one of them was already wounded, there was no going back.
The thought gave her the adrenaline to be serious as she chanted a small spell ' Movet' and immediately breeze picked up from nowhere flying Jonie into one of the Manor's room while Rose followed like some lunatic witch desperate to kill.
" You are going to be fine", Josette encouraged even though she knew nothing of what she was doing as she sprinkled the herbs on Alice's bleeding arm.
It was a small pouch of grinded leaves which she always carried around her in case of the worst situations.
" Aah... aah...", Alice groaned throwing her head against the wall as the herbs sucked in deep into the open wound by itself. Josette breathed in and out watching Alice grit her teeth in pain.
Somehow she foreshadowed that things wouldn't go well but she threw the thought aside because her sister wanted to anger Liam so badly.
She hoped all would be well in the end. She sighed watching Alice weaken slowly and slowly, the herb she had sprinkled on the wound was taking its effect. The real medication had to be applied soon or Alice would have to cut off her entire arm.
The herb she had put in the wound was like a first aid treatment which was only used to cover for the other drug not being around. It would only reduce the pain. Those damned razors were laced with strong poisons.
She wondered how Rose was fairing. Not trusting Rose to be able to handle Jonie all by herself, she stood up getting out of the shield she had created and leaving it all for an injured Alice.
Alice rested next to the brown walls with paintings of people in the olden eras. Her red fiery hair a jumbled mess on her head and her face drenched with her own sweat, the razor was laced with a poison that killed silently and the treatment Josie used would make it slow down but in other for that she would have to weaken to the point of nothingness.
Just as Josie made the decision to find Rose, the dark skinned girl came flying out of a particular room, crashing on the floor in a soft thud, far away from Josie's reach.
The dark haired evil witch walked out afterwards, her face old as that of a dying old grandma who had lived for too long. Her body filled with wrinkles and her so flashy designer all black clothings looking not so flashy like before. Just what did Rose do to her?
They were fighting in the Manor's hallway. Where nothing but room doors and small tables with paintings on the walls and vases on the tables surrounded them.
Josie put on her fighting stance as she watched the lady fix herself returning back to being young and beautiful. " Just give me the damn box", she said in a bored tone as she threw two knives towards Josie which Josie caught effortlessly at first, but only to notice later on that it was all a distraction because the moment she raised her head quickly to stare at Jonie..
The woman's soft lips curved up as many knives surrounded her side lifted in the air waiting to attack Josette whose face had drained of all colour instantly.
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Peacelynn with a lot of trouble got past Liam and Maverick who had started fighting downstairs. At one point she had wanted to help Maverick when he was at a difficult spot but she knew she couldn't risk being seen.
Right now she was in an invisibility spell as that would make it easier to get out of the Manor and back to the safe haven.
She watched Liam throw Maverick over to the side of the far away kitchen and afterwards rushing upstairs in his non human speed but she seemingly slowed him down by causing him to trip and fall using a spell.
'Iter ac Ruinam', she chanted softly in a whisper and all of a sudden,a vase from the hallway fell down without shattering in pieces and rolled over to him tripping the hurrying Liam and sending him rolling down the stairs.
" You witches and your trickery", Liam smiled softly as he got up and turned to stare at Peace who stood at the door post ready to leave. She felt his gaze and realized that while doing the spell she must have blown her cover.
He walked slowly towards her but before he could touch her, someone else diverted his attention. It was Maverick. He chanted a spell out loud forcing Liam to fall on his knees clutching his head in agony with his two hands.
'Cerebrum Frigidus', Maverick repeated as he raised his right hand in the air and curling his fingers in a way that seemed like he had control of Liam's head while Liam continued to groan in pain.
The sound of someone being thrown down caused Peacelynn who had been trying to get rid of the lock on the door to turn to Maverick.
She tried to force her way out thinking that the witch who was against them (Jonie) was coming to get her. She had to get the box away from the Manor and back to Scott.
" JOSIE....", Rose shrilling voice cried out whilst standing next to the railings of the stairs up above while the girl with the black pixie cut, Peacelynn, immediately stopped what she was doing.
Her eyes widened as she turned back towards Maverick and Liam who looked shocked at the injured body on the floor. Liam was quick to recover as he stared up when he saw Jonie staring back at him, a smug smile on her lips as she held Rose at knife point.
Peacelynn ran over to where Maverick's gaze remained fixated on, quickly abandoning the thought of getting out of the Manor. She felt her whole world crumbling down as she found her sister lying on the floor with knives piercing her skin like they were supposed to be there.
Josette's eyes were closed and her body looked pale and lifeless. Peacelynn suddenly felt weak in the knees as she dropped down on the floor in tears. Her eyes red and filled to the brim with liquid.
" No, No, No, No, No....", she kept muttering as she crawled over to her sister's side. " You can't do this to me Jo, you just can't", she said with a shaky voice as she reached for her sister's face amidst the knives that took solace on the girl's skin.
" Josie please get up", she cried out in horror. Her shaky hands moving to get one knife out of Josie's body but she couldn't bring herself to do it. Peacelynn felt shattered, this was her only family, her little sister.
Her eyes hardened as she stared at Jonie who still wore her smug smile. She didn't know how but Liam was already up there just standing while Rose seemed to be crying although she was held at knife point.
" Where is the box?", Jonie asked in a guilt free tone which annoyed Peacelynn to the core. " You have it don't you.... give it to me or she will be the next one to join Lovely Jodie over there", she said not giving a fuck if she got Josie's name right or not.
Peacelynn shut her eyes tight before opening them as she dipped her hand into her trouser pocket bringing out the box which was now visible to all eyes. She opened it and brought out the neck chain that meant so much to that bitch.
She raised it up glaring at Jonie through her red eyes. " You want this?", she asked, a creepy smile making its way into her face.
" Don't try anything stupid because I won't hesitate to slit her throat understand", Jonie growled all the way from upstairs while Liam just stood frozen. Jonie had done that to him when he tried to talk her out of killing them.
" Peacelynn don't give her the neck chain", Rose squeezed out of her mouth while Jonie angrily pressed the knife on her neck drawing out blood. " Quiet you bitch", she said as Rose cried softly at the pain.
Her hands and legs were of no use to her as they were in some kind of spell casted by Jonie on her and Liam but being a witch as well allowed her to use her voice.
" Don't worry Rose, it will all be fine soon", Peace said as she stared at Rose's bleeding neck and then at the neck chain.
'Te mitto ad te unde exivi a te cotena colli doli', she chanted a spell, causing a white light to immediately shine blinding everyone's eyes in the process and soon it came back to being dark but the neck chain had suddenly disappeared.
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