Demvirous rode back home calmly as Elixia was sleeping. She sat in front on the horseback while he sat behind her. Her head was rested on his chest. She looked so peaceful while sleeping.
"The quietness of this place is suspicable". Elixia said as she sat straight. Having a sleepy face with an obvious confusion. "What do you mean by that Elixia?". Demvirous said as he halted his horse. "I don't know but, the quietness is something to suspect. I don't feel very comfortable with this place. Isn't there any other place we can pass over the night?". She asked as an unknown fear crept in.
She looked left and then right, but she only saw bushes. "You need to stay calm Elixia. There is nothing in the bushes". He convinced. "Then why do I feel so uneasy?". She asked still perturbed.
"Probably, because you actually haven't been out this late before". He said with a smile. Elixia smiled and nodded. Then relaxed.
He continued to ride slowly and she continued to feel disturbed. "It's alright. It's just because I haven't been out this late. So stay calm". She chanted to calm her nerves. Demvirous laughed at her silly attitude.
"Do you think". Elixia paused in her words as Demvirous grimaced. He looked at Elixia with pain clearly written in his eyes.
"Demvirous is everything okay?". She asked with horror in her eyes. "Elixia". He said and coughed out blood on her face. Her eyes widened more.
"Run. Elixia run". He said and some people who hid their faces with mask came running from the bushes.
He struggled to get down the horse. Elixia gasped as she saw an arrow stuck to his back. Noticing the people that ran towards them, the fear gripped her more.
He drew out his sword. "Take the horse and leave now!". He said panting. "I can't leave you like this". Elixia said and jumped down from the horse.
"You have nothing on you". He said as he tried explaining, but Elixia proved him wrong by drawing out her pocket knife.
"Oh, you have that". He said. "I have fought with a few. So I should be able to manage few". She said and faced them. "This isn't like all the fights you have had. It is totally different from this. They kill". He held her hand and shook her convincingly.
"I'm not turning back". Elixia said with determination in her eyes. Demvirous gave up as she was determined to her soul.
The masked men came running and tried attacking Elixia when she stabbed a man in the eye. His blood splashed on her pale face as she removed the knife from his eye. Then all the man's throat with quickened steps. The man's body fell.
Demvirous was shocked and so were the masked men. They all paused in their tracks. Elixia looked at the body that laid in front of her. He held his throat as he struggled with death, but he finally gave up.
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"He told us she was a novice in fighting, but she just killed one of our men like it was nothing". One of the masked men said to the other that stood beside him. "He didn't say she was a novice in fight. He said she was a novice in a blood fight". The other answered and turned to face the other that spoke up first. It sounded more like a lady.
She turned back to look at the girl, who is so fierce and beautiful. "We just have to get closer to her". She insinuated. "How is that going to be possible. She will kill us before we even get the chance". He said terrified.
"We have to weaken her emotions first". "How?". He asked in curiosity. "He said he needed the girl alive and that too without a scratch but, he didn't say we can't kill him". She said and pointed at Demvirous. "You kill him and I will inject this into her". She said with an undeniable wickedness in her voice as she waved the injection in his face.
"Easy". The man said and smiled wickedly beneath his mask. "But, no scratch must be on her body as it won't aid fast the effect of this". She held him back to say. "Okay".
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Elixia looked up at the rest with a sinister smile and Demvirous came to stand by her side with a stoic expression. Then the battle began. Elixia was swift in her movement and each body that ran her way fell to the floor dead. Demvirous also killed but, with struggles.
They were quick to surround him. He was strong however, his injury made it easy for them to attack him. One then pulled out the arrow on his back. "Ahhhhhh!". He shouted in pain. Then he turned to kill the person. When another stabbed him in the stomach.
His hand hung in the air. Then the man pulled out his sword. Demvirous grimaced. He felt to weak to shout.
Elixia fight seemed to be easy but, when she heard Demvirous shout. She turned to find out that he needed support.
She fought her way out. They increased the more she fought. Demvirous fell on his knees and blood seeped out of his mouth. The masked was about to stab him again when Demvirous held his hand and stabbed him. The man pulled away holding his stomach.
Then Demvirous stood and continued fighting. His vision was slowly getting blur as he had lost an high amount of blood. "Elixia run". He shouted for Elixia to hear as he saw how she fought hard to get to him.
He noticed they weren't after him rather, Elixia. Who could have sent them? How did they locate them? Who were they working for? Those questions continued to surface up in his mind. He was getting weak but, he still fought. He couldn't die now. He needs to protect Elixia.
Elixia fought with aggression and killed, but more men still came surrounding her however, they didn't give her the smallest scratch on her body. It was as though they wanted her and that too alive. However, she couldn't get why they didn't want to hurt her. "They had another thing up their sleeves". She was going to use this to her advantage.
It just became easier as the fear of getting hurt left her cause, they weren't going to hurt her. She killed the masked men massively but, they kept coming. From where she couldn't tell. She was starting to get tired but, Demvirous was her greatest motivation at the moment.
He couldn't, anymore. So he fell back on his knees. Blood seeped out of his mouth. Elixia was about to cry. Couldn't help but, try to fathom the pain he went through.
"Elixia. You need. To survive". He said. Every space to his words, he used to breathe. One of the masked men walked up to Elixia's front. Elixia tried attacking but, he held her hand and yanked the knife from her hold.
"I know you want me. Take me but, don't kill him". Elixia said as she panted hard. The masked man went to stand behind Elixia. And whispered into her ear.
"You wish him to die a painful death but, we won't do you the honour". Elixia eyes widened at the voice. It was that of a lady's. "You?" Elixia turned to say but, the lady shut her up by injecting her neck. Elixia immediately fell weak on her legs and almost fell when another masked man carried her.
"We need you without a scratch". The man that carried her said. Elixia couldn't see clearly. She looked at Demvirous who was also helpless. "Kill him". The lady said and two went to Demvirous while the rest walked with them.
"No, no, no". Elixia said sounding faintly. She felt so weak and soon she gave up and fell into slumber.
As soon as the rest weren't seen they held their sword in the air ready to kill Demvirous. He looked up at them and accepted his fate. He felt so sorry they were able to take Elixia away. He close his eyes as they were about to slice through his neck.
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"Is he going to pay the men we lost today?". The man who carried Elixia said. "Can a life be paid for?". The lady asked. The man understood what she meant. "What about the men that were injured?". He rose another question. "He would if I raise that as a matter of discussion". She said with a smile.
"She is very skilled. How are we going to keep her till he arrives?". "What I've injected into her will keep her in this state for seven days. Supposing, she doesn't get an injury". She said.
Elixia really fought with the medicine injected into her. She smiled a devilish smile when she got to hear about the antidote. She was taken into a building and was threw into a room that has bars