I looked at A'kreath, before drawing my Katana, took on a traditional Samari stance, and said, "You might want me to fear for my life right now but I will not give up especially since this is my time to protect myself and others who might be in the same boat as me." A'kreath smirked and he came at me with great speed and his attack was aggressive and to the point. But, I deflected the attack with my sword chipping it slightly, this showed how serious A'kreath was, it was as if he was seriously trying to kill me, even the look in his eyes, made a shiver go down my spine, his eyes were so cold, and emotionless, it was almost like I was staring into the eyes of a killer.
Though I deflected his attack I felt like I could beat him until I realized he had two weapons and the second blade was coming straight for my neck. I moved backward to get away from the second attack but it was like he knew my moves and used them to his advantage, he kicked one of my legs out from under me causing me to fall to the ground and forcing me to have to roll out of the way of a third attack. A'kreath's bone blades were far deadlier than I thought initially it was as if they were made of steel or something harder, and just where did he get them exactly, I knew they came out of his body but maybe that would point out a weak point in his body.
After rolling away I heard his third attack hit the ground, I stood up as quickly as I could to see that the blade had been embedded into the floor of the training room, watching for a moment I could see the blade almost pulse and shift as A'kreath stood up pulling the blade out of the floor without any more damage to the floor and without effort, he just stood there as if waiting for something. "Not good enough... " was all he said before he vanished from sight only becoming visible again at the point his attack nearly made contact with my right side, I managed to barely move out of the way only getting a cut along the side of my stomach.
I tried to impale A'kreath with my blade but he had been holding his other blade close to the center of his body to move my attack off to the side and kicked me with such power I went flying across the room into a wall, the air was knocked out of my lungs for what seemed like a minute, I had no time to sit and regain my breath that kick felt like it broke bones, he is seriously trying to kill me I had thought to my self. "I said fear for your life..." he said in a cold tone before coming at me again.
After an hour of training with A'kreath, I was exhausted and beaten up and torn up, but A'kreath didn't look like he had a scratch on him it was like he didn't even break a sweat. I guess that has something to do with him being a kindred. I said, "Why do you look untouched?" He said, "It's because I am better than you." I started to laugh and said, "Do you have to be so cocky about the fact you are unharmed?" A'kreath let out a slight chuckle before he held out a hand to help me get up, "I have a right to be cocky for what I had to endure through my time where fighting is something to survive or you will be killed, Crystal." He dusted my shoulders off and sighed before looking at the injuries, he looked at my neck for a moment and moved my shirt just enough to see my collarbone. " I see my Sire has not marked you yet, this is good for the purpose of me healing your injuries. " He said before running his hands over the injuries closing them.
A'kreath then looked at me before tossing a towel to me. " The smell of blood can not leave this room, there is a shower in the side room over there, clean up and put on the robe before going to your room." He then went to another side room to at least change clothes, After I took my shower and got cleaned up I thought about how I could better fight A'kreath and whether there were more Kindred like him. I got dressed before leaving the shower and headed out of the west wing. A'kreath was waiting by the staircase wearing a nice looking long-sleeved shirt that covered his hands slightly and it looked so soft his pants were still slacks however or at least looked like them, he looked at me then said in a calm tone. " The reason I told you to fear for your life is to help you control your fear and use it, fearing for your life is a good thing it means you want to live you have a reason to live, and gets you to think outside of the box at the moment, use your fear Crystal fight dirty."
I looked at A'kreath confused. "But I was always told not to-" A'kreath held his hand up. " whoever taught you not to fear things was stupid, you need fear to survive, even I fear things will I ever tell someone no, but I do fear, and I use that fear every day to plot and plan and to fight." I nodded slightly in acknowledgment before he waved me on, he walked away towards his office and I went to my bedroom. When I got to my bedroom I closed the door behind me. And let out a heavy breath walking to a couch to relax for a bit I heard my phone ringing when I looked it was from an unknown number at first I ignored the call because it was a number I didn't know.
After about an hour later I headed to the kitchen hoping to make a tuna sandwich and have a glass of milk. As I walked up to the bedroom window I looked outside and my phone started to ring again but this time it said Niki was calling me. So. I picked up the phone and said, "Hello Niki what can I do for you?" But, a male voice said, "You have one hour to save your friend Niki and bring yourself to the address we are about to send you by text message and bring no one not even your lover or A'kreath."
I was scared of what they might have done to Niki and said, "Where is Niki? You better not have touched a single hair on my friend's head or I will kill you do understand me?" There was a manic chuckle and the man said, "You aren't that scary Crystal, bye for now Crystal, and don't forget to meet with us in an hour or your friend will die." The phone hung up and I felt dumbfounded and wondered how they got Niki and if she liked hanging out with Spazz and Kitty. I didn't care how I looked and went to find Niki in the mansion and called out her name "Niki where are you? I will tear this place apart if I can't find you." Spazz came around the corner and I said, "Spazz is Niki near you?"
Spazz looked at me for a moment and said, " Lass, she is with Kitty. What for Crystal?" I wanted to tell him and said, "I got a call from someone and I don't know who it was the first time and then I got a phone call from Niki, then a male voice spoke saying that he would hurt Niki if I didn't show up at the location with an hour." Spazz thought for a moment before asking. " Have you told A'kreath about it?" I just shook my head and he nodded. " Let me guess lass they told you not to tell him and to come alone?" I nodded faintly and he chuckled. " They never learn, tell ya what lass, I will tell A'kreath if ya want me too, it is not you telling him it would be me, and A'kreath can be in the shadows if you want but I would not worry about Niki Kitty has been keeping her safe."