Chapter Twenty-three
The D-DAY, October 26th
"What do you mean we can't come?!" Camilla asked furiously. The entire group stood in the school's empty parking lot after school.
"Because it's dangerous. The both of you can't come." Sean said.
"Sean I can help, we can help" Scarlett insisted.
"Scarlett you can't come. There is a witch bomb that'll disarm all witches and mages. It can equally hurt you" V explained and Scarlett sighed.
"Camilla, there are thousands of reasons why you can't come with us" Micheal said, his eyes softening as he stared at Camilla. Jordan clenched his jaws and looked away. V's phone vibrated and she sighed and looked at them.
"We have to go. Dad just called" she said and Sean gave the two girls one last look before turning his back.
"Be safe guys" Camilla said and went in for a hug with V, then Sean and lastly Micheal who stood awkwardly. Jordan raised his hand in a sort of wave before walking to his car. Scarlett hugged Sean for some time before pulling away.
"Let's go" Camilla said and she and Scarlett walked towards Jordan's car.
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"What time is it?" Camilla asked and she laid face up on her bed. Scarlett sat on the bean bag in the room and looked at her phone.
"Six o'clock" she replied gloomily.
"They should be on their way now, right?" She asked rhetorically. "I can't believe we are just sitting here doing nothing" she added.
"They're right, you know. What can we do?" Scarlett said with a sigh. Camilla stood up and took uncle Russell's book from her reading table. "You are reading a book now?" Scarlett asked in confusion.
"Uncle Russell wrote something about blood mages, maybe I can find something here. I started the chapter yesterday but I got busy." Camilla explained. "Did you know that the blood mages were once part of the witches before they left the witches?" Camilla asked.
"There is no way I would've known that" Scarlett said before joining Camilla on the bed. Camilla pointed at the paragraph where she was. As they were reading a picture fell out of the book. "Who are these?" Scarlett asked staring at the six men in the picture. Camilla turned the back if the picture and saw names written in black ink.
"These surnames are familiar, well four are." Camilla said before looking at the people in the picture, "this can't be them is it? The founding fathers of the witch hunters" Camilla read out from the top of the picture. She looked at Scarlett who had an equal look of shock on her face.
"Why is that guy's face circled?" Scarlett asked pointing at a very young man.
"Scar, I think we should finish the chapter first" Camilla said.
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The witch hunters slowly advanced the blood mages hideout. The house was oddly quiet and the hunters took it as a good sign. The special team snuck to the sides of the building and waited for the next orders.
"Strike team move! Alpha b1 report!" The sheriff spoke into the radio.
"Alpha b1 reporting clear" Micheal responded, "Archers in postion.Move! Move! move!" He ordered and the archers who were hidden in the bushes scattered round the house still hidden.
"Strike team waiting for signal" one of the hunters in the strike team said into his radio.
"Is everybody in position?" The sheriff asked.
"Affirmative" the man responded.
"Break down the door. Look alive team, today we end this war" the sheriff said. A man in the strike team kicked down the door and checked the surroundings. The rest of the team followed suit and entered the house. The house looked empty but before they could report to the rest of the hunters, a gust of wind rushed past them and the strike team dropped dead one after the other.
"There is something here but we can't see it!" one if the hunters screamed into the radio. "We need to fall back!" He said and more dropped dead.
"What's your order sir?" Micheal asked the sheriff.
"Fall back!" He ordered, "Draw whatever it is to the open field. Archers get ready!" He ordered and the remaining strike team hunters ran out of the house.
"You heard the man, go! go! go!!" Micheal yelled and the archers all placed an arrow in the bows and stretched it towards the entrance of the house. As the remaining hunters reached the field, mages began to appear from thin air.
"Sir they're closing in on us!" Micheal said and before the sheriff could give his orders, that same gust of wind hit the hunters and they dropped dead. Micheal looked closely at the wind direction and realized it was no wind after all. "It's more than witches out there sir.. it's something else. They are moving super fast and they seem to be sucking the hunters' blood." Micheal reported, "Those.. those are vampires" he said as a vampire dug his fangs into a hunter's neck.
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"We have to go and help them. They're in serious danger" Camilla said as she ran out of her room. Scarlett followed her and the both of them left the house.
"We can't apparate, we don't even know what they are doing now or where exactly they are" Scarlett said.
"We can get there in time if we hurry up" Camilla said.
Jordan walked towards Camilla's house to return her phone she forgot in his car. He saw Camilla run out of her house.
"Woah slow down" Jordan said, "what's going on?" He asked.
"We have to warn them. It's more than witches out there" she said and Jordan looked at her in confusion.
"What are you talking about? That place is too dangerous for you, the both of you" Jordan said and Camilla rolled her eyes.
"I'm not asking you to come with us, Jordan. There are vampires there and the witch hunters have no idea. Our friends are there" Camilla argued, "it's not a fight Jordan, it's.. it's a massacre".
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"This should be a good time to release the secret weapon uncle" Sean said into his radio. The fight was getting brutal, hunters were dying within seconds and those that were alive were battling for their lives.
"V, go and turn on the machine!" The sheriff said as he stabbed a mage. "Vienna turn on the machine!" He yelled again but got no response.
"Where the heck is she?!" Micheal yelled.
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Dun dun dun. The end is drawing near, don't forget to vote , comment and share.
Thanks for reading.
-Korisa
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