Snippet #2164723

Rue Tyryl

She was tired, utterly spent after sealing the behemoth in ice. She barely remembered stumbling away from the creature, or Nemesis knocking her to the ground to get her out of harms way. She woke a few times, once to find herself up on the back of a dog like bond, another time to find herself buffeted by winds that were strong enough to take her breath away and a third time to find herself on the ground near Luca. The third time she awoke, she finally was able to stay awake, though she was too weak to stand. Weariness still plagued her, but she was able to keep conscious.

She caught the sounds of fighting and bitter words thrown back and forth. She turned to look at what was going on just in time to witness a young girl and her bond thrown aside like rag dolls. The girl and her bond went tumbling into the out forest. Several moments later they rejoined the group looking very upset about their situation. Rue was unsure as to what was going on, but something told her they weren't done fighting yet. Her eyes shifted to catch the form of a huge dragon like bond hovering in the air and a black haired girl with a wicked grin on her face. She witnessed the boy that had run into her in the hall of the school a while back. He was with the black haired girl.

Rue wondered if they were the two causing so much trouble for the rest of the group. Next to her, she felt Snow rub against her arm. Looking off to the side she smiled at her bond, sleep heavy on her mind.

"Hi, Snow," she breathed, her voice barely a whisper.

"Good, your awake. Everything has gone to hell. This girl and the boy Walker is making it difficult for us to get the flag. Everyone's trying their best to stop her, but nothing's working. I was waiting for you to wake up. I need some energy, Rue. If you can."

Rue looked up to see Luca's towering form turn to face the forest. Her heart nearly stopped at the expression on his face. It was chilling to see the malicious intent deep in his beautiful blue eyes. She didn't know what he was doing, but then he held two pebbles in hand. One dropped at his feet where he was standing, and the other he twisted around in his fingers. A moment after and a cold, acidic laugh rumbled the air around him. Rue's eyes widened as she watched him. From the corner of her eye, she spotted Blue appear underneath the dragon like bond and raise his hand. He was doing something, and she was sure Luca was part of it too.

In the next instant, Luca chucked the pebble he was holding and he disappeared from sight. Rue's voice caught as she tried to yell for him, but she only managed a soft squeak. Turning her head to look for him, she spotted him in mid-air underneath the dragon bond. He thrust his knife upwards and into the belly of the bond and then disappeared once more. She jumped despite herself as he reappeared right next to her again. Pushing herself up, she felt the wound in her side burn as Snow's cauterizing failed to hold. She'd pushed it enough already, but she wasn't about to just sit and let everyone else fight while she did nothing. Not even entirely sure what was going on, Rue reached for Luca's hand as he stared at the bond in rage.

"Luca," she called, trying for his attention. She wanted to calm his rage, afraid of what it might do to him. At the same time her eyes narrowed and she concentrated on giving Snow her energy.

"I don't know what's going on, but if it's enough to make him like this, take all the energy you need, Snow."

"I only need enough to-"

"Don't argue! If you need it all to finish what ever is going on then do it!" Rue snapped back, her eyes growing hard and her lips turning into a frown. Her fingers curled around Luca's as she managed to reach him though it was painful to sit up like she was.

Snow clicked her beak sharply and jumped up into the air, beating her wings hard to get altitude. The phoenix ignited herself and Rue could feel the pull on her energy already. Snow took off without another moment's hesitation and headed straight for the girl and her bond. Her icy wings seeming to make herself much larger than she was. Rue's concentration went right with her bond, keeping her energy linked with Snow. The bird ignited the air, her ice freezing the warm winds. Snow flew in circles around the two, going around and around. She was fast, a white streak in the air that kept dipping and twisting around.

With her eyes locked up at Luca, she caught sight of Walker coming around with the flag in hand. Rue's heart lurched as she saw him and realized what it was that the boy was intending to do. With her fingers locked to Luca's hand, she pulled herself up to him, her light weight doing nothing to move him. She was shorter then him, but she reached upwards anyways, trying to put herself in the way of the downward hit from the pole. Her arms stung as the flag came into contact with her, knocking her forwards and against Luca.

Rue twisted around, grabbed hold of the flag and ignited her hands. Dry ice cracked and raced up the length of the pole at Walker. Her breathing shortening as she was growing dizzy from the small use of her bonds power. Her vision swam in and out, feeling every twist and turn that Snow took, every launch of icy power that cooled the air just a little more. Snow raised herself above both of them, having cooled the air as much as she could. In a final act of defiance and to show her utter anger at the two insolent children, she flung her wings outwards and then shot them down at the pair. Sharpened icicles rained down on them, each one exactly like dry ice, burning whatever it touched.

Down on the ground, Rue's fingers slackened on the pole and she dropped to her knees, her gaze still locked on Walker and his every move. Her eyes dimming as she also concentrated on Snow who was pouring everything she had down on the dragon and the black haired girl. Rue couldn't believe the boy had tried to knock out Luca causing her to feel a deeper anger that blocked out anything. However, she couldn't do much more than just hold the flag, too tired and weak to do much more. Hell the boy could reach over and do whatever he wanted without having her put up much of a fight.

However, off to the side she heard Erin's voice shout in rage. A second later and a very pissed off dire wolf came lunging out of her darkening vision to take Walker down.