Snippet #2172000

Kirrah Shay

"Raiyn!" Her voice called again as the Shade used his large hammer to throw himself and the elven woman away from her as she approached. They went into the air and landed at the top of the hill that Kirrah had just come down. Her heart slammed in her throat at the amount of blood she saw covering Raiyn's toned body. She could only stare at him as she came to a halt in front of him. Though he was taller than her to start with, she had to look up even more as he was now held off the ground several inches.

As her eyes met his, the normally cool green that always seemed to be harder than they should like he was hiding things, was now a deep dark emerald that sent chills down her spine. He'd changed completely and she wasn't sure what it was that happened to make him the way he was just then. His lips pulled into a small grin as he looked down at her. The vines in the ground still writhed around them, and slowly the ones holding him up were beginning to shudder and release their hold on him. Kirrah watched in fear as he just gazed at her, the vines around him whipping around in a deadly fashion.

Her gaze was taken as she spotted the Shade coming back down the hill after leaving the elven woman there. In his hand was his scythe and the sword that she'd seen him with. A sharp gasp filled her lungs as she realized that the bloodied weapon was Raiyn's. As he was still untangling himself, Kirrah stepped around him and raised her weapon at the white haired man. Her gem glowed brightly in the darkness, the cool air began to pick up as it whipped around her body like a shield. She'd seen his power with that weapon and was ready for any earthen attack he would send at her.

However, nothing like that came and she was slightly perplexed as to what the man intended to do as he continued down the hill. She couldn't tell if he was ever going to use the power in his scythe, so, instead of waiting, she pulled her power to her sword. Directing the wind to the blade, she slashed at the air in front of her and sent three wind blades at the man. Before she could see if she'd hit anything, Raiyn dropped to the ground next to her, freed from his confinement. It took the young man a moment to gain his balance, clearly weakened by the loss of so much blood.

Still, he turned and with a strong hand, pushed her behind him. In the same motion he pulled her blade from her startled hands and held the weapon downwards, the tip pointed to the ground as he stood there. He watched the man approach them and Kirrah narrowed her eyes at the back of his head. She didn't know what he meant to do, but fear of his getting killed in the process was almost overwhelming.

"Raiyn, what are you doing?" She asked him, her voice hissing between her teeth, a mixture of anger and concern.

"Stay out of this," came his sharp, cold reply. He'd always been cold to her before, but now it seemed as if he truly meant what he was saying. The Jewel Princess lifted an eyebrow as she was caught off guard. At the back of her mind, the girl shivered.

"What's wrong with him?" Kirrah asked.

"I don't know. This power is so strong, much like mine. But he's so cold, so distant. I don't know where to start to calm his rage."

"He's angry?"

"It's overwhelming, can't you feel it?"

"No," Kirrah shook her head to the Jewel Princess' confused question.

Inside her mind she felt the Princess sigh heavily, "You have much to learn if we are going to meld together. That power he's wielding is out of rage. Utterly pure and cold. Something's triggered this and he's lost to it right now. There has to be something we can do to bring him back to how he was before."

"Do you think that's a good idea? He's about to start fighting. What if he loses this strength and gets killed?"

"As it stands now, he's got more of a chance of being killed like this than when he's himself."

"Raiyn," the Jewel Princess reached out and touched his arm, trying to get his attention once more. However, he only looked over his shoulder and glared at her. In a single swipe of his arm, he knocked her away from him and stepped forwards.

"Let's see who's more deadly, shall we?" Raiyn's icy cold voice didn't seem to be his own as he called out to the Shade. He flipped Kirrah's sword in his hand, the fluid motion almost blurred as he did it.