Chapter 5: ~A blue soul and a white light~
The wraith drank heavily from Rouge, slurping and sucking immensely. The wraith so caught up in his prey didn’t even flinch at the sound of the sword slipping from Rouge’s practically lifeless hand. Clank! It sounded as the sword it the floor, Katiana’s eyes darted towards it. Her fingers twitched for the slightest second, debating whether she should run for it. It was so close to the wraith and Rouge. If she could grasp it, what would she do? Would she grasp the hilt with her hands and try to smite the wraith, or will the hurt Rouge in the process?
Questions, they flooded her mind one by one and as they did the time began to dwindle down. One second, two, three seconds, half a minute. Katiana’s seconds would soon turn into minutes, and she didn’t have that kind of time. Her fingers curled into themselves making a fist. She clenched her fist then took a deep breath and decided to go for it. Taking action is better than leaving a comrade to die at the hands of an enemy.
Grounding her teeth she felt the perspiration start to form on her forehead as her heart raised. Pulling back she leapt off of her left foot, moving as fast as she could she dived for the sword. She could feel the wraiths eyes on her as her fingers slid underneath the hit that lay dormant and cool. Grasping it tightly she turned her back to the wraith then pushed off the ground with her arm. Swinging the sword she’d never laid her hands on before she let it fall where it may. The sword landed directly in the middle of the two. Right down the middle of Rouge’s arctic blue soul.
The three of them all cried out in pain, it was like a threatening electric shock pulsed through them all at that moment. A deep harboring shock ran through their bodies and Rouge yelped the loudest, while the wraith staggered backwards momentarily stunned. Katiana pushed through this, though she was a little dazed she noticed the wraith coming back for another attack.
Katiana did the only thing she could think of doing in that little time. Placing her hands out in front of her she stood fast. As soon as the wraith collided with her she pushed as hard as she could. She closed her eyes as she pushed, they didn’t stay closed for long. It was as if she could see a bright light coming from their collision and as she slowly opened her eyes to check, she could see that that’s what it was. A bright white light came from her hands and the wraith screeched. Its howl made her want to cover her ears but she pushed on keeping her hands steadily on the wraith before her.
Slowly, it seemed the wraith started to disappear. One dark tendril then another started to disappear from the earth, then all at once the wraith shrieks of agony were turned into silence and the wraith was gone.
Katiana stood there silently along with her hands stretched out as if another was about to come at her any moment. But her focus was ripped from her when the sight of one of their golden crystals formed in mid air then plummeted to the ground. Immediately Katiana crouched down and looked at it. Inside of it, it looked to be turning black all at once but a second later it went back to its original color. Grasping it in her hand she searched her corset for pockets but there were none. A groan from behind her made her jump and turn around quickly.
Katiana rushed to Rouge’s side as she totally forgot about him just before then. Her hands hovered over him as she wondered whether it’d be alright to touch him or not. Just to fully examine his wounds. Biting her lip she brushed off the concern and grabbed the man by his vest and tried to push him up against a wall.
She studied his face as he sat there, the color was brought back but he still wouldn’t open his eyes. The wraiths calling nearby told her that she needed to get him up quick, she wouldn’t be able to carry him all by herself. Crouching down in front of him she placed her hands on the side of his face, cold. The wraiths started to get louder, she turned towards the door but saw nothing. Turning back towards him she started saying his name hoping that it would stir him enough to wake up. She started messing with his face, pinching his cheeks, tapping them. “Rouge, wake up!” His head fell limp and she groaned, tapping his face a little harder she said. “Wake up you stupid loser!”
After about the fifth attempt she gave up and decided to drag him to the forest line, it was like carrying a dead body. His body was being pulled to the ground by gravity while she was dragging him along, trying to get the heck out of there. While dragging him belly up she noticed that his healing process hadn’t started. She pondered this as she pulled him and wondered if it needed a push of some sort. She found this odd because males were supposed to heal faster than females so they could defend themselves and their family.
Katiana felt like dropping him then and there, her arms were tired and her energy was drained because of that strange light she gave off. She couldn’t though, she knew that if she stopped then that they’d most likely get spotted my wraiths and killed. Flicking her hands in the air she readied herself for the rest of the pull towards the forest. They were about halfway there, Katiana finished up the rest of the way and plopped down on a log and sighed.
She glanced at the man lying on the forest floor and wondered just when was he going to awaken. It was a bad idea to come here...
“Everything will be fine, just follow my instructions. I want you to go to one of the trees with green moss on it. Once there take the moss and place it in the river with running water, then come back and place them on his wounds.”
Katiana wanted to ask how she knew all this but she didn’t saw a word but she did follow the instructions. Gathering giant patches of moss she could feel its cool and slimy exterior. Using her ears she listened for the running water Astrea was talking about then took no time getting to it. She placed a handful of the green moss in the river and let it run for a bit before pulling it back out. Afterwards she hurried back to Rouge and opened up his vest then lightly placed the dripping moss on his chest and arm. Pulling down his pants didn’t seem very appealing so she just settled for placing the moss over the giant rip. Katiana sat back and waited.
It seemed like forever waiting for his eyes to finally flutter open. She’d been drawing a picture of a mermaid in the dirt on the floor with a stick. So she hadn’t noticed Rouge wake up until he sat up. Katiana’s head snapped upwards and she watched him grasp the moss and throw it to the side frustrated. She could see that his skin was laced with sweat but so was hers, it was very humid in the forest and she was fed up with it.
“Why is there moss on my wounds?” He growled out then locked eyes with Katiana.
She stood up throwing the stick behind her. “Because they helped jump start your healing, can you stand?” She held out her hand in case he needed assistance.
He slapped her hand away and pushed himself up on his own. “I’m fine, lets just get back before it gets dark.” He tried to button up his vest but it was no use, the wraith skewered most of the buttons and well everything. Rouge sighed, he didn’t feel like going to the markets and buying new clothing.
He looked over to Katiana and noticed that she needed new clothing too, so it didn’t seem like he had a choice. It was a good thing he had money on him. Rouge walked in front of Katiana ready to get back to the inn to sit down and rest his wounds. They weren’t completely healed but that moss did help. He also kept an eye on Katiana making sure she didn’t fall behind.
While they walked Katiana thought about telling him about the strange light that came out of her hands that made the wraith disappear. He didn’t seem like he was in a good mood so Katiana just kept her mouth shut about it and fiddled with his sword. Not even a minute after she started playing with it Rouge decided to put it back in its sheath.
The walk back to the inn was much longer than the walk from the inn to Allure. In a since it felt weird for her to leave Allure knowing that she might not be able to go back there. It wasn’t like there was really anything for her there but it was still her home. But once they were back in the inn that feeling vanished and she was just ready to bath then sleep.
Rouge went out to check on the horse and that seemed like the perfect time for her to lather up. In the mists of washing her hair her hand stopped moving at the sound of footsteps. They were light footsteps but something didn’t seem right about the way they walked. Katiana could hear them walking slowly down the hallway as if they were looking for something. Then the footsteps stopped, right in front of her room’s door. Katiana’s hair on the back of her neck stood on end and a growl slipped from her lips.
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