Lilith was currently in her abilities class touching up on her earth manipulation skills when it happened. Maria was talking up a storm to her as she played with her work of art, which was a mini flower field she'd created on the floor, when the door suddenly flew up and the trainer was thrown unconscious and against the wall, causing all the students to be alert as everyone faced the intruder.
Lilith had her fingers flexed and ready to call her weapon in a split second, and Maria who was standing next to her had her weapon already out and ready to strike. The man was hooded, his face barely shown as he stepped into the classroom, his eyes landing on the faces of each and every student.
"Now...which one of you is the Fae?" He asked, and the sound of his voice caused chills to roll down Lilith's spine. It was dark and very malicious sounding, as if straight from a nightmare.
Lilith swallowed thickly, knowing exactly who he wanted as she glanced at Maria, who instantly glanced back at her. They were the only two in the room that knew the only Fae in the room was Lilith, so at the sound of the name, Lilith could see the students look at each other with confusion.
"T-The Fae's are extinct..w-we're all Elves..." A male student said from the back of the room, causing the hooded man to chuckle darkly as he stepped further into the room. A lump began to form in Lilith's throat as she glanced down at Olive, mentally telling her to sneak over to the corner of the room and get ready to strike if the hooded man attempted to attack. Olive obeyed and slowly slithered to the corner of the room, blending into the shadows. Lilith looked back at the man keeping her hand flexed as she watched him move closer to the students.
"Not necessarily...there's one standing in this room right now, I can smell her." He growled. Lilith took a deep breath as she glanced out the window, feeling a tingle under her skin as she saw Ash waiting behind the trees in the woods, ready to strike at any given moment. Lilith nodded at the large animal and watched as it crouched, awaiting her next signal.
"But all of our ears are point-" The boy said but before he could finish the man suddenly appeared in front of him and grabbed his neck, squeezing it and causing the boys eyes to widen as he attempted to breathe. Without a second to waste, Lilith called her sword and moved quickly as Olive followed in suit, quickly crawling up the boys leg without being seen and positioning her teeth at the hooded mans neck as Lilith pressed her sword against the bare skin of his throat.
"Congratulations, you found me. Now I suggest you put the kid down and face me or the bite of my familiar to your neck will paralyze you instantly and I could gut you where you stand." She spoke, venom dripping from every word as she pressed the sword deeper into his skin. The man chuckled darkly and dropped the kid, before quickly turning around and grabbing her sword, pulling it away from his neck. Lilith glared at him and was about to speak when she was thrown into the wall, nearly flying through it. In a second she was lifted off the ground by her neck, shutting her airways as the hooded man pressed her against the wall, grinning widely.
"Finally! I've been waiting so long to get my hands on you!" He said in a maniac type of voice as his hood fell, revealing a very ugly creature she'd never seen much less heard of before. He was like a mix of the gross elf she killed weeks before and the large, morphed wolf that Ash killed. Lilith glanced out the window and watched as Ash dashed out of the woods and towards the school, but she mentally stopped him. Get Dallas. She spoke and watched as her large familiar hesitated, before turning and taking off in another direction. Lilith looked back at the creature and then the other students, before glaring back at the man.
"So you're the boss. Finally decided to do your own dirty work, hm?" She forced out as she deactivated her weapons and prepared to activate them again when the moment was right. The creature chuckled and squeezed her neck harder as he brought her face closer to his disgusting one, breathing in her scent.
"I guess I just couldn't wait to get my hands on you. After I seen what you did with my right hand man, I just couldn't wait." He hissed and Lilith's face scrunched in disgust before she growled and spat at him, knowing exactly who he was talking about.
"You'll end up just like him if you don't put me down and leave my camp unharmed." She threatened, feeling her arm pulsate. The creature blinked a few times before laughing loudly and throwing her against the wall once more. The moment Lilith was able to breathe again, she activated her bow as quickly as she landed and aimed, releasing it without giving the creature a second to react. The arrow shot right through the his arm, causing him to scream and stumble in surprise and pain. Lilith watched as the arrow continued to fly, and right before it hit another student, she twitched her wrist and it disappeared, appearing in her quiver once more as she stood and rubbed her throat.
"Maria, get everyone out of the school and to safety now and alert all chiefs, I'll hold him off." Lilith demanded as she pulled another arrow from her quiver and aimed it at the wounded creature, who was currently on the ground holding his arm as he looked up at her with...amusement?
Maria was frozen for a second, watching Lilith with wide eyes, but the moment Lilith yelled at her once more, she'd snapped out of it and nodded, quickly guiding the students out of the classroom and away from the danger as she watched Lilith, worried for her safety.
"What the hell are you smiling at, ugly?" Lilith spat as Olive crawled up her leg, readying herself for Liliths next command.
"You're even more interesting than I was told...oh how I'm going to love experimenting on you." He said, his snake like tongue flicking out against his pale, cracked lips. Lilith nearly puked at his comment as she slammed her foot down against his chest, causing the creature to glare at her and grab it with his non-injured hand. Before Lilith could react, the creature had pulled her down by her foot and kicked her into the wall behind her, causing her to slide against the hardwood floor and drop her bow. She gasped and groaned loudly, blinking away the black spots as she attempted to get back up, only to be knocked back to the ground by the creatures foot.
"You may have bested me for a second there, but you're no match for me, halfbreed. I could have your heart in my hands in a matter of seconds." He growled and Lilith grunted, glaring up at him. Before she could say anything, she caught sight of movement outside, and in the next second, the creature was flying across the room and into the wall on the opposite end as Dallas stood in front of her, eyes bright and glowing and fists clenched. And she could swear the moment he'd entered the room, something in the back of her mind had clicked again, just like it had back at the falls, and she felt something stir inside of her, she just wasn't sure what.
"Who are you and what do you want with Lilith." Dallas demanded, his voice deep and the venom dripping off of every word had the hair on her arms stand on end. The creature chuckled darkly and stood up, dusting some of the rubble off as he tilted his head at Dallas.
"A shapeshifter...how interesting. Fate works in crazy ways, don't it?" The man grinned and was in front of Dallas in a second, though Dallas reacted in time and had his hand around the creatures neck, pressing him against the same wall he had flown into as a deep growl erupted from Dallas's throat.
"I asked you a question, Beast." Dallas spoke darkly, and Lilith couldn't help but notice his eyes glow brighter than she'd ever seen them, though his pupils were a dark blue instead of their usual light ocean blue, and she'd made a mental note to ask him about it later. So this is the Beast... Lilith thought as she stood, ordering Olive to crawl up Dallas's leg and help him when needed as she placed her palm against the ground and closed her eyes, feeling for any source of water flow underneath them. When she heard soft streams, she focused on pulling them closer to them but not revealing them just yet. She then stood up and summoned her bow back to her hand, aiming the arrow once more at the creature.
"I suggest you answer him." She growled as she felt Ash step into the room, standing next to her. When the Beast caught eye of the large mountain lion, he instantly grinned and in seconds Dallas was thrown across the room and through the wall into the next room over as he moved towards Lilith, but before he could reach her, Ash moved between them, growling darkly at the creature as he protected Lilith. She glanced down at Olive who was at the Beasts feet, and in that next second, Ash was moving quickly towards the creature as Olive latched her teeth onto his leg, wrapping herself tightly around his ankle and pulling him to the ground as Ash placed his large paw onto his neck, his mouth wide open and ready to attack at Lilith's command. Lilith moved next to her familiar and sighed, switching her bow with her sword as she pressed the tip against his chest.
"Come on, aren't you tired of ending up on the floor already? Just leave and don't come back." Lilith spoke as a growl erupted from next to her, and she knew Dallas had shifted. The Beast merely laughed once more and tilted his head, causing Ash to growl even louder.
"Oh honey, I'm letting you get me down. Can't you tell? I'm just testing what you can do. But if you insist-" The creature's manic grin faded into a look of pure anger as his hand shot up, grabbing Ash by the throat and tossing the large animal across the room as his other hand went down and pried Olive off his leg, tossing her across the other side of the room. In the next second, Dallas charged him as Lilith switched back to her bow and aimed, shooting at the creature without hesitation. The grin that spread across his face though caused her stomach to fill with dread as she watched him grab Dallas's large, shifted Tiger body and throw him in front of the arrow, and before Lilith could react and retract the arrow, it pierced the large animal, causing it to scream out as the arrow went right through him and into the wall behind him. Lilith gasped and quickly ran towards Dallas, who was on the ground and shifting back into human form, but before she could reach him, she was thrown against the floor as the creature laughed, digging his sharp nails into her arms.
"Now I suggest you come with me or everyone in this room won't live to see the next hour." He growled as he pulled one of his nails out, flicking his long tongue against it. Lilith panted and glanced over towards Dallas, watching as he groaned loudly and held his bleeding side. She then looked over at her familiars who were attempting to get up from the rubble from the classroom. Glaring, she looked up at the creature and spat in his face, growling softly.
"In your dreams, asshole." She said as she saw Ash running towards him once more, but before he could reach the creature, the creature simply reached one of his hands out and flicked it. She watched as the wind around his hand picked up and flew towards her familiar, wrapping around his neck and causing the large animal to whimper and pant as he attempted to get the invisible hand from around his neck.
"No! Stop! He's going to die!" She screamed as she attempted to move from her spot, but the creatures weight and the nails impaling her arms kept her down, and tears began to pool at her eyes. She shook her head and shot her hand out, watching as the ground shook before the floor broke and water streamed out of the hole quickly. Lilith flicked her wrist and the water formed a wall around Olive and Ash, breaking the connection the wind had around Ash's neck and allowing him to breathe again. The Beast watched with wide eyes as Lilith controlled the water flowing through the room, before laughing loudly as he looked back down at her, his grin wider than she'd ever seen it. He then shot his hand out towards Dallas and Lilith readied her other hand, but before she could flick her wrist, the creatures foot slammed down on her arm. Lilith screamed loudly in pain, hearing a sickening crack coming from the bones in her wrist. Dallas's yell was cut off when the Beast had his hold on his neck, causing Lilith to cry out as she looked over at him, shaking her head. Dallas struggled, the wound on his sides bleeding out more as he attempted to breathe. Her heart began to sink as she cried, shaking her head repeatedly.
"Okay okay I'll go just please please leave him alone! Please!" She pleaded, tears streaming down her face as she looked back up at the ugly creature. He looked down at her and grinned, dropping Dallas as he dug his nails back into her arms, causing her to scream out once more as she faintly heard Dallas cough and foot steps enter the room.
"Stop them from coming in here and I'll take you without harming anyone else." He demanded, gesturing towards Luke and James who entered the room, gasping and panting. Lilith cried out and looked over at them, her eyes pained and filled with tears as she lifted her good hand. With a flick of her wrist, the water obeyed and a wall formed in front of them, blocking the door as James yelled, trying to break through the wall.
"Lilith! Let me in! Get off of her your disgusting asshole!" He yelled, but she simply offered him a sad smile as she turned to look at Dallas, who was staring at her with wide eyes.
"Lilith no.." He started, though she simply shook her head and looked at her familiars, tears streaming faster down her cheeks.
"Take care of him...when I leave get him to the infirmary Ash, and Olive, stop the bleeding as best you can." She obeyed as Ash roared loudly. Before she could say anything else, the Beast moved his hand and wrapped it around her throat, digging his nails into it as Lilith gasped loudly. She could vaguely feel something flow into the veins in her neck, but she couldn't think much of it as her vision began to blur and turn dark, and the last thing she seen was Dallas pained, pale face watch her with horror and regret.
And once more, the darkness welcomed her with open arms.