Fighting by Anaya Phoenix (sci fi books to read .TXT) 📖

spot. Alarms sounded and blue light blared with the sound of the alarms. I growled even as my heart beat in real panic, pure and strong.

“Do you have any access to your magick?” I asked her, grabbing the handle knowing very well it was locked. It was solid metal, even with my strength it would take longer than I was comfortable with it taking. I heard her hckle before she’d melted a hole through the door into the hallway.

“Oh yeah.” I nodded at her before running out into the hall and working my way back out to the other elevator. I didn’t go back the way I came because I knew that there was an immediate threat there, if I could somehow manage to avoid as much human interaction I would cut down how much pain would be in it for both of us. So we ran, turning and twisting, going deeper in but also coming closer to a safe haven. If I opened a portal any place something could get in that I didn’t want to. I’d have to be free from all ties to black magick. The elevators were just elevators, they had no magical ties to them and that’s why they were the safest places to open portals right now. I could hear the pounding feet of humans getting closer and I groaned before stopping.. I let Abaddon breathe before looking at her, a small point on her arm was blinking a bright green. I apologized really quick mentally before grabbing her arm.

“Luna what are you doing?”

“Don’t scream.” I ripped her arm off and chucked it in the opposite direction we’d ran. She bit into her lip and looked at me with  hell in her eyes, the demon so close to coming out and killing me.

“They were tracking us, now we might actually make it.” I said, using fire to cauterize the wound and tugged her other arm.

“We’ve gotta keep moving.” She nodded but otherwise said nothing. We came to a hall that looked similar to the one that I had come down on, and at the end of it stood the shining beacon of the elevator. Relief spread through me before dread.

“OPEN THE PORTAL!” I heard Filly scream and my blood ran cold. I ran to the end of the hall and saw her running towards me, trying her best to avoid bullets that were laced with silver. I quickly opened a portal and pushed Abaddon through, before standing in front of it. I wouldn’t leave Filly behind, but I also wouldn’t risk closing the portal and not having the chance to open another one.

“FREEZE!” A gun cocked and I smelled the magick loaded in it, so did Filly. She stopped, raiing her hands and her back going stiff.

“Look what we have here boys, not only did we catch ourselves some critters, but they’re the pack leaders. Seems like it’s our lucky day.” I stiffened at the voice, recognizing it from Izzy’s memory.

“Are we that famous up here? I don’t quite like the name pack leader, though. I prefer head bitch.” I said, smirking at Filly and wanting her to relax. Her tigress was out and she was gearing up for a fight. I wanted her to be ready, but any action that came that wasn’t unprovoked was just more ammunition against us that was unneeded. A man walked through the crowd behind Filly and came into my view, he had a cocky smile and the grip on his gun was firm enough to show me he meant business. His eyes analyzed the portal behind me and it made my wolf growl at him, he was in danger and he needed to be aware of that. He moved to stand between me and Filly and held his gun down, showing peace.

“Now, I don’t have a personal quarrel against any of you. It’s just my job to make sure that you guys don’t stay up here, now clearly it looks like you were just leaving so I won’t bother you on that. But, ya see, you took our prisoner. She’s done many crimes against us as a nation and has to be charged as such.”

“I thought religion and state were too different things?” Filly asked, her golden eyes looking at him up and down.

“Most of her crimes are against the church, but she’s still done things to our proud nation that mmust be accounted for. We never forgive, we never forget. So, how ‘bout you give us back our prisoner and we let you go on your way.”

“Even if that was remotely the truth, it would still be a lie. Your gun is laced with magick and silver, you’re here for us.” He shrugged and stroked the butt of his gun.

“Well, a job is a job.” He raised the gun and pointed it at Filly.

“Close your end of the link to us.” She did it without hesitation and I moved fast, jumping up my legs wrapped around his neck and I pulled him down. He pulled the trigger, but it shot the ceiling instead.

“RUN!” I screamed, struggling to keep the pain of him biting into my legs at bay. She nodded and ran but was shot in her back by a gun laced with silver. It stopped her in her tracks and she fell to the ground. I screamed and let og of the human agent, not wanting to kill him. I stomped on his hand, breaking it, and dodged a shot aimed for my head but otherwise used magick to protect my body. I ran to Filly and picked her up, we were still a few feet away from the portal but I could make it. I heard the agent grunt and heard the slide of the gun. I hoisted her over my shoulder and ran quickly. I felt the shield break as a piercing pain went through my body. I looked down to my calf and saw as the blood quickly seeped into the cloth. I looked up in a panic and sealed off the portal, I couldn’t let anyone in, including me.

“NO!” I screamed as my wolf howled internally, it was the last thing that was sent through the victor llink before I quickly shut it down, and with it my body followed suit.

 

 

 

                I blinked the haze out of my eyes and shook the pounding from my head, the queasiness in my stomach settling in and I knew I had silver poisoning. I looked up and held back my snarl, I was in the same room I had saved Abaddon from. The smell of demon wafted all around, including the smell of silver and I groaned. I didn’t have to tug on my arms or my ankles to know they’d been bounded in silver cuffs.

“Finally you’re up.” Filly scoffed, I looked to her and saw she’d been placed right next to me.

“How long have I been out, how long have we been here?” My voice was scratchy, at best, and filled with confusion. She shrugged, careful not to move too much as it would cause her bare skin to touch the silver.

“Could be days or weeks, it was a heavy bullet they put in us. I woke up not too long ago. No one has come in yet, I imagine they’re waiting for you to wake up.” She said, her eyes looked me up and down. She didn’t judge me, she knew I had to close the portal, I couldn’t risk their lives just in the hopes that I would’ve made it in time.

“Well I’m up now, it would be nice if we could get this over with.” I rolled my eyes and adjusted myself in the seat carefully, it was cold and hard metal. I had a decent sized butt, but it wasn’t nearly enough to cushion against the cruel hardness of the chair. There wasn’t much to look at, not even a nice little window glass looking to the outside like the other demons had. Four dirty cement walls, a small toilet to the side, and a camera in the top corner. I looked back at the camera and sighed. We were probably monitored by at least four people to make sure we wouldn’t do anything too tricky. I heard the door clink and smirked with realization that they had to replace that door pretty quickly, it made me happy to know they went to at least slight trouble to make sure we were detained. The male agent with the gun walked in with a female agent and they stood in front of us. The door closed with a finalizing clunk that would’ve put dread in any other person’s heart; but we were shifters. To us, that just meant our prey would have a hell of a hard time getting out.

“So much energy for two girls who couldn’t even run fast enough to escape.” The man said, crossing his arms and smiling down at us.

“Yeah, it’s a little sad if you ask us.” Filly said sweetly, smiling and cocking her head at him.

“Good thing we weren’t.” The female agent hissed, her face pulled tight by her brown bun. She looked to be in pain and a sick part of me was happy to see that.

“Oh no, are we doing good cop, bad cop thing here? That only works if the cops are good, you guys are mediocre at best.”

“How so?” The male’s brow cocked and I focused on reeling him in.

“Think about it, two shifters just manage to infiltrate the pentagon, under your watch I’m assuming, and successfully break out a prisoner. Half of that you were just giving to us, really.” I laughed slightly and leaned forward, watching his jaw tick in irritation.

“Like you said, we’re just two girls who can’t even run fast. What’s the problem agent?”

“Cat got your tongue?” Filly asked, her tone still sickly sweet with just enough venom to pierce through so it was heard. The female punched me in the jaw and I bit down on my tongue. I spit out the blood that pooled out of my laugh and looked at her.

“Oh that was cute, almost broke my jaw there. But, I think I heard a few of your bones either crack or shatter. Might not wanna try that again, your doctors figured out our bones are stronger.” I smiled, sticking out my tongue as it healed. She moved closer to me and leaned closer to my face.

“Watch it, bitch, I wouldn’t worry about my hand if I were you; you’ve got a whole mountain to climb.” I smiled up at her before snarling and head butting her in the mouth. I felt her teeth crack under impact and my skin tear, but it would heal and I would be fine. She would have to wear dentures or get those pearly whites fixed. She covered her mouth and backed up, blood pouring through her hand.

“Guess I nipped your nose there too, didn’t I? Come here so I can get the rest of your teeth.” I growled, leaning forward and smiling at her again.

“Clara, go to the doctor. I’ve got it from here.” The female nodded before glaring at me and pulling the door open. He waited until it was completely sealed before looking to me. I sat back in my chair and feigned innocence.

“Freak accident with your partner, huh? Probably shouldn’t get too close to caged animals, they’re just a little bit violent.” He chuckled and walked closer to us, he stayed his distance but leaned down and peered into our eyes.

“You’re just gonna make this worse for yourself in the end. Look, I’m a country man myself. I know that family comes first, and I suppose that’s what you all are to each other. I know that you’re just looking out, but know that I’ve got to look out for mine. We don’t want a war-“

“No, WE don’t want a war. Humans have been blood thirsty for it ever since they could walk