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He jerked awake as the wheels thumped softly to the ground sending a slight vibration through the plane. The flight had been short, less than two hours, and when he took a glance out of the window, the sun was still beaming brightly--- only a bit closer to the horizon. From what he could tell of the other planes in the vicinity, they had landed in a kind of small, private airfield. When the thrust of the engines reversed to slow them faster, Eliza was pulled up from sleep as well. She blinked the grogginess of sleep from her eyes, stretched luxuriously, and asked, “How long have I been out?” James shrugged. “A little more than an hour.” The vibrations of the engines normalized and as he looked out the window, he saw that they were moving slowly to align with other planes that had been parked off to one side. Theirs pulled up between two smaller airplanes, a black SUV nearby. As they lurched to a stop, Eliza stood and stretched out once again. He watched her with a small smile of c
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That takes care of outside the house, he thought to himself. But what about in here? “Alright… just be thinking about making sure it’s light enough in here or… wherever we’re going to try and corner her.” They nodded acknowledgment. Now, on to other important things. “Who’s hungry besides me?” James asked with a crooked grin. Eliza giggled as the seriousness of the moment passed and Blakeney crossed the kitchen to pull out the necessary items to make sandwiches. Maybe an hour had passed since Blakeney had shaken him awake and told him that it was his turn for watch. His sword and shield were both strapped onto his back and his muscles were poised and ready to fight at the drop of a hat. It had been decided that the most obvious place to keep watch was in a bedroom upstairs; he sat in a chair facing the window which overlooked the backyard. With the window cracked open about an inch and his hearing forced to the max, he could make out every nuance of the still night. If he closed hi
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In almost a blind desperation, she continued to push herself; she could not let Kali escape again. Lives were hanging in the balance. Eliza kept her spear balanced lightly in her hand as she ran after Kali. Taking this turn and that turn, she followed closely just waiting to get within range.Kali was searching for a patch of darkness with which to disappear into, but with the numerous lights and the bath of silver which the moon cast over the night, the task was incredibly difficult. If not impossible. Kali darted swiftly into another side street, but this time as Eliza turned the corner, she saw Kali stopped before a high stone wall. It was a dead end. She just caught the flick of Kali’s wrist and the refraction of light that danced brilliantly off a dagger being thrown. Eliza pivoted hard to her right and spun out of the way. She completed the spin and without breaking stride, she allowed the weight of the tip of the spear to carry the shaft forward. Taking a tight grip just shy
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Eliza ripped the tip of the spear back through and kicked Kali to the ground. “Bitch,” she spat lividly through clenched teeth. Kali’s body convulsed for a few moments, but as a pool of blood spread steadily, she finally lay still and deathly silent. The so-called goddess of Death was no more. He tucked his shield back around into place, and panting like he had just completed a triathlon, limped over to Eliza. “Are you hurt?” he asked breathlessly. That was when he noticed the blood dripping from her arm. “Oh my god,” he gasped. He sunk to his knees and took the end of his shirt. He tore off a strip of cloth and tied it around her arm. Now that the fight mechanism had fallen away, Eliza’s chin began to tremble. The tears broke through and she buried her head in his chest. “I-I’m… s-sorry. I was so stupid,” she muttered through the sobs. Taking a deep breath, she said, “I-I-I th-thought I was d-d-dead.” “Shh,” he comforted. “It’s okay now. It’s all over.” He held her closer as hard
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In an instant, the quiet whir of the stairs being extracted, and the door being sealed shut came to life. The whine of the jet engines sounded, and a dull vibration raced around the cabin. In less than another minute, they were off. Eliza was bent over Blakeney and worked feverishly on his severe injury. With his shirt off, the cut was on full display. It ran from the back of his left shoulder to the middle of his back in a diagonal slash. It was deep and the skin had folded back a bit. Blakeney’s jaw was clenched in order not to scream as Eliza finished cleaning the wound and dumped coagulant powder on it to stop the bleeding; his color had already faded slightly from the blood loss. He turned away to allow her room to work and pulled out his phone once again. Dialing a number from memory, he listened to the endless ringing. Finally… “State your name and business,” a nononsense male voice sounded through the speaker. “This is James Olympia… I need to speak with Director Masters.
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As a warm, fatherly smile had spread across his face, he had said, “I never knew this side of you existed. I’m really proud of you, Eliza. You did a great thing… you saved a lot of lives today.” At this, Eliza had turned as red as a tomato and bit her lip shyly. From that point onward, the small feelings of guilt that had crept up on her due to killing an actual person—if that’s what you could consciously call someone like Kali—began to recede. They were slowly replaced with a sense of pride and accomplishment. And he didn’t even remind her of how she had run off after Kali on her own, doing the exact same thing she had chided him for so many times. He had just smiled supportively and held her close as the two of them withdrew to her room and crashed for almost the rest of the day.Even though James had wanted to declare Sunday a lounge day, Eliza wouldn’t have it. She had dragged him away from the TV that morning and into the library and proceeded to drill him in preparation for the
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James dropped Eliza off at her room, then made his way across the school to his own dormitory. He walked his way down the hall, his room the destination, but as soon as he had passed the bathrooms, Ricky came bounding toward him.“Dude!” He shouted. “Where you been? I need you. Some freshmen challenged us to Call of Duty… four on four, custom match.” For the first time, Ricky seemed to spot his bags. “Throw your bags in the room and get Tres asap!” You know what? I could use the distraction, James figured. He knew before any big test, the best thing to do was to allow his mind to relax. Cramming never worked. If you didn’t know it by then, you never would, was his motto. “Alright. I’ll grab him.” “Hurry up, hurry up,” called Ricky as he jogged back down to the lounge. Still shaking his head, he stopped before his door and allowed Alexandra to scan his biometrics. The doorknob flashed green and the door popped open with a click of the lock being thrown back. “Whatever you’re doing
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The rest of the exams passed without much fanfare. After having done so well on his math midterm, at least he thought so anyway--- results would be handed back on Friday afternoon---, his others seemed incredibly easy. Even English Lit. required much less effort than he had thought at first. Their last examination ended on Thursday morning and even though they were basically out for the holidays, all of the students had to stay until they received their test scores back. So as the teachers wiled away at their papers, they took the time to spend the remaining hours with their friends before heading home for a couple weeks. Mostly, they all just hung around the different lounges playing video games, watching movies, and flirting in the way typical high schoolers do. Outside not much of an option because a cold front had moved in and the temperature plunged into freezing territory. James smiled like a child in a candy store as the weather channel projected a massive snowstorm coming int
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