Page 77 of Dark Reckoning
“We will. Drink this, we need to go.” Kakashi handed Sage a glass and I could smell that it was blood.
Aldéric helped me to my feet and also handed me a glass of blood. It was Salino's blood. “Drink it. We need you both in top shape.”
“This will just make me horny,” I stated.
“Not with the mixture we put in it. It will simply restore you and protect you as it has the anointment from Maryanne's spell. Drink,” Kakashi urged.
It was game time and I quickly swallowed the delicious elixir that was Salino's blood.
“How long were we out?” Sage asked then swallowed the blood. “Uhn,” he grunted, then held his stomach in what I knew had to be serious discomfort. “God, that hurts,” he groaned.
I rubbed his back, because it was all I could do until he nodded, letting me know he was fine. Thank goodness it didn't take long. Maryanne had warned all of the dark mages that it would be painful. I did note that I still needed Salino's blood, but at least now, Sage's blood would be good enough until the time came when I did. I felt my strength return full force and I got into the circle with the other mages. Now that I could teleport, Sage too, we knew exactly where to go.
Thank you, Goddess of Fortune... with your kinky ass.
“Less than three minutes,” Rene answered Sage, then she walked over to the table and snatched up a sword—which was the second-best weapon we had at this point, the first being our magic—then gathered around the sigil where Sage and I had sex. Some of the others did the same, I didn't though. I'd be using my magic.
“So, the way it works is no matter where he's at, you'll be able to teleport us to him?” Maryanne asked.
I nodded. “Yes.”
“Good, because now that he knows we know where to find him, he'll be prepared and I doubt he'll be where you two saw him,” Aldéric said.
I agreed with that.
“Let's get his ass. Are we ready?” Maryanne asked.
I swallowed hard, because I certainly wasn't ready, but I knew the time was right then. Sage grabbed the back of my head and kissed me with everything he had.
“I love you,” he said.
“I love you too.” I kissed him and he released me. We turned to face the other mages who were all prepared for a battle that none of us ever had to have before. Thousands of years ago, the Council faced off with a Dark God and none survived and two whole cities were destroyed. so many lives lost. And that tale was only known to us. I hoped that we would not share their fate. I wanted to live!
“It's time,” Kakashi said as he held the weapon that controlled our fates.
“Let's do this,” I said.
We joined hands and Sage and I controlled the destination as we teleported to what might be our last stand.
Chapter twelve
Welandedinthemiddle of an ambush. We only had the span of a blink of an eye to mount a defense before thousands of those monsters came charging at us. I held my hands up, sending flames out, burning all who came toward us. At the same time, I could feel Aldéric syphoning my magic as he put up a spell around El-Kazir, keep the Dark God from charging at him, Adrian, and Kakashi. The spell he used would have knocked me on my ass if I'd been the only mage he was drawing from. But I knew he was taking magic from everyone. Everything was happening so fast all around us. I didn't really have time to process all that was going on. I blasted fire at the horrible fucking creatures as they kept coming. Some recovered from my first fire attack, which was impressive. I guessed I needed to really burn their asses to a crisp in order for it to work. Other mages were keeping up barriers while some like Kyla and Xirsi used their offensive magic and sword skills to destroy the monsters.
I didn't have a sword because I wanted to use both hands to send out my flames. I was a better fighter that way. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the Dark God send a beam of black fire toward my lover and the other mages. The god's face was bloody from the attacks he'd been dealt and his expression was one of sheer rage. Both Aldéric and Adrian held their hands up, fighting back the black fire that was so powerful it pushed them backward. I punched at a creature that came snapping at me with fangs dripping with venomous saliva. My powerful blow sent him flying backward into the crowd of more of them. Even then, they kept coming at us. It was a struggle to keep them at bay, especially with El-Kazir actively working against us. We had a hard time keeping barriers up when he could knock them down by breaking our concentration. It would be easier for us if we could set up permanent barriers, but that required time and items we didn't have and proper spells. These were defensive barriers and not as powerful.
It was pure chaos. I heard someone screaming and turned in time to see Xirsi get overtaken by dozens of monsters as they descended upon him, biting and ripping into him. It was also at that moment when I sensed his link break from us. And I knew he was dead. Fuck! We were down a mage. Just how long was it going to take to activate that fucking weapon? I could feel Kakashi drawing on my power, weakening me a bit. We needed another plan. I could see glimpses of the other mages using energy force fields, rays, blasting huge fireballs, and even a blade or light that sliced through hundreds of monsters with one sweep. That came from Maryanne. And still, they kept coming, crawling over the corpses, their grotesque severed bodies leaving a trail of blood as they did. Others ran full speed ahead; thank God they weren't as fast as other supernals. I sent my flames in all directions, using my most intense heat, which turned hundreds of them into ash. Yet, it wasn't enough as more converged on us. Sweat poured from me, running down my face like water, and my heart raced. I'd never felt so much adrenaline or fear. God, I was terrified. I had to think of something. I didn't want to die. Quickly, I scanned my mind, trying to remember magic I'd learned from the grimoire.
Fire was one of my most powerful weapons, but it wasn't my only one.
Yes! More spells were coming back to me. I drew in the elements of earth all around me and used the spell I had learned that night that almost destroyed Adrian and Xavier's home and business. Only now, I knew I didn't have to hold back. I was thankful we were in an open park. I supposed this was the best place the Dark God wanted to face off. Someplace where he could gather his minions to attack us. Beneath the feet of the monsters, the ground began to shake, knocking some of them off balance. The soil started to crack and then it collapsed, taking thousands of them with it.
“No!!!” I heard the roar of the Dark God behind me and turned in time to see him rising to his feet. But laying on the ground next to him was Kyla. I knew the moment she died, because I didn't feel our link anymore, same with Xirsi.
The crevice I'd made separated the monsters from us, which gave us enough time to put our focus on El-Kazir, who was still going strong. I turned to see Adrian, blood on his shirt and pants from wounds he'd been inflicted with. Now that we were down two mages, Kakashi had to draw even more magic from us. It felt like the battle had gone on forever, but in reality, it had been only minutes. That was just how fast everything was moving.
I watched as Aldéric sent another blast of white light with a deep red coursing through it toward El-Kazir, but the Dark God blocked it and at the same time, sent a blast of his own power in my direction. I put up my defensive barrier, but still got hit by some of it. It hurt like a son of a bitch and felt like my body had just been struck by a bullet train. It sent me over the edge of the crevice I'd created and I managed to grab onto the edge before I fell down. I was fucking grateful for my cat reflexes. My body ached as bones mended quickly thanks to me being a hybrid. I looked below because the chorus of snarls caught my attention, and could see a deep cavern and at the bottom were the monsters. They were climbing back up, fast too. Shit!
I pushed through the pain and pulled myself back onto the ground and turned to see the other monsters on the opposite side of the cavern climbing down to join the ones who were scaling up. Time to work that spell again. I knew the same thing was happening on the other side, because we stood on what was left of the ground and couldn't go anywhere either. Channeling my magic again while El-Kazir was being occupied by the other mages fighting him, I used my power to bring down more of the earth, trees, benches, statues, and street lights into the crevice I'd created earlier, sending more monsters to the bottom along with the earth on top of them. I looked around, seeing more fall into the gap. When I heard a deep, guttural scream, I turned in the direction of the Dark God. He was on his knees, and before him was Kakashi, who had blood covering his face from healed cuts. Kakashi was chanting and holding the weapon out before him. It glowed red as it sucked in the lifeforce of the Dark God.
