70- The Battle of Athybene PT.2

Oh shit!

The wyvern all trained on the two of us pumping their wings faster, as if they could've gotten any damn faster, I know Deigh is fast.....not as fast as these bastards though...

" Liam go!" I  demand.

" I'm not leaving you!" He yells back, one of the smaller ones veers off coming from Deigh's left, he sees it grabbing it by the throat thrashing it around harshly before letting it drop blood spewing coating everything in it's path.

" We can out run them! Deigh can't not for long at least, get to the other's we'll distract them! GO!" 

Another comes towards Deigh making liam yell in anger. " We'll cover you, just get the people out and by the others! I'll be there soon!" I assure.

He looks reluctant but nods, veering Deigh downwards to where Bohdi and another third year was helping more people, I watch for any wyvern goign towards him...nope the other 6 are still coming at us.

" I can hear them... they don't like the lightning." Rhys informs. " That's the threat."

" If we get them all far enough they might be able to get all the people out."

" Everyone of them will be after us.."

I feel the pit grow. " I know. But we can burn them, the others can't. It's worth the try."

" Freya?!" I hear the panic in Xaden's voice.

" I'm here!"

" Are you ok?! You didn't reply."

" We killed one venin, we're drawing the wyvern away!"

" With what?"

Oh he'll see...

One of the larger Wyvern springs forth flyign faster, I know he's at his witts end trying to catch up to us...Rhys is really that fast. So instead he opps for trying to flame us, I see the blue fire come from his mouth about to come forward when I feel the buzz once more, I turn as far as I could letting the power overcome me as I send the white lightning into the hoard.

It shoots down all 6 of them.

But I also hear the shrilling of all the venin powered creatures... all alarmed, all coming towards us.

" Here we go.. I recommend letting that chaos of yours reign and raise some hell for these things.." Rhys growls dipping straight down, I smile sinisterly  " I'll destroy them all."

I let myself feel everything, I look around and like we're a damn magnet I see quite a few coming towards us, though I also see some stay back...damn it! I try to grab everything Rhy's power is letting me, I aim in all directions trying to kill as many as I could, I reflect fire with my own, I blast reborns and wyvern alike out of the skies with my force.

I even made one just...explode, like there was pressure within it making it's body combust... I have no idea where that even came from.

With my sucessful attempts, this seems to draw the remaining 15 or so back towards the villiage. " Shit!" I yell.

" We filtered through enough halfblood, we gave them more time."

He flips back around towards the villiage sending flame towards the retreating reborns and wyvern. He hit 2 reborns of that used to be townspeople.

I skim over the villiage, Bohdi was leading people out, Garrick was in a battle with a wyvern, Imogen flanked behind it slashing through it's wing ripping it, sending air through it so it couldn't fly, crashing below with a satisfying thud.

My eyes dart around for Hetta, Liam, or even Xaden...where are they? Where are they?!

My eyes scan wildly for them, " Freya!" Xaden's voice rings I snap my head, thn in the next second something crashes into Rhys sending us falling, in the mess I see the gray of a wyvern snapping at Rhy's neck, Rhy's fending him off.

I see a flash of the brilliant sapphire blue of Segyl just over us, her claws burying in the spine of the beast tearing it clean out throwing it to the side as Rhys steadies himself.

" Keep your eyes on my mate and I'll keep mine on yours." She snaps at me in my mind making me give her a look. 

" Your with me." Xaden says " Stay close."

" Where's Hetta and Liam?!"

" They're safe, they went after a couple dragon reborns that were heading towards the moutain. They're ok... They're safe.." He says quickly looking around. There was another small group of reborns coming at us, " Get your fire ready."

He sends shadows right infront of us, blocking us from their view. " Now!" He yells, Rhys flaming the small ground sending their ashes flying.

He looks at me, " You ok?"

I nod, " You?"

" Yea.. We got most of the people out just a round or two more and we should have everyone cleared."

I feel a little more of the tension ease as I nod. " Let's get them out and kill these damn things.."

I see the smallest smile form on Xaden's lips as he nods, " Let's go."

As we were taught in flight lessons, Xaden and I keep a tight formation as we fly together. He casts shadows and I kill tem with whatever the hell decides to come out of me...though I can feel myself fading.

Xaden knows it to, " Just hold out for a little long Fury." He assures.

I take in a few deep breaths and nod as we swoop just over head, grabbing several mor people and take them to where they could escape. 

I scan for Liam and Hetta... nothing..nothing yet.

" They're still alive." Segyl answers in my head.

I give her another look though this one was one of thanks. We take them over the edge to the city, " Run to the nearest town, through the mountains there." I instruct giving them a small nod, the return the gesture taking off.

Xaden looks around quickly for any threats as they go into the mountain, Wyvern were still circling where the remains of the tower was as if protecting it. We're a clear sight down here... I even saw one look our way though they stay in a tight formation.

Garrick brings some people , same with Imogen and Bohdi. 

" Have any eyes on the Venin?" Xaden asks.

" I killed one." Garrick informs.

" Liam got one as well." I say just as fast.

" How many more people are left?" Xaden asks just as quick.

" Not many-"

There was the pained squawk of a gryphon, a blond comes down carrying two older men who she quickly dismisses as they run. " Odin got hurt." She says panicked. " Those things bit him." I see the tears rim her eyes as she uncovers a chunk of missing flesh on his wing, it's dark purple actively turning black.

Xaden steps forward. " You know he won't be able to fly-"

" I don't care! We've came to terms with it... help me get it off..." She looks at her gryphon, " You'll be ok.."

It cooes softly nudging her. Xaden looks around " Garrick Imogen, cover. Freya, I need your fire. We need to get this wing off before ut spreads. I need you to burn it aftwr to stop the bleeding-"

" I'll kill it!" 

He looks at me, " No you won't.. Just touch it. Focus... we need to hurry."

The blonde girl looks at me, " Please..."

I could see the desperation in her eyes, I see the wing hardening, turning sickly.  I quickly nod, Xaden pulls me nect to him, " It's going to be fast, as soon as you see my shadows.. burn. Before somethign sees we're down here."

I nod, without another thought I see shadows form like a blade severing the wing clean off the gryphon. I imagine my hands just getting how as I quickly put them over the joint, all I smell is the burned flesh and the quick yelp before I burned off the nerve endings.

I see the girl wince, sharing her gryphon's pain.

" Go." Xaden instructs, " Go with them in the mountains. You've done enough Ren." Xaden says quickly.

She nods hopping on her gryphons back and they both take off.

" We're exposed down here." Xaden says quickly getting on Segyl. " We can the rest then we-"

There were screams, pained screams up on the moutain... I hear the roar..

" Deigh." Xaden hissed.

Liam..

" You guys patrol, don't attack until we get back. We attack together." Xaden say quickly, I barely wait for hi as I take off in the direction Liam and Hetta must've been in.

( Sorry for the shorter chapters... I'm very close to the end and need to fill and discover more of Freya's powers and trying to play around with everything else... trying to stay away from the 'original' end of the book so bare with me...happy reading guys)