Blessed by Night

Chapter 144  Attack & Entrance

Serana: "Training fucking sucks!"

Anna: "All of this training isn't going to make me lose my butt, is it? Mal really likes my butt."

Sei: "I-I am also worried about that...!"

Serana: "Someone please kill me!"

Aubrey: "What have I done to deserve this..?"

After training this newest batch of recruits for the past several hours, Rose Ortega had reached an undeniable conclusion. This group was comprised of the most talented mismatches she had ever seen. Serana was a complainer, but once she got it out of her system she was a real physical specimen who did everything Rose asked her to do flawlessly. Annalise was a real monster in the strength department, as she was one of the only people Rose had ever sparred with who could break her bones with a punch. Sei was a natural with her telekinetic and blessed abilities but... when it came to fighting hardlight simulations it was revealed that she wasn't much good at it.

She was just too gentle to kill or harm anything outside of a life or death scenario. And Aubrey... she was every bit a monster as her older brother. She was highly above average in every conceivable category, and she was an adept in hand to hand combat as well. But what Rose was really impressed by were her abilities.

She was already so proficient with the power of wind, she could literally suck the air out of an opponent's lungs and asphyxiate them without lifting a finger. And when using magic, she learned how to create small objects out of thin air that never went away. Although Aubrey still had yet to touch her death element, Rose was doing her own research on how to allow her to play with it in as safe a manner as possible. "Alright girls, let's call it a day." Rose said. "You've all done great, and I know you must be worried so go home and get some rest, hm? I'll see you on Monday. "

"Wait, what about my ass?"

"And mine!"

"...Your butts will be fine, girls." Rose said with a sigh. She decided that it would be best if she left first, in the hopes that no one else would ask her anymore silly questions. The girls finally peeled themselves off the floor and Aisha approached from her place on the wall. "You girls looked great. Mal's got some real competition if he wants to keep wearing the pants in the house."

"I prefer him without pants actually." Anna said sleepily. ""I'm going to be fucking sick."" Serana and Aubrey both felt like they were hearing too much information about Mal's sex life these days. However, Sei seemed to not hear most of the rabble as she was focused on the well being of her young boyfriend. "I hope that he's okay... I keep wishing that I could call or check on him in some kind of text message."

Anna moved beside her and took her hand reassuringly. Around 40 minutes ago, their ability to sense Malachi's presence had taken a big dip, confirming he was already within another world. After they noticed he left, any progress that the two were making in training was ground to a screeching halt. How could they really expect to focus when the man that they loved was fighting some terrible unseen threat that they couldn't even fathom. But regardless of that fact, Anna took it upon herself to reassure Sei the best she could. "I know you're worried, but we have to keep ourselves busy so that we have something to show for this time apart when he comes back.

Besides, I think you're forgetting that our boyfriend is literally immortal and practically unkillable. Maybe instead of worrying about him we should worry about whatever he'll run into."

Sei smiled bitterly and squeezed Anna's hand in thanks. "You say that, but you're worried too... I can feel it, you know?"

Since the girls each had Malachi's rawest essence inside of them, they could sense each other's emotions just like they could sense his. A fact Anna had conveniently forgotten about. But as someone who had been in her fair share of trouble with the law, she knew exactly how to get out of a situation like this. "...I have no idea what you're talking about."

She quickly turned towards the locker room so he could start getting ready to go home, believing that this conversation was over and she had successfully avoided an uncomfortable expressing of emotions. 'I can still read your mind, Anna. Thank you for being so sweet. We'll both try not to worry about him, hm?'

'Y-Yea... I got it.' n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

An uncomfortable feeling swelled up in Anna's chest as she continued walking without pausing to look back. It never failed, somehow interacting with Sei always made her long for her own mother figure. And with everything that happened recently, it wasn't hard for her mind to drift to the stranger who showed up at her uncle's house. Maybe... just maybe she should give that woman a call and try to sort things out. It was all so confusing and exhausting to deal with, and if she was honest she would rather not touch the situation at all. But she was tired of feeling like this. She had a great life now, yet no matter what it always seemed like she was being weighed down by her silly little mommy issues. She pulled out her phone and dialed her uncle's number as quickly as she could before holding it up to her ear. PG: AG? To what do I owe the pleasure of this delightful call?

Anna took a deep breath while trying to calm her raging heartbeat. "I think I'm ready, unc. Can you... give my mom a call for-"

BOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!!!!! Out of nowhere, a huge explosion rocked the building and sent all of the girls sprawling onto the ground. Debris from the ceiling started to fall in huge chunks that were large enough to crush a full grown adult. "Girls, get by me!!" Aisha cried. The white hair beauty pulled out a bronze shield from her ring and held it above her head. Like a folding umbrella, the shield widened and opened up curtain of energy that protected Aisha and those around her from the falling ceiling. The girls scrambled and tried to get to her as quickly as they could, but because Anna was the furthest away she wasn't quite fast enough. "Anna, look out!!"

Serana barely warned Anna in time for her to see a steel beam falling from the sky on a collision course directly for her head. She threw her hands up like she was hoping to stop it via her telekinesis, but because she had reacted so late she only managed to slow it's fall by a little bit. The beam connected with her temple, and she immediately went down like a sack of potatoes. The last thing she saw before her vision went dark was two men floating in the sky. Even though they were far above the open ceiling, Anna could still make out their familiar white robes and strange new demonic masks. 'Assholes...' -

Contrary to what Mal was expecting, the portal did not lead to some barren wasteland that was teaming with even stranger wildlife. Under a moonless black night, the unit of blessed appeared in front of an absolutely enormous castle. It seemed like even the members who'd been the first to blindly charge in weren't expecting such scenery either. Enzo raised a single fist to quiet all of his men as he looked around blindly for any sign of enemies.

Morgan and Luna were the only ones who didn't bother looking around and instead glanced at one man standing in the back of the group. Neither of them asked him to say anything, but he already knew what they wanted to know. Unfortunately, the answer he had for them was less than positive. "No good. We've been surrounded ever since we showed up."

Malachi could feel them lurking in the darkness. They blended in with it so well that it was no wonder no one here could sense them. But no matter how adept they were at hiding in it, they could not hide from he who was an extension of it. There were quite a lot, easily around three times the amount of people they'd brought to raid this place. And there were even more lurking in the castle a few yards away. The only reason he remained unalarmed was because he could feel that they had no hostile intent. Instead it was like they were waiting for something. And when he sensed new movement coming from the castle, he knew exactly what. The enormous double doors to the grand structure creaked open, and every human that came through the gate took a step back. Unlike the beings in the bushes, this individual was taking no measures to hide it's presence or it's power. And it was frightening. Click.

Click.

Click.

The sound of heels landing on top of cobblestone drew ever closer as a figure cut through the fog. A beautiful woman was being trailed by two stone gargoyles with massive wings and fist sized rubies were their eyes should have been. But regardless of how horrifying the two creatures were, the woman between them was an absolute vision. She had long golden blonde hair, and a pair of bright purple eyes that were nothing less than hypnotizing. Her full and curvaceous figure was hidden beneath a deep black dress with the pelt of a white creature hanging off her shoulders. She appeared to be of foreign descent, and stood at a tall height of 6'0 while giving off an imposing and seductive aura. "You finally came! We were so bored we thought we would have to come to you first!" She said joyfully. "What the hell...?"

"Did she just speak English..?"

"What kind of accent is that?"

"Is this a joke!?"

While most everyone was alarmed by the sight of a talking monster, Mal was instead focused on something else entirely. The woman's mouth. It was only for a second, but when she spoke he saw two gleaming white fangs jutting from her gums. By now Malachi was easily able to figure out what kind of creatures were in this dungeon, but he was having a hard time accepting it. Who would have thought that he would've ever come across a real life vampire?