Chapter 44: The Faceless: Part Two
Each step the creature took, Evanna took a step backwards. Her eyes flickered from its face, the front legs and to the pincers on its tail. Suddenly, the faceless sprinted forward, its size and speed intimidating. The creature swiped its two front legs at her, which she narrowly missed before rolling to the side; the tail then swung down with its pincers while she was still kneeling.
She swiped her swords up, making the tail back away and swing from another direction, but she jumped over it; another narrow miss from the tail then led to her slicing both swords to the right as the tail came towards her.
The faceless screeched as the tail flopped to the ground, detached from the rest of its body. In its rage, it came towards Evanna, stomping its front legs at her, but she ran forwards, went underneath it and jumped, stabbing both swords into the underbelly of the monster. Black blood seeped from the wound while it screeched again; Evanna rolled out of the way as it collapsed to the ground.
She kept her swords ready and crept towards the fallen creature, it suddenly moved, making her jump, but then it collapsed once more. The body deflating as the last air left its now non-existent mouth. With the creature dead, Evanna then looked across at Cilv; she still sat there in the other creature’s grasp.
This time, she decided to be tactful and climbed the tree by her side; Evanna jumped across a few branches until she was directly above them. The creature was so absorbed in whatever mind game it was playing with Cilv to notice that its friend was dead, and the princess was roaming free. Evanna slowly stepped closer and could see a light glow between the creature’s face and Cilvs and could almost hear a radiating energy pulsating between the pair. It made her shiver.
She grabbed her swords, not wasting any more time and jumped, landing on its head and stabbed both ends into the top of it. It immediately screeched and released Cilv and collapsed on the ground. Evanna looked over at Cilv and saw her vacant stare become full of life once again as a tear fell from her eye. Cilv looked at Evanna, wide-eyed and quickly wiped the tear away irritably.
Cilv jumped to her feet and gave a nod of thanks to the princess. Both of them started to jog briskly, their eyes now glancing in every direction, including above them as they went.
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Ronan was leaning against a tree, arms crossed over his chest, he could not remember why he was waiting in a forest, but he stood there anyway. He looked up and noticed two women running towards him; as they made it closer, their features faded into view. Evanna and Cilv. His face lit up immediately as he began to walk towards them.
Cilv suddenly darted out of the way, running off before jumping up into a tree and disappearing, while Evanna continued to run towards him. He stopped, his eyebrows furrowing before he grunted as she flung herself into his arms.
"What’s wrong?!" His voice was alarmed; he placed his hands over her head and arms, checking for any signs of injury. When he saw none, he looked behind her in the direction she came from.