Third person pov
Whilst Alec and Esme battled it out with Emrie, causing a lot of havoc and destruction on their side. Ollie and Alex join Artemis in reaching Ares and Arson.
Ollie shifted mid run into his wolf, tearing apart the rogue that tried to attack him. Alex's black wolf snapped the neck of the other one and kicked him away from him.
"We need Damien." Ollie screamed through the link and Artemis frowned but nodded. She knew that they if they didn't get more people to join they might lose the battle. Ares really came prepared this time. They were leaving no survivors and since their groups are filled with mind controlled wolves and rogues, it is extremely difficult to subdue them.
The dark witches too were taking them out and even though Esme's white witches were doing a good job, it was not enough to save them all.
Storm's pov
Damn it.
Things are getting out of hand here. I don't know how many have died by my hands but it seems that the number on Ares' side keeps on piling and piling up. Artemis is frustrated at this point and I can see she's inches away from shifting into her wolf and killing everyone.
Her eyes have been glowing an extreme red ever since the battle started.
"We're losing people Artemis! Ares and Arson are two strong!" I grunt, twisting the head of the wolf and kicking the body away.
Artemis huffs, blowing a strand of her hair away as she goes on her knees, grabs the bow and arrow quickly and fires three arrows within a flash. It sails through, killing three wolves instantly.
I see Knox jump over, gripping the neck of a wolf harshly and wiggling it around until blood drips from the neck. Knox drops the body, looks up in my direction and snarls with his bloody jaw.
I shiver, looking away from him. "That's cold dude." I mutter and hear a snort beside me. Don't even need to look over to know that Knox is beside me. That's just how fast he is.
Artemis looks around, wiping the sweat from her face. "We need to get to Ares and Arson right now!"
"Yeah but it's gonna be a challenge." I grit out, slashing a neck and turning around to stab the gut. The sky looks blood red and the ground is a pool of blood and dead bodies.
All of a sudden, the ground shakes, almost like the sound of running steps. I look around with a frown. "What is happening?"
Something like flashes of shadows run between us and each place the shadow passes a body drops dead. I stare at the scene is shock. What the fuck is happening?
Artemis just sighs in relief, staring at a particular direction and I follow her gaze to see a familiar wolf leading a group of white wolves and Damien.
"Is that Selena?" I ask and Artemis smiles, nodding her head.
I watch in awe us Selena slaughters the wolves getting in her way without mercy, her eyes filled with bloodlust and revenge. Damien looks formidable in a fight and I can understand why. The dude looks like a killing machine.
The flash of shadows continue moving quickly through the crowd and the number of people on Ares' side keeps on dropping.
"What are those?" I question Artemis, as we join the fight once again. She grips the back a man's hair, bringing his face down to her knee and kicks him in the jaw. I swear a teeth flew out.
"Vampires." She answers and I nearly stop in my track.
Vampire what?!
I feel a gust of wind pass by me and every cell in my body freezes at the person standing right in front of Artemis with a head in his hands. Blood red eyes stare at her, with fangs glinting sharply when he grins.
"Long time no see Artemis." He says in a deep voice and Artemis smiles slightly at him.
"Thanks for helping me Dimitri." She says and he lets out a chuckle, exposing those fangs even more. At this point I'm so confused on what the absolute shit is happening.
He places a hand on Artemis shoulder and that snaps me out of it because I move to stand behind her, gripping his hand and oh my gosh, it takes everything in my not to shiver at the coldness seeping through my veins.
The guy is like an iceberg.
He looks up raises a brow and smiles at me. "You must be the mate. Don't worry I have a beloved and she is much more jealous than you could possible think."
I regard him with a cool look. "Yeah sure but don't touch her."
He shrugs and turns to look ahead. "Ares really outdid himself this time huh my goddess."
Artemis sighs and nods. "Yeah and I plan to end it all today."
Dimitri glances at her sideways, his lips tilting up in a half smile. "You'll win this and besides the Calvary has arrived."
Just like that he disappears into the crowd. I look at Artemis with a questioning gaze and she smiles.
"Dimitri is the king of the vampires and a personal friend who owes me his life so I asked Ollie to make a trip to visit and ask for help. Selena later went and confirmed his assistance to this war." She explains and quickly goes into battle mode.
I rub my temples, I'll let this sink in later but now this needs to end.
I don't know for how long we fought but I could see the changes happening and for once we were winning until.
"Artemis!!!!" I heard a shout. My heart dropped at the scene I witnessed, my throat run dry and a frightening feeling consumed my entire body.
Artemis was hurt
There was a sword sticking in her side with her blood dropping to the ground. Ares and Arson hovered over her with gleaming eyes. They hurt her. I felt a part of myself bleed when they pulled the knife out, raised it high above their heads and before they could get close a bright light suddenly pushed them apart.
I run over to her, dodging the wolves coming towards me, slashing any one who stood in my way to save Artemis.
"I'll cover you." A deep voice said and I looked over to see Dimitri running beside me with a reassuring gaze.
He did cover me, clearing the path for me to get to Artemis quickly. I basically didn't have to touch anyone whilst he did all the work. I could hear running paws behind me and growling wolves on my trail but I couldn't careless who they belonged too because all I could see was Artemis clutching her side.
I finally reached her, dropping by her side and pulling her into my eyes. Her feature was twisted into a painful scowl with her breathing coming out short.
My palms were stained with her blood and I frowned. Why is the bleeding not stopping?
"Why aren't you healing?!" I exclaim pressing my palm to her wound to stop the bleeding.
She grunts, gritting her teeth in pain. "They laced their sword with poison." Her voice was a bit weak and her eyes were turning back to violet.
I mentally cursed, looking around only to sigh in relief when I see Esme rushing towards us with Alec on her trail. She doesn't look any better because her whole face and body are covered with bruises and her dress is soaked with blood.
The same goes for Alec.
She drops beside Artemis, examining her wound carefully. "Could have been worse."
I narrow my eyes at her and she turns to face me with a quirk of her brow. I look away.
"Cover us Alec." Esme mutters and Alec chants under his breath. We are suddenly cocooned in a crystal shield and I stare at it in awe.
"I need to help my brother, he is fighting them alone." Artemis grunts, clenching her fist tightly as Esme continues to work on her wound.
It's then I remember the bright light. So that was Apollo.
I look behind to see him fighting the two of them together. He is not losing and neither is he winning. I look around me, the battle seems to be coming to an end but at the same time we need to get rid of those two before everything would stop.
The heat in my body flares up and I remember Luna's words. We can't win this until Ares and Arson are completely wiped out.
I look at Artemis thrashing on the ground, her veins are turning black and I know how this is gonna work. I need to what needs to be necessary. I just hope Artemis would not suffer too much.
"Esme how long?" I question, gripping Artemis hands tightly. Esme frowns, her palms glowing as she presses them tightly against the wound.
"I don't know Storm. Shit they really created one powerful poison."
Artemis looks pale, she pants heavily and sweat covers her face. She looks a bit out of it, as she falls in and out of consciousness but I need to let her know this so I pinch her really hard and she screams, turning to face me with a glare.
I cup her cheeks, leaning forward slightly. "You know I love you right."
She nods, blinking rapidly and groans. "I love you too Storm."
I smile, staring at her face. "And you know I'll do anything for you."
This time she frowns, I'm guessing she can sense something in my voice because she tries to get up but I gently push her down before placing my lips against hers.
Don't cry Storm. Don't you dare shed a tear.
She abruptly pulls away, rubbing my cheeks. "S-stay here."
I shake my head slowly, smiling through the pain that has gripped my chest. "I'll be with you always Artemis so just wait for me okay. I promise to be back soon."
"S-storm wait." She gasps out breathlessly and I smile, taking my hands away from hers but she tries again only to fall back.
"Fucking shit!" She curses loudly and I'm surprised to hear Artemis swear. Her eyes glow between red and violet. "Don't you dare do this Storm!"
I don't face her and tap Alec. "Let me through."
The shield opens and I whisper something in his ears. His eyes widen for a second but then he nods.
Behind me, I hear Artemis shouts and screams, telling me to come back but I continue to walk forward not daring myself to look back.
"Are you sure about this?" Dimitris voice pops beside me and I nearly scream. Where the fuck does he come from.
"At least make your presence known." I mutter grudgingly and he grins, baring his fangs slightly at me.
"Then I won't get to see the priceless look on your face." He replies and I scowl.
"Just like we did, I make the path for you to get to them and you do your thing." He adds and I nod.
So just like that, he clears the path way for me until I reach Ares, Arson and Apollo fighting intensely.
Apollo looks a bit drained but he is holding on his own, battling the two of them. They are strong no doubt but still he needs my help. Arson tries to do a sneak attack on Apollo but I grab the sword from the ground, quickly rushing forward to block his sword.
The swords against each other clangs and Arson narrows his eye at me.
"Storm." He grits out.
I smirk. "One eyed dick."
He steps away, twirling his sword in front of him and points it in my direction. "You're gonna die alongside your mate."
I chuckle, rolling my shoulders before getting into a fighting position. "We shall see about that."
A/N: It's about to go down!