Chapter Nineteen- Masquerade Fight

Ryan lunged towards John, his eyes flickering their vampiric colour for a few moments, then as he reached out to strike, his iris’ had changed completely. John snarled, manoeuvring out of the way of the attack and reaching over to strike him. Josh jostled me, turning my attention to him as he manoeuvred out of the way of an attack from Patrick. Patrick’s white eyes shone as he attempted to strike Josh. Josh held up his gun, blocking the hit and kicking Patrick in the stomach. Patrick grinned as he let out a loud screech. About twenty more vampires entered the building. Josh turned to me, a look of concern crossing his face.“Taya, run. We’ll distract them while you escape” He ordered. I shook my head.“No, I can help” I stated. Josh shook his head, moving out of the way of another vampire’s attack and plugging it in the head. I watched it writhe on the ground in pain until it turned into ash. Josh grabbed the sides of my face, aiming it towards him.“Look, I can take him. I promise I’ll meet up with you later.” He stated. I nodded.“I’ll hold you to that promise” I growled, beginning to run off. Before I could escape, Josh grabbed my wrist. I spun around to ask what he was thinking of, but I soon found out as his lips met mine. I closed my eyes, sinking into the kiss. I sensed a vampire next to us, but it was quickly silenced as Josh shot it in the face. Josh deepened the kiss, and pulled me closer. I could feel him smile as he tossed the gun to his other hand, shooting another vampire. I heard a loud yowl as Ryan, the vampire one, suddenly charged at us. Josh pushed me out of the way, taking the blow. He fell backwards, then using his abilities sunk into the floor. Ryan walked around, unsure of where Josh was.“Come on, you asshole! Where are you? You’ll pay for doing that. She’s mine!” He growled. Josh suddenly reappeared above him, landing behind him.“I’m here you fucker.” He snarled, shooting at him. Ryan dashed away, dodging the bullets. I looked around to see how the others were holding up against the others. My eyes caught Cody as he remained in his human form. He was fist fighting with a vampire, and was doing a good job of dodging. Until the vampire clawed him across the face. Cody froze for a moment, his eyes changing to their werewolf colour. The whites of his eyes turned midnight black as his iris’ turned red. He turned back around, lunging forward as his teeth became sharp and jagged like a wolves. His teeth sunk into the vampire’s throat, ripping it out. Blood gushed from the wound as Cody grabbed a pipe, shoving it down another vampire’s throat. Katie suddenly leapt over, grabbing a guitar stand and pushing it through a vampire as it was about to hit Cody from behind.“Moron. Pay attention!” She barked. Cody glared at her.“Of course, your highness. I could have taken the fucker.” He snarled. Katie rolled her eyes.“Yeah right. You were too busy watching your works of art as they slowly died.” Katie growled. Cody smirked.“Hey, that’s the first time you’ve referred to them as works of art.” He taunted. Katie glared at him.“Shut it! God, why I agreed to work with an alpha dog male like you will forever be a mystery to me.” She snarled, grabbing a glass cup and smashing it into another vampires face over Cody’s shoulder. Cody reached out behind him, tearing it’s heart out calmly. Blood gushed from the wound.“Thanks.” Cody stated, “And it’s because you realized that working with a mixed group without another alpha was too much for you”.Katie glared at him as Cody grabbed the punch bowl and throwing it at another vampire behind Katie.“Shut it.” She growled. Feeling slightly queasy from the amount of blood I had just seen, I looked back at Ryan and Josh. Ryan suddenly leapt out at Josh, grabbing his throat. Josh coughed, allowing a mangled gasp to escape as Ryan pressed downward. I stared at the floor. There, just a few feet away was the gun. I slowly reached for it, but Ryan caught me reaching for it. He leapt off of Josh, grabbing my wrist and pressing me against the ground.“You’d kill me? You’d kill me for him?” He snarled, digging his claws into my wrists. My ears went back as I cringed from the pain. I gritted my teeth.“You’re not who I thought you were, Ryan” I snarled. Ryan struck me across the face angrily. I cringed in pain as the claws cut my cheeks, but instantly began to heal. I turned back up to look into his eyes, but now his eyes just resembled envy. That’s when I saw it. His eyes weren’t hazel. I had never noticed this before, but his eyes were brown and lime green. Now I could feel his envy sinking into me. Ryan’s eyes had always been reflecting envy, but I hadn’t noticed. I was too consumed by his calming nature. I glared at him, gritting my teeth.“Why are you doing this to me? Why are you doing this to me?” He wailed, hitting me again. I grabbed his hand before he could.“You don’t care about me. I’m just a ghost to you. You care about the one before me” I said, staring into his eyes. Ryan stared at me, then his expression turned to shock as there was a loud banging noise. He turned around, looking into Josh’s eyes. Josh stood there, panting as he held the gun. Ryan gritted his teeth as he fell on the ground, reaching for the bullet. He pulled it out quickly, before the bullet could have the desired effect. But he was injured now, which made him slower. Ryan moved away from me, stepping around me towards Josh. I stared up at Josh nervously as he held the gun up. A smirk spread across both of their faces. “Now. Ryan. Don’t make me plug you again” Josh warned. Ryan grinned, barring his fangs.“You caught me off guard. Come on. Lets fight like we were meant to. Using true power.” He growled. Josh smirked, throwing the gun to the ground.“You want to do that in front of Taya?” He asked, taking his shirt off. Ryan smirked, following his lead.“She wont mind. She’s good with this sort of thing” He stated. Josh nodded, his wings bursting from his back. The leathery black wings seemed to resemble that of a bats as his skin became grey like granite and his nose changed to resemble a bat’s. his eyes turned pure white as his teeth became larger and more demonic. Ryan too transformed, only his eyes were purely lime green. Ryan suddenly lunged out at Josh, but Josh caught him, clawing at his stone skin. Ryan yelled, sounding like some sort of a wild cat as black blood spilt down his arm. I backed away. Was this the vampire’s true form? I touched my lips. That had been the man which had kissed me moments earlier? Before I could think of anything else, I felt something grab me.“Gotchya, Talking” A voice muttered in my ear. I felt my blood run cold as I recognized it as Patrick’s. I pulled away, holding up my hand as my ears went back.“Leave me alone.” I ordered. Patrick smirked as he continued stepping forward. That’s when I remembered. Patrick could resist my orders. I shook my head, thinking of something else to do. I clapped my hands suddenly. “Electrocute the enemy.” I snarled. Patrick continued. My powers weren’t working. Why weren’t the attack style orders working? John had said that they would work. I stepped backwards.“Scorch the enemy!” I shouted. A circle of fire burst up, enclosing Patrick. His white eyes shone as he stepped through the circle towards me. I gritted my teeth as my ears folded back. I had to think of something and fast, or else I would be the next sacrifice. I closed my eyes, thinking. I felt a pair of hands grab me as my eyes opened. I felt power surge through me as I felt thirty-three spirits wrap around me. I held up a hand.“Blast the enemy back with wind.” I growled, my eyes turning green. Patrick was suddenly blasted backwards towards the wall by an invisible wind. He gritted his teeth, standing back up. He snarled at me, starting at me. I looked at my body.“Give me the strength to stop the enemy.” I muttered. I looked back up, my eyes sparking a stone grey as I held up my arms. I grabbed Patrick, his strength pushing me back a couple centimetres but with my newfound strength, I was able to stop him. He growled, clawing at me. I felt his claws hit me, but I felt no pain as my wounds healed themselves. Before I could attack again, I felt something hit me on the head, knocking me out cold. The last thing I saw before I fell unconscious was a pair of large, yellow eyes. As soon as I saw those eyes, I knew what had happened. Patrick had won this round. I heard Josh yowl in the background, then I heard and saw nothing. Everything had gone black.