Part 2: Chapter Ten ~Near Escape~

Okay guys, this is rather a rough chapter, but i hope you like it anyways! I love this chapter though because my favorite character comes back!!!

Amy screamed again in horror at what she saw. A huge, long, green tentacle was wrapped around her leg. Each of its suckers squirmed as it attempted to tear off her skin.
“TAYON!!!!!!” she screeched in fear as she kicked her legs trying desperately to free herself. She didn’t know why she yelled his name but all of a sudden all she wanted to see was him and his sword, coming to her rescue. “HELP!!! Oh help” she said as tears of terror ran down her face. She half expected to feel that overwhelming bubble of power in her chest like when they had fought the fowlgers but nothing came. Nothing but her raw fear as it consumed her.
Another tentacle shot out of the water and wrapped around her other leg. It tugged and she felt herself slide across the sand to the waters edge.
She screamed and kicked her legs harder as she desperately grabbed the sand around her trying to hold on to something. The sweet smell of the lake was making her tired again. She realized that it was probably a drug to make her sleep. It had worked on her last night. Now she understood why she had been so sleepy. She fought to clear her mind.
Her heart raced as she slowly made her way to the water. She stopped trying to grab something and clawed at the tentacle trying to make it let go. She had never felt so scared in her whole life.
“Amy?? Amy what’s wrong?!” the voice of her savior and angel.
“Tayon HELP! It has me!!!!” she pounded the slippery skin over and over again. To her horror another smaller tentacle came out of the water and grabbed her wrist.
“AHAHAHHHHH!!” she cried out, tears flowing down her cheeks. She was going to die. She hadn’t even saved Kara yet.
Tayon’s footsteps sounded on the sand as he ran to her.
“Oh Kendora” he swore as he screeched to a stop and stared at the monsters arms in shock.
Amy yelled as another arm grabbed her around the waist. She felt her body being lifted. She screamed again and pounded the arms. Tayon ran over and with a swift swish of his sword the tentacle that had been clinging to her left leg dropped to the ground.
A huge roar of pain erupted from the lake and huge bubbles covered the surface of the lake.
About a dozen more tentacles shot out of the lake and began waving wildly in the air. Amy was thrown into the air and she clung to the tentacle in fear.
She was upside down and stared down at Tayon who was fighting madly. Tentacles flew through the air. Tayon’s sword was moving so fast that it was a blur. Tayon himself was almost a blur too. He was rolling and twisting every which way.
She heard more shouts and saw Kevyn, Safyra and Kaprie burst out of the forest, swords high in the air. At least, Kevyn and Safyra did.
Amy felt helpless as she dangled from the air. Soon Safyra and Kevyn were locked in battle too. Each one had several tentacles that were attacking them. The battle wasn’t going too good.
Safyra yelled some strange words and a blast of white fire seemed to come out of nowhere and slash into one of the tentacles. It twisted and jerked around as a deep thundering sound came from the lake.
Tayon had several sucker marks and blood was flowing from his left arm. Suddenly a huge tentacle shot out of the water and grabbed him from behind.
It squeezed and Tayon gasped for breath. He dropped his sword as his hands tried to pry away the arm.
It squeezed harder and Amy heard ribs crack. Tayon dropped to his knees. He was turning a pale green.
“Tayon!” Amy screamed and tried to get out of the clutches of her captives. Her efforts were worth nothing. She longed for that buzzing in her stomach and that wave of power, why was that stupid jaharah abandoning her now! She was going to watch Tayon be killed and she couldn’t do anything. Kaprie’s endless scream finally died away and Amy saw her fall to the ground in a dead faint.
A flash of metal caught the moon light and another scream of rage came from the lake. The tentacle loosened its grip and Tayon took a shuddering breath.
A dagger was protruding out of the huge tentacle.
With a war cry a dark figure jumped off one of the many ledges of the cliff and brought his sword down, this time cutting through the tentacle while twisting the dagger deeper into the flesh then pulling it out.
Amy couldn’t see the rest as she was flung to the ground. A huge blue ball of light appeared in the figures right hand and with a cry the man threw the ball into the water. The water boiled and a deep cry echoed through the canyon. With one last cry every tentacle pulled back into the lake. Soon, only a ripple was left on the lakes surface.
Several tentacles lay twitching on the bank. Tayon lay were the arm had dropped him.
Amy cried out as she tried to stand. Her legs gave way and she sank back to the sandy ground.
The figure had already reached Tayon though and was turning him over.
“Tay??? Are you alright? Tay talk to me!” the boy said desperately. Tayon grounded and coughed spitting up blood.
The boy grabbed something from around Tayon’s neck and unscrewed a lid of a small bottle.
He dripped something into Tayon’s mouth and Tayon gagged but choked it down. After a couple of minutes of silence Tayon’s eyes fluttered open and he groaned.
“Everything hurts…” he said. The boy laughed.
“I wonder why? You haven’t fought any lake monsters lately have you?” Tayon’s gaze focused as he looked the boy harder.
“Is that who I think…it is?” he asked sitting up. The boy laughed.
“It is I, the amazingly buff, godlike brother of yours. I came as soon as you called.” Amy, who was watching with anxious eyes, stared at them in surprise. Tayon had a brother? He called him? Wasn’t there no phones here? She tried to stand up again but only managed to make her legs burn with the effort.
Tayon finally seemed to notice her struggling by the waters edge.
“Amy…” he said and stood with a groan. The boy helped him over to her. “Amy are you alright? We’d better get away from the lake…where’s Safyra and Kevyn?” Amy didn’t answer, her chest hurt and she was to busy trying not to start crying again. Tayon kneeled down by her.
“What hurts?” he asked calmly. Amy could only point to her leg. They pulled back her ruined hem and a grim site met them.
The flesh on her leg was almost gone. What was left showed huge circle marks where the suckers had held on.
Amy looked away and gagged. She was in to much shock to feel most of the pain.
Tayon cringed. “Give me the bottle…” he said and the boy handed it over. He unscrewed its cap and looked troubled at the level of it. Shrugging over to his brother he poured a couple of drops onto her leg.
Amy shut her eyes and let the feeling of numbness envelop her.
“Amy? Amy we need to see to the others…are you okay to stay here?” Tayon’s voice came through her thoughts. She nodded.
“Don’t touch your leg. We’ll deal with your other wounds later. I need to make sure they’re okay, okay?” Amy managed another nod.
The next few hours were a blur to her. Safyra had a couple scraps but was okay. She had fought very well with her jaharah and had been spared contact with the deadly tentacles. Same with Kevyn although he was a little more bumped up.
Kaprie was fine but in hysterics that she was about to get eaten. Amy would have laughed if she could have found her voice.
She faintly remembered being cared into the forest for about an hour. They were going as far away from the lake…and the monster, as possible.
Amy didn’t dare glance down at her leg as the set up camp again. The moon was still high in the sky.
Tayon came over and poured more of the strange liquid on her many injuries again. She nodded her thanks gingerly back at him.
“Tayon? Where was Valk when we got attacked?” Tayon frowned.
“Actually, I don’t truly know. He left to go hunt a little while after dinner. I guess he hasn’t come back yet. He’ll be furious when he finds out what happened.” Amy nodded. She would have liked Valk there, to help fight. Somehow the dragon made her feel safe. Though, she would never admit that to Tayon, at least not yet.
“Are you okay? I guess that was a little shocking….” He said. Amy cringed.
“A little? I come from a world were there is no such thing as magic...sorry, sorry, jaharah, and there aren’t monsters that are in lakes that attack people like that!” she looked down at her leg, completely missing Tayon’s shocked face. The red colored covering over her leg was almost gone. New skin lay were it had gone. With a couple of sizzles the different colored coverings on her other wounds disappeared leaving behind perfect skin.
“If you have this kind of magic then why does anyone die of injury here? Wouldn’t you be able to heal anything?” Tayon seemed wary at her question.
“Most of this world doesn’t know about this. It’s very secret. I received this from my family…and mostly my brother, the one that saved us. He’s very talented, he’s the only one who is capable of making such a potion. ” He paused. “also the ingredients are close to impossible to get…well, that’s what he’s bragged and you never know exactly what is true when it comes to him…” He smiled, his eyes far away. “I only have half of it left though…” he muttered, frowning slightly.
“Tayon?” it was that boy, Tayon’s…brother. Amy looked up at him and realized he didn’t have his cloak on anymore. Like Tayon he was very handsome and had a black fenter. By this time, she had realized that fenters were some sort of sign to the elves who wore them.
He had long shaggy blond hair like Tayon. It was the same brownish blond and was styled the same. It was slightly shorter then Tayon’s though.
His eyes were a piercing grey that unsettled her. He was taller and leaner then Tayon but otherwise everything about the two was the same. They looked so much a like in their figures it bothered her.
Tayon turned to him “Hey. Thanks so much for coming. Good timing too, you always seem to come in with a bang.” Tayon’s brother shrugged but looked pleased, though slightly tired.
“I cam as soon as you called. I didn’t know exactly where you guys were so I’ve been wondering around for the past couple days. I saw Valk about four hours ago and he told me where you would be.” Tayon nodded then looked curious.
“You saw Valk? Where is he?”
“He’s over the ridge about two miles from here. He caught a big buck and was too tired to carry it over the mountain. His wings were hurting him. He told me what happened with the lighting. That was pretty stupid man…” he then set his gaze on Amy. Amy scowled at him. He didn’t seem to care that she was glaring at him.
“What’s your name again?” he asked his eyes probing.
“Amy” she said letting her scowl soften slightly. He smiled at her.
“Mine’s Tearck. As you probably have guessed I’m Tayon’s twin brother.” She gave him a strange look and watched as Tayon rolled her eyes. Inside she could have hit herself. Of course they were twins. Why hadn’t she guessed?
“Terck?” she asked, trying out his name for size. Though she didn’t think she heard his name probably. She hadn’t. He laughed and grinned at her.
“No. Tear-ick. It’s a dwarf name. They’re names are very…interesting. They often have hidden syllables in the names that they don’t write down. They have a weird issue with people knowing there true names from paper.” Tayon and Tearck shared a laugh at that. Amy guessed she was being left out of an inside joke.
Suddenly a roar shook the forest. Valk was back.
“Excuse me…” Tayon stood and walked over to Valk and they began talking in low hushed voices, well, Tayon’s was low.
“Um…so your Tayon’s twin brother ha?” Amy said trying to make conversation. Tearck snorted.
“No, we’re sworn enemies.” He said sarcastically. Amy glared at him and he grinned teasingly.
“Oh come one, it was just a really stupid question.” Amy rolled her eyes.
“Sorry, I was just trying to talk.” Tearck snorted and Amy snorted also, she was being ridicules. Soon, they were talking freely about practically nothing at all. Amy felt herself relax and she felt almost normal.
Tearck then launched himself into outrageous stories about his childhood.
Most of them were quite funny and Amy found herself laughing. Soon Tayon came over to them and told them they were ready to start traveling again. Amy eyed him, seeing him in a slightly different light. Where was the teasing manner she had just heard about? This stone-faced boy seemed to lack any of the qualities of the boys in Tearck’s story.
The sun was slowly peeking over the mountains heads. It spread a gentle glow through the small valley.
When everything was packed and Amy’s leg was all healed they set off. Amy tried to hop on behind Tayon but found she didn’t have enough strength to reach Valk’s back. Even with Valk’s help as he held his arm sideways so they could get up she still couldn’t. Suddenly strong cold arms made there way around her waist and lifted her up and onto Valk’s back.
Amy looked down to see Tayon smiling gently back at her. She smiled gratefully at him then down at her hands. Tearck came up behind Tayon hopped up behind her as Tayon helped Kaprie up behind him. Tayon didn’t look happy about four people sitting on Valk but he didn’t argue about it.
Amy felt slightly squashed but she found it bearable. Valk pushed off the ground and flapped his wings, making a miniature tornado.
Tearck and Tayon laughed and then Amy found herself joining them as the wind whipped her long black hair.
Then they were air born and the wind subsided but didn’t stop. By now it was almost natural to fly on Valk’s back.
They flew higher and higher with the two dishora’s and there riders following them. The cold wasn’t as bad as she remember. Between both Tayon’s and Tearck’s warm bodies she no longer felt the cold.
They flew over many peaks in the next couple of hours. By the time the sun was high in the sky Amy was feeling cramped and was sick of sitting down.
Tayon and Tearck keep her well entertained though. Each one had a million and more jokes and often made Amy laugh. Even Kaprie, who was pouting about who knows what laughed every once in a while with them. All there jokes were new, mostly about dragons, fowlgers, and humans. Amy tried not to act annoyed at their hits on human behaviors.
The she noticed that Valk was going lower and lower as the mountains seemed to flatten out.
No more peaks or endless rocky slopes meet Amy’s eyes as she stared over Tayon and Valk’s heads.
All she could see was water. A vast shimmering lake laid a head of them.
“Welcome to the Untillack Sea.” Tearck’s deep voice whispered into her ear.