Looking out the window, they had pulled up in front of a very tall
building. She saw the two men get out of the car ahead of them and
drag a still unconscious Michael out of the car. The car door opened
and with Jackal close behind her. They emerged from the car as well.
She felt a nudge on her back to get her moving forward. Endora fell
into step behind Michael and the bodyguards.
The group entered the building, crossed the foyer to the elevators.
When the doors opened, they all stepped inside the lift. Jackal hit
the button for the top floor. The door closed and they were on the
move upward.
Endora looked over at Michael but he was still oblivious to his
surroundings. Biting the inside of her cheek to keep from crying, she
lifted her chin and tried to pretend to be brave.
When they reached their desired floor. The doors opened and everyone
filed out, walked down the hall to a door with a sign next to it
saying: Roof Top Access. Jackal opened the door, and pushed her
through it.
"Climb." she snarled again.
As Endora took the stairs one at a time her heart began to beat
faster. She would swear that everyone in the stairwell could hear it.
As another door loomed in front of her, she pushed on it and stepped
onto the rooftop. The small group followed.
The two bodyguards dragged Michael close to the edge of the building.
Michael slowly began to awaken a low moan escaped his lips
. The Jackal smirked.
"Toss him over." she ordered.
Endora screamed and rushed forward, but was caught around the neck in
a hold, as she watched the guards follow the order.
The almost limb body of her guardian was tossed over the side, both
of them laughed as they saw him go out of view. What they didn't see
was that he had grabbed on to the a small hidden ledge and was now
hanging by just his finger tips of one hand. He cursed silently about
the pain as he grabbed the edge with his other hand. Inhaling a
breath he winced, his ribs protesting. 'Damn, broken ribs.' he
thought to himself. Concentrating on his task he pushed the pain
aside and pulled himself up. Carefully he peeked over the edge to
see where everyone was.
Seeing they had looked away, he climbed up and took a seat on the
railing. Quickly he grabbed the two guards by the clothing between
their shoulder blades, jerking them off of their feet and simply
tossed them over the ledge, as if there were made of paper.
"That wasn't nice" he said as he looked at the Jackal with eyes that
indicated he wasn't impressed by her.
A snarl curled her lips at the site of her men being tossed over and
him sitting there. Again she would have to do the job of others.
Incompetent fools.
He jumped down from the railing. "Striking someone when they are out
cold is a cowards act. You afraid that you won't beat me?" he slowly
walked towards them.
She chuckled at him. "I am not afraid of you. It was a demonstration
to your precious Princess." Stroking a finger along Endora's cheek.
With Endora still by the neck, she quickly tossed her aside and
strode forward to met him. As she drew closer to him, she slowly
withdrew her Katana once more.
Endora hit the roof hard, wind being knocked from her lungs again.
Lifting her head, she watched as the two squared off.
The Jackal swung her sword diagonally to cut off Michaels head.
Bending backwards the sword passed over him. Coming back to an
upright position , he grab her hand with the sword as it began to
travel in a backward swing. Twisting and squeezing the sword fell
from of her hand. Catching it he, threw it so it stuck to the wall of
the roof access.
She cursed at him, taking her free hand she hit him again in his
exposed ribs, just under his armpit. Then pulled away from him,
twisting preparing to throw another roundhouse.
Pain radiated through his body. It was so intense he wasn't able to
focus on the Jackal. He was going to fail. He had to use the gift.
But it was dangerous. Inches from striking him, everything stopped.
He had the ability to slow and stop time, but it came at a high
price. As he moved to get out of the way of the kick, he positioned
himself. Time began again, her leg connected with air, as Michael
swept her leg out from under her. The Jackal crashed to the roof,
surprise on her face.
The price began, his nose started to bleed. His body could not handle
magic without taking damage.
With a large thump she hit the ground and rolled away from him.
Pulling two daggers from her boots, she regained her feet and tossed
them. She grinned.
It was simple to dodge projectiles, so he moved to the side. "Is that
all you got?"
Jackal saw the blood spill from him, then slowly shifted on Endora.
Moving quickly she jerked her to up, placing her hand at her throat
again.
"I have this."
Pain shot through Endora's shoulder as she was jerked from the
ground. She could feel muscles tear. Her eyes enlarged as the Jackals
hand closed tightly around her throat, not squeezing all air from her
but enough to make it difficult to breath.
He cursed under his breath. "What do you want?" he asked, the pain
was increasing and it was more and more difficult to focus.
"Simple" The Jackal jerked her head to the edge. "Jump. With you gone
the Princess here will be of no threat to us anymore."
Endora gasped. "No, Michael don't."
"Oh. He had better or he will watch you slowly suffocate." with that
she squeezed even harder causing Endora to wheeze.
He sighed as he spit out a mouth full of blood. "Alright, just don't
hurt her" he moved over to the edge and stood on the railing. He
looked at the woman he loved more then life it self.
"I love you" he stated with a smile, then stepped from the edge.
