Playing Dirty

The arm of the second beast went off trajectory just before it hit Arya, she turned to see Derek beside her.

He was the last person she had expected to fight alongside her, she didn't plan to make the rest of her team fight with her.

She was just going to ignore them and fight the beasts solo until the end of the expedition, but here was Derek, he had swung his chain whip just in time sending the beast's hand away before it made contact with Arya.

Derek was feeling pretty impressed with himself that he didn't see the beast swing its second hand at him.

The hand hit him square in his chest and sent him flying quite a distance, he rolled on the dirt and eventually stopped

He coughed up a bit of blood before slowly sitting up. For the first time Arya showed a little hint of emotion on her usually expressionless face

But it wasn't noticed by anyone because it disappeared as quickly as it had come, she couldn't even get slightly distracted as there were still two beasts in her front

She only just noticed the other two had come up with Derek when Mia gasped after Derek was thrown back

Arya retrieved her baton, jumped high in the air and whacked the first beast in the head. It stumbled backwards, and Arya rushed it again before it could regain its balance

She attacked with the blades on her baton, almost slicing one leg off the beast. The beast toppled to the floor, just as she was about to land the finishing blow a random person flew in.

With his fist shrouded in fire, he punched through the beast's gut killing it instantly. She heard another beep but this time it wasn't from her.

Arya was stunned, she knew that the boys trailing them were out for trouble. But what she didn't expect was their kills to be stolen.

At Chuck's end, both he and Mia were tackling the second beast, they were faring well and had almost taken care of it.

Mia stomped the floor and a mound of earth came up, trapping the monster in place. Chuck rushed forward, his hand transformed into a stony fist

He was going to punch a hole in the beast but rocks made from hard earth suddenly flew past him tearing holes into the monster's body.

Arya who had watched the whole thing happen twice was speechless. Those three beasts would have given them a head start.

And she just watched two kills out of the three stolen from them at the last moment. These boys were going to play dirty and she was definitely not going to stand by and watch

"What are you doing?" Arya's cold face managed to get even colder.

"You, you're the bitch that got us in trouble the other night"

"You got yourself into trouble, don't drag me into your mess" Arya glared at the boy who had just stolen her kill. She normally wouldn't reply but she was mad with anger. Zayn hadn't said anything about a situation like this, but this was definitely not acceptable.

Even if it was by the school, she was not going to sit back. Arya usually didn't bother herself with issues of bullying, she termed it as trivial matters but not unless she was involved

"Jerry, is she the one you told me about?" the guy at the far back asked

"Yes, she is the one" Jerry replied

The student at the far back looked just like a typical tyrant, he let his shirt fly and had his buttons open, revealing the white tee he wore underneath

"That's Lancer, his family is crazy rich and he is also a fire type user." That was like the worst combination ever.

"It's best to stay away from him, he's bad news. He once burnt down an entire classroom just because he was angry and somehow managed to get away with it. He was suspended for some days but there were rumors that his family took care of the renovation of the classroom and the whole building which housed the classroom.

So, there wasn't any real disciplinary action taken" Chuck whispered to Derek. For once Derek actually showed a little interest in what Chuck had to say.

"You injured my teammates, so it's only fair that we steal your kills. Don't you think so?" Lancer asked, his both hands in his pockets feeling as carefree as ever.

"They asked for it. If you are the leader of your team, then you should have kept them in check. I will not let you ruin this expedition for my team" Arya retorted, with fire flashing in her eyes. Lancer was equally ready to fight.

There were almost sparks in the air. It was just a matter of who made the first move

"Hehe. Why don't we all calm down and talk things out, we can easily avoid unnecessary violence" Chuck grinned sheepishly as he made his way to the center of the two.

"We could just strike a deal. So, Lancer what do you want?"

"What I want?" Lancer grinned mischievously "I want that bitch to apologize"

"He wants her to apologize" Chuck turned to face Arya, he smiled at her mostly out of fear than excitement. Her face was expressionless, he didn't know much about her but he knew he had a better chance of drowning a fish than getting an apology out of Arya

"What are we waiting for?" Lancer asked as he idly kicked some stones on the floor. Chuck turned and smiled at him while he turned back to Arya

"Let's just do this and avoid violence, okay?" he pleaded with his eyes, Arya hardly acknowledged him. She kept on staring straight into the distance like there were no people in her presence

"She's not going to apologize, huh" Lancer started

"Wait. I'll apologize on her behalf" Chuck interrupted Lancer and began walking towards him to offer an apology

"I'm really sorry for any trouble my teammate might have caused you" Chuck said, bowing his head slightly. His actions attracted a smile from Lancer

"I like that, but it's not enough. I want an apology from her" he concluded. Arya still wouldn't budge.

"I will mercifully give you another option out of this. I take half of your kills on this expedition, I think I can accept that much as an apology"

"wh-" Derek was about to protest, he was not going to accept such a ridiculous offer especially when Lancer was in the wrong, but Arya cut him short

"Don't you get it? Or are you as dense as these airheads you carry around. You get nothing" Arya responded with a tone of finality

Jerry and the other two were offended and annoyed but they had fought Arya and they knew they were no match for her. They had only interfered in her battle because they had Lancer with them.

So they could only fume in silence. But Lancer's anger was clearly written over his face, he was not going to allow a lowly peasant and a girl for that matter, use condescending words on him.

As if his body pores could sense his feeling of displeasure, his hands suddenly lit up in flames. Arya let a small smile escape her lips; she was never one to back down from a fight.

"I'm going to teach you a little lesson" Lancer fumed. Arya's hand went for her baton, but she stopped midway. Lancer had threatened her and he wasn't a weak opponent either. So it was okay for her to go all out.

Derek stepped up beside Arya to join in the fight

"This damn boy really does not know anything" Chuck cursed under his breath. Before Derek could get too close, Arya stopped him with her outstretched hand, she had seen most of what he could do and he would just get in her way.

"Arrghh" Lancer screamed in anger as he rushed at Arya with a flaming fist. She was unmoving until he threw the fist. The only thing everyone saw was a crystal blue wall forming on Arya's fist to block Lancer's attack

Then the ground erupted, the eight students along with debris were thrown all over the place.

Derek was flung against the wall of an abandoned building, he struggled to keep his eyes open, there was dust everywhere and the dust was slowly beginning to settle.

Derek looked around the area, he could see Arya and Lancer still opposite each other but unconscious on the floor. The dust finally settled around him and he could see Chuck where he was tossed by the impact

He couldn't see the rest of the team, Derek was bleeding somewhere, but he couldn't exactly tell where he was bleeding. He was only focusing on keeping his eye open.

Then he saw it, from its large green feet and torn brown garment around its groin area, Derek's eyes went up. There were nasty gashes in different part of this green beast. His eyes kept on going up slowly.

This beast sure was large but it was also tall, if Derek could have almost sworn he was looking at the incredible hulk. Except, this was real life and not some Cinematic Universe character, and this green creature also held a large brown club in its huge green hands

His eyes finally got to the face of the monster. It was an Ogre, how did an Ogre end up here and why was it coming towards him? Was all Derek could ponder as his vision was slowly fading. 'I guess I really have a rotten luck'

It took the Ogre only a few steps to reach Derek and with a twisted sense of pleasure, it swung its club at Derek's frail body.