Frankie (Through Time 4)

“Jazz concentrate with yer Fios,” Frankie urged.

Jazz put a hand to shade her eyes, “Frankie, I see a smear of blue a big smear of blue—oh my gosh, yes, Blue Demons. I see them!”

“Da, shift us to the portal—do hurry. We have to get between them and the portal!”

In easy unison they shifted, but even as they moved to get directly in front of the yawning and pulsating mouth of the portal, the Blue Demons moved into position.

“Now is our one chance,” Frankie said. “Da and Trevor can’t see them at all, but you and I, we can. We can’t let them shift into the portal, and Jazz, I can feel the mouth closing,” Frankie

cried hopefully and used the last bit of strength she had to shift. She made it directly in front of the portal’s dark wide mouth.

Behind her, it sizzled, gulped and spit. It made sucking and kissing noises, inviting any who dared to enter.

She opened her black lovely wings and stood, barring the entrance.

* * *

Suddenly Jazz felt an intrusion and turned to find Prince Worley standing beside her. He said, “I’m here to help.”

Jazz looked at him doubtfully, decided to ignore him as she turned to Trevor and said, “Shift me to Frankie…now, Trev.”

Worley looked insulted but did not stay long enough to bandy a retort. He shifted before them and stood beside Frankie, appearing to be on guard beside her.

With outstretched hands, Worley looked at Sventer and said, “You don’t want to end this in a fight with Seelie Fae. You had better allow me to handle this.”

Jazz heard this, and thought it sounded rather rash and wondered at him. Under her breath she said, “Fool,” and turned to her mate, “What the devil is he doing?”

Suddenly she felt uneasy about it all and in a voice that sounded desperate even to herself, she said, “Trevor, shift us to Frankie at once.”

“We can’t, they could take her hostage if we try and move in.” Trevor frowned, “I can just make them out?”

“How? I thought you can’t see through their magic?” Jazz asked.

“Apparently, their magic is wearing off,” Diemne said and added, “I don’t like Worley so close to her. He has proven untrustworthy.”

“I can see them, and though they appear hazy, I can see enough.” Trevor said and put his hand up for his Death Weapon. He took it with both hands wrapped around its hilt and pointed it high and the threat was on the air.

Deimne didn’t speak. It was as though he didn’t trust himself to do so, but his weapon was also in his hands and pointed.

The two warriors moved in perfect harmony as they advanced on the Blue Demons.

Jazz watched them, breathing hard; trying to recoup so she could join them. Her beloved was a force to be reckoned with and she had never seen Deimne more determined. His silvery white wings were open ever so slightly, and his lips were drawn in grim lines. The Demons should worry, she thought. “Well boys, I guess they don’t stand a chance,” she called.

“Just so,” her mate answered roughly over his shoulder and then to the Demons, “Do you hear that lads?” he called out merrily as though entering a sports arena, “You don’t stand a chance at all.”

Deimne was already on the move, ahead of them, his sword cutting a clear path as the Blue Demons jumped out of the Daoine’s deadly path, obviously unwilling to engage a Fae whose power was so much greater than their own.

Trevor guarded his back, gliding his sword from left to right with ease, and Jazz shifted in, placing her back against her mate’s and grinning as she held up her own sword. Her strength may have been sapped, but her Death Weapon would be all that she needed.

The mouth of the portal was spitting up fluids with a violence that could only mean it was getting ready to close.

Jazz knew the Blue Demons had but one goal now—escape. They had to remove Frankie out of their path. She held a Death Weapon and the touch of such a weapon would mean an agonizing death, so they found themselves in a bind.

Jazz turned her head and saw Frankie had taken a step backward as the Blue Demons tried to advance on her as a whole.

Frankie was too close to the portal’s yawning opening and Jazz screamed out, “Get away from the portal, Frankie!”

She saw Frankie try to sidestep away, but Prince Worley blocked her, turned and winked at one of the Blue Demons before he turned back to Frankie.