Occult Rising

Wind turned back to Applespice and watched from the corner of her eye as her mother walked into the back room with the bartender.

"What do you think that was all about?" Applespice asked.

"Not sure, but, I trust my mom. She knows what she's doing." Wind said.

"So, wanna play some darts or something?" Applespice asked.

"Sure. Sounds like fun." Wind replied.

They got up and headed for the board. Applespice grabbed the darts and handed a set to Wind.

"Ladies first." He said as he stepped back.

"That just means you get to lose quicker." Wind taunted as she took her throwing stance.

She threw all three of her darts and the all slammed into the center of the bullseye. Wind turned to Applespice and smiled smugly. She retrieved her darts and walked back over to Applespice.

"Your turn, babe." She said.

He smiled weakly, wondering what he'd gotten himself into. As he readied himself to throw his darts, Wind noticed the doors to the bar open. She saw that five guys in red cloaks had entered. She nudged Applespice with her elbow and motioned for him to look behind them. He did and his face grew serious. Applespice nodded as the guys approached them. Wind slowly mouthed the words, counting to three. On three, they both turned and Wind threw a dart straight into one of the guys forehead. Applespice picked him up and threw him across the bar. Several of the bottles shattered, spilling various alcohols onto the floor. The bar immediately cleared out. Another of the guys approached, wielding a set of pistols. He fired, but, the bullets bounced harmlessly off of Applespice's shirt. He picked the guy up and threw him straight up, he landed on the chandelier and was impaled by the candlesticks on it. The guy that had been throw towards the bar came up behind Wind and grabbed her arms. Wind headed butted him and flipped him onto the bar itself. There was a loud crack as his back broke. Applespice picked up another and choke slammed him onto the bar beside his friend. Wind saw that one of the others was coming up from behind Applespice with a bar stool. She roundhouse kicked him and he flew back, crashing into the piano. The last guy ran at Wind with his sword drawn. She drew her own sword and blocked the attack. They fought back and forth until finally, the guy's sword broke in two. Wind leveled her sword to his throat.

"Who do you work for?" Wind asked.

"You'll never get anything out of me!" He yelled as he disappeared in a flash of light, along with his buddies.

"Damn it!" Wind yelled.

"Calm down, honey. We still have the one in the jail house to question." Dash said from behind Wind. Wind jumped, not even realizing that her mother was there.

Wind nodded.

"We should go before more of them show up." Wind said.

"Good point. Sorry about the bar. This should cover it." Dash said as she handed the bartender a handful of bills.

They left and headed for the jailhouse.