"It was easy once he heard that we wanted to kill you." The skinwalker spoke with a serious face, and she too started walking towards him.
He chuckled when he heard this, his first challenger died before he could even properly talk. "I suppose you won’t tell me who helped pass all this information?"
The skinwalker didn’t respond this time, but Lucas had some guesses on who would benefit if he was dead or at least away from Beacon Hills.
"I’m honored by how all of you old monsters gathered to plan my demise." He put a hand on his chest, as if he was emotional, then teleported right in front of the skinwalker.
Unbeknownst to the skinwalker, a silver light was slowly awakening in Lucas’s pupils, not that she had a chance to observe it clearly, as she was sent flying from a sweep of his spear.
Midair, the skinwalker turned into sand and disappeared from his sight.
At that exact moment, his body moved by itself and dodged the spear that was about to stab him in the back.
He gazed at the skinwalker with the corner of his eyes, and the friendly appearance he tried to maintain faded.
Now there was only the true face of Lucas Ashford, the true face of the monster that even beings on top of the food chain had to scheme together to get rid of him.
"You may be a God in this place, but you will still die in the face of a real one." He grabbed her spear and pulled, jerking her body towards him.
Then a punch headed straight for her face. Just as he was about to hit her, she let go of the spear and stepped back.
At the same time, Lucas felt that the ground beneath his feet became soft, and his legs were stuck in it. He glanced at the skinwalker with a cold smile. "Nice trick."
Then his body vanished. Unfortunately, the skinwalker was an experienced fighter, so in that moment, she vanished too.
When Lucas appeared in the spot that she was previously in, her body materialized behind him with the spear back in her hand.
This time, Lucas didn’t have time to dodge, and the spear tip hit his neck.
"Crack!"
She stared in astonishment at the tip of her spear as a part broke and fell to the ground, while the back of Lucas’s neck had no scratch.
While Lucas managed to get out of the quagmire trap easily, Malia wasn’t so lucky, as she didn’t have any teleportation abilities.
Her fierce expression had a helpless look now as she struggled to get out, only to slide deeper. In that moment, the skinwalker that they were fighting threw her spear straight for Malia’s back.
"Maliaa!" Lydia’s heartbeat almost stopped, then she used her Banshee scream, sending waves of energy towards the spear.
The moment it touched it, the wooden part of the spear shattered completely, thus saving Malia.
When the spear shattered, for a brief second, the quagmire stopped, and Malia used all of her strength to jump out of it.
Although the skinwalker showed no expression, her inner thoughts weren’t so calm. She glanced at her sister, who was fighting Lucas, and noticed from earlier on that she was at a disadvantage.
Out of all three, only she had an obvious advantage against her opponents. Allison, with her teleportation, was as fast as them and could stand against her opponent.
While she could eventually kill them, she was worried that her sister would die as well. She then glanced at the skinwalker that was fighting Allison, and without talking, she sensed her meaning.
Then she disappeared and headed for Lucas. In that moment, the one that was fighting Allison disappeared as well and tried to attack Malia, who was heading towards Lydia.
Luckily, Allison appeared in time and blocked her spear, then she regrouped with the girls.
Lydia’s face was full of dust, and she breathed heavily, then she glanced in Lucas’s direction and spoke, "They started to feel pressure."
"Shouldn’t we help Lucas?" Malia glanced in his direction with worry in her eyes.
Allison shook her head and concentrated on the skinwalker in front of her. "They are too slippery, for now, we need to at least incapacitate one. Do you remember the plan?"
Lydia and Malia nodded solemnly and gazed at the skinwalker with firm determination.
On his side, Lucas felt the change personally as two skinwalkers were trying to kill him now. While dodging two spears, he briefly glanced at the girls and smiled when he heard what they were saying.
He then looked at the skinwalkers, and his body began to grow. It was time to get serious and obtain what he truly came here for.