7. Blade`s best friend Drake II

Rane's eyes widened when suddenly someone grabbed her right foot tightly.

"You're a naughty girl! You're torturing me!"

"AAAHHH!" the witch pulled her and she slid down.

She kicked it but it really didn't want to let go of her foot and she was completely dragged down.

"You pest! You tortured me!"

The witch bound her hands and feet.

It also put a mouthpiece in her mouth. She picked her up and finally brought her inside the palace. It was scary inside then, it was full of dust and various statues that she did not know. As far as she knew, they were terrifying. The witch took her to a place where there were two graves. They were upright and in the middle of them was an old mirror.

"Ump!" Rane still struggled but she couldn't do anything.

The witch dropped her down and after that she opened the graves one by one. One is empty, the one near her on the right. Rane's eyes widened as the second tomb was finally opened. It have flesh. The body of a beautiful woman. Its hair is long and very black. Its skin is very white and does not even look like a scar. She is wearing a red dress that is very old style that he only sees in movies. The sorcerer carried her and laid her in an empty tomb.

"Hummff!"

Rane gasped as she felt as if there were roots gradually wrapping around her body.

Meanwhile, Drake and Blade are on the edge of the abyss.

"Are you sure the witch brought Rane here?" Blade asked.

"Sure, Blade. It’s not just I smell it. My heart feels too! Kegtot my heart!"

"You're an animal, Corpse! Just make sure, we are on the right direction!"

“Yeah, I’m really sure!”

They jumped to the palace on the edge of the ravine ...

Meanwhile... Rane is slowly weakening. The roots wrapped around her body capture her strength. She slowly closed her eyes.

"Get up, my queen! Hik hik hik hik hik!" the witch was laughing.

Gradually the woman's lips in the tomb turned red. Her fingers moved slowly in her left hand. She looked up and slowly got up from the grave. Her long hair was lying on the floor.

"Buruka, did you resurrect me?" its voice is beautiful.

Enticing but cold.

Its green eyes stared at the ugly witch.

"Yes, my queen. I used the power you lent to complete the ritual. And that girl was the key to making it all happen."

She looked at the unconscious Rane ...

"That Urduja thought she had completely defeated me. But she was wrong." it clenched its right fist.

Princess Urduja- the legendary female warrior in the province of Pangasinan.

"Come to me, Buruka."

"Yes, Queen Deborah .."

It approached and suddenly Deborah's hair curled around it.

"W-Why, my dear queen?!"

"I need more of the power you have. You should die because I have no more use on you."

"NO!"

The Witch was covered with a lot of hair and eventually disappeared and turned to ashes.

Deborah looked at Rane again. She approached and gently stroked the girl's cheek.

"This girl is not ordinary. She must be dead at this moment. Where did Buruka get her?"

Suddenly, Blade and Drake came... They saw the woman.

"Hoy, witch! Get away from Rane!" Blade shouted.

Deborah turned slowly and the two men were stunned to see her face.

"Am I the one you are referring to? Did you come here for me? To serve me as your queen?" it smiled sweetly.

"Your face! Who are you to say that, animal!" Blade's lofty language.

"That's right! The thickness of your face! Abuwisit ak pa!"

Deborah's eyes widened. It bowed and irritated with annoyance ..

"Dare! I am Deborah and I will not miss your audacity!"

"H-Huh? Deborah?" Drake's tongue twitched.

"Do you know her, Drake? Is she your ex-girlfriend?"

"She's not my ex-girlfriend! As far as I know, she was against Princess Urduja. She is an evil queen who kills girls to maintain her beauty. She is a disciple of darkness."

The evil queen look at the two men.

"I will give you a chance as long as you kneel before me and beg for your lives!" Deborah said angrily.

"You wish!" Blade said mockingly.

He rushed to Rane's whereabouts but Deborah’s hair stopped him and wrapped him up.

"Lightning fist!" he used that technique of his to cut the hair.

He backed away and both Drake and Blade were stunned when her severed hair grew back.

"What a hair! What kind of shampoo she used?!"

"Maybe gugo!" Drake whispered.

(Gugo-is a large woody plant, a climbing vine found in tropical forest. Native Filipinos for ages used gugo as shampoo. They will squeeze the bark to get the juice.)

Drake also rushed towards their opponent.

"Dark claw! Yah!"

Thick hair block his attack. They shattered and he was sure that he hit the woman on her body.

"You treacherous vampire! You are also a disciple of darkness!" the woman said angrily.

"What the-!" Drake was surprised.

He must have hit her in the body. But why didn't it even get along? He backed away.

"This woman doesn't seem to be resisting any attack!" Drake said.

"Don't even think about her! I'll take care of this witch. Just save Rane." Blade reply.

"A-Are you sure about that, Blade? Didn't you go hungry?" Drake said in amazement.

"Save Rane!"

"All right!"

Drake ran towards Rane's whereabouts but was blocked by hair.

"Lightning boomerang!"

Blade cut the hair and Drake passed.

"You! What kind of creature are you?!" Deborah's startled language.

She was referring to Blade.

"None of your business!"

Deborah rushed in and Blade got ready. He stroked her hair and held it tightly. He pulled it and then threw it hard. BAG!

"You have no respect... I'm a woman!" she immediately stood up.

"Hmp!" Blade cut Deborah's hair he was holding.

Meanwhile, Drake is busy removing the roots that cling to Rane's body. But every time he removes something, it just replaces it with new ones.

"Abuwisit ak pa! I can’t remove this craps!"

Suddenly the roots widened and Drake was attacked. They hit him. That's one thing...

"Crash claw!" but they do not seem to be exhausted.

The Queen look at Drake.

"Huh, do you think I'll just give the girl to you? No! I'll take her strength until her last breath! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

"Lightning fist!"

Blade suddenly attacked her. He punched it directly in the face. Deborah fell on the floor. She was hit in her face! She slowly got up.

"M-My face... You want to ruin my beautiful face!" her hands was holding both of her cheeks, she trembled in madness.

It didn't even have a scar but she was so affected. She look at the culprit who hit her. She is going to kill this bastard!

"Get ready for me! Yah!" Her hair strands floated in the air.

She attacked Blade but he block the attack by his right hand. He tried to cut them but the hair strands looked stronger this time. Gradually it wrapped his body and he could do nothing.

"Blade!" Drake turned to his friend.

"Don't worry about me! Save Rane!”

Slowly, the hair was covering all over his body. Deborah smiled in triumph.

"Hmf.. As you fight me... Who do you think I am getting the strength from?"

She stared at the girl laying on the tomb. Drake saw it and knew what she means. He clench his fist and his jaws tighten.

"You're so bad!" Drake said in anger.

He cut again the roots that attacked him. Until he stops...

"Wait! All I know is, I hurt this woman a while ago. Blade did the same. I could see that he punched her in the face directly. But it didn't even hurt. There was something wrong..."

Meanwhile... Blade's whole body is covered with hair. It doesn't move anymore.

"I'll take all your power!" Deborah said in excitement as she squeeze her victim.

The evil queen is winning the battle.

"Blade!" Drake is already worried about his friend.

He did not know who he would save first.

"WING SLASH!"

The hair was tangled and there was an explosion. Wing Slash almost hit Deborah.

"W-What are you?!"

Deborah could clearly see Blade's white wings.

"I don't understand! Why is someone like you is with a vampire?! You should be enemies?!" she commented.

"There is no reason for our differences so that we do not become friends." Blade said with a smile.

Drake smiled at Blade.

"Touch me there, Blade! Kegtot my heart!"

Drake make his nails long and sharp, and rushed back to the roots attacking him. Blade and Deborah face each other ..

"If you think I'm afraid of you, you're wrong!" the woman attacked first.

"Lightning boomerang!" Blade rushed as well.

Meanwhile... Drake suddenly noticed something strange. The mirror lit up.

"Why every time that matron attacks Blade. That glass shines? Could it be... I know now!"

Drake moved away from Rane's whereabouts and lifted a large statue near him. It was shaped like a bat. He rushed to the mirror and threw the statue there. PLANG! The glass shattered ..

"Huh!" Deborah was suddenly startled and slowly turned towards Drake ..

"Aaaaahhhh! What did you do?! My face... My beautiful face!" it looks like glass beads gradually its body parts fall apart. Gently, especially on the face.

"Here it is!" Drake crushed the crystals.

"NOOO!"

Deborah exploded and turned to ashes. Its terrifying scream was still left in the air. After that Drake immediately releases Rane from the roots. He removed the roots that clung to its body, even the straps on her hands and feet. And its mouthpiece in the mouth. Rane is alive but unconscious. He stared at her face.

"Rane, I'm sorry. Because of me, you got hurt. I just wanted to date you so I took you. I have no bad intentions with you."

Drake stared at Rane's lips and suddenly thought...

"Maybe it's just like a fairy tale?"

He slowly moved his lips closer to kiss Rane. Their lips were about to touch when suddenly someone pulled his left ear.

"ARAY!"

(OUCH!)

"What do you think you are doing?!"

Blade's face darkened as he looked at Drake.

"Ahm... Maybe she needs a true love's kiss? He he he he he he!"

"She doesn't need that. She is unconscious but I make sure she is okay. You know, a little power was transfer to her when we... You already know that..."

Drake cross his brows upon hearing on Blade’s saying.

"Oh please! Never mind that!"

Rane slowly woke up and saw Blade and Drake staring at her.

"W-What happened?" she asked weakly.

"Long story. What matters is you are safe." Blade said.

"Rane... Please, forgive me. Because of me you were hurt. I really made that mistake!"

Rane look at Drake’s face. He is sincere for asking forgiveness.

"I forgive you. But I hope you will not repeat what you did when you abducted me."

"No, I won’t do it again. I promise! I will die again if I do!"

The two support her in standing.

"Come, ride behind me. I'll take you home." Blade said.

He held out his hands and she accepted them.