Papilon Vs O'Connor (ENOCH × OC)

XXII | C L O V E R

Amethyst's POV

By the time we reached the children's home, I felt weak and tired. My body shivered and every breath I exhaled was a cloud, even in the mid-autumn heat. We walked up the drive and I could already hear the kerfuffle inside, people muttering about 'pack this' and 'grab Am's'. I couldn't help but scoff slightly at the fact that they thought they could escape.

This guy was gonna kill us all, whether we liked it or not.

Barron made Jake knock at the door. The shuffling and voices ceased and I nearly collapsed as the door opened. "Amethyst!" It was a mix of Enoch and Millard, and I briefly looked up to find everyone, aside from Miss Avocet, stood on the stairs. Miss P gasped slightly when she saw mine and Jake's current position. (I forgot the script so like just bear with me here) "Ah! Miss Peregrine! What a pleasure to finally meet you." Barron smirked, driving whatever the hell was on me further into my back and making me shake.

"Unhand those children. Now." Miss P's voice was cold and unforgiving as she stared daggers at the man behind me. "And risk losing you too? Not a chance," The kids shifted slightly and I could've sworn I saw a new face in the crowd. A seemingly recognisable face but unrecognised in my dazed and ill state. "Oh children! Would you come down here please!" My state changed for a brief second as I exclaimed, "No!" before something resembling an axe reached my throat. The cold metallic contact made me yelp and tremble with fear. "My Barron you do not give he orders in my house."

Barron went to speak again, but Miss put a hand up and stopped him. "Children. For the sake of everyone's safety, I recommend moving into a room. Preferable with a lock." I noticed the tiny head twitch and the children started moving into the sitting room. Enoch tried to run to me but the axe went closer to my skin and he stopped, being dragged away by that mysteri- JJ!! How- when- he's a-? Okay then, that's a nice surprise. JJ winked at me before him and Enoch entered the living room, making me let out a small laugh that gave out another cloud of carbon dioxide.

Once all the children were in the room and the door was locked, Jake and I were forced to watch Miss P turn into a falcon then fly into a cage. "Now," Barron smirked as he locked the cage. He threw Jake into the room and slowly shut the door. "W-What..." I could barely talk and he smirked at me. "You're valuable property, Miss Papilon. I'm not gonna let you go unscathed." The cold metal feeling sliced into my arms. A horror-movie like, high pitched scream escaped me as I fell to the floor in immense pain.

Then I saw red.

JJ's POV

"You need to wait!" I whisper-yelled at Enoch, who was desperately fighting me and the American. I only know their names because Worm's father doesn't shut up about them. "No!! She could be getting hurt! She could be-" Enoch was cut off by an ear piercing scream. This time I was the one fighting. "Chica!!" My Spanish accent was strong as I pushed past everyone. The old woman caught me and held me back until we heard a door shut. Enoch, Millard and I pushed past everyone and pulled the doors open.

I think I just threw up in my mouth.

Amethyst lay unconscious in the middle of a pool of blood. There was a nasty gash on her arm, wings of fire glittering behind her back and trying to wrap around her. Natural healing. Something she obviously doesn't know about. "Bronwyn, pick her up and allow her wings to wrap around. The rest of you, find whatever you can to protect yourself and block all entrances." The old woman commanded. I watched Bronwyn walk over and wince at the amount of blood now on her. I watched Amethyst's wings wrap around her and her wounds instantly heal. I watched the children set about trying to protect themselves.

But I couldn't move. It was like my body had rooted itself to the spot, forever watching the girl I'd fallen for, watching her blood deep into the floor boards.

Watching her still body heal itself.

"Hello? Earth to stranger?" I turned at the voice and saw Horace. "Lo siento. estaba distraido." ((Sorry imma google translate gal)) He looked at me curiously as I replied and I rolled my eyes before walking away and grabbing a mug. Using my omnikinesis, I changed it into a mix of a knife and a sword, attaching the holder like a belt around my waist. It was only as big as the length from my elbow to my fingertips, but it was good enough.

The old woman- Miss Avocet -went on this big speech before something suddenly flung her into the air. The littlens screamed and The American ducked under a table, grabbing the crossbow to fight it off. Enoch ran towards Amethyst, who luckily was hidden by the shadows, and was pulled into the air. "Enoch, you puta!!" I exclaimed, drawing my weapon and slicing the air in front of him. Admittedly, my omnikinesis wont let me see the Hollows, but it defines the shadows more and makes it easier to spot them. Nothing I tried worked and soon my love for the Fire Angel took over and I just grabbed her, running up to the attic with everyone else.

Enoch's POV

That Spanish idiot ran off with Amethyst while Jake and I scrambled to safety. In all honesty, Jake is a terrible shot with a cross bow, but at least he's got everyone to some kind of safety. Planes started to fly by and whistles of bombs started to sound. "Aw, crap, the reset!" The accented boy with black hair exclaimed, going over to the window.

I looked around and saw the Spaniard and Amethyst hugging. She looked way too fragile to even attempt Jake's escape out the window. And water wasn't exactly her best friend. "Oi!" I walked over to the guy and he looked at me. "If you want to survive, I suggest leaving Little Miss Limp to me." I glared daggers at him and he sighed before nodding and walking over to the window, taking Claire down with him. "Enoch! I-I-I'm fine! I don't n-need you to stay back.." She mumbled, falling against me. "Really?" My smirk was evident and she rolled her eyes before snuggling into me. Picking her up bridal style, I grabbed a rain poncho and put it over us to protect her from the rain.

Soon everyone was through the window and I slid down the tree with Am. "Jake! Emma!" Claire's little voice jumped me back to reality and I saw Emma throw her boots to us and then grab Jake, floating them down carefully as the bomb ruined our house. The little ones screamed and some cried, hugging into the Spaniard or Olive. "C'mon! The further away we get, the closer we'll be to Miss Peregrine." Jake told us once he'd helped Emma with her boots. Everyone nodded and Claire jumped onto my back, Emma taking the twins' hands and Olive taking Bronwyn. The rest of us all ran as fast as we could. Obviously I trailed behind because it's hard to hold a sleeping female and run at the same time.

Oof that was 268 words longer than usual. Cya in the next chapter, bai!
X Caitlin X

December 7th, 2018