Another bounty hunter

When I got home I told Damon about the bounty hunter, Damon was not amused, but none the less he was happy I was safe, Anton was a brutal bounty hunter, a man that would kill anyone,  as long as he was being paid, not many bounty hunters killed women or children, they had ethics, but Anton was not one of them, he was one of the few that didn't mind killing children, even new born babies had lost their lives to him, but it begged the question,  what would drive someone to have a baby killed? What kind of enimity could one possibly have with a baby? Why would anyone hire a bounty hunter to kill a baby? So many questions but no answers.

It was Tuesday morning and Damon and I were sat at the table, I was eating and Damon was going through some files for work, suddenly my head started to hurt, like someone was stabbing me in my head over and over, I was screaming as I held my head, it lasted no more than three seconds but when it stopped I noticed something,

"I can't, wait what? What's happening?"

"What's wrong?" Damon asked

"The noise outside....." I couldn't finish my sentence as the front door flew open and a man walked in, he had shoulder length brown hair, and wore a cowboy hat, with a long black leather jacket, he pointed a bow at me, arrow at the ready "wait, don't shoot me" I commanded him, putting a hand up in front of me

"Haha silly girl, the pain you felt in your head? That was me, taking away your powers,  you have no powers, girl", no wonder the noise outside had stopped, I could no longer hear it. Dare I say it? It was peaceful.

The arrow was shot, but I saw a flash run past me, it was Damon he had caught the arrow in his hands, right in front of his face, next thing I knew they were both on the floor, fighting, without my powers I couldn't follow their movements, but I could see glimpses of both of them, one moment Damon's on top, the next, the other man is on top, neither are bleeding, and neither seem hurt,  who was winning? I had no idea.

After maybe two minutes the man was tied to a chair, there was a cloth tied around his mouth so that he couldn't take Damon's powers away, Damon was stood legs apart, arms crossed, like a bouncer outside a club, he had a smirk on his face, and the questions began,

"Why are you here?" Damon asked but the man scoffed

"What is your name?" Again nothing, my head started to hurt again, but this time it wasn't too painful, just a throb, and with it I felt my powers return. The noise outside returned and I couldn't be happier, I walked over to the two men, I looked deep into the mans eyes and commanded

"You will not kill me, you will not take away my powers, or Damon's, and neither will you hurt him" with this said I proceeded to untie him, Damon did try to stop me but I assured him it was fine.

Once untied, the man began to speak

"That's impossible, your power cut lasted less than five minutes" he shook his head in astonishment "how powerful are you?" He looked at me, searching my face as if it held the answer, I just shrugged at his rhetorical question, he looked away, he brushed a hand through his hair, and sat down in the chair he had been tied to, he seemed to be deep in thought "I will find a way to kill you, girl" he promised,  I walked over to him, I kneeled in front of him

"Why?" I asked "what have I done to hurt you?" I begged

"You killed my best friend, he was like brother to me, and you killed him" a single tear fell from his eyes, I shook my head, I stood up shaking my head

"I killed no one" I pleaded "I have never taken a life"

"LIAR" he shouted he stood from his chair so fast, the chair fell backwards, Damon was in front of me in a second, protectivly,  he needn't have bothered, the man couldn't hurt me.

"WHO DID I KILL?" I shouted, also crying in frustration

"ANTON" he shouted just as loud as me, my breath literally stopped in my throat, I fell to the ground, crying even more,

"You came here to kill Anastasia,  thinking she killed Anton? He isn't even dead" Damon sounded defeated I heard him sit down next to me, in defeat, after maybe a minute the man spoke

"You're lying, I was told you killed him, you're evil" I looked at him and smiled

"Anton came to kill me, but I commanded him not to, I asked him who he was and who sent him, he couldn't answer due to compulsion so I sent him out into the coven, hoping someone will recognise him, and tell me where he's from, I need to find out who wants me dead" I explained, the man listened intently, not saying anything "I don't suppose you can tell me where either of you are from?" I asked, the man shook his head

"I can tell you I'm also a bounty hunter" he told me, I felt like screaming,  who wants me dead so badly he keeps sending bounty hunters? How many more are coming? I pulled at my hair.

"Why? Who wants me dead? How many more bounty hunters are coming?" I asked, close to giving up, feeling defeated,  maybe I would be better off dead, why not? I have no family, no friends, all I have is power, maybe I am evil, maybe I do deserve to die.

"I can't say" he shrugged,  I soon realised, the same man that had sent Anton had sent him. Damon came to me.

"Maybe I am better off dead" I thought out loud

"Don't you dare say that, I love you, and I will never let anything happen to you" Damon assured but looking towards the bounty hunter,  as if warning him

"Look, don't take this personally, but I get paid for killing people, I kill you, I put food on the table, that's it, you didn't kill Anton? I get that, but I still gotta get paid, so you gotta die" the bounty hunter pointed his bow at me again, Damon and I stood up, Damon was standing in front of me but I moved him shaking my head, confident the hunter couldn't hurt me, and I was right the bow was pointing at me but the arrow was not shot, he couldn't shoot it

"Damn it!!!" He screamed putting the bow down, he sat down again. I started laughing but not because of what just happened, but because of what was about to happen, I ran to the front door and opened it, Anton walked in along side Dylan

"Hey, did you miss me?" Dylan winked I rolled my eyes at his attempt to flirt. I moved to the side to let them both in, pointing towards the living room, I shut the front door, and literally skipped into the room

"Bounty hunter, meet Anton, the guy I killed" I introduced

"Mali, what are you doing here?" Anton asked, I raised an eyebrow at Mali, as if to say 'yes Mali, what are you doing here?'

"What you were supposed to do, kill her" he pointed towards me Anton scoffed

"And how's that going for you?" He smiled knowingly, Mali just shook his head

"I was told she killed you" he combed a hand through his hair looking a little embarrassed,  Anton looked at me in amazement I just shrugged

"By... him?" Anton asked, he tried to say the name of 'him' but couldn't, Mali just nodded

"I wish we could figure out who he is" I thought out loud

"Well, lucky for you, I know who he is" Dylan's excitement was contagious, my smile grew "his name is king Jonah, king of the American Kingdom" I was confused

"Why does the king of America want me dead?" I asked no one in particular,  but Dylan answered

"Its not you, exactly, the man is crazy, so five hundred years ago, King Jonah became king, he had ruled for just about a decade when a newly initiated girl entered the castle, claiming that the throne belonged to her, her prophecy had stated that she was Queen of the seven kingdoms, king Jonah killed her with a fire ball, his astrologer, the same man that had helped him claim the throne, told him that this girl would return, to claim the throne, when the king promised he would kill her again the astrologer told him she would be re born again and again, and each time, if allowed to be initiated, she would come back stronger, king Jonah vowed that he would have her killed, as a baby, until the end of time, he hired ruthless bounty hunters to do his bidding" I looked towards Mali and Anton, it made sense now, they had killed many babies turns out all the babies were the same baby, I had to sit down, my head was spinning, all those babies that had been killed were me? They had to be, I am the queen

"But you missed out a point" Mali began "the girl was evil" Mali looked at me

Dylan shook his head "He said that to justify what he was doing, my father was there at the time, she wasn't evil, he just didn't want to give up his throne to a girl" Dylan shrugged,  this was infuriating, I was disgusted.