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Chapter 4

Austin

There are police and firemen everywhere. Sirens are going off, flashing light and chucking sound at me as I run past. The firemen are rushing in and out of the building, carrying kids. There are people screaming, screaming for help.

These people are parents.

I was told that Jay was in trouble by the nurse. I didn't think she meant trouble like this. There is fire pouring out of the windows, ashes streaming in the air. The smell brings back a terrible memory...

"Austin, you have to get out. Now!"

I rush towards the fire and wonder who in hell would be cruel enough to burn down a school. Despite orders from people to stop, I flash my badge and take a step in the building. Then I rush back out and head towards a fireman.

"Hey, I'm PIPA," I speak in an American accent and show him my badge. "I need to know if there's anyone else in the building."

The man shakes his head sadly. "The man who started this fire took a kid hostage. He's still in there, and he'll kill the kid if we don't tell him where mew is." The man throws his arms up in annoyance. "Bastard is crazy!" He begins to walk away.

I rush inside the building. "Jay! Jay! Jay, where are you!" I yell at the top of my longs. I feel the smoke hit me and I cough.

"Austin. You have to get your sister out. This is about her, not any of us. She'll die from the smoke!"

"That's it," I mutter, and morph into a lucario. Guess my powers came back. I use my aura to sense him. It turns out that the guy and Jay are on the top floor, the most dangerous place. That guy is going to get himself and Jay killed!

I find the stairs and slowly climb, clinging to the railing for dear life. It's a damn good thing that I'm so much lighter and smaller in my lucario form.

As I climb, I send my senses out to detect any weak points. I also check the outside, trying to find how in hell I'm going to manage to get the three of us out. I also wonder how Jay managed to return to human form so quickly. I guess he must accept the force-morph. Lily and I don't, so that could quite possibly be the reason why. Just a guess, though.

There's a crash.

"What the hell was that?" I ask myself. I'm panting and sweating. Being a steel type, that darn heat is getting to me fast. I can only hope Jay's okay.

Heat Of The Moment - Thermóti̱ta Ti̱s Stigmí̱s

"F**k, F**k, F**k, F**k, F**k," I mutter. The floor just broke under my feet. And guess freaking what? That's right. There's a raging inferno five feet below me. I drop into it, and I live another five, painful, merciless seconds. Not. Good. I manage to push myself high enough that I can use my elbows to get me up now. I thank my luck-

Damn floor just broke again.

"SHIT!" I screech, falling. I don't realize it, but I throw my arms down as I fall. Suddenly, I hear a giant hiss. I brace myself for meeting Death. Who knows? Maybe he's funny.

But when I land, only my feet get burned. Somehow, the fire must have died... All that's left of it is smoke and a scorched ground.

After a moment of searching around, I find I'm only a floor below my destination. My feet kill as I walk to and then begin up the steps, but I ignore the pain best I can, lucky to have my life.

I climb the railing instead of jumping over the broken stairs, thinking the impact of me falling would be too much.

When I finally get up the stairs, I morph back into a human. I am careful as I walk slowly along the walls, searching for any hints as to where Jay was.

"HELP!" Well, found one. I rush towards his voice, screwing being careful. I burst through a door, and just in time, too. A tall, blond, too-muscly guy has backed Jay in a corner. He's got a knife in one hand, a gun in the other. I get ready.

"In the name of the law, I order you to stop," I say, thrusting my badge forward. The guy smirks.

"F**ker, why do you even try?" he asks, and begins shooting the gun. Rapid fire, I think. Easy.

As suggested, I can easily dodge all the bullets. I'm cheating, though, of course. I use my aura to help me. Otherwise I'd be dead as a door knob.

"Try me," I taunt with my American accent, which is stupid. I don't want him to get angrier. Meanwhile, Jay slips over to the window, and pries it open. He looks at me, and I nod. But he doesn't move. Shakes his head, actually.

"I won't leave you!"

"Go! You have to!"

I'd had enough of this a-hole. I get closer and closer, his bad aim unable to aid him. Finally, I lunge forward and knock the gun out of his hand. I punch him in the face afterwords. You can't deny that he needed a good beating.

He's fainted on the floor now. What the hell do I do with him? I wonder briefly. But Jay's got the right idea.

"Hey! We're up here!" he yells down. Soon enough, firemen drive the truck over, and extend the ladder thing up to us. Someone jumps in through the window and cautiously picks up the guy. I help Jay climb down the ladder.

"Thanks," he tells me.

"Anytime," I respond. "It's my job."

"Running into burning buildings? Isn't that his job?" Jay asks sarcastically. By ''his'' he means the fireman. I extend my senses to see if Lily and Avalon stayed in the car. They didn't. But that's not what makes me gasp...

"Jay. On the count of three, we're jumping. Got it?" I ask, too quiet for the fireman above us to hear.

"Okay..." he responds, clearly confused.

"One... Two... Three!" We both let go, and land on the pavement below.

"Well, well, well, Austin, you're pretty damn smart," the chief smirks. He starts walking towards us, and I fall into a fighting stance. "You know we're not really on your side."

"Hell, yes, I do," I tell him in an American accent, narrowing my eyes. I tuck Jay behind me. The guy comes closer and closer. Just another step...

I lounge and punch the guy in the face. "Lily!" I yell for her, and she teleports behind me and takes Jay.

"I can-"

"Go!" And she and Jay teleport away.

Suddenly there's like a hundred guys throwing themselves at me. I send a punch to my right, a roundhouse kick to my left. I backhand a guy grabbing at my waist, trying to pick me up to throw me down. Someone stupid puts a hand around my mouth, and I bite him, and kick backwards. I hear a thump as the guy lands a few feet away.

A person takes my wrist. I twist my arm down and then to the left, enabling me to grab his wrist and yank mine free. I kick someone to my right and throw the free hand back to punch someone behind me. I tighten my grasp around the guy's wrist and throw my weight back, knocking someone over in the process, and making the guy who's wrist I'm holding slam into a few others behind him, taking them out.

Then, someone slow sticks a gun to my back. Just in time, I push the gun away. The shot explodes to my right. Ignoring the blood and gore now on the ground, I continue to fight.

Someone pulls a knife on me, and I step back too late. The knife rips the skin on my chest, cutting through my shirt. The cut is about five inches long, but not very deep. It still hurts like hell. On that note, I activated a very handy power of mine. With a click, my nails formed into claws, sharper than blades. I felt my canines extend into fangs. With my claws I fought off knives now, and was also able to sink my claws into people's shoulders and use my weight to throw them into others, like I did with the wrist guy.

The ten minutes I was fighting seemed like hours, but, finally, all of them were out on the ground. None dead.

I don't kill.

I was panting, I was cut more than just that once, I was bleeding, I was in pain, I was tired as hell, but I was alive.

"Austin! You okay?" Lily, Jay, and Avalon rush over.

"I'm fine. We need to get out of here. Follow me." I start running before Lily can say anything. The three others follow me into the forest to the right of what was Jay's school.

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