Chapter 7—Creatures Loose

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"Oh. That's bad, right?" I asked, not knowing what the Vault is.

"Very bad. The Vault contains the strongest, most unstable creatures," Emma explained.

"Oh."

We ran in silence, passing through the dark streets of the city before finally arriving at the entrance. The ground was lightly shaking, so we were expecting the worst when we arrived.

Well, we got what we expected.

"This is worse than I expected," John commented when we arrived in the main area of the Temple.

Two giant Nature creatures were fighting against Tatsurion and Sasha, Channeler of Light while the rest of the Masters, their creatures and several other acolytes battled a few other giants.

"This calls for the big guns," I said. We summoned our partner creatures, and soon Tusker, Grif, and Volaron were battling one of the giants.

"He is very powerful indeed," Ray commented when Volaron and Tatsurion managed to defeat one of the giants, allowing us to attack the other and bring it down.

Once we had defeated those two giants it became relatively easier for us to defeat or banish the other creatures to their home worlds.

"Thank you for your assistance," Master Jameson told us once the Vault door had been fixed. "We will need to investigate how this Vault was breached. It has spells that prevent the doors from breaking on the inside."

"Good luck with that," John and I said, suppressing yawns. We had already dismissed our creatures.

"You can go home now," Gabe told us. "Thanks again."

"Yeah, sure," Emma said as we made our way out.

About five minutes after we left the Temple we split up to go home. Mom never noticed I was gone, so I was safe as I locked the window behind me and climbed into bed.

The next morning I almost slept through the alarm, and would have if Mom hadn't woken me up for school.

"You're a bit more tired than usual," she commented during breakfast. "Is everything okay?"

"Yeah, fine," I replied. "Just didn't sleep well."

She didn't push the subject. She never does.

"Ready for school?" Emma asked me when I met them along the way to school.

"Ready as I'll ever be," I replied. The three of us walked to school and were soon seated in homeroom.

"What's our first class of the day?" John asked Emma.

"Study hall, same as every Friday," she reminded him.

"Oh. I knew that."

"Sure you did," Emma laughed.

That day during lunch we were sitting down at the table right as a large explosion shook the building and a large plume of flames erupted from the science wing.

"I have a feeling that was creature related," John said before a dragon emerged from the rooftop.