Enjoy Chapter Nine, you guys :-) Oh, and sorry if the spell is a bit weird, it's completely made up gibberish ;P
Disclaimer: I do not and will never own POK. All I own is Alyssa :-)
Boz's POV
That volcano looked scary. Really scary. I did not want to see that thing blow. We were standing on a ledge, above the path to the village, looking up at the volcano.
"So, uh, Mason, what do we do now?" I asked.
The volcano started to rumble. Little bits of red lava were already blowing out. The air was burning hot.
"We have even less time than I thought!" Mason yelled.
"But what do we do to stop it?" Boomer demanded.
The volcano rumbled again, much louder. The whole thing was glowing red-hot.
"I've only been on this island for two months," I said.
"Fifty-six days," Brady murmured.
I ignored him. "But I know that never happens."
"It doesn't," Brady said.
"Again, how do we stop it?" Boomer demanded, his voice high and scared.
I heard screams coming from down in the village.
"The villagers! We have to go help them!" Mikayla cried.
"We can't! We must stop the volcano!" Mason said.
"Well I'm going!" Mikayla turned and ran back the path to the village. A minute later she appeared under our ledge, going faster than I'd ever seen her move before.
Bits of burning hot lava were flying everywhere. The villagers were screaming and running all over the place. I could see a lot of them hurrying up the path to the castle.
A little girl, about six years old, saw us on the ledge.
"Momma, it's the kings!" She exclaimed, beaming. "All of them! King Brady's back! They're gonna save us!"
Her mother looked up at us too. "You're right, Alyssa. They will save us." She smiled.
Next to me, I felt Brady straighten, stand taller.
I knew how he felt. We couldn't let that little girl down. We couldn't let any of them down. They believed in us.
"Mason, for the last time, tell us how to work the rings," Brady said.
"Okay, okay! You just put all the rings together and shoot a jet of red light straight at the-"
Just then, Mikayla ran under us right as a blast of burning hot lava shot right at her.
The next few seconds seemed to happen in slow motion. I saw the blast surge out, saw Mikayla look up at it, saw her try to throw herself out of the way. I saw Mason and Brady scream her name, saw them move towards her then draw back, realizing they were on a ledge, saw the lava hit her squarely in the chest, saw her fall. And then time seemed to freeze completely.
Brady's POV
I felt my heart stop.
"Mikayla!" I screamed.
I could feel Mason behind me, his body tense. I could feel Boomer and Boz behind me, frozen in horror. But it was like they weren't really there. It was like time had screeched completely to a halt.
My limbs felt numb. I tried to move them, tried to get to her. At first I couldn't, then something went off in the back of my brain and I could move again. I turned around and raced down the path to Mikayla.
I fell to my knees beside her. She lay there, just as frozen in time as I had been. Her eyes were closed, so I knew she was still alive. Hot lava was spread all over her chest.
"Stay with me, Kayla," I breathed, ripping off one of my sleeves and trying to wipe off the lava. But the fabric disintegrated as soon as it made contact with the stuff.
"Boom, I need water! Fresh water, not sea water!" I yelled up to him.
Boomer looked pained. "I'm really sorry, bro, but we can't do anything for her right now. We need to stop this thing."
"No! Not until I know she's gonna be okay!" I said forcefully.
Suddenly Mason was standing beside me. "My king, I can take her from here. Go save your island, not just for her, but for everyone."
I thought of that little girl, Alyssa. "King Brady's back! They're gonna save us!" I couldn't let her or any of them down. I'd wanted to grow up. Now was the time.
I stood up, holding Mikayla in my arms and handing her to Mason. "Take care of her. Don't let her die," I told him.
He nodded. "Of course. Now go. I already told your brothers what you have to do."
I looked down at her still face one more time, then took off running back to the cliff.
"It's about time," Boomer said as I rejoined them.
"What do we have to do?" I asked, ignoring him.
"Mason said we have to put all of our rings together and chant this ancient spell," Boz said, showing me the words he'd written on his hand.
I read them over quickly, then nodded. "Let's do this."
I balled my hand into a fist and stuck it out in front of me.
Boomer and Boz made fists and put them right next to mine, so that our ring were touching.
I tried to push some power into my ring, but I really wasn't sure how to do that. I made an attempt anyways.
Our joined rings started to glow red, the way mine had in the Waka Waka hive.
"We need to start the chant," I said.
In unison, we started chanted the words, our voices blending together, slowly becoming deeper as we got further and further into the spell.
"Hak mak irdsen kuhn
Mahf nin kee
Argne liop dik
Se da teein muk
Gymu veh
Def kine kko
Jwhs bu nif
Maarkne alyv nikk"
"Wow that's a mouthful," Boomer said.
I ignored him, watching the volcano. The glow was dulling, the whole mountain slowly turning back to black rock.
"Guys, it's working!" I said.
They looked up.
"Yeah! We did it!" They high-fived.
I sighed. No matter what Mikayla'd said about Boz thinking he didn't fit in, I still felt like I was the one that didn't fit in.
But this wasn't time to be bitter. I'd just saved the island! Well, we all had. But still, it felt good to be the hero again. I grinned. Brady is back!
At least for a while.
They saved Kinkow! Yay! But don't worry, there's gonna be one more chapter! Brady still has to decide if he's gonna stay or go back to Chicago. What do you guys think he'll do? Please review and tell em what you think!
