We meet next to where a store used to be, sitting near a barrel fire.
Shifu then tells us, "Okay now we need to split up again we're closer to their fort."
I go left with Angel and Isabella. Omigosh that thing is gross! He needs to moisturize like really bad!
"For your information missy people think I'm hot on my planet!"
"What the?! Did he really just say...?"
"Yes. I read your mind."
"Why you...stop thinking about Bobo Fiwa right now! Ugh I can't stand her bright happy songs and fashion sense! And why do you care about Lindsey so much? And Reinhart thinks she copies JoJo Siwa from when Rein was a little kid."
Isabella shoots him with her finger laser.
I tell him, "Oh it's on!"
He tries hitting me but I duck and jump so he can't. Just as I'm gonna stake him I get pushed off what was that?! I see a guy with a unicorn head. That's too bad I bet he was really nice before he became a vampire.
"Actually he was, the silly guy wanted to kill me and keep his little unicorn buddies from becoming vampires! You Earthlings shall become one of us too!"
I yell at him. "Never!" We run away and I climb a ladder and just before reaching the roof I hear their feet so I stop. Gosh this place smells! Even just the centipede exploding makes me wanna puke. Their footsteps are quieter ok good. They split up and Isabella tells me. "Whew that was close! Too bad the rest of our cheersquad is missing all this fun!"
"Fun?! Fun?! Are you kidding we could get killed!"
"But we're helping people right?"
"Yes but I just wanted to play with Lindsey!"
Angel's looking at his shoes, kinda shivering from the cool nighttime breeze. He looks back up. "Umm, guys, we really should get going! And I'm scared too. Did you hear something crash?"
Eww! I see rats eating I don't even wanna know what that is in the moonlight. They run out from under the stacks of wood.
Isabella's eyes move back and forth. "Yeah I heard it too!"
We go down a slide and Isabella fires a fast bright pink ball at the vampire dusting it. I feel my mouth becoming a thin line. I hate people reading my mind.
I ask. "I wonder who laid that trap?"
Oh, it's just Lindsey giving me a hug. "Hi Lindsey!"
"You're okay!"
"Yes. I'm glad you are too!" We hear something else stomp, like horse hoofs!
We see a unicorn charging us! Angel tries dodging but he gets hit against a wall.
"How dare you hurt my brother!" I glow purple again and Isabella and Angel toss me and I tuck, do a quadruple full, and kick the unicorn guy really really hard. Gosh I hope Shifu or Jayla get here.
"Angel are you okay!"
"Sis, sorry...I couldn't help.
Judith zips over and bathes my brother in a warm white light. He slowly blinks but Judith isn't glowing as much now.
She tells us. "Sorry I followed you guys I was worried about you."
Lindsey's eyes widen she's obviously shook. "You're an omnic! You didn't tell me you were friends with one of them! I helped you guys!"
She runs away. "But you don't understand she's good!"
Angel rocks to his feet and springs back up. "Whew thanks Judith! We should go after her."
Isabella says. "Not with that Unicorn guy chasing us."
We jump out of the way and Angel plays a simple melody and green light comes out of his guitar. Then he shoots red lights at him making him slower. He dodged most of them but the last one hit making him slower. Isabella shoots a pink laser at him while Angel recharges. I dodge his hits but he keeps blocking me trying to stake him. He turns into a full unicorn knocking us all down!
Isabella puts her left leg over her right leg putting her hands to her right and gets up fast but she's obviously dizzy so Judith throws her a little light. I hit the unicorn vampire with my tonfa left and right as I back up. My pulse is way faster than before I'm so scared I'll get stabbed with his horn!
Angel shoots him with 3 red lights and he turns back into a unicorn person.
Isabella sighs. "Aww I wanted to ride!"
I tell her. "I know he's pretty but we have to do this for Lindsey and her people!"
I block his head and arms with my tonfa while ducking and dodging. My right arm is so tired from all this blocking so my back handspring form is terrible right now, I move farther left than usual since moving straight back is what makes you good at handsprings.
Isabella shoots him with so much of her energy he's weakened enough for me to stake him. We're all still shaking but I remember Lindsey.
Angel reminds us. "Hey if she's running away she might try getting others to attack us we need to find her like, right now!"
An immortal child is hitting Lindsey oh you'll so regret it!
There's a werewolf vampire! We hop up and down screaming at each other but we snap out of it because we need to help our friend.
The werewolf vampire tells Isabella. "Jason and Polly are cousins you know!"
Isabella gets on her knees, her face in her hands. "That's not true, it's impossible!"
The wolf grins evilly as his eyes glow red. "Yes! So the Polly x Jason ship is gross!"
"He's lying! Tell me he's lying!"
I yell, "Now's not the time for that we need to help Lindsey!"
He tells us, "Lucky for her I tripped over one of her wiretraps but I know I'll win verse you!"
Angel plays his guitar again but his magic can't hurt vampires only kind of move them a teeny bit. Mine can't either, but I can make myself jump higher and push myself. Abby can make herself stronger and faster but both of our powers make staking them oh so much easier.
I jump and kick the immortal child off Lindsey and I stake him. Judith flies over.
"I got here as fast as I could! Oh my, she looks hurt!" She glows bright and all her soft light heals Lindsey but Judith falls.
She laughs. "Looks like I won't be flying or healing anyone for a while."
My brother is sad. "Please don't die Judith!"
"I'll be fine."
My brother carries her running.
I tell Isabella. "I'm scared!"
"Mood!"
Lindsey starts crying. "I...I don't know what to say she saved my life!"
She then gives me a hug and I tell her. "See? Would your friend Ashley ever be friends with a mean old robot fairy? I would with a nice old robot fairy!"
Angel corrects me. "Old but she's like 6!"
"Well she seems mature for her age okay."
I tell her. "I'm worried about our friends. Why did we have to get caught in this mess?"
Isabella shrugs. "I'm scared too, I mean, freakin vampires like, hello! But adventure just keeps finding us."
That's our life, full of adventure. At least this time we're adventuring, with magic! I just hope we meet nice unicorns next time.
We keep walking, the smell of dry air and scrap fills the street.
Isabella tugs on my tracksuit's sleeve, "Hey look! Our friends are in that food truck. Jayla texted me."
Reinhart says, "Mmm I love these! Anyone care for a bite?"
Shifu says. "Well it's rude for monks to turn down food so I will."
Carlos then finishes the other half.
Reinhart then says. "To be honest with you guys I'm scared of vampires."
Even with my tracksuit my arms still feel kinda chilly, the breeze seriously isn't helping.
Jayla looks into his eyes, both sitting crosslegged on the floor. "I know the feeling."
I'm so happy to see my brother safe and healed. Oh, it looks like Judith's waking! Angel and I hug her.
She blinks tiredly and slowly. "Thanks guys. Why the sad faces it's not like I'm dying I just have to recharge my magic."
Lindsey finishes her banh mi with sardines, sriracha, and radishes, sniffs a little, sniffing next to Judith as she places her on a pillow giving her a koala plush to sleep with. She whispers to me as we sit with Judith watching her sleep. "I hear there's a place just like this in Australia called Junkertown. My cousin Jamison is in middle school but between you and me I don't like his friend Mako."
