Chapter 14: The Battle
After giving them their weapons we had no more business in the town, so we left. We left the little town and entered the big field. I didn't pay much attention to it on the way in. It was a big field with lush, green grass. On one side were rolling hills, and on the other side was the road to the town. At this point, my attention was drawn to the rolling hills. Well, right in front of the rolling hills, where hundreds of people in bright white suits stood. Each had a badge hanging on their waist that had their name, the word "Sheriff," and, in big, bold letters, the words "MENTAL HOSPITAL."
"This sucks," Kelly said.
"How many do you think there are?" Meghan asked.
"I'd say from four to five hundred," Kelly replied.
"That's about 100 for each of us," Meghan calculated.
"Spread out," I told them, as I walked to the left, never taking my eyes off the workers.
The others spread out as well. I wonder if Morgan-
A strong voice yelling "ATTACK!" stopped Derek from finishing his thought.
"Crap," I muttered, too quiet for little Kelly to hear, then I spoke up and said, "Here they come, get ready, y'all!"
Fire started blasting out of my fingers as I rose up in the air. I made a circle of flames protecting us from the mental hospital workers temporarily, and then I started shooting them.
Keep count, I thought to them.
"Ten!" Meghan suddenly shouted.
Crap, I'm two behind her, I thought to myself. Time to step it up a notch.
Lightning burst out of one hand and fire out of the other.
At the sight of this, Meghan shouted, "Not cool, man! That's so cheating!"
"Fine!" I relented, after killing several people with it. "But I'm at 20!"
What if I used my mind control? I asked myself. Then, people started doubling over, holding their heads, and rocking back and forth. That's what happens, I said, answering my own question. All of the people I used it on stopped moving at the same time. I counted 100 people.
"120!" I shout.
"73!" Kelly yells.
"92!" Meghan screams.
"47," Derek says, sounding a little inferior. His powers are only useful for hand to hand combat.
I did my mind thing again, to 100 people. They doubled over with pain, and then stopped moving. It happened a little quicker than the last time, thankfully. I may be a murderer, but I do it for my own safety, and I want it to hurt as little as possible.
I surveyed the battle. Meghan was using her lightning to kill people, and her wind power to knock them back if they got too close. Kelly was throwing boulders and trees at people with her power, sometimes throwing them back if they got too close. Kelly looked so sweet when she was murdering people. Derek was using his hand to hand combat skills, relying on his invisibility, strength and speed. There were about 100 people left. I could handle that. They cringed, hit the ground, and almost immediately stopped moving. Yeah, I'm definitely getting better, I told myself.
"All done!" I shouted to them, just realizing that I was still in the air.
I lowered myself down gracefully.
"Good, let's get back," Meghan said.
"What should we do with the…" Kelly trailed off.
"Leave them. If the Mental Hospital wants them, they can come and get them. I bet they don't want to be discovered as much as we don't, and this would give it away. They'll come and get them," I assured her.
"Let's go!" Meghan hurried us.
"Okay, let's go as fast as we can so we don't run into the Mental Hospital," Kelly said.
Meghan used her wind power to lift her into the air and make her go fast. Kelly sat on a mid-sized rock and lifted it with her power.
Derek walked up to me, "May I?"
"You may," I confirmed.
He picked me up and said, "Watch out, it will be windy."
He started running. Not running, really, it was more like flying. It was so fast. The world was like a blur. The only thing that was stable was him and me. It was like we were the only people in the world with him running. It was the most amazing feeling, but it was over so quickly. We got to the cave in no time at all.
"Wow," I said.
"That's how I was the first time," he replied.
"That was… fast" I said.
Derek laughed at that. "Yeah, I guess it was."