All I Need To Know
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
Escape – Barely
The ice began to rumble when they were a little more then half-way across.
Emma and Hoshi stared at each other, holding a quick conversation with their eyes.
Then, Emma grabbed Yumi and Hoshi grabbed Kamari. Together, they swung both kids onto Chief's back, and Emma slapped the horse's rump.
Chief took off, galloping as fast as he could without slipping on the ice, as a huge shadow approached them.
"JAWS-CHAN, GO!" Emma cried.
"No! I stand and fight, squawk!" The parrot protested.
Hoshi turned to Jaws with a look that could've burned a hole through diamond. "Bird! Now!" She barked.
"Yes'm!" Jaws flew away hurriedly, just as a giant shark crashed out of the ice.
WHITE DEATH…
"Fire burns ice, right Emma-San?" Hoshi said grimly to Emma.
Emma nodded. "So, let's burn it!" She cried, and she and Hoshi jumped up.
"EBONY FIRE!" Hoshi shouted.
"AOI FIRE!" Emma yelled.
The blue and black flames shot towards White Death, but he opened his mouth and shot a stream of water out that extinguished the fire.
"Fuck…" Hoshi muttered, and Emma gave her a wry glance that clearly said 'Save that word for extremities'…
White Death suddenly lunged forward, and the two girls could hear his thoughts: Bring Tatsujuu to Milady! Kill the others!
He slammed straight into Hoshi.
"NO!" Emma screamed.
She suddenly remembered where White Death came from. It was the name some great guy had given to the Great White Shark.
White Death…hmm, how appropriate in a land of snow…
White…white…think WHITE!
Emma's eyes snapped open. She ran forward, and leapt straight at White Death, as Hoshi fell to the ground in a pool of blood.
Emma grabbed onto the giant shark's nose, and screamed: "BIANCA FIRE!!"
White flames, like the one Hoshi's Dad Raiko had used, engulfed both Emma and White Death. The shark's rough skin grazed Emma's arms and legs, and she was thrown to the ground beside Hoshi, as White Death sank slowly back into the icy lake.
I'll get you… They heard him promise.
Emma struggled to get up, feeling two broken arms and a lot of blood.
She glanced at Hoshi, and nearly passed out.
Hoshi was more broken and battered then she was, with blood seeping from her nose, mouth, ears and eyes.
Internal bleeding! I have to get her to the cabin!
Jaws came rocketing back, as a blizzard blew in, and Emma picked up Hoshi with great difficulty.
"This way!" She ehard her faithful parrot screech.
Emma began the painful and crucial trip towards safety, as her blood and Hoshi's blood left a long trail across
the lake called Shi-Chi…