They're listening…. Abby trailed of the thought to everyone to beware.
"You have to take this Rae, he will think I would never let this out of my sight," Kylie glanced up at Rae.
"Why are you? We don't have to split up." Rae tried giving the sack back with the rock inside.
"Because it'll be harder for his men to track us." Kylie pushed it back into her hands and said, "And I'm giving it to you," she glanced at Abby, Pogue and Sam, "all of you because I have faith you can do this."
Reid patted Kylie on the shoulder indicating they should leave. She hugged Rae and whispered, "Be careful."
Rae eyes seem to water up as she responded, "Careful is my middle name. I'll see you later."
Kylie nodded her head to everyone and turned quickly with Reid, who had recovered from his bad cold. As soon as Rae, Pogue and Abby disappeared, Kylie and Reid waited around scoping the wooded area.
Reid whispered, "Do you sense them?"
She nodded her head and replied, "Two are heading our way now."
Kylie back up against a tree and Reid copied her move. Kylie could sense the two sneaking down the path to the cave and she bent down for a small rock. Reid caught her attention with his motion of trying to hold a sneeze back. She just raised a finger to her mouth and he nodded his head though he was struggling not to sneeze. Kylie peeked around to see the one almost right on top of her and the other a few feet away. They were in her line in sight when the sound of achoo echoed throughout the area. In an instant, Kylie had to react quickly and instincts of a hunter took over. She grabbed the first man passing by her and twisted his neck and swirled around the tree getting an arrow on a string. Too her everything seemed in slow motion as she line up her arrow on the man charging closer. The string of the bow glided back with her deep breath entering her lungs as he struggled to reach for his side arm. Celestial words echoed in her mind. You need to concentrate on your target intensely, Kylie. Once you're in this focus it will happen, like once when you were in chemistry class. Didn't you think it was odd that the metal danced away on the table with no breeze to move them? Kylie could remember smiling at her and finally saying, concentrate and you'll never miss.
Her fingers released with the exhale of breath and she watched the man dropped to the ground before even raising his gun up. Reid walked by Kylie slowly and said, "Holy shit." Kylie glanced over to Reid and said, "Remind me not to get on your bad side."
Kylie smiled and said, "We still got one more to hunt down before we departure. Hurry."
Making their way through the trees, Kylie could hear Rae crying for help and Kylie's pace hasted. In view the one man knee over Rae's body and the other man kept guard. Reid pointed that he was taking out the watch man and Kylie nodded in understanding. As Reid made his way to his target, Kylie quietly snuck up to where Rae and the bastard lay.
"No one is going to hear your feeble cries Rae. With this stone you're a helpless girl. Don't worry sweetheart I'll kill you fast once I'm done with you," he stroke her brown hair away and she shifted her face away. Again she struggled in her bindings and his hands traced down her body seductively. "You can scream though. It just turns me on more," the man said as he thrust his hips while on top of Rae.
Red was all Kylie could see as a memory of Scott hit her hard. His cold hands holding her down and undressing her. How she tried to push him off, but he was too strong. The only thing left she could do was scream, and even then he muffled her with his hands. Kylie screamed in rage and yanked his whole body back from his hair. She pierced her knife into his chest and in her rage kept plunging into him again and agian. As her hand went up for another stab, Rae caught onto her hand and Kylie turned to see Rae glancing to Kylie with sad eyes. "He's dead B. Drop the knife and come over to me," she tried coaxing Kylie to her arms. Kylie glanced back to the man in shock.
The knife dropped to the ground and Kylie pushed back to sit where Rae kneeled down. Rae petted her hair calming and Kylie said, "I don't see Scott anymore."
The squishing of mud made its way over to them and Reid covered in dirt said, "I got the other guy." His eyes shift in worry at them before his eyes made contact with the bloody and mutilated body.
Rae nodded her head and said, "Now that the danger is passed. I can join Pogue and Abby." Rae added, "Reid, can you get rid of that stone," she pointed to the black rock, "and destroy it."
Reid smirked, "No problem." He placed the rock between his fingers and with the flash of his black eyes the stone disintegrated."
Rae pulled Kylie up to her feet and told them, "You guys better leave. Abby and Pogue are coming with the hell hounds."
Kylie nodded her head though she just wished to have a few more minutes to recover.
Rae stood in front of Kylie and said, "Focus B. Tyler is counting on you." Kylie's eyes lifted up at the mention on Tyler. "You got this," Rae added before shoving them to go.
Reid took lead and grabbed her hand as they trudged through the mud. The sound of dogs were becoming closer as they ran further on. Reid said, "Here we go."
In a flash his eyes turned black and they transported to a forest where the light streamed through the branches. Reid fell to the ground hard and Kylie went to support his body. "Come on Reid, we only have a little more and we'll be there."
Reid trying to catch his breath said, "Sorry, traveling to Scotland really took the wind out of me. Just go on without me Kylie. I'll just slow you down."
Kylie grabbed onto Reid and pulled him up onto her back for a piggy back ride using her powers as an assist. She said determined, "You're coming whether you like it or not. I'm not losing any more people I love."
Carrying Reid up the steep hill and through the tall trees Reid said, "Kylie I'm sorry for what I said back there. It really wasn't my business."
"It's said and done. I really do think there was something wrong with that cave. I was itching to make a fight until we exited out."
Reid said, "That's how I felt. Once we got out, I was relieved from the constant anger."
After a few miles, Kylie placed Reid down and wiped her forehead from the sweat dripping down her face. She tipped her head over the hill and there two hell hounds guarded her key goal.
Reid asked, "Do you still think this is a good idea, Kylie?"
"Do you still have energy left to run?"
Reid smiled and said, "I'll be right behind your ass."
Kylie hopped over the mound and started to charge the grounds as the breeze blow their sent toward the dogs. In one shot, Kylie threw one across the meadow in one movement of her hands. As the other dog charge at them and she focused on her target and snapped all four of his legs.
Reid already at the tomb was cutting a hole with the shiny red stone and Kylie ran toward it. One of the henchmen blocked her path and fired a gun at her. Putting her hand out the bullets curved around her body. In retaliation, concentrate hard on the man and slowly crushed her fist together. In a matter of seconds, the bad guy dropped down with his heart crushed.
"Kylie!" Reid yelled as the hole began to close. With all her might she dove into the closing hole and made it just by a sliver. "Shit, you're lucky you didn't lose your leg."
Kylie responded as she brushed off the dirt on her, "I guess you're rubbing off on me."
Reid stood up and said, "I guess Gabriel is going to be shitting a brick for believing our lie back at the caves."
Kylie laughed at his comment, "I'm hoping he has an aneurism and dies for good."
In the dark caverns, the stone torches began to light up the continous hallway to where the Book of Absolution stood propped up on a table. Reid about to move forward said, "Well let's get this shit and save T-"
"Wait," Kylie said hesitant. "There is a pattern to get the book. It was a certain song my father always made me recite every day."
"You still remember it?" Reid asked.
"Some here and there," Kylie said with a smile.
Reid responded, "Well that's reassuring."
Kylie stepped forward and added, "I have the power of memory; it'll come to me." She glanced forward and whispered to herself, "I hope."
"Little Marry Sue decided to skip across the way, one hop forward, and three to left as she went her way." Kylie did as the song steps insisted, "Three hops forward, but not one more step less." Kylie halted to a stop. "Miss Mary Sue duck down for four, to pick up shell's once more." As soon as she ducked down a two blades sliced above her head. "Turning to her right, she hopped once more and stop!" Daggers passed in front of her body and would have killed her if she kept going forward. "Okay, begin again Miss Mary Sue. One hop forward and three to the left. Mary tumbled to the shore, "Kylie tuck and rolled to the alter avoiding the spiked walls from suddenly crushing her. Kylie stood up and turned her head to Reid, "And now you're done."
Reid holding his hand up over his face in horror asked, "Do you think you have to do that again to get back?"
Kylie hands clasped onto the Book that would save Tyler and she said choked up. "No," she cleared her voice and added, "It was just insurance to anyone trying to get the book that wasn't a part of the council or a descendant."
She walked back to Reid and started to flip through the book. Reid peeking over Kylie's shoulder asked, "What are you doing?"
Kylie scanned the spells and started to rip out two pages. "I bet Gabriel is waiting for us to come out there with the book. No way, am I losing Tyler and this," she waved the papers up and shoved them in her bra, "is to make sure nothing will screw this up."
"You think it's a war out there now?" Reid said little nervous.
"Yes. But we got what we want and that's all I care about right now."
Reid nodded his head and began to cut a hole again. Kylie gulped and thought, hopefully we aren't too late to save Tyler.
