Emma clapped her hand to her forehead and cursed. //You'd think after doing
this so many times, I'd learn.// She wiped the blood off on her suit and
started toward the hole. Then she saw something out of the corner of her
eye. She stopped. A wall brace. Metal. She looked at the roof. There were
more, crisscrossing the ceiling.
"Then again, maybe I won't need the charcoal."
"Emma?" Scott, bent partially under the weight of one of the trapped men snapped her out of her thoughts.
She looked at him. "Go. Go quickly. I have an idea." Emma turned to Jean. "Jean, if I can heat the metal wall braces enough, can you manipulate the motel metal?"
The girl's face was tense with the concentration she was expending on keeping the ceiling up. "Uh, I don't know..."
The ground shook and Emma cursed. "No, no, it's too soon!" Watching the beams, Emma saw them start to cave. Instantly she raised her hands, unleashing her power. The air was filled with energy, and the tunnel lit up with blue light. The electricity heated the metal to white hot in a matter of moments and it sealed back together. She stopped to let it cool.
Logan and Evan made their way past her, taking the last of the miners. Emma grabbed Jean's arm and pulled her towards the exit.
They were almost there, three meters away from the entrance when Emma heard the screech of metal. She wondered briefly why she hadn't heard it any time before, before she realised that each time she'd done it, she'd been out by now. Emma pushed Jean toward the exit, raising her hands to a cracked beam ahead of her. Rock dust and dirt was falling from the roof as the rock around her shook, sticking on her skin and in her hair. Out of the corner of her eye, Emma saw Jean get into the light.
She stemmed the flow of her power and started toward the exit. She got barely two steps before a large rock fell in front of her. Startled, Emma lost her balance. As more debris pelted down, she was knocked to the ground.
She struggled to rise, dimly aware of noise that sounded familiar. But the madness around her was overwhelming. The next things she knew, something heavy hit her and she was flying back. She hit the wall of the tunnel, pinned by something and lost consciousness.
"Then again, maybe I won't need the charcoal."
"Emma?" Scott, bent partially under the weight of one of the trapped men snapped her out of her thoughts.
She looked at him. "Go. Go quickly. I have an idea." Emma turned to Jean. "Jean, if I can heat the metal wall braces enough, can you manipulate the motel metal?"
The girl's face was tense with the concentration she was expending on keeping the ceiling up. "Uh, I don't know..."
The ground shook and Emma cursed. "No, no, it's too soon!" Watching the beams, Emma saw them start to cave. Instantly she raised her hands, unleashing her power. The air was filled with energy, and the tunnel lit up with blue light. The electricity heated the metal to white hot in a matter of moments and it sealed back together. She stopped to let it cool.
Logan and Evan made their way past her, taking the last of the miners. Emma grabbed Jean's arm and pulled her towards the exit.
They were almost there, three meters away from the entrance when Emma heard the screech of metal. She wondered briefly why she hadn't heard it any time before, before she realised that each time she'd done it, she'd been out by now. Emma pushed Jean toward the exit, raising her hands to a cracked beam ahead of her. Rock dust and dirt was falling from the roof as the rock around her shook, sticking on her skin and in her hair. Out of the corner of her eye, Emma saw Jean get into the light.
She stemmed the flow of her power and started toward the exit. She got barely two steps before a large rock fell in front of her. Startled, Emma lost her balance. As more debris pelted down, she was knocked to the ground.
She struggled to rise, dimly aware of noise that sounded familiar. But the madness around her was overwhelming. The next things she knew, something heavy hit her and she was flying back. She hit the wall of the tunnel, pinned by something and lost consciousness.