"Professor," Breanna was on her knees now, a bright orange glow
wrapped around her body as the rest of the mill filled with a blue light.
"Professor, I don't think I can hold this any longer." she whispered as she trembled with the strain.
"Then let it out, let it go up." Michael spoke calmly but he was also showing the strain of combatting the fire as various body parts flickered in and out of view.
Breanna bit her lip, reluctant to release the built up power even though it was causing such a tremendous strain. She just didn't want to hurt anyone. There was no choice though, as she felt the force building,
seeking a way out. A moment later, a bright orange beam of energy slammed into the ceiling of the mill, smashing it's way through as the girl slumped down, letting the power drain away from her.
"Let's go," Michael waved a hand, helping Breanna to her feet,
parts of the roof starting to fall in around them as they staggered towards the tunnel entrance, the ghost swaying slighly as one leg abruptly diasppeared.
"I've got you, Professor," Breanna said softly as she reached out,
somehow steadying the insubstantial form a bit as they started down. Now if all of the children had just managed to escape.
Lona moaned, not really able to focus on anything now but the pains and the urge to push, an urge she couldn't fight. "Elmer, get over here now!" she screamed as another pain hit. She couldn't believe it but she could feel the baby moving downward, preparing to be born. "Elmer!"
The sound of Lona screaming for him snapped Elmer out of the daze smacking into the wall had left him in and he was able to dodge just as Paul's blast of energy smacked into the wall where his head had been. He looked over towards Lona, his eyes widening as he realized what was happening, that their baby was about to be born and....
"Looks like you might get to live a few more minutes after all,"
Paul said with a smirk as he noticed what Elmer was looking at and turned his focus onto Lona and the baby once more. His hands started to glow with energy again, rapidly building the blast this time. Didn't look like there was much time to finish them off but better late than never, he supposed.
"No!!" Elmer was suddenly there again, knocking him back, keeping him from releasing the blast. Paul growled as they slammed into the floor and rolled, seeking a hold, trying to best the other
"Suicidal like your freak of a brother, aren't you?" Paul growled as he grabbed at Elmer's scorched shoulder, tearing at the injured flesh.
Elmer didn't say anything but the flash of pain in his eyes at the mention of his brother said more than words possibly could. He bit his lip, fighting back a scream of pain as the boy's fingers tore at his shoulder. He forced Paul back, trying to pin him against the wall, as he shot aa look over at Antubis. "Get her out of here now!"
'Don't think that's a good idea at the moment.' The large anteater looked from Lona to Elmer with definate concern. How long could he possibly hold Paul off? Granted, he did have a good bit of anger at the boy that ought to help out but still.... Then there was the matter of the baby. That child was definately coming now and although Antubis did know about babies being born, he wasn't so sure about how to manage it with several inch long claws.
Paul seized his opportunity when Elmer glanced over at Lona, as his head was turned knocking him back and sinking his fangs into his neck,
gropping for the artery, trying to bite into it and tear it out.
Elmer screamed as they fell to the ground, rolling once more with Paul's fangs buried in his neck. He could feel a warm feeling running down his neck as a wave of dizziness washed over him. No, he couldn't die! Not with Lona about to have the baby! She needed him!
"Oh, my...." Just then Hook and the others came pushing through the crowd of fleeing children, stopping in shock at the sight of Elmer struggling against Paul, blood pouring down his neck as he fought the boy.
"Go! Get out of here now!" Hook shouted at the children,
motioning for them to run while they could as he hurried to his younger colleague's aid with Aubrey following him with her wand out.
"Christa, Abel, go with them and make sure they get out," Chris said as she headed for Lona and Antubis, with Natalie following her.
"Lona?" Chris's eyes widened as she knelt down beside her and realized how far things had progressed, that she was starting to push. She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself slightly but it wasn't very sucessful. She knew that they had covered delivering babies in med school but that didn't mean that she remembered very much about it!
'You just catch,' Antubis said with a slight snicker as he glanced at Chris. 'So, were you doing naughty things and missed learning about that too? My, my, my, aren't there a lot of people here who seem to like doing naughty things.'
Chris glared at the anteater for a moment before turning her attention back to Lona, looking around the tunnel as she did so. This didn't seem like the best place in the world for a baby to be born to say the least but Chris didn't see any way they could move her at this point.
Lona blinked as the pain eased momentarily, trying to force her vision to clear. Elmer, where in the world was he? She could hear crashing sounds somewhere but she couldn't see clearly more than an inch or two beyond her face. "Elmer!" She screamed his name again as the pain hit once more and she felt herself pushing.
Chris looked over at Elmer, still struggling with Paul as Hook and Aubrey tried to help. All of that blood running down his neck, that just didn't look like a good sign at all. If Lona saw that.... Chris moved slightly, blocking Lona's view just in case. "It's going to be okay.
Everything's going to be just fine." Okay, she kind of had her doubts on that score but telling Lona that certainly wouldn't help the situation.
Aubey stood hesitently, trying to figure out what in the world she could do to help as Hook struggled to pull Paul off of Elmer. If he pulled that boy the wrong way, it might end up doing even worse damage. There had to be a way to make him let go but.... "Get back!" Aubrey called as she raised her want, the same blue flames that Mona had created earlier shooting out of the tip and smashing into Paul's back as Hook jerked back.
Paul screamed, his fangs retracting from Elmer's neck as he rolled,
trying to beat the flames scorching his ghostly flesh out. "You'll pay for that," he growled though his pain as he struggled to his feet, starting towards the girl even as he continued to smoulder. As he moved, he staggered, the last of his energy slipping away. With disgust, he realized that he would have to retreat back to the tank to recharge. "I'll be back!" He screamed as he disappeared. "You'll all pay for this!"
"Lona?" Elmer struggled to pull himself to his feet as Paul vanished, dizziness growing with every movement but determination keeping him moving. Their baby was coming, he had to be there to help Lona, to comfort her. He had promised that he would take care of her and the baby and he had to be there to do that.
"Elmer, I think you need to stay still right now," Hook said as he reached out, steadying Elmer and trying to ease him back to the ground once more. His eyes widened with concern as he saw the amount of blood now soaking into Elmer's shirt and continuing to run down his neck along with the scorched, torn flesh of his shoulder. Not good, not good at all. If they weren't able to do something fast, they could very well lose both of them.
"Professor, I don't think I can hold this any longer." she whispered as she trembled with the strain.
"Then let it out, let it go up." Michael spoke calmly but he was also showing the strain of combatting the fire as various body parts flickered in and out of view.
Breanna bit her lip, reluctant to release the built up power even though it was causing such a tremendous strain. She just didn't want to hurt anyone. There was no choice though, as she felt the force building,
seeking a way out. A moment later, a bright orange beam of energy slammed into the ceiling of the mill, smashing it's way through as the girl slumped down, letting the power drain away from her.
"Let's go," Michael waved a hand, helping Breanna to her feet,
parts of the roof starting to fall in around them as they staggered towards the tunnel entrance, the ghost swaying slighly as one leg abruptly diasppeared.
"I've got you, Professor," Breanna said softly as she reached out,
somehow steadying the insubstantial form a bit as they started down. Now if all of the children had just managed to escape.
Lona moaned, not really able to focus on anything now but the pains and the urge to push, an urge she couldn't fight. "Elmer, get over here now!" she screamed as another pain hit. She couldn't believe it but she could feel the baby moving downward, preparing to be born. "Elmer!"
The sound of Lona screaming for him snapped Elmer out of the daze smacking into the wall had left him in and he was able to dodge just as Paul's blast of energy smacked into the wall where his head had been. He looked over towards Lona, his eyes widening as he realized what was happening, that their baby was about to be born and....
"Looks like you might get to live a few more minutes after all,"
Paul said with a smirk as he noticed what Elmer was looking at and turned his focus onto Lona and the baby once more. His hands started to glow with energy again, rapidly building the blast this time. Didn't look like there was much time to finish them off but better late than never, he supposed.
"No!!" Elmer was suddenly there again, knocking him back, keeping him from releasing the blast. Paul growled as they slammed into the floor and rolled, seeking a hold, trying to best the other
"Suicidal like your freak of a brother, aren't you?" Paul growled as he grabbed at Elmer's scorched shoulder, tearing at the injured flesh.
Elmer didn't say anything but the flash of pain in his eyes at the mention of his brother said more than words possibly could. He bit his lip, fighting back a scream of pain as the boy's fingers tore at his shoulder. He forced Paul back, trying to pin him against the wall, as he shot aa look over at Antubis. "Get her out of here now!"
'Don't think that's a good idea at the moment.' The large anteater looked from Lona to Elmer with definate concern. How long could he possibly hold Paul off? Granted, he did have a good bit of anger at the boy that ought to help out but still.... Then there was the matter of the baby. That child was definately coming now and although Antubis did know about babies being born, he wasn't so sure about how to manage it with several inch long claws.
Paul seized his opportunity when Elmer glanced over at Lona, as his head was turned knocking him back and sinking his fangs into his neck,
gropping for the artery, trying to bite into it and tear it out.
Elmer screamed as they fell to the ground, rolling once more with Paul's fangs buried in his neck. He could feel a warm feeling running down his neck as a wave of dizziness washed over him. No, he couldn't die! Not with Lona about to have the baby! She needed him!
"Oh, my...." Just then Hook and the others came pushing through the crowd of fleeing children, stopping in shock at the sight of Elmer struggling against Paul, blood pouring down his neck as he fought the boy.
"Go! Get out of here now!" Hook shouted at the children,
motioning for them to run while they could as he hurried to his younger colleague's aid with Aubrey following him with her wand out.
"Christa, Abel, go with them and make sure they get out," Chris said as she headed for Lona and Antubis, with Natalie following her.
"Lona?" Chris's eyes widened as she knelt down beside her and realized how far things had progressed, that she was starting to push. She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself slightly but it wasn't very sucessful. She knew that they had covered delivering babies in med school but that didn't mean that she remembered very much about it!
'You just catch,' Antubis said with a slight snicker as he glanced at Chris. 'So, were you doing naughty things and missed learning about that too? My, my, my, aren't there a lot of people here who seem to like doing naughty things.'
Chris glared at the anteater for a moment before turning her attention back to Lona, looking around the tunnel as she did so. This didn't seem like the best place in the world for a baby to be born to say the least but Chris didn't see any way they could move her at this point.
Lona blinked as the pain eased momentarily, trying to force her vision to clear. Elmer, where in the world was he? She could hear crashing sounds somewhere but she couldn't see clearly more than an inch or two beyond her face. "Elmer!" She screamed his name again as the pain hit once more and she felt herself pushing.
Chris looked over at Elmer, still struggling with Paul as Hook and Aubrey tried to help. All of that blood running down his neck, that just didn't look like a good sign at all. If Lona saw that.... Chris moved slightly, blocking Lona's view just in case. "It's going to be okay.
Everything's going to be just fine." Okay, she kind of had her doubts on that score but telling Lona that certainly wouldn't help the situation.
Aubey stood hesitently, trying to figure out what in the world she could do to help as Hook struggled to pull Paul off of Elmer. If he pulled that boy the wrong way, it might end up doing even worse damage. There had to be a way to make him let go but.... "Get back!" Aubrey called as she raised her want, the same blue flames that Mona had created earlier shooting out of the tip and smashing into Paul's back as Hook jerked back.
Paul screamed, his fangs retracting from Elmer's neck as he rolled,
trying to beat the flames scorching his ghostly flesh out. "You'll pay for that," he growled though his pain as he struggled to his feet, starting towards the girl even as he continued to smoulder. As he moved, he staggered, the last of his energy slipping away. With disgust, he realized that he would have to retreat back to the tank to recharge. "I'll be back!" He screamed as he disappeared. "You'll all pay for this!"
"Lona?" Elmer struggled to pull himself to his feet as Paul vanished, dizziness growing with every movement but determination keeping him moving. Their baby was coming, he had to be there to help Lona, to comfort her. He had promised that he would take care of her and the baby and he had to be there to do that.
"Elmer, I think you need to stay still right now," Hook said as he reached out, steadying Elmer and trying to ease him back to the ground once more. His eyes widened with concern as he saw the amount of blood now soaking into Elmer's shirt and continuing to run down his neck along with the scorched, torn flesh of his shoulder. Not good, not good at all. If they weren't able to do something fast, they could very well lose both of them.