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Chapter 31

Fluid Theory of Electricity

At this point, Holden wanted to shove a bunch of leaves up his ear holes as he was listening to the most boring pieces of information from Orestes about the towers of fire. It was bad enough he was lectured in school for almost half the day but he couldn't stand the fact that he was being taught something by the son of General Brutus. Holden didn't even know how Orestes knew all this information.

He didn't know what was worse: the lesson or the weather they were having at this moment. It was pouring rain like crazy and thunder and lightning could be seen in distances. As he saw the lightning and thunder in distances, it gave him a dreadful reminder of the day he fell from the sky with Shade when they were trying to travel with the colony and it still scared him to think that he could've died that day. When he thought this it made him shudder.

Like Holden, Shade was getting frustrated that Orestes was talking and talking about the towers of fire but Marina, on the other hand, didn't seem to mind listening to Orestes. However, Holden knew that if Kassidy were here right now she definitely would've liked what Orestes had to say. They were both practically geniuses and Kassidy would've known what half of the information was that Orestes was saying. He couldn't understand what some of the words Orestes was using and it was like some of these words weren't actually English.

"Look man," Holden said to Orestes and Orestes looked at him. "Would you please loosen the science lesson? We don't have time for any of that shit."

"Holden," Marina scowled at Holden, "would you watch what you say? He's just trying to make conversation with us."

"Marina, he has a point," Shade said as he was trying to keep up with everyone as he was huffing and puffing. "Martin, Dianna, Goth, and Throbb know about the sound map! They have Kassidy and who knows what they're doing to her right now and the colony is there! We have to fly faster!"

Marina sighed and Holden could see she was worried about Kassidy as well. She then looked back at Orestes. "Maybe you could tell us some of this another time. Right now we got a friend and a colony to save."

Orestes nodded. "Sure thing."

Holden kept looking ahead and just wanted to get to the destination fast. He prayed to God that they weren't too late and that they would be there on time. He wouldn't let anything bad happen to Kassidy nor the colony.

They then came to an opening and Holden saw before his eyes the destination that Shade was talking about. It all looked very dangerous and he could see electricity zapping in certain places far away from them so they were safe but looking at it made Holden's hands sweat. Flying in that would be a real nightmare for him or worse… He shook his head and didn't want that place to bother him. All that mattered at this moment was saving Kassidy and stopping the lying giant bats from eating the colony.

They flew towards a shed and while they did, Holden noticed that the top of the roof had a huge looking hole in it. He didn't know if it was him or not but the hole looked like it was… recently broken more by something. He had so many thoughts but if the giant bats were here with Kassidy hostage they had to act fast.

All of them landed carefully on the roof and while they did, Holden, Shade, and Marina were breathing hard as they carefully crawled on the roof. Orestes was looking at the high tech ahead of them very interested and fascinated at the same time but Holden didn't want to bother him but he looked towards the huge hole. He gulped and his heart rate was picking up but he couldn't let that get to him.

"Ka-" Before Holden could shout out for Kassidy, Marina gasped and covered Holden's mouth.

"Holden, are you crazy?" Marina whispered with her brow furrowed. "We have to be quiet; we can't let them know that we're here if they really are here." Marina looked at not only Holden, but Shade and Orestes as well. "I'll look through the hole we all saw and see if anyone's inside. You guys be on the lookout for anyone that's coming our way."

Marina dropped her hand from Holden's mouth and he wanted to protest but he then sighed as Marina went to go check out the hole. Holden then heard Shade sniffing the air and he looked to see that Shade looked like he was picking up on something. Holden looked around him but he didn't see anyone. Holden then looked back at Shade. "Smalls, what is it?" Holden whispered.

Shade stopped sniffing the air and he looked at Holden a little skittish. "Something doesn't smell right…"

Holden's eyes widened and then he whispered: "I don't like the sound of that…"

All the sudden, Marina gasped at something, Holden and Shade yelped, and Orestes screeched in fear. Shade jumped towards Marina to see what she was looking at but when he did, some of the tiles on the roof started to break apart and Shade sounded scared. Holden cussed in his head and he could hear his brain panicking like it was telling him that he needed to get the hell out of there otherwise he was dead.

Holden then saw that Orestes was flying closer to them and Holden gasped. "Dude, don't-" Before Holden could finish shouting at Orestes he landed and the roof broke and they all fell through it screaming.

They all smashed to the ground and grunted and some of the pieces from the roof fell on top of them or beside them. They all groaned in pain. Holden could feel his side of the body throbbing but he was at least glad he didn't break a bone in his body. Holden cursed in his head again and he was furious at Orestes for not listening to him.

They all sat up and Holden then looked at Orestes with his teeth bared and his brow furrowed. "Nice going, klutz! You broke the roof!" However, he noticed that Orestes was looking at something in horror and he then noticed that Shade and Marina had the same look of horror on their faces. "What the hell you guys staring at?"

Without looking at Holden, Shade pointed to what they were all staring at and when Holden looked his heart dropped. Standing right before them were the giant bats. His jaw dropped and he felt himself freeze in place. Whenever he looked at them he thought they were pretty cool, to begin with, but now that he looks at them now they were scary to look at like those scary clowns at circuses.

"Look who finally decided to drop in," Martin said sarcastically and Holden started to feel himself shake when he saw Martin and the other three giant bats approaching them. He then started to back away from them and so did Shade, Marina, and Orestes but the giant bats kept walking towards them. "What's the matter? Bat got your tongue?"

The four giant bats laughed and as they did, Holden, Shade, Marina, and Orestes started to hear another noise as they felt their backs hit the wall. They looked by the giant bats and their eyes widened when they saw Kassidy tied up to a table leg and she had duct tape sealed on her mouth to prevent her from speaking but she was trying to call out to them.

"Kass," Shade shouted to Kassidy and he tried to get past the giant bats but Martin grabbed him roughly and then he threw him to the wall and Shade's back hit the wall and he cried out in pain.

Marina gasped. "Shade!" Marina got to Shade and Shade was making painful noises as she had her hand on his back.

Holden looked at his friend shocked but he then looked back at Martin and he no longer felt fear. He was snarling at him. "You piece of shit!" Holden was about to jump at Martin and tackle him to the ground but Martin all the sudden held his hand out towards him and lightning was formed in and around his hand.

Holden, Shade, Marina, and Orestes looked at the lightning in Martin's hand horrified. The lightning was very green and Holden backed up until his back hit the wall again and his fear came back again. He felt his body shaking again as he didn't want the lightning to touch him. He didn't want to get electrocuted by a psychopath.

Martin then laughed as he looked at Holden. "That's cute what you just did there, Chatty Bat, really." Martin then furrowed his brow "But you really should think twice before attacking someone that's twice your size."

Shade looked at Martin with his teeth bared. "You let Kass go!"

Martin looked at Shade and then he started to laugh. "And what're you going to do about it, runt? You got no power to stop me." Orestes was trying to back away some more from them and Martin noticed with a smirk. "Oh, what do we have here?" Martin then stepped on Orestes's tail feathers and he looked at him closely as Orestes was looking scared. Martin then looked at Holden, Shade, and Marina. "You three remember how we like owls?" Martin then got off of Orestes's tail feathers. "Perhaps this should be my first course for tonight."

Martin then raised his hand with the lighting on it up and Orestes shook as Martin smiled sinisterly at him. His three companions watched while smiling. Shade and Marina gasped. Holden knew it was risky but he acted fast and he got in front of Martin and he did the best that he could to be brave so he could try to protect Orestes. Even though he was still mad at Orestes for breaking the roof he couldn't let Martin kill Orestes. He bared his teeth and growled as Martin lowered his arm.

"Oh, lookie here," Dianna said mockingly. "Chatty Bat has come to the little owl's rescue."

Holden kept staring at Martin and even though Martin's snake eyes were really scaring him he stood his ground. "You'll have to go through me first, Grandpa."

Martin's eyes widened and his companions' smiles went down. Shade, Marina, and Orestes looked at Holden shocked. Holden could feel his hands shake but he didn't move from his spot.

Martin then scowled. "You are a stupid boy, but if it's a death wish that you ask for then I'll gladly give it to you."

Martin then raised the same hand, ready to strike Holden and Holden heard Shade and Marina yelling his name and they tried to get him but Martin's companions stopped them. Holden's eyes widened in fear to see the lightning in Martin's hand and he braced himself. Holden could feel that he was going to die and he wished he had the chance to say goodbye to a lot of people he knew, but now he wouldn't be able to have that chance.

Martin smirked and was ready to electrocute Holden.

"HEY!"

Martin stopped in his tracks. He then slowly turned his head and looked up and when he did he was shocked. Everyone looked to where Martin looked and they were shocked as well. Standing on the table looking at Martin furiously was Kassidy.

"Kass," Holden shouted towards her.

Martin stuttered and he tried to find his words as the lightning in his hand dematerialized. "H-How did you-"

"You know you really gotta pay attention more if you don't want any of your prisoners to escape. But I should thank you for not checking to see if I was tied up properly because now you're not going to get away with this." She then looked at Holden, Shade, Marina, and Orestes. "Guys, move!"

Without hesitating, Holden, Shade, Marina, and Orestes flew out of the way and when they did, Kassidy used her spell on a chair and she threw it towards the giant bats. Goth and Throbb jumped out of the way and dropped to the floor to cover their heads but Martin and Dianna stayed in place and Martin then held out his hands to stop the chair from flying towards them and then he threw it in a different direction and the chair smashed to the wall with a loud thud and crashed to the ground and broke. Without Martin looking, Kassidy flew towards him and did a flying drop kick to his face and Martin yelped surprised and he hit the floor. Kassidy was airborne in front of Martin as he was getting up and he was snarling at her and he started to swipe at her but Kassidy dodged his swipes as she flapped her wings. Martin then used his electricity magic and he threw it towards Kassidy but he missed as soon as Kassidy flew out the hole in the roof. Martin looked really pissed.

He then looked at his companions. "These four are all yours." He then looked back at the hole in the roof Kassidy flew through. "I've got some witch hunting to do." Martin then lifted his wings and he took off through the hole and went after Kassidy.

Holden, Shade, Marina, and Orestes were huddled together as they saw the scene shocked but then they saw Dianna, Goth, and Throbb approach them slowly. Holden smiled nervously. "C-Come on guys, let's talk about this…"

"We got nothing to talk about, Chatty Bat," Dianna said icily. But then she looked at Marina and she sneered at her and it made Marina gasp. "I call dibs on the Brightwing."

All the sudden, the three giant bats started to attack the four of them and Holden, Shade, Marina, and Orestes screamed as they dodged out of their attacks and try to escape them. They kept ducking and dodging the giant bats' attacks and the four of them were then flying around the shed, trying to escape the giant bats but Orestes managed to escape but Holden, Shade, and Marina were still trying to escape for their lives.

She was outside now in the roaring rain and howling wind and immediately was freezing her body off as soon as she got outside. But at this moment it didn't matter because all that mattered was her new opponent she had to face out here. She glided in midair and looked towards the roof she flew out through and waited. She was ready to face her opponent.

All the sudden, Martin burst out through the roof and he was then glaring daggers at Kassidy. Eyes locked on each other they snarled at each other in the rain and they both knew that they were going to fight to the death. Lightning sounded and it was at a distance but it was as if it was indicating to them to fight.

They then charged at each other.

And the fight began.

They crashed to the ground and they were now covered in mud but their eyes could only lock on each other as they fought. Martin tried to punch Kassidy but she moved her head out of the way in time just for his fist to hit the muddy ground and she concentrated on getting the details on the mud spell right and as she did she then flicked her hand towards Martin and the mud splashed at his face. Martin yelled in rage as he wiped the mud off his face and without him looking, Kassidy did what she always did with her magic and she used her water spell and she directed it towards Martin and when she did, Martin yelped when he got knocked to the ground by Kassidy's water spell as if he was getting sprayed by a hose but in a quick movement, without Kassidy noticing, Martin made the grass under Kassidy's feet grow a few inches and then he scrunched his hand together and the grass around Kassidy's feet locked on her feet tightly and he then flicked his wrist towards the grass that had Kassidy's feet secured and the grass made Kassidy fall to the ground and Kassidy yelped and she hit the muddy ground.

Kassidy groaned and before she could get up she felt a hard force kick her in the stomach and Kassidy yelled out in pain as she held her stomach, feeling the wind knock out of her. She looked up and she saw that Martin was about to punch her but then she saw an owl coming towards them and in a split second the owl pushed Martin using his body and Martin yelped and he then hit face first into the mud. Kassidy looked at the owl and she saw that it was the same owl that was with her friends and he looked to be around her and their age.

"You okay?" The owl asked.

Kassidy got up. "Yeah, thanks."

The owl's eyes then widened and he was looking at something behind Kassidy and Kassidy turned to see Martin getting up and his face was now completely covered in mud. He was snarling but he then wiped the mud off his face. Martin then yelled in anger and he tried to hit Kassidy but Kassidy dodged in time and she then did a hook kick to Martin's face and Martin hit the ground again. Kassidy was then breathing hard.

"Hey, your colony!"

Kassidy looked to the owl and then she looked up and she was shocked to see that the Silverwings were coming this way. She looked back at the owl. "They can't land here!" She said as lightning struck again.

"I think I can help!"

"Hurry, then! I'll distract him while you're at it!"

The owl nodded and made his way to the sky. Kassidy looked at Martin and he was snarling as he held his face and was getting up slowly. She couldn't let him hurt any of the colony members. But how?

But then she saw something ahead of her that was highly dangerous to go near and Orestes was flying towards it. Electricity was shooting in certain places where no one dares to go near and that place she certainly knew was the power electrical relay station. This was a huge risk but she had to do this one way or another.

She looked back at Martin as she flew up to the sky. "Hey!" Martin looked up and he saw Kassidy getting his attention. "You want me? Come and get me!"

To Kassidy's surprise, Martin smiled sinisterly. "Much obliged, orphan."

Martin lifted from the ground and Kassidy flapped her wings at a fast rate towards the power electrical relay station and as she did her eyes widened at the sound of Martin's sinister laugh. It kind of made her slow her wing flaps and when she realized it she flapped even harder and they were then flying into a danger zone.

"Such a strong one," Martin shouted towards Kassidy.

Martin was then chasing Kassidy around the danger zone and Kassidy made sure that he would only chase her. Martin did some attempts at using spells on her but Kassidy was quick enough to dodge them and she continued to fly for her life as Martin kept chasing and trying to get her.

The giant bats kept chasing them but the three friends wouldn't give in to them as they tried their hardest to escape. Holden was being chased by Throbb, Shade was being chased by Goth, while Marina was being chased by Dianna. Three against three.

Holden was breathing hard as Throbb was chasing him all over the place like it was tag but this was not a friendly game. Throbb had a hungry look in his eyes as he was trying to grab Holden and Holden was doing the best that he could to escape him and he saw that Shade and Marina were still trying to escape their chasers as well.

He tried to fly out through the hole in the roof but out of nowhere, Throbb blocked his way and he was grinning at him. "Amigo, guess who's coming to dinner?"

Holden yelped. "Get away from me you creepy gremlin!"

Holden bolted away from Throbb and as he did, Holden screamed as Throbb continued to chase him. At some points, Throbb tried to bite his feet but Holden pulled them in in time and he cursed.

He then saw Shade get cornered by Goth and he thought he should go help him but all the sudden, Shade made a quick move and bit Goth's foot and when he did, Goth yelped in pain and held his foot and Shade took his chance to escape. Holden was glad Shade outsmarted Goth. Goth looked at Shade and snarled and he took off after him once again.

Holden thought he was going to tire out but he then saw Shade and Goth coming towards him. He and Shade locked eyes at each other and they both knew exactly what they were thinking. They nodded and they flew even faster and when they got close enough they flew up at the same time and then Goth and Throbb rammed their heads against each other and they crashed to the ground. They groaned in pain as they held their heads.

The boys landed on the table breathing hard but then they saw Marina still being chased by Dianna and they gasped. Marina was screaming as Dianna was trying to kill her. All the sudden Dianna swiped her claws at Marina and Marina tried to dodge them but a claw of Dianna's managed to scratch Marina's leg and Marina cried out in pain.

Shade looked at Holden. "Holden, she needs our help!"

Holden saw that Marina was losing energy and if they didn't help her, Dianna would surely kill her. Holden looked around him and then he saw a paint bucket near them that was near the edge and it was filled with blue paint. An idea clicked in his head and this might've been the best idea he ever came up with.

Holden got next to the paint bucket and he looked back at Shade. "We can use this!"

Shade looked confused at first but then his eyes widened at the realization of what Holden was trying to get at here. He got next to the paint bucket with Holden and then they both looked up at Marina. "Marina!" Shade shouted towards her.

Marina looked at the boys and she saw them have their hands on the paint bucket and her eyes widened but then she looked at Dianna with a mischievous smile. "Hey, Dianna! What's taking so long to kill me? Are you really that lazy or what?" Dianna's eye twitched and then she bared her teeth and growled and she flew even faster after Marina. Marina dove under the table and Dianna dove in after her. "Now!"

The boys pushed on the paint bucket and when they did, Marina flew out in time but Dianna didn't as the paint bucket fell on top of her and she yelped. She crashed to the ground and the blue paint was all over the place. Including Dianna. Dianna got the paint bucket off of her and she screamed in utter disgust and this caused Goth and Throbb to look up at her. Goth and Throbb's foreheads now had bumps forming on them. Their eyes widened in surprise when they saw Dianna covered in paint and she was now really furious. She wiped some of the paint off of her face in rage and she growled.

Marina landed next to the boys and they looked at her. "Marina, you alright?" Shade asked worried.

Marina hissed in pain and the boys saw that the front of her leg was bleeding. She then nodded. "I'm fine."

Holden then noticed something that he did not notice before. On a counter, there was a radio. Holden's eyes widened but then he smiled as another idea came to mind. He then looked back at his friends. "Guys, I got an idea." Holden took off and Shade and Marina looked at him confused but they followed him anyways.

They landed on the counter where the radio was and when they did they saw Dianna wiping more of the paint off of her as Goth and Throbb were getting up. Holden cupped his hands near his mouth. "Hey, assholes!" The three giant bats stopped what they were doing and they looked up at Holden. "I got two things to say: dance fight!"

Holden then pressed play on the radio and some hip hop music came on. Holden then flew to the ground and landed and when he did, he started to dance. He did his crazy dance moves and they were like the music that was playing. The giant bats looked at him confused and watched as Holden was dancing.

Holden looked up at his friends. "Guys, come on! Dance!"

Shade and Marina looked at each other but they then flew to the ground next to Holden and they watched what he did. They looked hesitant but they tried to dance like Holden only Holden was doing the better dancing. The giant bats looked at them not sure what to do at this moment as they were looking at this weirded out.

Holden looked at them as he continued to dance with Shade and Marina. "Man you guys suck at this. Even my little brother is better at dancing than you guys."

The three giant bats then scowled at Holden. "You really don't know when to shut up, do you?" Goth said.

Holden smiled at Goth. "Yeah, you're right. I don't know when to shut up."

"God, I can't wait until you three are dead," Dianna said.

The three giant bats once again tried to attack the three friends but as they did the three friends danced dodged out of the way. The three friends flew to air and the giant bats tried to chase them and kill them once again but as they were the three friends continued to dance and the giant bats were getting really frustrated because they couldn't kill or catch them.

At one time, Holden danced in front of Throbb as he was near a door that had a window to it and Throbb charged at him but in a slick motion, Holden danced out of the way and Throbb ended up crashing into the window of the door instead. Throbb groaned when he was on the ground outside but he then snarled, shook his head, got up, and flew back in the house to see Holden still dancing.

"Hey, Throbb, you might want to try some cardio," Holden mocked. "That's a good way to lose a few pounds on you!"

Throbb chased Holden again and he, Shade, and Marina continued to dance and taunt the giant bats. The giant bats were not finding this funny and they really wanted to kill them now.

"Guys," Holden and Shade looked to Marina and they quickly flew next to her. "We should fly through up there now!"

The boys looked up at the hole in the roof and then they looked back at the giant bats and they then realized what Marina was trying to get at here and they smiled at each other. The three friends flew up and as they did they flew out at the same time without getting stuck, however, Dianna, Goth, and Throbb were way too much in a rage that they didn't realize what was coming to them and then they all got stuck in the hole in the roof. They tried to get out but it was hard for them to do so and they were then arguing.

The three friends looked back at the giant bats and they started to laugh. "Oh my god," Holden said as he laughed. "I wish I had my camera!"

"They sure do look hilarious," Shade said and the three of them laughed again.

"Hey, guys." The giant bats looked up at Holden still furious. "Tight fit? I think that's a perfect size for you guys!"

The three friends laughed again and the giant bats bared their teeth and growled. Dianna and Goth threatened them so loudly anyone could hear them from an earshot.

"Guys, over here," the three friends heard Orestes and he was flying towards them. They flew to Orestes fast and Orestes looked worried but scared about something.

"Orestes, where's Kass!?" Shade asked worried.

"She's trying to stop that giant bat! And she's in there!" Orestes pointed at the place he was talking to them about when they were flying here and the three friends gasped when they saw Martin chasing Kassidy and he was sometimes using his spells at her but she was maneuvering out of the way in time and as she did, Martin was laughing the craziest laugh Holden's ever heard in his life.

"Guys, what do we do?" Marina said. "Martin's going to kill her if we don't do something!"

Shade looked back at Kassidy and Martin and he a determined look in his eyes. He looked back at Holden, Marina, and Orestes. "I'm going in!"

"Wait, what?" Shade flew towards the danger zone without saying another word. "Shade!"

Holden was scared that Martin was going to hurt not only Kassidy but Shade too. He couldn't lose two of his friends today. Holden furrowed his brow and he looked at Marina and Orestes. "You guys go hide! I'm going to help!" Holden flew into the danger zone and even though he was scared of getting electrocuted he wanted to help his friends.

"Holden," Marina shouted after him.

She felt her whole body aching and she was having a hard time breathing as she was trying to get away from Martin. She couldn't give up. She just couldn't.

Kassidy saw electricity coming her way but it wasn't from Martin's magic, it was from the high tech she was flying through. She gasped and she banked sharply to the right before the electricity could even touch her wing tip. She breathed relieved and she looked behind her to see that Martin was nowhere in sight.

Thinking that she lost him, she roosted somewhere safe and when she did, she placed her hand on a beam and tried to catch her breath. She looked around her but she saw no one. She then placed her forehead on the smooth and cool surface of the beam and tried to calm down but how could she when Martin was still after her? She felt her hands shake but she growled and tried to stay strong.

But then lightning was in the sky and while she still had her forehead and her hand on the beam trying to breathe she didn't realize that Martin was roosting above her. She noticed a shadow was on her and when she was about to look she felt someone push the back of her head roughly and her face slammed against the surface of which her forehead was on and she tried to move but a strong force was pushed against her. She looked over her shoulder and her eyes widened when she saw Martin staring down at her grinning and her breath was stuck in her throat as she stared at Martin.

"Thought you could get away orphan?" Martin then laughed. "Now, how should I teach you a lesson? Should I break your arm or should I damage your face?"

Kassidy furrowed her brow and bared her teeth at Martin. "Drop dead!"

Martin furrowed his brow but then he grinned again. "Now I have my answer." Martin grabbed Kassidy's hair and he was about to slam her face against the hard surface of the beam again but all of a sudden something grabbed Martin's ears and tugged at them.

Martin yelped and as he was trying to swipe at who was pulling at his ears. Kassidy looked and her eyes widened when she saw Shade. "Shade, get out of here!" Kassidy shouted.

"No," Shade shouted at Kassidy. "I'm not going to let you do this alone!"

Martin growled and he grabbed Shade's feet and he threw him and Shade screamed. But then, Holden jumped at Martin and they fell towards the ground. Kassidy gasped and she looked down. Holden was scratching at Martin's face and biting it as they were falling from the sky. Martin's wings then extended out and he then had Holden in his grasp and he then pinned him on a beam and Holden then yelled out in pain when the crash was forced on him.

Kassidy gasped seeing that Martin was going to kill Holden. She couldn't allow that to happen.

"Like I said before Chatty Bat: think twice before you attack someone twice your size," Martin hissed and Holden's eyes widened in fear and Martin's face was now bleeding and covered in scratches thanks to what Holden did. "But now I think it's time that I actually gave you your death wish."

Martin's jaw dropped and he gasped in fear and Martin was about to plunge his teeth into Holden's neck but Kassidy yelled in anger and tried to jump on Martin but Martin saw Kassidy and he flicked his hand in the air towards her and the wind blew in her direction, making her spin out of control and Kassidy's back hit a beam and she then fell onto another beam and she groaned in pain from the impact she felt. She looked up and without Martin looking, Holden bit his hand and Martin yelped in pain and then out of nowhere, Shade used his body to knock Martin off the beam and Martin yelped again and fell. The boys took off and landed on the beam Kassidy was on as she slowly got up.

"Kass, you alright?" Shade asked.

Kassidy grunted but she nodded. "Don't worry about me." She then gasped when she saw Martin charging at them in anger and acting fast, Kassidy pushed Holden and Shade out of the way and then Martin rammed into her.

"Kass!" The boys shouted.

Martin all the sudden bit into Kassidy's shoulder as they were both in midair and Kassidy cried out in pain as his teeth sunk real deep into her skin and she could feel blood pouring all over her, but Kassidy punched him to the face and Martin then released his teeth from her shoulder. Kassidy's shoulder had a deep wound and it was the exact same place where she got burnt from the fire when she was in the burnings of Tree Haven. Martin was about to attack Kassidy again but the boys started to distract him and Martin was getting really annoyed with them. He chased them around and he used his magic to try and kill them.

Kassidy was breathing hard and even though her shoulder was bleeding and it hurt real badly she wouldn't let that stop her from saving her friends. She bared her teeth, growled, and she beat her wings as fast as she could to try and save her friends.

Marina was hiding with Orestes behind a tree safe from the dangerous human construction with Orestes and they watched in horror at the sight they were seeing. Marina saw Martin bit into Kassidy's shoulder when she saved Shade and Holden and it scared Marina thinking that Martin was actually going to kill her, but luckily the boys came to her rescue. Now Martin was chasing the boys and Marina saw Kassidy trying to catch up to them as fast as she could but Marina saw that Kassidy's wound on her shoulder did not look too good.

"My Dad is going to love this," Orestes said.

Marina, on the other hand, gasped while watching her friends being hunted down by a maniac of a wizard and she couldn't bring herself to watch this and she covered her eyes with her hands.

She then felt Orestes's wing nudge her. "Marina, look!"

Marina looked at Orestes and he was pointing at something. Marina looked and she gasped again when she saw that Dianna, Goth, and Throbb were close to getting out of the hole they were all stuck in but they continued to argue. But then lightning struck through the window in which Throbb broke through when he was trying to get Holden and then Dianna kept yelling at the brothers to move faster and they yelled at her that they were moving. They managed to get out but all of a sudden the shed exploded making a big boom and it caused Dianna, Goth, and Throbb to shoot through the air and they screamed. And then they all hit their own tree and they then fell to the ground and they were knocked out unconscious.

Marina and Orestes were shocked and they looked at each other but then they looked back at Kassidy, Holden, Shade, and Martin in the danger zone and they gasped.

She put all her might into it but it seemed that she was going slow but she didn't want to give up. She kept going to try and help her friends at any cost it would take.

But then, Martin all of the sudden grabbed Shade and Shade yelped and he then threw him at Holden and Holden yelped and the boys screamed as they crashed to the ground. Martin laughed hysterically and this made Kassidy furious and she flew faster at Martin. Martin was about to go after the boys but Kassidy blocked his path and snarled at him.

"Eat this, you bastard," Kassidy shouted and then she punched him to the face.

Martin shook his head after Kassidy punched him and then he growled at her and he began to chase her again. Kassidy tried to get away but her shoulder was really bugging her. She hissed in pain but she didn't stop.

But then she remembered something. She looked at Martin's band and then the electricity and then she had an idea. She had a determined look in her eyes as she flew towards the nearest electricity and then she held her hand out and she concentrated on getting the electricity to her fingers without getting electrocuted and she did what she needed to do. And then some of the electricity went to her fingers and as it did, Kassidy could feel as it flowed through her and on her body and its power was growing on her. It was unlike anything anyone could've ever seen and she kept getting more and more.

She looked back at Martin and then she flew up into the night sky with the electricity still on her and her eyes were now the same kind of electricity as it was on her body and Martin noticed and he stopped in his tracks and gasped at Kassidy shocked. Kassidy yelled in anger and as she did the electricity shot at Martin like a lightning bolt and then it struck him, Martin cried out in pain as he was being electrocuted and as he did the electricity boomed in his direction and he shot through the sky like he was a rocket lifting off as he continued to cry out in pain and he then crashed to land.

The electricity on Kassidy demolished and she breathed hard. She was shocked by what she did. Never in her life had she done something like this. It felt so… unnatural.

She shook her head and then she set her course to where Martin crashed at. After a minute she then found him lying still on the ground. Smoke was coming off of him and he wasn't moving. Kassidy's eyes widened and she saw that Martin was dead as she landed near a ledge.

Her friends and the owl landed next to her and they looked at the scene before them as Kassidy placed her hand on her forehead and breathed. They were shocked as well. "It's over guys…" Marina said.

"No," Shade said, "It's just begun…" And they all knew that he was right.

Kassidy then started to feel lightheaded and her vision was starting to spin and she didn't feel right. She was trying to breathe and she could hear her friends asking her if she was alright but all she could hear was ringing. And then her eyes rolled in the back of her head and she fell to the ground and passed out.

A/N- Wow! All I can say is is that this is the longest chapter I've written on here so far but I enjoyed writing this chapter. This chapter title was inspired by Benjamin Franklin's theory that electricity was one fluid and I thought it would fit nicely in this chapter. Well, next chapter will be out soon and until then, later.