Natasha's POV
Oh great. Locked in a classroom with twenty screaming kids, killer plastic dolls, a monster, and my two best friends who, incidentally, I'm SUPPOSED to be protecting. Not to mention I don't have a sword or any weapons at all. Just your typical Monday.
I looked over at the other students who were now cowering in the corner as a line of baby automatons marched towards them. Only one of the kids, Eugene the class geek, was actually trying to defend them all from the danger. However he was shaking like a chihuahua, and I didn't think it likely he would win. After all, the kid couldn't even throw a dodge ball more than three feet in gym.
I was distracted for a second by the Lamia, who had now transformed into her true form. I could now see that instead of legs, she had an emerald serpent's tail which extended two feet behind her and connected to her body at the hips. Her eyes bulged on either side of her head, and a forked tongue flickered between her lips. Her pupils were black slits and her eyes were sickening yellow. She hissed at me and I deflected one of her knives with a chair.
I glanced back over at the kids, intending to try and help, when I realized that Eugene had destroyed the babies with a fire extinguisher. That kid was braver than I thought! At the moment, the little genius was trying to pick the lock on the classroom door…and he was succeeding.
The Lamia snarled and jabbed at me with her knives and I jumped backwards. Behind me, I could hear Tarah and Callie hacking away at the killer babies with scissors and Tarah's pocket knife. I knew I had to do something soon, we couldn't hold out for much longer. I feigned a kick left and managed to land a punch in the monster's abdomen. She convulsed, and her eyes popped out of her head with a sickening schluuurp.
Ignoring the slime covering the white orbs, I kicked them under the cabinet. Lamia wailed and dropped her knives. She fell to her knees and frantically searched for them. It was only a matter of time before she succeeded, so I had to act quickly.
I closed my eyes and concentrated as hard as I could. Come on, you idiot. I need your help here!
Much to my relief, my mind suddenly filled with emotions, sensations, and sights that were not my own. Visions of a campfire, fields of grass, and a giant house hit me like a wave, and mixed in with it all was the feeling of unbearable boredom.
Nat. What's up? I heard in my head, almost as if a male voice was whispering in my ear.
I quickly concentrated on my situation and tried to relay it through images, thoughts, and feelings.
O zeu kai alloi theoi He cursed. I'm coming as fast as I can, just hang in there. Don't do anything…stupid.
No promises I thought.
He sighed and I broke the connection just as a robotic doll tried to stab me with Lamia's knife. I easily bunted the baby across the room and turned to my friends.
"Tarah, Callie, listen to me. One of my friends is on his way. Listen to everything he says, he'll keep you safe."
"Where are you going?" Callie asked as she threw a struggling doll into the trash can.
Before I could reply, Lamia roared from behind me. I quickly spun around and tackled her-straight through the third-story window.
Fun fact: goats apparently can't fly. Lamia and I dropped straight down, and the ground was coming up fast. Then, just before I hit the ground, something from behind me grabbed the back of my shirt. I felt myself rising once more, and I thought that maybe I was saved. However, my hopes were dashed when I realized that Lamia hadn't gone splat. I looked up and saw that I was being carried by a harpy, and just above that harpy was another with Lamia in its grasp. I got the feeling that I wasn't out of danger, and it didn't help when I realized that we were speeding away from the school…and my friends.
