JOHN
We all ran around the penthouse, searching for our chests and gathering weapons. Lailah took out her Glock from her backpack and opened her chest. She pulled out her silver bracelet and her stick. The stick, once again, transformed into a cobra.
I went to my own chest and unlocked it. I took out my bracelet and my dagger. Sarah came behind Lailah and was about to tap her on the back when I grabbed her hand. She furrowed her eyebrows and looked at me quizzically.
'She has her bracelet on,' I said.
'Oh,' she shrank into my arms.
I went back into my room and closed my chest. I put my chest in my backpack and walked out the door. I saw Nine walk up to Lailah and reach out to her. She stepped back and showed him her arm. He looked at her with wistful eyes. Had they been sleeping together? It wasn't that surpsising.
I heard a murmuring sound coming from the door. Just then, the door burst open. About fifteen Mogs stood behind a tall man with blonde hair.
'Jonathan,' I heard Lailah hiss.
The Mogs piled in and started shooting at us. I lit up into a flaming fireball and descended for one of the Mogs in front of me. He was shooting at me but I dodged every bullet and my hands soon curled around his neck, burning him. He screamed.
Out of the corner of my eye I saw Lailah slap the one called Jonathan across the mouth. His face became a ghastly grey and he fell to the floor. He started writhing in pain. His hands started to curl around his neck but he soon slumped and his body became limp.
I turned around to hear Sarah scream. A Mogadorian was holding her as she struggled and kicked. I ran up to him and threw my diamond dagger to his head. He fell to the ground, dead. Sarah picked up a fallen gun and started aiming at passing Mogs. She'll be fine, I thought.
I saw Six turn invisible on one side of a Mog and then visible on the other side, the Mog with a bullet stuck in his brain. I saw Nine float up to the roof and start throwing knives everywhere. I saw Eight shift into a Lion and rip apart a Mog. I saw Marina using her telekinesis to fire three guns at once and I saw Sam getting pretty familiar with a Glock.
Soon there were dead bodies littering the floor. Marina ran to Ella's room and picked up the sleeping child; I hadn't even seen Ella the whole time.
'There are more coming! Quick, come out the window!' Lailah rushed to the nearest window, hers.
She opened the window and climbed out. There was just concrete underneath. Lailah knocked her knees against the concrete and made two huge holes in the wall. Her knees started to bleed but she kept on making holes. We climbed down the wall and landed at the east side of the building.
I took Sarah's hand as Lailah led us out of the Mogs range. Our tablet was in her hand.
'Where are we Going to go?' Nine asked.
'Well, we were only here to wait and train. So, we just have to find another place to train,' I said.
'Let's head out of the country. Africa, South Africa. No-one would think of looking for us there,' Sarah suggested.
We all nodded. Nine led us to the nearest airport and we quickly bought tickets; Nine had a lot of money in his account. Our tickets was a direct flight from Chicago to Johannesburg, South Africa.
Our flight was on Egypt Air. We boarded an hour later and quickly found our seats. We didn't arrange our seats, so we had a really mixed up group. Nine was sitting next to Eight, looking wistfully at Lailah. Six, Marina and Ella were sitting next to each other. And Sam and Sarah were sitting together. I somehow found myself next to Lailah, her sitting next to the window.
She had taken off her bracelet and put it in her chest. The plane lifted off the ground with a lot of noise. I looked around, the rest of us were all spread out around the plane. The people in front of us were an old couple and the person behind us was a tall boy with black hair and chocolate-coloured skin.
Lailah sighed and tied up her hair into a plait.
'So, Lailah, uh, how was it like being a famous couple's daughter?' I asked nervously.
She laughed. 'It was fun; getting to have fancy stuff, getting to meet famous soldiers and scientists. Then it got sort of boring; my dad had War Tactical Training as a subject. And for P.E I had to climb up a rope and I got to shoot a gun with rubber bullets.'
'Have you ever gotten shot?'
She shrugged. 'Quite a few times, actually. Although, I didn't feel it, people kept on telling me to dodge bullets.'
She showed me her neck and I saw three bullet holes there. I winced.
'I was one of those people who shouted at her to dodge the bullets,' a voice from behind said.
Stunned, Lailah and I turned around to see the black-haired boy smiling at Lailah.
'Ahmit!' Lailah grinned. She just seemed to notice me when she said, 'John, this is Ahmit Rashid. He was one of the soldiers in the army. Only in for a year and he already got honours!'
'Told you I was special,' Ahmit opened his arms wide.
For the first time since I met Lailah, I saw her blush a deep red. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Nine looking at Ahmit enviously.
I turned back and closed my eyes.