Kong Li Christmas : A Sue story 3
By Crystalquirt
Tobue. Kong Li messes up Christmas by trying to take Sue out of the celebration for good. Scary situations, violence, action, romance, angst, oh yeah.
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With Sid injured and pinned down, afraid to move or make a sound, Kong Li was near the brick wall under the old fire escape tapping with a hammer and chisel on the bricks. This was the spot where he suspected to find a recipe behind the mortar holding the bricks in the wall. Each time his sphere shot at Sid he looked over, enjoying Sid's suffering, but he did have a job to do and trusted the sphere to take care of Sid for him.
"Kong Li! What are you doing here?" Sid yelled, but didn't move. The sphere shot him anyway. Stinging his forearm when he used it to protect his face. "Aaagnnn!" Sid fell back panting, the sphere shot again, hitting the ground right next to Sid's head.
Kong Li laughed, "Are you dense or something boy? You seem to be a slow learner."
Sid could see Kong Li without moving his head now at least. The sphere ignored Kong Li's movements. The villain was busy breaking the brick wall, soon to reveal a hidden piece of paper that could only be a recipe!
The sphere shot two more beams at Sid when he looked back over his shoulder trying to see a way out if he was even able to take the recipe away from Kong Li. Maybe I can make Kong Li made enough to come over here, then I could grab him and use him as a shield until I can get out of here with the recipe.
He stifled a whimper when the chain link fence over his head sparkled and sparks showered down on him caused by the beams hitting the galvanized steal. I can't even yell at Kong Li! If I say a word that thing will zap me and I could pass out and he will still get away with the recipe.
Now that Kong Li was finished, he waved the recipe at Sid so he could see his prize clearly. "Merry Christmas Sid! Enjoy your sparkly present. It should keep you busy for hours, if you don't die right away." and then he laughed, "HeHeHe" like a bad imitation of Santa, dramatically wrapped his cape around himself and then he left going straight up, practically flying up the broken fire escape.
Sid frantically looked at the sphere that was not giving up just because Kong Li left. "Hey! Take this thing with you!"
When the sphere shot at him again, Sid braced himself and made a run for it. Limping severely from where a bolt of energy already hit him in the leg, he was so slow another bolt hit him in his other leg and knocked him down again. The back of his left thigh near his knee burned with stabbing pain and now his right calf felt like it was on fire and he couldn't flex his ankle! He couldn't get up at all so he rolled into a shallow recess in the brick building just as another energy bolt stung his lower back.
Bolts of the magical energy kept shooting past him because he couldn't help but yelp and whimper in pain, and he barely had enough room to get all the way out of the line of fire. Leaning against the deepest side of the small space, Sid gritted his teeth and held his legs up tight to his body still scared to move.
Sid thought several minutes must have passed and the sphere has been quiet. He hoped he was far enough away now that it wouldn't be so sensitive, he leaned over quickly and just a tiny bit to peek out at the sphere, and as quick as lightening it got him again in the chest on the left side, just under the same shoulder that had already been hit.
"Ahhgnnnn!" He gritted his teeth in anger, and because it really hurt and he was trying not to scream! Being very careful to stay out of the line of fire, Sid hurried and got his phone out and with shaking fingers, he started pushing buttons. It seemed like forever before Sue answered! "Help Sue! . . . Kong Li's got me pinned down!There's some kind of ball shooting at me!"
The thing reacted to his voice and shot in his direction again, making him cringe and hug the wall to the rear of the tiny space. Even though he was really freaked out, Sid forced himself to whisper, "Be careful when you get here! This thing shoots at the smallest sound or movement!"
Just to prove it, it shot again and ricocheted off a rusty metal hinge mounted in the brick to hit Sid's arm. Sue heard her brother groan in pain and yelled into the phone, "I have you on GPS - Tobey and I are on the way." Sue thumped Tobey on his head to get his attention off the Christmas music he listened to on his MP3 player while the decorated the garden with lights. He yanked out his earbuds, "What?"
"Sid's trapped - maybe hurt! He ran into Kong Li!" Their bikes had been put away for the night and were in the garden.
"Lets go! What are you waiting for Sue?" She glared at him since she was already on her bike with her helmet on. She rode off without him, but he was catching up fast. Sue called Nana on the way, not wanting to waste a precious second more than she had to, by running back into Wu's to tell her first.
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"Don't just charge in Tobey, Sid says whatever has him trapped targets movement and sound." They peeked cautiously around the corner at the end of the alley. They could see the shimmering globe on the pedestal but couldn't see Sid anywhere.
Tobey stepped out cautiously and called, "Sid- Are you . . . " he was cut off when he had to duck a bolt of energy from the sphere. This time without looking around the corner Sue yelled, "Sid - if we distract it, can you make a run for it?" The sphere started sending bolts of energy in all directions in response to the voices.
Her brother's voice sounded so weak when he answered she wanted to run to him right then, but held back not wanting to make the situation worse.
"Sue, you can't distract it, it's too fast! I don't think I can run anyway, I'm already hit."
"Sid no! How badly are you hurt?"
"Not bad, just get me out of here!" he ducked when a bolt hit the wall right by his head. Fresh out of ideas, Sue called Nana and told her what was happening. Nana said she would join them and to stay back.
"Sid!" when she called to her brother again, the thing started shooting in all directions since it couldn't detect movement in any one direction.
"Sid - where are you hurt."
"To many places to mention - what's going on?"
"We have to wait for Nana - she's on her way - she promised to get here quickly!"
Firing only at the voices, it was still shooting. Tobey bravely, and a little recklessly jumped across to get on the same side as Sue got back behind the wall. Sid panicked and screamed trying to get even closer to the back of the small space.
A bolt of energy ricocheted and blew up a brick right next to his face. Brick and mortar blew into his eyes blinding and scaring him even more, he turned over, covered his head with his arms and a bolt got him right between his shoulder-blades! He screamed louder than Tobey did with a Nian chasing him!
"SID!" Sue screamed, terrified for her brother, she started to run in, but Tobey tackled her. He got her pushed down just in time to get hit in his helmet by one of the beams and the force still hurt his head even through the helmet! He held onto Sue to make sure she followed him as they scrambled back around the corner amidst a barrage of fire that came their way, but missed.
"Sorry . . . Tobey are you alright?" She asked when she saw him taking his burnt helmet off to rub his head.
"I'm alright, but look at my helmet! If I hadn't been wearing it, it would have fried my luscious hair! Poor Sid! I hope he's . . . um . . . I'm sure he fine Sue – Sid is tough."
Sue clenched her fists and glared back down the alley. The sphere was sitting there silent and lifeless and looking all innocent. She still couldn't see Sid.
"Sid?" she called, they both listened and now Sid didn't answer them either!
"Tobey! Let go of me! I have to go!"
"No Sue," Nana walked up behind her. "That thing is dangerous, but it will break like glass if struck. I brought your Christmas present to you early Sue." Nana handed her a beautifully decorated re-curve bow and a quiver full of arrows.
Sue's hands shook a little when she took them. "Nana! Wha???"
"You expressed an interest in archery, and I decided to teach you after the first of the new year, but it is needed now to save Sid."
"But I've never even held a bow before! What if I miss, or hit Sid? You better do it!" she tried to hand the bow back to Nana.
"You won't miss Sue. Relax I will help you."
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Tobey continued . . .