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Chapter Twenty: Crisis
Maddox's P.O.V
"Maddie, c'mon, we're going to be late for gym!" Penelope calls from the end of the hallway. She and the rest of her friends were anxious about starting Phys. Ed. That way they get through with it as quickly and painlessly as possible.
"You girls go ahead without me. I'll catch up with you later!"
I see Ophelia and the rest of my friends walk down the halls, making their way towards the gym as well. Ophelia ignores me and give me the cold shoulder. The rest of the group gives me looks that ranged from apologetic to upset.
They've heard about the incident at the Platinum Clam and they've kind of sided and sympathized with Ophelia. Honestly, I don't blame them…
After getting dressed, I jog out into the field. It's another archery session and most people were standing at the 35 yard mark. I see Ophelia preoccupied, taking shots with her bow and arrow. The rest of my friends are a good distance away, off to the side awaiting their turns. I get away from Penelope's group unnoticed and walk towards them.
I was greeted by stares and glares. "Hey guys…" I greet them quietly.
Valen just gives me a cold glare. He was the one who was the most supportive of Ophelia. The rest were sympathetic but were mostly torn by the fact that Ophelia and I weren't on the best of terms.
"What do you want?" he asked with hostility in his voice.
"Look, I know you guys are upset that I spied on Ophelia but-"
"Dude that was not cool," Lilly cuts me off, shaking her head with a disapproving look on her face.
"Yeah, I know," I admit, dropping my shoulders and letting out a long sigh. "I don't know what came over me to think of such a stupid plan. But honestly, I haven't had any good vibes coming from him lately."
"It doesn't matter how you feel about Damien. You should've considered how Phee would've felt," Valen lashes out.
"I know…I'm sorry…"
I feel a hand placed on my shoulder and saw that it was Angie. "We're not the ones you should be apologizing to," she says in a soft, comforting voice.
"Here comes your chance now," Billy says as he jerks his finger in Ophelia's direction. She apparently was done with her round of arrows.
I was feeling anxious inside. I felt like I was having one of my premonitions again. Other than the fact that this conversation with Phee may not turn out so well, there was something else that made me feel uneasy.
'Oh man, I have this feeling in my gut…something is bad is going to happen…'
I square my shoulders and walk over to her. She sees me coming in her direction and quickly walks away. I run and try to catch up to her.
"Phee, wait…look I gotta say something, hold on…can you stop for a sec and hear me out? Ophelia!" I yell out her name, which finally catches her attention.
I run up to her and she still had her back towards me. I turn her around so that she could look at me when I was talking to her. She defiantly looks away from me and I tilt her head up so that I could look into this big, brown eyes.
"Ophelia you don't have to say anything, just hear me out first. Listen, I know what I did was wrong, but the truth is I-"
BOOM! BOOM!
The ground begins to shake from the two explosions heard from the main building. Ophelia stumbles and I catch her, steadying the both of us. Everyone begins to get really panicky about what had just occurred. Suddenly, it begins to get a lot dimmer, as a shadow covers the entire school and field.
I look up into the sky dark, gray clouds with an unusual tint of purple cover the skies above. Bolts of lightening consume the clouds and gusts of wind begin to pick up speed.
KABOOM!
Another explosion occurs, this time on the field. I shield Ophelia from the flying debris and look up to see what had caused it. Suddenly, what looks like a miniature tornado appears on the field. The winds continue to pick up dirt, leaves, and broken pieces of cement.
I look at the tornado again and see it divide itself into three wisps of dark clouds. The three clouds begin to take form and before I knew it three unrecognizable creatures appear in their place.
"We are the Demon Brothers Three, summoned to wreak havoc unto society!" the demons cry out in unison.
The demon in the middle with intertwining circles on his pink skin, looked like the leader in the group. "Brother Abnegazar," the demon with the Mohawk and swirling eyes says. "It is time we find out which one of these human teenagers are the ones that Master seeks."
"We cannot only recognize them by face alone, Brother Ghast," the demon with the oversized eyes remarks.
"Brother Rath is right," Abnegazar speaks up. He picks up a huge boulder and lifts it over his head. "We are going to have to be able to tell by their skill as well," he grunts as he hurls the boulder towards us.
I lift my arm up and get in front of Ophelia in a pointless attempt to shield her.
'Why must I always be right??'
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Valen, Billy, Lilly, and Evangelia were on the other side of the field watching the chaos ensue. After watching the demons appear and hurl the boulder at Maddox and Ophelia, they had to react quickly.
"Billy!" Valen ordered, over the loud gusts of wind and the clashes of lightening and thunder.
"I'm on it," Billy assures as he teleports where Maddox and Ophelia were. He gets there just in time and teleports them back to where the rest of the group was before the boulder hit them.
"We've got to get everyone out of here immediately," Valen takes charge.
"What about discretion?" Evangelia asks aloud.
"Which is why I'm putting you, Lilly, and Ox in charge of evacuating people," Valen explains his strategy. "Billy and Phee, come with me. You're gonna have to help me distract them."
"What about Rexie?" Lilly asks.
"If you run into him, tell him to help a few people out and then come find us. Does everybody get what they had to do?"
Everyone nods their heads in understanding and break off into their tasks.
Rex was in the middle of shop class when the explosions occurred. Everyone in the school building was evacuating already. He ran out of the exit and saw a lot of commotion in the field. His friends were in Phys. Ed. class so he knew that they were in the epicenter of the madness.
Still having his welding mask on his head, he pushes it down so that it conceals his face. He then removes his trench coat and harness and takes flight. As he rises above the school, he notices a semi-translucent barrier surrounding the perimeter of the school. Students and faculty members were able to exit through the barrier, but the police and firefighters couldn't enter.
'It's as if something intended to keep people out…or keep people in…' he analyzed as he flew over the parking lots. He saw some of his friends helping some of the students pass through the barrier. He saw Evangelia and flew down to ask he what was going on.
"Angie, what the-? What the hell is going on here?!" he shouts over the howling winds.
Evangelia jumps back in shock from the weirdo wearing a welding mask but realizes that it was Rex.
"Some creatures, demons, attacked us on the field. Val told us to help people get out but everyone's already crossed over. We're about to head back to help the others out."
Lilly zooms past them with one arm slung around Maddox. He releases his hold on her and stumbles a bit from the speed. She steadies him a bit before turning her attention to Rex and Evangelia.
"We've gotten everybody out already," she reports.
"Alright, I guess it's time we rejoin the others," Rex declares. He turns to Evangelia and holds out his arms. "C'mon Angie, it'll be faster if I carry you to the field."
"Uh, I don't know about that. I have a fear of heights why don't I just switch with-"
Rex cuts her off and scoops her into his arms, carrying her bridal style. He takes off with Angie in his arms screaming her head off. Lilly slings one arm around Maddox again and follow suit.
"Let's go, Maddie…"
A muffled groan escapes from his lips as he was suddenly moving at the speed of light, trying not to puke.
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The winds continued to howl and pick up speed as lightening strikes the devastated field. The ground occasionally shook, breaking up more debris and was carried off by the winds. As the battle grew fiercer so did the storm.
On one end of the field, Billy was easily taking on Ghast.
"I'm over here," Billy mocks. Then demon turns his head around trying to keep up. Billy made it more difficult for Ghast to track his movements by teleporting to the far end of the field. He then speeds up throwing a punch that connects with Ghast's jaw. Before he can even land on his back, Billy teleports behind him and kicks him up into the air. Billy finishes Ghast off by teleporting into the sky and slamming the demon down. Before the blink of an eye, Billy tears the fence surrounding the school and wraps Ghast within it.
He looks up to see how Ophelia and Valen were doing. Valen was at the far corner of the field near the bleachers, taking on Abnegazar. Ophelia looked like she could barely manage Rath.
She was surrounded by a dark mist that Rath had conjured up to keep her separated from the others. He knew that the girl had enhanced abilities but she wasn't a metahuman like the two other boys. Ophelia gripped her bow so tightly, her knuckles were turning white. She had an arrow drawn and was very skittish.
"I see you my dear…" Rath projects his voice, making it challenging for Ophelia to locate him in the mist. She shoots her arrow into thin air and quickly draws another one. She was jumpy and her fear was preventing her from thinking clearly and listening to her surroundings.
'Crap, I'm running low on arrows. Once I'm out he'll come for me,' Ophelia thought with despair as tears slipped down her face.
"Hahaha," Rath chuckled, watching the girl tremble with fear. "Don't cry my dear. I'll finish you off soon."
A muffled cry escapes Ophelia's lips as she reached a point of desperation.
Suddenly, twin cyclones of wind clear up the mist. Once the mist cleared, Ophelia saw that it was Billy rotating his arms in an incredibly fast movement. Seeing him, she let out a sigh of relief, dropping her guard.
"Phee!" he cries out in alarm, once he sees Rath behind her ready to knock her out.
Within a flash he teleports and grabs a hold of her and then teleports them away from the demon. Once they were far enough, Billy holds unto Ophelia protectively with one arm while using the other arm to create a powerful cyclone that threw Rath against the wall.
"Phee, now!"
Realizing this was her opportunity, Ophelia strings her last five arrows and launches them simultaneously, pinning Rath against the wall. Once this demon was subdued, Ophelia threw her arms around Billy in a hug, actually happy once in her life that he had butt in.
Across the field, Valen was slammed up against the bleachers, causing another tremor to quake through the ground. "C'mon boy," Abnegazar taunts. "I'm not finished playing with you yet."
Valen turns his head and grabs a hold of the steel skeleton, holding the seats up. Waiting for the perfect timing, he continues to lay low as Abnegazar advances towards him. "Hmm, fine, if you wish to make my mission easier then who am I to oblige you with a slow and painful death."
The demon takes a step closer, ready to pounce. Once he was midair, Valen finally lifts up the metal seats and squishes Abnegazar like a bug. Quickly, Valen jumps up and crushes the metal seats like a paper ball and throws the demon across the field. The heap of metal crashes and grinds into the field carving deep grooves, unable to stop from the momentum.
Rex, Evangelia, Lilly, and Maddox regroup with their friends as they all close in on the Demon Brothers Three.
"That all you got?" Valen challenges.
Abnegazar, Rath, and Ghast burst out in laughter, amused by the teens' defiance. They were a lot harder than they had predicted them to be.
"Oh no, my boy, we're just getting started," Abnegazar chuckles.
Three bolts of blue lightening shoot down on the demons, rejuvenating them and making them even stronger. They break free of their bondages and advance on the teens in an intimidating matter. A few of them take a few steps back, unsure of what they were going to do.
"Anybody got a plan?" Billy asks aloud.
"Yeah, try to stay alive," Rex suggests.
"Anybody got a good plan?" Maddox asks again, hoping for a better response.
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Well there you go…
Sorry about not updating as soon as I promised. It took a while tweaking out the action scenes. This is only the first part, though.
Review and I will update A.S.A.P…
A/N: The last few quotes were from the episode where Wonder Woman fights against The Huntress, Vixen, Shayera, and Black Canary.