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Chapter 11
Ky's POV
Two heartbeats…two soft thuds ticked by as my eyes flickered from the dark blue eyes, jet black hair and scarlet robe that had me twist my arm out of the grip. I backed away as Aidrian Atticus smiled predatorily at me, not even humouring me with a hint of surprise at my feat.
"Tempa Estanum." The gust of wind gushed out of my wand and circulated towards the healer, he smirked and with a flick of his wand it stopped.
"I see you're not here to play games." I heard a sharp scream and turned away from the healer, feeling the heat of the flame before seeing the orange hue, I could hear a cackle amidst the flame, the scarlet cloak camouflaged in the flame as the woman pointed her wand at the next car, a shiny black Lexus that burst into flames, my heart caught at the sound of the screams and I ran forward.
"aqua inciduntus!" I watched as the water fell out of the sky itself, the spell merely changing the state of the water vapour and I had never been more grateful that it was a humid day today. I heard the sounds of coughs as the fire sizzled to a halt and I watched the front door slowly creak open.
"For someone so smart, you're very foolish." I felt his lips at my ear and the shiver of disgust never came as I heard the curse slither off his lips, "Concresco sanguinem."
My throat seized and my mind burst into frenzy as I tried my hardest to push my wand up, but my body was too consumed with trying to fight off the effects of the dark spell as the very blood in my veins began to clot.
"ventusverbera." I wrenched forward as I heard Vez's curse, knowing it must have hit Atticus if his curse broke on me, my veins tingled as its contents changed back to its previous consistency and my heart beat painfully fast at the realisation that it was seconds away from stopping.
I was on all fours, gasping for breath as I looked up, only to find Vez's back to me, fighting off scarlet cloaks from all directions. I felt the rumble of the bridge beneath my knees and heard more screams, even the distant sound of the splashing of water.
"So you've found yourself another pretty little princess to serve, Silvestre. What fun would it be, to watch her beg for her life moments before death…that should be a familiar scene for you?"
I growled to my feet at the sound of the patronizing voice and had my wand pointed at the green eyes whilst Vez was dodging spells and casting almost simultaneously.
"Ignis Sagitarius." The arrow of fire whipped its way through the air and Kat didn't bat an eyelash as it zoomed closer to her, where she stood in between two burning cars as she watched Vez battle his five opponents. The moment before impact the green changed to brown and the arrow disappeared with the flick of the wand of the Palbei that stood before her.
She glinted her white teeth at me as she smiled, and I lurched forward only to stop as an arm pushed out in front of me, it was bloodied with more bruises than skin but it saved me from falling forward through the gaping hole that now emerged before me from balustrade to balustrade as Vez's spell hit the bridge with such force, I watched as a scarlet cloak fell through and looked away quickly, not wanting to witness the impact of a body after a fifty feet fall.
Kat's eyes glinted as she walked forward, her Palbei waiting for her orders as they lined up on either side of her as she neared the hole in the bridge, I tossed a curse at her but it was intercepted yet again by another Palbei, she had a human shield.
I turned instead to help Vez in his fight with the one Palbei that managed to stay on this side but my head whipped around as I heard the shout. My feet were moving fast when I saw the somewhat familiar face of the boy that I was teasing not minutes ago as he cried in the backseat of the car which of course had to be hanging almost off the bridge. I could hear more screams and I was so distracted by the attack that I didn't realise that half the people didn't manage to get off the bridge, I could see flames off in the distance…they must have set fire to the entrance of the bridge. Fuck!
I reached the car door and tried opening it but the button was down. I gestured profusely to the boy to open the button but he continued crying, his face made redder by the blood that dripped down his cheek from the wound on his head. I didn't look at the front seat, only knowing that there was not a sound coming from there and that could mean one thing only.
"Alohomora." I tried the door again but it wasn't locked, but jammed. The boy continued crying, shit, I acted without thinking and did the first thing that came to mind and tossed off my jacket and wrapping it around my fist and then banging onto the glass. The third time did the trick.
"Kid! Come!" I held my hand out for the boy and he reached for me but just before my fingers touched I felt the feel of hands around my waist. I saw the shock of blonde hair,
"NO!" I screamed but he was already turning, probably halfway through with the apparition when I kicked as hard as I could and he let go of me, my stomach twisted for a second, only to be replaced by a searing pain as I looked down horrified at the gushing blood at the wound at my stomach…I managed to stop Vez from apparating us away…but I was splinched in the process.
I watched as a kaleidoscope of spells highlighted the area as it made its way towards Vez but with a perfectly executed shield charm they bounced off harmlessly.
"WHY ARE YOU FIGHTING ME! I'M GETTING YOU OUT OF HERE!" He shouted over the screams as I tried to get to my feet, moving pass him and towards the child again. I staggered, hoping it had to do with the wound and not that the bridge seemed to be breaking but the squeal and screech of breaking aluminium I knew it must be the latter.
"HELP! HELP!" I looked to my left, the blonde lady who looked so much like Nessie screamed as she was trapped behind a burning car and I watched in horror as a balustrade fell forward.
"WATCH OUT!" I screamed but I knew it never flowed across the space that was consumed with breaking and burning bridge. I stared horror stuck at the place where she stood seconds ago. I could hear spells making their way at my back but they never hit, the protrego charm practically encapsulating me. Vez grabbed me again and I reeled back.
"NO! We're not going! We stay and fight!"
"If we stay, we die!"
"We stay and fight!" I screamed but I could see in his angry gold eyes he wasn't listening. He reached for me again and I let him grab me, staring into his eyes and my heart broke with each word, "YOU ARE TO SAVE THEM. SAVE EVERYONE YOU CAN! EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT YOU CAN! DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME."
His nostrils flared and his hand stayed on my arm but I knew he couldn't deny a direct command…something I had sworn never to do to him. He turned, grabbing the door of the car and wrenching it open with brute force and he leaned in for the child. I turned, the shield slowly dying and I allowed myself a seconds thought for my plan of attack.
They were after me…there were here because of me…they were just destroying this bridge because it happened to be here…I needed to get them away from here. I looked to the left of me, most of the cars were empty, there was no fire blocking the exit of the bridge and those who could had ran away, the others being trapped by fire and broken bridge…
But I couldn't outrun them…it wouldn't work. The spells continued bouncing off Vez's steel defence shield charm and I could see the Palbei circle me on the outside, waiting for the shield to fall, Kat and Atticus front and centre, the female nonchalant and the male smirking. I looked up, at the lines that held the bridge up, if I cut the one almost directly above Kat, it shouldn't have an effect on the right hand side of the bridge, I needed to cut the lines that held that balustrade up, if I could do it, it would take half of them out at least, but I might get hit as well. I could dodge it though, I could throw the spell and run…
The red hot spell grazed my cheek and I knew it was time to act.
"DIFFINDO!" I felt a spell shoot right through my shoulder and felt the biting sting but held my wand steady as I pointed to the precise point I hoped would make most of the impact. I turned on my heel, feeling another hit my thigh but running flat out as I knew the screeching sound to mean fallen balustrade.
I ran all the way down, hoping that the bridge would stop crumbling, I screamed for those who were near to fall back, even if there was nothing but flame behind them. I jumped over the boot of a car and my feet hit the tar…
And then there was nothing…nothing at all...my hair flipped and flew in front of me and my body cried with the pain of the rushing wind as the bridge got smaller and smaller, the smell of flame and sound of pain decreasing in my minds eyes as all I could feel was the rush of wind which suffocated me from all sides…I screamed spell after spell as I clutched my wand but no sound came out, swallowed in the vacuum of the fall and I tried my hardest to change my position…to somehow straighten up in the air…
There was the splash that I had heard so many times, but this time I felt it…I felt it reverberate through my whole body and pull me down…further and further into the endless black water…until that is all that I could see…