I pointed. “Follow the air mage.”
Sy didn’t question it.
He justmoved— the ground trembling under his weight.
But the ferals still kept coming.
Beside me, a guard screamed once before three ferals tore him apart. Another kept firing—pop, pop, pop—until they were on him.
Fuck.
I charged another using my power to blast it back, exploding it into visceral chunks. But my powers were failing. I was exhausted.
There was no way out.
We had to retreat.
Sy was in full dragon form again, ripping through the horde. K sent out a bolt of lightning, taking out several at once. Jess had flames shooting out in all directions.
Finally, with one blast she made a wall.
I paused for half a second to just see what was happening.
This wasn’t a battle. It was a massacre.
“Ash! Where are you going?” K yelled.
Ash didn’t answer.
In one movement, he had ripped the door from its hinges and thrown it at his pursuers. He was already inside.
Above me I heard a chopper approach. The thud thud thud of the rotors swept up the wind above us.
I turned in time to see Gideon Quinn emerge from the school onto the quad. Behind him, several Light soldiers followed, arms at the ready, already firing on the ferals.
It was like a switch had been flipped. The ferals surged, turning towards the sound.
Several started trying to climb the walls.
“They’re after Gideon!” I yelled to K. K shot around, his eyes dark with fury,
“We can’t let him get away! And we can’t let them kill him! Not yet! Go!”
“You go! I’ll hold them off!” I yelled, pulling my blades from behind my back. I leapt with renewed fury, watching K’s back as he charged for Gideon.
Sy flew overhead, lowering only to cut through the rabid army with his long black talons. I could see his focus was on following Ash.
But if he left, we were exposed.
“Fuck!”
Jess ran to my side and stood strong, her hands blazing.
I cast her a glance. Her face was twisted with determination.
“Let’s send these motherfuckers back to hell shall we?” she said.
I couldn’t help it. I grinned. “I always liked you.”
