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The fire was weakening, slowing, but not enough.
Rubble scraped against pavement, and it took Hunter too long to realize what that meant. Silver was getting to his feet.
And he was pulling power, lots of power, from the air around them. Hunter felt it building and knew Silver could kill the Merricks, right here in these tunnels, using their own power.
So he did what he’d been told never to do. He added his power to theirs.
And like a final link clicking into place, the five of them formed a perfect circle. Everything hesitated. The destructive power was right there, in Hunter’s control, lighting up his vision like a power grid. Waiting for direction.
Hunter looked at Silver.
Then he shoved every ounce of power in his direction.
Hunter felt the force of energy leave his body and slam into Silver’s.
And then he didn’t feel anything at all.
CHAPTER 34
Hunter woke up in a hospital.
It took a moment to realize he should probably be grateful to be waking up at all.
An IV was in his hand, one of those oxygen cannulas strung around his face. Nothing really hurt, but at the same time, he had no desire to climb out of this bed, either. A dull, unsettling ache clung to his bones.
He tried to move his legs.
They worked. They hurt, but they worked.
He wasn’t handcuffed to the bed, either, so that was a plus.
One of the Merrick twins was asleep in the recliner on the other side of the room. His T-shirt said I Google Myself.
Gabriel.
Hunter wasn’t sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing.
“Hey,” said Hunter.
Nothing. He tried again.
Finally, he grabbed the box of tissues on the small table beside the bed and threw it.
Gabriel sat up with a start. He grabbed the box and tossed it onto the window ledge. “Dude, you’re lucky you’re hurt or I’d be shoving this right up your—”
“Save it. What happened?”
“Oh Em Gee, Hunter, you are so welcome,” Gabriel said in a lilting falsetto. “I had a blast saving your life.”
He couldn’t be too mad if he was cracking jokes.
Or maybe he was furious. Sometimes it was hard to tell with Gabriel.
“Maybe if you told me what happened, I could get around to the thanking you part.”
Gabriel’s face lost the mockery. “When we realized that the shopping center was a false lead, we had to make a decision: find you, or get out of the area before the school blew up.” He shrugged, and mischief sparked in his eye. “So we flipped for it.”
“Thank you for finding me.”
