"Got no choice I guess." Kairo stands in his seat placing his hand firmly on the windshield the end of the block grows closer and closer at a scary rate.
"Guys? Guys!?" I scream feeling the sidewalk lift the car off the ground sending it flying through the air toward the empty lot.
"Make sure to keep in contact with the car!" Kairo screamed as the front of the car penetrated an invisible wall, the hood disappeared first then the front seat slid through leaving me with half a car souring into an empty lot I shut my eyes tight and then open them when I feel the vehicle hit the ground again.
We were now sliding through the bottom floor of a warehouse past terrified faces of black-eyed children and tables covered in viles and chemistry sets filled with a purplish liquid. The car tires screeched as the brakes slowed us into a sideways drift that ended in slamming against a doorway in the back of the warehouse.
"Woooooooo! Everyone kept their arms and legs in the ride?" Radney asked with too much enthusiasm for me. My head was spinning I couldn't believe we went through so many objects and people.
"Uh-oh, cars totaled..." Radney said looking at the hood of the car which now has a chair fused through it. The whimpers and whispers of the workers gathering near the commotion caught our attention. Dozens of teens gathered near a big chemical vat my eye catches a darting shadow from the group that breaks for a wall in the warehouse. The shadowy form takes the shape of another black-eyed child who smashes a big red button bringing to life an alarm and red and white flashing lights. The children scatter all in different directions away from us pushing each other out of the way to take hiding places under machinery and tables.
We all exchanged looks of concern, I could hear behind the blocked door crashing thuds rushing from somewhere below.
"Out of the car..." kairo said peering through the slit of glass in the door. A deafening slam followed his directions leaving a bend in the door's frame.
"Out of the car!" Radney cooed with more intensity. We all hopped out of the car as a chorus of slams began echoing from the waning door, even the vehicle began to budge and rock we backed away watching in terror as the door crumbled and the car was flung overhead across the room. Mounds of gangly humanoid creatures flooded through the doorway clambering over each other like roaches. I watched as they climbed the ceilings some of the attention was caught by some of the less hidden children I couldn't look away as these monsters treated their victims like ragged dolls tearing limbs from the body with ease and greedily draining the crimson essence.
"Form up protect Willow!" Kairo and Radney take a place in between the swarm of creatures and me.
"Is she not combat-ready?!" Radney shouted over the panic wails of the workers scattering.
"Short story long this personality has zero combat experience." Kairo said while forming his guns and unleashing a volley of shots on a bunch of the swarming monsters bringing several down in two clips. The others taking notice of this began picking up speed until they zipped around the room at triple the speed. Kairo's shots missed their targets that were now blurred circling in.
"What no aim assist?" Radney prodded Kairo.
"Used up a lot of magic earlier I don't have enough to mark targets moving this fast." I felt a presence behind me one of the creatures had found its way behind us and was preparing to run its claws through me but before it could a flash of movement is all I could make out before seeing its head explode. I look to Radney who had sparks running over his body.
"Kairo switch!" Radney barked at Kairo who without hesitation tossed his pistols into the air they burst out of existence the ichor substance formed in Radney's hand forming a submachine gun in each palm. I watched as neon blue runes formed across Radney's skin electricity hopped from rune to rune. I watched but between blinks, I would see him disappear and reappear on the tail of the ghoulish beast shredding them with a line of bullets.
"Don't look away, don't blink." echoed in my head from my brooding passenger. My eyes locked on to Radney his speed becoming less of a problem as I watched him expertly despatch each monster.
Soon there was one left who in a panic fled back into the doorway they came from showing they weren't just mindless beasts tearing into anything that moved.
"don't chase it!" Kairo called out to Radney stopping him in the doorway leading down further into the warehouse.
"I think that was the last one I think I should make sure it doesn't make more of itself or escapes!" Radney called over his shoulder at us peering into the unlit staircase.
"Not here for that... Whatever it was here to find Clown!" Kairo called back prompting Radney to shrug and turn on his heels to face us when he did though his expression dropped fear and anger gripped his face confusing me and Kairo who looked over at me realizing what Randey had seen he wasn't looking at me but something over my shoulder. I cautiously look over my shoulder to see a man looming over me. His silver eyes peering into mine.
"For all of your sakes you best hope that isn't my last Brute." his demeanor was calm and placid his gaze unwavering as he stared through me.
"Don't you lay a finger on her!" Kairo snarled causing those silver daggers to dart in his direction.
"Or what?" the man said with a crooked smile. I felt my heart in my ears and sweat slicked my palms and forehead I thought if moved slow enough away he couldn't hurt me as if hearing my thoughts his eyes trained back on me.
"DON'T!" Radney screamed from across the room my body moved instinctively away but was too slow I felt hands grip my shoulders as I was wisted away being drugged at a dizzying speed. I don't stop as I feel myself soaring until reaching contact with something solid so hard my vision flicks to black.
~End of Chapter 6