Chapter Nine ★ Burn Bright Cont’

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An image of Ray came to mind and I took a sharp inhale. Scarface looked down at me and said, “Yesss. Yousss knowsss the onesss.”

It can’t be him. Sure he’s from the Mediterranean but he sure as heck ain’t no merlock. Or was he? 

Things started to snap together as I thought about his weird comment earlier. About our base not following protocol and that his people took down the threat no matter if it was man or not.

With another shaky breath I pushed myself back up to my feet and stood right before Scarface. He sneered in response. Pearl stepped to my right with her weapons at the ready.

“What is Ray’s connection to you and yer kind?” I drawled.

Scarface let out a hissing laugh as his shoulders shook up and down. He held his pudgy hands on his rather rotund stomach and let out a loud barking laugh. The men behind him joined in on the laughter.

I yelled at them, “Confess or your my next travel set of luggage.”

That seemed to have sobered him up real fast for all of them stopped laughing. Scarface’s eyes narrowed as he let out a menacing growl. His hands made into fists and was ready to fight at any moment.

He said, “A deal. He’sss madesss deal with usss.”

Time for me to arch an eyebrow, “A deal? What deal?”

“To delay.” Scarface said then allowed a huge grin replace the scowl on his face. The light danced in his eyes as I realized at that moment Pearl and I had been had.

“Oh for the love of Triton!” I shouted.

Pearl caught on real quick and said with a gasp, “the boy.”

“SSSmart. Yesss mermaidsss sssmart but ssslow.” He leapt back and motioned for his men to attack.

Pearl lit up like the forth of July as her blades sunk into the unfortunate alligators in her way. She threw her head back at Doc, “Luna grab Doc. We’ve gotta hurry.”

Even though my powers were blocked it didn’t mean I wasn’t fast. Alligators swiped and lunged as I weaved through their mass of arms, legs and tails in my attempt to retrieve Doc. Using my tae-kwon-do knowledge I was able to block most of their attacks and use that energy to propel me closer to him.

How could Ray deceive us this whole time? I thought he was on our side? What worries me the most is that he was able to get around our safety protocols that checked for cloaking spells. The sirens above went off and woke me out of the worry storm.

Just in time to see an arm sailing through the air right for my face. Yikes. I ducked and swung my leg out to trip the attacker and rolled on through getting me closer to where Doc laid prone on the floor.

Outside I heard the sound of several stomping footsteps. Reinforcements will be here soon. Pearl and I just have to hold them at bay.

A wave of magic surged through as Pearl knocked back several alligator men with her tidal wave jutsu. The men stood for a moment holding and shaking their heads. But some were coming out of the daze a lot sooner than we wanted.

They closed in on her and piled on top. I screamed, “Pearl!”

Some of the alligator men started to go for Doc. He was still a few feet from me. What to do? What to do? Think Luna. Think.

Thud-thud.

In that moment everything stopped.

Thud-thud.

Fire. Much brighter than the fire from earlier burned.

Thud-thud.

My entire being was engulfed in flames and I ceased then screamed out. Bright light flooded the room as my body floated up from the ground and spun to face Scarface. 

He was still in striking pose… ready to leap onto Pearl for a finishing blow. Rage coursed through me and I thought, “Oh no you don’t.”

Moving with the flow of energy I moved back and darted to where he stood. My hand went up to his throat and lifted him up from the ground. His eyes grew wide as he struggled to escape my grasp.

“Burn.” Was the one word that came to mind and I spoke aloud. 

Scarface closed his eyes and stopped resisting. In seconds all of the alligator men in the room turned black and then grey as their bodies burst into ash. Their scattered remains mixed in with deceased scroll on the counter top and floor.

Time rushed back to its normal flow as Pearl stood there wide eyed. Men from the base came into the room and looked puzzled. For the only occupants in the room before they entered were the Doc, Pearl and myself.

The bright light left me and I collapsed to my knees once again. Heavy breaths heaved in and out as I tried to recapture my breath. Dang. That was one heck of a work out.

One of the soldiers asked, “What happened in here?”

Doc groaned and moaned as he sat back up. He said, “Can’t a doctor get some rest once in a while?”

The soldiers let out a laugh and I joined in. We needed that… yes, we seriously needed that from Doc.

Pearl walked over to me and pulled, “Luna, we have to go before you-know-who gets here.”

I grumbled and got back up then dusted myself off. Doc nodded at us and got the soldiers’ attention as Pearl and I snuck to the doorway.

As we hustled into the hallway I heard my father call out, “Luna. Wait.”

Pearl kept on moving and I followed her. If this was any other time I would have stopped. But no, we had a kid to go save.

I waved my arm at my father and blew a kiss, “Sorry dad. Maybe next time?”

He yelled, “Luna Shimmers. Get back here this instant. That’s an order young lady.”

Ignoring his order I pushed past Pearl on our way to the bubble room where we would be ushered to the surface in no time flat. We had no more time to waste. With a merlock now in the mix the boy’s life was on thin ice.

Questions about what happened in there will have to wait. I suspect it has something to do with the curse and the temporary cure all messing with my powers. But that’s a mystery for later.

Right now the mission is to save the boy. Beast or not. Witch, merlock or some other creature won’t stand in my way of protecting him.

‧͙⁺˚*·༓☾ – Chapter 9 :: Burn Bright Done – Stay tuned for Chapter 10… –☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙