Rebirth: The Awakening Of A Witch (27 page)

The rage I felt
dug in deeper
,
extensively
rooting itself in
the recesses of my entire being,
filling me with an intense glow of warmth
I’ve never experienced before
. I felt like something inside me was going to explode, but I didn’t
even think of suppressing it
.
I allowed it to grow
in its vastness
, to build itself up until it almost
took hold of me completely
.

Just when I was contemplating the thought of
completely
falling on
th
at
darkened abyss
, allowing it
to hoard every ounce
of strength it needed,
everything suddenly went quiet inside me
,
and I
felt peace.
I smiled when
a nudging feeling was telling me that
something was going to happen, something great.
As
I
sensed
his presence coming at an impossibly sharp speed
,
I
completely forg
ot
the rage I felt a moment ago
.
I slowly closed my eyes and took deep, relaxing breaths as
I
looked up towards the
rusted bars on the
ceiling
, waiting for him to come.

Chapter
14
-
Anguish

I instantly felt an overwhelming feeling swamp through me as a cycle of lightning struck inside that god-forsaken building, fully cloaking the distance between me and the devil
sibling
s. All my anger vanished when I saw him standing there, his long hair flying wildly about as the intensity of the lightning he brought with him
caused a strong wind current to emanate inside that room, blowing everyone back
.

I
was taken aback when
I saw the
untamed
,
murderous expression he had on his features. I’ve never seen him this intense before. It scared
me a
lit
t
le
, but
I somehow felt proud of him in a strange way.
The stir of emotions I now felt inside me couldn’t be explained. I tried to search through my brain for any logical explanation but there w
as
n’t any.
I was just that overjoyed that he was suddenly there, alive, and saving me again with a thunderous expression on his face.
My smile broadened as I stared at his back that was
only
inches from
where I was
currently detained
.
With or without a prophecy
, I knew I would eventually
come to realize
this
feeling of
blissful
contentment
every time I see him,
no matter what
expression he had on that god-like face of his.

As that sudden revelation flooded me, I felt Elise and Cole’s presence as they appeared on either side of me.
Elise immediately swiped her
hand
beside me,
bringing a rush of wind acting as
sharp
blades on the steel bars that held me back
, and I was suddenly free.
I
haven’t recovered yet from the shock of what
she just did before
she immediately
extended her right arm to her side. All of a sudden, a large barrier surrounded the three of us, making it look like we were encased in a
clear
bubble.
Adrien finally stopped throwing lightning and tensed himself, stepping behind into the bubble with us as shots of fire started coming at us, encasing the bubble
into a
n array of light with
yellow and orange flames.

“Take Skylar and get out of here.” Adrien suddenly stated.

“No. We’re not leaving without you!” I stubbornly replied.
I couldn’t believe he was asking this
from
his siblings. But Cole and Elise immediately grabbed both of my arms. I was too stunned that they were actually willing to do just that. I struggled,
fighting against time as I expected us to instantly be in a different place
, but nothing happened. We just stayed on that building with Adrien still in front of us. I frowned,
turning my face to look
at Elise
.
S
he closed her eyes as she furrowed her brows, concentrating deeply at something.
While I was just staring at her,
the flames surrounding us
surprisingly
thinned
,
and I immediately saw Alastor and Rhiannon smiling smugly
a few feet in front of us.

Alastor released one of his wretched, demented laughs as he looked right at us, directing all our attention to him. H
e
raised both his arms on his sides and swiftly lifted them higher until they were pointing toward
s the ceiling, bringing dark
, faceless
figures with orange eyes rising from the ground, completely passing through the cemented
floor
of the building.
My breath caught in my throat when I realized that we were all suddenly surrounded.
Thousands of Alastor’s dark ghouls were standing everywhere, their bodies that appeared to be made of a strange, sticky, black substance slowly dripped to the floor as they continuously swayed from side to side.

“Leave now! Cole!” Adrien hastily ordered.

“We can’t. Something’s blocking us,” Cole retorted, clenching his fists beside me.

Rhiannon clicked her tongue. “That’s because we spelled the entire area. No one is allowed to leave
,
”
she stated with an icy smile.

“You didn’t actually
think we
woul
d let you take her
that
easily, did you?
”
Alastor continued with an amused, sinister smile on his face. He then motioned
at
his minions to come charging at us. “See, Skylar? This is exactly what I meant by entertainment,” he roared as he let out another one of those crazed cackles
. As he laughed, I suddenly felt the ground shake violently. Adrien
instant
ly grabbed me by the waist, keeping me from toppling over while he was throwing flames from his
free
hand to those figures that were wandering too close to us.
Elise was
constantly
swiping wind
from her arms
as blade after blade
kept flinging towards
the rest of the ghouls
, slicing them up as
they attacked
us from
hers and Cole’s side
.
I was amazed at how she still kept the bubble of shield surrounding all of us while spurting wind blades.
The ground suddenly stopped vibrating then
,
and I saw Cole crash a massive block of cement against the wall behind us,
complete
ly destroying it and giving us a clear view of the surroundings outside.

Without warning, I suddenly felt myself floating from the
ground
,
and I gasped as Adrien lifted me in his arms
as he
instantly
ran at a rapid speed through the
large
h
ole
on the wall,
Elise and Cole were closely behind him, flanking him on his sides
as they kept hurling blocks of
air
and rocks towards any ghoul that were too close
.
Once we were outside,
a
heavy downpour viciously flowed upon us as rain continued on beating down heavily.
I closed my eyes and squirmed closer to Adrien as he continued on
gliding through the forest that we were currently on.
He never slowed down even once
,
even if I was obviously weighing him down.

Just when I thought we were finally going to be able to get away, that emerald smoke
started clouding everywhere
and Adrien immediately stopped. “Elise!”
he called out.

All at once, that
clear shield was surrounding us once again. Adrien gently settled me down on my feet before abruptly turning around, completely blocking me.
He nodded towards Cole
,
who was suddenly stretching his arms before him in a continuously brisk manner, forming a tornado as his hands continued on forming a circular wave, never stopping even once.
Before I knew it,
the thick mossy smoke around us was gone followed by a rough, heavy
,
and twisted
tornado made completely of
water
started
falling harshly on the shield above us as it forcefully flowed everywhere
around us.
When the water finally stopped gushing
, I scanned our surroundings and saw that we were almost on the edge of that
exact
cliff in one of my visions. Black
puddles that looked like tar washed all around us as Alastor’s minions heavily lay lifeless everywhere, scattered all around the place
as they covered
everything in darkness.

I felt Rhiannon’s presence suddenly coming towards us from above. “Elise, above us!” I cried out. She stiffened as she abruptly directed her hands above our heads
just in time before
a shower of fire immensely washed down
on us, creating a cloud of white smoke as it mixed with
the heavy
rain. Each time a fresh wave of fire pounded on us, I saw Elise wince
. She was getting exhausted with this. I glanced at Cole and Adrien to see that they both looked equally worn out desp
ite their efforts to stay strong.
Adrien suddenly
reached his arms toward the heavens
, calling onto a dance of lightning towards A
lastor and Rhiannon’s direction
. Cole
also placed his palms together before shoving them before him, throwing spurts of water forward, joining Adrien’s lightning dance as everything they both created turned into a chaotic shower of electric currents everywhere.
Much to my horror,
Alastor
effortle
s
s
ly avoid
ed
each
flap
of current
. Rhiannon’s flame of waves, on the other
hand, slowly weakened just in time as Elise’s shield finally gave in. Adrien
instantly grabbed me as all three of us bolted out of that spot
at the last m
inute
before the last wave of
Rhiannon’s flames hit the
place
where we were just standing.

I felt myself being hauled roughly
on the ground as I groaned.
A mixture of rain and small rocks fell on my face
.
I
instantly
opened my eyes
and saw thick clouds of dust filling my vision.
I glanced down
to
find
Adrien sprawled
on top of me
. He
directly
got up
, pulling me with him
before turning around, using his body to block out whatever was coming towards us once again.
My eyes
frantically searched everywhere for Cole and Elise, but they weren’t in sight.
The haze of dirt slowly cleared with the help of the rain, and
I felt Adrien’s back tense up as he clenched his hands hard
. I stepped slightly beside him to see Cole and Elise
tied up
together
with
that identical
, thick
steel bars that held me
captive just
a few
moments
ago. That same grassy smoke hovered around them, keeping them in place as Rhiannon
,
whose leg was now bleeding,
stood before them.