Fiction Friday: Chapter 25

In the big room, which had the huge safe n the middle, Shelby looked at her Mom and Dad. They looked more serious than she had ever seen them. They had stopped the hugs pretty quickly after they started. They were watching the door into the room. They knew Mr. Li would be sending someone after them before too long. Her Dad would periodically hold the gun up like he was going ti shoot to, looking the door through the site on the barrel.

"Are Sienna and Sanannah OK?" Shelby's Mom asked her.

Shelby scanned the base, peeling the layers, looking for her sisters. "Sienna is hiding behind the mattresses in room you were in. I can't see Vannah at all, but she can turn invisible now."

Sarah and Sierra talked to each other inside the door of the safe. They were trying to figure out a way to combine their powers. If they could be invisible and control lighting bolts, they figured they would be unstoppable. Sierra tied giving Sarah a piggy back ride, like she has with Shelby, but the younger girl couldn't hold up her cousin.

"Uh, Oh" they heard Shelby say, "The big guy is coming."

The machine gun was much louder than any of them expected. Their dad had shot through the door as soon as he saw the shadow of the man. Bullet holes crossed completely from one side of the door to the other.

"I'm not here to hurt you," shouted the man from the hallway.

"Come in slowly and keep your hands up," said Dad, the machine gun was shaking in his hands from nerves.

The girls moved behind the edge of the safe. The man walked through the door with his hands up. He stopped just inside the door, with the door propped open by his heel. He gave a quick nod and a "Fwop!" sound came from further down the hall.

At that point, several things happened all at once. First, lightning came where Sarah stood and knocked the man up against the wall and then to the floor. She already didn't trust him and when it looked like he was giving a signal she had, had enough. Second, a small metal canister, hit the edge of the door and bounced into the center of the room. It immediately started releasing yellow smoke and rolled toward the door of the safe. Third, the door, now not being held open by the man, closed again.

In just a few seconds everyone n the room was unconscious on the floor.

Behind the mattress Sienna tried to be as quiet as she could be. She jumped when she heard the gun fire, but she stayed where she was. Now, though, someone was coming. They were in the hallway, then in the room. They were trying to walk quietly, but Sienna could hear them. She didn't even want to breath. "Go away," she thought, "go away."

The mattresses fell back, like they were being pulled. Sienna tried to dig herself in deeper, moving back, but there was no where left to hide. She looked up into the room, which was empty at first. Just a few seconds later, Savannah had materialized in front of her.

"Let's go," she said and handed her the feather.