Chapter 14: Escape
The ground shook violently as a burst of dominant aura filled the air, making the four Gibbits floating above wince.
Kingston and Ahara held on to the suspended ice shard Dion and Song had spawned for them, whilst the other two floated beside them, glancing below. Like a purple carpet, the Jacaranda trees falling to the ground covered the park's grounds, stopping dust from ascending.
BOOM!
A clash of what sounded like spells on elements echoed into the skies. Ahara almost jumped from the ice edge she was holding on to, peeking. But she managed to restrain herself on time. Her thigh muscles were almost done healing. Diving into the trees with weak legs would only make her a burden for Damien.
'Just a little while longer,' she muttered in her head, glancing below anxiously.
Her brother was somewhere in those falling trees, fighting forty or so rogues alone, whilst they, the adults who were supposed to be protecting him, had just run away.
"Did you communicate with the damage-repair team?" Dion called out as another blast echoed in the now half-dead park.
"Yes, they'll be here soon," Kingston replied, a line of sweat rolling down his forehead at the sight he was witnessing. "Is it just me or do you guys also feel shitty for letting the kid fight whilst we hide up here like cowards?" He asked.
He couldn't spot Damien anywhere, and when he did manage to, the boy always vanished just as quickly. It was the kind of speed Kingston knew would make the boy famous in Gibbous quickly, but only if he managed to survive the fight, that is.
Dion hummed. "Part of being a hero is knowing when to let the powerful handle the job, Kingston, and right now, that boy is the most powerful among us. I don't know how he was able to tap into the gemstone's power, but fighting next to him with that kind of aura he's emitting will only lead to our demise."
A deadly silence fell in the sky as everyone took in what the wizard had said. Then Song Kim sighed.