Chapter 17: Goliath
Kevin screams as he focuses all of his vines onto the giant monster’s legs, successfully immobilising it for a few seconds. Alex unleashes fireballs that crack explosively onto the giant’s face, melting off patches of skin that regenerate slowly.
Jacob rushes over to Jen, whose ribs are slowly knitting themselves back together, and supports her carefully. "You alright, Sis?" he asks, frowning at Henrick who dodges a sweep of the monster’s wrecking ball hands.
The speedster coughs out, agony coming with every breath as she shakily stands up with Jacob’s help. "I’m fine. Go help them." she mutters weakly as she leans on a building.
Leo approaches gently and sniffs Jen, the speedster pulling back at how large and wolf-like the canine is. "Good do-wolf. Good wolf." she whispers, slowly backing away from the large dog that suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
The good boy whines as Jen pulls away and dashes forward, tongue flying out of his mouth as he gives her a nice big lick across the face. "YUC-AAAAAHHHH!!" she starts in disgust, but quickly transitions into a scream as her bones regenerate at an even quicker rate.
Jacob unleashes blasts of wind that push Leo away, but the canine recovers quickly and barks at the wind user. Leo’s frustration somehow comes across clearly and makes Jacob pause in his actions.
He looks towards his sister and widens his eyes at the rapidly healing bruise on her chest. "You...healed her?" he asks, unsure of what’s actually happening. Leo simply nods and stares at Jacob, as if to say "I’ve got this."
With a nod in return, Jacob propels himself through the air and unleashes air blasts that destabilises the already staggering monster. The flames on its skin, however, are snuffed by the forceful gusts of wind.
"Jacob?! What are you doing?!" Alex shouts as the creature recovers and rips off the vines on its legs. It rushes towards Kevin, instinctively understanding his importance. The flame wielder unleashes a steady stream of flames, hoping to catch the monster’s attention.
The giant, however, ignores its slowly blackening flesh and leaps towards Kevin. Its eyes bulge in animalistic rage, its mouth somehow opening wider as if to swallow the boy whole.
The little boy’s body locks up in terror as he sees the monster swing a giant fist at him, his face frozen in a silent scream of terror. "KEVIN, RUN!!!!" Jen screams as she sees the scene play out in slow motion, heart clenched in helplessness as her body refuses to move.
She pushes herself off the ground with all of her strength, despite the pain of her regeneration, and crawls towards the little boy. Desperate tears well up in her eyes as the fist slowly descends.