Human Realm

Chapter 9: The Hunt Begins

Amity looked at Luz. "What's our plan?" she asked. "We need to prepare for the coven," replied Luz, "Which means we need to split up and look for supplies. Gus, Willow, and Hunter will go in one group, me and Amity in the other. The palismen will stay here." "Got it," said Willow, grabbing Hunter and Gus and leaving. "Alright Amity!" said Luz, "Let's get going." "Okay," said Amity shyly. Luz extended her hand out to Amity. Amity hesitantly took it. Luz pulled her up, and the two were then face to face. They both blushed hard and turned away from each other. "L-Let's just go," Luz stuttered. "A-Agreed," responded Amity. The two then stepped out of the store and put into the crowd.  "Where will we find what we need?" asked Amity. "We need weapons," replied Luz, "And the best place to find that is a sporting goods store." "Where is that?" questioned Amity. "There's a map," said Luz, "Let's find out." They walked up to the map and looked at it. "So, Sticks' Sporting Goods is on the fourth floor," said Amity. "Then Thats where we need to go," said Luz. As the two girls ran off to the escalator, the other three witches wandered through the crowd. "Luz gave us like 100 human moneys," said Willow. "They're called dollars," corrected Gus. "Where would we find supplies?" asked Hunter. "I don't know," said Willow, "But why don't we check that map up there?" They walked up to the map and looked at the stores and their locations. "What looks like it'll have some good supplies?" asked Gus. "What about that one?" asked Hunter, pointing at a spot on the map, "Institution Sports and Outdoors?" "Looks like we're heading there," said Gus the three then headed to the escalator to make their way to the second floor. Meanwhile, with Lumi- I mean Luz and Amity, they finally made it to the fourth floor... after like, eight wrong turns and one bathroom stop. "Okay, where did the map say to go?" asked Luz. "It said that Slicks' Sporting Goods is like seven stores over from the escalator," replied Amity. As the witches went to go towards the store, Amity caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of her eye. "Luz..." she said, grabbing hold of the human's arm. Luz whipped around and gasped. Standing at the top of the escalator, was about seven coven guards. The witches then made a break for it. "There!" shouted a guard. The guards then started pursuing the two. Amity then tripped and fell to the floor, hurting her ankle. "Ow shit!" she cried. "Wow," said Luz as she picked up the green haired witch, "Didn't think you could talk like that." "Shut the hell up," said Amity with a blush. Luz then ran as she carried Amity bridal style. They ducked into a department store and waited for the coven guards to pass. But they didn't. They walked into the store that they were in. "They're somewhere in here," said one of them, "Find them! You two stay here and make sure they don't get out!" The guards then split up and left two at the door. "Damnit," whispered Amity from Luz's arms. "Big words from a little girl," Luz said quietly, who was actually significantly taller than the witch. "You wanna hear big words?" asked Amity. "Not really," replied Luz, "But now we need an escape plan." While the two came up with a plan, the other three witches made their way to Institution. "Run!" exclaimed Willow, as she saw 9 coven guards. "I might be able to fool them," said Hunter. He drew a spell circle and he was back in his Golden Guard uniform. He then walked back to the guards. "Guards," I was beginning to think you would never show up," he said casually. "We have orders to arrest you as well, Hunter," said one of them, "Lord Belos has informed us of your betrayal." "Fuck," said Hunter under his breath, "Then you've left me no choice." He jumped on one and brought him to the ground. He roundhouse kicked another and uppercutted another. He pushed one down the escalator, kicked one in the balls, stole one's mask, making him burn up like one of these death eaters in Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire, and then threw one off the balcony. The remaining two grabbed his arms and restrained him. "Go!" he shouted to Willow and Gus. The other two ran in the opposite direction. They made it to Institution and ran inside. "Where can we find proper weapons?" asked Willow. "We might find them in the baseball section," said Gus, "That bat that Luz found looks pretty deadly." Just then, four coven guards grabbed the two. "Gotcha," said one. The guards then dragged the two out of the store, earning a few terrified gasps from bystanders. Meanwhile with Luz and Amity, they had finally come up with a plan. That is... until Emperor Belos' face appeared on every screen in the mall. "Hello Noceda," he boomed, "I know you're watching this, so I know you'll reveal yourself. I have your little friends. So come out now, or they will surely suffer." The screens then cut back to what they were originally on. The whole mall was silent. The guards at the door were the only ones talking. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a clothes rack fell over. The guards went over to it. They then heard a voice whisper. "Go!" said the voice. The two witches then ran out, not questioning the voice. All that the guards saw after the shelf fell, was a flash of orange fluff. They were on the ground. Luz and Amity then ran out into the mall, determined to find their friends.