Twice in a lifetime: Book 2

Two Wins, Two Losses

It took a little under two hours for them to arrive at the building that Zen had told them about. It was a seemingly abandoned lone storage hangar. Entering the hangar gave them no better information; it was packed with seemingly empty crates. They walked further inside and stopped at the supporting beam in the middle. That was when Zen heard something.

"Duck!" he screamed, and jumped on Jean. Jean was now on the floor, and Zen was on top of her. She stared at his eyeless face for a moment, before he coughed up blood onto her. She gently nudged him onto his side and saw that there was a knife in him, the tip of which was sticking through his chest. She stood up and faced the others. Zen wasn't the only one hit; Ruby had been pinned to the beam by a spear through her chest. Jean quickly looked in every direction for who was attacking them. There, sitting on top of a large crate, was a masked man in a colorful waistcoat. Standing beneath him was a woman in a poofy dress caked in makeup.

"Nice shot, Mrs. Lovett." The man spoke. "You're a bloody wonder."

"Kids." The woman grimaced. "Never liked them."

"Wonder how they got here. Any ideas?"

"Who cares? We're not here to meet them, so it'd be best to kill them."

"I Agree wholeheartedly. Lets make some meat pies." The man hopped off of the crate.

Eli shot forward before anyone else could react, slamming into the woman and sending her into the crate. The man grabbed Eli and held him.

"Cheeky bugger, ain't ya?" The woman stood up.

Johnny shoot lighting from his fingers and quickly shot her back down again; this time, she stayed down.

The man moved so that Eli was now between him and Johnny. As hard as he tried, Eli couldn't break free. The man pulled out a fancy looking switchblade. Looking at it, Jean realized she could mess with it. Holding her hand towards it, the blade switched off. Confused, the man switched the blade back on, to which Jean switched it back off. This went on a few more times, Jean getting more and more energized each time. The more energized she gets, the more advanced objects she can manipulate. Jean noticed that the man's mask was some sort of device, and it was only partially active. Looking at Eli, she saw that his arms weren't concrete.

"Curiouser and curiouser." Jean smirked, pointing her hand toward the mask. It began to short circuit, electrocuting the man's face. He screamed in pain and let go of Eli. Eli shot back towards the group and Johnny shoot electricity at the man, incapacitating him as well. They had won, but Ruby and Zen were still injured.