Trust no one. (Sequel to 'What's next?')

Chapter 14

Rumi's POV

"Alright guys, Eraser says they're in position." A grin finds its way to my face as we begin walking to the door of the church. "Let the fun begin."

We hear some chatter coming from inside as two men with guns were standing near the alter. Each of them were wearing a white mask and a plain black suit. I look to Todoroki and see him placing his hand on the floor, some ice covering his hand as the room got slightly colder.

The guards didn't seem to notice the temperature change and kept talking between themselves, unaware of what was going on. I motion for Todoroki to start and ice erupts at their feet and before they could pull up their guns, me and Red were on them, delivering a hard hit to their heads, knocking them out.

Creati walks up to us and observes the alter, trying to find the entrance until she notices something on the ground. I raise my eyebrow at her and she begins talking.

"Push the alter that way." I dig my legs into the ground a push in the direction she was pointing and start to hear a scraping sound as the alter began to move, dragging along the wooden floor. After one final push, the alter revealed a stair way, one leading underground.

I try listening in for any sign of movement close by but the only thing I could pick up was a group talking, and it felt far away. As I listened, I could also hear footsteps, and a lot of them.

As we walk down the stairway I warn them and send in the signal to Nezu, letting him know that he should tell the other group to start the attack.

Only a couple seconds after, we begin hearing gunshots, causing us to pick up the pace. Once we reached the end of the stairway, the sounds of bullets had heightened as we make our way to the doorway into the main room.

Infront of us was a long hallway, extending into a large metal detector at the end. Next to the detector was a desk with a couple men sitting by the desk. I charge over to them, almost unnoticed by them until I grab the first and knock him out quickly. The other guy stumbled to his feet and prepared to attack me but Creati cut him off, whacking him over the head with a metal pole, knocking him out.

The noise alerted some nearby guards and they began firing at us. Creati thought quickly and created a ballistic shield fast enough to cover both herself and me.

Red hardened his skin and began charging the guards, taking them out quickly.

I look down the hallway and see a group of around 20 people start to charge at us, one of them wearing a golden mask. They place down a large weapon just ahead of Red. The machine begins to emit a low growl as the sides charge up, letting of a blue glow.

Red walks into the centre of the hallway as the machine charges up even further, giving out an even louder sound. He hardens his skin once more, preparing himself for whatever was about to be thrown at him.

Creati's eyes widen as she looks at the machine and shouts to Red.

"Move! It's a rail gun!" Red seems to acknowledge the shout and was about to move but he was too late.

Bang!

Red's body was flung back to us, rolling to the ground beside the metal detector.

My eyes widen at the hole in his gut and before I can try and help him, I hear something.

The low growl was once again being emitted from the rail gun.

I look up over the desk and see where it was aiming and feel my heart drop.

I was staring right down the barrel.

Alecto's POV

A couple minutes ago