The Hell of the Nine Realms: Book 1: The Mystery of the Odinsons

VIII: A Very Dear Friend

 Ali looked completely different than the last time I saw him. He wore nothing but gold-colored pants and two rings on his arms. He had no pupils or irises, only a white sclera. His hair had turned completely white and spiked in all directions.

 David looked at this maniac and something strange happened. As soon as David fixed his gaze on him, Ali got an innocent look on his face, looked up, screamed and then exploded. What was even stranger was when Ali emerged from the smoke. When he emerged he looked like a guy who had been taking steroids all his life. He was now at least 5 feet taller so he stood at a height of 10 feet, had a huge torso and biceps as big as my head.

 After he finally stopped screaming, he smiled menacing and laughed maniacally.

 Lizzy, Jamie, and David all said in unison, "Crap."

 Ali roared and clotheslined Dylan into a wall and made a Dylan-sized hole using his body. Ashley ran up to Ali as he began pushing Dylan further into the wall. When he saw her coming, Ali turned around and shot a white ball from his fingertip that exploded as soon as it touched Ashley and she flew away like a small rock and landed, unconscious.

 "Raelin," David said, and I looked at him. "If you are hiding any strength, now would be a good time to use it, du vet." It took me a little while to register what he said as I was focusing on the "du vet" part. That was a trait of David I thought he didn't have anymore. Whenever he got excited or felt some extreme emotion, he would blurt out "du vet" at the end of his sentences (also, sometimes he would only speak in Norwegian).

 Ali laughed sinisterly and hearing him laugh really scared me. I mean, think of your worst fears and they don't even come close to how scary Ali was.

 Jamie jumped onto Ali's back. He grabbed her and smashed her into the steel floor, making a hole using her body.

 David stared at Dylan, Ashley and Jamie's blood filled holes and screamed.

 Ali turned around, looked directly at David, and smiled sinisterly. "C'mon," Ali urged, moving his huge finger, giving David a "come on" gesture. "David, I'll start the slaughter with you."

 David clenched his teeth and barked in Norwegian, "I am going to make you pay, du vet!"

 Abby and I looked at each other and silently agreed that someone should restrain David. Abby got behind him and tightly wrapped her arms under his armpits, restraining him, and causing him to protest.

 Lizzy and I walked towards Ali, whose smile was slowly unnerving me.

 He clenched his fist. "More insects. Ready to die."

 Lizzy seemed less frightened by him and, thus, attacked first. She shot two balls of white fire at Ali from her fists. They were huge, but Ali looked unscathed when he came out of the smoke.

 He walked towards me, the floor booming with his every step. I tried to ignore my intense fear, concentrated my energy and fired lightning at him from my fingertips. It made him grunt, but otherwise he was unharmed.

 I ran away backwards while continuously blasted him with lightning.

 When I couldn't hear the booming, I thought I had him, but he ran towards me, and, before I could react, my head was in his giant hand.

 "What was that supposed to be? Raelin?" he asked in a mocking manner and I laughed.

 It wasn't a good kind of laugh. It was more of a I-don't-know-where-I-am laugh. I remember falling, a huge fist and screaming.

 I fell to the floor and coughed up blood and hugged my stomach.

 David at this point was screaming at the top of his lungs. "Let me go, du vet! Let me go, Abby!!"