Disney Wizards: Dark Anomalies [UPDATED 4/7/2020]

Chapter 32 - He Lives In You

"Don't just stand there!" Ben yelled. "RUN!"

Scrambling to revive the feeling in their legs, Santiago and Kaitlyn bolted from their standing point. The others and I screamed at them to hurry up and go faster as the giant Dark Wolf slowly began to stalk forwards, beginning to crouch.

At this point, Kilamanjaro had already gotten the truck started, and was beginning to pull out and away from the tree house, which encouraged the two Illusionists even more to increase their speed.

When they were close enough, Sebastian and I reached out to them from the back row of the truck, Ben and Jam holding onto us for safety and support.

"Grab on!" I yelled.

The two of them jumped, grabbing our wrists just as the Dark Wolf tried to take a bite out of the pair, just missing them as his nuzzle slammed a hole into the ground. It growled, it's nose stuck into the ground as it struggled to break free. With a heavy heave, the four of us pulled Santiago and Kaitlyn into the back row of the truck.

"Punch it, Kili!" Sebastian yelped.

"Don't need to tell me twice," Kilamanjaro agreed, shifting the gears. "Hutegemea!"

The driver slammed his foot on the accelerator, the vehicle jolting forward as a puff of smoke blew out of the exhaust port and the truck gained speed. I watched as the crumbled village slowly shrank in the distance, right as the sun started to come up, the sky turning into a bright shade of red mixed with orange.

"We lost that thing back there, right?" Vincent questioned nervously.

"It's distracted," Kaitlyn huffed, catching her breath. "But not for long."

"You alright, Kaitlyn?" Sebastian asked with concern, placing a steady hand on her back.

The girl nodded in reply. "Yeah. Thanks for pulling us up."

"Did you really think we were just going to leave you guys there?" I asked with a slight scoff.

Santiago suddenly wrapped an arm around my shoulders, pulling me closer towards him as he pecked my forehead. "Knowing you, not even for a second."

"Aw, that's adorable!" Jam teased as he whipped out his phone once more, snapping a photo of the two of us. "Smile!"

"Will you stop taking pictures already?!" Ben face palmed, raising his voice at the eldest cousin.

"Sorry man, I'm a YouTuber now, it's what I do," Jam chuckled. "Besides you can't tell me what to do, I'm like 2 years older than you!"

"Actually, I kind of like that picture," Santiago spoke up, glancing over at the phone screen. "Can you send me that?"

Jam gasped mockingly, looking over at the other cousins. "Did you guys hear that? Chile wants my number, I just one upped you all!"

"One of these days Ava, you really need to tell us how that nickname came to be," Sebastian chuckled.

"Another time," I nodded in agreement.

"Mr. Toledo, where are we headed?" The driver spoke up.

"Take us to Pride Rock, Kili," Santiago replied. "It's an emergency."

"I already figured that out when we left." Kili spoke bluntly as he slightly changed his course, heading deeper into the savannah.

As the drive continued, I quickly took the time to check out my surroundings. This place looked so calm, peaceful, and quiet. Perhaps, a little too quite. That's when I noticed something. Where the heck were the animals? I scanned the skies, and I didn't see any birds flying around either. Did something happen to them? Did they evacuate from the Pride Lands in time?