Legacy Rises (Lorien Legacies: Book 7)

Chapter 18: Marina

Lina

And to think I thought I had gotten the hang of teleporting with Eight. Nope. My stomach flips as we travel and when we land, I trip and fall into Eight.

"Woah, careful," he says, helping me stand.

"Try to give me a warning next time," I say, still feeling a little wobbly. "Where are we?" I look around and see that we're standing in the middle of a random store.

"We're at a Walmart in Hot Springs," he replies. "Got your wallet?"

"Yeah, but you owe me."

"Fine," Eight replies, rolling his eyes. He looks like he's trying to look annoyed, but it's not working. We walk around to the refrigerated goods section and Eight grab a carton of eggs. We go to the cashier and pay for it.

"Do you wanna go to the mall down the street after this?" Eight asks.

He hands me the carton of eggs. I pretend to slam it on Eight's head and he catches it with his telekinesis. He rips it from my grasp telekinetically and I laugh and try to grab it back. He levitates it above his head and I fly up and manage to clasp my hand around it. Eight chuckles as I fly down.

"Don't give yourself away!" he jokingly warns.

"You don't either! You're using your telekinesis!"

"Don't worry! No one-" Eight pauses and looks to his right, towards the store. We're in an isle next to the cashier, out of sight of everyone except for a little girl in pigtails looking at us in awe from the end of the isle.

Eight curses and I hold my breath. We run in unison out of the store.

"Don't pay us any attention," I say quickly. The little girl turns around and walks away.

"Holy crap! Now what?" I ask, hoping the girl wasn't planning on telling her parents about us.

"Umm, let's go to the mall," Eight says. I nod and we run.

We spend about an hour walking around the mall. Eight buys me a cookie and for a minute, it feels like we're normal teens..maybe even two people on a date. But it doesn't last long. Eight and I stop with a jerk when we see Phiri and two scouts patrolling in front of us.

"Take 'em all to Silver Dollar City," Phiri says in her gruff voice into a walky-talky. "We'll lure them in with 'em."

I pull Eight into he store next to us. We blush when we realize it's Victoria's Secret.

"She must be trying to bait us by taking the prisoners to Silver Dollar City," I whisper to him. He seems focused on the pink bra next to me. "Eight!" he snaps to attention.

"Where's that?" Eight asks. "We need to get there ASAP."

"It's in Branson, MO," I reply.

"We need to warn the others."

"Hey! Get them!" I turn to see Phiri pointing at us. I extend my palm towards her and blast her with electricity. Before I can see what happens, Eight grabs my hand and we teleport away.

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Marina

I'm just walking out of my bedroom that I'm sharing with Ella when Lina and Eight flash into the room, Lina holding a carton of eggs and Eight's hand. She quickly releases his hand and sets the eggs on the table.

"The Mogs are in Hot Springs," Lina exclaims.

"We were at the mall and saw them there," Eight explains. I run over to Eight and kiss him on the cheek. Then I slap him on the head.