Jim Armstrong and the Goblet's Curse

Chapter 23: He's Absolutely Despicable

I didn't think. I just acted.

I lunged towards the edge of the ledge, and grabbed Cecy by the tips of her fingers. She was almost jerked out of my grasp the stopping momentum. My harness was only allowing me to go so far, and Cecy was quickly slipping from my grip. I knew that if I tried to pull her up, I would lose my grip on her entirely.

But I didn't say any of that.

"I've got you," I said, panting at the effort of holding her there.

But Cecy wasn't stupid. She knew everything I knew too. She smiled at my effort though. I realized now that the arm I was holding was her arm with the bad shoulder, and I knew it was hurting her.

But better to have a messed up shoulder than die.

I heard the sounds of fighting behind me and knew that James and Noah were on Kyle now. What had happened to Davis? Hopefully he hadn't died. If he had, we wouldn't be able to get the Sand, but I couldn't think about that for long. Cecy was slipping.

"Guys, a little help!" I yelled. Soon, all sounds of fighting ceased and strong arms were gripping Cecy with me. James helped me pull Cecy up and onto the ledge and we fell backward from the momentum. Immediately, we circled her hugging, glad that she was alive. We repeatedly asked if she was okay, which, afterwards, seemed kind of ridiculous to me. Like, yeah, I just fell over the side of the CN Tower Edge Walk and just narrowly avoided death, so I'm obviously okay. Like no biggie, it's just another day.

Which in a way, is kind of true. If you're a Guardian, anyway.

After we were done fussing over Cecy, we healed our wounds, and then the questions came up, and with them, the answers.

"Where's Davis-

"We knocked him out back there- (I looked to the side, around the corner of the tower, saw Davis and realized that he was, indeed, knocked out.)

"How did they know we were here-?

"I forgot that Kyle can sense auras of people, making him sense their presence-

"Where's Kyle-

"We were gaining the advantage, and he disappeared-

"Disappeared?"

"His other power is manipulating air pockets to use them as transportation devices-

"Why do the bad guys get the cool powers-?

"Where's Shea?"

Silence.

"Did anyone see her during the fight?"

More silence. Nobody knew.

Nobody moved for a moment, then James sprang into action. He got up and ran down the ledge to the other side of the tower, Noah, Cecy and me at his heels. He came up short, making us knock into him. We found Shea, lying on the ledge, bleeding. Her suit was ripped and a knife stuck out of her chest.

"Oh lord, what happened?" Cecy asked, kneeling beside her, James on the other side.

"That knife that Kyle threw at me must've hit Shea instead," James said, putting his hands around the knife. In one quick motion, he yanked it free. All four of us cringed. The knife was slicked with Shea's blood. James set it aside, dug in his pocket for another syringe and pushed the varnish into Shea's system. After a little while, her wound knit together, healing, and Shea come to.

After making sure she was okay, we explained everything that had happened while she was out. We explained about the fight, Cecy's brush with death and how Davis was knocked out.