The Memories That Hold Us Together (s06 Liam Dunbar) Book 3

Chapter - 12

"The lightning strikes a rod which send a bolt down into the tunnel." Hayden explains. Her class finished and we caught her up on everything we told Douglas, and we told Douglas everything. "We grab the ghost rider, push him into a bunker and we trap him there."

"Okay, how do you keep him from riding the lighting back out of the tunnels before you get him into the trap?" Douglas asked.

"Well if lightning strikes again it'll hit the rod, he won't be close enough to grab on." Liam says.

"Well shouldn't we assume the ghost riders have some control over where the lightning strikes?" Douglas says. "Just because physical can't explain it today doesn't mean there won't be a logical explanation tomorrow." He says after seeing Liam's confused look.

"So if they have control, then how do we stop them?" Liam asks.

"You need to absorb a lightning bolt." A voice pipes up. All heads snap to Lily who was leaning against the door frame with her arms crossed. Shrugging her shoulders she smiled. "Except that's not possible with anything you have here, I doubt mr Douglas can even build a condominium that'll absorb half that amount of energy. No offence Mr D."

Mr Douglas smiles just as the bell went sounding the end of the lesson. We all shared a look before running after the blonde haired girl. "Hey Lily, how much did you hear?" I asked the girl who looked confused.

"What with your convo about ghost riders with Mr D? Just from when Mr D asks about them controlling where the lightning hits." We all stared at her waiting for her to ask for an explanation. "But hey if you really are desperate find a Raiju, they'll defiantly absorb the lightning."

"A what?" Liam asked as all three of us stared at this weird girl in front of us. I wonder if this was how everyone found me three years ago when I first got here.

"A Raiju, it's a Japanese mythology creature. They're basically companions of the lightning God Raijin. It's body is composed of lightning and are generally peaceful until thunderstorms when they become agitated and start to. . . Play? I guess you could call it. They take on many forms such as a fox, cat weasel but the most common is a wolf." She finishes looking so excited that she'd just educated us.

"How do you know this?" I ask after a few moments.

"Lori told me, she's fascinated by this stuff." And with that Lily walks away to a group of friends and starts laughing.

"Guys what if Lily is right, we use a person to do it?" Now Hayden turns to him like he's crazy.

"I don't even think Kira could do that." She reply's.

"Josh could." Liam points out. "He ate electricity."

"Josh is dead." I said as we started walking again.

"But his power didn't die with him." Liam points out.

"May as well have, we can't get to it." I tried to talk sense into him but he wasn't having it. Go I think I rubbed off on him.

"We don't know that, not for sure." Liam reasoned.

"What are you saying?" Hayden asked pulling us to a stop as I crossed my arms, really liking to know what he is thinking.

"You know what I'm saying." Liam tells the both of us and I think we do know.

"If you're saying what I think you're saying you're insane." I state.

"I know it's insane, but I need you with me on this." And just like that I was caught, do I go back home or do I stay? Pushing the thought away I reached my hand out to his and he met me half way. After school Liam and I went down to the tunnels. Hayden decided not to come, her sister needed her home.