Hidden Temples

(43) Outside

(Rue) 9:00 am
"Oh god," I say, my hands resting on my knees.

"We have to get ready," Hutton says.
He raised his hands, and in one swift movement, he creates a sward from the wind.

"How'd you do that so fast?" I ask.
"Wallace teaches us how to make weapons differently then your mistress does."
"Oh," I say.
"I don't like doing it, but their stronger that way, you want me to make one for you?"

"No, it's fine, I can make stronger ones."
He laughs.
"How?"
"Try creating the entire sward mentally," I say.
Now I raise my hands, and three gusts come flying towards me, I merge two together, bend them, then add my last gust.
The winds hiss, and form a sward, the handle glowing blue.

"Shit that's cool," Hutton says.
"We don't have much time," I tell him, we have to get ready."
I look up at the sky.
"And I don't think Jack is coming any time soon."

Hutton's smile fades away, as he to looks up at the gloomy sky.
He holds the sward in front of him.
"I'm ready."

Over the ship, lightning strikes, and a black silhouette of a human can be seen.
"He can create a storm!?"
"Yeah, forgot to mention that," he tells me.

My grip tightens on my sward, as he nears.
Closer, and closer he comes, his lightning storm cackling around him.

Through some of his lightning storm, I can make out other figures.
And more, and more, and more, until I can make out his whole army.

"Uh, Hutton?"
"Your seeing that to huh?"
"If your seeing Wallace's whole freaking army then yeah."
"I was hoping that wasn't real."

Wallace raises his left hand in the air, telling his army not to go any further.

"Son!" He calls.
"Why have you betrayed me?"

Hutton and I stay silent as he advances.
"I thought you were on my side, not hers."
"I was never on your side," Hutton answers coldly.
Wallace frowns.
"I don't want to hurt you son, this is not how I wanted this to go down."

Hutton points his sward in his father's direction.
"You either fight us, or you kill yourself, and I know one of them isn't happening."
"Let none happen, Hutton, stop this madness."
"Your the one who first started it, not me, no, not me."

"Even if we do fight, you two, what do you have? Nothing, I'm the one with the army I'm the one who has the advantage. You'll just die for no reason."

I swallow hard, knowing he's right, we don't stand a chance.

"Actually," I hear a voice say from behind me.
"We have the advantage."

I relax hearing the voice, feeling and hearing several other bodies step beside me.
I look to my side.

"Glad you could make it," I say.
"Me to," Jack says.

"Me three," I hear another voice say.
Sialem steps up beside Jack.
"Don't forget me," I turn to Ivory-from the library, then to Jason-Jacks friend.
"I'm ready to kick some evil ass," he says.

I turn back to Jack, then to my uncle, whose looking at me, his face displaying half worry, half hatred.

"Okay, lets do this."

Having the entire hidden temples by my side, I feel confident when I lunge forward, into the crowd.