„We're doomed."

Chapter 24

Caul stumbled, as he got dragged further away from his wights, who immediately ran after him and pointed their guns at someone behind their leader.
His hands went up to his neck, trying to pull the hand away from it.
„Do not shoot at me!" the voice behind the giant said and suddenly, Caul gasped.
„Myron." he said and widened his eyes a bit.
As soon as the wights shot at Myron, he used one of his wings for protection. But instead of hitting his wings, the bullets just bounced off and fell to the ground.
But Myron got distracted and Caul eventually got free from his grip, then turned around and hit his brother. Myron fell to the ground and dust began raise into the air.
„I thought you didn't survive..." said Caul and held his hand on his neck, for it seemed as if Myron dragged him away a little too hard.
„Where is Alma?" Myron wanted to know.
Caul laughed at him. „What? Do you care about her now?"
„I always did. I just couldn't really show it." his brother answered. „Now, where is she?"
„Oh, she isn't here. But I got someone else here. What was his name again?...Pim?"
„Nim?!" Myron shrieked and quickly got back up on his feet.
„His soul is probably going to be the next one I will eat." Caul said and grinned, nodding to the room with the prisoners inside. „You can have one too, if you want."
„No!" Myron shouted at him. „I won't let you do that!"
„I was hoping you would say that, Myron!" Caul said, smiling and putting his arm over his brother's shoulder. But Myron backed away, before he could do so. „Listen, brother. I won't do this little guy any harm, if you would just help me a bit out. How about that?"
Myron looked down at his brother's guards, and then back to Caul.
Caul smiled widely and reached out his hand. „Hm? What do you say?"
„I say...no." he replied and in the next moment, Myron slapped his hand away.
And right on time, as if it was magic, Brianna and Fernando came into the big hall, with the rest of the group not far behind them.
Hugh let his bees swarm out, attacking the guards, while the two wights began to shoot at Caul.
Emma, Horace and Miss Peregrine weren't there. Brianna decided it was the best, if they would try to free the prisoners, instead of fighting.
Caul screamed in agony and used his telekinetic powers for the first time in a while, lifting both of the wights up in the air.
„You two are traitors!" he screamed, bringing them closer to his face.
„You forgot to disarm us." Fernando said calmly and then used his gun to shoot Caul in his face.
The giant flinched and dropped them, but luckily Myron caught them in the last moment, putting them back to the ground.
Myron used the next moment to grab his brothers arms and forcing him to the ground, which didn't really work. Caul tried to get away from Myron by running away, but he accidentally hit the next wall.
Pieces of the ceiling fell down and if they kept on doing this, the hall would collapse in on everyone.
„Get out of here!" Myron said to the others, as he ran over to Caul and held him down, so that he couldn't get up again.
Brianna nodded and told everyone to follow her outside. Hugh drummed up his bees and the wights, who were attacked by them, began to leave too.
Like a chain reaction, more things began to fall down from the ceiling, nearly hitting someone.
In the end, only Caul and Myron were left inside. Fighting once again.

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Emma was trying to melt the locks of the prisoner's cells, while Horace and Miss Peregrine quickly walked around, trying to talk to everyone in there.
They heard someone crying hysterically.
Miss Peregrine immediately went over to the cell the crying came from and looked inside.
It was a little man, whose hair was incredibly messy on one side and the other side was completely straight. He also only had a beard on one half of his face.
She didn't notice him at first, because he already seemed to disappear inside the thick fur of a grimbear, which was right beside him, protecting him.
„You must be Nim, right?" Miss Peregrine asked and the grimbear didn't seem to mind, that she was getting closer to the cell.
„Y-yes, Miss." Nim slowly removed his hands from over his face, trembling. His eyes were full of tears. „W-wait...aren't you?.."
„Yes, I'm Myron's sister." she replied, knowing what he was thinking. „Don't worry, we'll get you out of here."

„Alma!" a voice called from another cell. Miss Peregrine turned her head to see who was calling her.
„Balenciaga?" she said and ran over to her friend, after Emma finished opening Miss Wren's cell.
„I tried to fight against him, Alma. But it didn't work." Miss Wren said and looked down.
„I'm just glad you're okay!" said Miss Peregrine and hugged the other ymbryne, but then let go again. „We should get everyone out of here as fast as possible."
Miss Wren nodded and joined helping them.
Eventually, they got everyone out of their cells and Emma was tired from melting all the locks, but she assured everyone that it wasn't a problem for her.
Nim trudged outside of his cell, together with PT, who waddled over to Miss Peregrine.
„Th-thank you, Miss." Nim said and couldn't stop shaking her hand, while PT hugged her and licked her face.
„Uhm- I think we should get out. Now." Horace said and everyone noticed the walls starting to shake.
„Everyone out!" shouted Miss Peregrine and all the peculiars stormed to the exit.