The Power of Five

Chapter 3

"Bloody hell mate," William said as he was the only one in the room that looked at the act of cannibalism. The Maori necromancer soon stood up and wiped the blood from his mouth onto the back of his hand.

As he walked back toward us, everything went dark. "Someone get the emergency generators up and running!" Penny ordered as several scientists and guards ran to the breakers and generators. Soon after a whirring sound was heard eerie green lights shone where the corners met the walls and roofs.

"Now is our chance to bust out of here, lads." The Maori said as he grabbed Stacy and we all ran and burst through the window, sending out shards of glass everywhere. Immediately the doors opened as five guards came rushing from the hallway, all pointing their guns at us.

"No better time to test a life and death theory than now!" I said to no one as I walked towards the gunmen calmly. As they opened fire, I summoned a portal to defend us. The longer I held it open, the more my brain was going to melt. 'Don't tell me these guys have an endless supply of lead?'

"Reload! Reload!"

'Guess not' I thought as I closed the portal and opened another one above their heads, leaving them to be killed by their own bullets. I ignored the pain I felt as I walked over them and looted them of their guns and ammo.

"Don't move!" Penny screeched as we all turned to see her holding a gun at Ben. We all looked at each other, unsure of how to handle the situation.

William stepped forward as the woman's arm slowly raised to her head. "You don't get who is in charge here, do you, wanker?" The blond haired boy smiled her hand cocked the gun.

"You bas-" the gun fired in her temple, forever silencing her as her body fell, freeing the scientist as he scrambled away from the corpse.

William turned to Ari, "your turn, mate."

Stacy was given to Gwen as the Maori went over to the corpse and whispered. Once he finished, he took her security card. Both Williams and Ari's nose were bleeding, I checked, and mine was as well.

I passed the machine guns to Ari and William and gave Penny's firearm to Gwen since she was holding Stacy. "Guys, do not use your powers until your head stops throbbing. Gwen, how's Stacy?" I asked as she gave a thumbs up.

"The fighting made her pass out; she'll be alright, though." The guys gave a smile as we all walked to the door. Ari inserted the plastic card into the card reader as the door slid open.

We lined the wall as William had the barrel of his gun break through the threshold. "All clear lads." He said as we held a defensive formation as Gwen watched our backs.

After walking past a few rooms and always, we heard voices. Ari pressed his finger against his lips as we fell back a few steps as he pressed against the corner and whistled.

The footsteps grew louder as the seconds ticked away. The silhouette grew, touching the wall. Afterward, Ari swung his arm around the woman's head and begun choking. Soon after her body stopped shaking and was limp; Ari quickly grabbed the knife from her hip and stuffed her in one of the many closets that held their weaponry and slit her throat.

We stood outside and saw the warrior with blood smeared on his arm, we stood in silence until he walked past us and kept moving. We kept walking trying to find an exit, but this labyrinth of rooms and hallways didn't have one. "Freeze!"

We turned to see a beefy guard taller than Ari with his gun pointed at us. "Get back to your cells, now you brats." The guardsman said in a commanding tone. Willian smiled, pointing his own gun at the man. He was about to shoot until the guards began to start gasping for breath.

The man's face turned red as he clawed at his chest. We turned our attention to Gwen, who had her hand out, glowing dimly in the darkness with the green lights. "Let's go boys." She said as she left a crisp body in the middle of the hallway.

Stacy woke up soon after we left the corpse. "Mmm, what happened?" She asked as Gwen stopped to let her down. That was when the alarms went off, flashing red against green. We ran past a corridor, only for a small army of guards to spot us.

"GET THEM!" They all shouted some running with radios, telling their comrades our location. We made sharp turns hoping to get them off our trail, but to no avail. We had hit a dead-end.

"Anyone got any bloody ideas!?" William asked as the guards all pointed their guns at us. One guard was shaking and ran saying it's not real. Soon, other guards soon fled, screaming in fear. We looked behind us and saw that Stacy's irises glowed a golden hue. But soon the light died and she was clenching her head. "What the bloody hell was that lass?" William answered, getting the sounds of gunfire as his answer.

We ran once more, only to get backed into the same wall with different guards. "Anyone got a place they want to go?" I asked as Ari nodded his head. Soon the guards loaded their guns onto us as the previous group did. I touched Ari, somehow getting the mental image he had. "Everyone hold on!" I told them as we all grouped together and fell through a portal, landing a few hundred feet above some patches of trees and dried dirt.

I hope you guys and girls have enjoyed this chapter. If you did, please leave a vote and reply. The next chapter will be coming out in one or two months, depending on how busy my life gets.