Beyond All Part 1 ( The Searches)

Chapter 11

Helped Again

A little while before Citreal woke up, Luxy managed to get the passengers' attention. She did this by getting on stage. Lapisa and her mom were angry at first, but their moods changed when Luxy explained the situation. After that, they led the other passengers out of the dining hall. The cultists got wind of this and alerted their superiors.

Luxy and the others were able to fight a lot of them off but some passengers were still injured. But, as luck would have it, there were some medics among the passengers and they helped to carry the wounded. Soon, they came across more cultists but to their surprise, the cultists ignored them. Instead, they saw them run the other way.

" Where do you think they are headed?" Luxy asked.

" Who cares? We need to get to the pods!" Terry replied. They found a nearby flight of stairs and climbed down them.

" Are we on the right floor?" Clayton asked.

" Yeah, this way!" Saliso said as he opened a door for everyone to go through.

They heard what sounded like a struggle going on. Terry was the first one to turn the corner. When he did, he saw a scorpion grabbing a struggling fish-men far off down the hall.

Knowing they couldn't reach them in time, Planta decided to use her ability. She made sure she was at the front of the group. Then she let out a loud shriek that made the walls peels and the cultist cover their ears. This included the scorpion who dropped the fish-man on reflex to cover her ears. Planta and Luxy then used the natural lighting abilities angler fish have. Bolts of lightning shot out of the appendages at the cultists.

All them except for the scorpion dropped unconscious. And the fish-man quickly scrambled to the escaping passengers.

" It's you!" Terry said to him.

" How do you know him?"

" I'll explain later, which way to the pods?"

" Sorry, but if you want to escape you need to get by me," The scorpion told them. After that, she stuck her claws in the walls on both sides of her. Then using her crushing grip strength, slammed them together on the escaping vacationers. When the dust and debris cleared she saw that they were unharmed.

" Nice one, Lapisa," Clayton said. The scorpion saw that Lapisa had her Citharem out like she was getting ready to play it. She strummed it hard, sending solidified sound waves at the scorpion. The scorpion was able to hold her ground by meeting the attack with her claws.

It took a lot of effort but she was able to disperse Lapisa's attack to where it only damaged the nearby rooms. Before she could catch her breath, the scorpion felt something hit her stomach and send her back.

Terry unrolled from his curled form as the scorpion crashed through the door ahead of them. She landed in the middle of the pod room with multiple cultists rushing to her aid.

" Fire through the doorway!" She commanded, after getting up.

" Should we disable the pods, Venatora?" A cultist asked as they fired.

" We'd just be cutting off an emergency escape for ourselves if we did that," Venatora said. Then she sent a shock wave at the ceiling above the doorway. It crumbled, blocking the doorway with debris.

" Go hide behind the pods and have your weapons ready. Make sure to use spears instead of guns."

" Should we go a few at a time?" Luxy asked once they arrived at the blocked off the doorway.

" No, if we do the other vacationers would be left vulnerable," Saliso replied.

" Can't mom just use her barrier again?"