Valkyrie Demons

Chapter 24

Not this again! Everyone is screaming bloody murder, while the others are being strangled to death.

"Look out!"

The guy shoves me behind him, making me fall down. I rub my elbow but when I lift my head to glare at him, he's gone. In his place though stands a young girl, maybe 10 years old. She lifts her hand slowly, light pulsating from her palm. I scramble back, but she touches my forehead before I can get out of reach. I scream as the pain travels through my forehead into my brain, making me pass out.

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Beep, beep, beep. What is making that sound? And why does my head feal like it's been crushed by a boulder. I open my eyes to a blinding white light. I try to cover my eyes with my hands but... I can't. Every part of my body is strapped in. I struggle a bit, trying to call up my powers. Nothings happening!

"Subject is awake! Calling for backup!" I hear someone's muffled scream nearby.

I lift my head a little but I can only see a silhouette standing at the foot of my bed. I blink rapidly, trying to clear my momentary blindness.

"I'm going to get you out of here!" Someone whispers.

I jerk away trying to put as much distance between us as possible. I still can't see anything so I try gathering my power again. Not so much as a drop of power.

"What happened to my powers?" I ask groggily, my voice cracking.

"I'm not completely sure, but we'll find out."

The person unstraps the belts around me, ending with the most difficult lock. She sends a shockwave into the lock, making it come undone. The power must've triggered an alarm because suddenly sirens were blaring!

"Code red! Code red!"

Another man rushes into the room. My eyes clear a bit more and I can finally see what's going on. My father is quickly pulling gloves of his hands while Dacian is grabbing supplies of the racks. I struggle from the chair onto the floor, my legs weak. I grab scissors from a table holding it to my chest, limping to the door.

"Hey! Wait, we want to help!" My father holds up his hands, inching closer to me.

"Stay away! You're not my father, you must be some kind of hallucination. My father is dead!" I'm hysterical, screaming, holding the scissors in front of me.

He grabs my arms and a weird sort of calm spreads through me. I relax a bit, but he doesn't let go.

"Are you calm enough now?" He says over the wail of alarms going off.

I nod my head and he let's go. He takes the scissors from me. "I am your father. Your mother lied about me so that you wouldn't try to find me."

I vaguely try to proses this, but in the end I just nodded. My dad waits for Dacian then opens the door. Outside,though, Crystal is waiting.

"Oh hello princess. Are you ready for another save?"She rolls her eyes and starts running down the corridor." They'll be back in five minutes, we have to hurry!"

We all follow her, with me in the middle. We sprint down the hall, stopping now and then to listen for footsteps.

"You guys take Valery and get her out of here. I'm going to find Finn, I overheard the boss saying they're holding him somewhere in the facility."

Before any of us can protest, my dad runs of into another hallway. Crystal grabs my arms and we're running again.

" What's going on? " I practically scream.

" The guild wants to use you as a machines. We have to get you guys out before they destroy our world!"

I don't get a chance to ask for more details because we run straight into a dozen guards. They're all armed with more than enough weapons to take out a city. I realize then that these people are human, they must be the guil! No wonder they went to so much trouble to capture us.

Crystal shouts something about covering her, but I panic. I grab ons of the guard's guns, shooting the rest. They both look at me, stunned. I shrug and then we're running again. This place feels like a maze, with all its twists and turns. We come to a stop in front of a plain, white door, no different from the rest.

Inside, it looks to be the main control panel. All of the guards look at us as one. Dacian closes his eyes and I want to scream at him that now isn't the time! But when he opens his eyes, it's a yellowish colour. All of the guards turn around in their seats and start typing.

When they look at us again, they've disabled all of the security measures. When Dacian's eyes go back to normal, they all pass out. I'm shocked beyond believe! I didn't know he can control minds.

"Come on! We have to find your father." Crystal says, rushing towards the monitors.

She flips her hand, searching through the different camera's. "There!" I point toward one of the pictures.

He's dragging Finn down the hall. They're a floor above us, but around the corner a group of men are rushing towards them. I sprint out of the room, not caring that Dacian is screaming for me not to go.

I run until I find a staircase. I take two steps at a time, but my legs feel like jelly and I can feel myself getting slower. When I reach the top, I take a deep breath and with a new source of energy, I sprint towards them.

I'm at the back of the men, so they don't see me at first. I grab another gun, killing enough of them so that I can get through. Then,suddenly, all of them just... stop. They don't do anything but stand there.

I trun around to see Crystal standing there, sweat coating her forehead and the top of her lip. She's panting and crumbles to the ground. I quickly move toward her.

"Are you ok?!" I touch her shoulder but she gives me a weak smile.

"We have to go. Time... running... out. We've got three minutes." I help her climb to her feet.

My dad and Dacian grab Finn, while I help Crystal. Dacian grabs Crystal's other shoulder. He loops it around his other arm and we move toward a sliding door. It's starting to close and I start to panic. We move a little quicker. I hear footsteps behind us, so when I look behind me and see another dozen men, we all but sprint toward the door.

Crystal and I are the first to go through, but my dad and Dacian are struggling with Finn. The timer above the door seems to be counting down faster. 5...4...3...2...1...