CHAPTER 16 "Tying Up Loose Ends With Steel Bars"

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The gunshot from Deputy Brown's rifle was deafening in the cavernous warehouse. For a moment, everyone froze, having no idea what happened. But Deputy Brown was the first one in shock when he realized Darala was still standing. Her fists were crossed in front of her chest, her silver bracelets forming a very small shield. They heard the distant ricochet of the bullet hitting somewhere else in the warehouse.

         Stunned and furious, deputy Brown fired again and Darala adjusted her bracelet to catch the bullet which was crushed against its surface. It landed on the cement floor and spun like a coin before falling over.

         "No!" Deputy Brown shouted. He took another shot, but the chamber was empty. Darala rushed forward and grabbed the rifle from his hands. She peeled the barrel apart from the stock of the gun with a loud snap, now holding it like a bar in her hand. She threw the stock aside.

         "Now, deputy... put your hands together in front of you."

         Deputy Brown fumed, but did as she said.

         Darala placed the barrel above his wrists, and then, applying her strength, quickly bent it around and beneath them. Then she pulled the ends of the already super stressed steel back around top. The steel groaned loudly in her hands as she twisted the ends together forming a makeshift set of handcuffs.

         Stunned, deputy Brown couldn't move his wrists, the tightness of the metal very uncomfortable.

         Darala then directed him toward a support beam in the middle of the warehouse. "Over there," she said. She walked him to it and positioned him in front of it.

         "Jason," Darala said, "Will you please bring me one of those long steel bars?"

         "With pleasure," Jason said. He hurried over and grabbed one. It was two inches thick and about seven feet long. It was very heavy. But Jason lifted it and carried it in one hand, bringing it to Darala.

         Deputy Brown said, "What are you doing?"

         Darala grabbed the bar from Jason and said, "Tying up loose ends."

         With Deputy Brown pressed against the beam, Darala swung around behind it.

She lifted the bar out front so it lay across his chest

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She lifted the bar out front so it lay across his chest. And with her otherworldly strength, Darala began to bend the massive bar, pulling the ends back toward her. The howling cry of the big steel bar filled the warehouse.

CRREEEAAA... EEAAARRRNNK!

Darala pulled the ends together around deputy Brown and the beam! Then she pulled them past each other. After that she grabbed those ends and twisted them over each other, the massive steel bar wailing and screeching in her hands as she bent it to her will.

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