Oops! I Caught a Genie!

Chapter 16

Still Fritz’s POV

 

I fell back through the doorway and slammed the door. Outside were about a hundred various machines of war. How the hell had they managed to get so many tanks up into the mountains? We were nowhere near anywhere civilized! I assumed that they were the remnants of the rouge binders that Nora’s father had associated with. How had they gotten ahold of advanced military weaponry?

“We’re under attack!” I exclaimed, “They’ve got the latest in military technology!”

“Impossible… How could rouges from a nearly extinct race get ahold of that?” Mangoo asked with wide eyes.

“How did they find us?” Nora asked, “Didn't you say this was a super secret location?”

“It is. They must have tracked you three somehow.” The old djinn said.

There was another explosion from outside. They must have been trying to intimidate us. A loudspeaker crackled to life and a voice called out.

“Come out peacefully!”

I scoffed, who did they think they were?

“Come out peacefully or this girl dies.”

“What?!” Nora, Mangoo and I asked, confused. What girl?

Damn. They probably have some poor girl hostage. I had to take my chances and hope it wasn't a bluff.

“I’m going out…” I said, “Nora, i’m not going to force you to come, but they most likely know that we are here together.

Mangoo, stay here and protect the elder. They might not know about you and may think that Nora and I came alone.”

“Fritz. If you get yourself and Nora killed, I will follow you to hell, and kill you again.” Mangoo growled, but he made no move to follow us out of the door.

I flung open the door dramatically and strutted through. I may have looked like an idiot, but its probably best not to show these idiots fear.

The person with the megaphone was standing on top of the open hatch of one of the twenty tanks parked around the cabin. When he saw us, he lifted a girl about Nora’s age out of the body of the tank. It took me a second, but Nora recognised the girl instantly.

“Liana!” She gasped.

I kept my face straight, but internally I was kicking myself. I was an idiot! I led them directly to Nora’s friend. I should have stayed inside the house or my watch.

But Nora had ordered me to go to her school… My bonds had forced me to do as she wished. What was done is done. Time to fix it.

 

“Alright! We’re out. Let the human go.” I commanded.

I was quite honestly shocked when he shoved Liana off the top of the tank and into the snow and ice. I took a step forward to retrieve her seemingly unconscious form, or at least I hoped she was just unconscious.

As soon as my foot crunched into the snow, a bullet whizzed past my head, clipping some of my hair and burying itself in the wooden wall of the cabin.

I jerked into action, shoving Nora roughly back into the cabin (Sorry!) and throwing myself to the ground to avoid another hail of gunfire. Seriously, what the hell? And why were they not using their explosives? They had so proudly displayed them earlier. Unless- They were after Nora, alive. They wanted my friend on their side. They probably needed all the binders they could get.

I sighed into the snow and shot out from the cabin, I burned the bullets that came too close to me with a flail of my hand. I scooped Liana up and tried my best to shield her with my annoyingly slight frame. Lucky for me, she wasn't that much wider. I used my powers to fling open the door and make a run for it. While my back was turned, I couldn't see or use magic to deflect anything. I just had to hope nothing hit me.

About five feet from the door, a sharp pain blossomed in my calf and side. I made it inside the cabin before I flopped on the floor.

“Fritz!” Nora shrieked.

“Calm down. They only grazed me.” I grumbled.

“If you’re not badly hurt, kindly stop dripping blood on my floor. That wood is older than these two lovely ladies combined.” The old djinn said.

“I’m sorry. I’m just lying here dripping blood for fun.” I drawled.

The bullets had truly only grazed me, so I sat up and made sure I hadn't hurt Liana in my rush to get inside.

Her long blonde hair had frost crystals that were melting fast and soaking into her clothes and her skin was paler than Mangoo’s, but she didn't seem to be in danger. Unless you count what was going on outside.

Thinking of Mangoo made me slowly raise my head to look the angry marid in the eyes. I grinned sheepishly as he glared back. He was really protective, though he would rather die by hamster mauling than admit that he cared.  I would be dealing with that later.

My priority was getting to safety.

I didn't think we would be able to take on this many rogues at once. If these people were truly binders, two younger djinn that had never been in a major war and one ancient powerless djinn were not going to stand a chance. I knew we had joked about being old, but in human years, I was only twenty three and Mangoo was twenty four… Djinn were a younger looking people… I could still pass for eighteen.

And Nora really was only eighteen(or seventeen, I had never asked.)

Well. Time to suck it up. Enough moping.

“Elder, what should we do?” I asked.

Before he could answer there was an explosion near the door that shook the small building. They were getting impatient. I tried to get up, but Nora insisted on putting bandages where the bullets had grazed me. The binding curse made it so I couldn't refuse, we really needed to break this thing.

Mangoo sniggered and I flipped him off behind my back so that Nora wouldn't see.

“As soon as your girlfriend has finished bandaging your wounds, I plan on taking out as many of those things as possible. Care to join me?” He asked, ignoring my profane gesture.

“Yea, lets take out those suckers. Also, she’s not my girlfriend.”

 

So what do you think? I'd love to know... I may go back to Fritz's POV if anything, Happens, to Nora... Tell me if you think if this is a terrible idea...