Make Quiet Things Heard

Chapter 5 : Quiting's Hard (Ep. 2|Part 2)

Hope's POV

"Where the hell is it?!" I ask Landon.
Landon quickly pulls the knife out of his inner jacket pocket and hands it to me.
" I'm sorry! I panicked."Rafael, who has been arguing on Landon's behalf all day, looks appalled that he was lying about the knife. "What the hell, Lan?" Just then, Dr. Saltzman notices the doors are still ablaze and redirects our attention to the more immediate problem.
"Hope, the doors." he tells me. "I got it." I reply. I then say an incantation. "Adiuuatur." The spell extinguishes the flames, and I think the woman seemingly stops breathing fire at us.
"Okay, it's a quick fix. It won't last long."

"All right. Great. I need a cell phone." Dr. Saltzman says. Landon gestures toward a large barrel nearby, which is full of cellphones, wallets, and jewelry.
"Take your pick." he says.
"What is all this?" I ask. Rafael reaches out and picks up an ID card for the driver of the bus and quickly figures it out.
"It's from the people on the bus." The two of us turn around and look at Landon suspiciously.
"I didn't bring it here--" he starts.
I cut him off, giving Raf a frustrated look.
"If he says "I swear" on more time, I'm gonna melt him." Landon, on the verge of a panic attack, tries to catch his breath. I can not be in the same room as him. Otherwise, I'm going to end up killing him.

Josie's POV

The game continues, with me once again starting the play by tossing the ball between my legs to Lizzie once she calls it. Lizzie catches the ball and goes to throw it as Dana rushes toward her. Lizzie tosses the ball to me, and I was in such a perfect position to catch it but I forced to slap the ball away from me to avoid doing so on accident, making it obvious I missed it on purpose. When the Timberwolves look at me questioningly, I simply shrug and walk away.

Lizzie and Dana talk for a little bit and it looks like they are going to fight. Then Dana just walked away and Lizzie looks offended by whatever Dana said to her.
Whatever Dana said hit Lizzie hard, and when the team gathers again to the sideline for a huddle, she has a new idea for what to do.
"New plan. The gloves are off. Let's burn these bitches to the ground." I, knowing this could get us into trouble with our dad, immediately tries to talk her out of it. "Lizzie, no." Lizzie ignores me and continues her pitch.
"We're gonna give these townies a taste of what we're really made of."

Lizzie puts her hand out into the middle of the circle, and MG, still trying to win her over, wastes no time putting his hand on top of hers.
"You can count on my steel!" Mg says.
Lizzie scoffs and rolls her eyes.
"Ew. Gross." she replied. Kaleb looks relieved that we're finally ready to win and puts in his hand as well.
"Hey, I'm with you. All the way." The rest of their team puts their hands into the group except for me. I'm extremely upset because this is the exact opposite of what dad told us to do. Lizzie turns to beg for my help.
"Come on, Jo. You're ruining an epic moment here." she tells me. I shake my head in disagreement.

"No. No, this isn't what we talked about."
"Well, I'm calling an audible, and I need you to get on board." I sigh and pause for a moment before reluctantly putting my hand in as well. "Here we go." Lizzie says "Break!" the team yells in unison.
Me and Lizzie siphon magic from our teammates. I see Mg compelling a Timberwolves to trip. "Set! Hut!" Lizzie yells. I pass the ball to Lizzie once again, and just as expected, Kyle trips and falls on the ground, allowing her to pass the ball to MG, who instantly gets a touchdown, The current score is 28-35.

During the next play, Connor gets the ball and throws it to Dana, who rushes down the field with it. Then she dropped the ball to the ground, I'm guessing Lizzie did a spell. Kaleb then scoops the ball up and runs as fast as he can down the field. Connor suddenly gets in his path and tries to tackle him, but as soon as Connor ducks down, Kaleb leaps into the air and easily jumps over him, allowing him to get another touchdown. On the sidelines, I am watching nervously, still not on board with their plan. The current score is 35-35.