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Chapter 16

From behind him, Kaecilius came, with his sword aimed to kill. Stephen had little time to react. He dodged out of the way just as the sword came down. 

He threw punches and kicks at Kaecilius, but nothing seemed to deter him. He was coming for both Peter and Stephen and wouldn't stop.

Stephen ran, making sure Peter was ahead of him. Kaecilius chased them throughout the building. Even when Stephen shoved a shelf down in his path, Kaecilius ran on the walls, around it. He was unstoppable.

They came back to the room with the multiple glass cases containing different artifacts. Stephen hid Peter in a corner, and turned around just as Kaecilius entered the room. 

He randomly grabbed something glowing on a table and pointed it towards Kaecilius. "Ha!" he said. He'd beat him...with whatever this glowy thing was.

Kaecilius held back at first, then realization sank in. "You don't know how to use that, do you?" he said.

Stephen's hesitation had been enough of an answer for Kaecilius.  He shoved Stephen backwards directly into a case. Glass shattered all around him.

He stood up, dazed and bleeding, only to be shoved backwards into another glass case. Now glass was raining down on him.

The same thing happened again. Now he was extremely dazed, and the world was a blur. He could see something moving towards him (Kaecilius) and hear someone shouting and screaming (Peter).

He felt a hand grab him and pull him up. Kaecilius was about to stab him when something red stopped him.

The moving Cloak.

Kaecilius shook the Cloak free of its grasp on the sword and was about to try to stab Stephen again, but the Cloak yet again stopped him.

Kaecilius grabbed the Cloak and threw it off to the side. Stephen had gotten on his feet and was about to give him a nice kick to the face when he was shoved backwards...and over a balcony. The Cloak flew down after him.

Kaecilius watched.

He expected Stephen to be lying on the ground and the bottom of the stairs, but unexpectedly, he was flying.

The Cloak had landed on Stephen's shoulders and was helping him to fly. Stephen could see Kaecilius's confused expression and Peter' amazed and delighted one.

He threw a whip of fiery orange at Kaecilius, which wrapped around his sword. Kaecilius tried pulling Stephen towards him, but Stephen pulled the opposite direction. Eventually, though, Kaecilius was able to launch Stephen towards him.

Stephen crashed into Kaecilius, and stood up fast enough to run the other direction. The Cloak helped him, dragging him backwards.

Kaecilius was quick, too. He started to run towards Stephen.

Looking to his left, he saw an ax. Pretty useful in this situation. He ran towards it...

...only to be held back by the Cloak.

It wouldn't let him go towards the ax. What, had it turned on him? Why was it not letting him go?

The Cloak whipped and turned Stephen around, pointing to some weird metal skeleton hanging on the wall. It couldn't talk, but from the way it looked, Stephen guessed it was saying, Idiot, use this! I know better.

Kaecilius had caught up with them. Stephen kicked him to the ground, then took the metal skeleton and tossed it towards Kaecilius.

Immediately, the skeleton clicked and wrapped itself around Kaecilius, forcing him into robotic movements, until it had him trapped in a slightly awkward position. 

Stephen stooped to catch his breath, and Peter came out from his hiding spot to join Stephen, touching the Cloak and giggling when it patted his head.

Kaecilius mumbled something. But what could he do?

He was stuck.