Chapter 172
With that, she lifts herself off the ground, floating in the air with her back arched to push her chest up to the sky, her hands and legs sprawled out behind her as she closed her eyes, the wind snaking up behind her ear to blow her hair backwards.
“What is she… ” John paused, seeing her entire skin turn red, almost like she was turning to a flame of fireball itself. “What is she doing p>
Luan sighed in pain as Joseph helped her up, her hand slung over his shoulders, his arm snaked around her waist, holding her protectively to his side.
“It’s like she’s turning into a fireball or something.” Jephthah pointed out..
“Alpha Henry… ” It looked like Joseph was about to tell him off, but Luan sighed heavily again as she forced herself to speak.
“It’s no use If he stays in the bunker. The entire forest will erupt in flames p>
“What do you mean?” Liliana was in disbelief. Just like the others, they wanted an explanation.
“She’s going to commit suicide,” She saw the further looks of confusion in her eyes before sighing. “She’s already weak as it is, so there’s no use fighting. She’ll over heat her body, drawing out all her internal energy, using them all at once… and then… “
“She’ll self-destruct.. like a bomb.” Jephthah finishes off, mouth dropped open as he stared at her.
Liliana hurriedly turned to them.
“Well, what do we do? Try to diffuse the… bomb p>
“Well, there’s not use running… we might as well do something of that sort p>
“What If we bury her in the bunker instead.” Raiden inquired, already wiping the sweat off his brows as the environment got hot, heat waves travelling from her body around the atmosphere.
Luan’s mouth parted in surprise.
“T- that might actually work… ” She turned to Joseph.
“How do we get her down?” He also inquired, his grip not letting go of her waist, sure she was going to try something diabolical If he let her go.
Liliana sighed before nodding to herself, like she had made a decision in her head, she turned to them, hands already fidling with the zipper of her jacket.
“I’ll do it. I’ll shift, and probably my weight will be heavy enough to bring her down.” She glared at the males, including the Alphas and they respectfully looked away, knowing they couldn’t argue further since it was her decision to bring her down, John smirking as he turned away, getting elbowed by Jephthah who noticed Raiden glaring at him as he smirked.
Liliana’s jacket went down along with her other clothes until she was bare before them.
She stumbled for a bit- just like the others- feeling the heat waves shaking the ground, the sand getting hot underneath her feet.
Soon, they all heard the cracking of bones as Talia shifted, and naturally they turned when they didn’t hear the bones cracking no more, seeing her leap up a tree, digging her claws into the bark as she made her way up.
Just when she reached the top, she pounced forward, throwing bubblegum down to the ground, lying above her, canniness snarling with saliva dripping down as she held the creature down with her paws.
But suddenly, the wolf suddenly whimpered as it stepped back, and they could see her fur peeling off the spot on her paws, realizing that she was scorched from so much heat.
“Get her!” Henry yelled this time, and all the men charged forward, grabbing hold of the Kitsune who struggled vehemently in their arms.
She was scorching hot, they weren’t going to lie, but only a fool who was yearning death would let go of her. Any slightest stumble and when she was free from their grip, she would rain fire on them mercilessly; turning them to ashes.
With a loud scream stretching out even as she fell into the bunker, they began digging, pouring sand into the bunker to shield the entrance.
Liliana took her chance to shift back, putting on her clothes before she began racing forward to help them. Just as she spotted the Kitsune stubbornly crawling out of the hole, her head peeking out, Henry yelled, taking Joseph’s gun and firing it.
“Leave me the f**k alone p>
Bang!
Bang!
Another muffled scream and the head disappeared into the bunker before it was finally concealed with sand heaped against each other.
“So… ” Everyone stepped back, staring at the musky dark brown shade of sand that had started glowing brightly, almost like it was about to explode. “What do we do now p>
“Run… ” Luan yelled, and Joseph reflexively carried her, speeding away with the others right behind him, panting hard.
There was a loud sound, almost like a siren… counting off the moment when she would self destruct, and their paces increased, faster than they’ve ever ran in their lives.
Liliana who was far behind them, just a bit close to Raiden slipped and staggered, almost falling, but something wound around her arm, and she glanced up, eyes widening on seeing Raiden flashing her that heart throb smile, his hand protectively wrapped around her arm.
Without a word— the two clearly hearing the sound of the siren getting louder and Luan screaming at them to run faster— they ran ahead, hands entwining without them realizing.
“There’s a cliff at the edge.” It was Royce who spoke up, clearly having reached the end before everyone, glancing down below.
Everyone all stopped at the edge, John almost slipping down, sending small pebbles down to the large body of water below before steadying himself.
Boooooom p>
A loud sound, loud enough to cause everyone to shake on their feet, the ground rumbling underneath them echoed in the entire place, and Henry’s eyes widened as he glanced back to see the roaring fire that consumed the entire forest, coming straight for them.
“F**k it. Just jump!” He yelled, and without waiting for a word of protest or attestation, he jumped down.
Joseph glared at the teenagers who were obviously reluctant.
“You want to get burnt alive? Be my guest.” With that, he lowered Luan and the couples simultaneously jumped down.
John just shrugged, turning to the others before turning back to jump down, Royce following closely from behind.
Liliana dragged Raiden and Jephthah along, holding them with each hand, the three screaming like the rest as they dropped down, loud splashes of water resounding before the exact spots they had stood in was damaged and destroyed.