Avengelist : Part Seven

     “Ryuu!” Deej shouted, running.
    “Hey, wait up!” Kaie called, trying to catch Ryuu who was racing down the roads.
    “What’s gotten into him?” Cheng Yi asked. “Hey Ryuu!”
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    The door closed behind Ryuu silently.
    Ryuu moved carefully, not making a sound. He seemed to be in a dark warehouse, connected to the harbor. He could smell the salty sea breeze, and heard the soft lapping of water somewhere near.
    His eyes soon adjusted to darkness. Ryuu walked to his left, hearing voices spoken in harsh tones. Turning right into a big hall, he was startled by the sudden changes in lighting. Ryuu shielded his eyes.

    “Who goes there?” A deep voice growled. Ryuu heard the faint clicks of machine guns being cocked. Slowly, he took down his hand. About seven people were in the room, all of then holding guns. Most of them were pointed at him. Two men were guarding a woman, near the back of the group.
    “Identify yourself!” the man barked.
    “I’m…”

    “I’ve got you now, Wallace!” A voice shouted from behind Ryuu. Ryuu turned around.
    “Adam!” The woman at the back cried.
    “Io!” Adam replied. “Release Io,” Adam threatened. “I’ve already sent information about you to the headquarters, Wallace. There’s no escape for you. As we speak, planes are flying over Salem, ready to attack on my command. Surrender, or die!”

    The members glanced around uneasily. Ryuu stood in the middle of the crossfire, not knowing whether to move, but wisely kept quiet.

    The door burst open for the third time.
    “Ryuu!” Deej clamored.

    “Run for it!” Wallace and his people ran towards the exit as Adam quickly gave chase. Before anyone manage to run out of the door, everyone heard Alexis’s planes flew overhead.
    “Damn! They’re bombing us!” The frantic group ran out of the hall and into the main area of the warehouse. Adam snatched Wallace’s shirt, only to be dragged along.
    “Hold it right there!” Cheng Yi shouted. He ran after the rebels.
    “IO!” Adam yelled as debris toppled between them.
    Ryuu ran towards Io, grabbing her and rolled to the end of the hall, as rubble fell behind them. They lay unconscious for a minute or two, amidst the choking dust.
 
    The dynamism of the bombing forced Kaie and Deej to fall to the floor, desperately trying to protect themselves from the falling debris. When the rubbish seemed to stop falling, they tried to stand up. The air was enveloped with thick dust and small pieces of concrete around them. The warm Salem sunshine shone down upon them through big holes in the ceiling.
    “Are you hurt?” Kaie asked. Both was brushing the dust off themselves.
    “I’m okay, I think. But my head’s still ringing from the explosion,” Deej replied.
    “Wasn’t Ryuu over there?” Kaie asked. When the air cleared a little, they saw that Ryuu was trapped behind a pile of rubble. Kaie and Deej looked towards the entrance of the warehouse. Cheng Yi was nowhere to be seen.
    “Ryuu! Are you alright?” Deej called.
 
    Silence.
    “Maybe he’s unconscious,” Kaie suggested. He placed his hand on her shoulder. “We’ll get help to get them out of there. Don’t worry.”
    Deej nodded.
    “We have to be careful where we walk. Look, the ruins nearly smashed the floor,” Kaie said.
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    Cheng Yi looked back at the warehouse in stupor. The building was severely damaged, with collapsed walls and its framework standing like a blackened skeleton amidst the sunshine. Adam stood next to him.
    “Oh God…”
    Cheng Yi ran towards the warehouse.
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    Deej and Kaie jumped backwards as more rubble toppled in front of them. A dense layer of dust filled the air, rendering Deej and Kaie transitorily blind. They both coughed, trying to breathe.
    “Cough…cough…Are you all right…?Cough…” Kaie gasped.
    “Yeah…cough…” Deej replied. “So much for trying to open the door. The pressure from the walls must have jammed it.”
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    “Deej?” Ryuu sat up. He saw Io by his side. He slowly shook her shoulders.
    “Are you alright?” Ryuu asked. The woman stirred to life.
    “What happened?” she asked.
    “Some Alexis planes dropped bombs. We’re trapped here, but I think I hear my friends on the other side.” Ryuu strained to listen. Yes, he could make out Kaie and Deej’s voices.
    “Deej! Kaie!”
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    Deej’s ears pricked. “Did you hear that?” she asked Kaie.
    “It’s Ryuu!” Kaie exclaimed. “Hey Ryuu! Are you okay?” he shouted.
    “Yeah, I’m fine. But we’re stuck here. Can you try to get us out?” Before Kaie could reply, Deej interrupted.
    “Okay.” She said. Deej was looking around, and picked up a large metal pipe.
    “Let’s try to move some of the ruins,” she said. Kaie pondered about it, then he had an idea.
    “Why don’t you use magic to move the ruins?”
    Deej was already prying apart some of the rubbish, sending dust flying everywhere.
    “If I used magic for everything, I wouldn’t survive in this world for even a week.”
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