Hold it back! ’
But the tingling in the pit of her stomach rose. It flowed along her arms and finally down to her hands. ‘Everyone, get away from me!’ she screamed. ‘The Flame is coming and I can’t stop it!’
‘I said shut up!’ Agent O shouted furiously as he wrenched her forward. ‘I don’t want to hear it.’
Emily’s powers let go.
Uncontrolled flames shot out of her fingertips and hit Agent O in the legs. He fell to the ground rolling and screaming in pain as his trousers caught fire.
Emily pointed her hands away from the people around her and aimed the powerful flames down so that they burned deep holes into the grass and earth.
Agent O continued screaming and writhing in pain as his men tried to put out the flames on his legs. Those closest to Emily cried out in terror and ran for the exit. But the rest of the audience, those who couldn’t see its origins, cheered at the unexpected fire show.
‘ Stop it! ’ Emily roared at herself. She was growing close to panic as the flames intensified. No matter how hard she tried, she could not pull them back.
Suddenly a screaming whinny came from the tent entrance. Emily looked up and saw Pegasus rearing and spreading his massive wings. Police gathered around the stallion trying to catch him while the crowds roared and cheered in hysterical delight. Pegasus whinnied again and charged forward into the tent.
‘Pegasus!’ Emily cried gratefully. Seeing the stallion coming for her calmed her somewhat. The flames slowed and she was able to regain control. Finally, Emily stopped them completely.
She looked down at Agent O. ‘I’m so sorry! Please don’t come after us. I don’t have any control of my powers.’
‘You freak!’ he howled as he clutched his burned legs. ‘I’m going to lock you so far underground you’ll forget what daylight looks like!’
But when Agent O saw Pegasus arrive at Emily’s side, his voice broke and he was paralyzed with fear. ‘Keep him away from me!’ he squealed at his men, pointing a shaking finger at Pegasus. ‘Keep him back!’
As the crowd surged forward to get a better look and actually touch the stallion, Emily caught hold of Pegasus’s wing and climbed up on to his back. When he started to trot towards the exit, she heard Agent O’s cutting words.
‘You can’t escape me, Emily,’ he howled. ‘No matter where you go, I’ll never stop looking for you. I’ll find you and make you pay for this …’
She turned back and saw the hatred blazing in his wild, frightened eyes.
From the back of the tent, girls were still chanting, ‘Zombie Angel, Zombie Angel!’
‘ Enough! ’ Cupid shouted and leaped high into the air. His tunic was shredded and barely covered his muscular form. He was bleeding from deep scratches on his chest, arms and face.
Cupid opened his wings. With several beats, he flew unsteadily over the heads of the cheering crowd and out of the tent. Pegasus followed closely behind. Once outside, the stallion galloped full speed along the crowded festival ground before launching himself into the air.
Emily looked back down and saw hundreds of flashes from camera phones as the crowd waved and called to them while they flew up into the night sky. Just outside the fence in the parking area, she watched several black cars and military trucks arrive and the soldiers pour out.
‘Em, are you all right?’ Joel was clinging to Paelen’s back as the tiny winged sandals carried them up to the stallion. ‘The performers broke free and called security. We had to fight the police to get away. Then we saw them going into the tent!’
‘Joel,’ Emily shouted, ‘Agent O and some of his men were down there!’
‘What!’ Joel and Paelen cried together. ‘Where? In the tent? Did they see you?’
‘Yes,’ she replied. Emily pointed back to the military trucks and soldiers gathering at the festival. ‘They caught me but I lost control of my powers and set Agent O on fire.’
Joel punched the
But the tingling in the pit of her stomach rose. It flowed along her arms and finally down to her hands. ‘Everyone, get away from me!’ she screamed. ‘The Flame is coming and I can’t stop it!’
‘I said shut up!’ Agent O shouted furiously as he wrenched her forward. ‘I don’t want to hear it.’
Emily’s powers let go.
Uncontrolled flames shot out of her fingertips and hit Agent O in the legs. He fell to the ground rolling and screaming in pain as his trousers caught fire.
Emily pointed her hands away from the people around her and aimed the powerful flames down so that they burned deep holes into the grass and earth.
Agent O continued screaming and writhing in pain as his men tried to put out the flames on his legs. Those closest to Emily cried out in terror and ran for the exit. But the rest of the audience, those who couldn’t see its origins, cheered at the unexpected fire show.
‘ Stop it! ’ Emily roared at herself. She was growing close to panic as the flames intensified. No matter how hard she tried, she could not pull them back.
Suddenly a screaming whinny came from the tent entrance. Emily looked up and saw Pegasus rearing and spreading his massive wings. Police gathered around the stallion trying to catch him while the crowds roared and cheered in hysterical delight. Pegasus whinnied again and charged forward into the tent.
‘Pegasus!’ Emily cried gratefully. Seeing the stallion coming for her calmed her somewhat. The flames slowed and she was able to regain control. Finally, Emily stopped them completely.
She looked down at Agent O. ‘I’m so sorry! Please don’t come after us. I don’t have any control of my powers.’
‘You freak!’ he howled as he clutched his burned legs. ‘I’m going to lock you so far underground you’ll forget what daylight looks like!’
But when Agent O saw Pegasus arrive at Emily’s side, his voice broke and he was paralyzed with fear. ‘Keep him away from me!’ he squealed at his men, pointing a shaking finger at Pegasus. ‘Keep him back!’
As the crowd surged forward to get a better look and actually touch the stallion, Emily caught hold of Pegasus’s wing and climbed up on to his back. When he started to trot towards the exit, she heard Agent O’s cutting words.
‘You can’t escape me, Emily,’ he howled. ‘No matter where you go, I’ll never stop looking for you. I’ll find you and make you pay for this …’
She turned back and saw the hatred blazing in his wild, frightened eyes.
From the back of the tent, girls were still chanting, ‘Zombie Angel, Zombie Angel!’
‘ Enough! ’ Cupid shouted and leaped high into the air. His tunic was shredded and barely covered his muscular form. He was bleeding from deep scratches on his chest, arms and face.
Cupid opened his wings. With several beats, he flew unsteadily over the heads of the cheering crowd and out of the tent. Pegasus followed closely behind. Once outside, the stallion galloped full speed along the crowded festival ground before launching himself into the air.
Emily looked back down and saw hundreds of flashes from camera phones as the crowd waved and called to them while they flew up into the night sky. Just outside the fence in the parking area, she watched several black cars and military trucks arrive and the soldiers pour out.
‘Em, are you all right?’ Joel was clinging to Paelen’s back as the tiny winged sandals carried them up to the stallion. ‘The performers broke free and called security. We had to fight the police to get away. Then we saw them going into the tent!’
‘Joel,’ Emily shouted, ‘Agent O and some of his men were down there!’
‘What!’ Joel and Paelen cried together. ‘Where? In the tent? Did they see you?’
‘Yes,’ she replied. Emily pointed back to the military trucks and soldiers gathering at the festival. ‘They caught me but I lost control of my powers and set Agent O on fire.’
Joel punched the
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