into screams, some fleeing into the Sphinx enclosure while others ran back the way we'd just come.
Chapter 13- Brawl
I was still deciding how to react when Marcus roared, thrusting a hand at the guard who'd fired. The man's neck jerked sharply to the right, and his body slumped limply to the ground. A hot flash surged through me, and I turned to growl at Marcus. He seized me around the waist, pulling me behind him as he raised his free hand.
Another burst of gunfire sounded, the slugs bouncing off the invisible shield that Marcus had erected between us and the remaining guard. The rest of the crowd continued to flee, and the area around us was quickly deserted.
"Help Summers. I'll deal with this asshole," Marcus growled, eyes fixed on the guard.
"No," I snapped, seizing his shoulder. "They're being controlled. We need to find the real threat. Hold him off while I find whoever is doing this."
Marcus' eyes flashed. He snarled at me, but turned back to face the guard. Another torrent of bullets ricocheted off the shield Marcus had erected, and he slid back a few inches from the force. I needed to do something quickly.
"Steve," I roared, grabbing the man by the arm. His eyes were wild, but he turned to look at me. "I need you to focus. We have to find out if there really is a chamber under the Sphinx's paws. Get down there and find the most likely spot."
"What about him?" Steve asked, gesturing at the guard firing. He winced at each new flurry of bullets.
"Focus on finding that room. We'll take care of guards." I gave him a shove toward the enclosure, and he started trotting down the steps.
"What about me?" Jillian asked. She scanned the area, looking for threats.
"We need to get Summers to safety," I said, kneeling next to the blonde. I wasn't a doctor, but her wounds looked bad. "She's breathing, at least. Hopefully her healing takes care of the rest."
"David, we need to end this guard and do it quickly. We don't even know who's attacking us," Marcus growled through gritted teeth.
"Give me a second," I said, opening my mind and scanning the area with a wholly different set of senses. Minds appeared all around me, little beacons giving off faint pulses of bright light.
"We don't have time," Jillian said, pointing. A figure was streaking towards us, with a body unlike anything I'd ever seen. It glittered in the sunlight, refracting the light like some some sort of diamond. She was definitely humanoid, but her body was clear crystal.
Cracks spread with every footstep as she charged toward us, vaulting over a few frightened tourists and landing in a crouch near Marcus. She launched an uppercut, but Jillian was already moving. She caught the woman's hand, which went ethereal a split second before passing through the space Marcus' head occupied. Jillian reversed her motion, using the crystalline figure's momentum to knock her to the ground in a shower of dust.
A flash of green came from behind and above me, and Jillian's training saved my life. I instinctively rolled to the right, dodging the blast. The green light vaporized a large swathe of the rock I'd been standing on, obliterating stones that had existed for millennia. I reached instinctively for the most powerful offensive weapon I had, the little golden boomerang I'd taken from the grew men. A wave of green energy shot from the device, and the figure ducked back behind cover. I couldn't be sure, but the face looked familiar. It was the Latino kid I'd first seen back in Tuolumne, then later when we'd rescued Janaki.
That confirmed our attacker's identity. It was Dick, which explained how and why the guards were firing on us. He was mind-controlling them. Two could play at that game. I turned my attention to the guard, focusing my attention into a laser-like beam. I slipped into the guard's mind, the world going dark as I was surrounded by thoughts and memories.
Hello, David
, came an amused voice.
It looks like you've been practicing.
I turned
Chapter 13- Brawl
I was still deciding how to react when Marcus roared, thrusting a hand at the guard who'd fired. The man's neck jerked sharply to the right, and his body slumped limply to the ground. A hot flash surged through me, and I turned to growl at Marcus. He seized me around the waist, pulling me behind him as he raised his free hand.
Another burst of gunfire sounded, the slugs bouncing off the invisible shield that Marcus had erected between us and the remaining guard. The rest of the crowd continued to flee, and the area around us was quickly deserted.
"Help Summers. I'll deal with this asshole," Marcus growled, eyes fixed on the guard.
"No," I snapped, seizing his shoulder. "They're being controlled. We need to find the real threat. Hold him off while I find whoever is doing this."
Marcus' eyes flashed. He snarled at me, but turned back to face the guard. Another torrent of bullets ricocheted off the shield Marcus had erected, and he slid back a few inches from the force. I needed to do something quickly.
"Steve," I roared, grabbing the man by the arm. His eyes were wild, but he turned to look at me. "I need you to focus. We have to find out if there really is a chamber under the Sphinx's paws. Get down there and find the most likely spot."
"What about him?" Steve asked, gesturing at the guard firing. He winced at each new flurry of bullets.
"Focus on finding that room. We'll take care of guards." I gave him a shove toward the enclosure, and he started trotting down the steps.
"What about me?" Jillian asked. She scanned the area, looking for threats.
"We need to get Summers to safety," I said, kneeling next to the blonde. I wasn't a doctor, but her wounds looked bad. "She's breathing, at least. Hopefully her healing takes care of the rest."
"David, we need to end this guard and do it quickly. We don't even know who's attacking us," Marcus growled through gritted teeth.
"Give me a second," I said, opening my mind and scanning the area with a wholly different set of senses. Minds appeared all around me, little beacons giving off faint pulses of bright light.
"We don't have time," Jillian said, pointing. A figure was streaking towards us, with a body unlike anything I'd ever seen. It glittered in the sunlight, refracting the light like some some sort of diamond. She was definitely humanoid, but her body was clear crystal.
Cracks spread with every footstep as she charged toward us, vaulting over a few frightened tourists and landing in a crouch near Marcus. She launched an uppercut, but Jillian was already moving. She caught the woman's hand, which went ethereal a split second before passing through the space Marcus' head occupied. Jillian reversed her motion, using the crystalline figure's momentum to knock her to the ground in a shower of dust.
A flash of green came from behind and above me, and Jillian's training saved my life. I instinctively rolled to the right, dodging the blast. The green light vaporized a large swathe of the rock I'd been standing on, obliterating stones that had existed for millennia. I reached instinctively for the most powerful offensive weapon I had, the little golden boomerang I'd taken from the grew men. A wave of green energy shot from the device, and the figure ducked back behind cover. I couldn't be sure, but the face looked familiar. It was the Latino kid I'd first seen back in Tuolumne, then later when we'd rescued Janaki.
That confirmed our attacker's identity. It was Dick, which explained how and why the guards were firing on us. He was mind-controlling them. Two could play at that game. I turned my attention to the guard, focusing my attention into a laser-like beam. I slipped into the guard's mind, the world going dark as I was surrounded by thoughts and memories.
Hello, David
, came an amused voice.
It looks like you've been practicing.
I turned
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