Chapter 41

                                    

                                          
Mist of Chances, chapter 41: (Well, that didn't work: part 4) 
After putting the staff away I took out my bow. I put the bow at a low angle, I was aiming for the person's ankle. It's not likely I wanted to kill him anyway. Zac will probably do it later anyway. If they survive the 'thing' we're planning. 
I sigh, but then focus. I let go of the arrow, and heard a scream afterwards. Good, I smirked again. 
The others turned around and paused what they were doing. 
All the members were holding a candle stick, and a couple of them dropped theirs. 
The dried plants and other items in the cave caught on fire but it didn't last long. One of them, the eighth member started 'patting', a lack for a better word, the fires, putting them out it the process. 
The others took out their edged weapons and started fighting us. They didn't even bother to properly end their ritual. That's gonna cost us later. 
I took out my own sword and charged at one of the men, Luna was now behind me. 
I swung it at the persons legs again but he dodged and I tore his cloak instead. I stepped back before ducking from a spear that was thrown at my head. 
I spun and got down to whip the guy, making him trip and fall to the ground. And it hurt, my foreleg is gonna be sore later. 
I stood back up and patted the dust off my pants. I hate dust. It's like fog for me, and my own type of vision. 
I shook my head. Then I felt myself getting hit. 
I fell to the floor, my hands sliding at the rocks and getting cut in the process. 
I grit my teeth. That hurt, a lot. 
I stood back up for the second time and took my staff out again. 
I made a spell, a more powerful one this time. 
[Risen Thistle] 
The weeds, a hundred times their normal size, filled the room and crushed two of the men. But only two. They aren't even doing anything so why are they so hard to kill?! 
I gulped my saliva as Luna rushed at them. She was spinning and slicing with her scythe. One of the men was tricky though. He kept backing away and dodging her attacks. 
Finally, Luna snapped and summoned a lion thing with claws that just mutilated the man to pieces. I could feel the blood splash at her face and onto the stone floor. 
Some of the liquid landed on the face and hair as well. I wiped it off with my sleeve. 
"Damn." 
"When is that guy gonna do the thing?" Luna asked, talking about Zac. She was clearly losing her patience. 
I heard tapping on the wall and pressed my hand against it. It was Zac. And he was communicating with morse. 
("(***)" means that they're using a code) 
"(Five more minutes)" he tapped. 
"(Faster or else I will-****.....)" I tapped a few more things. 
"(*sigh*)" what was that supposed to mean? 
"(Just hurry up.)" I tap back before using a binding spell on the cloaked figure behind me. 
She squirmed and I realised it was Luna. This plan is really making me delirious, I can't even tell who was behind me when I usually do. I let her go before walking around a bit further. 
"Sorry, your cloak is misleading." I told her. 
"You're strong, no lie." She replied. 
I nodded before putting my head down. There were rumbles below us. What? 
I turned my body and dashed out the way before the floor itself rose up in an explosion. It reached all the way to the ceiling, maybe even further high. 
I felt a force knocking me to the wall. I heard a crack as my back hit the hard, rough surface. I body came to another immediate stop as my stomach and face met the floor. 
I felt something drip down my nose. It was blood. I wiped with my sleeve again. I'm assuming it was red with how much wetness I can feel on my arm. 
I was raging at this point. Where was Zac? He better not have ditched us or else. 
I put my weight on my feet and legs but immediately fell down? What was wrong? And why did I suddenly feel so numb all over? 
Nothing was wrong on the outside, I don't feel any pain or bleeding either. The only thing was- my aura. Why was it black? Was it the force from earlier? 
I heard the man that hit me, he was using a staff. He had a dark aura. It was making me shake with its thundering dominance. I've ever felt this way before, but why does it make me feel so much fear? 
I felt like passing out but I shouldn't. I can't, not now. Zac still isn't here with that bomb thing he said and I don't even know if he's here. I can't feel his presence in the area. In fact, 
I can't even see. Not anything. 
Zac Vesper POV. 
I tied the rope before setting it. This'll be interesting. I've never used this bomb before but it definitely will end up big. Bigger than the cave, that's for sure. 
The fuse was getting closer to dynamite, that's what I call it. Better go then. I laugh. 
Wait, somethings off. I haven't heard back from either of the two yet? Luna has been the quiet one but what about Conal? He's been tapping at me for the past fifteen minutes but now he suddenly stopped. There was a fight that somehow even managed to get a boom of earth up here but now its just silence. Its too quiet. Something's just not right. 
I turned to face the earthen spike and struck it with a bolt of lightning. The bright yellow hued zap blew up the thing into pieces, revealing what's at the bottom. 
I could barely see anything with the huge a** weed covering the entire area. I could only see the few dead bodies of the guys in cloaks, at least, what's left of the bodies that is. 
I jumped down, there's a minute left before the explosion. I tried looking for either Luna or Conal, where the f*** did they go?! 
I turned and saw someone. It was the older girl. It was Luna. She was laying on the ground, covered in blood. I ran towards her. 
"Where the f*** is Conal?!" I yelled at her. 
"I don't know. He was there earlier." She pointed at the wall. What? 
"Yeah? Well get out of here. Now." 
I searched the area and threw some of the stones around. Where was he?! I then felt something, a sensation. I turned and saw Conal. His body was leaning on a rock, unconscious. 
I was about to get towards him when I felt something hard hit my head, and everything was black.