Chapter 24

Rola bursts in through the floor and flips up onto her feet. She looks around, her jaw drops, tears stream her cheeks. Adam unable to even move his eyes, though she only knows the worst, being ignorant of the poison. And June, lying in her gore against the wall.

Chills run up her body, the pit forms in her chest as her stomach turns over and her heart beats so hard she feels it's about to just explode.

She yells out in anger and forces a rock wall to appear behind her. She launches off it at impossible speed at Fynn. Sheila jumps but is still hit in the legs by Rola's arms.

Rola slams into Fynn and smacks into the wall. She rolls back and throws him into another wall.

Rola jumps to her feet. Sheila swings down and sideways and up. Rola ducks, leans back and spins, she grabs the sword, not caring that it cuts into her hand. She grabs Sheila's head and pushes to throw her. Sheila ducks and let's Rola's hand swing and tackles Rola. Rola rolls so hard that even when Sheila tries to control the motion she can't.

"Die!" Rola spits,

She lifts her fist as it forms a rock layer and punches Sheila's defending forearms, breaking them.

She hits again and again with both rock fists, her eyes dripping with tears. Fynn drop kicks the air but Rola has already seen it.

How is he healed?! Or even alive?! Sylvia! Doesn't matter! She rolls off Sheila and to her feet, runs up the wall, jumps off and punches the ground the wall breaks and shoots at rocket speed at them. Sheila is hit in the side with them, Fynn narrowly misses them.

Sylvia comes from the side and swings, Rola does an aerial over the sword and spins, she kicks The wall where Sylvia was, a millisecond after Sylvia jumped back.

BOOM!

The sound echoes, throwing them off for a second, but Sheila takes the chance and thrusts her arm at Rola. Rola jumps high in the air, being boosted by a rock platform.

She lands away and punches the ground. "Choke on it!" she shouts,

Sylvia dives back into a staircase, Sheila behind her as rock spikes shoot up and down, tearing into Fynn over and over and over.

She bolts forward toward them. Sylvia claps her hands, Rola drops back to her butt, rather than sliding across the floor, a hole appears and closes after eating Rola. The earshattering supersonic wave explodes across the air. Rola jumps out behind them and kicks Sheila in the spine, snapping it.

Sheila screams and slides across the floor. Sylvia, already guessing shoves a sword into her thigh, cutting her artery.

Rola screams out but oddly enough, rather than causing her to hesitate it helps her turn faster and kick Sylvia in the stomach, breaking her ribs and sending her back down the stairs into a wall.

Rola sobs as she reaches up to grab the hilt of the sword, but she can't pull it out from there. She gives up on trying for the hilt.

She yells out in pain but it's cut short by Sheila's sword going into her stomach. Rola gasps and chokes on the blood that fills her mouth.

She hesitates, trying to breathe but Rola's always been different, better. The more danger she's in, or pain or whatever, the clearer she thinks.

She clenches her fist. A rock pillar shoots out next to Rola's head, so skinny and so fast. Sheila pulls back, but not fast enough. The spike shoots through her skull and sinks into the ground as four other small spikes rip the swords out of her stomach and leg.

Rola groans and slowly turns to get to her feet.

"Truly remarkable you are."

She looks back at him, smiling.

Venix.

She throws her hand out, a rock pillar shoots for him but he holds his hand up, the pillar explodes, the pieces flying all around his body and hitting the stairs behind him.

Rola falls and rolls back down the stairs, she turns and crawls away, then uses a rock pillar to lift herself up, she launches a sword into her hand. Grabs it by the hilt. Lydia rushes in, sees Rola and pulls her sword, rushing to her side.

"Are you okay?!" she asks,

Rola doesn't answer, Lydia turns to face Sylvia as she gets to her feet. Adam struggles, slowly regaining some strength and control.

Joy and relief swell up in Lydia and Rola and Margaret as she enters the room. "Ha!" Rola cheers,

"Surrender, and I'll let my daughter live."

"Bull! You'd kill us all you little prick!" Rola spits,

"You're quite a fighter." he says,

Margaret rushes to Adam's side and begins healing him. Lydia rushes and slides in between them and Venix as he shoots fire from the stomp of his foot, Lydia stabs the ground and the fire travels up the sword and incinerates the roof and shoots into the air.

Rola kicks the ground, a rock wall shoots up in front of Venix, Sylvia charges at Rola, but Rola already turns to clash with her. However Sylvia pulls a knife and shoves it deep into her ribs, Rola gasps and stares at her wide eyed.

"Rola!" Lydia cries,

Already running, she kicks Sylvia away. Rola falls back against Lydia, she whines loud and grabs the hilt of the sword, the wall in front of Venix explodes and the rocks fly into them, knocking them to the ground.

Adam slowly pushes off Margaret to stand on his own, incredible pain still flows through him on a horrific level. But it's not nearly as bad as before.

Sylvia rips the sword out of Rola's torso. She lies there, whining and wheezing. Lydia raises her sword and swings it at Sylvia but Venix kicks the air, a gust of wind knocks her back into the air. But another catches her and sets her down.

Margaret's heart slows, she smiles, "Thanks Eve." she mumbles,

Rola looks at Margaret and smiles softly, "This ends!" she shouts as the sword comes down. Rola taps the floor. The Ceiling breaks and shoots down with fury towards her. Lydia runs back again at Sylvia.

All while Margaret throws her hands out toward Venix and at high speed shoots blazing white fire at him. He shoots it back, holding the fire off while Adam runs at Venix.

Sylvia, Lydia and Rola both are hit with much force of the stone ceiling.