CHAPTER 56

Y/N'S POV

I entered the academy again and looked for Brooke who was still hiding in the bathrooms, I asked her to accompany me to the outside and to wait for me there where she wouldn't take any risks. Wednesday pressured me to quickly get into the gym and get Mr. Duncan out since she and Wilson had already spread gasoline around the place. Wow pyrotechnics was one of the qualities that she and my dad had in common, the accident in the lab could have been perfectly her fault instead of mine.

When I entered the gym I did it sneaking behind the stands taking advantage of the absolute darkness that there was. My mother had lit several wisp flames to light up the place, however they were not close enough to reveal my location. The Hunters had thrown ropes trying to capture both as if they were cattle heads, beginners. It was obvious that my mother could get rid of those ropes with just a little flame of fire.

As for one-on-one combat, we kitsunes always have the ones to win by our ability to create fire. However, the matter was already complicated against a dozen hunters, and even more so if they used long-distance weapons such as crossbows. I heard Meiko agonize in pain when an arrow was shot in her shoulder. It was only a matter of time before Duncan was attacked as well.

On the roof of the gym there was an emergency exit through which you could access through a ladder that was attached to the wall, that would be our escape route. I could see how the emergency exit hatch was opened by Wednesday and she made a sign to me before throwing a match. I had about two minutes before the smoke smothered all of us present, so I was going to have to take it upon myself to make an express rescue.

I surrounded the Hunters until I got close to Duncan and then I attacked the hunter closest to him to open a gap for us to run through to the staircase. Duncan transformed into his hyde form was quite fast, so he had no problem getting to the ladder and start climbing it. I, on the other hand, had it more difficult because my physical abilities were limited to those of an ordinary fox. I passed under the legs of several hunters until the smoke began to fill the place and my vision began to be blurred. Where was the ladder to get out?

I kept running around the place avoiding the crossfire until someone grabbed me by the neck and threw me against the stairs. When I turned around I could meet my mother's face that signaled me to start climbing quickly, I transformed into my human form and started climbing the ladder even though it had overheated from the fire and was burning my hands.

Several Hunters tried to climb the ladder but everyone was giving up before the high temperature of it, I made a huge effort to be able to get to the emergency exit and get to the roof. Before closing the hatch we saw Meiko trying to save herself and Wednesday seeing me exhausted, she did the dirty work for me and pulled her back inside the gym closing the hatch afterwards.

We tried to get off the roof as soon as possible because the building would explode sooner or later due to the heat pressure. We made it just in time but we didn't get away fast enough and some of the window panes hit us, luckily they were only superficial wounds. Although it was one of my kitsune abilities to heal quickly, I felt short of breath due to the ingested smoke. I approached Brooke and her father as I could to dedicate a few last words to her.

-Y/N: Don't ever come back, keep your end of the bargain or else I'll murder you - I growled at her and watched as they started to walk away. I turned around and found Mr. Wilson helping to treat the injuries that the crystals had caused to my cousin. I nodded my head, sighed and then dropped exhausted on the floor.

ENID'S POV

I was on the side of the dance floor waiting for Wednesday and Y/N to come back after setting the trap for the hunters and their mother. However, I had the feeling that something was not right, something was telling me that they had broken their word and that the situation was much more dangerous than I had been led to believe. Maybe it was because of the bond or just female intuition, but I had a feeling that Y/N needed me.

-Enid: - I approached Yoko and interrupted her dance with Divine - I have to go.

- Yoko: What? Why? This year's dance is being the most! - she smiled and took Divine by the waist - Are you going to go get Y/N?

-Enid: - I nodded - She was supposed to come to the dance, but I'm not so clear about it anymore. Have you seen what time it is? She should have been back a long time ago.

-Yoko: Maybe she regretted it and preferred to stay in her room reading with Wednesday, she doesn't like these events either.

- Enid: Yeah, yeah... But I'm going to go look for them anyway - I started running - Tell the principal and the teachers that I'm getting sleepy!

It was a horrible excuse, I already knew that, but I needed to check that everything was okay. I transformed into my wolf form and started running through the forest until suddenly a smell of smoke invaded my sense of smell. I looked up and in the distance I could make out what seemed to be a big fire, I feared the worst and started running even faster. I arrived at the outer gardens of Nevermore and found Wednesday next to the concierge and Y/N lying on the floor.

- Enid: Y/N! - I screamed again in my human form running towards her. I bent down and rested her head on my lap - What the fuck happened?!! - I looked at Wednesday who was also injured - You told me there would be no danger!

-Wednesday: The plan got complicated when Y/N had to save Mr. Duncan...

- Enid: Why would she do that? That asshole almost killed you, the most normal thing is that she would have let him die - I stroked Y/N's head - What's wrong with her?

-Wilson: She has inhaled too much smoke, and besides she has severe burns on the palms of her hands - the concierge commented - The truth is that she has proven to be much braver than I thought, Y/N is amazing - admitted the impressed curmudgeon.

-Wednesday: If you look at it on the bright side, now you can shower her yourself - she commented with a mocking smile.

- Enid: I'm not for jokes, Wedns! You could have died! - I sighed when I heard Y/N coughing and immediately turned my gaze towards her - Y/N...

-Y/N: - She opened her eyes slowly - Enid? - I hugged her tightly - Hey, take it easy... I already told you that you could leave it to me, now everything is solved.

-Wednesday: Y/N's mother is already out of action as well as the Hunters, it was a victory for the Addams - she said proudly and looked at Wilson - Now you won't have to bear the death of thousands of students. Huh?

-Wilson: - he nodded and got up walking towards Y/N - You were right, it's never too late to repent and act correctly. It bothers me that I had to learn that lesson from a little girl like you, but I'm also grateful to you - he patted Y/N on the head - I hope one day you can forgive me for causing what just happened, I'm sorry I ruined your dance - he started to walk away - Someone take these girls to the infirmary! - he shouted when he noticed that the people from the dance were starting to return.

I had a lot of mixed feelings inside, I was really mad at Y/N and Wednesday for risking their lives again. But at the same time I felt really relieved because both of them had survived and at the same time they had ended the threat posed by these people. All that was left was to be there for them during the healing process and help them confront the consequences of that night.