章 171: Chapter 49.3
"We got away!"
Alice sighed with relief, thinking that they had managed to escape when an overhead figure slammed into the windshield. The figure grinned sinisterly, showing nearly all of his teeth before smashing a fist against the window repeatedly.
Ah, what a delectable looking girl, Salamander thought as cracks formed like a spider web from his punches. His eyes were transfixed on Alice as he admired her doll-like features. I'll take her along with me.
"Dammit," Emily stood up and had to balance herself as the bus shook from Alice's uneven driving. She had noticed what was occurring in the front and aimed her pistol at Salamander before shooting, but the pistol clicked emptily. Emily swore as she realized that she had no more bullets.
"Maple," Alice, who felt goosebumps forming from Salamander's leering, called out to Maple. "When I tell you to, press the brakes."
"What's that?" Maple asked, confused.
"The big pedal!"
"Oh. Okay."
Alice waited until the very last second, when the glass almost shattered before shouting, "Now!" and Maple quickly pressed the brake pedal, forcing the bus to jerk and stop. The momentum sent Salamander flying away and he crashed into a bakery's glass window.
The sudden stop also sent Emily and Alice forward into the air. Emily hit her head as she slid to the front of the bus and fell unconscious immediately while Alice slammed headfirst through the windshield and out the bus.
"ALICE!" Maple shrieked once she comprehended what had occurred. Using all her strength, she pulled at the emergency lever that forced the bus's door to open and ran out to check on Alice.
"Alice . . . Alice, no," Maple almost sobbed. She had stopped short of reaching Alice when she saw how the latter was not moving. Had she moved closer, she would've seen the glass shards that covered Alice slowly being forced out as her wounds began closing up.
It's all my fault . . . Maple thought as she covered her mouth with her hands, tears clouding her vision. She thought that if she had stayed behind, perhaps everyone else - perhaps Alice - wouldn't have been placed in danger. And now, Alice . . .
As she sobbed silently, Maple froze when she heard a faint rustling, the sound of movement from nearby her. She turned hopefully to Alice but, to her disappointment, quickly realized that it wasn't her. She froze in fear and trepidation as she saw a figure rising from the bakery; Salamander was alive and well.
No . . . Maple thought with despair. No . . . Not now.
She turned back to the bus only to see the armed men, far off in the distance, slowly making their way closer.
No . . .
Maple wiped her tears with her sleeve and determination shone in her eyes.
If I die, so be it. But I won't let them hurt everyone else!
Maple turned to Salamander and made sure to make eye contact with him. Once she caught his attention, she spun around and ran off into an alleyway between two buildings.
Interesting, Salamander thought with a grin. Too bad it won't save your little friends.
He gestured at the approaching men before pursuing Maple. Two gunmen followed his lead while the remaining aimed their rifles at the bus as they approached it slowly. Before he left, however, Salamander turned to the unmoving body of Alice.
Tsk, what a waste, he thought. Oh well, I could still play with her, even if she's dead.
***
Emily stirred, her mind groggy before she recalled what happened and got up with a jolt. She tried calming the panicking children who were crying before standing up and looking out the window, only to see the armed men aiming at her.
Is this the end? She thought with a swallow, her heart full of regret. Jason . . .
As the thought of Jason crossed her mind, a thud shocked her as the bus rocked. Above her, the roof of the bus caved in as though something hard and heavy had landed on top.
Outside, the armed men changed their aim as they saw the figure land on the bus in a crouching position from the sky. As it slowly stood up, they felt an inexplicable sense of horror and fear. The glowing blue irises were as large as a normal person's eyeball, a holographic interface hovering mere millimetres from the inhuman irises slowly spun as it locked onto them. The large shiny teeth were what they saw next before the figure vanished.
With a growl, Fenrir leapt into the air with a side-flip, using his momentum and gravity to send an overhead punch to one of the gunmen. The punch sent the man smashing down headfirst and into the ground. The pavement caved in from the blow and, with a crack, his head burst open like a watermelon, scattering chunks of white matter everywhere. Landing on his feet, Fenrir threw out an arm and two stun bolas flew out from it and wrapped itself around two men, ensnaring them and preventing them from firing their weapons before getting electrified. Before they could collapse, Fenrir aimed his elbows at them and fired his elbow blades, slicing them in half before changing the trajectory of the blades and, like a boomerang, they circled back to him and into his elbows.
Hmm. Need to thank Lena for the new suit and the upgrade, Fenrir thought as a shooter sneaked up from behind him, intent on firing at his head at point-blank range. Fenrir grabbed him and slammed his head into the bus. The children inside screamed as the metal caved in like plaster, leaving a large face-shaped dent on the side of the bus. Leaving the shooter embedded in the bus, Fenrir leapt over the bus and landed agilely between two more shooters before pulling his Tang sword from the back. The sword, which had no sheath, released itself from his back as soon as his hands gripped it. [2]
Emily winced and jumped in panic as she heard the sounds outside. The screams, the gunfire, the sounds of impact, of flesh being sliced echoed all around her hauntingly. She shrieked when the sound of a blade slicing sounded right next to her and a splatter of blood appeared on the window. Shivering, she realized that the horrific sounds had faded away, and the eerie atmosphere slowly descended on the bus, suffocating everyone within.
[2] After Sage Yu thrashed him, Jason needed a new Fenrir armour, one that Selena delivered with upgrades.
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