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Chapter Twenty-One

Lilith

We both rushed to get dressed then Leon shoved his feet in some boots and tied them up. Once my crop top, jeans, and heels were on, we headed out the door.

“Aren’t you cold?”  he asked as we rode the elevator down to the parking garage. Leon didn’t have a car, so Phillip made sure he had one to use if needed. It was a pretty sweet ride, an all-black Jeep.

Rose and Draco were rushing out of the elevator as we loading in the Jeep.

“Riding with us?” Leon called out, and Draco shook his head.

“Phillip said separate cars. It’s going to be a rough one. Park by the playground,” Draco replied, and both of us took off toward the school. It was a few miles away, just on the outskirts of the island Seahill was on. People liked having more trees around the school than the city scenery. Said it was better for the kids. I didn’t remember much of my childhood before Ezra, so maybe they knew what they were talking about.

“Jesus,” Leon cursed as we approached.  There were tons of people standing outside the burning one-story building. Firemen, camera crews, policemen, and the people who had gotten out already.

It was quite the scene.

“I hope someone has a plan,” I murmured, and I saw Leon nodding his head next to me as he drove to the playground where Phillip and AJ were already waiting. Both Draco and we pulled up at the same time, everybody hopping out.

“What’s the dealio, oh wise one?” I asked first.

Phillip was running his hand through his blond hair, looking highly stressed.

“I didn’t see this one. That only means one thing.” He looked at the building, and gestured for us to walk with him as he talked.

“Emanuel is behind it. He’s the only one who knows how to play against my sight. So this one is up in the air. I have no clue which way it’s going to go. But I can say all scenarios where you try to leave out of the gymnasium end badly. So no one go there,” he stressed, and I made a mental note to not go into the gym.

“Firemen are trying to get the fire under control, and three have gone inside to get the one class of first graders that didn’t make it out yet. No one has heard from them. So it looks like we will have to get them and the kids,” he continued, then took a deep breath and looked at his sister.

“Rose, I think you’re going to need to calm everyone down to help them listen.” She nodded with a nervous but determined look on her face.

“Leon, try not to break too many walls—they are unstable with the fire. The whole thing could collapse if you smash too many.”  Phillip looked at Leon, and I knew he understood how serious this was. Anybody with eyes could see it.

“Draco and Lilith are going to assess the way in then AJ will be guiding you through your communicators.  And if anyone attacks, try and deflect and get away. This is no place for a fight.”

Hmm. I guess we might be expecting some unwanted guests inside. Well, I did just have my first amazing orgasm by a man, and whoever they were screwed up me having more. So I could handle whooping some tail if needed.

“We aren’t fireproof, though. What do we do about that and the smoke?” Rose asked, a valid question. We were almost there, and the main crowd was in front of the building, not paying attention to the side where we were about to enter.

AJ walked over with a tablet.

He pulled up a map of the building, with little blinking red lights going off on the map. I’m guessing that’s where the flames were.

“We are here.” He pointed to the door we were about to go through.

“The kids are over here.” He moved his finger over to about the middle of the building to the right, a space labeled Music Room.

“If we take this route, we should reach the kids in three minutes with minimal view of fire. It’s located just past the main lobby and the opposite side of us now. But that won’t stay for long; the building is brick on the outside but almost everything inside isn’t. I used the camera to look at the hall before it burned, and I could see that a beam fell from the ceiling, blocking their exit door. No windows, so they need us to move quickly before the smoke—or worse, the fire— gets to them.” He talked quickly but we all heard him loud and clear. Time to move.

“I’ll take the lead. Rose, stay behind me, Phillip after her, then Leon, and Lilith. AJ, you keep us updated okay?” Draco took control of the situation, and none of us had any issues with that.

We heard yells from the front about the side of the building collapsing, then Draco kicked the side door in. It flew open, plumes of smoke escaping out into the open air.

Leon looked back to check on me as we started moving in. I winked at him and mentally scrolled through my music list in my head. It may be strange to people, but I always used to work listening to music. It helped keep me calm and surprisingly focused. I was always a better spy with some tunes inspiring me. I was without a player now, so I would have to play the song mentally.

As soon as I stepped into the building I hit my mental play button for “Come and Get Your Love” by Redbone. Oldies were my favorite.