“Just call me Mighty Moni!” she yells, dropping the bag and pumping her tiny fists into the air.
“Can someone throw me my bag,” Chester shouts out. He’s standing in the middle of the field of ash, curled over while trying to cover himself with his bare hands.
“Oh Chesty! I’m sorry,” Moni exclaims and flies over with his bag while JP and I turn our backs to give him privacy.
“How…how did you know I could do that?” Levi asks as he catches up with me. He gives me an indescribable look.
“You have to remember, Levi. I’m old enough that I was around with the original Horsemen. Granted, I was War, not Famine, but most of the time, they followed their instincts,” I tell him with a slight smile.
“Okay, but how did you know I wouldn’t lose control like the originals?” he presses, needing reassurance. Unfortunately, I’m not the one who can give him what he’s looking for.
“That’s easy. I trust you.” Levi’s pursed lips crack a small smile. “Plus, you’re wound tighter than an asshole at a doctor’s office for a prostate checkup. You letting go is comparable with unleashing a toot in the wind.” Levi’s dropped jaw makes me laugh, and JP joins me.
“What’s so funny? I want to laugh too,” Moni exclaims, flying over to us.
“Nothing, just picking on Levi,” I assure her.
“Well, that’s not nice. Although, he did overcook the popcorn,” she reminds us, poking at the ashes.
“True, but we would have been toast without him.”
We turn at Chester’s voice, and I smile at the shifter as he pushes up his glasses.
“The same could be said about you guys,” I toss back.
“Yeah, nice look there, Chester,” JP admits and smacks him a little too hard on his back. “Didn’t know you had that in you. Why do you always go for the little guy if you have that type of muscle?”
Chester’s cheeks turn crimson as he looks down, and Moni flies over to him, cuddling into his side. It’s kinda cute seeing her giving him that support when she’s always been the one that needed it.
“Um. I don’t know how much you know about Rhinos, but we’re pretty much blind,” he chokes out. “I might have the muscle, but I don’t know where I’m going for most of the time.”
Well, color me surprised. That I didn’t know.
“That’s why you have me,” Moni says, squeezing him. “We make a good team.”
“Yes, you do.” JP smiles and ruffles his sister’s hair, causing Moni to frown.
“Well, now that we’ve found each other, how do we find the rest?” Chester asks.
“I think that’s where we’re supposed to go,” Levi calls out, and we turn to look around.
We’re still surrounded by fog but in the distance, we can make out a tall shadow of a building.
“Have those always been there? Or are we just now seeing them since the cornstalks are gone?” Moni asks, and I wish I knew the answer.
On top of the building are glowing numbers, and as we watch, it seems to be a clock ticking down. We started this level with three hours, now we have an hour to find our way out of here, or we will be stuck.
Fuck!
CHAPTER 23
Level Three- Every Baby Girl Needs a Beast
Knox
The blood pooling in my head is getting to me. I know Slayer can be in this position forever with no ill effects, but I can’t.
‘Is this really necessary, or is the point of walking on the ceiling to make me pass out and take over my body completely?’I growl out.
