Shadow couldn't figure out what hurt more. Frozen blood, a kick to the back of his knee, teeth tearing his leg, or his now broken wrist. Somehow, the once almost unstoppable young man was now taken down by four teenagers and a shifter.
The gun went off, but the bullet never embedded itself in Shadow's skull. With the little strength left in him, he forced flame to surround him, wrenching his hands and legs away from River and the four teenagers. The flames swallowed the bullet, melting it, encasing Shadow in a protective barrier. But it fell suddenly as Shadow saw, through the sea of black, a boy holding Mapleshade by the scruff.
And he shot away from the ground, abandoning the fight to protect his leader.
Swerving so hard he almost fell, Wolfram changed corse, skidding to a screeching halt in front of Toby. He stared at Mapleshade, Bleddyn's gun pressed against the cats skull. If it had been any other time, Wolfram would have felt a stab of horror or fear. But now, adrenaline pumped so furiously through his veins, he wasn't sure he could feel more horrified or frightened.
Wolfram had wanted to take her down in the fire ring. But now, the she-cat staring at him with cold loathing, he almost couldn't bring himself to say yes. "I...I...just...do it." With a jolt he was reminded that Mapleshade had killed his mother, and so many innocent people.
But neither Indigo nor Bleddyn had time to pull the trigger. A tall shadow shoved Wolfram out of the way, and Wolfram staggered to avoid Bleddyn, and wrenched Mapleshade from Toby's grasp.
"Do not move." Wolfram hissed, a growl, very much feline-like, escaping his throat. This seemed to stop the tall shadow, as he stopped, and turned to face them.
He clutched Mapleshade tightly to his chest, arms wrapped protectively around her. He did seem frightened, and thoroughly so. It registered that he could not be all that much older then Wolfram himself. Blood and scratches stained his face, his Pure armor ripped and his arm torn open from something much larger then himself.
"Please don't kill her. Please."
"Give me that cat!"
But Shadow turned heel, and disappeared through the sea of black.
But Wolfram only turned to Indigo, Toby and Bleddyn. "He's not going to make it far. That ex-Pure girl and a few shifters are stalking in the woods there, making sure no Pure leave alive. Come on, and bring anyone you see from the group!"
Indigo sprinted towards the pair of them. That's stupid. I can find purchase right now. They'll never get away.
She reached into her pocket, fingers digging in the dirt-lined jeans pockets. Aha.
Indigo's fingers closed around a small, powerful object, and lifted it up. A tazer.
She fired at a rather ineffective place, the Shadow's left leg. But the pulse went throughout his body, and more importantly, through the body of the little cat in his arms. Sometimes guns aren't always the answer. This has a bigger impact.
"Hey!" Toby yelped as Mapleshade was ripped out of his grasp, standing up quickly. He grabbed his gun but before he could shoot, Indigo tazed them. "You've had that Taser this entire time, and you just now thought it was a good idea to use it?" He asked. He shook his head, which he regretted as a wave of dizziness washed over him. "Never mind. Better now than never." He walked over to Shadow and Mapleshade, pointing his gun at the small cat. Neither of them were moving, and he hoped the electricity somehow killed them.
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