GIFTED: CURSE OF THE DARK QUEEN

A POISONOUS ENCOUNTER

The snake started to crawl towards us, we didn't waste any more time and ran towards the door! but before we can reach the door the door closed on it's own. "Shit! It won't open!" Vinnie groaned, I looked back..the snake was still advancing towards us rapidly. I looked towards the others "Guys! If we can't get out, we have to somehow protect ourselves from the snake!" "But how?" Shivangi asked, looking bewildered! I looked towards Aishik "Aishik, we have to hide behind those shelves and you have to create a illusion of us standing in the doorway!" Aishik stuttered "B-But I don't know how to control it! It will disappear once The snake attacks us!" "RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER PLAN!" I almost screeched, Aishik quickly nodded and closed his eyes, his hands started glowing with a warm orangish glow and no sooner a illusion started to appear in front of us, the illusion looked so real that even I was stunned for a second until Vinnie tugged on my hand and we ran towards a bookshelf. I quickly ran and hid behind a bookshelf with Vinnie and Aindrik, while Aishik and the girls hid behind the bookshelf next to the portrait...the snake was now slowly circling our illusion, suddenly! it hissed violently and thrashed its tail at the illusion making it disappear into thin air Vinnie muttered "shit! It knows that we are hiding somewhere!" The Snake raised its hood again and started looking around the room as if It knew that where we were hiding I looked towards the others. I quickly ducked down and slowly crawled towards them using the shelves to hide myself from the snake, I suddenly halted for a second and looked up...it was eerily quiet , the snake wasn't hissing anymore. I tried to raise my head and look over the shelves, my knees were bruised from crawling so fast..I winced at the pain but stood up.."ADITYA LOOK OUT!" Vinnie's scared voice caught my attention and my eyes bulged out as the huge bookshelf started to fall on me! I quickly shifted from my place as the bookshelf crashed on the floor with a loud noise. "HISSS!" the loud hiss was followed by the shelves tumbling over each other as the Snake's huge tail clashed on them. I scrambled on the floor trying to protect myself from the shelves, I quickly tried to run towards Vinnie! The Snake had already noticed me..It hissed in anger and started to follow me! Shit! I thought as I flinched and stumbled because of the pain in my knees. I almost forgot they were bruised, the Snake slowly slithered behind me...looking at me with his cruel red eyes..my whole body was frozen as if someone pinned me to the ground. "FUCK YOU, MOTHERFUCKER!" A fat book was thrown out f nowhere which hit the snake square on it's face. It hissed in anger and started shaking its hood violently, Avantika quickly came beside me with a stack of books in her arms "Hurry up! Let's get out of here before it can cause more harm." She threw another book at it and we both ran towards Vinnie and Aindrik. Aindrik asked "What are we going to do? This fucking reptile is going to eat us alive!" Avantika sneered at him "YES Aindrik! We can see that, none of us are blind. Right now we need a plan to get out of this room." Vinnie said "I've tried to open the doors but they won't budge..and judging by the state of these bookshelves I don't think they can hide us any longer." Avantika said "We..We need magic! Yes! Ishika can freeze the snake and we can try to open the door." Avantika signaled at Ishika who was now crouched behind a shelf with Anaya, Shivangi and Aishik...Ishika nodded at her. She quickly came out from her hiding and curled her hands into a fist, Ishika took a deep breath and then she opened her palms! Her palms lit up with a crackling blue energy which also surrounded the Snake, freezing it complete ! Ishika shouted "Guys, I have no Idea how long my powers can hold it so whatever you have to do, DO QUICKLY!" Aindrik and Vinnie ran towards the massive door, Aindrik picked up a broken piece of wood and tried to wedge it in between the door. Meanwhile, Ishika was struggling to keep the snake frozen..it was almost as if the Snake was pushing through her magic Ishika shouted again "Guys! I CAN--CAN'T DO IT.NOT ANYMOR-AHHH" Ishika screamed in pain as the Snake's large tail thrashed her hard throwing her back towards a wall! Ishika crashed on the wall and fell down groaning in pain. "Shit!" I muttered, I looked at Avantika "I'll handle here, You should go and check up on her." The Snake was now advancing towards Ishika in a first pace, Avantika quickly threw a book at it "Eat this fucker!" the book hit the snake in its eye making it hiss in anger, it looked at Avantika with it's red eyes and raised its hood..it spitted out a gooey black substance towards Avantika, she held up the book in front of her and the substance fell on the book. The book lit up with blazing flames surrounding it, I screamed in fear "AVANTIKA! THROW IT AWAY!" Avantika threw the book away but the fire had already caught on her clothes, she started to pat on her clothes in attempt to stop the fire from spreading..tears were spilling from her eyes. The Snake hissed at her and started to move towards her with its hood raised. Suddenly! something weird happened, Avantika's eyes changed from their usual hazel color to a blazing orange hue, the fire on her clothes started to swirl around her and her hands lit up with flames. We looked at Avantika with shock visible in our faces, She looked at the snake "Eat shit. mother fucker." She screamed and pointed her palms towards the snake! the fire shot out of her hands and hit the snake with so much force it fell on the ground and caught on fire slowly turning into nothing but ashes. We ran towards Avantika Aishik said "You might want to turn the fire off." Avantika looked at herself and chuckled, she closed her eyes and slowly the fire around her died down. "ahh!" Avantika hissed in pain as a sizzling sound was heard, she pulled up her sleeve. A trident had appeared on her wrist She looked at us "What does this mean? Who claimed me?" I shrugged at her as I had no idea, "UM guys.." Anaya's scared voice turned our heads towards he picture, a incense was lit near the picture and it was giving out a black smoke, the black smoke was slowly getting conjoined together and was taking the form of huge black snakes Aindrik muttered "FUCK.NO." I eyed the incense stick, I said "Guys! I have a plan..we need to distract the snakes so that one of us can reach that Incense stick and stop it from burning." Vinnie asked "Ok, and how should we do that?" I looked around the library, I picked up some wood blocks and books "pick up whatever you can and start throwing it at the snakes. Make them chase you, and..Aindrik." I turned towards Aindrik "You and Shivangi will go towards the incense and stop it from burning." Aindrik nodded, his jaw clenched. I threw a book at one of the snakes, it hissed and looked at me! It quickly started advancing towards me. I started running around the library as the snake started following me, meanwhile Vinnie was constantly attacking the snakes with books and wood blocks the snake was following him constantly! suddenly, Vinnie tripped on a fallen shelf and fell down on the ground! the books and the woods scattered on the ground, the snake was now behind Vinnie and hissing at him. Vinnie scrambled on the ground, he held the shelf and tried to lift himself when he felt that the shelf under him felt very light. Vinnie looked at his hands and was baffled, his hands were glowing ! Vinnie stood up and picked up the heavy shelf easily, he didn't waste any time and threw the shelf straight at the snake making it disappear into black smoke. Shivangi and Aindrik were dodging the snakes and was quickly running towards the incense stick, Shivangi said "Aindrik, we need to get there faster! the smoke is creating more snakes!" Aindrik gripped Shivangi's hand and started running, and suddenly! he was surrounded by electricity, Aindrik felt as if he was floating, his legs were working at a great speed. In a second, Aindrik and Shivangi were in front of incense stick Shivangi looked at him in shock "How did you do that?" Aindrik shrugged "I don't know..WATCH OUT!" Aindrik shouted as a snake lunged on Shivangi, Shivangi screamed in fear and closed her eyes and a vibrating blue aura shot out from her hand and hit the snake turning it into a ice statue! Shivangi opened her eyes and looked at it "The fuck.." She muttered, another snake advanced towards her She pointed her palms at it and a gust of wind went out from her blowing the snake away towards a wall, the snake hit the wall and turned into black smoke. Aindrik said "ok..so somehow you can channel ice and wind. Let's see if you can also create water." Aindrik signaled at the incense still burning, Shivangi closed her eyes and held her hands over the incense, slowly, a water formed around it drenching it completely and the fire died down. Aindrik did not wait there, he held Shivangi's hand and ran and in a second he joined the others. Anaya asked "now how are we going to open the door?" I groaned in irritation, I haven't thought about that "Ugh I just wish I can open that door with my fucking mind!" as soon as the words left my mouth, I felt a power rushing inside of me..I looked at my hands, my palms were glowing with a golden light Aishik said "Guys, look!" I looked at the door, the door was also glowing with a golden aura Avantika said "Aditya..I think..I think your powers are doing this. Try to open the door." I looked at the door and focused on it, I pointed my hands at the door and the aura round it pulsated. I thought about ripping the door off, and suddenly it started vibrating! the door slowly broke away from it's hinges creating cracks on the walls, I took a step back and the door ripped of it's place and fell in front of us. My powers died down and I gripped Vinnie's soldier, it felt as if the whole world was spinning and the last thing I heard was Vinnie calling out to me