Puppet Under Strings (unOrdinary)

Episode 8

Arlo...! To think he had a trick up his sleeve!

"That's our King!" Remi said. "Always two steps ahead!"

"Ugh..." Volcan started sweating a bit.

She looked at the front doors and quickly ran over for a chance to escape.

"Not today!" Isen punched her right in the stomach while she was running.

"Urgh!" blood spurted out from her mouth.

"Ready?" Remi asked me.

"Ready as I'll ever be." I answered.

Volcan still tried to make for an exit. But Remi and I both quickly blocked her escape by jumping in front of her.

I raised up my fist with my eyes glowing blue while Remi did the same. Her blue lightning has never looked so fearsome in all the battles I've fought against her.

"This is for John!" I punched Volcan as hard as I could in the face.

"AARGH!!" her eyes shut as my fist broke through her face.

Remi pointed her lightning towards the floor, which Volcan fell upon when being punched by me, zapping her with lots of voltage.

"AAAAAAAHHHHH...!!"

Narrator's POV

Clink!

After the battle between Volcan and the gang, the rest of her employers and herself were handcuffed and sentenced to endless years of prison. Seraphina and Arlo suffered light injuries which were treated quickly by people from the authorities while Remi, Isen, and Blyke reported to Headmaster Vaguhn that Ember's headquarters had become a restricted area after this incident. 

Everything had been resolved. However...

"John is still in there! I need to get in!" Seraphina yelled.

"I'm sorry, Miss, but only authorized personnel can enter this building. You'll have to come after it's been torn down." a worker replied.

"The threat of Ember is gone! Why can't I come in?" Seraphina tried to overpower him, reaching out her hand. "John!"

"Ma'am, please...!"

"Seraphina, stop it!" Remi and Arlo tried to get her off the worker with their arms.

No! Seraphina thought. I can't just abandon him like this!

"Hey, Daniel!"

"What?" the worker patted his clothes and turned around.

There was another worker coming out from the Ember building, running and huffing. In his arms, it was John!

"I found this kid at the base of the building! He's not breathing!"

WHAT?!! Seraphina thought.

"Isen, use your Hunter ability." Arlo turned to the orange haired boy.

"On it!" Isen ran over to the other worker who was carrying John. "Excuse me, but I think I can help!"

He looked closely at John's motionless body which was set on the ground.

Isen put his head up. "He has a very faint pulse! You have to take him to the hospital right away or he'll die!"

"Right!"

The workers called the hospital to take John right away. Loud ambulance sirens filled the streets and people quickly gathered around the building to see the source of the noise. 

Some were even students from Wellston.

"Oh my god, is that John?" a blue pigtailed student gossiped to another with blonde braids.

"No way! He's the ultimate Joker! Remember how he took down Remi and Arlo with one hand last year?" the girl with blonde braids replied.

"Eek! Someone that strong is unconscious right in front of the previous Ember building?! No thanks, I'm outta here!" a smaller looking student squeaked.

Shit. Arlo turned to the bustling of Wellston students. Some were even taking photos of the unconscious John and were most likely going to post those pictures online for others to see.

Arlo waved his hand in front of the crowd. "Don't you all have better things to do? There's nothing to see here! Now scram!"

"Huh? What do you mean? Our real King out here is knocked out cold and you want us to just leave and make it like nothing happened? No way! The school needs to know this!" a boy with pink hair exclaimed in the back of the crowd.

"He's right! You can't just let this fly, Arlo!" other students agreed with him.

Shit shit shit. Arlo thought. This was not going well. 

Meanwhile, John was being carried on a stretcher and onto one of the ambulances that had arrived. He also had a mask attached to his nose and mouth. Seraphina was on the ground, crying her eyes out while Remi tried to comfort her by patting her on the back. Arlo scoffed and turned back to the students.

"ALL OF YOU NEED TO LEAVE RIGHT NOW OR I WILL HAVE TO GET SERIOUS. ANYONE WHO DISAGREES WITH ME CAN EARN THEMSELVES A PUBLIC BEATING. OTHERWISE, GET THE HELL TO DOING WHATEVER YOU DID BEFORE. IS THAT UNDERSTOOD?"

All of the fearful students nodded and ran away. Arlo sighed heavily.

The ambulance carrying John ran away quickly to the Wellston hospital. Arlo looked at Seraphina who was still on the ground, processing what just happened.

He patted her on the back. "Get up, Seraphina. We're going home."

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