Chris Exists

Part 15

"Fancy," Annie says, hopping up behind  me, "you gonna kill something with that."

"I  don't plan on killing anything," I said, shrugging.

"Too bad," she grinned.

"It's just meant to be threatening," I continue. "So they think I'm going to bash in heads, but I'm not going to. I think. Probably not. Maybe?"

Annie laughs. "Come on, Kaiti just finished the tracking spell. We're all ready to leave. 

-Time skip, 20 min later, in front of the building Chris is in-

We stand in front a a giant warehouse. It's just a huge cement box, with several windows near the top of the building.

A guard pulls a grappling hook out of his pack, but Kaiti scoffs and smacks it out of his paw-like hand. "Please," she huffs, "I can do so much better."

She mutters  under her breath, and makes a motion as if she's scattering something over the ground. As if out of nowhere, a golden gondola with a living lion head appears. We all shuffle in, and it glides up to the window. 

I peek through and see a rowdy sea of demons partying not to far behind me. It was like a mix between a rave and a mascarade ball, with so many flashing lights and disco balls I thought I would have a seizure.  Demons in masks and royal finery twirled and roared below. I knew that Chris would be down there. Cells weren't the kiwi's style. 

I relay the scene to my companions, the bash in the window with my bat. I leap down from the window to a hanging cage full of colorful birds of paradise with tentacles.  (Don't ask me how.)

I jump down from cage to disco ball to tethered balloons. I pull some rope from my backpack and use it to repel down one of the very out of place marble columns. I thread my way through the crowd, looking for Chris. 

My radio crackles, and Tess speaks through it. "Remember, if you need backup, talk to us. And radio me when you find him, we're the getaway." 

"Gotcha," I mutter, "I remember the plan, Tess."

I spot someone who I assume it Chris, though I can't see his face with the mask on. He's dancing with some lava demon dude. Who is that guy? I wonder I a squeeze through the crowd.

Finally, I'm close enough to get his attention. I put my hand on his shoulder and bark "CHRIS" over the pounding classical music.

"BRUNO?" He yells.

"YEAH," I shout.

"YOU FOUND ME!" He bellows, grinning. 

"YEAH, I DID," I yell, "WHO'S YOUR FRIEND?"

"THAT'S CYRUS," He screams, "HE'S THIS GUY I MET."

"HE'S HOT,"  I shout.

"LITERALLY," Chris yells, laughing.

"THANKS!" Cyrus shouts from behind Chris.

I give him a thumbs up, not totally sure what he just said.

"DOES HE WANT TO COME?" I scream over the music.

Chris turns to Cyrus. "DO YOU WANT TO COME?" He bellow.

"SURE," Cyrus yells, "THIS PLACE BLOWS."

"C'MON,"  I yell, motioning for them to follow me through the crowd. We stop under the window we came from, and I radio in to Tess.

"Send the ladder down," I say through the mouthpiece.

"Rodger that," Tess said, "are you aware that you are being followed my several dozen demons?"

"Several dozen?" I mutter, then turn around. We're surrounded by a horde of party going demons. "Several dozen," I repeat. "Throw down the ladder," I radio in.

"Already on it," Tess said through the static.  A rope ladder falls down from the heavens, and I give Chris and his new friend a boost up. Once I'm sure they're good on the ladder, I turn around to the demons who are all trying to tear down the ladder. I take a swing with my bat, and knock straight through some sort of slime blob. Then I hop onto the ladder and shout for my friends to pull me up. 

I throw myself into the gondola, and we speed away through the New Jersey skies.

"Who's this guy?" Annie asked Chris.

"Some guy I met at a party," Chris said, "his name's Cyrus."

"He's hot," Annie said. 

"Literally."

"Thanks," Cy said. 

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That's it for this chapter! Hope you enjoyed! 

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