Post by ||Megs|| on Jan 16, 2008 13:34:57 GMT -5
The explosion rocked against the house, and the light sprites flickered out in fright. A boy peeked out through the curtain, his silver eyes trying to peer out into the darkness. There, moving around out in the yard stood a group of figures whos tails flicked to and fro in excitement. As he watched, one of them held up a clawed hand, a swirling mass of red energy oozing more than crackiling. It was hauled up to hit a window from the upstairs, and a frightened scream traveled down to the boy.
Silv grit his teeth, his fists clentching.
"Bliz, it's the Plaque!" He looked over his shoulder, trying to locate his brother in the dark. He felt a hand clamp onto his shoulder then.
"Silv, there's nothing we can do."
"Yes there is! Look, just let me--"
"What, do you plan on chucking silver coins at them? Come on, we need to get the others and get out of here before they burn the house down!" Bliz said urgently yet with a calamity the stated his older-sibling status of control. Frustrated but agreeable, Silv clutched his brother's hand as they stumbled towards the stairs.
"Don't drop your glasses, Bliz--hold up! Why is a blind person leading me in the dark?"
"I'm not blind! Watch your step."
When they finally struggled up onto the landing, a smaller boy tumbled into them. With a series of sharp yelps and grunts, the three boys tumbled all the way back down the stairs.
"Guh, you twits! Get off me, I'll show those Plaques a thing or two--OW!" Bliz, rather impatient by his younger sibling's rash behavoir, took out his frustration by elbowing him in the gut.
"Torn, shut it. Where is Dest and Spirit?"
There was a silence, only broken by the odd, chilling laughter of the group outside as yet another window upstairs shattered, a cry of pain making them laugh even harder.
"...You left them!" Silv shouted, struggling out from underneath Bliz's legs and bolting blindly up the stairs.
(To be Continued !)