While we were busy celebrating Katie using her powers, Diego and Harry worked on getting a vent open. They called us over when we were done.
"Alright, lets go." Harry called, waving us over. Katie and I walked over to them. I climbed in first so I could lead them around the building I vaguely knew. The second in was Katie, then Diego. Harry was last, transformed into a snake to get through the vents easier. I crawled over a vent and put my fist up, signaling the others to stop. Looking down, I saw Seth and two of the Forbidden that were at the house kneeling in front of him, egotistical prick. The others caught on and put an ear to the floor to hear as well.
"The hideout has been destroyed, your highness." one of them said.
"Yes, but that doesn't explain how my queen got away, and how three of my men are dead!" Seth responded, raising his voice a little.
"We're sorry, but she ambushed us." The other forbidden stated quietly. That earned him a bullet to the head. My eyes widened as I saw smoke drifting out of Seth's gun.
"NO EXCUSES!" he boomed. "Find them, or I'll have your head!" and with that he stormed out of the room. The other forbidden quickly scampered out of the room. Looking back, everyone was staring at the ground, eyes wide in shock. I started moving again, and they quickly followed.
We crawled for what felt like years, taking a wrong turn almost every time. Finally, I had found Seth's bedroom. It was already dark out, and he was sleeping in his room. The black decor made it even darker, and Harry transformed into a cat for night vision.
"Ok," I whispered to them "We go in, take him quietly, and get out following the trail Katie left, got it?" I ask, turning to them.
"What trail?" Katie asked, I face-palmed, she forgot to leave a trail.
"Harry, could you sniff us back after?" I ask again, my hope in their survival decreasing rapidly.
"I could try, but we've been in here for a while. Some of the trail may have worn off." he replied a little louder. This got his to be hushed by Diego. I swear, if we make it out of this alive, I'm gonna kill them.
"Well, we need to think of something fast, otherwise we-" I started to whisper but was cut off when I heard the floor creaking below us. Looking down, the metal shaft we were in was bending. I knew we would be heavy but seriously? Not even a second later, the floor caved in under us. We all yelped as we fell through, hitting the floor below us HARD.
"So much for being quiet." I heard Helen grumble from inside Harry's eye. I look at the 4-poster bed. Seth was now fully awake, and a gun was pointed at yours truly.
"Nice of you to DROP in, princess." Seth chuckled darkly. Harry, in cat form, whimpered and cowered behind me. We stood up, ready to face him.
"Lets not get in another fight, okay? As you can tell, there is nothing holding me back now." I reply with a smirk. Seth picked something up on his nightstand.
"Stand eventually, leave them alive for me." he whispered.
"We can hear you, dumbass." Katie replied, I never knew she had an ounce of courage in her, she readied her glow-whip-thingy beside me. Harry turned into a wolf.
"Come with us, and I won't bite your head off." He growled, when did these people get so brave!?
"How about no, mutt." Seth responded. Now it was Diego's turn to get pissed off. He, and some random birds he was controlling perched on his shoulders and head, walked up to the other side of me. Harry walked in front of me.
"It's four against one, Seth, lets make this civil." I gritted through my teeth.
"Enough play." He growled and shot Harry. A strange purple glowing string came out of the gun and tied Harry up. Helen tried transforming him into any animal, but the rope moved to contain them. Harry and Helen guard got to tired to transform and were stuck as a mouse in a glowing purple cage. A small one at that. We all stared in awe, what else could that thing in Seth's hand do?
"Now, I won't go with you, but you'll co-" Seth started but was cut off when Katie's glowing whip wrapped around his legs and dragged him forward. Diego sang to his birds and they flew down to pin Seth's arms to the ground.
"I'll give you one last chance to say the RIGHT answer." I seethed. This would've been a lot easier if he was asleep.
"Go to hell." was his only response. With saying this, I brought out my tentacles. I used one to wrap his legs, one for his torso and arms, and a third one to cover his mouth, in case he decided to call for help. I could feel him muffling something as he struggled, but I could care less. I used my other tentacles to get the group back up through the hole in the ceiling.
Harry was in front, sniffing our trail back, then Katie, then Diego, and finally me with Seth dragging along behind me, still struggling. I noticed how Diego liked to be behind Katie, she just had to wear a skirt tonight.
"Almost there, it was easier getting back." Harry whispered back to us. I nodded, and looked back at Seth. I had to refrain myself from slapping him right then and there when I caught him staring at my butt. What is wrong with these people!? I noticed a light up ahead, we had been up for two days straight in these damn tunnels!
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