The pain started to subside in my ankle and I stood up quickly putting my weight on it.
I was able to hobble over to the countertop where the beam had fallen and I looked for the kit bag to see if anything remained. A few bottles of water in it had escaped harm and had rolled under the counter so I picked them up and grabbed a couple of bags of chips that had also survived. I tucked in my t-shirt, then stuffed the bottles and packets down the top to make a makeshift carrier so my hands would be free if I needed them.
Above me the battle continued, I could hear the creature howling with every strike of lightning. I squinted my eyes to see what looked like a person hovering to the side of the creature as they came back into view through the hole in the roof. The unknown assailant was firing balls of lightning at the creature with both their hands.
Blinking a few times to clear my vision, I looked again and confirmed to my brain that it was actually happening.
“What is going on?!” I whispered out loud trying to figure out if it was all just a really bad dream. A bolt of lightning went awry and came down towards me, grazing my skin just underneath my eye as it flew past into the ground. The pain told me that the situation before me wasn’t a dream at all and that I needed to get back to the others.
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I hopped up on the counter and flung my legs over to the other side, careful not to hurt my ankle and I tried to keep my breathing slow and steady even though my heart was beating frantically. Slowly jumping down from the counter top, I ran to where the entrance to the main gym used to be, hopping every so often to take the weight off my injured ankle.
“Roderick?! Reese?! Are you there?” I called out keeping a watchful eye on the battle above. I heard rustling from through the other side of the pile of debris, and some of it started to fall around my feet. I heard Rodrerick’s voice call out
“Ariah! Are you okay? What happened? Roderick cried out.
“I’m okay. Can you all see what’s happening above us?” I replied.
“Yes, now would be a good time to get out of here before the whole gymnasium comes down around us.” Roderick said, his voice wavering.
“I think I can get out through the door that we came through and meet you around by the carpark?” I suggested, looking around for a quick escape.
“I don’t want you to leave my sight again, there is a small hole here that you can crawl through and you won’t have to go outside without us.” Roderick answered with a sternness to his tone.
“Have you seen the state of this gymnasium?” I said looking around at the building around us, there were holes in walls everywhere, plus what was left of the ceiling was only partially covering everything else. “We’re basically standing outside as it is.”
“Climb through and we’ll pull you the rest of the way while that beast is occupied.” He responded ignoring my witty retort.