Chapter 153: ***********************
The fight raged between Kurt and Octavius.
It barely seemed like they were exchanging blows for a mere thirty seconds.
And with every second that passed, the system sounded in Kurt’s mind, with that alarm that, if it weren’t for his supernatural focus on the fight, would easily make him get hit more times than he would like.
But Kurt had a smile on his lips.
Octavius was bleeding.
Even though Kurt still realized how much his power wasn’t great enough, he was more than happy to be able to make his father bleed.
But the clock still kept ticking.
And time was not on Kurt’s side.
***
Evellyn and her group, after much effort, were finally face to face with the White House.
They could no longer hear the sound of fighting behind them, having left that unusual group of allied wielders fighting for them in Rock Creek Park.
"Okay... Where to now?" Evellyn wondered, when she heard several clicks of firearms being cocked.
Little by little, several CIA agents rounded up the group, and everyone assumed offensive postures, when Evellyn and Rodrick spoke, almost in unison.
"Nobody moves!"
Rodrick was silent after that, letting Evellyn speak.
"We need to talk to Doctor Lee, we know she’s down there."
One of the agents, a middle-aged man with dark glasses, muscular and very short gray hair, approached, without any weapon pointed at them.
"And who are you children? Am I wrong in thinking that this big guy is the leader of the group?"
Evelyn looked at the man closely.
A few moments later, his eyes glowed gold.
Even she herself was surprised at how her powers had developed after Kurt had returned from his counterpart’s world.
"Howard Steele, forty-seven years old, worked at the CIA for twenty years until he was promoted to the personal guard of the President of the United States. He has a seventeen-year-old daughter who recently joined the BWA, but you were worried about her safety , after the incident three years ago, and moved her to another educational institution for awakened.
Right now, you’re feeling confident that you can take us out with a few shots, since we’re just kids in your eyes, but you’re worried about Rodrick, the one you called the big guy, behind me. And on top of all that, he’s also shocked, even scared, at how a little girl is able to peer into his past, and practically read his thoughts." Evellyn said, as the agent, Howard Steele, opened his eyes wider and wider.
The middle-aged man’s chin dropped so low, he would have almost touched the ground, if it wasn’t just a figure of speech.
"We’re not here to hurt the president, Mr. Steele." Evelyn continued. "Our friend is sick, and only Doctor Lee can cure him, so we’ve come a long way to get her out of here."
"And who is this friend of yours, that you have come all this way, just for him...?"
Evellyn’s eyes shone again, and after a few moments of pondering, she finally broke the silence and said.
"Our friend is Kurt Blake, son and sworn enemy of the president of the wielders association, leader of the New Dawn guild, Octavius Blake." Evellyn saw the light disappear from Howard’s eyes. "Yes, he was the one who killed Rhegal Vir’Dun, the leader of the Ishir. But, contrary to what you are thinking, it is not his fault that the country is in the situation it is in."
The agent raised an eyebrow.
"No. He just ended up bringing forward something that was already about to happen, but that’s exactly why we’re here, Mr. Steele..." Evellyn paused again, in which the weapons were still pointed at each of the irregulars, and the silence around them still remained oppressive. "Because Kurt Blake is our only hope of ending this mess that the Ishir have caused, and that New Dawn is taking advantage of..."
The agent rested his chin in his hands, analyzing the girl carefully.
"You’re pretty perceptive for a little girl... You must have quite an innate awakening ability, to be able to visualize so much of my life..." Howard said. "Luckily for you, Doctor Lee had already warned us that someone would come for her, and so we were camped out here, taking care that if any sign of the battle at Rock Creek Park came anywhere near here , we could activate the president’s private guild."
Evellyn’s jaw almost dropped.
How was it possible that someone other than her could have any ability to see the future?
Something there didn’t seem right, but the opportunity was presenting itself before her.
So Evellyn made a choice.
"The quicker we get out of here with the doctor, the better. Could you take us to her, or at least bring her to us?"
Howard smiled.
"Clever little girl. We’ll bring her to you, but on one condition, from the doctor herself."
"Which?"
"Let the agent who is accompanying her come along. He really wants to meet this friend of yours."
The atmosphere seemed to thicken around them.
Evellyn tried hard to hide her perplexity, but with each passing second, it became more and more evident that something was very out of place.
She glanced at Rodrick and Nikolai as Howard entered the White House, after ordering his men to keep an eye on them, and nodded very subtly to each of them.
And she crossed her fingers that they understood what she meant by that gesture.
Not long later, when the sounds of the battle of Creek Rock were somewhat closer, Howard left the presidential residence again, accompanied by two other people.
’That must be Doctor Lee and the agent Howard said was accompanying her.’ Evelyn thought.
She knew that if she tried to see what was in their past, or even their future, she would be caught, thanks to the distinctive golden glow in her eyes, so she saved the idea for later.
"Children, this is Doctor Corina Lee, and this is Agent Collins. Will they escort you back to...?"
Evellyn hesitated for a brief moment, before responding.
"To Tokyo."
"To Tokyo, that’s right." Howard continued. "To begin treatment on your friend. Now, if you’ll allow us, we need to go in, we’ve just started the Stars and Stripes protocol, and the president’s private guild will be here in a few minutes. We don’t want you guys to get caught in the middle of it. fight, right?"
Evellyn nodded, looking with suspicion at Dr. Lee and her colleague.
But their mission had been accomplished, so they had no more time to waste there.
"Alright, guys, let’s move out!"
***
Daichi was already exhausted by the effort of keeping that barrier up and giving back the fire directed to them in the jet.
So it was a big relief when they heard Rodrick’s voice in the comms.
"Mission accomplished, gather at rendezvous point in five!"
"You heard him! Let’s flap out wings and roll out!" Toshinori said, with a smile on his face. "What an incredible feat, that is... Almost impossible, I should say... They won’t believe it when we arrive in one piece."
But the guild master had said it a little too soon.
The next moment, Daichi fell to the jet’s floor, unconscious.
And they all shook by a huge explosion on the outside of the airplane.
