Chapter 291 - Rubys Solution (2/2)

Laz had just gotten blasted with a huge ball of fire, but ran through it like it was nothing. Compared to the strength of his black flames, these fire balls, no matter what the size, bȧrėly tickled. After closing in on his attacker, Laz balled up his first and swung forward, striking the man in the ċhėst and sending him flying. With more cracked ribs that one could count mixed with the heavy impact on his heart, there was no telling if he was going to move again.

Ruby, for her part, just walked forward, swaying her hɨps from side to side. The person who was originally throwing fist sized and razor sharp shards of ice at her suddenly stopped and dropped his hands like he was suddenly confused, blinking his eyes as his mouth hung open. Ruby was then able to walk right up to him, step behind him and reaching one hand in front of his chin and the other behind his head, she burst with strength and with a quick twisting motion, broke his neck.

Seeing that five out of their ten man group were already dead, the others started to run in different directions without hesitation. Ruby, caught up in her blood ŀust, wanted to charge after them, but Laz put a hand on her shoulder to stop her.

She turned quickly and was about to attack before noticing it was Laz and calming down. She couldn't help but take a few deep breaths as she realized she was getting too influenced by her newfound strength.

”DAMN BRO. THAT WAS FUCKING AWESOME!” Dwayne said before running towards him. Just as Dwayne was going to huge Laz for saving his life, he noticed Ruby's still snake like eyes and her heavy breathing. Dwayne put on the breaks and skidded to a stop, almost falling on his face in the process.

”Hello mam...” He said, a bit scared.

Laz couldn't help but laugh at his quick change in attitude and even Ruby chuckled a little, causing Dwayne to calm down a bit.

”It's not just you here?” Laz asked the question, knowing that others were inside and starting to peak their heads out. Seeing as how it was Laz and Ruby who had arrived, they quickly ran outside to thank them.

”So what happened?” Laz asked Dwayne. Jennia had just come out herself, but Laz got the feeling that she wasn't about to get close to them if she didn't have to. She was being especially vigilant when it came to Ruby, not even daring to make eye contact.

”We found this place and went in to check it out since it looked important. Then those guys be coming along and seen the open window like thing over there and decided they would check it out too. Then... well... some things happened and they noticed us in there and decided to break down the door. After that, you all came along and here we are.” Dwayne seemed to have glossed over some parts as Laz noticed people rolling their eyes at his description, but Laz wasn't going to call him out on it.

”Why did it seem important?” Laz asked, looking at the building.

”Cause up there, they got tons of power lines running all over the place. From the roof, down the side, from over there to those giant towers back there,” Dwayne started describing everything he noticed about the building, causing Laz to not understand.

In truth, Laz and Ruby had been stuck in the lab for almost a whole day, completely missing the meet up time. Everyone else ended up joining up together on time, but seeing Laz and Ruby missing meant that they didn't know what else to do. After a bit of discussion, everyone chose to go off on their own way and meet up again in 24 hours, hopefully allowing for Laz to return. The idea was that this would give them enough time to look around as they pleased while being careful as well.

Under Jennia's lead, Dwayne and the other Vodun found a storage vault containing tons of the energy batteries that Laz had pointed out and they had loaded up as many as they could. After the next meet up, they were going to tell the others about it since they had already taken their fill. This way the other members of their group could benefit since they had all they needed. Jennia was against this, but Dwayne was still going to pass on the information. As they were arguing about it, Dwayne ended up getting distracted by the building in front of them, although no one else understood why.

Him going in through the window just meant that everyone else had to chase him and that led to what had happened.

”Hold up. Hold up. I don't understand. This, that and the other thing... just what are you thinking?” Laz had to stop Dwayne before he got completely off topic.

”This building has a lot of power going in and a lot of power going on, or so it seems, right?” Dwayne simplified his thoughts and stuck on point.

”Right. Got it.”

”Well... we need to shut down whatever is stopping us from going through the gate, right?”

”You're thinking that...?”

”Right. Force fields bro. Force fields. They be up blocking the gate and we can't go through so if we can knock out whatever it powering them...?”

”We can go through.”

”Exactly!”

”What kind of shit are you smoking? Force fields? Fucking force fields? Are you whacked out of your mind? Jennia couldn't keep her silence or her distance anymore and spoke up. She felt like it was bullshit but if Laz bought into it, it would be trouble. After all, she couldn't stand up to either him or Ruby.

”Why is it bullshit?” Laz asked, patting Dwayne's shoulder. He looked hurt after being yelled at by Jennia. Laz couldn't help but wonder just what kind of relationship these two had.

”Because the amount of energy it would take to create a force field is impossible. I went to school for physics and let me tell you, we haven't invented anything that could power that yet!”

Laz took an honest look at Jennia, wondering if there was something wrong with her. He then looked around at the fact that they weren't on earth and then back at her.

”What?” She seemed to miss what Laz was implying.

Laz turned to look over at Ruby who almost seemed to be laughing.

”She's in denial. When something so crazy happens and then your life is put in jeopardy, sometimes people just snap and can't process what's happening. It could be considered a defense mechanism. Or a coping mechanism.”

”Seriously?”

”Yeah. She's seriously loosing it.”

”So what's the solution?” Laz asked. When he turned to look at Jennia, her face seemed to imply that her brain was half way between here and gone.

Ruby didn't respond. Instead, she walked forward towards Jennia who failed to notice her at first.

By the time she did, Ruby was right in front of her face.

”What do you want? Do I know you?”

POW!!

Ruby hit Jennia so hard that her jaw cracked and she was sent flying. Had it been someone with a weaker cultivation or body, the blow might have separated their head from their neck.

Luckily Jennia was stronger than most. Despite that, she passed out from the blow.

”Damn....”