Monachi: Masters of Water and Fire by Jade Sánchez Read Free Book Online

that I saw in Penny’s jar.
She then crushed the cube, and ‘poof’ it
disappeared. It was a good feeling watching her
crush that thing.
Zeke managed to get to his feet and said,
“Carson, Rodger - get the uniforms.”
Those names were way too familiar. They
came out into the open with some kind of wired
uniforms.
Still livid, Tess asked, “What are those? ”
“Those are high-tech uniforms that were
tested on Monachi , and they cancel out powers,”
Zeke answered.
I looked back at the uniforms. Each one
seemed like a one piece suit with footies; except
with built in gloves and turtle neck.
“So? You can’t make us get into them,” I
said. I thought I was starting to sound like Tess.
I’m supposed to be the nice one, so I made a
mental note to stop doing that.
“Oh, can’t we?” they said.
Setting her hands on fire, Tess remarked,
“Here’s a tip; never threaten a girl who can set
you on fire.” She shot
flames
the
size of
basketballs at Zeke
knocking
him
over
once
again. She turned to Carson and Rodger. “You
don’t even know how long I’ve wanted to do
that,” she pronounced.
She displayed
a huge, creepy killer-like
smile, winked, and blew her fists out.
She grabbed my arm and said, “It’s time to
run.”
I nodded.
She let go of me as we headed out the back
door.
Apparently, they saw this coming.
Chapter Sixteen Falling Apart
    We ran straight into a net.
One part of the net went up as we began to
be lifted off the ground. I looked up, though I
really didn’t need to, figuring we were strapped
to a helicopter.
Tess started scratching at the sides of the
net. She tried to set her hands on fire, but there
was no spark. “It must be magic proof.” I said.
Tess sat still, an impossible thing to do. She
looked as if all the emotion had been drained out
of her system. “Are you ok?” I asked her.
She looked at me and said, “This whole
week hasn’t been ok - so far” She was right. This
has been one messed up week.
Tess looked up and smiled, and suddenly
her emotion returned, saying “But look on the
bright side; we have butt-kicking powers!”
I smiled back. Even if I thought that my
powers were not as butt-kicking as hers, they
were awesome nonetheless.
Tess looked down, which was a scary thing
to do. “This is so cool. We are on a helicopter, but
not in it. It’s like going on a rollercoaster without
any seat belts.” It was a good metaphor.
It may be scary, but it is really fun. Tess
stood up, but fell back down. “Ok, so we might
not be able to stand, but you have to admit, its
way better than being in the back of a van,” I told
her.
She nodded. “This is so much better, and
faster than the van too.”
We were both tired. It may sound weird (or
reasonable) but we were dead tired. We were
tired from walking and fighting. Surprisingly, we
fell asleep in this awkward circumstance.
I woke up on my bed, sweating. It had all
been
a
dream.
Suddenly,
the
room
started
spinning, and I floated up. Tess was there, in the
air
floating around. The room kept spinning
faster and faster…
I woke up in the net. It was a dream, but I
wish it had been real, except for the spinning
part. Tess was still fast asleep. I looked at her, still
so calm. She was crazy, but hey, what’s wrong
with that?
I looked down; we were somewhere in the
mountains. I needed a plan; some way to get out
of this net. Even if we fall out of the net, we’d be
free and we might live by some rare chance.
I developed a plan. When Tess wakes up,
she could slip her hand through the ropes and set
the net on fire. But that might not work; I don’t
know what this net is capable of.
I looked down at the mountains; they were
dark blue with green splotches,with some lakes
here and there.
Tess woke up screaming. “Tess, what’s
wrong?” I asked.
“I had a dream. The worst dream ever,” she
said.
“What was it about? Tell me the whole
dream!”
She sighed. “We were back at the jail. It
wasn’t really