could do something Creon wasn?t expecting. At the last moment
he made gravity pull harder on him,
and in his massive-state
he pushed his stunned opponent back into the asphalt with so
much force he fractured the surface of the street.
A split second later Lucas glanced up and saw Matt?s terrified
face through the windshield of his car as he slammed on his
brakes. Matt tried to stop, but it was too late. He hit the two figures
that had appeared out of thin air in the middle of the street and his
car crumpled in on itself as if it had run it onto a brick wall.
?Lucas!? Helen screamed as she tried to run past her mother.
Daphne grabbed Helen and restrained her just as Hector?s big
SUV screeched to a halt in front of them, blocking Helen?s way to
the accident. Ariadne jumped out of the passenger side before
Hector had even come to a full stop and sprinted to the wreck.
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?Get in the truck!? Hector bellowed at Daphne as he came around
from the driver?s side and stomped to the smoking front end of
Matt?s car.
Helen struggled, unable to see what was going on. She was still
calling Lucas?s name as Jason and Daphne bundled her into the
back of the SUV.
?Luke?s fine!? Jason said to her through gritted teeth as he
wrestled with her. ?Helen, please! We?re attracting enough attention
as it is.?
Reminded where she was, Helen forced herself to calm down and
get into the backseat. She slid over to one of the tinted windows,
and sighed with relief when she saw Lucas standing up in front of
Matt?s destroyed car. He was uninjured and holding on to Hector
to keep him from running off somewhere. Creon was gone, so