----

“We swing across," David said, leading the way.

Before anyone could blink, David grabbed the rope, swung

across in a perfect arc, and landed on the other side with

ease.

One by one, the bodyguards followed, swinging across the

pit like a well-oiled machine.

It took them less than five minutes to cross, while Danielle

had spent hours thinking of a way to get past it.

David’s unease grew with each passing second.

Back on the other side, the fight between Danielle and the

mask-wearers raged on. She had been hit several times,

but her focus never wavered.

The Darling family, hiding in the shadows, watched in

agony, unable to help.

Then, a glimmer of hope: Danielle’s eyes lit up as she

pulled out a few silver needles and drove them into the

head of one of the mask-wearers. The weak spot!

----

Just as she was celebrating her success, another mask-

wearer appeared behind her, silently preparing to strike.

His fist came crashing down toward her back.

Xavier, who had been watching Danielle’s every move, saw

the threat and rushed forward without hesitation.

"Danielle, look out!" he shouted.

In an instant, Xavier was in front of Danielle, taking the full

of the blow to his chest.

echoed in the air.

in shock, seeing Xavier

mouth, his body

she screamed, her

up blood in

unable to utter a

pouring from

----

with tears, but she

her, a dozen or more

glowing crimson, staring at

unnatural, monstrous beings.

----

brutal speed and

her, its iron-like

leaving

Xavier in

time to see

almost numb, her rage overpowering

wretched things had harmed

them with her

swift spin, she delivered a spinning kick to

throwing a silver

pinned it in place.

----

by one, silver needles struck

of tity

Danielle had

study them in a lab,

now, Xavier’s wounds stilldfesh,

there was no

they

----

gripped a dagger, its edge sharp enough to

eyes glinted

things invulnerable? Fine. She’d carve

with her blade.

yankéd off the mask

fi and struck,

into its

Blood poured from

she

blade

in two.

----

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