Secrets and Things (MxM)

Chapter 46 - I'm not a creep, right?

"Well because–"

At that exact moment, I had some sort of realisation and interrupted Aiden's explanation again. "Wait! You said he wanted to see the entire thing. That means he would be somewhere where you can clearly see all four of the bombs, more or less. Which means the centre of the room... the dancefloor!" I immediately sprinted towards the destination, while listening to Aiden sing one of Detective Conan's opening like the weeb he was.

While the dancefloor wasn't completely crowded, there was still a fair amount of people. Three more minutes. I know I looked like some dancing octopus, trying to move while swaying to the beat in order to blend in and for the first time, I actually was glad Aiden wasn't here. Nope. Not you. Not you either. You're a female. Not you. I hope not you, you're too hot.

There was a minute left and I'm panicking. Aiden said something through the phone but I couldn't hear him over the adrenaline and throbbing of my ears. I felt myself sweating buckets and I was stressed beyond control. Was I wrong about the dancefloor? Did I fuck up? I was beginning to think that was the case when all of a sudden, someone walked past me and I caught a glimpse of a single helix piercing... on the right ear. My body moved automatically as I dropped my phone to grab him by the arm and turned him around to check his other ear and sure enough, there was a small tattoo of a sparrow behind his left ear. Thirty seconds left.

It went by all in slow motion.

I faced the perplexed but stressed looking man towards me and looked him dead in the eye. He was quite young but definitely gave the aura that he was in his late twenties. I looked down at his left hand to see that he was holding a small box with a red button on it. I looked back up again and his face was now filled with sheer dread but it didn't stop me from saying, "don't you dare..."

But he dared alright. He pressed the fucking button. Whether it was out of spite or panic, I can't tell but the bitch pressed it. So I had about a second to push Rothwell onto the ground, tap into the devil's magic and create a face mask (top cover the top half of my face) while yelling, "πεδίο δύναμης (force field)!"

As ordered, a black yet semi-clear dome forms over the people just before the marble pillars exploded and the ceiling and walls began crumbling down on top. I really didn't want to do this. Now I'm in danger of getting exposed. Confused attendees were all screaming and were either running around like headless chickens, holding onto each other or just looking up in a paralysed state. Everything was still crumbling around us and Rothwell was getting a feel on what was going around us, which gave me time to look around and think of the next step.

Ok so now I have a bunch of people under a force field and I have to get out said people. Debris is still falling on top and around us. I think the exit is blocked. I looked towards the exit to find that yes, it was blocked and we had a wall of debris that was about 5 meters tall. I looked a bit to the left and froze. You've got to be fucking with me. My brain stopped completely functioning as my eyes landed on Erwin. Who happened to be looking right back at me. With widened eyes of surprise but a grin that said, "Oh I've caught you now."

It was also at this moment that Aiden decided to crash in (how he gets through my barrier every single time is a mystery to me), deeming him a couple of minutes early. He had a bandana tied around his mouth and was floating above us, between Erwin and I. In my peripherals, I could see Aiden looking between us before asking, "Uh, did I miss something?"

 I whipped my head towards Aiden. I didn't bother hiding my anger I asked, "Assden, you fucking lied to me!"

"Huh? What on earth are you about? The building exploded and the dude is right there."