“Five, four, three, two, one…” Kelly starts randomly counting down as she peeks through the small gap between the wall and the door. I look around the small storage space as Kelly swears under her breath and starts counting again. She has been doing this for the last half an hour, and none of us know what to say to her. We agreed to trust her, but I think she is losing her god damn mind.

“What do you keep doing that for? Why are you counting?” I finally snap, and she turns sharply to me.

“For the distraction to come. They have been stopped outside, but my timing is off,” she mutters, and her eyes almost seem to glow a white colour for a second before she shakes her head.

“What is the distraction? You haven’t told us anything!” I whisper harshly, and Locke places his hand on my chest, stopping me from going over to Kelly and shaking the shit out of her.

“Remember, I distract, and you all go to get Enzo, so don’t follow me out. I will catch up,” she says and starts counting again. This time when she gets to one, she opens the door, and walks out like she hasn’t got a care in world. I dart forward, peeking out the door when it shuts behind her, and my mouth drops open at what distraction Kelly has planned.

“She is crazy, fucking crazy,” I mutter, making all the guys run over to the door to catch a glimpse of what I’m seeing. Kelly is sneaking around behind what can only be described as a holding pen on wheels. Inside the pen are five creatures, that look similar to horses, but they are not. They have two large spikes on their heads, black fur covering their huge bodies, and feet that look big enough to squash your head. They have long noses like horses, with large eyes that glow red.

“Is she letting them out?” East questions, and I shrug my shoulders. I don’t have a clue. Kelly leans down, picking the lock with a knife she just happens to have, and it snaps open just as some people walk past. I watch, holding my breath as she hides behind the pen, and thankfully, the people keep walking without seeing her or the broken lock. When they are gone, she goes back to the front of the cart, pulling off the chains and opening the doors. I watch as she reaches into her pocket, pulling out a lighter, and flicking it on. Where the hell did she get that from?

The creatures all turn towards her rapidly, like they can sense the flame. The one nearest Kelly steps forward, pressing its nose into the fire, and the fire spreads all over its body like he is covered in petrol. The fire spreads from creature to creature, but it’s not hurting them. It’s like they are making themselves set on fire and they all seem happier in the flames. The creatures never take their eyes off Kelly and the flame. It’s almost like the flame is controlling them. An alarm rings, sounding like a horn, just as Kelly waves the lighter in the air and runs off down one of the corridors, with the creatures running after her.

“That girl knows how to cause one hell of a distraction, that’s for sure,” Logan mutters as we watch dozens of Ariziadian people run off in the direction Kelly just left in.

“She’s Kenzie’s best friend; did you honestly expect her not to be a little bit crazy?” East says. Daniels nudges me out of the way, waiting until the last person jogs past us before stepping out the room.

“This way, we won’t have much time. If we see anyone, we will have to knock them out, but make sure not to kill anyone. We need these people to get home and killing their people won’t make their leader listen to us,” Daniels warns us, and then sprints off down the corridor before any of us can agree to his plan. I run after him, with East and Locke at my sides. The corridors are empty; the sound of crashing and shouting can be heard behind us, but that only means Kelly’s distraction is working. I stop when I run into Daniels’ outstretched arm, and he puts a finger to his mouth to shush me. I look around him, seeing Enzo standing in the middle of two guards who are waiting just outside a pair of double doors.

“I’ll take the one on the right,” Mr Daniels says, and he jumps out from behind the wall. I call my air power, slamming it into the guard on the left and pushing him away from Enzo. He gets up quickly, as East comes to my side. East slams a wave of water into the guard, who pushes it out of the way likes it’s nothing.

“They are stronger than us with their marks, just punch them!” Enzo shouts, and I turn for a second to see him, Daniels and Locke struggling to push past the wall of air the marked are using. East grins, running and jumping straight at the guard in front of us. I use my air mark to knock his feet from under him, and East lands straight on his chest, his fist smacking in the guard’s face before he can call his marks to stop East’s hit from landing.

“Marks or not, that has to hurt,” I say glancing at the passed-out guard.

“Crowe is in there, hurry! They’re going to kill her!” Enzo shouts at us, running towards the door, with us all following and praying they haven’t touched Kenzie. If they’ve hurt her, whether they have more marks than us or not, we will find a way to burn this world to the ground.