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There was no way in hell he was getting into that van He didn’t have a clue what they had planned for hiood

He jerked one ared, and his friend roughly cuffed Tori on the back of the head The world hite for a second, and he blinked rapidly to bring everything back into focus Bothto stuff him into the van

Tori struggled harder, kicking, punching and clawing at anything he could reach to break free The vial of sunlight remained clenched in his left fist He’d have only one shot at using it He couldn’t miss, couldn’t fuck up, or they would have him for whatever they planned It would be his luck that he’d blow himself up in the process

Twisting one last time in their arms, Tori used his thu it toward the front of the van He pushed what little power he had behind it, focusing on the spell The glass shattered, and for a heartbeat nothing happened Had he missed?

A fireball exploded out of the engine block, and Tori nearly cackled It was a daht WayAt least, that was the first thought in his h the air He was thrown free of the two h his left hip, knee, and shoulder as he rolled a few more meters

Slower than he wanted to, Tori pushed himself up on his skinned pal up black setting to their feet faster than Tori Their sone, and they looked more inclined to take Tori apart than use hirand plan was That was not necessarily better, but at least now they had no shot of taking him anywhere

Tori scra at each movement He couldn’t stay here and face the experience

But he didn’t need to

Baldeas there

And the dragon was fucking pissed

Tori had barely gotten upright when Baldeooped in like soel His handsohtning quick blows that had bothin pain Tori was sure he’d never seen anyone move so fast or with such lethal dexterity Baldeas a ninja dragon He had to be

The second the es were at least temporarily incapacitated, Baldeas at Tori’s side, quick hands checking to on opened his mouth to speak, but his head jerked around at the sound of approaching sirens Someone had called in the explosion They were about to be surrounded by police and firefighters