Zoey and the other girls looked a bit scared as Rose broke away from the table and began moving towards the sound.
"What are you doing?" Zoey hissed.
"Going to investigate," Rose stated.
" Are you kidding me? Did you hear that shriek?" Clary exclaimed.
"Yeah, it sounded like a monster." Kyra pointed out.
"No it sounded like someone who was about to become dinner," Fiona shook her head and pointed towards the sound.
"The librarian!" Jia exclaimed.
Rose`s mouth moved soundlessly as she watched her friends turn pale, "What is wrong with you all, you`re all Sorceress, soon to be protectors of your Kingdoms? Why are you all acting scared?"
Zoey folded her arms and gave her a hard stare, "In case it slipped your mind, we "She emphasized as she gestured to all the girls," Are not invisible. As we have clearly seen with what happened to Jia."
The girl in question held up her hands and moved back, "Wow, hey now, don`t drag me into this."
The shrieking sound was heard again, making them all jump. It sounded closer to them and it almost sounded like it was moving.
"It`s moving closer, "Fiona whispered.
"We have to find out what`s going on, "Rose said as she turned to Zoey," Give me your Zeo crystal."
"Then we`ll be in darkness. "Zoey pointed out as she clutched the crystal against her chest.
Rose tutted, "Bummer, I guess then you all have no choice but to come with me then."
" Or we could just let you go without us." Clary suggested as she folded her arms at her friend.
The techno sorceress looked taken back, "You`d actually do that?"
Kyra snorted, "After what happened in the Sanctuary, I am not in the mood to fight."
" You hardly fought anything in there, it was Jia who did the fighting." Rose said, pointing to the lightning sorceress who threw her hands up spluttering. "Again, leave me out of this."
Rose then suddenly got an idea smirked at her friends, "Coward."
Fiona glared at her as Rose folded her arms with a satisfied feeling.
The next thing Jia knew, all six of them were sneaking through the library, moving towards the shrieking sound. Every time a new sound was made, Zoey jumped and Clary whimpered. Kyra, surprisingly, was leading the group with Fiona right behind her.
Jia brought up the rear and she kept glancing behind her, as if something or someone would appear and say something scary.
The lightning sorceress shook off the scary thoughts and mentally scolded herself for reading the horror fiction novels in the school library.
They finally reached a hole in the library wall that lead straight in to the National Museum.
"That`s weird," Kyra commented with a frown.
A large paw suddenly appeared in their path, making all the girls retreat and hide behind the wall. It kept on going before a woman`s voice rang out, shouting about something.
"What was that?" Zoey asked miserably as she fumbled to put out her Zeo Crystal.
"If I had to guess, it looked like the paw of a Psi-Leopard." Jia answered.
"Those are extinct!" Clary insisted.
Kyra turned to Jia and asked, "What are Psi –Leopards?"
"Vicious carnivores. Big cats that drain magic from their prey before eating them up," Fiona answered with a shiver." They were the number one killers of witches during the Battle against the Emperor."
"Good to know," Kyra muttered.
"But what`s a Psi-Leopard doing here?" Zoey asked frantically .
"Keep looking! We need to find that Tablet or the Emperor will have our heads!" A woman shouted making all the girls tilt their ears towards the hole.
Several growls and shrieks could be heard before the sound of glass breaking was heard.
"The Emperor!" Jia whispered harshly.
"A Tablet?" Rose asked as she exchanged confused glances with Fiona who shrugged.
"That`s why they attacked the Museum?" Kyra asked.
"But what about the Librarian?" Zoey reminded them all.
"And why hasn`t anyone come here with the Ravenpoint Guards?" Clary pointed out.
"What Tablet are they talking about?" Jia questioned.
"Girls, we need to something or call someone for help!" Zoey urged them all. They all exchanged questioning glances before Clary sighed, "What would you have us do?"
"Okay, we need to figure out why the Guards aren`t here yet, where the librarian is and why these creatures are looking for a Tablet for the Emperor." Rose listed out.
Clary looked like she was in pain as she said, "Why is this happening to us?"
"We`ll need to split up, one team to look for the librarian, one to find out why the Guards aren`t here yet and get help." Rose outlined.
"And the final team against the Emperor`s Goons." Fiona finished for her.
" Let me handle the Goons," Jia volunteered.
"I`ll go with her," Fiona raised her hand and Jia gave her a grateful smile.
"We`ll go look for the librarian," Zoey said as she grabbed Clary`s hand. The blonde nodded at her.
"Then it`s up to me and Rose to get help, "Kyra stated.
"Good luck everyone, "Rose muttered.
"Just once, can we have a normal trip out as a whole group?"Zoey moaned.
"Not in this life girlfriend," Clary said as she grabbed her hand. Both blondes went back in the direction that the girls had come from.
"I think there`s an access door that leads to the roof of the library, maybe we can send an SOS signal out or something," Rose suggested while Fiona tied her hair up and nodded at Jia.
After Rose and Kyra left, Fiona turned to Jia and asked her what was their plan.
"I think I can direct them, you need to trail whoever their ringer leader is and find that Tablet, whatever it is before they find it."
"But there are thousands of tablets in there, how will I know which one it is?"
"Just try," Jia said as her clothes shimmered away, revealing her Sorceress Uniform.
"What if you run into the Psi-Leopards in there?"
Jia ran a hand over her mouth, "I can fight from long distance, lighting blasts and shields. I won`t go head to head with them. Wait until I lead them away before you go."
Fiona nodded as her uniform shimmered into existence. She wore black pants, thigh length boots, a red and orange top and was covered in a maroon cloak.
The lighting sorceress levitated before she flew in through the hole. Waiting there inside the trashed Museum were two Psi Leopards and a Manticore. They had smashed several glass cases and were sniffing around the place for something. The Manticore kept breaking case after case with its tail while the others went about their work. The woman that the girls had heard was nowhere to be seen. Her sweat dropped but she took a deep breath before launched four lightning bolts at the Dark creatures.
They all growled and shrieked as they flew back and hit the walls before they stood and looked around for the source of the attack. Jia let out a sharp whistle to get their attention," Hey! Over here, you freaks!"
The Psi-Leopards growled at her and pounced towards her. Jia, thinking that she was safe flying high, just smirked until they jumped not the walls and continued to run towards her.
She cursed and flew away from them. It only went worse when deadly spikes came flying out of nowhere in front of her and stopped her in her tracks. She turned and saw that the Manticore was releasing the spikes from its tail.
"Great, it`s mature!" Jia yelled, she turned and launched another lightning bolt at the Manticore before she dodged a leaping Psi-Leopard who at the last second, managed to absorb some of her magic. Mature Manitcore`s were the only ones who could launch deadly spikes from their tails.
She gasped and started to fall but stopped herself before she took off, flying low.
"Think Jia, think," she muttered and her eyes caught sight of a lasso inside a case that hadn`t been smashed yet." Of course!"
She muttered a silent apology to the owner of the Lasso before she flew down to the case and broke it with her fists. She then picked up the lasso as it glowed silver. Turning around, she swung it over her head she threw it the direction of the Psi-Leopards and watched as it wrapped itself around the big black cats.
They growled and hissed as it moved like it had a mind of its own. Typing their arms and legs before their mouths were tied up.
She nodded with a satisfied smile when a spike suddenly caught her in her shoulder and pinned her down. The white haired teenager screamed and clutched her shoulder. The Manticore let out a satisfied shriek as it came closer.
Blinking back tears, she took a deep breath before she pulled the spike out. She started to see stars as she threw the spike away and clutched her bleeding shoulder.
She launched herself up into the air and starred at the Manticore`s red eyes. It barred its teeth at her and turned to move to the Psi-Leopards but was stopped when a huge lightning bolt stuck it.
Shaking its head, it glared at Jia who then raised both her hands up," Spirit of lightning, I call you. Storm Rider!"
Suddenly the place grew cold as the Manticore watched a white glowing spirit possess Jia`s body. Before she was transformed into a silver Knight holding a Scythe. It pointed at the Manticore and suddenly, one million bolts of electricity struck it again. The creature shrieked as the light grew bright until it faded away.
The Manticore lay unconscious on the floor as the Knight faded away leaving Jia levitating. She descended and stood a few feet away from the Psi-Leopards.
"Thank you Soul Magic and History class," Jia muttered. Suddenly she left a tentacle wrap around her waist. She only a second to look down before it yanked her up.