Page 53 of Emerge

"I will take everything important to you until you tell me where they are!" He pointed the trident at me.

My heart felt like it was being ripped open as I stared at the three sharp prongs pointed right at my chest. I didn't want to die.

"Wait!" My mom's eyes were wide and her voice shook. "Don't hurt her."

I held the knife at my side as my ability to float came back and I righted myself. I didn't know how I was going to stab him before he killed me. He hadn't seen the knife yet, so his eyes were mostly on my mom.

I met her eyes and they flashed with sadness before she lunged forward. Dylan brought the trident up to protect himself and I pushed with all my strength to swim behind him. I stabbed the knife through the center of his back where I hoped his heart was.

There was so much screaming I didn't know if it was me, him, or my mom. My ears rang as I twisted the knife and then pulled it out. Blood poured out of the wound and I moved back, not wanting to breathe it in.

Dylan's body went slack, and he dropped like a cement brick to the ground. I gasped as my mom came into view through the murky blood-filled water, the trident sticking from her stomach.

I caught her in my arms as she floated toward the ground. Her hands shook as they went to where the prongs were piercing her skin. I didn't want to lose her.

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