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in my combat class. He grunted at the impact, and the motion propelled him back into the wall.<br />
In a flash, I was on him. Grabbing a fistful of his hair, I slammed his head against the ground<br />
hard enough to knock him out but not kill him.<br />
Immediately, I sprang up, surprised the leader hadn't come after me yet. It shouldn't have taken<br />
him that long to recover from the shock of the heated gun. But when I turned around, the room<br />
was quiet. The leader lay unconscious on the ground—with a newly freed Mason hovering over<br />
him. Nearby, Christian held the pliers in one hand and the gun in the other. It had to still be hot,<br />
but Christian's power must have made him immune. He was aiming at that man I'd stabbed. The<br />
guy wasn't unconscious, merely bleeding, but, like I had, he froze beneath that barrel.<br />
"Holy shit," I muttered, taking in the scene. Staggering over to Christian, I held out my hand.<br />
"Give me that before you hurt somebody."<br />
I expected a biting remark, but he simply handed the gun over with shaking hands. I shoved it<br />
into my belt. Studying him further, I saw how pale he was. He looked like he could collapse at<br />
any moment. He'd done some pretty major magic for someone who'd been starved for two days.<br />
"Mase, get the cuffs," I said. Without turning his back on the rest of us, Mason took a few steps<br />
back toward the box where our captors had kept their stash of flex-cuffs. He pulled out three<br />
strips of plastic and then something else. With a questioning glance at me, he held up a roll of<br />
duct tape.<br />
"Perfect," I said.<br />
We bound our captors to the chairs. One had remained conscious, but we knocked him out too<br />
and then put duct tape over all their mouths. They'd eventually come to, and I didn't want them<br />
making any noise.<br />
After releasing Mia and Eddie, the five of us huddled together and planned our next move.<br />
Christian and Eddie could barely stand, but at least Christian was aware of his surroundings.<br />
Mia's face was streaked with tears, but I suspected she'd be able to take orders. That left Mason<br />
and me as the most functional in the group.<br />
"That guy's watch says it's morning," he said. "All we've got to do is get outside, and they can't<br />
touch us. As long as there are no more humans, at least."
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