"Andreas," Melody whispered. "Andreas, I have to tell you-"
"Sh, dear. Don't worry, I won't let them take you," he replied to her, his mouth barely moving. "I'm not letting you go."
"I don't think you can do it," I said.
Andreas narrowed his eyes. "Why not?" he shot back.
"You love Melody. Your expression gives you away." I said as I pointed at him, trying to prove it.
"That's ridiculous. I could care less for you awful half-breeds." he said. I could tell he was lying but that still made me mad.
"Then prove it! Pull the trigger!" I said testing him.
"I will," Andreas retorted, pressing the cold metal harder against Melody's head. He paused for a moment. Suddenly, he whipped it forward, turning it against me. I heard it fire. I didn't want to but out of natural reaction I screamed.
"ANDREAS!" Melody screamed. "ANDREAS, NO! YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!!!"
I was right luckily though, the gun wasnt really loaded. It apearentally did have blanks though.
"You loaded it with-" Melody begain.
"Blanks, yes," Andreas finished. "I'm not one for murder."
Melody sighed in relief. "I am glad you did," she said, "because if you had fired off a real bullet, you would have killed one of my friends."
"Huh?" Andreas blinked. "You know them?" He said, motioning to us.
Melody nodded. "They belong to a group of gijinkas that took me in after I fled the base. I would not have been able to evade capture this long if it wasn't for their help," she stated quietly.
"I see..." he murmured. "Well, your friends are allies of mine too, so I guess that settles it!"
"What? I thought your allegiance still stands with the Bounty Hunters," Melody responded, bemused.
"You're so silly, my lovely Mudkip! If I had to choose between you or the Bounty Hunters, I'd pick you every time!" Andreas exclaimed cheerily, ruffling her hair. 'Cute couple.' I thought. His expression soon became more serious, though, and he shifted his attention to us again. "I was just leading Melody to a nearby exit. You're all welcome to accompany us, if you wish," he told us. The others concidered it for a moment. I wanted to say no that we needed to save the others but Vixy spoke first.
"I guess-" Vixy begain, but her answer was cut short by a gigantic explosion that rocked the building. A low rumble accompanied it, which became increasingly louder over the next few seconds. It took only a short time for everyone to realize what was happening.
"The entire structure is collapsing sooner than I anticipated!" Andreas yelled over the deafening roar. "Hurry, everyone! Let's get out!"
I thought to myself, 'I need to save Kat though.' but I didnt say it.
We all ran for the door but before we reached it some of the ceiling fell and blocked the exit.
"Dammit!" Melody screeched. "Turn around! We're going to have to find another way out!" Her order did not need to be stated twice. She led us out into the arena, where we searched for a new exit, and I looked for Kat. Someone approached us through the thick, churning dust though. I looked closely and smiled. It was Kat.
"Guys!" she said. She seamed happy to see us. I was happy too, I had been so worried about her. I was glad she was safe. She started to come and hug me when the ceiling started to crack. Everyone jumped back. A piece of ceiling fell from above. Luckily, none were hurt, but a large chunk landed on Kat's foot. It looked like it hurt alot. Probably crushed a bone. moving the piece, she hobbled over to the group. "Let's get out of here! Or at least find some others!" So she looked for weak points in the wall that led out. Finnaly, finding a large crack, she used Fury Swipes, and scratched her was thru the rubble. Then she attempted to kick the hole with her good foot to make it larger, but she could barely hold herself up on the bad foot. "Some one else take over?" she asked urgently.
I ran up to where she stood at and focused on my hands. I had a new idea. I thought of my Multiple Shadow Ball technique and then focused on it. Instead of them being seperate Shadow Ball's, I wanted a single Beam. So I focused the energy all together and screamed, "Shadow Beam!" as a beam instead of balls appeared in my hands and hit the wall, clearing us a path.
"Now that's strange." The man Melody called Andrew wispered under his breath as we ran outside.

~Eva~

Please continue. I hope this was alright. I really like making new move idea's from old moves and combo's though.