Chapter VIII

To Never Surrender

Marc, Judas and Moloch revved their motor; speeding after me, alongside, Curtis, Dallas, Heinrich, and Gustav in another motorboat.

The two boats sped side-by-side after me as I surfed my wave.

"Give it up, Charlie," I heard Heinrich shout. "because you're gonna die!!"

Glancing back, I saw he'd leapt out of the boat, now riding my wave, but with not nearly as much ease as me!!

"Go screw yourself, Heinrich!!" I laughed, before thrusting my right hand at him; a thin plume of water shooting into his face, sending him flying nearly thirty feet into the air, to fall and splash into the river almost fifty feet away, as my friends and family cheered!!!

Brandon, dad, and Barb now sped alongside my wave, on the right side.

Unfortunately, Marc, Judas and Moloch now sped closer to them, nearly coming up beside them.

Just as Moloch pulled out a Desert Eagle, I shouted at my family and friends to evade Marc, which they quickly did, before I thrust my right hand toward them, spreading my fingers wide.

Suddenly there was a roar as a gigantic wall of water blasted up between the two boats; the spray rising fast enough to effortlessly stop the shots!!

I then controlled my wave to weaken, as I slowly dropped down, and leapt lightly off the crest, landing easily in the boat, and letting the water wall drop, drenching Marc and his friends!

"Great work, Charlie! That was awesome!!" Brandon congratulated me, as I grinned.

"Well, that's hydrokinesis for you, Brandon!" I replied with a grin, as he laughed.

"Now, I think it's time for stronger measures!!" Marc said with a sly grin to his friends. He nodded to his two cronies, who headed to shore once we'd all emerged on a large lake at the river end. They were waiting, and ambushed and captured us, before walking to a black pickup truck we hadn't seen before by the shoreline, and removed two large M-16 assault rifles, alongside more clips for Marc and his friends' handguns.

Reloading took mere seconds, before they all came back. Dad, my brother, and Barb looked on helplessly, as Heinrich and Gustav proceeded to beat me.

However, I did manage to use jets of water to hurl some of Marc's friends back across the shore into the rocks!!

But, regardless, Marc's friends still managed to beat me up pretty good.

Then, when I was fairly bloodied, Marc had them stop, before he forced Lucian to his knees, and had him held by Gustav.

"Time to watch your friend die!" he growled while grinning evilly.

"Watch Charlie!" Judas shouted to my family, as they all stared helplessly!

Then I instinctively stepped back into the water, raising my right hand, and squeezing my eyes shut, inhaling sharply as they all began firing; volley after volley of bullets blasting toward me!

However, they were all in for a big shock!!