Star Crossed In Time - Chapter 241

WARNING: THE FOLLOWING CHAPTER HAS VIOLENCE, BLOOD, AND DEATH.

Everyone looks around in confusion, even Shui, before looking back to me but my eyes never leave Bai Lei’s. Suddenly, Shui looks at me with worry and yells “STOP HER!” Too late… My eyes glow so brightly, it’s eerie.

My skin begins glowing a silver color as a dozen mermen come rushing over to me. Power rushes through my veins as my body seems to come back to life. A sonic blast is released, instantly knocking all the mermen back!

The one holding me flies back twice as far as the others. When I turn my silver gaze back to Shui, he slightly flinches and looks up. His eyes grow large before looking back to me with sudden understanding.

The moon’s close… I don’t even need to look, I can feel it. It came… it answered my call and is now fueling me. So this was it? Because Bai Lei and I both deal with the stars? We’re so far away and disconnected from the night sky and stars so we could no longer tap into our power? Whatever, I don’t care anymore.

“GRAB HER AND BRING HER UNDERGROUND!! NOW!!” Shui yells turning around to face Bai Lei again. His purple light is back but Bai Lei just smirks at him as his eyes glow an even brighter shade of red. Is he feeding off the moon’s energy as well?

“Hahaha… you made your first mistake in grabbing me,” I say suddenly able to walk along the bottom of the ocean. I take a step forward as Shui turns to face me with the first signs of fear on his face.

“Your second mistake was trying to keep me as a pet,” I say taking another step but this time the ocean floor beneath me begins to crack. Shui’s eyes dart to the sandy bottom before darting back to me in true fear.

“Your third and finale mistake was trying to hurt my man!” When my foot comes down again, the entire ocean floor under me begins to split. I release a blast of water blades, instantly cutting into all the surrounding mermen coming at me. Blood begins to fill the water as heads and other body parts begin floating everywhere.

“This is sushi you damn overgrown goldfish!” I say slamming my foot down onto the ground. The ocean floor gives way and splits! The crack runs all the way over to the two pillars holding Bai Lei and as I send water blades to cut the golden chains, the ground causes the pillars to collapse.

Sand flies up in every direction, bathing everything in a white cloud before it begins to settle again. When you can see everything again, Bai Lei floats above the open crack with an evil grin and red glowing eyes.

The cracks along the bottom of the sea are glowing as lava begins to lift out and if I had to be honest, Bai Lei kinda looks like a demon rising from the pits of hell. He reaches over to the chains on his wrists and begins snapping them like threads.

Shui grits his teeth and releases a strange call, no doubt calling for backup, and quickly attacks Bai Lei. Bai Lei lunges at him and they meet halfway, instantly causing a shockwave to fly out around them.

I turn to face the army coming to us and watch with shock when a portal of some kind opens in front of me. Ai, Mogui, and Hundun come flying out, blades out and ready. We all momentarily stare at each other in shock before Ai screams “Nova!! We’ve come to save you!!”

A huge smile crawls across my face as I point behind them saying “Perfect timing.” All three turn then smile. Their smiles are cold, cruel and full of dėsɨrė for death. “I’ve always wanted to do this!” Hundun says flashing over to them.

Mogui is right behind them as Ai asks “Are you and Bai Lei okay? Have you been hurt?” I shake my head no and say “How are you able to breathe down here?” Ai smirks and says “I used to date the Southern Sea Deity, remember? I have a few tricks up my sleeve but I’m sorry it took so long. We hurried but it takes some time to gather what we needed to come down here.”

I shake my head and say “Seriously, you’re on time.” Ai beams at me and says “Stay here and relax! My brothers and I have this, believe me, it’s personal for all three of us.” I chuckle and nod my head as she runs/swims off to join her brothers.

I quickly turn back to see Bai Lei slamming Shui down by his cotton candy tail. Shui lands hard and tries to grab Bai Lei but Bai Lei smacks his hand away like batting a child away. Bai Lei grabs him by the throat and says “You made a mistake touching my woman!”

He uses his other hand and grips the end of the Deity’s tail, ripping Shui’s tail in half in one powerful move. My eyes widen at the move, not because he ripped him in half but because of the way he did it. That was sheer muscle!!

Bai Lei didn’t even use his powers!! He could have easily blown him up or split him in half using his powers but instead, he rips him apart by hand!! Shui yells out in pain, trying to use his powers to attack Bai Lei but Bai Lei doesn’t give him the chance.

He grabs Shui’s arms and proceeds the rip them from his remaining body. I kinda cringe a little but at the same time, I’m cheering Bai Lei on. Bai Lei doesn’t give him the chance to bleed out and die. No, he wants him to feel everything before dying and he isn’t done.

Bai Lei grips Shui’s bright blue hair and says “This is for touching and hurting her!” He then proceeds to pull Shui’s scalp off. This time I do cringe and awkwardly watch the brutal dismemberment.

Maybe Eli dying by me and Xia was a mercy… As Shui screams, Bai Lei shoves his hand into his open mouth and grips his jaw. With a sickening crunch, Bai Lei tears Shui’s lower jaw off!!! Now he really does look like a demon from the pits of hell!!!

The bright red and orange lava bubbling up from the cracks reflect in his glowing red eyes as he finally rips Shui’s head off. When he’s finally done ripping him to pieces, he looks around with disappointment.

It looks like he wanted to rip him up more but there’s nothing left… Sometimes I forget how scary his ȧss can be… “That. Was. AWESOME!” Ai says from behind me making me jump. Her and her brothers stand behind me, watching the show with excitement in their creepy white eyes.

I can’t help but smile but when I turn back to Bai Lei, he stands in the midst of his handy work with intense eyes. He slowly opens his arms to me with those same glowing eyes I fell in love with as a star.

I slowly take a step, then another before I’m running to him as fast as I can underwater. I use the water around me to help propel me to him. When I reach him, he wraps me into a tight hug and presses me against his ċhėst like he was trying to make us become one.

“Your ȧss will now be tied up until we figure out how to stop others from taking you.” He says next to my ear in a low whisper making me shiver. I smile and slowly close my eyes as I say “Let’s go home.”