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could do something Creon wasn?t expecting. At the last moment

he made gravity pull harder on him,

and in his massive-state

he pushed his stunned opponent back into the asphalt with so

much force he fractured the surface of the street.

A split second later Lucas glanced up and saw Matt?s terrified

face through the windshield of his car as he slammed on his

brakes. Matt tried to stop, but it was too late. He hit the two figures

that had appeared out of thin air in the middle of the street and his

car crumpled in on itself as if it had run it onto a brick wall.

?Lucas!? Helen screamed as she tried to run past her mother.

Daphne grabbed Helen and restrained her just as Hector?s big

SUV screeched to a halt in front of them, blocking Helen?s way to

the accident. Ariadne jumped out of the passenger side before

Hector had even come to a full stop and sprinted to the wreck.

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?Get in the truck!? Hector bellowed at Daphne as he came around

from the driver?s side and stomped to the smoking front end of

Matt?s car.

Helen struggled, unable to see what was going on. She was still

calling Lucas?s name as Jason and Daphne bundled her into the

back of the SUV.

?Luke?s fine!? Jason said to her through gritted teeth as he

wrestled with her. ?Helen, please! We?re attracting enough attention

as it is.?

Reminded where she was, Helen forced herself to calm down and

get into the backseat. She slid over to one of the tinted windows,

and sighed with relief when she saw Lucas standing up in front of

Matt?s destroyed car. He was uninjured and holding on to Hector

to keep him from running off somewhere. Creon was gone, so