The Gift of Rio (The Gift of the Elements) by C.S. Elston

Author:C.S. Elston [Elston, C.S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Electric Quill Press
Published: 2017-11-20T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO

Heroes

“Chilly,” Rio stated casually as she shrugged her shoulders, shook her head and exhaled before taking another bite of yakisoba with pork.

“I know,” Luke agreed as he felt the effects of the breeze that had just swept through the restaurant. “Where did that come from? I don’t remember it being quite that cold out . . . ”

The conversation was interrupted by Cho’s startled gasp as she finally realized her apron was on fire. Rio and Luke both turned and, with eyes widening, watched Cho try to untie her apron. Of course, that was impossible because the tie was the very part of the apron that was on fire. She grabbed a rag and tried to pat the fire down but, the rag had previously been used to wipe up grease and quickly went up in flames. Cho let out another yelp as she released the rag in fear and it dropped to the ground, completely engulfed by the fire. Meanwhile, the fire on her apron continued to spread. Cho looked down her torso, in absolute helpless terror, and waved her arms as if she could somehow create enough wind to blow it out, like the futile motion a person makes when they eat something too spicy.

Kazuo rushed over from the back of the kitchen and started frantically stomping the rag with his feet while simultaneously trying desperately to pat the fire out on his wife’s apron with his bare hands.

Cho was now in a complete panic as the fire on her apron had spread well beyond just the tie. It had started to crawl across both the strings around her waist and the body of the apron itself.

Luke jumped up and reached over the counter. He stretched forward and used the tips of his fingers to scoot a full pitcher of water that was almost out of reach. Finally, he could turn the handle toward him. He grabbed the pitcher, pulled it in near his chest and then lunged it forward. The water shot out of the pitcher and tore through the air at Cho.

Rio watched with hyper-focus. It almost felt, to her, like she was seeing the water fly in slow motion. Rio could tell it was going to miss so she redirected the water with her mind and caused it to spread enough to completely cover the fire. Thankfully, it was instantly snuffed out and everyone looked on in amazement. They were shocked at first and eyes darted back and forth between Cho and Luke as everyone tried to process what had just happened. Naturally, everyone assumed that Luke had accurately splashed Cho with the water from the pitcher and there was no reason to think that Rio had been involved at all or that anything miraculous had taken place. So, it was only a matter of seconds before everyone began to breathe sighs of relief.

The other customers in the restaurant started to clap and cheer enthusiastically. And, after hugging his wife, Kazuo joined in the clapping as he and Cho immediately began thanking Luke.

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