[h1][b][color=662d91]Malik Tobias Wright[/color][/b][/h1][hr]

Once the first bullet rang in the air, Malik acted on instinct. Wrapping his arms around his niece and pulling her close to his chest to shield her from any stray bullets, his body fell into a low crouch. Kiara's terrified cries mixed together with crowds screaming creating a deafening ringing in his ears that made his head spin. Chest tightening, and fear setting in, thoughts reeled through his mind a mile a minute as the crowd around them scattered in a frenzy. On the verge of hyperventilating and getting caught up in his anxiety, Malik turned his head up to look for the source of the gun fire but was quickly put down by a sharp crack to his jaw.

Thrown back from the force of the hit, the back of his head hit the concrete with a smack as Kiara was pulled down with him. Hitting the ground, her body scrambled beneath Malik's limp arms before running away into the crowd. Stunned from the hit, the world around Malik was a fog. Sounds mixed together in an incoherent roar only to be overpowered by the loud and painful throbbing in his jaw and head. Vision clearing with every blink he took, the giant silhouette above him finally became clear as he stared down the barrel of a gun. 

"[i]Any last words, motherfucker?[/i]"

Head throbbing, and anxiety knocked out of him with the hit, Malik felt adrenaline and anger swirling in his chest now. "[color=662d91][b]Yeah, I got somethin' to say,[/b][/color]" Behind the Fiend a small food cart trembled with movement as the masked gang-banger waited for his reply. Middle finger raising up between his head and the gun, Malik flicked his wrist, "[color=662d91][b]Duck.[/b][/color]" 

"[i]Wha-[/i]" Before the Fiend could finish his sentence the food cart smashed into his back with a hard crunch. Body flying overhead and into a vendor behind Malik, the whole set was torn down as the broken cart and the gunman crashed through the wooden support beams. Rubbing his jaw and slowly pushing himself up from the ground, Malik stared at the limp body beneath the pile of debris. "[color=662d91][b]Asshole.[/b][/color]" Licking the blood off his busted lip and spitting on the pile of rubble, Malik stumbled back and searched around for his niece, "[color=662d91][b]Kiara?[/b][/color]" Searching for her blue dress amongst the unfamiliar faces rushing by him, Kiara was nowhere to be seen. Fuck! Why hadn't he noticed she was gone earlier!? 

Panic setting in, his eyes darted around the chaotic festival, "[color=662d91][b]Kiara![/b][/color]" Stumbling to the side as a middle aged man shoved past him, Malik called out her name again, "[color=662d91][i][b]Kiara![/b][/i][/color]" Taking off in a run down the street, goosebumps rose on his skin as horrible thoughts ran through his head. The idea of finding her shot, or dead fueled his adrenaline as he sprinted through the panicking crowd. Out of all the days shit had to go down, it had to be today! Since it was just them going to the festival Malik had suggested going to the zoo instead, but his niece just [i]had[/i] to insist coming here. It was already stressful enough being so close to Eagle-Rock, but now a fucking riot had to happen.

"[color=662d91][b]Kiara! Kiara, where are you?[/b][/color]" His yells were drowned out by the screams and gunfire around him. Ducking to the side and hurrying to the sidewalk, a girl on roller skates raced by him followed by a boy and two other females. Stumbling back and watching the group come to a stop a few yards past him, a familiar cry pulled his attention to the right. Huddled in an alley way, Kiara sobbed in fear as scrapes covered her arms and knees. Relief washed over him like a wave, but before he could call out to her, something else caught his attention. 

Looking like something that came out of a horror movie, a mutated Fiend stalked its way down the sidewalk. "[color=662d91][color=662d91]What the [i]fuck!?[/i][/color][/color]" Its veiny flesh, and the awkward bumps of joints in its elongated knees made Malik's stomach flip, but as it noticed his niece in the alley way, his blood ran cold. Mid sniffle, Kiara's crying was immediately silenced and her eyes widened in horror once the stilted Fiend stopped in front of her. Her little head craned up, taking in its beastly shape until her eyes stared at the gas mask. "[color=662d91][i][b]KIARA![/b][/i][/color]" Clouded by terror and unable to hear her uncle's call, Kiara inhaled deeply and began to scream. 

In a blast that rang through the street, windows near the alley way Kiara was in shattered as the street rumbled from the heavy vibration. With the shriek focused on him, the powerful noise caused the Fiend to cover it's ears, and stumble back in pain. Crouching beside an empty food vendor with his hands over his ears, Malik gritted his teeth together in concentration as he focused on a green trash bin in the alley way beside his niece. '[color=662d91][i]Come on, you piece of shit! Move![/i][/color]' Arm stretching out, the heavy bin shook with influence before sliding forward, "[color=662d91][i][b]Gragh![/b][/i][/color]" With a forceful cry, Malik swiped his fist to the right propelling the giant bin into the Fiends legs. Mangling its joints and body as the heavy metal crushed it into the building opposite of Kiara's position.

The action caused Kiara to grow silent as her wide eyes slowly shifted to Malik. Panting heavily, sweat beaded down his head as he held out his arms for his niece, "[color=662d91][b]Kiara! Come here![/b][/color]" Sobbing once again, she raced into his arms and clung to his neck, "[color=f49ac2][b]Malik! Malik, I wanna go home! I wanna go home, now![/b][/color]" Lifting her into his arms, his arm wrapped tightly around her back as his hand laid atop her head in a tight hug. "[color=662d91][b]I know, baby! We're going home right now, okay? Just keep your head down and hold--[i]Shit![/i][/b][/color]" Pulling her to the ground as he fell back, a curved--Was that bone!?--blade sliced over their heads and sunk deep into a brick wall. Pushing Kiara out of his arms as the woman struggled to get her mutated appendage out of the wall, Malik shoved his niece towards the group behind him as the Fiend pulled the blade out of the wall with a sharp tug, "[color=662d91][b][i]Run![/i][/b][/color]"