Author's Note
AH! I love this series! Can't wait for King's Cage to come out whoo! Again though, if you don't know what Corros Prison is, you probably shouldn't read this. On with the story!
I grit my teeth in pain as I throw a few reckless bolts of lightning at Ptolemus, trying to help Ara. She casts me a look sideways and I realize that I am of no help, so I continue running towards the exit, herding every escapee I see outside the large metal doors. We're almost there.
I look back one more time, mostly to make sure everyone is safe- I'm hoping everyone is safe- but all I see is Ara being cut down by a silver plate. I have no time to be sorry for her, so I turn around and keep running.
"Keep it moving! Go!" I scream, and the raggedy prisons desperately run forward. Shade appears beside me, a grim, but determined, look on his face.
His clothes are splattered with blood, some red, some silver, and looking down, I realize mine are, too. Julian stumbles behind me, and almost knocks down Sara, and I look to Shade. "Get them to the Blackrun! Go, Shade, GO!" He nods and grabs the old couple, and soon I see them a few hundred yards away. Within no time, most of the more injured escapees are clambering into the jet. I stand in the back of them all- having stopped so that everyone rushes in front of me.
Guards run towards me in a box formation, and in the middle of it is Elara. She moves swiftly but elegantly, her eyes twinkling with amusement and distaste. I turn back, seeing more and more people climbing onto the Blackrun. None are in my range, but I'm tired and only have one chance. If I die, Elara will be going down with me.
With the little bit of strength I have left, I reach my senses to the sky, drawing together dark clouds that lets out a low rumble. Elara turns up her nose, her expression haughty and arrogant, but also calculative. "A storm can't save you now, lightning girl." I snarl at her, forcing all my fury from everything that happened to me in my eyes. "Nothing can save you now, Your Highness." She gets closer and closer as my clouds grow in size and number, and soon a large shadow is cast upon the surrounding area, sunlight blocked by my clouds.
I feel the energy pulsing through me and I take a deep breath. She's getting even closer.
I hold onto the lightning like it's my lifeline, which is fitting, because it is. And the moment she comes within a few yards away from me, I bring it down to Earth, and I begin to smile victoriously as a big, bright beam of purple lightning quickly descends upon the Queen and her soldiers. Her eyes widen in surprise and I eagerly watch her last moments before her death.
But, instead of lightning colliding with her, it collides with a large dome of fire. Heat radiates off the collision, and sweat runs down my neck. My first thought is Cal. What is he doing?! The lightning drained me, and I begin to fall, only to be caught by strong arms. Shade. "Mare! Are you o-" He is cut off as sparks begin to rain on him, tiny pinpricks of electrocution stinging him quicker than I can realize what's happening. He falls to the ground shaking uncontrollably, his eyes wide open and unblinking. I was too exhausted to scream his name, to scream Cal's name, to curse myself, to curse Elana- I could just sit there, subject to whatever else is coming. My storm still battles against Cal's fire, causing Shade's face to flash from reddish orange to electrifying purple, but his face remains unmoving. I don't notice the sparks- I'm immune to them.
I made the mistake of thinking that he wasn't.
Sparks still pour on him, causing his dead body to awkwardly jerk around. Even as my lightning recedes, my fire remains, casting a dome around Elana and what must be fifty magnetrons, with me and Shade just outside of it.
With the last of my lightning fading away, so does the last of my energy, and I can only succumb to the relief of dreamless sleep.
Author's Note
So! How was it?! And what is Cal doing lmao. You don't know, but I do *wink*. Anyway, I know the chapter started off rocky- instead of starting at the beginning of the Corros Prison arc thing or the end, I started at some random place, but that's okay lol. But yeah! Here's to a new story!