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Alex and I sat for half an hour, talking quietly and trying to make each other laugh. It felt strange. Being so open and comfortable with someone. I'd never been like this with anyone, but he and I...it felt like we'd been friends for years.
It was already four in the afternoon by the time the others woke up. "What the hell did you guys take?" Alex asked. "You've been sleeping for ages."
There were groans in response and they all shuffled to the kitchen as Alex and I fled to the pinball machine.
A while later, when it was dark out, Darwin came over to play pinball with us while the others ate Oreos and drank milk.
"Hey! I didn't know the circus was in town!" two agents were standing outside of the window. I turned and glared at them. "Hey, honey! Wanna show us the..." he flapped his hands and did a poor imitation of flying noises. "Oh, hey, show us the foot, the foot." they said, laughing as Hank walked over and shut the curtains on them.
"Aw, c'mon!" I turned back to the game, gripping the sides so tightly that they dented. I felt Alex put his hands over mine, and Darwin placed his hand on my arm. I took a deep breath, focusing on the game.
"Kara!" I felt someone shout in my head. I winced, placing my fingertips to my forehead and leaning against the machine.
"Chernobog?" I questioned mentally.
"Yes, who the hell else would it be?!" Fair enough. "Listen, there's someone out there. Dangerous. Feels like...demonic energy." As he spoke in my head, I heard something drop to the ground outside.
I placed a hand on Alex's shoulder. "Do you hear that?" I asked, walking over to the window and pressing the button to move the drapes.
"What is that?" someone asked. I looked up and saw two figures silhouetted against the moon. One let go of the other and then disappeared. Demonic. Shit.
Bodies began dropping all around the courtyard and on the roofs of buildings. The girls screamed very time a body dropped and I barely suppressed a sigh of annoyance. I looked out the back window, noticing a man walking towards us but he was still fairly far away.
Suddenly, I was grabbed and pulled down beside Alex who wrapped an arm around me.
"Stay here my ass!" Darwin yelled, pushing us all towards the door. We ran and opened the door, finding men getting shot.
"Get back in the room!" they yelled.
Raven shouted back, "We can help!"
An explosion sent us running back into the room that was quickly becoming a death trap. Whirlwinds were coming from one side, and the demon was on the other. Glass shattered and Alex covered my body with his.
"Where are the mutants?" a man said, seemingly bored.
"Hey, the mutants are in there. Just let us normal people go." Assholes...
There were screams of pain that obviously signified the deaths of the men "guarding" us.
A middle-aged man wearing a foolish looking helmet walked in. "Where's the telepath?" he asked the red-skinned demon.
"Not here."
"Shame. Well, at least I can take this silly thing off." he slid the helmet from his head and smiled at us. "Good evening. My name is Sebastian Shaw. And I am not here to hurt you." an agent yelled at him from across the courtyard. "Azazel." the demon flashed over to him and killed him quickly.
"My friends, there's a revolution coming. When mankind discovers who we are, what we can do, each of us will face a choice. Be enslaved or rise up to rule. Choose freely, but know that if you are not with us, then by definition, you are against us. So, you can stay and fight for the people who hate and fear you. Or you can join me, and live like kings." he held his hand out to Angel. "Queens."
As I knew she would, the bitch took his hand. "Angel!" Raven was shocked.
Angel turned to her. "C'mon. We don't belong here, and that is nothing to be ashamed of." It was as though she believed we would go along with her.
As they walked away, Alex gripped my waist, his jaw clenching. "We have to do something." Darwin grumbled. Alex shoved him slightly and Darwin ran to catch up with them. "Wait! I'm coming with you."
"A wise decision. Tell me about your mutation."
"Get your friend out of there, my dear. This won't end well." Chernobog's silky voice slipped through my head.
"He's not my friend."
"Oh shove it, Kara." he snapped at me. "He's going to die."
I looked up at Darwin. "Alex, we can't let him stay up there. I get the feeling that something bad's gonna happen." Alex ignored me and just pushed me behind him, standing strongly in front of me.
"Alex!" Darwin yelled, grabbing Angel and adapting his skin to become rock hard. Alex swung his hips, letting his power fly. Shaw caught it.
Shaw caught Alex's giant, killer, red, death ring. He caught it and forced it down into nothingness. "Protecting your fellow mutants? Noble." he needed to die. Quickly.
I leapt in front of Alex and lifted all of the glass shards in the room, sending them flying at Shaw and his group. The man with the whirlwinds sent the flying away, leaving them with a couple of scratches, but nothing more.
I growled, slamming my palms into the ground, forcing energy through the ground, hoping it would implode underneath them. It did no such thing.
Shaw chuckled, obviously finding my display to be weak. "Use me!" Chernobog snarled. I began to panic as Shaw walked over to Darwin.
"No!" I screamed, letting red fill me. Azazel stared at me in surprise, as did Shaw. My chest heaved and I slashed the air, slamming whirlwind man into the wall. I forced Azazel to smash into the ground and made the pressure begin to crush him.
I tried to do something to Shaw, but I felt the anger begin to take over. "Let go." Chernobog sighed as I let the red slip from me. I whimpered and fell to the ground. Alex caught me just before I hit and he turned me away from Shaw.
"Adapt to this." Shaw smirked, forcing energy down Darwin's throat. They disappeared and Darwin turned to look at us, reaching out as he fought desperately to adapt to Alex's energy. I turned away, refusing to look as he turned to dust.
"Hey...um, maybe you should go talk to him." Raven sat down next to me, outside of the demolished government building. We both looked over at the fuming Alex.
I stood up gingerly and padded over to him. "May I sit?" I asked quietly, gesturing to the open spot on the stone bench beside him. He nodded absentmindedly.
After a moment I spoke. "I'm sorry. I couldn't hold on any longer. I would have been taken over."
"It's not your fault." he sounded as though he was on the verge of tears.
I lay my hand on his arm. "Alex, it wasn't your fault either."
"Yes it was! It was my power! It's my fault he died!" he shouted. I winced softly, but stayed still.
I shook my head. "Alex. You couldn't have known. None of us could have." I ignored Chernobog, who was trying to insist that if I'd listened to him it wouldn't have happened.
He looked at me, and then I could see that he was about to burst into tears. I opened my arms slightly and he buried his face in my shoulder, holding me tightly. I rubbed circles on his back gently, letting him cry.