Four was not killed, he fought in Ohio and New York, he leads the Garde.

4

Six

It had been Nines idea. After checking the car for trackers and finding none, we'd driven the few miles to get to a giant national park. Then after finding an overgrown track we had driven through the forest, sometimes leaving the path all together. Now after finding much more bruises then I had before and Nine driving the jeep into a river and officially breaking the engine forever, we had to walk.

"So what was your plan again, I can't quite remember after hitting my head against the roof a dozen times" Marina asked angrily.

I glanced over at her as we walked, she had changed since Eights death, maybe for good, I hadn't gone back to my old self since Katrina.

"We would drive through the forest, since there are no cameras and then when we got to the other side, ditch the car and find a new one", easy Nine had said before, and it had seemed a good plan up until now.

"So you decided you'd ditch the car early?" I asked.

"I told you I didn't see the tree, and besides we were going to do it anyway and exercise is good for you".

Nine

I was scouting ahead, walking along the tree branches upside down when I heard voices. Turning quickly I rushed back to the others.

"People up ahead" I told them.

I quickly went back to the spot I had heard the voices from and pulled back some tree branches, the others already beside me.

They were in a small clearing with a large boulder to one side, it wasn't very high but it had a large over hang that made it impossible to climb for anyone.

Except maybe me, I thought smugly.

Leaning casually against the boulder was a girl. She had long red hair that fell in waves past her shoulders, and dark green eyes that were strangely cat like.

"Look my dear Mog's, as much as I love chatting with you and all these confrontations and escapes, I really don't have time now, because I have somewhere to be and unless you would like to know what a face full of dust feels like I suggest you go'' she said with a slight smile.

There were eight Mogs all held guns and those swords used to kill Loric, I might have thought they were for us, but now as two pulled them out l wasn't so sure.

One, probably the leader of the group stepped forward, not a vat born because they would most likely shoot straight away.

"You killed many of use when you escaped the base, but l am surprised you did not leave sooner, we thought you smarter".

'Well just so you know, your base was a mess, I wandered around for hours each day trying to find more information and really it was impossible to find a shower. I can't believe you thought me trapped, so silly".

As she had been speaking she had been walking closer and closer to the Mog without him seeming to notice.

''And Five, wow, he really thought I believed him'' shaking her head, I noticed her hand reaching slowly behind her back "oh and one more thing. You should never let your enemies get to close to you".

Before the Mog could move she whipped out a long staff with big metal spicks at each end. She swung it hard at the Mog's head. Their leader collapsed into dust as two more soldiers ran at her, she ducked under a sword, stabbing at his legs and then twisting around and plunged her staff right into the eye of the other.

She stood up and raised a Mog gun, sending off three shots in a row killing three more Mogs, all this taking no more than a few seconds and it only hit me then that while she'd been fighting our enemy, I had just been sitting and watching.

I was about to jump up and canon into the fight, which was now one on one, when Six grabbed my arm.

"Listen" she hissed.

I did and was surprised I hadn't heard it earlier, the roar of an engine; I spun round to see two jeeps crashing into the clearing, caring around a dozen Mogs each.

"This is going to take all day" the girl said to herself, tossing the now dead Mogs dagger into one of the drivers, sending the car crashing into a tree "I think you can handle them" she said glancing over to where we hid before turning and running back into the woods.

My first impulse was to fight the Mogs, but there was something so familiar about the girl like I'd met her before.

"You get them, I'll get the girl" I called back as I ran after her.

I ran into the trees, running up the trunk of one to stay off the ground, there were two Mogs below, but I left them, I had to catch up with the girl.

I jumped across the trail landing on another trees branch, glancing down I spotted three faint piles of ash. I scrambled to the ground and almost immediately heard a soft humming sound behind me. I turned slowly, flexing my fingers, as I prepared to use telekinesis. One Mog stood there finger already on the trigger of the gun, his finger twitched, and he gave me a smirk .

No matter how fast I was I wasn't getting out of this one.

What I thought would be my second last thought was, Eight had died in vain.

What I thought would be my last was: why was this person stepping in front of me?

The girl let out a small gasp, as the ball of energy hit her in the chest and she collapsed to the ground.

I grabbed the Mog with telekinesis and threw it at a tree, hard. Leaning quickly down, gently pressing my fingers to her throat. Thankfully there was a pulse, but it was so faint I nearly missed it. Holding her in my arms, I rushed as quickly and quietly as I could back to the clearing where I found Six and Marina leaning, panting against a tree.

"What took you so long?" Six asked angrily.

"Is she ok?" Marina asked as she caught full sight of me.

"I don't know" I replied "a Mog, shot at me, and she… well stepped in front of me".

Marina didn't say it but I could see it in her eyes, just like Eight.

And that's what hurt me the most, sure I had been great friends with Eight, but I hadn't always been nice to him, it was no reason to die for me, and now this girl, she'd done it too, but I had a feeling she'd done it for a completely different reason.

"She seems to be fine, it's almost like she absorbed the energy" Marina said thoughtful as she finished examining her

"Well" Six responded, "enemy or friend she could give us useful information".

"And she seems to know Five" Marina put in.

"She comes then".

Unknown

I was leaning against a wall, my hands tied tightly behind my back. I didn't open my eyes; I knew Nine was sitting there watching me, waiting for me to do just that.

When the Mog shot me, my skin went cold and a weird electrical feeling had gone through my body, but it hadn't hurt. Falling to the grown though, that had been annoying, especially being poked and prodded while still being conscious.

It had been my idea; only after a lot of persuading did Four agree. It was quite simple; I didn't trust them, I trusted Four and Adam but not them, not even slightly. Sure I knew loads about them, but that wasn't the same as to actually know them. I wanted them to find me, so I could see how they acted around me, thinking I was a potential enemy. I wanted to trust them I really did but I had trusted Five, then he'd tried to kill me, as he put it "to put me out of my misery".

And if I thought about I didn't blame him, for a guy who was brought up by Mogs and only knew Lorien from what they told him, and me just coming in and telling him all about it, in a totally different way well, he was bound to get a little upset.

I shifted under Nines gaze wondering if I should open my eyes, no it wasn't time yet, but definitely soon, they were in for a big surprise.