Sup Nerdians! Sorry this chapter is so late, but I was watching Puella Magi Madoka Magica so... you can't judge, my hater blockers are on. Here we gooo!


Sometimes I think about who screwed up my life is.

Where's Karma when you need it?

Chapter Seven

-Jerome

I woke up magically on my bed, sore all over, my head thumping. I groaned from the pain and Mitch was up in a second and by my side.

"Jerome! Biggums! You're up!" Mitch cheered quietly, and I realised it was late. Pale moonlight shone through the bars that were at ground level outside, the blades of grass leaning towards us in the wind. I shivered and my chest ached.

"What happened?" I whispered.

"Well… you came back and just passed out. What the hell happened?" Mitch asked slightly angry.

"That girl. The one who was watching us. She…" I stopped. I couldn't tell Mitch about it. "I was too slow getting out so she called the Warden down. He beat me up, no big deal." I lied through my teeth. I felt terrible, lying to my best friend, and his eyes narrowed.

"Are you sure?" Mitch asked suspiciously, and I nodded.

"Yeah. Everything's sorta blurry. I think I hit my head too hard," I said with a laugh, and Mitch smiled, brightening a bit. Then his face fell.

"Jerome, something's wrong with Jason," Mitch said. I sat up to attention, propped up on my elbows. Mitch sat on the bed beside me and breathed out slowly.

"What? Is he alright?"

"Of course he isn't alright!" Mitch snapped. He sighed and softened. "Okay, that was uncalled for. Sorry. But he came back and Sky helped him into his bed and then he didn't wake up. He's still breathing but… I think he's comatose. I…" Mitch trailed off, and then chuckled drily. I waited patiently and he finally cracked, letting out a small sob, putting his elbows on his knees and resting his head in his palms. I sat up and pulled my legs to my chest as I swivelled around, hanging my legs over the edge. I put one arm around his shoulder, my ribs screaming for mercy. I grit my teeth and hoped the pain would pass.

"Mitch, it's alright," I whispered, and he looked up at me, twisting his head. His face was streaked with tears and he wasn't hiding it.

"I'm scared, Jerome," he mumbled. "First Seto and Dakota, and now Jason's nearly dead. We need to rise up and stop this." I tensed and he noticed it.

"We can't, Mitch," I said carefully. "More people will die if we try and revolt against the Hybrids. We can't do that." Mitch looked at me sharply.

"God, I thought you were different," he said, and then he stood up and went to his bed, rolling on his side and staring at the wall. I sighed and leaned back down on my bed. I tried to even my breathing to fight the pain, and I felt eyes on me. I opened my eyes a crack and then they snapped open. I sat up, scrambling backwards until my back hit the wall behind me, my body screaming. The girl. She stood there outside our cell, staring at me silently. I hadn't heard her come. Either my senses were rusty from the years of hearing picks smash monotonously or I was more injured than I thought. The girl nodded her head approvingly at me, and then she walked away. I shivered, hugging my knees to my chest and wincing.

-Ty

I curled up in my corner and stared at the door. Red had come back in with no Aleks in sight and had asked me about the Hybrids. I answered truthfully; she sighed and rubbed her forehead a lot, and then left. I didn't see anyone for the rest of the day, and judging from the lack of noise outside everyone was asleep. My eyes started to close as sleep snuck up on me when I heard footsteps outside. I sat up and stared at the door. It creaked open loudly and the human Elove stuck her head in, a bag at her side. She looked around briefly before sliding in, checking the hall, and then closing the door. She rested her hand against it for a second and then turned and faced me, tucking her hands into the bag she had slung over her shoulder.

"Hi, Ty," she said with a smile, walking over to be and sitting in front of me, crossing her slender legs. She pulled out a small tub from her bag and passed it to me. "Come on, crack it open. It's dinner." I opened the lid and sighed as a beautiful scent wafted out. I looked in at the soup of some sort and thanked her softly. She smiled and watched me sipped it up, trying not to slurp.

"Did Red send you?" I asked when I was finished, and Elove flashed me a guilty smile. She had a smile for everything.

"Nah. I sorta… broke the rules," she admitted, and I allowed a small smile. She cocked her head and her black hair tumbled to the side, hanging over her shoulder. She resembled a curious bird.

"You talk. You haven't tried to rip us to pieces. You're amazing," she whispered. I frowned.

"Why are you so fascinated?" I asked. "I'm just another one… of those things." I said, twisting my fingers around each other as I tried to interpret the other Hybrids. Elove let out a small laugh, soft and light.

"I'm fascinated because I think you're misunderstood. You… you are different," she said, and I looked down at my hands which now rested still in my lap, not moving.

"Why do you trust me?"

"Because I want to be friends with you," Elove said simply, and I sighed, my shoulders slumping forward. I kinda caved in on myself, my wings stretching out before tucking back in against my back, nestled between my shoulder blades.

"I… I can't help you," I said. "I don't know anything about the Hybrids. I haven't talked to… to another Hybrid since…" I trailed off, feeling tears prickling behind my eyes.

"Ty, you can tell me. It's alright," Elove said softly, and I looked up. She looked at me expectantly, tucking her hair behind her ear.

"Since… since I killed a human."

-Sky

I woke up to the banging and rattling of the Warden. He paused outside my cell and his eyes narrowed. His tail flicked around and his eyes seemed to flicker purple.

"Wake up," he growled, and I panicked.

"He can't wake up. He can't. He's too hurt!" I blurted, rushing to the bars and pressing against them, making him jump back and bang against the bars that once held Dakota and Seto.

"What in the world are you talking about?" he snapped.

"You worked him to hard!" I yelled, desperate. "He's dying, can't you see it? Dying!" He growled in the back of his throat, looking right at me.

"Do not yell at me," he said, and then he continued his walk. Anger rumbled in my stomach and then, like an explosion, it ran up and just burst out.

"You fricking heartless bastard!" I screamed. The hall went silent. He turned around slowly, glowering.

"What did you just call me?" he hissed, and I stared defiantly at him, sick of it.

"I called you a heartless bastard. Monster. You're sick. He's dying and you're doing nothing, because he is worth nothing to you expect maybe slowing down the god damn mines!" I roared. "But he's worth something to me, and you don't care because you are a soulless, evil bitch." I finished, and I fought down tears. He stormed back and inserted the keys in my door. I backed up as he flung it open, stepping and pulling out his whip.

"You will not defy me!" he roared, and he raised his whip up. As it flew down like the wind I ducked to the side, and it slapped across my thigh bit caused no serious damage. He screeched, and I watched as his eyes glowed purple in fury, his nails elongating into talons. He swung his claw at me and scratched me across my cheek, sending me tumbling into the back wall, my face on fire with pain and dripping blood. I lowered my head down and pushed off the wall, charging at him. I smashed into his torso and he tripped backwards, raking his claws along my back as I screamed and he screeched. He slammed into the bars and I held him there, my hands moving up and closing around his neck. He clawed at me, raking along my side, my chest, my neck, stripping off parts of my flesh as blood welled quickly. I started crying from the pain but my grip didn't loosen. Slowly, the murderous light in his eyes faded to a dull shade and his claws dropped and hung by his side, his body going limp. I gaped as I pulled my hands back and he dropped with a hollow thump. I stared at his body, feeling empty with shock and fear. My body was in tremendous pain, and I'd just killed the Warden.

"Holy shit," I whispered, and then it registered that Mitch, Ian and Quinton were screaming.

"Sky! Sky! What the hell?" Ian was saying.

"What's happening?" Quinton was saying, sounding desperate.

"Sky, talk to us buddy," Mitch was pleading, and I fell backwards on my ass as a slow laugh bubbled up out of my throat.

"God, has he lost it?" Mitch was asking.

"No, I'm fine," I laughed, tears welling in my eyes from joy, shock and pain. The other Hybrids weren't coming. Where was the food guy? No one else was coming. Had I gotten away with it? I crawled forward, going for the Warden's belt. I grabbed the ring of keys and his sword and stood up shakily. When I walked out in front of Jerome and Mitch's cell their eyes went wide.

"What?" Mitch said, his eyes bugging, and Jerome just looked scared.

"But the Warden!" Jerome protested. I laughed again, my tears mixing with the blood on my face.

"God, Sky, you look like a ragdoll. You're covered in blood and you're all ripped up and… shit," Mitch said. His door swung open and they both walked out. They stared at me and I stared back.

"Well?" Ian yelled, and I laughed, walking over to their cell and letting them out to similar reactions. They saw the Warden and nearly passed out.

"Bloody fricking hell, Sky!" Ian yelled, and I just laughed. I went around and let everyone in our hallway out. Bash and Bodil were overjoyed. The rest of the group, I didn't know them. They… they were relatively unimportant. What was more important was that we were free and we had no idea what the hell we were going to do.


So... a climatic chapter! Sky and the team are free and Elove is breaking the rules... and we know that Ty has killed. I might double update tonight. YOU NEVER KNOW