Nico paused at what I just told him, having a look of both surprise and some anger. I knew that I was in trouble, real trouble as Nico looked from me to Trevor. I wanted to then leave that apartment forever, and not look back at all. Nico immediately walked over to the window and peered out, having his weapon in his hand and then coming back to the both of us. He was going to snap, I just knew it, and I was waiting for the blow. He looked at me, looking right through me and was reading my soul in a way.
"Does anyone else know?" He asked me in a serious tone, having my eyes go wide as I shook my head at him. He then walked over to Trevor, still having the look of determination in his eyes.
"Where's your guardian?" he asked him, his weapon still at hand as Trevor quickly looked at me then at him.
"He's at home right now near Castro Street." Trevor replied aloud and Nico nodded his head at him.
"Alright, I need you two to stay here and not leave the apartment, under any circumstances. I'm going out to see how bad the damage is, maybe fight off how many there are down there. Trevor, I need you to call your Guardian and let him know where you are and that you are safe. You understand?" Nico said aloud to him, and Trevor nodded his head, fishing out his cell phone. I still was unable to understand what was going on, he was leaving me? When I needed his protection, he was leaving be behind.
"Wait, you're leaving me here?" I asked him in disbelief, thinking that this was in fact a twisted turn of events. He was one to never leave me, leave me alone and to be vulnerable. No, he was always there to protect me, even to the point of being totally controlling. But that was him, that was Nico and that was how he functioned. However, in this situation, when he was leaving me alone and vulnerable to whatever was out there, that was something that I was totally confuse me and make me wonder about him now.
"Yes, because I need to make sure that whatever is out there, isn't going to come here and kill you." Nico explained to me as he walked over and placed his hands on my arms, "I know I've sheltered you all of your life, but your life right now is more important. Whatever is out there wants you, the both of you," Trevor looked up when he said that, "And as your guardian I need to protect you, for our planet."
I was still confused and lost for words, but we heard another big bang outside the building as Trevor was on the phone. Nico ran over to the window and looked down, sighing as he clutched his weapon tighter than usual. He walked back and pointed to Trevor.
"Tell him to meet me on Castro Street near the Explosion, both of us fighting whatever it is, that's better than one." Nico said aloud as Trevor nodded his head. I still wanted to hold onto a fact that he wasn't going to leave me alone, he couldn't. Nico was supposed to stay with me, and never leave me. That was his job, his one and only job, but now he was going to break it?
"Mary." I heard him call my name but I was still zoning out. It wasn't until Nico was framing my face lightly in his hands when I looked at him finally, "Mary, listen to me. I need to protect you and Trevor. That is my job, but I can't do that staying here with you. I know you can handle being here all by yourself, and you've done it before in the past."
"What if something happens to me, or you or..." I trailed off, feeling like I was about to hyperventilate right there in the apartment. Trevor snapped his phone off and grabbed my hand, having me look over at him and see the seriousness in his own eyes.
"You need to keep going, keep fighting, and stay alive." Nico replied back to me in a calm tone, and I felt Trevor squeeze my hand agreeing with him. I knew he was right, but it was still weird not having him around anymore. He was at times more like my father or brother than my guardian, more personal than work related.
"Now I need to leave and make sure that you both are safe. Whatever happens, I don't want you to find me. I'll find you, but you need to keep running." Nico explained to me aloud. I nodded my head slowly trying to keep this all in my head and making sure I don't forget. He smiled slightly at me and then moved away from me and towards the door. He was then gone within a second, leaving me there with Trevor and knowing for a fact that he wasn't going to be coming back. For a moment or two, I was still and not even moving, but then Trevor made me move and look at him. He was just as confused and scared as I was, bring me towards him and kissing the side of my head in a loving manner.
"He's going to be fine, I promise." He reassured me in a soothing tone, making me nod my head at him and then something happened in my mind. I heard a voice, but it was foreign. It wasn't my own voice, not my own conscience. Nor was it Trevor's voice, I knew his so well. No, this was a male voice, sounding frantic and urgent like he was running away from something, or towards something.
They know she's here. They're trying to find her. It was a male voice for certain, a low tenor of a voice. It made me think, was there someone in my mind like Trevor? But that would mean, that another one of us was close by, and he was trying to find me. But that couldn't be true, it sounded too far fetched and unreal. But then again, it was something to take in consideration, since there were 6 others left and 5 of them were out there.
Let's check this apartment.I heard the voice go off again in my head as I looked out the window once more, leaving Trevor's side and seeing nothing but darkness on the streets. Even the lights were out on our street and on the other streets close by, so I knew this was bad,
"Mary, what is it?" Trevor asked me as he joined me by the window and looked at me. I looked over at him, seeing how concerned he was and then hearing the voice go off once again in my head.
We need to get her out fast. This time it wasn't the male voice I heard before. This time, however, it was a female. This female voice had a accent, almost like she was from Australia. There were two now? I panicked and looked to Trevor, hoping that I would be able to talk to him about what I just heard. But as I saw his face, seeing some of it from the light in our apartment, he was just as in panic as I was. He must of heard him too, did he?
"Who in the hell?" He asked me, shock was in his tone of voice. I knew then that we both were in serious trouble. I wish I knew where Nico was now, since being alone without him was already hard enough. In the moment, I then realized how dependent I was on Nico. I had to be, he was in fact my guardian and he had to protect me, making sure nothing would happen me. But it was also the fact that we were never apart, not for as long as I could remember. THe both of us were like a package deal, never to break nor tear from one another. However, sitting in the apartment with Trevor, and knowing that our lives were close to being over, it seemed that we were apart.
And it would be permanent.
Suddenly the lights in the apartment went out and there was nothing but darkness. I gasped, but suddenly feeling myself around to find the emergency lights that Nico stored. It was in his office, or our headquarters, as I took out my phone to use as a light. Trevor did the same, the both of us seeing only a small fraction of the apartment because of our blue lights from our phones. But non the less it helped with our search for the flashlights, helping me find three of them in the office closet stored away. I gave one to Trevor and one to me, but before I left the closet crouched on the floor, I saw something else packed away in the corner. Trevor was already looking through the desk to see if we needed something else, leaving me near the closet. Aiming the light, I looked down and saw a travel backpack, not one of the bigger ones but a small size that was perfect for me. I wondered why Nico would have a backpack hidden away in the closet, but I saw a tag on the side with my name on it.
I snagged the backpack, taking it by one hand and placing it on the lap, my other hand occupying the flashlight and I read my name on the tag of the backpack again. Inside the tag was a small folded paper, and immediately I opened it. On the paper was a note and I knew it was Nico, his handwriting was horrid to begin with.
Mary,
This is your emergency backpack, in case we ever get separated for good. Inside you'll find all that you need in order to get by for several months, including medical and money supplies. Take this with you in case something does happen, and do not let anyone else take it from you, this is yours and yours alone.
I placed the note in my jeans pocket and was about to open the backpack .when I heard a hissing behind me, the hissing of a cat. I looked around my shoulder and saw Nora crouched low in front of the office door, Trevor looking over as well. Her ear were behind her head, her head low and a snarl escaped from her lips. Her head was towards the door, and she knew something was trying to get to us.
At first there was nothing to be heard, only the sound of the backpack clicking as I placed it on my back and the faint hum of the flashlights in our hands. I clutched Trevor's hand in mine, feeling him squeeze me back. And then the door was blown wide open and all I saw was light all around us. The noise was loud, so loud that I had to cover my ears and then close my eyes from the light shining in front of me. But as I opened my eyes, I then saw what was in front of us and what was hunting us down: Modadorians,
They looked like creatures from the ocean almost, having gills on the side of their necks and their eyes so black it haunted me. Their teeth were pointed, and there were marks on their faces. Three of them stood at the doorway and were looking at the two of us, snarling and having their heads tilted to the side. I knew then that we had to act and fast as the Modadorians stood in their long trench coats and dark clothing.
Where were we going to go? I was trying to find a way to get out of this alive as I saw the leader of the three snarl at the two of us. Trevor immediately shoved me behind him, having me clutch his shoulder tightly in hopes that he wouldn't leave me anytime soon.
"Two Lorien children, even better." He snarled in almost a growl with a deep voice that sounded like a animal. I cringed from his voice alone, but his looks also made me wonder and be terrified. But before Trevor and I could do anything, Nora got in front of the two of us and looked up at the Modadorians, her ears still back behind her head and her growl still known. The one lead Modadorian started to laugh, making me think of what Nora was thinking and that I had to protect her.
But she suddenly snarled so loud it sounded almost like a beast instead of a small cat, it was loud enough to shake but Trevor and myself behind me. The smile was whipped off of the Modadorian's face as his eyes then went wide. Nora started to grow, at a alarming rate, morphing from her cat form and going into something bigger, and deadlier. Trevor and I moved back as she morphed into what seemed like a dragon, scales on its back and sharp teeth forming at the mouth.
Nora, or who used to be Nora, roared out loud, shaking things around us and swiped with her large clawed hand at the first Modadorian, having him fly into the wall in a jolt and crashing. Dust was in the air as I felt someone on my arm grabbing me. At first I thought it was Trevor, but it was a harsh grip an it wasn't him at all.
The Modadorian snarled at me, pulling me close to him to breathe me in. I could smell the rotten smell of his scent going through my nose and I cringed, trying to get my arm away from him. I knew he wasn't going to let go, not willingly as I then opened my mouth. My piercing scream rang through the apartment as the Modadorian cringed and released me. I clutched the backpack and then saw something of a shimmer inside the pocket. Reaching in, I felt something metal, metal and light and pulling it out I saw it was a sword. It was like the sword Nico was holding earlier in the apartment, small in length but looking rather agile. There was a curve to it, making me looking in awe for a second. Nico was prepared, he knew this was going to happen and he knew I needed a weapon. I was still in awe before I saw a Modadorian coming at me full force. I swung at him, hitting him in the cheek and slicing some of his skin. He immediately backed off and I saw Trevor struggling with another one, who was clutching his neck with full force. I swung at the Modadorian who was almost chocking him, seeing him fall to the floor in a heap and was dead.
"Run!" Trevor said in a huff as he clutched my hand and we both bolted for what seemed like the remains of the doorway. Nora was thrashing at a Modadorian who was trying to get away, but he was no match for the creature Nora took form as. Before we could make it to the front door, there was a flash of light and we both stopped, covering our eyes with our spare hands As the light died down, we both looked and saw two being at the doorway, one of them had his hands out in front of him and the source of light coming from his hands. He had sandy blond hair, messy and short with tan skin and blue eyes. The other being was a girl, having a flow of blond wavy hair past her shoulders and almost bid back, sun kissed skin and bright eyes as well. They both were out of breath as the girl was holding a weapon almost like mine in her hand. Her face, the same as his, was holding seriousness and concern.
We were silent, since one Modadorian was dead, the other was passed out on the floor and the third was stirring from me slashing his cheek. The only thing we could hear was the harsh breathing from each of us, and the snarling Nora was still having coming out of her mouth. The male then finally walked towards us, having me stay by Trevor closer than before. Who were they? Why were they in our apartment? Did they know what was going on? And if they did, how did they know?
The male looked at both myself and Trevor with intense eyes, like he was analyzing me and seeing what or who I was.
"Number 5?" He asked me, his tone of voice dark and somewhat deep like he knew what he was talking about. I froze in my spot then, suddenly realizing that he knew who I was and where I came from. Should I answer him? Was it safe to? I took in a deep breath and nodded my head.
"And you're Number 8?" He asked Trevor aloud as I clutched his arm and held him close to me, hoping he would know what to do then. He nodded his head as well and the man nodded, the girl walking up next to him with the same hard eyes on her face and a straight firm jawline.
"We've been looking for you." She replied to me, the same voice that was a female that was in my mind mere moments before. Her voice, I heard it before. The same with the young man, his voice was heard before as well. That meant only one thing, wither I was crazy or that...no...
"We're Number 4 and Number 6." she said aloud to the both of us, having me feel not only a overwhelming feeling of relief, but also a overwhelming feeling of fear. Now there were four of us there together, and two more were still out there.
"We came to get you." The male said aloud
