The secret is revealed...Man...

I loved writing this chapter.

Especially how De'line would fight.

It was great! Hope you like it!

Chapter 9:

When Bren woke up again, he found himself lying down in a dim, underground sewer. He sat up groggily, and peered at his surroundings. Zael and Dagran lay a few feet away, and Mirania and Lowell were farther on the other side. They were all stuck together, in a dark and dank sewer.

De'line was out next to Bren. Bren didn't even know what De'line had done. One moment they were falling. The next, they were safely on the ground. Dagran and Zael sat up stiffly. They both rubbed there heads and looked around in shock.

"What…What the…?" Dagran stood up. Zael looked over to Bren, and to the now unconscious De'line. His expression seemed just as confused as Bren felt. Bren took one more look at his friend, and wondered how she had done it. Was she hiding something?

Mirania and Lowell were soon up. The only one left was De'line, who showed no signs of getting up anytime soon. Her brown hair fell down her face, and she had a soft look to her. Mirania gently knelt beside her, and used a bit of her healing powers to recover De'line. Sure enough, the girl twitched and groaned.

"Wh-What…?" she looked up and around at all the confused faces. She then slowly sat up, and looked at everyone around her. Bren looked down, not wanting to show her the hurt and betrayal in his face.

"What did you do back there?" Dagran asked sternly. De'line sighed deeply, before finally looking back up.

"I'm going to say a long story, but you all need to hear me out…" she whispered quietly. Bren nodded his head, wanting to hear why she had done…it…

"I'm not technically from this world, in fact, there are others like me who are technically not from this world. We came with the Outsider, a power that was used long ago," De'line began. Bren looked at her, the tears in his eyes apparent.

"So you're not really real?!" he yelled at her. De'line shook her head.

"I said to hear me out. As we came down with the Outsider, we were suddenly transformed and given lives. I was place in an orphanage along with the other people who were part of the Outsider…" De'line looked directly at Bren.

"You, Bren, were also part of the Outsider. So was Rean, and Drew, and Anne. We all came from the Outsider. That's why we have specific powers. I have telekinesis, and can move objects at will. You have super speed, and Rean has her strange barrier, Anne can control time," De'line took a deep breath after finishing her small story.

Bren couldn't believe what he was hearing. He wasn't…He wasn't…From this world? What? He sat there in utter silence, trying to figure out how he didn't know, and De'line knew.

Dagran was utterly shocked. The Outsider power that he had longed, it was these kids that were joining them. It was crucial to find all of them now, especially if they could help him with his plans. He suddenly knew that he had to stick close to these kids, and gather them all together.

Lowell, Mirania, and Zael didn't know what to make of it. The Outsider? What was that?

Before any questions could be answered though, the water near them started to bubble. Before they knew it, Reptid warriors had started to rush out at them. Zael quickly got into a battle stance and blocked the ones near Mirania. Lowell did the same, rushing to stop whichever ones could have been dangerous to her. Dagran protected De'line with Bren, trying to stop the tide of warriors.

De'line immediately went into her pockets and pulled out throwing knives. Using her telekinesis, she fanned them around her and quickly set to work on throwing them. Her aim was deadly, and the Reptid warriors that were advancing slowly died one by one to her knife.

As the last of the warriors were being defeated, Zael heaved breaths.

"We have…to…get out…of here!" he breathed as he tried looking for an exit. Everyone started to frantically search for a way out. Only Bren and De'line didn't join.

"Why? Why didn't you tell us?" Bren felt hot tears run down his cheeks. De'line's solemn face seemed to give him the answer though, as he cried some more.

"It was…All because…I didn't want everything to go away…" De'line was now crying too, "I wanted us…to stay friends…Forever…"

The two stayed crying for a long time, even when the exit was found. They were silent tears, that seemed to shatter against the ground, unwilling to let them forget how much had changed.