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Nine wakes up sitting in a chair in some kind of library. Four is laying face-down on the carpet in front of him, unmoving. "Man, someone should break out the violins for that crybaby Pittacus Lore."
Four stands up and faces him, and Nine nods to the blond. "What are you talking about?"
"You know, that vision thing. Setrakus Ra and Pittacus Lore's life story or whatever." Nine clarifies. "Anyways, what are we doing here?"
"Why would I know?"
"You're Number Four, Johnny. You think you're Pittacus Lore incarnate. So, Johnny-boy, tell me what that vision was about. And honestly, I'm hoping that, IF you are Pittacus, you're better than that old fool. I mean, he had the chance to kill Ra and he didn't. Now, we're stuck with that decision and it's what destroyed Lorien and is destroying Earth right now."
"I don't know, Nine." John says. "It's not so easy holding someone else's life in your hands, especially when you were close with them."
Nine snorts. "Whatever, Johnny. I was shouting for him to kill the chump the whole time, but the dude didn't listen. Thanks for nothing, Pittacus."
John shakes his head, but Nine turns around before Four can talk any more about the vision. Unfortunately, it doesn't quite work. "What's done is done." John says, which causes Nine to turn around and watch his friend. "All that matters is killing Ra now. That's the mission."
Nine thinks about Six and the others in Mexico. Were they… What if… No. He can't be distracted by that. Not after Florida, when…
"Yeah, I'd also like to avoid being eaten by that Godzilla thing back in New York." He glances around the room, taking in all the books. Ironically, he and Sandor had read a lot of human literature over the years. Now, though, it was painful to look at the rows and rows of books. It reminded him too much of Sandor, who used to read random novels or whatever when he wasn't tinkering with his machines, or training Nine, or watching movies. Okay, so maybe he didn't have a lot of time to read. That didn't change the fact that Sandor had read whenever he could, and especially loved to read aloud or play audiobooks to Nine (especially the latter if he was still working on a project). "Ugh, books." Nine says anyways. "If only one of these could help us defeat Godzilla."
"I think we're in some kind of psychic waiting room." Four says after another minute. "Not sure why."
Seriously? THIS guy thinks that he's Pittacus Lore? Yikes. They're screwed. Did it really take him that long to figure out what was happening here? Ella talks in their heads, they see a movie about Ra and Lore, and then wake up here. Obviously, they're not in Kansas anymore, Dorothy.
"Cool." He says instead. "Maybe they're going to show us a movie."
"What do you think happened to Sam and Daniela? I saw them pass out at the same time as us."
"Beats the hell out of me." Nine replies.
"You'd think we'd end up in the same place."
"Do you really think that there's any logic to where in this psychic dream we ended up, Johnny boy? Because if there is, I have serious complaints about being here with you instead of Six."
Four laughs. "Right, right." The blond then went around the room, pulling on various books as if he were looking for some kind of secret passage to appear.
"What are you doing? You look hella ridiculous."
"We shouldn't be sitting around." He says, shooting Nine a glare.
"Dude, we're stuck here until Ella decides we can leave. We might as well enjoy it. I mean, we've been fighting our asses off for days, man. And even if this chair is a figment of my imagination or whatever, it's comfortable."
Instead of answering back, since apparently Four is too cool for conversation nowadays, he goes to the middle of the room and starts shouting for Ella.
"Dude, chill. We're here until Ella shows us her prophetic crap or whatever, and then we can go back to almost getting eaten by the big-ass Godzilla monster thing."
"I agree with Nine." Five says suddenly from just a few feet away from Four. Nine is on his feet immediately, and barreling towards Five to knock him to the ground. However, instead of hitting the damn traitor and knocking to the ground (for an intense ass-kicking to commence), Nine passes right through him and hits the bookshelves instead.
"Son of a bitch." He curses after the impact.
"There can be no violence here." Sandor suddenly says as Nine gets up.
"Sandor! What the hell?" Nine walks towards his dead Cêpan. "What are you doing here? How?"
He vaguely hears Four calling Sandor Henri and talking to the person as well, but they somehow manage to have their own separate conversations at the same time.
"I'm sorry I got the penthouse blown up." He says.
Sandor nods. "Don't apologize, young ward," he says, ruffling Nine's hair like the Cêpan had done when Nine was a kid. "After all, it wasn't your fault." Sandor glances over at Five before returning his attention back to Nine.
"Yeah, you're right. It totally was Five's fault."
"Yeah." Sandor begins to walk away, so Nine automatically followed him. "So, I hear about you and another Garde getting quite close."
"You mean Six?"
"Unless there's another girl I should know about." Sandor grins at him, and it's even happier than the grin he had used when Nine had told him about Maddy almost a year before. This grin was much brighter and happier.
"Um, no. Just the one."
"Good. Now, how are the Bulls doing this year?" He asks, and Nine momentarily forgets about everything else. As of now, it's just him and Sandor like it used to be; how it never will be again.
They walk through the hallway, and Nine grins when he sees Six, Marina, Adam, and another girl sitting in some chamber. "Oh, now you want to listen to her," Six, shaking her head, says to Marina. "Look, I don't know what you took away from that vision, but if I learned one thing it's that Pittacus Lore should've manned up and killed Setrakus Ra when he had the chance."
"Boom. See, Johnny? Six agrees with me." Nine says once she's done talking. Six whirls around, and a smile breaks across her face when she sees him. Almost immediately, he feels her wrap her arms around him, and he hugs her back just as tightly. "I'm so glad you're okay."
"Me too." Six says, stepping out of the hug after a long, long moment. She looks over his shoulder, and freezes. Ah, she's noticed Five.
"Yeah, the traitor's here too."
Marina takes a step forward, but Six is quick to put a hand on her arm to calm Marina down. "Careful, Ella brought us all here for a reason." Six reminds her.
Marina glowers at Five, but turns her attention to Nine and Four instead of attacking the traitorous bastard. Luckily, she won't have to find out the hard way what happens when anyone attacks another in this psychic dream thing.
"So you're battling Setrakus Ra and we're about to get eaten by a giant piken?" Nine asks once we've all finished sharing our stories. "Some timing this shit has." He crosses his arms and scowls. Then, he turns back to Six. "So, how close to killing him are we talking?"
"About to bash a rock into his skull." Six provides with a smirk. "And how close to getting eaten are you?"
"Eh, somewhere around the digestive tract." He jokes. She elbows him, and he grins. "Nah, the piken won't get me, Sweetheart. How pathetic would it be for me to get eaten when you're over in Mexico killing Ra? I'll live for you to gloat at least a little bit."
She smiles. "You better, Nine."
Ella suddenly appears behind Six, and Nine gapes at the little girl. She looks like she's been seriously shocked, with her hair floating up and everything. Electricity cackles around her, but Ella doesn't seem to notice. "Don't be scared by what comes next." She warns the Garde.
Suddenly, Setrakus Ra appeared in the chair beside Ella. He wore the same armor as before, but a black hood covered his face. Blue Loralite chains wrap around his body and keep him in place.
"What the hell?" Nine asks, looking between Setrakus Ra, Ella, and Six.
"What is he doing here?" Four asks.
"I had to pull in everyone who had been touched by Legacy." Ella explains. "It was all or none."
"You mean?" Six asks, a cautious smile on her face.
"Yes, the Entity. It didn't seem to mind when I gave it a name." Marina chuckles, and then the rest of the Garde –bar Five, of course –follow. It seems that the old Ella is still in there, after all.
"Is this Legacy going to come out and introduce itself?" Nine asks her. "I want to say what up and ask for some new powers." Beside him, Six chuckles softly.
"Legacy is here now, Nine." Ella replies. "He's in me, and around us all."
"Oh, okay." Nine says slowly. He looks over at Six, who shrugs, and then at Four, who also doesn't know the answer.
"Everyone, take a seat. Ra is fighting me to escape. I cannot hold this much longer. We must do what I called you here to do."
John and Marina are the first to sit down, closely followed by Lexa and Adam. Nine exchanges a glance with Six, who is staring at Ra with a vengeful expression on her face. Finally, he shoots her a look, as if saying, ah what the hell?, and then they sit down. Six sits beside Marina, and Nine sits in between Six and Four. Finally, Five takes the last empty seat, the one beside Ra.
"Perfect." Nine sneers. He notices that Six has placed her hand on his thigh –nearer to his knee than… –in an attempt to calm him down. He clenches his hands into fists and feels his jaw tightening, but he doesn't say anything else. Marina seems just as tense as he is, and he hears Six say something quietly into the other girl's ear. Honestly, it's ironic. Who would have thought that it would be Six telling him and Marina not to get angry and fight someone? Before Florida –why did he have to keep thinking about that? –it would have been the other way around.
"What now?" John asks Ella.
Ella looks like she concentrating on something, and the veins in her neck and forehead are sticking out with all of her concentration. "Now, I bring the others in."
"Others? What others?" John asks. But if Ella answers, no one hears her. The sound of hundreds of voices drowns everything out. Suddenly, there are rows of people sitting before the table.
Sam and Daniela sit in the front row, and they nod to the Garde. Nine nods back, and notices John and Six mouth greetings to the human kids. Well, Six was probably saying hello to Sam, not Daniela, since she doesn't actually know Dani. But in any case…
Nine nods to as many of the kids as possible, trying to smile and look reassuring to the many that look scared. When none of the others say anything, he says "What up." There are snickers, and Six shoots him an exasperated look.
Six and Four exchange glances, and then Johnny stands up to talk to the humans. While he talks Six elbows him. "Really? Is 'what up' the best you can do?"
He doesn't reply. When Bertrand says that he can control the bees, Nine snorts. "What a nerd." He whispers to Six. "Beekeeper."
She snorts quietly. "Nine, shut up. Four's making his speech about saving the world."
"You started it." He reminds her. "And are you saying that Four's 'Let's hold hands and save the world' speech is more interesting than me? I'm hurt." Unfortunately, he says that last part much louder than he meant to.
There are several chuckles and laughs among the crowd, and Four glares at both of them. He looks at them like, Really? Now?, but Marina chuckles. "Can you hurry this up?" Ella asks, her eyes shut in concentration. "I'm not holding this just so that the two of you can flirt, you know."
Suddenly, after that, all hell breaks loose in the room. Four glares at Nine and Six for the interruption, but now the humans won't stop talking and asking questions.
Finally, it seems that Six has had enough. "SHUT UP!" She shouts, sending a bold ot lightning down into the ground to catch everyone's attention. Instantly, everyone shuts up for her. "Look, we get it. You're scared and you have no idea what you're doing. That's…" she shakes her head. "Unfortunately, that's how we all felt, and how some of us still feel." She looks out over the sea of kids. "You've all been chosen to protect Earth. If you can, help us. If you don't help us now, just know that the Mogadorians will come for you. And then they'll kill you."
"That's all well and good, but how do we get to you lot? I'm guessing you're in America, so how do those of us not in North America get to you?"
"I can answer that." Ella says through gritted teeth. A map appears overhead, with several blue dots all over it. "Using the stones at those locations, you can travel to any other blue stone." She shudders. "I can't hold it any longer."
"Meet us in the US!" John shouts. "Help us defend Earth!"
Setrakus Ra suddenly escapes from his bonds, and he looks around the room. Kids scream in terror, and Five –who was sitting beside him –jumps away in terror. Nine sees Six prepare to charge at Ra, so he grabs her by the elbow. "He can't do anything to us here. I already figured it out." He gestures to Five. "Tried to kill the bastard earlier."
Six shakes her head. "He can do something. He's seen the kids. He'll go after them."
Nine swears, and the two of them rush at Ra. They try to distract him from the kids, but it doesn't work. Right as he's blocking Setrakus Ra's view of a huddle of kids, the vision disappears. He vaguely hears Six saying something in a threatening tone, but he can't make out the words. And then, he is back in New York and about to be eaten by a giant piken. Gee thanks, Ella. What wonderful timing you have.
Hey guys! Thanks so much for reading this chapter! Please review and tell me your thoughts.
~Nerd
PS This is the final chapter from The Fate of Ten, but I do have a lot of moments I'm planning on writing for United as One, so look for those in the future!