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The Uniters' Assistant: Chapter 11

-Alek P.O.V-

I wanted to turn around and run back to her. I wanted to take her into my arms and forgive her. I didn't know what to think. Was it possible that she was set up? Were they only trying to separate us so we weren't as strong? There were too many questions floating around in my head. I ran my hands through my hair and sighed. I stood there for a few minutes, just looking at the lake.

I had found this when I moved here two years ago. This was where I came when Chloe stopped talking to me. We had Biology together that year and she offered to work with me when I transferred. We would get an A on every project and we had become friends. I had to admit it though; I had started to fall for her. I knew it wouldn't work because I thought she was human. When I went out for the basketball team and made it, she started to distance herself. We would talk less and less. Then, one day, the teacher said we were changing partners. I was upset because I still wanted to be with Chloe. I was going to ask her if she wanted to be my partner again but she had already walked away and found someone else. That was the last time I talked to her until the day she threw my basketball down the hall. I had forgotten about my feelings by then and was able to ignore them. Until I started falling for her again.

She would always be with that human. That hurt me. I went out with Mimi because I really did like her, but I also wanted to see how Chloe would react. She seemed jealous at times but I couldn't tell. When it came down to it though, I like Chloe more than I would ever like Mimi. Now I really wished I hadn't let her go. I had to find her. I was starting to hear things.

Alek.

…Alek

I shook my head. Her voice was ingrained into my mind. I could almost hear it as if she were talking to me.

Help me Alek!

My eyes popped open. I could hear her. It was as if she was talking in my mind. All I knew was that she was in trouble. I turned and started to run up the hill.

I love you Alek.

Alek!

I'm coming Chloe, sheesh! When I got to the top, I saw someone closing the back door on a truck. I could smell Chloe. Her scent was something I could never miss. Then I saw Zane climb into the driver's side. No way were they going to take her from me! I sprinted over and just as he started the truck, punched in his window. I was surprised that he didn't see me coming. He snarled at me and opened the door. I backed away and glared at him. There was no way in hell that he was my brother.

"It's nice to see you again brother. If you just let us go, there will be no issues and you won't have to deal with the girl that hurt you so much." I growled and lunged at him. He was going down. I knocked him to the ground. He was beneath me but had a clawed hand around my neck. I aimed towards is throat but he stopped my hand. It was becoming difficult to breath. I tried again with my other hand. I ended up clawing his face and leaving five red lines in its wake. He let me go and put his hand to his face in an attempt to stop the bleeding. I hopped off and pulled him up by the shirt.

"I told you I would kill you. Any last words?" I saw him smirk and I snarled. How could he do that in a time like this?

"If you kill me… She dies. Again. My little helper will only have to push a button and she gets poisoned." My eyes widened. He wouldn't. My eyes flicked over to the second guy and he waved the remote, as if to taunt me. I glared at Zane. Then I threw him at the other guy. I caught him by surprise. I saw the remote drop out of his hand. They hit the side of the truck with a thud. I ran and picked up the remote. That was a close one.

"You really think you beat us? HAHA, that's funny!" I saw him take out another remote. The one I was holding was a fake. I squeezed it in my hand and it shattered. I was really pissed then.

"You bastards. You turn against your own race? I'm disgusted with you! There is no way that you are my brother! I never had one. Give me Chloe and I'll pay you and let you go… this time." I was trying to bargain with him. It didn't seem to be working. They just laughed. This made me angrier. They decided if Chloe died or lived and there was nothing I could do about it. Shit!

I saw a shadow on the top of the truck. I glanced up for a second and saw Cat. I hadn't even heard her! How she does it is beyond me. She waved and looked over the edge of the truck. Then she pounced.

When she landed on top of Zane, I lunged for the other guy. He was only taller than me by and inch, and it was clear he wasn't trained very well in the art of fighting. He punched me across the face and I fell to the ground. I tried to get back up, but I was dizzy. I remembered Chloe and forced myself back into a fighting stance. There was no way that they were going to take her from me. I felt my eyes shift and I lunged again. He was surprised that I could move, so I caught him off guard. I slit his throat easily. I looked over to see how Cat was doing. She had gotten control of the remote and was holding Zane to the ground. He was trying to get out of her grip but couldn't.

"Cat, I'll take over. Just get Chloe out of the back." She looked up at me and nodded. She was also in Mai mode. She hit him upside the head so he wouldn't go anywhere when she released her grip. I picked him up by the neck.

"I'll ask one more time. Any last words?" he glared at me and struggled. I squeezed tighter.

"Brian's working for the Order. And go to hell." My eyes narrowed, I knew it. I was going to kill him next.

"Thanks, and I'm working on it." That was the last thing I said before I sliced his neck open. I threw him to the ground and watched the blood pool around him. The things I do for you Chloe… I walked to the back of the truck where I saw Cat trying to wake Chloe up. My heartbeat sped up. Oh shit.

"Chloe? Come on Chloe, this isn't funny. Chloe?" She still didn't respond. I tried to listen to her heartbeat. It was faint and was slowing down. Crap!

"Chloe! Stay with us Chloe! Don't you dare die now!" I picked her up and laid her on the ground outside so I could see her better.

"Cat, go into the passenger side in the front, and in the glove compartment is a healing kit." I tossed her the keys and she ran to go get them. I ran my hand down Chloe's face. Her heartbeat continued to slow down. I removed the blindfold and took the fabric off from around her mouth. Keep fighting Chloe. Please stay alive. Don't give up. Cat came back with the box and I gave her a quick thanks and started to look for a poison detector. I found it and once I cleaned the needle, stuck it into her arm. It came back positive. I should have known that they put poison on the rag that was around her mouth. I gave her some antidote, but that was the only thing we could do right now. I lifted her up and saw a blood stain where her head had been. I touched the back and sure enough, my hand came back with her blood. Cat took some gauze and wrapped it around her head.

I had to get her home. I laid her down in the backseat and supported her head with her jacket. I told Cat to get in and she did. I got out of there as fast as possible. Didn't want to be here when either the cops or the Order showed up. We were a few minutes from the apartment when Cat said something that almost made my heart stop.

"Alek… She stopped breathing. I can't hear her heartbeat anymore." I pulled over into an ally, hopped out and pulled Chloe out. Cat was right. She wasn't breathing. I clutched her to me. I knew she would come back, but it was my fault that she had to die again. I laid her back down in the back seat.

"Son of a bitch!" I punched the dumpster that was next to me. It left a dent. Why? Why did I have to be so stubborn and not believe her? She might still have seven lives left.

"Alek… Come on. We have to get her back to the apartment." Cat put her hand on my shoulder. She really was a friend. I nodded and got back into the car.

-Chloe P.O.V.-

Everything hurt. That is the only thing I can really be sure of at this moment. It was dark. I couldn't see anything. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that my eyes were closed. I opened my eyes with difficulty. It was bright. Too bright. There was nothing, it was just white. There was a sudden flash and I had to cover my eyes. There was a beautiful women standing in front of me. She wore a shimmering gold dress and had strait blonde hair. Her eyes were slit like a cat's. Basset. I don't know how I knew, but I did.

"Basset?" I whispered. She smiled at me warmly. I was terrified. I was frozen in place.

"My child, do not be afraid. You are the one I picked to rule beside me. You are the Uniter. I need you to save our people. I picked you because I knew that you would have a tie to humans that nobody could break. You refused to accept yourself as a full Mai. For that, I am proud. The only way to end this war is to make peace with humans, not separate ourselves." I was panting. I didn't know what to say. I didn't know if I should say anything. I wanted to ask her so many things. I opened my mouth but shut it again quickly. She only smiled again.

"My dear child, you may ask me anything. But I must tell you, this will not happen every time you die." My eyes widened. I died? I looked at my feet. I didn't even notice that I had stood up.

"Basset… How is it that the curse does not apply to me? I kissed a human, and he didn't die." She answered calmly.

"I guess it's better to start with the easy questions. You are the Uniter, what good would you do if you could not bond with humans in a way that no other Mai could?" I shrugged my shoulders and nodded. She smiled at me, and then she seemed to float over to me. I was terrified once again. She put her hands on my face.

"How am I supposed to save an entire race?" I asked quietly. She looked down at me. I realized then that she was breathtakingly beautiful. She was everything every girl wanted to be. But then I realized some resemblance. Between me and her. Her hair was my color but strait. She was a taller than me. I could see the similarities in her face. She looked almost exactly like me, but older and much more beautiful. She smiled as she seemed to realize that I was noticing this.

"My soul is in you. You are almost a direct reincarnation of me. We do look alike. I am always with you. You could almost say that I am you. Only a few people can see me through you. Your friend Cat, she is one of the ones gifted with the sight. So are Alek and Jasmine." My eyes widened. I was her reincarnation? "These three Mai each have three lives to assist you in completing your destiny. The only way to save our race, is to sacrifice your life and happiness. It's up to you to figure out what that means." She started to fade away. I reached for her. I still had no idea how I was supposed to do this.

"Wait, Basset…" I called after her. She smiled.

"I believe in you… Chloe." There was a flash and everything was dark once again.

I gasped in air and my eyes popped open. I shot into a sitting position. It was somewhat dark but there was light filtering through a window. I looked around. I was in a room I didn't recognize. I started to panic. I hopped out of bed and immediately felt dizzy. I sat back down and put my head in my hands. Then I realized that I wasn't wearing my clothes. Instead, I had a shirt on that was too big for me. The scent of the shirt hit me right then. Mint and forest wafted up my nose. I relaxed instantly. Alek. I heard voices coming from outside the room. I tuned in my hearing.

"… nice to meet you. They told me about you. I can't thank you enough, you're making our jobs easier." Jasmine. I guess she's now home from school. But it sounded like they haven't told her about my dying yet.

"Well thank you, but I'm just doing my job. And it's still not easy. Chloe died. I'm sorry, I couldn't save her." It was silent for a while.

"Don't take all the blame for it Cat. I should have been there. It's my fault too." Alek said. He was beating himself up about it? I should have been more careful. No one is at fault besides me.

"There's nothing we can do about it now. We just need to make sure she doesn't lose any more of her lives, she only has six left. Where is she now?" She was starting to sound more like her mom every day.

"In the spare room. I'll go check to see if she has woken up." I heard Alek start to walk toward the room. I rushed back over to the bed and jumped on it. I tried to make it look like I just woke up. No such luck. I ended up almost landing on the edge of the bed, so when I rolled over, I ended up rolling off the bed. I landed with a loud thud.

"Ow, damn… real smooth Chloe." I muttered to myself. The door burst open, with Alek looking frantic. I pulled myself off the ground and balanced myself on the bed. He looked at me and relaxed his shoulders. He came over to me and helped me up. He pulled me close and buried his face in my neck. I wrapped my arms around him. I don't know how long we stood there.

"I'm so sorry Chloe. It's my fault. I should have been there to protect you." I held him tighter as my response.

"No Alek. I should have been more aware of my surroundings." I told him firmly. He pulled back so he could look me in the eye.

"I'm also sorry about not believing you. I lose my composure when it comes to the human. Speaking of, shouldn't he have warned us?" I nodded. I should have known we couldn't trust him to warn us. I ran my hand down Aleks face. He closed his eyes. I wanted him to kiss me. To let me know that he was truly sorry. He opened his eyes again and smiled. Then he kissed me gently. I always seem to forget that he figured out the whole mind reading thing. I'd worry about that later. It didn't last long, but it was enough. I giggled and hugged him. He was strong and steady. I never wanted to let go. Then I remembered that I haven't called my mom in a few days. She was probably worried. I pulled away. I saw my purse on the table. I had two missed calls from my mom and had two new messages, one being a voicemail. I listened to the voice mail my mom left first.

Hey Chloe, I haven't heard from you in a while and thought I should call you. I hope everything is alright, call me back when you get this. I love you Kiddo!

I smiled. I just loved my mom so much. Then I looked at the text. It was sent at 10:30 this morning. It was from Brian.

Hey they sent someone to kidnap you Chloe! It was someone named Zane. Be careful!

I sighed. So he had tried to warn us. He probably sent that when I wasn't in the car to hear it. I looked up at Alek. I was about to speak, but he nodded, as if he already knew. He smirked at me and I rolled my eyes.

"Can you explain to me why I'm wearing your shirt?" I raised my eyebrows and crossed my arms. He laughed and walked over to me.

"I just thought that you would be more comfortable in them than what you were wearing." I rolled my eyes again.

"Alek, you are not allowed to undress me unless I am hurt or I tell you that you can." I put my hands on my hips. He just smirked. He took my arms and ran his hands up and down them. After the second time he did that, he ran them down my sides and stopped at my hips. He pulled me closer. My heartbeat sped up.

"Only when you tell me I can? But that's no fun." He pushed me down on the bed. He crawled on so he was hovering over me. He kissed me passionately and ran his hands over my thighs. He pushed the shirt up so it was just below my breasts. He slipped his tongue into my mouth and started to massage mine. He felt so amazing and he always knew just what to do to make me want him.

I wrapped my legs around him. I really wish we would never have to stop but things just don't work that way.

"You are aware that there are other people in this house right?" We jumped apart. I pulled my shirt down and blushed. Cat stood in the doorway with her arms crossed and a look on her face that made me think of my mother.

"As long as you use protection and I'm not around, go for it. But right now, we have a few things we need to talk about." We both nodded and she walked out. I stood up and started to look for my clothes.

"They're folded on the desk over there." I heard Alek say. I looked over in the other corner, and sure enough, they were. I grabbed them and turned around to face Alek. I nodded my head at the door to indicate that he needed to leave. He looked at the door then back at me. He just lay back on the bed and smirked at me. Sometimes he was such a perv. I walked into the bathroom and locked the door.

After changing back into my black skinny jeans with a white t-shirt and sparkly black scarf, I walked out past Alek and into the living room. I sat on the couch across from Cat. Alek sat next to me and Jasmine on my other side.

"Well, now that more members of the Order are dead, they won't be very happy. They are going to attack much more fiercely. After all, we did kill one of their best assassins, Zane." Cat said. My eyes widened and I looked at Alek. His face was a mask and I couldn't read him. "With Valentina still in a coma, we are weaker, and the Order seems to know that. Something tells me that the time for the final battle is coming. We have to be careful. I actually think it would be a good idea to go into hiding for a few weeks." We were all silent. Until I decided it was time I voice my opinion in all of this.

"No way! I'm not going into hiding! The three of us have school, and my friends and my mom, what about them? I am not going to hide when I'm supposed to be fighting. I talked with Basset when I died. She told me how to save the race. I'm not entirely sure what it means yet, but I'm figuring it out." They all looked at me with open mouths.

"You saw Basset? What did she say?" Jasmine asked me.

"Yeah, I saw her. She said that I needed to sacrifice my life and happiness. I think it means that I need to meet with the head of the Order and sacrifice myself for everyone. I think I need to let them capture me and let them keep me. At least for a while, not forever." It was silent again.

"Not a chance. Never going to happen. We will all go into hiding and we will stay there for a few weeks, and then come out and beat the Order" I turned to Alek. His face was set in determination. So was mine.

"Alek, this is my job. It's what I'm supposed to do. I know that you don't like it, but it may be the only way." He shook his head.

"There is never only one way to do things. We will figure something out so you don't have to do that." I narrowed my eyes at him. I was not going to lose this fight.

"Alek, do you think I want to do this? Do you think that I want to give up my life? I don't. I never asked for any of this. You don't understand the pressure of knowing that you're supposed to save an entire race! It's not an easy thing to carry. We need to end this war soon, or else the human race might be in trouble too. This is the fastest way to end things. And when I get back, everything will be over and it will all go back to the way it was, just without the Order." He clenched his fists. He was arguing with himself over this too, I could tell.

"I don't want you to get hurt. Maybe I don't understand, but that's because you're not letting me. You think you have to do everything on your own and you don't. You don't talk to any of us about it! We are here to help you Chloe, but we can't do that if you don't let us." I was taken aback. I thought they were helping me. I looked down and started to cry. I couldn't do it. I don't know what my life turned into. I didn't want to be here. I wanted everything to go back to normal, before my sixteenth birthday. I was tired of this drama and pain. I clenched my fists and ran out the front door. I didn't bother with the elevator, I took the stairs.

When I ran outside, it had clouded over and it looked like it was going to rain. I just ran home. The tears were pouring down my face and I couldn't hold it in. I climbed through my open window, because I had left my keys at the apartment. Once I got in, I closed and locked every door and window. I just sat on my bed and cried.

I don't know how long I sat there. I just listened as it started to rain. I walked over to my dresser and pulled out one of Aleks shirts. I inhaled his scent and tried to breathe normally. It just made me cry again. It was times like this I wish I could talk to my mom. I looked out the window and saw it down pouring. I didn't know why it had to be me dragged into this. I unlocked my window and climbed out onto my roof, being careful not to slip. I walked up to one of the edges and looked over it. I wasn't suicidal, but I wanted to just jump over the edge, just to prove that my lives were disposable. What was one less life anyway? I stood on the edge and let it pour down around me.

"Chloe, what are you doing?" I whirled around and almost slipped. Alek grabbed my arm and pulled me down off the ledge. I looked at him, surprised.

"Alek… I…" He looked at the ledge and then back at me. I looked away from him

"Chloe, tell me you weren't planning to jump." His face held worry. I didn't want to tell him anything.

"If I did that, then I'd be lying." I said quietly. His eyes widened. He picked me up bridal style and I let him take me back to my room. I just wrapped my arms around his neck.

He sat down on my bed with me in his lap. I didn't know what to say.

"Why Chloe? That's all I want to know. Why were you planning to jump? Why do you want to give yourself up to the Order?" I looked at him. There was pain in his eyes. I gave the only answer that had been running through my mind ever since I left.

"Because I don't know who I am anymore." I whispered. I didn't care if it made sense or not. I reached up and kissed him.

"I want you. You help me remember."

What did I tell you! I told you it would be longer! Anyway, not much to say except REVIEW! I think this story is finally going to start moving. Haha The final battle is coming. What will The Mai chose to do? The only way to find out is to review as fast as you can! Much love and yours truly Sam.