Chapter 11

Guys, I'm so sorry I forgot Daniela.. I'm new to this writing thing and there are so many characters! She's with Lexa and Mark, guarding the base! I apologize!

Ella

Maddy and I are quietly watching the fight about to happen from the rafters of the base. Setrakus Ra is standing above John and some trueborn Mog. Six, Nine, Marina, Sam and Adam are standing defensively around them. John looks like he's in a lot of pain.

Adam is staring in awe at the Mog next to John. The Mog nods a little and smiles.

Marina forms an icicle in her hand and tries to throw it at Ra, but he flicks it away with his finger.

"You won't stop me." He beams. I see John shift a little. Sam looks ready to run over to him, but he stops himself.

"Is he going to kill them?" Maddy whispers worriedly next to me. I decide to read Setrakus Ra's mind and find out.

Loric scum. Is all I can hear, before he blocks me out.

"Oh my. Is that you, granddaughter?" Setrakus Ra booms aloud. He looks up through the vent and sees me. I try to grab Maddy and duck down, but I'm too late. The vent crashes down and Ra stands over us.

"Trying to read my mind again?" he says. I gulp and sit up. Maddy looks terrified. When Nine sees her, he looks shockingly at Six, as if saying, 'WHY ARE THEY HERE!? THEY'RE JUST KIDS!'

John looks just about the same.

A swarm of Mogadorians run into the area and chain us up. I try to use my telekinesis, but as figured, Ra took away our legacies. We're all shoved into one big encased cell. Before locking the door, Setrakus Ra grabs John.

"We've got even more tests to run on you." he says bitterly. I shiver at the sight as John is dragged out of the room. The thing that scares me the most is the look on his face, like he's had enough and knows what's coming. He's not scared at all.

The others in the room look rigid. Nine just looks extremely furious. Beside me, Maddy tucks her head in her knees.

"Just last week, I was at my best friend's birthday party and now I'm stuck in some alien prison." she whispers. I gently hug her and rub her back trying to calm her down.

Adam is chatting with the other Mog in here. He notices us all staring at him and quickly explains.

"Oh. Um, this is Rex. He helped me rescue all the chimaera before I met John."

Everyone smiles at Rex and then goes back to worrying about what is happening.

"We'll never get out of here." Sam moans. Nobody responds, because he just might be right.

I hear shouting from down the hall.

"Who put a life sized statue of Phiri Dun-Ra outside?!" A Mog yells.

Five snorts behind me.

"What?" I ask him. I also Notice Nine grinning a bit.

"Daniela. She can turn people to stone." Nine exclaims.

"So Phiri Dun-Ra is dead?" Adam says a bit giddily. Five nods and Adam laughs.

We're all quiet for a minute, until a small explosion goes off. Mogadorians are screaming and running. It seems funny that an army of death machines would be screaming at a puny explosion. Most likely a distraction.

We all crowd around the door and watch through the bars. Finally, I notice three figures coming toward us, fast. It gets more clear that they're Lexa, Mark and Daniela. Lexa uses a pair of keys to unlock the door.

"We have to go fast! There's 5 bombs planted in here and they go off in five minutes. Back to the ship! Come on!" she yells.

"We have to get John!" Sam says. Everyone kind of freezes. Nobody knows where he is.

"I'll find him! Just go!" Mark says, stepping in. Nine, Six and Sam try to protest and say they'll find him, but Mark shoves them away and takes off.

We all run for our lives.

Mark

I seriously have no clue where I'm going. I've probably got 3 minutes to find John and get out of here.

I spot a sly looking Mogadorian and decide to discreetly follow it. It leads to a dark and dusty hallway. There's a chained up door at the end and I can hear screams coming from there. I sneak up behind the Mog. Quickly, I cover his mouth with my hand and punch him in the side of the head. He falls unconscious.

I search him and find a pair of keys. I hold my breath as it slides into the lock. One small turn and it's open.

I step into an open room. In front of me, John is strapped to the wall and Setrakus Ra stands there cackling at the hot liquid pouring down on him. I watch as it touches his neck and goes down his back. I cringe at the sight but then realize I've got no time to waste.

I pull out my gun and aim right at Setrakus Ra's ugly face. He gets startled and it hits him in the collar bone. As he stumbles back, I unchain John and hold him up. He looks down at Ra and then gasps. I try to tug him away, but he refuses and steps on to Ra's chest. He's knocked out as John rips the necklace of some weird symbols off his neck.

"John! We gotta go. This place is gonna blow any minute now!" I yell as I support him.

We run/limp out of the weird hallway and down a flight of stairs. That's when one of the bombs goes off right in front of us.

There's a gaping hole in front of us and a swarm of Mogs ahead. Piles of ash are scattered everywhere.

"We have to jump!" I say. I honestly can't tell if he'll make it.

I grab his arm and count down from three.

"Jump!"

We fly through the air and thankfully on to the other side. John stumbles and falls on his face. I pick him up and we run again. There are flames starting to rise and smoke is causing us to wheeze. I lead the way to the exit.

After the next three bombs go off, I realize the fifth and final one was going to be the biggest. Lexa told me that the other four were just warning bombs. The fifth would tear everything else that wasn't already destroyed down.

"HURRY!" I scream. John obviously pushes himself to go faster and we stumble towards the light just as the last explosion goes off.

Sam

I don't know what the hell I was thinking. I should've went with Mark to get John.

Six is biting her nails and pacing back and forth. Marina is sitting on the ledge of the ship looking numb, staring at nothing. Ella and Maddy are huddled together, quietly chatting. Nine is aggressively hitting a tree. Lexa is sitting on the ladder, ready to take off as soon as Mark and John come. Daniela is sitting on the grass next to me. Five is by himself under a tree. Rex and Adam are already inside the ship.

Whenever we heard the first explosion go off, everyone began to panic. Even though there was no clock, I could hear the seconds ticking faster as each explosion went off. I watched Lexa's expression get sadder as the very last bomb went off.

I'm about to scream. I can't let John or Mark die like this.

That's when we hear yelling. I scramble up and let out a deep breath when I see Mark practically carrying John down the hill. They're both coughing and wheezing. John looks so tired and weak. He's covered in blood and dirt.

Nine is the first to get there. He takes John from Mark and carries him over to the ship. I see John's eyelids flutter and he passes out. Mark follows us all inside the ship and sits down. Marina brings him a glass of water from the kitchen and he gulps it down.

"How do you guys live like this?" Mark asks hoarsely. I don't hear Six' s answer, because I go to see John. He's laying on a table and Lexa is cleaning his wounds. That's when I notice the scars on his wrists. Much like mine when I was in the base. I get a flashback of the liquid being poured down on me and I have to stop myself from thinking anymore.

Nine walks over to John and opens his hand. He takes out the necklace Setrakus Ra had around his neck.

"It's the pendants of One, Two and Three." he says astonishingly, examining the necklace. He runs out of the room to show Marina, Six and possibly Five.

I stay with John and Lexa.

"Need any help?" I ask Lexa. She smiles and gestures for me to sit down,

"Do you mind cleaning the rest of his wounds? I'll bandage him up." she says. I agree and take the cloth. Them Mogs must've beat him up pretty badly.

When we're finished patching John up, we leave him to rest and Lexa goes back to flying the ship, which was on autopilot.

I walk into the living room to see the others talking. They're also looking at the pendants.

"Why would he want those though?" Mark asks.

They all stop talking once I walk into the room.

"How's he doing?" Marina says, breaking the silence.

"He's stable. Just resting for now." I reply. Everyone sighs in relief.

"Ain't nobody gonna be sane at the end of this." Nine says.

I realize that he's actually right for once.

Finally some action! Longest chapter I've written to date. Please R&R :)