Chapter 14: Trying to Stop Fate

Reaper

I needed to do something; I couldn't just let Hunter get away with hurting Angy and threatening to hurt everyone in New York City. So once I saw Kieran come into the hospital I left right after, he didn't even see me. When I got in my car I wasn't sure where exactly to look for Hunter…That turned out to be a lesser problem than I first thought. A large crowd of people were gathered at the bottom of a building looking up.

"Oh god…"

Hunter was climbing up the side, breaking windows and using them as stairs to climb higher up. People were confused; some ran away but most just stopped to stare in wonder. "Hunter get down!" I tried yelling up to him, but he couldn't hear me over the screaming. When he got to the top he roared as if he was some green giant, at least that was what he looked like in his beast form. Hunter looked down at us and with his mental powers he lifted a few taxis off the ground and hurled them into nearby buildings. "You're going to tear this city apart..." Cops finally made it to the scene, drawing their weapons at him. But this pissed me off because I wanted to be the one to take him down, not the police. I tapped my hand on one of their shoulders then knocked him out with my elbow. I took his gun and aimed it at Hunter. I fired a single shot into his back then took off running, hoping to get him away from the police and crowds.

It was working; he was chasing me…bloody from the wound. I dodged cars that he tried to throw in my path, but I did tumble a few times. Finally we were in an open field that was part of a plastics plant…The smell was unbearable. At that moment I turned to face him, "Why did you betray Angy like that? And everyone else at the mansion? Is that what you do, take advantage of people then completely loose it? She's trying to help you Hunter, but now you don't deserve it at all." I took off my gloves and shoved them in my pocket.

"I take what's mine…" he laughed in response.

I shook my head pointing the gun at him, "Angy's son isn't yours…and never will be." He started to approach me, "He's being born right now…I made sure of that. Keep that little Kieran out of the way so I can take the city and kill you."

I started to back away each step he took forward, "How did you do that?"

"I can do a lot of things Reaper…anything I put my mind to…" Suddenly the gun was thrown to the ground and my hands were pulled tightly behind my back; he stepped closer and brushed my cheek with his hand, "See? My power is greater than any mutant in New York City." I fought to free my arms but his mental hold on them was tighter than my strength, I was able to only back away as he touched my face, "Don't you dare touch me..." I growled.

Hunter just laughed at me again, "Fine with me…" He pushed me down on the ground. Looking up I noticed dark clouds were moving in…now I was scared, this wasn't a match I could win. Lightning flashed across the sky then struck the ground just a few feet from us. He was going to kill me….this was it. "You're right Reaper, I am going to kill you…don't worry I'll make sure it's really slow."

My head shook in disbelief; he was hearing my thoughts now.

Just when all hope seemed to be fading from under me someone else decided to show. Kieran got out of his car and started running towards us.

"STOP! STOP!" he was shouting and we both just looked at him as if he was insane. "I don't want….you…killing each other..." he explained out of breath from running over to us.

"Kieran are you insane! You should be with Angy right now..."

His eyes found the gun lying on the ground and moved towards it but Hunter used his mental force to push Kieran a couple feet back.

"Now…where were we?" he looked at me with his mysterious dark eyes.

But Kieran wasn't giving up at all…unknowing to Hunter he went into a gas form before getting the gun and pointed it at him, "Let her go or I shoot!"

Hunter put his hands up and released me. I looked around hearing sirens…someone was coming this way...but it was not the NYPD. Hunter seemed well aware of this and looked to be planning his escape. That was…until a chopper came in.

Now everything from this point on went in slow motion, or so it seemed to me. Out of the corner of my eye I could see a steel pole that Hunter tore from a fence. It was flying straight at Kieran…but he didn't see it coming from behind him. My quick judgment was to get him out of harm's way.

"Get down!"

He didn't move so I ran over to push him out of its path, but instead of striking Kieran the pole went straight through my midsection, impaling me. I screamed out in pain, shaking and lost feeling in my legs and fell to the ground on my knees.

Hunter was laughing, "That was amazing! Do it again!" he applauded but his giggles soon ended when the man in the chopper got a clear shot and fired rounds of tranquilizer darts at Hunter. The beast collapsed to the ground asleep and a team moved in to collect him…not giving a care about me or Kieran.

He came next to me, shocked I think to see I was still conscious and alive.

"Why did you do that Reaper?"

I started crying… "Angy needs you…I…I was too slow."

It was a horrible pain…. I was losing blood fast. "Hold me…" I collapsed sideways into his arms. "You knew didn't you? That's how you got here…" I asked him seeing the outline of the phone in his pocket.

He nodded, "Hunter too, but it looks like someone has taken him away…they seemed government. So strange, I thought you couldn't cheat your death. He seems to have done just that."

"Kieran…I'm dying…It hurts so bad."

He held me and kissed my head, "I know…I didn't think you could die."

I honestly thought so too, "I wish my dad was here...He'd make it better…why isn't he here?" I cried, getting my tears on his shirt.

I couldn't hang on any longer to wait for him to rescue me. Every breath I took could difficult, it was heavy and stung. Never had I felt pain like this, but I couldn't scream anymore. Looking over I noticed another car pulled up, it was Erika's. "Tell Angy I stopped him back in the city, he's more powerful than we all could have imagined."

I looked away from my cousin and closed my eyes, he was quiet but I could have sworn I felt something wet fall on my forehead. "Kieran? Don't forget to take my soul…" I touched his gloved hand knowing he'd do the deed once I died. When my eyes opened everything came into focus and then it all faded away.