Hi. Sorry about not uploading in a while. I had writers block but I think it's gone now.

Thanks to the people who have reviewed or read or anything else. =)

Here is chapter 14, I hope you enjoy it.

I don't own the Lorien Legacies.

Six

"John, heal Ella," I say as I place her gently on the floor and then spin the Mog sword in my hand. I can't see who's waiting for us, but only one person knows where the Xitharis charged with my invisibility went. He said he lost it but it hardly surprises me that Five doesn't know the difference between losing something and stealing it. I remain invisible and listen carefully. John is firing at the Mogs and protecting Ella but over the noise, I can just hear the footsteps edging carefully towards me.

I reach out with my telekinesis and find Five with the Xitharis taped to his back. He must have crawled down to his chest after I'd smashed him into the wall and healed himself with a healing stone. Shame; now I'll have to beat him up again. Nine will be even more annoyed now that he's not getting to join me in this.

Five moves closer to me and I pretend to prepare to smash the Mogs with boulders. He charges and I spin round and kick him in the groin. Five hunches over and I use telekinesis to rip the Xitharis from Five's back where he's taped it. Five looks around, his remaining eye wide with shock, and I turn invisible and swing my sword down at him. Fives skin turns to metal and my blade skids off it. He tries to sweep my feet out from under where he thinks I am but I dodge his feet and push him into the wall with my mind. John throws a boulder at Five, which he deflects.

We don't want to hurt Five but neither of us are in the mood to do anything but leave this place. As John heals Ella I throw boulders at Five to keep him away. As soon as Ella's back on her feet, she starts throwing small boulders at the Mogs whilst John turns his attention to Five who's face is a mask of anger and madness. One of his arms change to rubber and it wraps itself around John's neck, the blade on his other arm extends but before he can use it I bring my blade down on Five's outstretched arm.

Five throws John into the wall behind me before he reels his bleeding arm back in. John's eyes go blank and empty as he slips down to the floor. Ella cries out as she sees him. Five grimaces with pain as the blood continues to run down his arm and onto the floor. I run at Five and knock him to the floor with a fast uppercut. He staggers back, injured but not unconscious. He can't see me but that doesn't stop him trying to locate me by feeling the space around him with his telekinesis. I keep moving as Five begins to hover above the ground, his arm dripping crimson rain steadily onto the floor.

A wave of telekinetic force sweeps the air sending rocks flying and Ella to the ground. I stay on my feet through pure luck – I'm partially protected by a rock. Five turns so his back to me and I unleash all the energy I have left towards him. Five goes flying outside of the cave and then onto the ground.

He yells in agony and I waste no time. From here, I can see that at least one of his legs is broken. He can't run after us and I don't think he's stupid enough to follow us by air. He'll bleed out soon enough if he tried. I sling John over my shoulder. The back of his head is badly bruised but Marina can heal him when we find her. Ella takes my hand and we run.

"You'll pay for this!" Five shouts as we leave, "The beloved leader would have forgiven you once but not anymore! He'll make you wish you were dead!"

Ella grips my hand tighter. I remember the nightmares she suffered and I can only guess how terrified she is right now. Hopefully those nightmares won't return. We break into a run as we reach the path back to the car. I notice the quiet immediately; the others are gone. Something went wrong. As we run, I notice the rocks, dirt and trees spread over the floor. It's clear an earthquake larger than any I could imagine stuck here. It makes life harder for me and Ella to run away but we leap over the rubble and ignore the Mogs that stick up from the rubble. Most of them are crushed but a few scouts are running into the woods, desperate to find the remaining garde.

As we dart through the forest as fast as we can the cracks in the rocks slowly disappear and the scouts thin out. I shift my hold on John and Ella speeds up, as if sensing how urgent getting to Marina. I didn't have enough time to asses John's injuries; we'll just have to hope it's not too bad.

It takes longer than I'd like to reach where we had parked the car and when we reach it, the car is long gone. I drop John and turn visible. There is a large bruise on the back of his head, I check his pulse and am relieved to find it steady and strong.

"He'll be okay, right?" Ella asks. She's nervously wringing her hands and keeps glancing at the bushes behind her. I don't blame her for being paranoid. We're still too close to the base for my liking. As soon as I've got the supplies we hid, we're out of here.

"I'm sure he'll be fine," I assure her, "We just need to catch up with the others."

Ella nods as I begin hunting through the roots of a large tree until I find the metal box filled with a few bits of food, a couple of bottles of water and a cheap phone.

I grab the phone from the box and pass Ella a packet of crisps, which she rips open and eats ravenously as I dial Nine's number.

Adam

The silence is broken by the ringing of a phone. Nine picks up and holds it to his ear as he speeds over the tarmac. I don't think he paid any attention to the speed limit and I completely understand why – the Mogs are almost certainly on our tail.

"Six?" he asks. Eight looks up from where he's cradling Marina's limp body. She's gone pale and started shaking a minute ago. We got another message from Sam about the same time saying that he could see that Sarah's wound, the one that killed her, is healed and that the ice is melting faster. We can only hope that this process doesn't drain Marina of all her energy.

Six says something to Nine and he looks worried. The worry doesn't last long and is quickly replaced by his usual sneer and then anger.

"I said I should have come! Why didn't you finish him off?!" Nine yells.

"Five," Eight explains. His hearing, like all Lorics, is better than mine so he's picking up some of the conversation, "Five's hurt John badly. I think he's unconscious."

"Six? What was that?" Nine asks again, some worry re-emerging and the anger quieting down a little. I hear a scream from the phone and the line goes dead.

We all exchange a glance before Nine turns a sharp u-turn and we begin the race back. Somehow today just got worse.