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John's POV

Betrayal cut deeper than any knife ever could, my chest heaved and throbbed dully. An ear splitting boom cracked at our ears, her sonic boom resounding. She had made the Earth rumble with fury, some cracks had even appeared along the vast field.

I watched her run so fast that she was gone when I blinked. She took off in some random direction, north maybe?

I was paralyzed as I watched her crumple Nine, an absolute giant, to the ground by just making eye contact with him. He had yelled his throat raw, rapid tears had cascaded down the rough planes of his face.

The deepest betrayal had been when she basically morphed into a completely different person in front of our eyes. Her blond hair had fluidly changed to jet black locks, her striking green eyes to a soft hazel.

The fact that I actually had no idea what she actually looked like unnerved me. It made me feel like everything we had between us was fake. We had built a kind of bond when she let me teach her how to use her telekinesis and now it was broken.

I longed to run after her, try and give her a chance to prove herself and explain how this was all just some big misunderstanding. But I stood rooted to my spot, I made no move to chase her. An aching feeling spread through my chest, a mixture of loss and something that faintly resembled heartache.

I wish that I could turn back the clock, make things go back to how they were. But as I stared at this broken version of Nine that laid at my feet, somewhere deep inside me, I doubted that it ever could.

Five's POV

I ran as the world swam around me and my lungs burned. Deep regret rooted itself inside me, but anger still blossomed in me. The ground had stopped shaking, yet I continued sprinting. As I felt the world beneath my feet, I realized that I was left to see red all by my own.

I was all alone. Again.

A heavy panic pressed itself against my chest, I stopped running. I was scared of being all alone again; I had just finally made myself at home with the garde.

I looked up to see I was entering some city called Omaha. Just great, I entered the corn field populated Nebraska.

I knew I had screwed up badly, but the fear of being alone outweighed running away forever. Besides we all had a duty to stop the mogs and I wasn't about to drop out. So instead of proceeding into the town, I turn and ran back to Kansas.

My angered faded as I slowed my speed to less than the one of sound, instead guilt overcame me. Nine had acted way out of bounds, but what I did was also unacceptable. Something in me had just snapped and I lost it. Still, I had no right to go and use his deepest fears against him. I had lied to the garde about my abilities and now it had all come back to bite me in the ass.

I reached the neighborhood where we had been staying in. Well you could barely call it a "neighborhood". There was dozens of acres of woods between each house, privacy was guaranteed. I chose some random piece of woods and ran deep into it.

Tall oaks towered over my small frame, the harsh sun never made it passed the thick greenery. It was quiet, the occasional bird hooted in the background.

I was exhausted and it was definitely not from the running; that would never happen.

I breathed in the earthy smell of the forest and in that moment it seemed like when I exhaled, every ounce of anger left me. When I inhaled again, all this sadness whooshed into my lungs and spread to the rest of my body.

I had forgotten an important lesson I had learned ages ago; sadness almost always took angers place once it left.

Fat tears rolled down my face as I plopped down against a big giant oak. Nine brought out the worst in me and transformed me into a monster. I was ashamed of what I had done; I had completely exploited my legacies.

I wasn't the only one at blame, but that wasn't an excuse to turn into a monster.

I had tried to bury my secret legacy down yet it had managed to surface and ruin something good I had started.

A new realization had dawned on me, John probably hated me now. He knew I was weak and wasn't capable of fighting anything. I had lied and betrayed his trust; he had all the right to hate me.

I placed my head in my hand and just cried; a hefty weight was taken off my shoulders

While I sobbed, I felt my hair change lengths. I gasped and sat up straight. One of the few things I had managed to actually control was my shifting legacy, now even that was backfiring on me.

I looked down to see my hair had turned into its actual dull brown. It had grown down to the middle of my back and was the color of the dirt I sat on.

Something inside me clicked; I had just turned into my original self.

My eyes grew to the size of saucers while chills ran down my back. I hadn't turned into myself since I was 12.

It was scary to think I was in my true appearance; I worked hard to suppress it. When I was younger, I made a vow to not show my real self. I had thought it would be easier to cope with Will's loss every time I looked into the mirror. It seems silly to think that now. The pain and reminder of loss was one of the few constants in life and there was no way to run from it.

I sighed and wiped the few remaining tears from my face.

I would have to learn and adjust to the feeling of being in my own skin. It was about time to face my demons.

My heart had finally slowed down and I could almost feel the adrenaline leave my system.

That's when the excruciating pain hit me at full force.

I crumpled against the moist Earth, I curled into the fetal position.

My head pounded behind my eyes, I could barely focus my eyes. The throbbing I felt in my skull confirmed that I had a concussion.

My right side was completely on fire; I was almost positive I cracked a few ribs.

It was amazing some adrenaline high could keep me feeling like I was about to die.

I laid as still as possible on my back, my eyes barely fixated on the brilliant trees above me.

Every breath I took felt like I was pouring gasoline into the raging fire in my side.

An unnecessary sad thought flitted across my thoughts while I writhed in pain; nobody came running after me. Sadder thought was that I didn't blame them one tiny bit.

Little stars swam in my vision, they did their mocking dance while I tried to keep from groaning.

All I wanted to do was to fall asleep, I mentally pleaded for slumber to overcome me. Finally, luck decided to be on my side for just this once. Sleep slowly came over; the fire seemed to lessen. The throbbing in my head gave the impression of some distant memory and the darkness behind my eyelids felt homey.

Apparently my luck was short lived because when I lost consciousness, a pair of cold, crystal eyes started to compose a symphony of nightmares.

I woke up to the snap of a twig. I wanted to rush and sit up, but the aching refrained me from doing so. I laid on the ground as still as possible and tried not to breathe too fast or hard.

It was now dark; the moon had already stolen the suns place. Little streams of moonlight managed their way through the thick vegetation and barely illuminated the forest.

The heavy footsteps neared me and I wanted the Earth to swallow me. Ironically, I knew I could do that. But I was also aware I would suffocate if I did.

The steps were now about ten feet away and the person would have to be blind if they hadn't spotted me yet.

"Hello? Is someone there?"

The voice was smooth and sounded frighteningly familiar.

He came closer until his shadow fell over me.

"Gracie is that you?"

A/N: Hope y'all caught my Shawn Mendes reference ;) I love him to bits! I also low-key threw in a shout out to the city that Jack and Jack (love em both very much) are from! Their new ep is great and the music video for "California" is fire!

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