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Emily/Five POV
OK so having Mogadorians bust in through your room is not cool. And especially after a sad moment – definitely not cool. Right now I'm... actually I don't know where I am. I try to think back to what happened after the hotel room fight... oh sh*t, Eight teleported us.
My eyes open instantly, almost like a reflex. The sky is burning hot, I'm probably getting a tan – and cancer if I don't move. I look at my surroundings. It's a meadow field. The yellowy-green grass stretches far, and then a reddish-brown ground starts. I hear someone moan.
"F*ck-k" One says, opening her eyes and rolling over. Classic One. I help her get up; she stretches out her arms and legs, and wipes her jeans clean. I smile at her; she raises an eyebrow back as if she's saying, really? We're lost and you're smiling, we don't even know where Eight is. Wait... Eight.
"Eight?!" I shout, looking around desperately, One joins in. I hear a shuffle and spin around. Eight gets up from behind us.
"Oh, hey guys, What's up?" he asks casually, One laughs at the expression on my face and at the way Eight responds.
"Eight... WHERE ARE WE?!" I shout, he flinches so much that he nearly falls down. One stops laughing but I can see her smirking widely in the corner of my eye, trying not to laugh; but failing miserably. Eight smirks a bit but then his grin drops. He rubs the back of his neck and looks around.
"Uhh, my guess is... not in Florida anymore" he says, looking back at me. I face palm and pick up the bags about 10 feet away from us. Eight takes the duffel bag from me and slides it over himself.
"Wait, didn't you say that you could only teleport 250 feet at best?" One perks up following me and Eight through the long grassed meadow. She's got a point.
"I don't know, when I teleported I felt a sudden surge of power, and then just teleported without knowing where to go" he says, looking confused like the rest of us.
"Well, let's find out where we are first" I say ending the conversation and flying up to get a bird's eye view on our surroundings.
There's about a mile or 2 of empty land between us and the nearest town-looking place, behind us and to our left are tall trees that block my view of the ground below them. A few birds fly from the trees and a cool breeze starts up. I float down, I land a little less gracefully than I usually do; the teleportation must have made me a bit exhausted, I can't imagine how Eight feels.
"There's a town about a mile or 2 that way" I say pointing to our right. Eight nods and One smiles.
"We'll get some food whe-" an ear-splitting roar cuts Eight off, and all of us duck in the longs grass.
Emerging from the tall trees to our left are 3 full grown Pikens and a large looking man... oh sh*t that's a brute! Two squadrons of Mogs and a small girl follow the brute, the girl's reddish hair whips in the once calm breeze. She gives a smile. She's with the Pikens, Mogs and brute, but her face makes me feel like I can trust her.
Eight looks to me, One crawls over looking shocked and a hint of happiness is hid in her eyes.
"Did you see the girl?" Eight asks crouching further down, I nod, and One comes closer,
"I think I know her" she whispers to us, our eyes widen and at that very point the ground shakes beneath us from the oncoming stampede of 3 Pikens...
One day earlier...
Unknown POV
I'm not in a good place right now.
"What are you doing here?" Zarkos asks again, this time much firmer. He walks towards me; the 5 armed vat-born soldiers follow him cautiously. My hands slide slowly behind my back, I have 2 pistol sized Mog blaster there. I'm lucky because there are no security cameras in this lab and hallway.
"I was checking on the Third" I say without hesitation. Zarkos looks at me, studying my expression to see if I am lying. I am, but I'm a really good liar.
"I was also curious about the cellular technology you used on Number Two" I say, putting every bit of persuasive tone into my answer. He pauses a bit then grins.
"Well good sir, I'm glad you are interested, come with me" he says, ushering me towards him, he walks towards the large computer below Two's bio-canister; which is now empty. On my way there, I see 2 of the 5 vat-borns go outside the door, 1 follows us and the 2 others guard the door exit. I look around for a quick way out, I spot a large fire extinguisher, I know, Mogs have fire extinguishers – amazing!
I catch up to Zarkos who is nearing the end of the room, next to the computer. I quickly pull out my Mog pistol and place a silencer on it; the Mog next to me doesn't suspect anything. I look to the ground and keep walking.
"Well Commander, you have disappointed me" Zarkos says, I look up from the ground, the end of a handgun sits about 3 inches away from my face, Zarkos on the other end. I'm shocked at first but then form a quick plan. The other Mogs at the door can't see us, due to the large piece of machinery blocking their view. The Mog next to me has his blaster pointed at me, but he's about 3 meters away from me.
"Sorry doctor" I say before ducking out of the guns direction, I roll backwards and elbow the vat-born soldier in the stomach, he doubles over. Zarkos is shocked for a second then shoots his handgun, I spin over the vat-born solider and use him as my 'human shield'. He turns to ash after all 3 shots are fired. I pull out one of the Mog pistols and a knife about 6 inches long. I jump roll to my left, and shoot Zarkos in the chest, he falls in a seizure-like movement.
The other 4 Mogs have piled at the door now, probably wandering what the gunfire was. I shoot the fire extinguisher next to them; it explodes sending out a smoky gas blinding them. One runs out in my direction, I jump to my feet, I run towards him, slicing his throat in the process; he turns to ash behind me. I shoot the 3 silhouettes of the vat-borns still in the smoky gas. They each drop and when the gas clears, three piles of ash lie on the ground.
I walk back to Zarkos, he sits there, blood drops out of his mouth, his eyes are open – he's dead. I clean up my tracks and download as much information onto a flash drive I brought in with me. I suddenly hear footsteps and shouting in the hallways, I quickly look to Three, maybe next time Garde. I loosen the sedation dosage on him and reduce the bio-canister wall strength. I slip through the back door and see just as I'm about to leave, 2 Mogadorian soldiers run in their guns aimed. They look around and go to the dead body of Zarkos.
I close the door behind me and run out into the dark of the night...
The present day...
Two POV
I was happy staying with Ella. Having another Loric to be with is very nice. From when I woke up from suspended animation till now, I've been on complete alert. I decided to keep my mouth shut and just go along with an act. Ella understands...
I dodge a blow from a Mogadorian vat-born and roll back and jump to my feet. I'm not very good at combat; I'm more of a mind person. But Conrad always said that your mind is stronger than muscle in the battlefield.
The Mog pulls out an automatic Mog blaster – it's pretty much a machine gun version of the usual Mog blaster. I quickly construct a mental combat plan.
I use by Technokinesis ability and disrupt the fire power of the automatic blaster. The vat-born is stunned for a second, I charge at him and punch his jaw, blood pours from his lip as I regain my footing. I turn around for another hit, and surprisingly the vat-born tackles me to the ground, a knife in his hand – he's trying to stab me!
I'm shocked for a second then my mind disposes of my stunned state. 2 pressure points and 1 stun attack, floating rib, trapezes and voice chords. In one fluent movement, I punch the Mog in the side, just above his floating rib, he grunts in pain, which allows me to disarm him. I quickly roll over and kick is voice box, he is choking now and shocked – I send an elbow down to his trapezes, he falls to the ground. He quickly rolls over and reaches for his knife, I grow to about 12 feet tall and kick him in the side – he goes flying into the opposite wall and disintegrates on impact.
A bell rings to signal the end of training. I'm sweaty and covered in blood that's partially mine and partially the Mog's. Ethan gives me a Healing Stone, he apparently found it while looking through the Mog base – but I don't buy it. I wince a bit at the pain but it's soon over and I walk with Ella to our room.
I undo my hair and let it fall down; I hop in the shower and let the hot water run over the once cuts and bruises. Once I'm done, I get out of the shower, put on some clothes and sit on my bed and read. The only book that's not about Mogadorian Causes and the Great Expansion is To Kill a Mocking Bird. I love this book, I've already read it about 2 times before, but I reread it again and again.
Once Ella gets out of the shower and dresses she sits on her bed and lies down. I put the book down and face her.
"So what are the other Garde like?" I ask Ella, we're both on our beds; just two girls talking to each other. She sits up and faces me.
She is about to tell me, but then reaches over a touches my forehead. Instantly images are rushed into my mind. After about 3 minutes I look amazed at her, a tear forms its way down her face. There's a long pause between us...
"I'm sorry about Eight" I say and hug her, she hugs back and cries into my shoulder. From what I saw Eight was the joker and funny character of the Garde, and apparently Seven's crush – everyone liked him. I saw him die, sacrificing himself to save Nine – Five stabbed him. Five... that bastard betrayed our race! How could he?
Ella pulls back and gives a small smile and wipes away the last of her tears. I find myself doing the same thing; those images were very heartbreaking. Just as I'm about to go to the fridge a knock sounds at the door. I look to Ella, she has a scared yet cautious look on her face, I put my finger to my lips and slowly walk towards the door. Ella gets up and stands where she it, her eyes turn reddish-orange; she ready. I open the door, and before me stands Commander Rexicus Saturnus, our overseer.
"Number Two, you must come with me" he says, I look at him, he shows no emotion but the slightest hint of sadness. I look back at Ella, I walk over to her a hug her,
"It's going to be alright" I whisper to her, she nods bravely and I walk back out the door with the Commander.
One POV
Holy sh*t! We're still crouching and about to become Piken dinner.
"OK One, your mojo might be helpful right about now" Em says to me, I grin and stand up. Eight teleports Em to the clearing about 50 meters ahead and there Em duplicates 5 times, each duplicate has an exact copy of the hidden blade Em has. They all draw the blade and run towards the Piken, that is slower than the others; in a split second, 3 of the 5 Em's take flight and swoop into the Piken, stabbing it with their blades.
I turn to my Piken, Eight is wrestling with the other one, about to destroy it and move onto the brute. I send a shockwave of seismic energy through the ground in front of me; the cracks are ear splitting and speed towards the Piken charging at me. The tremor is so much the Piken loses its footing and trips. It smashes into the ground and slides very fast towards me; I'm teleported by Eight just as the Piken runs over the spot where I was before. Eight hands me a sword he stole from the Mogs advancing towards us. I take willingly and stab it through the Pikens skull, a sickening crack follows. It slowly turns to ash and I turn to Eight. All the Pikens are dead, Emily's one is just turning to ash now, all of her duplicates and her fly over to us. Her duplicates turn into light balls and return to her. She is exhausted for a second and catches her breath.
"There's about 50 Mogs and there's a brute" Eight says, his fast breathing has calmed. Em looks at him and gives a reassuring nod.
"One I want you to-" I don't wait for her to finish, I send a massive seismic quake through the ground towards the brute and Mogs, they lose their balance but still retain their steady pace towards us.
"ONE!?" Em shouts at me, she's really pissed off, Eight smirks a bit then receives a look from Em, his smirk drops and he goes back to his serious look.
"One, you and Em are going to take the Mogs, I'll take the brute" he says, Em looks at him in a concerning way before we all disperse. Eight teleport-tackles the brute and they go flying into the nearby trees, Emily grabs me and lifts me up, flying towards the squadrons of Mogs.
"OK you have to-" before she can finish I let go of her and drop down, as I make contact with the ground, I punch the earth, this earthquake is nothing I've ever created before, it flips Mogs in the air, some flying into trees. Some flip into the air allowing Em to stab them while flying. She zips in and out of the Mogs, her skin is now glistening steel, she lands on top of 2 Mogs and punch their heads in, ash explodes around her and she punches the ones around her.
2 Mogs come at me, the first punches straight for my face, Stupid Mog. His hand breaks against my force field, I push the force field back and it sends the 2 Mogs flying backwards.
I turn to see Eight he's fighting the brute but he's seriously wounded. He's in a Tyrannosaurus Rex form – he roars as the brute punches his side, impaling it.
"Eight!" I scream, Emily looks at me and to Eight; she quickly finishes off the Mogs around her and flies speedily towards Eight's location. But she won't be fast enough, Eight is now on the ground he shifts back to his normal form, the brute stands over him, oh no...
I run towards him, screaming his name. The brute's fist descends.
Emily/Five POV
One is unbelievable, she is just so irresponsible!
I'm currently denting Mogs' heads with my fist. I'm solid steel, or whatever this is, and I'm just hovering around and kicking or punching Mogs. Their swords bounce off me, which just gives me the advantage. But then I hear One scream Eight's name. I turn to her the look to Eight...
He's bleeding a lot, and is on the ground – standing above him is the brute. I quickly take flight and speed towards him.
"Eight!" I scream, tears have started to form in my eyes, I know I won't get there in time, but I must try. I look to the brute, I look a little closely; Subject 2.
Eight looks at me one more time, then the brute rears back for his punch. I scream, One screams; then out of nowhere a giant foot comes and kicks the brute.
The brute goes flying into the sky and into the trees ahead. One finishes the Mogs around us and joins me in running towards Eight.
Eight POV
So most interesting moments in life:
being killed by Six; that was Setrakus Ra, but anyways,
teleporting to Stonehenge,
destroying Stonehenge,
rebuilding Stonehenge – that was Marina, but still,
and being saved by a giant foot.
I look to where the foot is. Emily comes flying in and hugs me immediately; One brings over both bags and looks at me worriedly. They both are, it's kinda creeping me out. I cough a lot and wince at the slightest movement of my body.
Emily gets out her Healing Stone and heals my blood gushing wounds. One puts a force field around us as we all look to the giant figure. The figure steps forwards out of the shadows and shrinks to a normal size... it's the girl with the red hair!
"Hi" says the girl, she smiles. She has pinkish skin, reddish hair, small freckles, she looks about 16 years old and she's kinda pretty – in a cute way that is.
After Emily heals me she helps me up, One grabs the bags and looks at the girl, Emily is still eyeing me worryingly. I look to the girl and smile, I walk forward,
"Thank you for saving me" I say, she grins,
"No worries" she says with her British accent. One smiles and steps closer on my left, the force field disappears,
"Who are you?" she asks a bit too quickly, I elbow her softly, seriously One?
The girl smiles and steps forward revealing a backpack on her back.
"I'm surprised you don't remember me One, I'm Number Two" she says smiling back, at that exact point Emily's, One's and my mouth literally drop open. The girl blushes a bit, and giggles.
We're in shock. What has happened? The surge of power returns to me, like in the hotel room.
The Second has risen...
We've gotten stronger.
Author's Note: Hey guys hope you enjoyed that! What did you think of Two joining Eight, Emily and One? Also tell me your thoughts on the Unknown POV! I know you guys are still waiting very patiently for the reveal of the death... stay tuned to find out. Keep reading and giving awesome reviews!
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