Chapter 28; The Start and End of a Fairy Tale
Okay, so, updating sooner, ain't y'all proud of me? Haha, by the way, this freaking program that I'm using sucks, but it's all I have. It won't give me word count or anything, so this might be short, I suppose we'll see how long my inspiration lasts.
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Saffyre's POV
We rushed out of the basement and breathed a sigh of relief. "Who knew this air would ever be welcoming," Shadow commented, making everybody laugh.
The scene outside quickly turned that mood sour though as we studied the now empty roads. "Everybody cleared out," Claw laughed from the shadows, startling the rest of them. Luna flicked back her ears in annoyance and turned towards her uncle. "Give it a rest Uncle Claw," she growled, showing fangs sharper than any of the others could imagine.
At Claw's howl, goons started to emerge from their hiding spots. The ugly faces sneered and taunted the halfas as they gathered into a giant circle, facing the goons. Shadow released his sword with a turn of his ring. I charged an ecto-ball and saw the others doing the same.
I noticed, a bit weirded out honestly, that the shadows didn't match the light. In fact, there was hardly any light at all. They all leaned towards Eclipse, who stood in a fierce stance with one hand charging an ecto-ball and the other doing weird, bending shapes.
I snapped my attention back to Claw, who had been watching us the entire time silently. Luna growled and jumped free of the circle, landing on top of him. And that was when the mayhem started.
Alex's POV
My father and I stood about twenty yards away from each other. He studied me with a kind of bemused expression. "You're looking quite well Daughter," Death smiled, revealing yellow, tobacco stained teeth. "I would say the same, but I don't think I agree," I shot back, crossing my arms over my chest.
Death lost the smile and stared at me gravely. "You've got all of three choices dear girl. One, you fight me and we end this, once and for all. Two, you beat me and I let you're mother and two friends go. Three, I beat you and take over this town. Anyway it goes, we fight, I win." He smiled a creepy smile and shut a book he'd been holding.
"Way I see it, I've got only two choices. One, I fight you to the death, or, rather, second death. Or two, I kick your ass now and live happily ever after." I stared at him, and smiled slowly. "What's it going to be dear Father?"
He shot first, extending his arm as he shot the black energy at me. I moved slightly to the left and laughed when it hit the wall. "That the best you got?" I dodged some more, but I could tell he was playing. Like sharks do, they weaken their pray, then they move in for the kill.
I yelped as a stray blast hit the chandelier and it came crashing down. I was suddenly trapped beneath it, and my father was having a laughing fit. "Ah, not even full power and I can defeat you with an oversized light? How sad of you Daughter." I growled and wrapped my hands around the metal bars. It melted under my touch as I concentrated all the heat into my hands.
"I wouldn't be so sure of my defeat so soon Father," I snarled, flying back outside. I called a couple fireballs to mind and felt the familiar lick as they formed in my outstretched fingers.
My father actually looked stunned, staring at the fire that licked my finger tips affectionately. "When did you learn to do that?"
"About a month after our last encounter." I laughed and shot them towards him. From experience, I knew my father was an ice-core, and fire was a deadly enemy towards him. He couldn't dodge my moves fast enough, and soon, his shirt was smoldering and even burning in tiny flames. He fell to the ground like a log, too dazed to remember the explosives remote in his back pocket.
Saffyre's POV
"Need a little help?" Someone asked, blasting the goon I'd been pumbling for the past five minutes. I turned to thank the boy and gasped when I realized it was Evil, Echo's twin brother. "Thanks," I smiled at him and punched a goon in the face that was coming up behind me.
"Less talking, more action," Luna growled as she past, chasing her uncle once again. He had a gaping would in his left flank and long scratches down his back. He looked scared out of his mind, and Luna looked like she enjoyed it.
I nodded and stood back to back with Evil. He blasted the goons with practiced efficency and took out ten in five minutes. Looking through the gaps, I could make out Shadow swinging his sword and cutting down the enemy. Eclipse stood nearby, making the shadows swallow the goons up. Sasha made her way towards me, green blood dripping from a small cut on her cheek. She gave me a thumbs up when she caught me looking at her.
The twins and Pepper were making their fight in the air, drawing the goons away from somebody laying down. Evil gasped and moved towards her quicker than I could blink. I covered him as he checked out Emerald. She blinked and coughed, sputtering blood all over Evil's suit. I could see the wound through the jumpsuit she wore. It had gone to her lung, probably pierced it. If we didn't get her to a hospital soon, she was going to die.
"I'm getting her to the hospital," Evil shouted over to me, about the noise of the fighting crowd. I nodded and continued to cover them as Evil took off, carrying a dying Emerald in his arms.
He's not a bad guy at all, my mind told me. I smiled and agreed with my little voice for once. Evil really wasn't such a bad guy.
Alex's POV
I followed my father as he fell to the ground. His impact caused a mini-crater to form in the front of the house he had occupied. I laughed and smirked from thirty feet above him, gathering more heat and fire in case I needed to take him down again.
He moaned and sat up. Suddenly a loud sound like explosives started going off. I looked towards the house in sudden fear. It was collapsing in on itself! What was I going to do?
You can't do anything until it's done, you run the risk of killing yourself if you try, a traitorious voice whispered. I cursed but agreed. By saving three people that I love, I'd run the risk of killing myself before I got to them, powers or no powers.
"What did you do?" I skreached at my dad, flying down until I was grabbing him by the shirt front. "I-I-I forgot I had that in my pocket." He looked grief-stricken, and dirty tracks down his face revealed that he was crying at this moment. "I was just going to scare you, not really set off the exposives." Dad sobbed, burying his face against my shoulder. I awkwardly patted his shoulder and stood up.
The building was still moaning and groaning as I made my way carefully towards a clear spot, right over the basement.
Saffyre's POV
I heard an explostion, and everybody around me stopped fighting. The goons smiled and took off, like their master had suddenly called for them. My hair was matted back with dried blood and sweat and I wiped at my forehead as I watched them race towards Death and Echo.
"Okay, everyone all right?" I did a head count. Eclipse, Shadow and Sasha were standing in a group breathing hard, but no apparent life threatening injuries. The twins and Pepper were just landing. Artemis limped a bit, but Apollo held him up. Both looked worn out. Pepper looked bored suddenly, and she was inspecting her nails quietly.
"Alrighty then, everyone's here except for Emerald and Evil." Luna bounded back into the group suddenly, making everybody not too tired jump. "Okay, so, do we chase after them?" I asked them, rubbing my neck and wincing. "We need to catch them," Danny said from somewhere to the side, stepping out of the shadows. "Where have you been?" I demanded, unhappy with this late entrance.
"Trying to save some teenagers trapped on the other side of the force field." That's when I noticed about a dozen kids standing behind him, armed with Thermos's. "We need to get them to each kid one at a time, which means driving them towards any nearby Thermos." I nodded and looked towards my group.
"Let's do this!" The group let out a cheer and ran off in pursuit of the goons.
Alex's POV
As I phased through the floor, I tried not to picture the worst. No mangled bodies in need of rescuing, not a whole lot of blood. I tried to imagine that they had thankfully been clear of the falling debris. Of course, that wasn't my such luck.
When I was finally clear of wreakage and actually in the basement, I almost threw up. I first body I noticed was my mothers, curled up into a ball, a pool of blood surrounding her unmoving form. Tears streaked silently down my face. I heard a cough and looked around frantically. Erik was laying across Riley. A metal pole had pierced his skin, his heart. He was breathing frantically. Riley was the one who coughed. She looked unharmed from my viewpoint, but I was terrified to move Erik off of her.
I went over to them and gripped Erik's hand in mind. He looked at me and smiled. "I love you!" He whispered, barely audible. "I love you too," I whispered back, just as the light left his eyes and his breathing stopped. "Riley, you okay?" I asked her, even more tears tracking down my face. "Yeah, don't think I'm hurt at all really. Can you help me though?" I nodded and phased her out from under Erik's deadweight.
"He's gone, he's really gone?" Riley asked, tears leaking down her dirt stained face as well. I nodded and refused to look over at my mom's bloodied form. "No, not you too!" Riley gasped when she caughted sight. She coughed out a sob and turned back towards me. "Let's get out of here." My voice was hoarse and toad like.
I phased her through the ceiling and out of the ruined mansion. My father had remained where I'd left him, the tears still silently leaking down his face.
"I think it's time I returned to the Ghost Zone," he whispered as I passed, heaving out a sob. I nodded and touched his hand. "She didn't live," I murmured, flying away from the only family I'd ever known and the only boy I'd ever loved.
Saffyre's POV
There wasn't a goon in sight once we got to the destroyed mansion. One of the humans whose name I think is Dex looked wide-eyed towards a pair walking towards them.
"Alex! Riley!" He took off, dodging debris and abondoned equipment. The girls looked up, both startled. Neither smiled as Dex approached them. Tears were running down both of their faces. Alex muttered something to Dex, who gasped and teared up as well.
The girls and Dex continued their slow march towards where our group waited. Alex sighed, then looked into our faces. "We have won this war, but two precious, invaluable lives were lost in the process." She chocked on another sob and wiped at her eyes. "You may all go home, rest. This fight is over." And with that, she went home, with Riley and Dex in tow.
I watched as Artemis and Apollo took off for the portal, Danny went somewhere else, not sure where. Sasha sighed and watched Alex walked towards her house before following the twins. I didn't even see Eclipse leave, she just disappeared I suppose. Luna took off for the forest and Pepper phased through the ground and was gone. Just me, all alone. I didn't want to go back home, to a family that hates me. So I went to visit Emerald instead.
Sad, I know. I've decided that I'm really morbid. See, in this book I'm writing (and planning to publish) I had the main character get shot, then one of her two best friends get shot and dies as well as her cousin in a robbery when she was in the eighth grade...I dunno what's it with my characters and death, but I sure do seem to love it -_-
Anyway, hope you like it, hope the action was good. One more chapter to write, two more to post, and then I'm done with this story, isn't that exciting?! :D
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