AHHHH! Guys… only one more chapter after this! It's crazy! Well, I'm sick today so I thought that I'd try to get some writing done(: Hopefully I can finish! I'd just like to thank each and every one of you who has reviewed and read my story! It means so much to me! You guys are amazing and I love you! Again, please check out my one-shot(:

WonderMelon: I try ;) And calm down about Ella and just read the damn chapter ;) Yeah, there's a lot(: And no, not all Loriens are, but John needed help so the ones in good shape helped him! Haha yeah, Six is quite the bad-ass… but so are the other Numbers(: And technically… it did… just keep reading(:


"What the hell are you doing here?" I yell. I push myself up off the ground and grab the person's arm who just saved my life. I walk briskly into the forest, dragging the person along in the process, and crouch down behind a tree. "Are you trying to get yourself killed?"

"If it wasn't for me, you'd be the one dead now wouldn't you?"

"I would've been fine! What were you thinking? Do you not see that we're outnumbered? Are you insane?"

"I was thinking that you could use some extra help." Before I can respond, I hear a whistle and, appearing from behind thick bushes, I see the face of my best friend as well as a large group of others. "Don't be so stubborn, John."

"Sarah, where'd you find all these people? Who are they?" I question her. She grins as Sam pops up next to me.

"Hey buddy. We thought you could use some extra troops," he says happily. I shake my head and grab both of Sarah's arms.

"Who are they and where did you find them?" I ask her.

"We stumbled upon a set of stairs leading into the ground when we were tracking you guys down. It just so happens that the Mogs kept an underground cave filled with more Loriens. Sam managed to knick a gun from a Mog we beat up and there were only a few of them down there so it was pretty easy to get some warriors out. Especially… Number Ten," Sarah says. I pull back and look at her with a crazed expression.

"What do you mean, Number Ten? There were only nine of us, remember?"

"Not quite," a deep voice says. A man in his early forties walks up to me and extends his hand. He has black hair with strands of grey slicked back and piercing green eyes. I take his hand in my own and shake it. He has a firm handshake and pulls me to my feet. "My name is Crayton. This is Ella." A girl around the age of eight appears from behind him and reaches her hand out as well. Uneasy, I shake it and raise my eyebrow.

"Why am I shaking hands with an eight year old girl in the middle of battle?" I ask. Ella grins and Crayton chuckles.

"Because she's Number Ten. And she's not eight years old," he says. Before I can muster a response, Ella begins to grow into a girl about my height and age. My mouth drops open as the eight year old transforms into a roughly eighteen year old.

"She can change her age?" I ask. Ella nods and smiles.

"There's no time to explain why you guys never knew about me right now. What's the plan?" she asks. It takes me a moment to focus and come back into the war that we're fighting in. I press my earpiece into my ear so I can hear better and speak into the microphone.

"Kellan? Are you still on the roof?" I ask.

"No, everyone's unloading in this field on the outskirts of the forest right now. Why?" I hear him respond.

"We have more people. Get everyone out as quickly as possible and get back on to the roof," I command.

"I'll be up there in a few."

"Okay, Ella, you're with me. If anyone is unable to fight you're going to make your way to the roof with Crayton! Everyone who can fight, you're going to have to, alright? There are guns on the third floor, but I'm not sure how many Mogs are in there. Alright, let's go!" I command. Crayton leads all the kids and elderly past me whereas the others run out towards the building. Only then do I realize just how many more Loriens they had. I grin to myself thinking that we may have a chance. Sarah and Sam start to walk, but I hold my arm out.

"Woah, you guys aren't going anywhere! Stay hidden until this is all over and I'll come get you," I say.

"No!" Sam yells. "Can't you see that we can do this? The Loriens don't know anything about shooting a gun and we've had practice, yet you're going to send them into battle? Bullshit, John!"

"It's too dangerous!" I yell.

"We don't care, John! We're not just going to sit by doing nothing instead of helping. It's not your decision anymore," Sarah says. I feel a hand on my shoulder and look around to see Ella behind me.

"John, I saw what they did in the caves we were in. Trust me, they can do this," she says. I shut my eyes trying to figure something out, something that will make them stay, but I know it's no use. I know that even if I leave them here that they'll go anyhow. I slam my fist into the ground and open my eyes.

"You're so lucky Six isn't here, Sam Goode. She would kick your ass if she knew you were here. Go. But do not get yourself killed, do you hear me?" I command him as I pull his shirt towards me. He grins and salutes me before taking off. Sarah gets up to leave, but I grab her arm. "Sarah… you're so stupid for coming. Why did you have to come?" I ask her with pleading eyes. She gives me a half smile and caresses my cheek.

"Because I'm just a stupid teenage girl in love with an alien," she says.

"You're staying with me, okay? I'm not letting you out of my sight," I say.

"I wouldn't have it any other way." Before I can reply, I hear a shrill scream above everything.

"John!" it yells. A shiver travels up my spine as I rise to my feet. Six.

"Come on!" I yell and grab Sarah's hand. We run out of the woods and I just run. I don't know where, but I run to where I feel I have to go. I reflect gun shots away from me with my telekinesis and throw Mogs into trees as I make my way around the building. There are more bodies on the ground then there are standing. Of course, there are no Mogadorians on the ground due to the fact that they disintegrate, but there is a lot of black and red blood covering the grass.

As I round the corner, my heart stops at the sight of Six crumpled to the ground surrounded by four Mogs. One has a knife raised, ready to strike, but I strike first. With a flick of my hand I send the knife flying out of his hands. I pull a pistol from my waistband and release Sarah's hand as I run straight at them. I pull the trigger quickly and one soldier disappears, but three still stand strong. I fly at the one closest to Six and strike with my dagger, but he dodges it.

I quickly regain my stance and square off with the monster. Out of the corner of my eye I see Ella and Sarah fighting off the other two, the sight making my stomach churn, but I know I have to save Six. The Mog snarls at me and lunges, but I step aside and let him over run past me. While he's turned, I raise my pistol and pull on the trigger, sending a flash of blue light into the back of his head. I then turn quickly to see how Sarah and Ella are doing.

Ella seems to be just as experienced as the rest of us. She moves quickly and fluently striking the soldier in all of the right places. Sarah doesn't look too bad herself either. Her soldier has various cuts as well as wounds on him from where she has hit him and as I'm about to come help, she strikes him in the heart and he disintegrates. Ella has just taken care of her Mog too, so I rush over and kneel next to Six.

"Six, oh god, what happened?" I ask her as I lift her head up with my hand. She coughs out blood and groans. I look down at her side and see that it's covered in blood. Oh God no, no Six…

"John, take this. We snatched it from your penthouse at the hotel. You left your Chest open," Sarah says as she hands me the Healing Stone. I take it in my hand and look at Six in an apologetic manner. I take her hand in mine, squeeze it, and press the stone to her side. She sucks in a breath and squeezes her eyes shut just as her body starts to tremble. However, the trembling ends in a minute or so and Six opens her eyes.

"Damn, that hurt," she mutters. She looks at me and nods in appreciation, but when she looks up and sees Sarah, her smiles fades. "Tell me that he's not here."

"They're both here. They brought more Loriens from an underground cave. Six, there's no time to explain, but this is Ella, Number Ten." Six's mouth drops open upon seeing Ella and looks at me for an explanation, but I shrug. "There's no time. Where's Setrákus Ra?" I ask. Six shakes her head trying to snap back into it and presses her watch. Video footage appears on the wall showing the Mogadorian leader outside the gates of the main building. He's surrounded by various guards and has a furious expression on his face.

"We need to strike soon. Get all the Numbers over here, now," Six says. I nod and press my earpiece in.

"Everyone, get to the north side of the building immediately," I say. There are no responses, so all we can do is wait. I turn to Sarah and pull her aside.

"Don't even try to tell me to go and hide, John. It's not happening," she says firmly. I sigh and grip her shoulders.

"Listen to me, okay? You cannot try to help us beat Setrákus Ra. Only the members of the Garde can defeat him and it's because of our Legacies. I guarantee you that if you try to help us, you will die. I'm not saying don't fight because I know you won't listen, but you can't go up against him and live. Go find Sam and you two stay alive, damn it. You have to stay alive, okay?" Sarah nods and gently presses her palm against the back of my neck.

"Okay, John. You don't die either, alright?" I nod and pull her into a hug. I take a deep breath and smell her hair one last time. I kiss her head and rub her back once more. I kiss her lips once again. It's the worst feeling I've ever had go through my body. I take her face in my hands and kiss her again, not wanting to ever let go. However, I know it's time and I pull away.

"Go," I say softly. Sarah lingers for a moment, but then takes off into a full sprint around the building. I clench my fists and close my eyes trying to concentrate. I just let all of my anger bubble up and rise inside of me. When I turn around, I see that everyone is here and all eyes are on me. Five has a line of blood running down the side of his face, Six's side is all bloody from her wound, Marina's shoulder is swollen and splattered with blood, and Kellan's shirt has been ripped down the middle where three red lines cut diagonally across his chest.

"It was a Kraul. There are Pikens too," he says, answering my silent question. I nod and look at them. For once, everyone looks at me for a plan instead of Six. For once, I feel like I'm the leader. And for once, I feel like I'm leading them into a certain death.

"Okay, Setrákus Ra is at the entrance surrounded by six highly skilled soldiers. There are six of us and seven of the most powerful Mogadorians out there. We have to find some way to get Setrákus Ra alone with all of us alive. Honestly, I don't know what we're supposed to do and if we're going to survive. The only thing that I know is that we're the only force that can kill him and if we die, there is no hope for this planet to survive." Everyone looks at me with the same expression: determination.

"He's not going to win. They're not going to win, god damn it!" Kellan roars. Marina puts a hand on his shoulder to calm him, but his chest still heaves up and down and his eyes are stilled filled with fury.

"John… I think I know how we can do this," Five says.

"I'm listening."


After thoroughly discussing our plan and approving, despite numerous objections, we finally put it into action. I glance down at the bushes where Five is crouching waiting for the moment to strike. I swallow a lump in the back of my throat and re-grip the gun that has become sweaty in my hands. I line up my gun with the head of the Mogadorian on the far left and press my finger lightly to the trigger.

"Ready," I say to the other four as well as into my microphone for Five to hear. "Aim…" I take one last gulp of air before saying the last word.

"Fire!" Five red bolts of light shoot from the roof and one gunshot comes from the bushes. We waste no time launching ourselves from the roof over the gap of land where fighting is still taking place, to the branches of the trees on the forest edge. Crashing through them and being scraped numerous times, I manage to skim down the tree and land on my feet with my gun raised. Then, from behind the bushes, I wait for the moment I've been dreading.

Five steps forward out of the trees to draw the now furious and malicious Setrákus Ra's attention.

"Come and get me, you bastard!" he screams with his gun raised. The Mogadorian leader smiles wickedly before raising his hand. Five then begins shooting everything he has, but the attempt is futile. Every shot seems to bounce away just before it touches him without the monster even having to try. Soon enough, the gun runs out of ammo and Five tosses it uselessly to the side. "That all you've got? Come on!" he taunts.

"You insignificant brainless piece of garbage. You think that you can beat me? We've already killed so many of your people so why do want anymore to die? Just give up, now!" Setrákus Ra snarls.

"No! That's what you don't understand! You think that just because you're bigger and stronger that you can win this, but it's not true! We have something to fight for! It's in my blood not to give up; it's in our blood. So don't ever think that you will ever be above any of us when you know that you're just a low-life piece of trash trying to overrun a race that will never be destroyed." Five stands firm with a clenched jaw waiting for what he knows is inevitable.

"You're a fool, Number Five," the leader says although, clearly, Five's words have gotten to him.

"That may be true, but at least I'm not a twenty-foot pile of shit whose neck looks like it went through a blender."

Setrákus Ra screams with rage before delivering the final blow. A huge jet of red spews from his hands into Number Five who closes his eyes and accepts it like a gift. For him, maybe it is a gift. A gift of happiness, but mostly the gift of love.

"Now!" I yell. Before the leader of the Mogadorians can even turn around, he's pinned up against the wall of his own base. The five of us walk out steadily; sweat already forming on our foreheads, as we hold him firm against the wall. His arms claw in front of him to trying to break free or even shoot at us, but it's not use. Every step closer we get, the more he is unable to move. Soon, we're ten feet away and the monster is still as a stone.

Without breaking my concentration, I reach into my waistband and grab my sword. I start walking closer to him and I let every bad memory build up inside of me. I let my dreams of Lorien pass through my head, I see my parent's faces, I see my people running and screaming for their lives, I see Henri's smiling face as well as him bloodied and bruised, but finally, I see the worst part of everything: the bodies and faces of Five, Six, Marina, Kellan, Sam, and mostly Sarah. I see that they're eyes are closed, their faces are pale, and their life force is gone.

"This is for every single person that you've ever harmed," I state with anger shaking my body. I jump up with a yell and slam the sword into his huge, cold, black heart. I twist it fiercely and thrust the blade further in. "And this is for all of those who died trying to protect my planet." I stay there, levitated in the air, as I watch the black blood seep out of his wound. Black liquid gargles and drips from his mouth as he eyes grow grey. However, a red glow starts to form where the blade is stuck in his chest and starts growing brighter. Before I can even move, a blast shoots me off of his body and into the ground. The last thing I remember is a red blast coming straight towards me before my world turns black.


"John? John! John, wake up! Please, don't do this! John!" I hear. At first it was a vague sound, but now I can hear my name clearly. I can barely move my body and everything underneath me feels hard. I grumble something and slowly crack my eyes open. At first, all I can see is white, but when my eyes start to focus, I see the most beautiful thing in the universe.

"Sarah."

"John!" Sarah yells and buries her face into my now bare chest. I wrap my arms around her as best as I can and pull her close. I press my face into her hair and close my eyes trying to get a hold of myself. I kiss her everywhere I can. I kiss her hair, her forehead, her cheeks, her neck, her lips… oh how I've missed the taste of her lips on mine. At last, I gently urge her face up so I can look at her.

"I thought I was never going to see you again," I whisper. She smiles and moves my hair back.

"You promised me you'd come back," Sarah says softly. "And you said you'd never lie to me." I grin at her words and pull her face to mine again.

"Can you help me up?" I ask. She nods and backs off of me before pushing herself up and offering me a hand. I take it graciously and use my other hand to push off the ground. As soon as I stand, I pull her into a hug again and kiss her head. When I release her, I take a look around. For starters, most of my pants and all of my shirt has burned off and I'm covered head to toe in ashes and mud. The damage around me is far worse.

All of the trees within a mile radius of the explosion are burnt away and there seems to be nothing except an open field of dirt and pile of rubble around us. Noticing that all the Mogadorians were gone, I turn to her with questioning eyes.

"Crayton saw what was happening and ushered all of us into their underground caves. It seemed like he knew what was going to happen before it even did. The Mogadorians seemed to freeze in place as soon as you got Setrákus Ra against the wall. There are still a good two hundred Loriens left, not to mention the children and elderly that were saved. You guys did it, John. It's over." I smile and pull her close to me. But, then it dawns on me. What happened to the others?

"Where are the others?" I ask in a panicked tone. Sarah takes my hand and puts her other hand on my shoulder.

"They're over here. Come on," Sarah says as she leads me towards the pile of stones and metal. We walk around the edge of it and soon I find everyone safe and sound.

"John!" I hear. I see Six running at me for a moment, but then her arms are wrapped around my neck and I feel tears on my shoulder. I hug her tightly and lift her off the ground. "Don't ever scare me like that again, John Smith."

"I won't. It's okay, Six. I'm here," I say soothingly. Soon she loosens her grip and lets go of me. She wipes her eyes with the back of her hand and sniffs. I see Sam come up beside her and put a comforting hand on her shoulder with a smile, but as soon as he looks up, I pull him into a hug too.

"You scared the hell out of me. I'll kick your ass if you do that again," Sam says. I laugh and pat his back before releasing him.

"I'd like to see you try."

I give hugs to Marina, Kellan, and even Crayton and Ella, before turning and looking at the battle scene. I take in all that happened and I feel a small hand make its way into mine. I intertwine my fingers in Sarah's preparing to kiss her again, but something catches my eye. I see a glimmer of silver near the rubble and cock my head to the side.

"Come on," I say and lead Sarah over to the shining spot. As soon as I near it, I realize that it's a necklace. I immediately feel my own pocket to make sure Henri's necklace is still there and am relieved when I feel a lump. I bend down and pick it up, but what I see shocks me.

On a simple silver chain there are nine silver circles. Five are filled up. The first three and the eighth circle all have the pendant of each fallen member of the Garde hooked onto it. Knowing that Setrákus Ra couldn't have gotten Five's, I pick up the chain and turn around. I walk around the spot I last saw Five for a little bit before finding his own necklace. I pick that up too and put it in my other pocket.

"Do you want yours back? I'm still wearing it," Sarah says. I smile at her and shake my head.

"No. I want to wear Henri's," I say. "Will you put it on me?" Sarah nods and I hand her his necklace. I feel the cool metal wrap around my neck and hang like an old friend. It had been weird not having my own necklace on, but I want Sarah to keep it.

"So what now?" Sarah asks. I smile and turn to her before kissing her softly on the lips. I let my arms hang interlocked right on her waist and press my forehead up against hers. I feel her hands wrap themselves around me neck as we exchange smiles.

"Now, we go home."

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