A/N: Hey! Sorry it's been so long since I've updated! I know where I want this to go; I just need the time to write it. So, enjoy this chapter. If you can.

Valerie's POV

Whispers filled the hallway as I walked through, my head hung. Blitzkrieg looked up at me, concerned as he hopping alongside me.

Because we were back to our regular classes, it took me a moment to remember when I saw none of my friends in one class. I knew no one in this class.

I took a seat near the back, and as soon as I did, people moved away from me, casting sideways glances while whispering amongst each other.

I kept my head down on my desk until the bell rang; no one wanted to be near me.

The teachers wouldn't even talk to me.

Others would pull Will, Layla, and the rest away from me, insisting that I would follow the same path as Baron. My friends cast glances at me, as if to say 'I'm Sorry'.

This has been going on for a week.

At lunch, people my friends didn't even know pulled them away; I sat at our table alone, an outcast.

Blitzy nudged my arm, concern in his eyes.

I lifted my head up slightly to look at him. He tilted his head towards the window, gesturing to the open sky outside.

Getting the idea, I swung my bag over my shoulder and made my way out of the cafeteria.

Lash's POV

I watched Valerie stand up sadly, and she made her way out of the cafeteria; people parted to let her pass.

I stood up, to follow her, when the girl across from me pulled my down.

"Why go after a girl like her? She'll only kill you when she's done with you. You should go after someone else." She looked at me from underneath her eye lashes.

I wrenched my arm away from her. "That's where you're wrong."

I ran after Val, hoping she was okay.

I sprinted around to the back of the school, the rest of the gang hot on my heels, after seeing me run out of the Café.

"Lash! Wait up!" A voice called, but only the words registered, not the speaker. I ran faster, trying to find Valerie.

As I went past a tree line, I saw her standing on the edge of the school, adjusting the hat of her costume. Glancing down, she shifted her feet. Tensing her legs, she glanced at Blitzkrieg, who just readied himself for flight.

Or a long fall down.

"Valerie! Val, what are you doing?" I yelled, standing a little less than twenty feet away from her. Val turned around, her back to the edge, coat flapping in the wind.

She shrugged. "Ending problems." The rest of the group drew up next to me, murmurs going through them.

"Goodbye, Lash. Goodbye, all of you."

She leaned back.

And fell down, not even letting her wings beat.

I ran forwards, hoping to catch her; no such luck.

The school was so high up, when she hit the ground, I didn't think even an indestructible could survive that. We all watched as she fell, Blitzkrieg circling her. Eventually, we couldn't even see her, she had gone under the clouds.

Layla hugged Will, tears rolling down her cheeks. Magenta got hugged by both Ethan and Zach, she, too, was crying. I stared in disbelief as Warren sank to his knees, a few small tears trailing down his cheek.

Eventualy, a scream wrenched its way out of my throat; an inhuman, guttural scream.

Valerie was gone.