I know i've been saying this a lot, but this actually is the second or third last chapter :(

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John

After Eight came back (cue the emotional gasps and sighs), the garde remembered the war and began plotting our final battle plan.

"I know that… that I may be the key to winning or losing this war, but I need you to—" I pause for a second as a painful spasm rocks through me, and a figure tries to emerge itself from my body.

I grunt, then, ignoring my fellow gardes's horrified faces I continue. Six grabs my hand and gives me a small grin. Just this one gesture is enough to send my heart racing, and my stale mood to turn good.

"I have a plan, so listen well."

After explaining my plan, I finally feel the weight of what's really happening.

Lorien vs. Mogadore. Who will win? I think bitterly.

Really, there is no winner. Win or lose, one side will be horribly deceased, and the other will rule over Earth and possibly drive humans into non-existence. Either way, both sides will be forced to hide, or tell the truth. And both of those options have their own faults.

We're all just pawns to the big chessboard. We're all meant to die.

Six grabs my hand.

"I need to go talk to Ella," I tell six. "alone." I add. Six looks puzzled, her hair blows in the wind.

Finally, she nods. "Okay. But come see me after, alright?"

"Perfect." I say with a sly grin.

Ella looks up when I approach her. First, I pull her into a firm hug, I can feel her tears against neck.

"You don't have to be strong anymore." I say. She pulls back and sniffles.

"I do. We need to have level heads for… for what's coming."

"I-I need a favour." I start. I can't believe I'm asking her to do this. My heart races and my palms are sweaty. I wipe them on my jeans.

"Anything," Ella says, her brown eyes wide.

"I-I can't hold off this… this thing for much longer. And when it takes over… the best i'll be able to do is restrain it. It'll kill all of you, and we'll lose something we've been working so hard at. I can't believe I'm saying this, but…" I hand Ella my dagger. I'd found it in my Loric chest so many years ago. The diamond bladed dagger gleamed in the faint sun. Ella, looking unsure, took the dagger from my hands. She held it gingerly, as if it might explode at any moment.

"When it's time… When it takes over, I-I need you to kill me." The words feel like acid in my throat. You could call me less of a man for being torn over my own death, but I'm not thinking about myself. How will the other garde be when I die? How could I leave Six?

Ella shakes her head, a sob escapes her throat.

"Why me? Why on all of Lorien and Earth, would you choose me to do this… this horrible, horrible thing?" Ella says. Her rage takes over her sadness.

I pull her into another hug.

"Because you're the only one strong enough to do this. You're the only person I can trust to do this. I need you to be strong." I tell Ella, she cries against my shoulder. I'm suddenly struck by how young she is. No kid her age should have to deal with this. And I'm asking her to complete this impossible task?

Ella clutches my dagger, then pulls away from me.

"I-I'll do it."

"I love you." I tell Six, holding her hands in mine, we face each other.

"I love you, too. And i'll never stop loving you. No matter w-what happens out there." Six responds.

We share a deep, emotional kiss, and I wish to stay in this moment forever.

"Fight hard, okay?" Six asks me, a tear rolls down her cheek. I wipe it away with my thumb.

"Until every last mogadorian is dead."

"Stay close, alright?" Six questions again. I can tell she's trying to draw out our conversation, but I don't mind.

"Until you're sick and tired of seeing me."

"I love you." She sobs.

I study her sad face. Her beautiful raven hair, her tearful eyes, her happy, yet broken expression. I take a mental image of her, I never want to lose her, but I'll be leaving her. It's what I have to do, but it doesn't mean I want to.

"S-Six…" I stammer. I don't trust myself to go on. "I love you so, so much. Never forget that."

XxxX

Marina

We march into battle with our heads held high, our weapons yielded, and our hearts bigger than our chances of winning.

I find it hard to breathe, like someone is slowly suffocating me. This is it. This is my battle.

There are about seven hundred mogadorians lined up, more advancing, and emerging from the war ship.

The human garde rush into battle first, like we planned, and Eight, in the form of a lion with eight arms, and the legs of a leopard, (easy to run away with leopard-legs.)

Next, John lobs a fireball the size of a car at the mogadorians. Six calls a storm, Ella yields John's dagger (John had given it to her. Why? I'm not really sure.)

After ten excruciating minutes of pure battle, Setrakus Ra, our greatest and possibly last, enemy shows himself. His purple scar seems to glow, and his ashy skin is paler than normal. I wonder if Setrakus is nervous, too.

John and Nine both go for Setrakus. I want to scream at Nine to leave, to tell him this will all be over sooner if he just lets John fight this battle.

But John, yelling, backs away, and I suddenly realize why.

John gave his dagger to Ella, and he's weaponless. How will he fight the mogadorian ruler himself, weaponless?

Finally, the mogs seem to notice how distracted I am, and close in for the kill. I shoot icicles at the, impaling one and taking out another's eye. It reminds me of Five. Five killed himself for this war, and he will not die in vain. I wont let that happen.

I think of every single thing that's happened to me because of these mogs. They took away my childhood, they took away my freedom, they stole and killed anything and everything that made me happy. They killed my family, I don't even know my real name, I don't even know who my parents were. I could've had a family, I could've had a life, I could've had siblings. I don't even know who my elder grandparent is!

I will finish this war.

With a scream of utter and pure rage, I release a big green torrent of light, and the mogs around me fall to the floor.

Ooh, hope you enjoyed! Did Marina just get a new legacy? Her master legacy? (In case you don't remember, all garde get a master legacy which is more powerful than all of their others when they stop developing legacies.) So anyways, please R&R!