This chapter's kinda long. But that makes it all the more exciting!
Chapter 44: Fightin' Freedom Lovers
MPOV
Everything felt like it was going in extra-slow motion.
With a snarl written on my face, I drew back to bowstring and fired my first arrow right into the line of enemies coming at us.
An Eraser dropped to the ground, dead.
Everything seemed to speed up again as we collided.
I slung my bow on my shoulders again. No sense in wasting my arrows.
So I cocked back my fist and slammed it into the face of an Eraser.
Ah, just like old times.
I leaped up before it could get to me, grabbed its head with both hands, and twisted it, snapping its neck.
Snarling, I launched myself at my next enemy.
After nearly half-an-hour of brawling, my knuckles were bloodied, scraped, and bruised beyond recognition.
I glanced around. There had to be about a hundred enemies left.
But that was when I saw Troy go down.
I couldn't describe my shock as to seeing that.
A mutant had snuck up behind him, and slit his throat with a knife.
I felt a new anger make my blood sing.
I roared and ran at the mutant.
Seconds later, it was all over for that poor sucker.
I couldn't make myself look at poor Troy. He was only fifteen. My age.
I happily began tearing and slashing at my enemies.
Finally, I resorted to using my bow and arrow.
But it was all going down-hill.
Bryan, who had been fighting back-to-back with his twin Ryan, got stabbed in the stomach, dying instantly.
Rachel, Jacob's girlfriend, was battling an M-Geek when it shot her neatly in the forehead.
Destiny, who had been locked in combat with a SuperEraser, was overtaken by a pile of slashing claws and biting jaws.
I saw Zac, after I had snapped a Flyboy's spine, its weakness, take a bullet to the temple.
Brooke, a thirteen-year-old Amazon, took an arrow for her boyfriend, Mark.
Nicole and Austin were shot fighting a group of Transformer-bots.
I caught sight of Fang. We locked eyes. At that moment, the whole world seemed to slow down so much each second was a hundred years.
Back-to-back, I thought. He nodded.
We ran at each other and turned our backs, ready to die fighting next to each other.
"It's been a pleasure serving with you," I said, chucking a throwing knife into an Eraser's throat.
"And you," he said back, bashing a mutant's skull in with a sword.
That was when I saw Jeb, fighting an M-Geek. He was fighting on our side.
"Duck!" Fang shouted. I obeyed without a word, just as a Transformer-bot swung its arm over my head, intending to knock my head off my shoulders.
It felt just like old times. Fighting back-to-back with my best friend, taking out an army that had been made to destroy us.
Only, you know, we weren't just best friends anymore. I was pregnant. We were trying to save the world. It wasn't just Erasers.
We were so close to the Temple that I could see Pretty Boy, the Red-Haired Trio, and Dork Boy at the top. Along with some horribly familiar faces.
Traitor Anne Walker was there. Marian Janssen, or Crazy Old Ex-Mom as I like to call her. William Pruitt, the Headhunter, from that school/insane asylum in Virginia. Huh. Whataya know. Ol' Headhunter was actually evil. Not a surprise.
Gozen, the Uber Director's Frankenstein, was there, disgusting as ever. The Chuster was there too. And Dr. Gunther-Hagen. Itex's Wonder Boy, Omega, was there. And of course our old friend ter Borcht.
Jordan and Isabelle saw this, and immediately made a beeline for them.
"NO!" I shouted.
That was when a group of M-Geeks shot them both.
It was enough to enrage me. My blood boiled with my fury.
So, naturally, I took my anger out on whatever enemy was stupid enough to get in my way.
Slash and Sarah came over and stood with me and Fang.
"How can I get up there?" I asked Slash.
He shrugged and stabbed a SuperEraser at the same time. "We'll take care of the enemies, you get up there."
I nodded. "Got it!"
The four of us ran for the Temple.
The same group of M-Geeks tried to stop us, but we dodged the bullets with ease.
But Slash got shot in the heart.
"SLASH!" Sarah screamed, trying to get to her husband.
An M-Geek shot her too.
Time, sound, and feeling ceased.
I stopped running for the Temple. I ran to the pair.
I knelt next to Sarah, who was still breathing. Slash had been killed instantly.
She grabbed my hand. "Maximum, destroy the Cult."
I nodded. "I'm going to. Just hold on! I'll get Iggy!"
She shook her head. "No!"
I looked helplessly at Fang who was kneeling at her other side. His face was grave. He knew. He knew that we couldn't save her.
"All right," I said, fighting back tears.
Her eyes were losing focus. "Please, promise me something."
I nodded. "Anything."
Sarah stared at me, tears making her eyes misty. "My son. Perseus. Find him. Take care of him. Please! I want you to take care of him."
I stared at her. "What about Sophia? Or Sabrina?"
She shook her head. "No. You. It must be you." She shook my arm. "Say you will!"
Surprised, shocked, and scared. "I will. I promise."
She smiled and closed her eyes. "Thank you."
Sarah never opened her eyes again.
*Cries quietly* I know it's sad, but I had to do that for the purpose of the story. (I wrote a handwritten version of the Overview, and I had them down for death.)
Hate me if you wish, but that is my decision.
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-A$h
