Everything happened so fast. Alex was pulling me away from the window, the person below was shooting at us, and I heard the door to my room burst open and servants flood inside, all led by my father.

Dad was barking orders to everyone, telling demons to guard the doors and keep everyone out of this hallway. He told Alex to take me to a different room, and the next thing I knew, Alex was carrying me down the hall to another unknown place.

Once we were in another room, Alex sat me on the bed, then sat beside me. He had a look of determination on his face that was unlike any I had ever seen before.

I wanted to say something, but had no idea what, or if speaking would give away our location. I pulled my legs up to my chest and hugged my knees, keeping to myself.

There was a knock on the door, and Alex stood and walked toward it. He pressed his ear to the door, then a moment later, opened it.

I held my breath as the door creaked open. Once I could see who was there, I released my held breath and put my feet back on the ground.

It was Samantha. She hurried into the room so Alex could close the door again. She smiled sympathetically at me. I just looked away. I was tired of people's sympathy. I just wanted Serena to make up her mind about everything.

"Selena, we need to talk."

"Speak of the devil," I whispered.

Alex and Samantha glanced at me.

I closed my eyes. "Could you have possibly been able to pick a worse time?"

"I know, but this is important. You may be able to help fight back."

"Alright. Just a second."

"Hurry."

"Alex," I said, opening my eyes.

He nodded. "Go ahead. We'll protect you."

I smiled at them, then left to find Serena.


I saw Serena standing alone waiting for me. Her black fog was visible behind her, and it made me a little nervous.

"So are you ready to talk? About what Angelina said?"

Serena nodded. "Selena, no matter what I say, or how you feel, please let me finish before you say anything. It's a lot and really hard to take in."

I nodded, and waited for her to explain.

"Angelina has a medication that should help you, but it's poison to angels and demons separately. So for you to be able to take the medicine, we have to join together again. The reason it's taken me so long to think about it was I've just started living on my own, separate from you, and it's a great feeling to be somewhat free, to make my own choices. The main reason I separated from you was to help you and Alex remember each other. The whole thing about helping you discover your gifts was a cover. Only you can discover what powers are hidden within you. And trust me, there are a few of them." Serena smiled sadly. "Anyway, once we join together again, I won't be here anymore. I'll be inside of you. We might still be able to talk to each other like this, but I don't know. I think everything will go back to normal. But I'm ready to do whatever I need to do to help you. Are you?"

I was silent. I felt tears in my eyes. I didn't want her to go forever. We were friends. No one wants to lose their best friend.

I finally found my voice. "Will you die?"

Serena gave a small smile, and shook her head. "I won't die. I'll be joining you. We'll be alive together. I just need your consent to join with you. But we do need to do this soon. Are you ready?"

There was no other option. I had to do this now. I just needed to hope that we'd be able to speak to each other and remember being able to talk to each other after it was all over.

I took a deep breath, then nodded.

Serena nodded, then walked up to me and placed her hand on my shoulder.

"It's been fun," Serena smiled.

"Yeah," I choked out.

Serena closed her eyes, and I followed suit, closing mine as well.

"See you soon, Selena."


Third Person POV:

"What's going on? Why did she fall over like that? Why is she unconscious?!" Samantha asked, freaking out. Quite loudly, as well.

Alex was slightly panicking himself, but refused to let Samantha see that. "Samantha, she's fine, believe me. Now you have to be quiet."

The young demon girl whirled around, and seemed to remember where she was. She quieted to a whisper. "I apologize, Master Alexander, but when she collapsed, I... What happened?"

"It's a long story, but I promise, she's alright. You have to trust me."

"How do you know?"

"Call it a brother's intuition." Alex said. "And please, just call me Alex."

"Yes sir, Alex."

"Good. Now, someone probably knows we're up here, so we need to think of a plan to fight back if they find us." Alex walked over to Selena, who seemed to be sleeping peacefully.

"We should hide her somewhere," Samantha offered.

Alex shook his head. "What if she woke up and had no idea where she was? She might do something to give away her location, then we couldn't help her."

"Maybe we should block off entry?"

"Form a barricade?"

"Precisely!"

"I guess it couldn't hurt. We just need to be quiet about it."

"Yes sir!"

Alex and Samantha quietly walked over to the dresser in the room and moved it to in front of the door.

"At least they won't be able to get in as easily." Alex commented.

"Especially since the door opens inward." Samantha noted.

As if on cue, they heard a banging sound on the door.

Alex signaled for Samantha to be completely silent. He stood in front of Selena to guard her, while Samantha stood in front by the door, ready to defend.

The banging was becoming more insistent. Alex was growing worried he wouldn't be able to save Selena, when he felt a tap on his shoulder.

He looked behind him to see Selena, sitting up on the bed, her wings spread wide behind her. Her right wing shining a brilliant white, her left wing a dark and deep black. Alex smiled at her.

"Don't worry about me," she said, her face showing her determination. "There's no way they can beat the two of us together."

Samantha turned her head to see Selena and smiled. "Mistress Selena! Your wings!"

Selena nodded. "Let them in, Samantha. I'm ready for them."