Chapter #15
As I fell, I could feel the mix of the cold and hot air brushing against my face. The feathers in my wings were flying off into the wind, literally causing it to snow feathers down at the people below. Meanwhile, some of the other feathers were caught in the fire of the Kilinda Clan's headquarters, causing them to burn. I thought to myself about my life. I thought about the day I got Eevee as a birthday present from my parents, I remembered the day I found out I was a Rukonian, I remembered the day my father turned on me I held onto Raichu tighter in my arms, praying something would save us—my wings just wouldn't work. I looked down at the pendent my mother had given me and with one hand, I held onto the stone tightly as it started to feel warm in my hand. It was then I began to wonder if anyone would go to my funeral. I wondered what it was going to be like to die.
Suddenly, I felt something grab onto me by my waist tightly. I jerked when the sudden grip stopped my fall, nearly causing me to vomit. I blinked and looked behind me, expecting to see Andy or Carol, but instead, I saw nothing. I paused and realized I was only a few feet from slamming down onto the hard concrete below me, but nothing visible was holding me.
I could hear the people below me, "What? How is she staying in the air like that?! She's not flapping her wings!" I heard one shout in disbelief. "Impossible!"
I could've sworn I felt someone holding me, wrapping its arms around my waist and holding my back to it. But, it was completely impossible! I was totally shocked to this, but it saved my like when I was unable to fly. Finally, I made a far-out guess, ". Victoria?" I whispered. Was it Victoria's spirit that had saved me?
I would never know who or what had saved me, but I recalled someone screaming, "Tsubasa no Kami! Tsubasa no Kami!" And then, the person ran off screaming "It's the dragon!" To me, it didn't make any sense at all, but I was more concentrated with what was going to happen next.
Slowly, I felt myself being lowered down onto the ground. When my feet finally touched the ground, the arms around me let go. I quickly looked behind me to double-check if anyone was there, but all I saw were Kilindas. They were looking at me in shock and anger. I knew they were just as puzzled I was about what had just occurred, but they still wanted me dead as usual. Before I could think it through, I was tackled and restrained onto the hard concrete. They ripped Raichu out my arms and shoved it into a rubber bag. My shot arm was hurting more and more each second, and having it slammed onto the concrete didn't help at all. Not to mention my wings were trampled once again.
Without warning, everyone stopped and paused, looking up to their burning headquarters. I blinked and looked over to it, seeing giant flames swallowing it up and destroying the once proud structure. I could faintly hear the screams of someone from inside the building I looked up to the top floor to see my father and Mr. Roloc waving their arms in the air, screaming for help. I remembered Andy, Carol and I leaving them there to die for everything they had done, but I suddenly regretted it. There was no reason for them to die, nothing would change. I didn't know what came over me, but I soon found myself fighting free from the Kilindas. I trashed around franticly, trying to break free. Finally, I used a powerful Thunderbolt, knocking out several of the Kilindas. Before more could take me down, I ran straight for the building. My mind was racing, I didn't know exactly why I was doing this—risking my own life to save my enemies. As I entered the flaming doorway into the burning building, I could hear Andy and Carol screaming at me to stop.
It was a tough battle, but after several severe burns and close calls, I was at the top floor of the Kilinda Clan's headquarters. I was coughing from the heavy smoke that entered my lungs and I was holding my arm that my father had just barely shot. There, I saw my father and Mr. Roloc, screaming out the window, trying to take in as much of the clean air as they could instead of the smoke from the room. They spun around and looked at me, scared senseless. They probably thought I had come back to kill them off or something.
In a panic, my father rose his gun at me once again. "I'll kill you!" He declared, his eyes filled with fear and rage.
I didn't have anytime to play games, I quickly ran over to Mr. Roloc, ignoring my father's threats. It was then I decided I would not save my father. I knew that he deserved to die. No father should ever turn on his daughter like the way he did. He made the decision for me; he was going to be left to die. Besides, I wasn't going to risk him trying to kill me if I even went near him.
"Come on." I said in a serious tone to Mr. Roloc. I kept a straight face.
He was shaking and was coughing badly. I had to get him out of there as soon as possible. I looked at my surroundings to the huge window where the two men were trying to get clean air. I concitered jumping through it—but I didn't feel like risking my life again like that. I had to choose between trying to go through the burning building yet again, or take the jump. My wings were still out and because they were so weak, I couldn't even pull them into my back.
I grabbed onto Mr. Roloc's hand and ran for the window as I father fired several bullets—all missing. Finally, I got sick of him and used a Thunder Shock attack, knocking him down. I didn't feel bad for what I did—I didn't even regret it.
"Hold on." I said as I climbed onto the window's railing. I had Mr. Roloc wrap his arms around my waist while I held onto him. I always had difficulty flying when carrying Raichu. Now, I was in for the ultimate test. I had to carry a man who was probably atleast 200 pounds! It was a risk I was willing to take.
Looking down below me, I could see the crowd of Kilindas watching in complete terror. They had expressions of mixed reactions. Some thought I was suicidal, some thought I had something evil planned while others didn't know what to think.
"No! Don't!" Mr. Roloc cried in fear as he let go of me, but I didn't let him.
Finally, I made the jump. The building was high, which gave me atleast some time to try to get my wings working. I struggled to flap them, but they wouldn't even budge. "Work, damn it!" I cursed as my heart began to beat heavily. I could hear Mr. Roloc screaming in terror as we fell. My wings weren't working at all, and I was becoming extremely scared. Probably even more than Mr. Roloc who was starting to cry. "WORK!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. I wasn't going to let myself die like this. I wasn't going to die doing this. I wasn't going to leave Andy and Carol. I wasn't going to give up. Never.
With nothing left to do, I used a free hand to hold onto the pendent my mother had given to me tightly. She told me the pendent would protect me. She said the souls of my ancestors would help me. "Please" I whimpered as I continued to fall.
Suddenly, I felt my wings being pulled into my back. But this time, when I did so, several feathers were shed and were sent flying in the wind. I had done nothing to pull them back. Then suddenly, I could feel my pendent become warn again. I looked down at it to find it was glowing. Too much was happening too fast, so I couldn't even ask myself what was going on. Then, I looked behind me to find strange wings appear almost out of nowhere.
The wings were huge, more than twice the size of my normal wings. The feathers were glowing brightly and feathers shed freely from them. As they blew through the hot air, they dissolved into nothing. They appeared as folded wings and they spread out quickly. I was able to move them with no effort at all. As I flapped my new wings, which were obviously not the same wings I had before, I finally realized what was happening. My old wings had vanished and new, stronger, bigger and glowing wings appeared. I took full advantage of them and soon found myself flying through the air gracefully as feathers glided down to the crowd below. The wings were much stronger than my natural ones—I was able to fly without any trouble while carrying Mr. Roloc's weight.
The expression on the people's faces had completely changed. No longer did they appear angry—but were awed. Many of them let go of their weapons they once held in their hands firmly. When Carol and Andy were released, they only watched in amazement.
The wings weren't natural at all. They seemed almost magical. My pendent continued to glow brightly as Mr. Roloc's fear and anger was let go. Instead, he was totally silent.
Finally, I reached the concrete ground. Immediately after Mr. Roloc's feet touched the ground, he backed away from me and looked at me in amazement. I expected to be beaten down that minute, but instead, the Kilindas all backed away. Suddenly, I felt like every little bit of energy I once had in my body had been drained. I felt myself began to go limp and collapse. I felt Andy's arms grab onto me and call for help as I blacked out.
I didn't know how long I had been out, but when I did awake, I was alone. I expected to find myself locked up in a cage and lying on the ground. But I was surprised to find things weren't like that. Instead, I found myself lying in a comfortable bed with white sheets. The whole room was white—from the small tables to the walls. I could hear faint beeping coming from beside me, but I didn't bother to look for where it was from.
The room was a bit dark, but not too much. The blinds on the large window nearby were closed, but sunlight still shawn through. I soon realized where I was. I was in a hospital. Somewhere I never expected to be.
I closed my eyes for a moment, gathering my thoughts. I could remember everything—from the attack against the Kilindas to the strange wings that had come out of nowhere. I felt my hands begin to shake as I thought about it all. I hadn't realized until that moment how lucky I was. I could've died god knows how many times that day, but something was on my side that whole time. Something or someone was helping me there. My first guess was Victoria; but then again, my pendent did glow Or Could it have something to do with what that one Kilinda shouted? Tsubasa no Kami? What was that? I sighed and closed my eyes. I hoped Andy and Carol were okay, not to mention Raichu I had a pounding headache and I was sore all over. I felt weak and my arm had a bandage around it from my father's shot. My father
It wasn't until then I remembered what had happened my father. I left him in the Kilinda Head Quarters. I left him there to die. I felt my stomach turn when I realized I had literally killed him. I killed my own father I felt horrible. Now, I wished I hadn't lived through the whole thing. I wished I was dead. I wished I had someone to answer all the questions that spun through my head.
I was alone.
