I realize this is a short chapter. Much apologies. But I like how it
is, and how it ends. Even if there isn't much Alex/Felix. Enjoy.
Porcelain
Chapter 3
"We had every advantage...and we still lost..."
I didn't know what emotion to feel when Saturos and Menardi fell into the
beacon pit. Anger, at Isaac and his companions for taking my revenge
away from me? Relief that the pain at the Mars Adept's hands was over?
I didn't have to make that decision. The Lighthouse began to shake. I
fell to one knee, trying to keep myself steady. A roar filled my ears,
it took me a minute to realize that the oceans had risen up to the base
of the lighthouse. The earth groaned at the pressure, I could feel the
power of Venus in my very bones. A power the lighthouse was trying to
contain.
A crack split the air, and I was thrown up against the wall I was
standing next to. After a moment I managed to look up.
The lighthouse was coming apart. The thin strand of gold light that had
been rising from the beacon pit had disappeared. The worst of the quakes
seemed to be over, the white stone beneath me was merely trembling.
"FELIX!"
I whipped around. Sheba, poor, innocent, defenseless Sheba, had been
thrown off of the lighthouse. She was hanging onto the parparet with one
hand. "FELIX!!!!"
"Hang on, Sheba!" I took a step forward just as a particularly violent
shake tripped me up. I fell against the parparet, hitting my temple. I
saw stars, and I could feel blood sliding down the side of my face,
staining the snow colored stone beneath me crimson. I struggled to my
hands and knees, crawling to the edge. "Sheba! Take my hand!"
I stretched as far as I could, but I was still falling miserably short of
the Jupiter Adept. She looked up at me, the sun making the tears on her
cheeks shine. "I...I can't! Felix...I'm scared!"
"You can do it, Sheba!" I encouraged her. "We'll make it through this,
we will!"
But even as I reassured her, even as the words left my lips I knew we
wouldn't. The way down from the lighthouse...the only way out...
It was too far away to jump, and the stone was crumbling more by the
minute. A violent wave on the side of the lighthouse below, sending
sparkling droplets in the air. We wouldn't make it out alive, we were
going to die here.
Alex...Jenna...I'm so sorry...
"We'll make it..." I said, more to convince myself than the terrified
girl holding onto a bit of stone. "We're going to make it..."
"Thank you for everything, Felix," Sheba said softly. "Thank you..."
"Don't talk like that, we're going to make it!" I yelled back at her,
reaching even farther than I thought possible...
I almost had caught her wrist when the piece of stone she was holding
onto broke away, and she tumbled out into space.
"SHEBA!" I wasn't sure if it was me screaming, or the people behind me.
"NO! SHEBA!"
I had let her down...I had let everyone down...
For a moment I just stood there, looking around. Everything seemed to
hold a clarity that it never had before. The sun on the stone, the sky
sharp against the parparet, the clouds etched in blue, a bird flying
by...
I took a step forward, my footing uneasy on the shaking airie, and spread
my arms as if to embrace the world.
When I jumped, it almost seemed like I could fly, looking down on the
blue of the water and the white of the foam.
White like porcelain.
Then the waves rushed up to meet me, as someone behind me screamed my
name.
******
See? Short and sweet, right? Anyways, sorry for the delay, but I
updated! I hope you liked it! ^_^
is, and how it ends. Even if there isn't much Alex/Felix. Enjoy.
Porcelain
Chapter 3
"We had every advantage...and we still lost..."
I didn't know what emotion to feel when Saturos and Menardi fell into the
beacon pit. Anger, at Isaac and his companions for taking my revenge
away from me? Relief that the pain at the Mars Adept's hands was over?
I didn't have to make that decision. The Lighthouse began to shake. I
fell to one knee, trying to keep myself steady. A roar filled my ears,
it took me a minute to realize that the oceans had risen up to the base
of the lighthouse. The earth groaned at the pressure, I could feel the
power of Venus in my very bones. A power the lighthouse was trying to
contain.
A crack split the air, and I was thrown up against the wall I was
standing next to. After a moment I managed to look up.
The lighthouse was coming apart. The thin strand of gold light that had
been rising from the beacon pit had disappeared. The worst of the quakes
seemed to be over, the white stone beneath me was merely trembling.
"FELIX!"
I whipped around. Sheba, poor, innocent, defenseless Sheba, had been
thrown off of the lighthouse. She was hanging onto the parparet with one
hand. "FELIX!!!!"
"Hang on, Sheba!" I took a step forward just as a particularly violent
shake tripped me up. I fell against the parparet, hitting my temple. I
saw stars, and I could feel blood sliding down the side of my face,
staining the snow colored stone beneath me crimson. I struggled to my
hands and knees, crawling to the edge. "Sheba! Take my hand!"
I stretched as far as I could, but I was still falling miserably short of
the Jupiter Adept. She looked up at me, the sun making the tears on her
cheeks shine. "I...I can't! Felix...I'm scared!"
"You can do it, Sheba!" I encouraged her. "We'll make it through this,
we will!"
But even as I reassured her, even as the words left my lips I knew we
wouldn't. The way down from the lighthouse...the only way out...
It was too far away to jump, and the stone was crumbling more by the
minute. A violent wave on the side of the lighthouse below, sending
sparkling droplets in the air. We wouldn't make it out alive, we were
going to die here.
Alex...Jenna...I'm so sorry...
"We'll make it..." I said, more to convince myself than the terrified
girl holding onto a bit of stone. "We're going to make it..."
"Thank you for everything, Felix," Sheba said softly. "Thank you..."
"Don't talk like that, we're going to make it!" I yelled back at her,
reaching even farther than I thought possible...
I almost had caught her wrist when the piece of stone she was holding
onto broke away, and she tumbled out into space.
"SHEBA!" I wasn't sure if it was me screaming, or the people behind me.
"NO! SHEBA!"
I had let her down...I had let everyone down...
For a moment I just stood there, looking around. Everything seemed to
hold a clarity that it never had before. The sun on the stone, the sky
sharp against the parparet, the clouds etched in blue, a bird flying
by...
I took a step forward, my footing uneasy on the shaking airie, and spread
my arms as if to embrace the world.
When I jumped, it almost seemed like I could fly, looking down on the
blue of the water and the white of the foam.
White like porcelain.
Then the waves rushed up to meet me, as someone behind me screamed my
name.
******
See? Short and sweet, right? Anyways, sorry for the delay, but I
updated! I hope you liked it! ^_^