Ch12
A/N: Two in one day!!! YEA FOR ME! LOL .. Thanx for all the reviews with the past chaps. they mean SOO much to me! Without then I think i'd given up a while ago! :-D
The Meeting
~Nicolas POV~
Now that we have Wrath or Michael... we have the second in command. He knows all the battle stratagies, and once we extract all the information out of him I'll kill him. How rare is it, that I may have that pleasure twice. Killing him is a feat that must be done. Once he is dead the other will crumble and we shall kill them too.
"Is it true Nicolas? Did you capture Wrath?"- Kivar asks me
"Yes"- I say gloating in my own pride
"Then we shall have to get the information from him soon..."Kivar starts to soon
"It would be my pleasure... I could do it right now"-I know I am right
"No, we must wait....Zan will aproach us soon. I want Wrath alive!"- Kivar commands to me
"But sire...."I start
"Do you understand me?"- Kivar asks in a threatening tone.
"Yes"- I say... very openly dissapointed. I guess I must wait till I kill him.
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~Rene POV~
I have arrived early to the base, before the meeting started. I was surpirse to see that I was the only one here besides Max. I thought Liz would be here to comfort him, especially if the rumors are true about Michael. I know that I am not nearly as close to the royals as the others are, but Jake, Matt and I have gotten close enough to them that it still hurts us. I look over at Max and see his face very pale, he looks so old. At the age that he should be in his prime, I see he is slowly falling. He is to young to look like a man who has been at war for years, the rumors must be true and I fear that is what has aged him the most. When loosing Amy, they all had aged more, it was only one month into the battle when she died. It was then that everything started changing, the six of them who grew up together spread apart. And though Amy was loved by all in the group, she wasn't nearly as much of a player in this group as Micheal is. I fear that if Michael is found to be dead, then so is the cause.... The cause that I grew up learning about, looking forward to one day protecting my King. But here on Earth it is different, Max who is my king, is only a man who relies on his family/friends for guidence. He is not so sure of himself and since this war has started he has to be a King. He has risen to the position..... but he still is half human and that is his most vulnerable spot.
~Liz POV~
Maria and I arrive to the meeting about the same time as everyone else. Ha! is all i can think about. Look at us, we are suppose to be the leaders of this army yet all of us look like we just came out of our graves. I look at the table where everyone sits. I see Isabel, who longer looks beautiful like she always did, but instead she looks like all her beauty has been stripped away leaving only a skeleton behind. A skeleton held together not by muscles but instead by fear and dispair and it is quickly dissolving. Then there is Kyle, who once would do anything to make someone laugh, there he is sitting there looking gauntly and like a man who has not laughed in years. And in a way, may be he hasn't. There is Matt, a man who I have known for but only a short time but has proven his by many of times to. But his once fiece amber eyes has since lost it spark and now look dull and unimportant. Jake, who used to stand, proud and tall now slunches with what seems to be the weight of the world on his shoulders. A burden not ment for him to carry. Then there is Maria, who no longer looks like she used to. Even through her time when she held back from us, it was still Maria. Now all i see is a girl with nothing to lose, and that is the most dangerous type of look to have. and then theres Max. My loving, and caring husband...who is giving everything he has to make this world better, to end this war. I know he would give his life for it. As I would mine. But we have drifted neither one of us able to face the other.... and it has come to me in a plauging question Will this war take away our love? Is that what it will take in the end? Love rather than our lives? To each and everyone of us, we are no longer a family or whole. This war is taking away that feeling of love and strength. I would give anything to end this war.... anything but Love, or is that not so important in the scheme of things? Love is just an emotion that should be able to be shut off , just like the rest. I know we all must come to this decision soon... is it something were willing to loose?
Max starts the meeting with "For those of you, who have not heard Michael has infact been kidnapped and is right now believed to be alive but injuyed. The plan in which I have come up with is dangerous, and any one of you has the right to say you won't participate" Max starts looking at each of us... his eyes varly meeting mine....
He describes the plan... and it infact does seem suicidal....
"Does anyone wish to not to participate?"- Max asks..
No one says anything.... it is time to decide if we let Michael die... then love is an emotion to be turned off and forgotten. If we choose to go.. then love might just kill us.
"I will go no matter what...I love him"- Maria starts
"I'll go for he's my brother"- Is states
"We'll go for he our commader"- Jake states for Rene and Matt too
"I'll go because he would for me"- Kyle states
"He's my best friend"- Max states
It is up to me... I see them all looking at me. Why is it always my decision the one that is so important. I know this plan has no way of succeeding without one person...but I can't decide. I look at everyone they are all staring at me waiting.
"He's always been my big brother.... I'll go" I finally say.
Did I make the right decision?? I hope so...
"Then we head out at tomorrow at dawn. Everyone get some rest."- Max commands us to
They all leave and I stay.... Max looks at me starngely
"We need to talk"- I finally tell him
A/N: Two in one day!!! YEA FOR ME! LOL .. Thanx for all the reviews with the past chaps. they mean SOO much to me! Without then I think i'd given up a while ago! :-D
The Meeting
~Nicolas POV~
Now that we have Wrath or Michael... we have the second in command. He knows all the battle stratagies, and once we extract all the information out of him I'll kill him. How rare is it, that I may have that pleasure twice. Killing him is a feat that must be done. Once he is dead the other will crumble and we shall kill them too.
"Is it true Nicolas? Did you capture Wrath?"- Kivar asks me
"Yes"- I say gloating in my own pride
"Then we shall have to get the information from him soon..."Kivar starts to soon
"It would be my pleasure... I could do it right now"-I know I am right
"No, we must wait....Zan will aproach us soon. I want Wrath alive!"- Kivar commands to me
"But sire...."I start
"Do you understand me?"- Kivar asks in a threatening tone.
"Yes"- I say... very openly dissapointed. I guess I must wait till I kill him.
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~Rene POV~
I have arrived early to the base, before the meeting started. I was surpirse to see that I was the only one here besides Max. I thought Liz would be here to comfort him, especially if the rumors are true about Michael. I know that I am not nearly as close to the royals as the others are, but Jake, Matt and I have gotten close enough to them that it still hurts us. I look over at Max and see his face very pale, he looks so old. At the age that he should be in his prime, I see he is slowly falling. He is to young to look like a man who has been at war for years, the rumors must be true and I fear that is what has aged him the most. When loosing Amy, they all had aged more, it was only one month into the battle when she died. It was then that everything started changing, the six of them who grew up together spread apart. And though Amy was loved by all in the group, she wasn't nearly as much of a player in this group as Micheal is. I fear that if Michael is found to be dead, then so is the cause.... The cause that I grew up learning about, looking forward to one day protecting my King. But here on Earth it is different, Max who is my king, is only a man who relies on his family/friends for guidence. He is not so sure of himself and since this war has started he has to be a King. He has risen to the position..... but he still is half human and that is his most vulnerable spot.
~Liz POV~
Maria and I arrive to the meeting about the same time as everyone else. Ha! is all i can think about. Look at us, we are suppose to be the leaders of this army yet all of us look like we just came out of our graves. I look at the table where everyone sits. I see Isabel, who longer looks beautiful like she always did, but instead she looks like all her beauty has been stripped away leaving only a skeleton behind. A skeleton held together not by muscles but instead by fear and dispair and it is quickly dissolving. Then there is Kyle, who once would do anything to make someone laugh, there he is sitting there looking gauntly and like a man who has not laughed in years. And in a way, may be he hasn't. There is Matt, a man who I have known for but only a short time but has proven his by many of times to. But his once fiece amber eyes has since lost it spark and now look dull and unimportant. Jake, who used to stand, proud and tall now slunches with what seems to be the weight of the world on his shoulders. A burden not ment for him to carry. Then there is Maria, who no longer looks like she used to. Even through her time when she held back from us, it was still Maria. Now all i see is a girl with nothing to lose, and that is the most dangerous type of look to have. and then theres Max. My loving, and caring husband...who is giving everything he has to make this world better, to end this war. I know he would give his life for it. As I would mine. But we have drifted neither one of us able to face the other.... and it has come to me in a plauging question Will this war take away our love? Is that what it will take in the end? Love rather than our lives? To each and everyone of us, we are no longer a family or whole. This war is taking away that feeling of love and strength. I would give anything to end this war.... anything but Love, or is that not so important in the scheme of things? Love is just an emotion that should be able to be shut off , just like the rest. I know we all must come to this decision soon... is it something were willing to loose?
Max starts the meeting with "For those of you, who have not heard Michael has infact been kidnapped and is right now believed to be alive but injuyed. The plan in which I have come up with is dangerous, and any one of you has the right to say you won't participate" Max starts looking at each of us... his eyes varly meeting mine....
He describes the plan... and it infact does seem suicidal....
"Does anyone wish to not to participate?"- Max asks..
No one says anything.... it is time to decide if we let Michael die... then love is an emotion to be turned off and forgotten. If we choose to go.. then love might just kill us.
"I will go no matter what...I love him"- Maria starts
"I'll go for he's my brother"- Is states
"We'll go for he our commader"- Jake states for Rene and Matt too
"I'll go because he would for me"- Kyle states
"He's my best friend"- Max states
It is up to me... I see them all looking at me. Why is it always my decision the one that is so important. I know this plan has no way of succeeding without one person...but I can't decide. I look at everyone they are all staring at me waiting.
"He's always been my big brother.... I'll go" I finally say.
Did I make the right decision?? I hope so...
"Then we head out at tomorrow at dawn. Everyone get some rest."- Max commands us to
They all leave and I stay.... Max looks at me starngely
"We need to talk"- I finally tell him