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A/N: Nearly at the end! But there is still angst to go, because I've thought of a good way to round off some of the loose ends from last chapter (Well, I HOPE they're good!)
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Jenna made her way down to the river nearby, where Karalen was desperately cleaning herself, sobbing quietly. The water was stained red, but it wasn't Karalen's blood.
She looked at Jenna. "Piers..." she said softly.
Jenna understood what she meant. And it made her sick to the stomach. Shadow had filled her and Mik in on the events.
"Dammit Felix!" she hissed. "Why?"
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"We're too late!" cried Ivan.
"No, there is a way!" said Becca.
"What is it?" asked Isaac.
"I can fuse my Solar Psynergy with the soul of an Earth or Mars Adept, as those elements are ruled by the sun. That person would be a walking time bomb that would give off pure Solar Energy. They would need to enter the energy field Alex is in."
They turned to see Alex, surrounded by silver energy.
"But that person won't survive." She added.
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David rolled forwards, grabbing Saturos' sword. Seth raised a scorched eyebrow in amusement.
"Playing with the big boy weapons now, are we?" he mocked.
David grasped the hilt. He cast his mind back to Saturos helping him. He stole a glance at Saturos' unconscious form. At least he knew the Proxian wouldn't sacrifice himself or anything. This was down to him.
He held the sword in front of him. "You killed Garet. He failed in his quest to kill me. You are gonna pay!"
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The rubble stirred, and Leo clambered out. "Owie! THAT'S gonna hurt in the morning!" he moaned, rubbing his head. He surveyed the cave in, and noticed that one of the doors sealing them in had been smashed. He grinned, then noticed he was missing something...
"LEO!" bellowed a voice from the rocks. A hand was sticking out, scrabbling madly. Leo went to help Selena out of the wreckage, albeit hesitantly.
She sounded pissed.
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"I guess it's me." Said Isaac, sadly.
"No!" said Ivan. "We said we weren't gonna lose any more friends!"
"Well, I'm the Earth Adept. There really is no choice."
Becca watched them, tears welling in her dark eyes. "I'm so sorry." She whispered. "I would do it myself if I could, but it doesn't work like that."
Isaac ruffled her hair. "Nah, it's ok!" he said, trying to smile. "If I don't do it, we're ALL dead anyway."
"Ok." Said Becca. She held her hand to his forehead.
"WAIT!" said a voice.
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Metal clashed with metal. Seth was the more experienced swordsman, but his thirst for vengeance was making him clumsy. David knocked him over. He rolled to the side, holding his sword out in front of him.
"Toby died because of you!" he spat.
"No, Toby died because of that homophobic little prat that killed him!" snarled David. "I killed him, and it didn't bring him back. What will killing me achieve?"
"Nothing. I do it for fun. And once I've killed you, I'm gonna waste that trash that has been protecting you!"
Seth charged at him, sword swinging. David sidestepped, flicking the sword to his right. He knocked Seth's sword from his hands, spun to the left, and thrust forwards.
Seth's eyes opened wide. He looked down, to see the hilt of the sword in his stomach. The rest was protruding out of his back.
"You...killed...me..."
David was shaking, but wouldn't let go of the sword. "No, you died a long time ago. I'm sorry." He whispered.
Strong arms grabbed him from behind, and pulled him away. David looked up into Saturos' eyes.
"Let's get out of here!" he said.
They ran towards the staircase leading back up from where they fell.
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Selena healed the last gash in her leg.
"Don't be so irresponsible!" she snapped. "We could have been killed!"
"Well, did you have any better ideas?!?"
They realised that they were heading back out of the temple.
"Damn! Wrong way!" said Leo. They almost walked straight into David and Saturos.
"Where's Isaac?" asked Saturos.
"That way. But it will take too long." Said Selena. "The best thing we can do is wait by the rune. If we get involved, one of us will probably get captured and used as a hostage." She added reasonably. The others nodded, and the headed outside.
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Isaac turned to see the owner of the voice.
"Felix?"
Ivan drew his sword. "Ready for round two?" he asked.
Felix shook his head. Then he turned to Becca.
"I'll do it."
Becca studied him. "Why?"
"Because I love him. This isn't him; it's the power that has done it to him. I should have stopped it sooner, but I was weak. And because of that, Piers, Mia and Garet are dead." Felix stopped. "And Isaac shouldn't have to die. Let me do it, please. As an act of love."
"How can we trust him?" asked Ivan, but Becca ignored him. She looked into Felix's eyes.
"Alright." She held he palm against his forehead. Felix could feel golden energy flow through him, filling his soul.
He looked at himself. His skin had a golden tinge
"Now go!" he said. "You don't have long, if you want to live."
They ran from the room.
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Isaac hauled Becca onto his shoulders, and broke into a run. Ivan sprinted along side him. The place was beginning to shake.
"Which way?" screamed Ivan.
"LEFT!" yelled Becca.
They ran on, listening to the ex-Solar Adepts directions.
There, ahead, they saw the entrance, and standing by the rune waiting were the others.
"GET ONTO THE RUNE!" shrieked Isaac.
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Alex looked out of the silver energy.
"Why?" he asked.
Felix walked towards him, the golden light from his body intensifying.
"Because I love you."
"Even after everything I've done?" Alex's eyes lost the power madness for a second, exposing the real, frightened man underneath.
"Even then. I am to blame too. But we are..." he leaned in to kiss him.
Only Human.
And everything went white.
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A/N: So? A bit of angst for Felix and Alex. Hopefully, people won't hate Alex so much now! Apparently, peeps have disliked him after reading this! One more chapter to go, and then the Epilogue.
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