I own nothing…

Caleb was watching me, his dark eyes bore into my body even as I try in vain to ignore it. Pogue was like a diligent Marine moving back and forth between school and the hospital, when he was not able to be at Kate's side, my parents where along with my Aunt protecting her. I was never surprised to see Nesrin's daddy there as well, Lance thought of Kate as his own and in some ways she was. Her body was getting better daily with my help but it was time and Chase's death that was needed.

Sarah and Billie are at my side now, we walked into the school together it was a blow to us not to have Kate with us and Chase would pay for this. Every corner of the school it was spread Yasmine was killed, but at least I was not on the suspect list since it looked like she perished in the cave in. My eyes locked in those of Chase himself, he had some balls to show here but this was not a place to fight.

Billie touched my shoulder her voice like a feather floating in the gentle breeze. "The boys have arrived,"

Indeed, they have, the four men walked into the school making girls swoon and other men take blows to their fragile ego's. But like I had predicted when seeing Chase, the boys did too their eyes zeroed in on him as he leaned against his locker watching us. My body slammed into Pogue as he made a beeline for Chase. I snarled, "You will do nothing, he wants you to attack to make Caleb weaker. You will accomplish nothing but ending up in a fucking hospital bed next to Kate," my eyes red, his onyx eyes bore into mine, he wanted to challenge me. But Reid and Tyler now team-up. Their tones lethal, "She is right, for now. Isla or Caleb have to be the one, right now we don't have the damn power to take him. But maybe together we could," that was very true.

Each class passed in slow motion, I sit with Pogue, Caleb about four rows in front of us. The issue was Chase was to my left his eyes on me, it was another sense, most people know when they're being watched but with us, we knew without a doubt and who was watching us.

Mr. Thither droned on and on about this or that, but right now none of us have paid him any mind, I was keeping Pogue in line and he was wanting to off Chase. His voice was cunning now, not how it used to be. "Isla, you can't keep them all safe. I told you, my love, I will leave them alone…well until they ascend and can will me their share of the power. Now you, my love I want, come with me and I will release Kate," tempting offer, very tempting but there was nothing to make any believe he would keep his words.

He smiled grasping my face, "You're mine, and Caleb is going to die," his body flew back as Pogue was on him, my arms wrapped around Pogue pulling him back. "Think of Kate, move away from him. Pogue, Kate needs you," I whispered into his ear while my body was on his, a very angry piggyback ride.

It was broken up very fast, but as soon as the teacher was gone with Pogue, I slammed Chase back into the wall once again in front of everyone.

I pushed my face closer, my mind ordering my body to fall in line. Retreat would be a disaster, a show of weakness an inlet for the enemy to surge through. Nothing in my face betrayed my real fear, it was a mask of defiance and surety, that's why I was the leader. The fear would need an out, of course, I wasn't going the way of the others gibbering in their minds, but there was a time and a place and this sure as hell wasn't it. I was angry, "So much you don't know, Chase. I mean come on you are ignorant in the power. I untied Caleb, Pogue, Reid, and Tyler from the power it will never make them age no matter how much they use. You will age into a withering old man no matter how much power you steal you leach, you fail no matter who you kill," my lips so close to his ear as I chuckled walking away and into Caleb's arms.

"Come near my girl again, I will kill you," he snarled before the bell made us all jump and scatter. I jumped on Pogue's bike behind him and he took off as Billie was driving my car behind us.

I had my arms around Pogue, who I in fact thought was hot and if he wasn't with Kate and I wasn't with Caleb. It is on like Donkey Kong. He handled the bike with ease taking each turn and deadly speed but low and behold Chase was dead in front of us, "I will take care of him, don't stop hit the gas," his dark eyes looked worried as mine flashed red. The power raced over me even as Chase launched the bike through the air letting go and falling was not the best ideal, landing on my feet before dropping to a knee to steady myself, I raised my hand countering it. Pogue landed without harm and the bike was and himself are gone.

My body impacted his sending us down the ravine, "You will fail them like you failed your sisters," but I never failed them, I saved them. My body slamming into a boulder while he went about another twenty feet down. "Glad you think so," boulders shook lose of the soil and round with force down at him, he could deal with that small show of power as I climbed back up.

Right beside me, a tree implied, I turned seeing him hit by the same boulder that stopped my fall. A warm hand grasped mine crystal blue eyes locked with mine, Reid. "Hi, need a hand?"

"Sure do, my knight in shimmering armor.," my voice hoarse as he was pulling me up with ease when he flew back, but now it was Sarah and Billie grasping my arms. "Don't use," I pleaded, they would be targets and this time their power could be taken.

I reached out, my mind focused on his smiling form until the smile vanished. "Move I got her," Reid and Tyler yelled and soon I was on my feet while Chase was still held in the air his body shaking in anger.

"Get out of town and never come back, you will lose against me," fisting my hand before shoving it from me, his body copied as he was sailing down the gorge, we wasted zero time leaving him behind.

Reid carried me into the hospital while the girls went and got food and orange juice which was like fuel for us sisters. Pogue was the first up, "She kicked his ass but is drained,"

"My birthday is tomorrow, everything is going to happen tomorrow. Se her on the cot so she can rest," I was awake but tried, Caleb sat first and my headrest in his lap while his fingers trace my face.

"I need you to stay out of it tomorrow, you have to stay safe,"

"I can't promise," he looked angry but the girls walked in with juice and food and cut his retort off.