Chapter 25: Finding Refuge

Shortly after Will left Elyon asked to talk to the guardians alone. Phobos and his big band of followers left the castle. "Taranee, I was able to figure out where Mindy is going before she took my powers completely." Elyon said; her voice a little hoarse. "She is heading out to Las Vegas to get away from you and get some rest to regain the rest of her energy. Get to her before she gets her strength back. Right now she has no idea how to use my powers so you have the advantage right now." She coughed and leaned back on her throne. "I am slowly losing my life force. Mindy did more then just take my power; she is taking my life force as well." Then Elyon closed her eyes and fell asleep.

The guardians looked at Elyon and then Taranee took charge. "Come on, let's go get Will and go take down Mindy." The girls wanted to stay and take care of Elyon but knew that the group needed all the help they could get. They took one last look at Elyon and then left the castle leaving Elyon alone with her guards. Once they arrived outside, everyone looked at the guardians wondering what Elyon had said to them. "Ok everyone, we are going to Las Vegas, that's where Mindy should be." Taranee said and Will walked up next to her.

"Let's get a move on." Will said and created a fold back to heatherfield. When she got to the other side of the fold, the guardians all realized that they had arrived at Wills house of course the only one that wasn't surprised by this is Will. "I'm going to talk to my mom and then have her call your parents so that they know where we will be." Will then walked into her home. After about ten minutes, Will walked back out and handed each of the guardians a sword. "Don't ask where I got them, just take them. We will need them to help fight off Mindy. If you get hurt, fall back and leave the battle, I can't allow me or any of my guardians to get themselves killed or fatally injured. Now let's move it."

Just then Phobos walked up to Will. "So if they get hurt, they can run but we can't." Phobos complained.

Will having no patience at the moment snapped back at him. "Phobos, you can hurt her from a distance and if you're hurt unlike us who can't hurt her with anything other then a sword, so back off." Will then transformed them and flew high above them. "Have the lurdans stand guard here in heatherfield while the rest of us go get Mindy."

Taranee then telepathically spoke to Will. 'Will, we need to hurry or Elyon will die. She is losing her life force.'

'Why didn't you tell me that earlier Taranee?' Will snapped at her friend.

'I didn't want Phobos to hear that or he might just take his time helping. I know you're the leader Will but you need'

Taranee was cut off by Will. 'I know Taranee, I need to calm down.' Will said saying exactly what Taranee was going to say. Will and the others then flew up into the air two guardians carrying Cedric in his human form and two carrying Miranda in her human form.

In Las Vegas, Mindy weakly walked around and found an abandoned building just outside of town and well hidden. Mindy walked up to the building with the feeling that someone is watching her. She walked into the building and then got grabbed by someone. Mindy didn't bother to struggle confusing the person that grabbed her. Mindy inwardly smiled and then stomped on the person's foot and flipped around and kicked the guy in the head. Mindy walked forward when she got stopped by a decently sized man both in height and weight and stared at him. "Who are you girl?" The man asked plainly.

"I'm Mindy Johnson and if you have anyone touch me again, I will personally cut your throat open right after the man that attacks me dies."

The man stood there rubbing his chin thinking and then spoke up. "I like you Mindy. Please, accept my apologies. We aren't fond of trespassers and so we attack them if they enter here." He said and then whistled and out came hundreds of thug looking men with guns and other things. "These are my men."

'I could use the protection.' Mindy thought and came up with a decision. "I'll accept your apology if you let me stay here for as long as I need."

The man thought for a second and then answered. "Then welcome my dear but if I may ask, why would you want to stay here?"

"I'm not a full strength and so I was looking for a well hidden place to rest up. I am having some trouble with some people trying get rid of me." Mindy's legs started to shake.

The man saw this and thought that she was just acting tough to get out of trouble which made him angry but he was also impressed. Then he came up with an idea. "You up there." He pointed to a man with a gun. "Come here." Then the man turned back to Mindy. "I don't like being tricked miss Johnson. Oh and my name is Alex." Then Alex snapped his fingers and the man shot at Mindy. Mindy moved out of the way of the bullet and ran at the man with the gun. She grabbed his head and ripped it off. Then she ran over to Alex. "So you're not as weak as you lead us to believe. Why with such power would you need our help?"

Mindy knew why he had the man attack and is now ok with it. "The people chasing me already almost killed me once. I am lucky to be alive. Let's just say that after three days of fighting, that means something. All I need is rest and I will be out of your hair."

"So you're the hybrid that fought for three days straight." Welcome to our home.

After a few hours of flying, the group had finally landed in Las Vegas. "Ok everyone, let's get looking."

A/N: So it took me longer then usual to update but my friend called and I don't get to see him anymore. He is in the army so I wanted to talk to him as much as possible. Anyway, thanks for the reviews and please continue to review and I hope you enjoyed.