Disclaimer: See Chapter 00.

Thanks to rebecca and heartbreakerginny. Now, I hate to do this but the story is finished. Never fear though, there will be a sequel in the works and you'll see why at the end of this chapter.

Chapter 08: How Long?
"What happens if you don't get your powers back?" Tyler asked quietly as Caleb ran a hand over his face in frustration.

"If that happens..." Ella paused taking a deep breath before she continued to speak. "Then I die," she muttered.

"No!" the four boys exclaimed staring at her not wanting to believe what she had just said.

"How long?" Tyler asked in a whisper that only Ella heard.

"A month at the most,"

Reid, Tyler, Pogue and Caleb all stared at the older girl in disbelief. Caleb getting up and storming from the room with Reid and Tyler getting up and going after him. Pogue looked at Ella as if to say. "You shouldn't have done it."

"I hate her sometimes," Caleb yelled as soon as they were outside of the hospital.

"She knew, what she was getting herself into," Reid tried reasoning with him as Tyler ran both of his hands through his hair.

"You heard what she said. If she doesn't get her power back within the month she's dead," Caleb told them as his eyes momentarily went flashed black as the night sky. "What if it doesn't work?"

"Honestly, I don't want to think about it," Tyler felt like yelling but didn't, instead he chose to speak quietly.

"Caleb, do you know the spell she used?" Reid asked, playing with the loose threads on his jacket.

"No, remember she said it wasn't in any book," Caleb answered, shaking his head as he did so. "If I knew that I could do something,"

"Ella's smart, she knows what she's doing," Tyler muttered, looking between Reid and Caleb.

Inside Pogue and Ella were talking with the younger boy berating her for letting herself become weak without her powers. The others couldn't see it but the older girl was getting weaker by the minute.

"Ella, just take them back!" Pogue said as loudly as he could muster, without being in excruciating pain.

"When I'm ready, Pogue," Ella sighed, running a hand through her hair, she was one of the few girls who hadn't bothered with putting their hair up for Fall Fest. "It takes a lot out of a person," she muttered looking at him.

"Then why'd you do it?" Pogue asked as he closed his eyes.

"I had to, I couldn't let Chase kill him," Ella sighed, smiling sadly at him as Caleb, Reid and Tyler walked back into the room.

"Wasn't there any other way?" Caleb asked, all Ella did was shake her head.

Ella bit her lip as she looked at her brother and best friends. The four boys looked at her as they all had thoughts of death running rampant in their minds. Not of their own death but rather of Ella.

"Ell, take them back," Tyler pleaded with his big sister as Reid walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her waist.

"No, Caleb's going to need them," Ella said barely above a whisper before she looked at Reid and noticed that all four boys were close to crying.

"What do you mean?" Reid asked, as he rested his head on Ella's shoulder and Caleb ran a hand over his face. Tyler bit his lip as he thought while Pogue closed his eyes.

Ella wasn't exactly sure how to tell the boys the future that she had seen in the time that she was away from them. For as long as they could remember Ella's nightmares had a penchant for coming close to be true. And they were almost never good. Her nightmares were like premonitions.

"Ella, what's wrong?" Caleb questioned, looking at her as they heard a few rather loud screams.

"I don't know. Reid, stay here," Ella muttered, in reply as she gripped his hands tightly in hers. "The three of you stay here please. 'Leb, try using to see if you can see what's here,"

"Ell, how will that work?" Reid asked as he tried to loosen her grip on his hands.

"Don't know how to explain it. Just that it will," she responded closing her eyes briefly before she opened them and saw Tyler staring at her wondering what was going on in his older sister's mind.

Caleb closed his eyes and let his subconscious leave his body through astral projection. It was then that he realised that it was his power that was doing it but rather Ella's. Caleb realised that Ella could still control her power even though it was passed to him.

"Ella, control it, it's your power not mine," Caleb said, Ella shook her head not wanting to take control.

"You do it," she muttered burying her head in Reid's shoulder as she let go of his hands and found his arms wrapped tightly around her body.

"Fine," Caleb sighed, before he reluctantly sent the astral version of himself out into the hallways and in the direction that the screams had come. "Shit," he muttered once he saw what it was that had caused the screams.

Caleb's astral self was flung back into his body and he almost landed against the wall. Tyler grabbed the older boy's shoulder to steady him. Pogue wanted to get out of the hospital as he could feel his ribcage start to tighten and he gasped for breath. Ella looked up from Reid's shoulder and her gaze flew straight to Pogue.

"Tyler, you have to use, try and get him to relax," Ella said moving away from Reid and placing her hand on Tyler's shoulder. "I know you can do it baby brother,"

Tyler took a deep breath before he responded. "Okay," he looked at Ella and then at Pogue closing his eyes before opening them and allowing them to go black as night. "Pogue, let me," he muttered, Pogue nodded a little looking at him before Tyler found his way into Pogue's airways.

Reid moved so that he could wrap his arms firmly around Ella once again, not wanting the older girl to be out of his grasp for more than a moment. Ella sighed, she knew it was going to happen sooner or later. She wasn't as strong as she should have been, especially since giving her power to Caleb.

"Ella, what the hell do you know?" Caleb questioned, pushing Tyler away from him and storming over to Reid and Ella.

"Fine. I had nightmares. Visions if you want," Ella paused looking at the boys as she watched Tyler getting Pogue's breathing under control.

"Why didn't you tell us?" Caleb grumbled, standing before Ella and looking in her eyes. "Tell me."

"Evil. Bad. Hell." Ella said, glaring at Caleb before she closed her eyes and then opened them. "Listen to me. You need my power,"

"No I don't! You need it!"

"Caleb's right. Ell, you need it. I don't want you to die," Reid muttered in her ear before Tyler almost screamed at her.

Ella took a deep breath looking at the boys who all seemed to be glaring at her. Even Reid, whose arms were still wrapped tightly around her.

"Look, I know none of us want to believe me right now. But Caleb keep them, I'll get them back when I need them..." Ella paused pushing Reid's arms away from her and placing her hand on Caleb's chest.

"Caleb, Ella...Don't be stupid," Pogue mumbled looking at them, Caleb stared at Ella as she turned around to face Pogue.

"I'm not being stupid," Ella muttered, as Caleb wrapped his arms around her and whispered in her ear.

'He's not gone is he?' Caleb whispered, Ella shook her head hoping that Reid, Tyler and Pogue didn't know what the older boy was talking about.

The End.