Chapter Eleven: Atrum Aeterna pt. 2

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Lux sensed her before she saw her. Morgan approached her and Lux could tell she was seething with rage. Without hesitation, Morgan's hand flew out and she sent Lux crashing into a wall. Lux groaned as she looked up at her older sister. Something wasn't right.

"What's wrong with you?!" She demanded.

"You. Because of you Virgil and Richie now hate us. You just had to go after Ebon as Night Shade, you just had to!" Morgan screamed before picking up a car and slamming it down on top of Lux.

"All I ever wanted was a normal life, since the time I was born. I knew it was what I wanted. But no, I'm stuck with this," She looked at her hands before looking at the car she had crushed Lux with, "And I'm stuck with you!"

Lux grunted as she lifted the car off of her and stood up. Morgan was losing it, Lux had never seen her so angry before. Morgan was standing on the edge of insanity and Lux feared she was going to jump.

"Morgan, listen to me okay? I'm sorry, I was angry and I wasn't thinking. Richie and Virgil have no right to blame you for my mistake. I can talk to them, we both can talk to them. I just need you to calm down." Lux tried to reason with her sister. It wasn't working though.

The ground began to shake underneath her and Lux knew that this fight was going to have dire consequences. The creaks of the building around them gave that away. Closing her eyes, Lux knew she had no choice. Morgan was losing it, something that had been feared for a while.

And now she was going to kill Lux.

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Richie stared absentmindedly out the window of the gas station. He wished the day had gone differently. He wished Ebon hadn't walked in. He wished he had attacked Ebon before the metahuman could even speak. Then he'd be with Morgan instead of being angry at her.

"Cheer up man, there will be other girls." Virgil told him.

"No there won't V, none like her at least. Maybe we were too harsh." Richie sighed.

"They lied to us and tried to hurt an innocent person. I don't think we were harsh enough." Virgil snapped.

"They helped her get away in the end. Or did you just forget about that. They're not bad people! They've just had a rough time." Richie shot back.

Virgil realized his friend was right. They shouldn't be angry with the girls, they had their reasons for doing certain things. He had failed to remember that.

"Wanna go apologize after patrol?" He asked Richie and the blond smiled.

Fate, however, had other plans. Behind them the police scanner was going haywire. A frantic voice was speaking.

"We need backup, lots of backup. No, bring in the entire army. I've never seen so much damage in my entire policing career. Half of downtown has been leveled. There's nothing left. Lord only knows how many are dead."

Virgil looked at Richie who began to suit up.

"What do you think it is?" Virgil asked.

"I don't know, I just hope we can handle it." Richie answered, as he put his mask on.

Moments later they were headed towards downtown, where two all too familiar metahumans were going head to head.

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Lux thanked God she had gotten everyone away in time. Morgan would never forgive if they had all died, not that she was forgiving her right now. Lux gasped as she was knocked several yards backwards by her sister. Groaning she stood up and dusted herself off. She couldn't fight back, she risked killing her sister. That couldn't happen.

"LUX!" She heard from above her.

Static landed beside her, his mouth agape as he took in the damage she and Morgan had caused. Gear's face was fixed the same way.

"What happened?" Static asked first.

"Morgan. She's lost it, I've never seen her so angry before," Lux glared at them, "What did you two say to her?"

Static and Gear sputtered as they tried to come up with a reasonable explanation. Lux waved them off just as two buildings began to fall above them.

"MOVE!" Lux yelled as she blasted Static and Gear out of the way. She gasped as the debris fell atop of her. It hurt worse than the car did.

Static yelled in agony as he watched Lux become buried beneath the two buildings. There was no way she could have survived that. Bowing his head, he willed himself not to sob at the loss of his friend.

"Backpack can't read any life signs under there. No one was in that building." Gear reported sadly.

"She's dead...she killed her own sister." Static whispered.

He cringed as he heard Morgan's maniacal laughter. She had gotten what she had wanted all these years.

"Lux Aeterna is dead!" She exclaimed.

"Morgan's dead too..." Gear stated solemnly.

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Morbid way to end such a short chapter. Luxy is dead...I knew I'd kill her off eventually. Oh well.

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