The Reckoning By 331
This is what happens after the Awakening by Kelley Armstrong
I do not own anything and it all belongs to Kelley Armstrong. I am just using her characters and adding a few of my own.
Chloe's POV
This is a big problem. Shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit shit. The guards were still gaping at me, dead silent. Derek slid himself in between me and them. The chief cop was the first one to come to his senses.
"One of you grab her! Someone else, go call the state police, we found the half a million dollar kid!" The guards started to advance, as the chief ran to the office for the phone. Derek would have growled, but then settled for stepping forward in warning in order to not irritate his jaw but still protect me. Just at that moment, the cellphone in my pocket rang. I had totally forgotten I had it. Derek kept glaring at the guards, who stayed back, looking wary, as I answered.
"Chloe?! Where are you? We've been circling the parking lot outside the food court for like half an hour! And been trying to reach you for at least half that! What happened?"
It was Simon. I was relieved to know they had made it out to the car okay, but that didn't help me and Derek right now.
"We got attacked by Liam and Ramon, and then arrested by mall cops. And they have a missing Chloe sign!" There was a pause as Simon relayed this to the others.
"Chloe? Where are you now?" It was Andrew.
"Mall cop HQ! And the guards are getting closer! But don't all of you come in, because Liam's still here and the Edison Group is camped out in the main building. Send an adult and maybe one or two of you. And a shaman, because Derek broke his jaw. The HQ is in the southern building, next to Hollister and Old Navy. Hurry!"
"We're coming. Don't do anything stupid and don't die." And with that he hung up. The guards were coming up quick, and I knew as soon as someone hit his jaw, Derek would be down. So I whispered something into his ear, an nodded and put his fingers in them. Then I screamed. The guards jumped, giving us the chance to slip past them. Almost. One grabbed my arm as were about to get out, and practically pulling my arm out of its socket, causing a real scream. But this time the guards didn't jump. They gathered around me and held me so I couldn't struggle. Derek jumped in and starting ripping them off me with his new adrenaline/anger fueled strength, and he pulled me out and into his arms, picking me up and running for the door. The guards scrambled after, shouting
"Kidnapper! Get the kidnapper and save the $500,000 girl!" like they were robots and had to say what they were doing out loud. Derek was really sprinting now, and a couple of overweight men and lazy teenagers were no match for his speed. Unfortunately, he also didn't concentrate on where we were going, just listening to his 'get out' instinct. Because we ran right into the middle of the main building. And immediately, I saw groups of people heading in our direction, all with little phones in their ears, and probably hiding guns in their pockets. We had run straight into the Edison Group's hands.
Derek swore, and tried to turn back, but there were more EG minions behind us too. And the mall cops were huffing and puffing their way here, and weren't that far away. Just then the fire alarm sounded, but I bet there wasn't even a fire, just a convenient way for the Edison group to empty the building. And the fact that all of them didn't rush for the doors like everyone else, confirmed that. The cops ignored it too, making their out-of- shape way here. Derek and I prepared to fight. I took out Liam's knife, and used my powers to search for any nearby corpses. As it turns out, it seemed there was a couple, some probably some of the roadkill on the parking lot, and one big one, that felt vaguely human, and I hoped to god it wasn't Ramon. I mean, by now, if no one had found him, he'd probably bled to death, but the mall cops had watched the bathroom fight on video, and noticed when he had gone down, so they should have picked him up and bandaged him or something. Or they could have found his body. I tried to think positive, but in this situation, nothing came to mind. One of the Edison Group members stepped forward. It was Dr. Davidoff. He gave us that annoying, condescending smile.
"Derek, Chloe, how nice to see you again." the feeling wasn't mutual. But I said nothing, and Derek couldn't (and wouldn't even if he could), so we just glared.
"Now, don't go thinking about this the wrong way. We don't want to hurt you, we just want to help. Now, if you would please come with us―,"
"No." He jumped, and looked around to make sure it wasn't someone else talking. Apparently he didn't think cute little Chloe was capable of sounding strong and defiant. But I didn't want to be cute little Chloe anymore. Not after what they'd done to us, and what they put us through. I wanted to end this now.
Another of the members stepped up behind Davidoff and pushed him aside and glared at us. Mrs. Enright.
"My God, Davidoff, just shut up. You're not going to get anywhere like that, the only way to get through to them is through force. Now, you annoying brats, if you don't come with us, I blast your heads off. How does that sound?" she smiled gruesomely. It made my anger grow. I hated her more than Davidoff. She was the one who drove Tori mad, which caused her to behave bitchily to the rest of us and be hurt inside. She killed Liz, and Brady, and probably a bunch of other failed experiments, and had already tried to kill me. And now she wanted to kill both me and Derek.
"No? Well then, I'll give you one last chance. If you get caught by the guards, I won't blast you, but if you try to run, you're dead." Davidoff's expression said he didn't like this idea, because apparently you need to be alive to be experimented on. But Diane didn't even look at him, but signaled to the mob of people around us. They all rushed in at once. I closed my eyes hoping that by some chance Derek had learned how to fly. I felt Derek hold me close to him, then move. But we were going.........up?
"Hey guys! Need some help?" I opened my eyes to see Angie on one of the upper floors, using her power too float us up.
"Shoot them!" I heard Diane yell it, and I turned to see her muttering an incantation, looking straight at us. But she was tackled by.....Andrew! He and her were struggling on the floor, and I looked back at the guards. They were shooting at us, but thankfully, they missed. Everyone was here. Which was good, but bad. I told them to only bring a couple of people and a shaman. Angie put us down outside the war zone, behind a pillar. Mike was there, and he healed Derek's jaw, and sealed up the gash on the back of my head. My dead animals and human had arrived by now. There was three squirrels, two dogs, a fox, four cats, and ….....Ramon. I almost threw up when I saw him, but I held it down and focused on using them to fight. I told them all the people on our side, and then that they could attack anyone else who was in there fighting. They went off about their job, and I heard a couple screams as they were spotted. I smiled. Payback. But weren't done yet. I noticed Derek was pushing me toward the door.
"Um, Derek, the battle's over there."
"I know."
"Then why are we......I'm not skipping this fight, Derek!"
'Yes, you are. You had a lot of blood loss, and when they see all those animals, and.....Ramon....out there, they'll want you even more. I'm sorry, but you're staying here," I think I rather liked it when he was mute. I stopped moving, and he frowned.
"Derek, if you get to fight, I get to fight. I was experimented on, just like you, and just because I was hurt a little, does not mean I'm incapable of using my powers. All our friends are out there fighting because of us, and I'm not just gonna sit back and watch. And besides, I'm not letting you go out there with out me. So stop pushing me!" he sighed, and stopped.
"I know, it's just...........if you got hurt.......,"
"I can't guarantee I won't, but I'm pretty sure I always try not to. And its not like you're the only one who feels like that. I worry about you too. But that doesn't excuse us leaving our friends to fight by themselves." I smiled up at him, and he sighed again.
" Damn, I hate it when you're right. Fine, but don't get anywhere near Diane Enright."
"I'll try," I reached up and kissed him, and he put his arms around my waist and pulled me in closer. It was a more aggressive kiss than usual, but the prospect of losing each other made us go all out. I put my arms around his neck, and pushed one last time, then came down. He smiled at me, then set off towards the battle. I looked to see where my dead minions had gone. Most of the animals were just fighting the lackeys, but a squirrel and a dog were on top of Davidoff, and he was screaming like a little girl. Tori and Caleb were taking on Mrs. Enright, and the rest were spread out beating up people. I was about to join them, when I was grabbed from behind.
"I got her!" The mall cop was speaking into a walkie-talkie.
"Good, bring her back to HQ," was the reply. I lashed out, but the mall cop had me tight. I screamed.
"Derek!" He was back in a flash, a punching the cop in the face. He fell to the floor with a thump, unconscious. I looked back at Derek, and he was frowning with his arms crossed.
"What? I didn't see him coming! It was just a little slip! I'm fine! No injuries whatsoever!" He still frowned at me, but then shook his head and went back to pry a beefy looking EG member off Simon. I pulled out Ramon's knife and went to help Angie and Lacie. Lacie was spewing fireballs, and using her levitating powers to make them chase people. Angie was flying, and lifting two members at a time and throwing them into things. When they landed, if they got back up, I'd either stab them, or kick them until they were unconscious. I saw Damien, and he had taken control of a swarm of dead bats, and was using them to attack any bad guys that came near. Joey, being goofy as usual, was making some members dance like Egyptians over in a corner. Upside down on the ceiling. Shane yelled at him and told him to drop them on to the floor so he could take them out. Joey did, and Shane pounced on them, changing in midair (apparently its a lot easier when your genes haven't been messed with) and landing on them as a tan wolf. Sarah and Mike knew karate, and using it to their advantage. Arabelle was using her telekinetic abilities to predict her opponents moves before hand and then out maneuver them, and Anna was having plants attack people. Simon and Derek were working together, Simon's small fireballs and Derek's strength, and Andrew was facing off with Davidoff. Tori and Caleb were still trying to weaken Mrs. Enright. Despite how good it sounded, we were severely outnumbered. And not to mention the fact that if the mall cops ever made their way here, the supernatural world would be exposed or they'd end up being killed, by accident or to prevent the previous outcome. Tori and Caleb looked like they were losing, and Mrs. Enright seemed to have decided to end it. She shot Caleb with a bolt of blue lightning, and he went flying. He hit a pillar, and fell to the ground. Tori shot a giant purple fireball at her, but she dodged and threw lots of small black balls of energy back towards Tori. She evaded most of them but one hit her in the arm, and she let out a blood curdling scream, and fell to the floor, clutching it. I pulled the knife out of the guy I'd just stabbed in the leg, and ran towards them, calling all my dead animals back to me. I came up behind Mrs. Enright and was about to stab her, when she turned around and caught me in a binding spell.
"You're not that good, you little brat," she pulled the knife from my frozen grasp, and then held the blade to my neck.
"Even though you are quite powerful, I regret to say you are no longer needed." She was about to slit my throat, when I heard a gut wrenching growl. Mrs. Enright went flying away from me, a jet black wolf pinning her to the ground. But before she landed, she shot out a sphere of swirling red energy, which hit me head on. I flew backward up to the wall thing between the first and second floor, and I was stuck there (the middle of the room is open all the way to the 4th floor ceiling, so the higher floors are like balconies that circle the entire room. I hit the wall part that connected the first and second floors/the balcony railing-ish thing). I couldn't move my arms and legs, it was like I was glued to the wall. I looked down, and saw the wolf on top of Mrs. Enright, trying to chew her face, while she struggled to keep it from doing so. I realized the wolf was Derek, trying to stop her from hurting me. But then she screamed
"Get off me, you stupid mutt!" and stabbed him in the chest with the knife she had taken from me. Derek fell off her onto the floor, into a pool of blood. My heart exploded. All I could feel was despair. Crushing, painful despair. It enveloped my entire body, and turned to hate. I heard a scream, and realized it was me.
"DEREK!" Everyone had stopped fighting to look at something. But I didn't care. All I cared about was Derek. He was dead. But he couldn't be. Not now. Not like this. Why?!?! Why him?!?! Why couldn't it have been me?! My anger and hate at Mrs. Enright was coming to a boiling point. Then everything inside me just shut down. I only knew one thing. I had to kill her. The evil bitch who'd killed Derek. And I had to do it now. My vision tinged red, and all I could see was her ugly as sin piece of shit of a face that was her. My whole body felt tingly, and suddenly my arms were free. I felt a rush of energy surge into them, and then two red giant arms of energy burst out. They pulsed and jolted, full of my rage, and the shot toward Mrs. Enright. I enjoyed seeing the look of sheer terror on her face as they grabbed her and brought her up to the same level as me. I smiled at her pain as I tightened the energy's grip on her. She was screaming and flailing, but I just wanted to revel in her pain. In the pain of the person who had killed Derek. The pain of the person who deserved to die.
"You killed Derek, so now I'll kill you," my voice came out like I was possessed by a demon, like my voice with a deeper, scary voice underneath, talking at the same time. She just kept staring at me with a scared look, which made me angrier. I screamed as a pulse of anger and hatred shot through my body, and it sent out a wave of necromantic energy. Ghosts started appearing everywhere and all the dead animals started howling or squeaking. Ramon just stood still, waiting for my command. The ghosts kept coming, until they started to fill up the whole space. And I noticed everyone could see them, and started freaking out. At that point, a small part of my brain realized what the hell I was doing, and shouted at me to stop. But then I looked at Mrs. Enright, and my hatred retook control. The ghosts started swarming around her, and she started screaming again. I heard the others yelling at me to stop, but I didn't care anymore. All I cared about was killing the person who'd taken Derek away. Who'd killed him. I tightened and tightened my grip, and Mrs. Enright kept screaming and screaming, and the ghosts swarmed around and around, howling and shrieking. Then I screamed again, and all the ghosts surged into Mrs. Enright. Her eyes turned red, and when all the ghosts came back out, following them was a trail of black smoke, coming out of her mouth and eyes. And I dropped her to the floor. Then I heard it.
"Chloe!" I gasped, and fell, and I landed someone's arms. I looked up, straight into shining green eyes.
"......Derek!" and I blacked out.
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