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Five

"Ella!" I scream as I rush to the living room of our hotel. Ella is slowly sitting up on the couch, scrambling to get her sword from her Chest. A Mogadorian breaks the wall with a canon, sending green light all over the place.

I fire back with a fireball the size if a car, sending him and his troops flying.

Ella grabs her sword and awkwardly sways it and beheads three Mogs in a row. We haven't had any proper training since we separated from the others.

"Adam! Where are you?" I yell over the chaotic mess of burning rubble and collapsing walls.

Just then, Adam walks in the room in a panic, carrying two machineguns.

I didn't have any time to ask where he got the guns. Instead, the three of us took our battle positions and fired in every direction imaginable.

Ella found out that she can charge the sword's hilt with her lasers and make more powerful slashes. I found out that I can create fire tornadoes, but we found out about that the hard way—we had to duck behind the couch a few times to avoid being burned to death.

And we also found out that Adam can work a machinegun.

Mogs coming in through the windows from helicopters and vans have their swords thrust forward, ready for attack.

But we are stronger.

I make another fire tornado that leaves them in ashes. Ella is panting but still fighting, her sword heavily slashing through the Mogs' necks.

Adam is firing nonstop, the bullets destroying our eardrums. Not one of us was hurt. Not one bruise appeared on our skin.

We really are getting stronger.

The battle was gruesome and bloody, but it was good training. Nearly half of the hotel collapsed yet again after we finished, but we didn't have any time to worry. We had to get moving.

"Quick! Grab the Chests and anything else you could get your hands on and let's go!" I command.

Ella tosses all of the Chests inside one of the garbage bags we found under the kitchen sink. Adam throws in his laptop and some more guns.

Both of them cling to my arms as we turn invisible and fly out of the building.

We get in a station wagon Adam hotwired for an occasion just like this one and drive away to safety.

…

Adam is driving and I'm sitting shotgun, still exhausted. Ella is in the back seat with the Chests.

"Ella? Have you heard anything from the others yet?" I ask.

She nods. "Yup! Six and I talked a little bit until our connection was cut off by the attack. She said they were on North Carolina and they're heading for us right now. I better tell them we're on the road again."

I nod, pleased. "Great! Hopefully we'll find the others soon."

Ella nods and squeezes her eyes shut, concentrating.

After a while, she opens them, looking quite disappointed. "I couldn't get them. Sorry. Maybe I should try again."

"No, Ella. Get some rest. We're all tired from the battle. You can try again when you wake up."

She nods again, her eyes drooping warily. Within minutes, she's fast asleep in the back seat, her head resting against the dusty window of the ride.

I yawn, but stay alert and awake. I can't sleep. Not now. Not now that we're on the run. Not now that we're fighting for survival.

…

Marina

"And thus, the Great Expansion was necessary for Mogadorian life forms to continue surviving. Without Ra's leadership, all will collapse. All will become chaotic. So let's all say in unison: HAIL SETRAKUS RA!" Professor Akuhn concludes.

"Hail Setrakus Ra!" We all reply before marching towards the next room for combat training.

I've been here for more than a week now. The Garde—they are all useless. They haven't even tried to contact me. I'm better off without them. Those people… I used to treat them as my family. But I knew all along that they never valued me like the Mogadorians do now. They think I'm just their nurse; just a defense Garde.

Well I'll show them.

I'll show all of them that I am capable of more than just healing.

Setrakus Ra himself stops me in my tracks. "I need to speak with you."

I bow solemnly, dropping down to my knees to show him praise. "Yes, my lord."

He leads me to one of the underground tunnels of Ashwood Estates, to a large pristine white room with maps and papers taped to the wall, a picture of Mogadore, more blueprints than I can count, and a long desk at the edge of the room.

His office.

"Why are we here, my lord?" I ask calmly, my eyes scanning the room.

"We are here because you are getting a promotion." He says with a smirk.

My eyes light up and I bow solemnly once again. A promotion! You don't see the Garde giving me any rewards!

"Really?" I ask excitedly.

He nods. "Indeed. You have been a very cooperative young soldier. But I need one last task for you to do to prove to me that you really are worth it."

I nod eagerly.

"You must go back to the Garde."

"What?!" I reply. No!

"Yes, my soldier. You must go back to the Garde and befriend them, make them think you're still the same. Then, when the time is right, kill them."

I was taken aback by this. I hate the Garde but I don't think I can kill them.

"What will I get in return, sir?"

"You shall be promoted to be a General in the army. You shall lead Mogadorians in the next step of the Great Expansion."

My eyes widen once again. Setrakus Ra is entrusting me to lead an army of Mogadorians. I can't fail him. I have to do it.

I have to kill the Garde.

Ooh! What's happening to Marina? Is she really going to kill the Garde? What about the others? What will happen to the Garde now that all of them are separated and fighting different battles?

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