I kept running and running, not really knowing where I was going.
"Iggy! Help!!" Sakka's cries echoed throughout the tunnel. That was the only thing keeping me on track. If not for her, I wouldn't be running like this. I wasn't giving up. Not for my own life. Not for anybody. Not for anything.
My bangs were sticking to my sweating forehead. And my shirt was sticking to my chest and back from all the persperation. I tugged my shirt off over my head and threw it down. I kept running, even if my jeans were squeezing the life out of my waist. It didn't matter.
"Iggy!!" I heard it one last time before a weight hit my chest and grabbed onto me. I wasn't certain what it was until I felt a strand of long hair hit my shoulder. It was Sakka. Thank God. I hugged her back.
"We have to hurry and get the others, the Eraser won't stay locked in that safe room for very long." she said.
"No problem, hurry is my middle name." I exaggerated. I extended my wings and picked Sakka up in my shaky arms. "Hang on tight. Up and away." I warned. She grabbed ahold of my neck and I kicked off the ground, and came smashing through the ceiling of the facility.
"Straight down, Iggy." Sakka said. I flipped over and flew right through the ceiling of the room everyone else was in. Sakka jumped out of my arms. We weren't even near the ground.
"Sakka!! What're you doing!?!" I yelled.
"I'll be fine!!" she yelled back. I heard her small feet hit the metallic floor of the base. I can't really tell you I knew what she did after that, but all I heard was the yelps of the Erasers.
"Everybody get outta here!! This bomb is gonna blow any minute!!" Sakka yelled to everyone. All at once, wind flew past me. I noticed every one of them. Max, then Gazzy, Nudge, and Angel.
"What about Fang?!" I asked.
"He'll get out if he wants to!" Max yelled, unconcerned.
"Where's Sakka?" I asked worried.
"Still down there holding off Erasers so we can escape." Max said again.
"I gotta go back for her!!" I exclaimed and shot back down towards the base. Boom! The explosion blew me back into two pairs of arms. Max and Nudge.
"SAKKA!!" I cried out. That was one massive explosion. It surely could have killed her. I didn't want to believe that though. Couldn't have happened! Anybody but Sakka! Please!!
"Iggy...I...don't think anybody could have survived that....." Max said straightly. My eyes drew tears. They ran down my face real hot and faster than racecars.
"She can't be dead!! There's no way!! Max, please go check for her!! Please!!" I begged her.
"I'll be right back." her wing slipped past my shoulder. Nudge hugged me and let me sit there and cry on her little shoulder like a big baby.
Max returned in ten minutes.
"Iggy, I....I couldn't find Sakka anywhere on the surface or easy moving areas. I believe....the walls crushed her....she's....gone." she stammered. I heard the agony in her voice.
My eyes grew big as I continued to cry on Nudge's shoulder. How could that happen to her!?! She never did anything wrong to people! She wanted to help people!! This isn't right!! Just wasn't right!!
"Iggy, you look terrible. Let's get you home." Max said. She offered to carry me, but I refused. I prefer to fly myself home. With my own two wings.
When we got home, Max helped me into my bed. I couldn't get to sleep too fast. I was still greiving over the thought that Sakka was dead. There was no bringing her back.
The next day Alicia came over. Max has invited her over. Not only was Sakka gone, Fang was gone too. Alicia bawled more than I did, but we all expected that. She's never really cried about anything. Until now. I let her cry on my shoulder until my shirt was soaking wet, seriously. I didn't care. She needed it.
"Alicia, I'm so sorry. We lost him, too." Angel's sweet voice told her. I looked in Angel's direction. I felt her look my way. I forced a half smile. It was all I could force though.
"Iggy, can I talk to you real quick?" Max asked. I nodded and got up off the couch. She pulled on my shirt sleeve into the kitchen. "I'm really sorry about Sakka. I know she meant a lot to you."
"I tried to save her. I did everything I could. They weren't going to touch her....but...I couldn't save her...." I said, trying not to cry.
"She gave her life to save you, Iggy. It takes a lot for a girl to do that for her boyfriend." Max said quietly.
"Yeah, I know...." I sighed. A knock corrupted on the front door. We both looked at the door.
"I'll get it." Max said. She walked to the door and opened it up. "OH MY GOD!! FANG!!" Max screamed happily.
"Hang on." I heard Fang's footsteps come towards me. "She's not dead yet, pal. She was getting up on our journey over here. Hold out your arms." he said.
I held them out, and he placed a light person in my arms. Sakka. I heard Alicia come into the kitchen.
"Sakka, come on, Sakka, please wake up!!" I pleaded to her. "Please...." I felt her soft hand touch my cheek. A bright light filled my eyes. This was NOT normal. Everything in the room became a blur. As if...I was regaining vision....
Then I saw everything. Fang. Max. Angel. Nudge. Gazzy. I saw the kitchen. I saw the house. I looked down, and I saw Sakka, too.
She was still laying limp. I set her down on the floor gently. Not wanting to hurt her. I bent down to her lips and kissed her smoothly. It was like in a fairy tale, where the prince kisses the princess, and she comes back to life, because that's exactly what happened. After we separated, we locked eyesight.
"God, I never would have thought you'd be so pretty." I gushed. She laughed. I looked around the room. Everything was so....amazing.
"Enjoy it while it lasts, Iggy. It's only for a few short seconds." Sakka informed me. I looked at Alicia, then Max. Then at everybody else. My eyes went dark real slowly, back to normal. I hated to see it go....
"Come on, Iggy. You wanna go for a fly?" Sakka asked excitedly.
"More than ever!" I answered. She took my hand, and we walked out the door. It feels good being intertwined with the love of my life, and looking forward to a better today, and a bright tomorrow. I could already see it. Me and Sakka. Forever with us.