Author's Notes: I hope you like this chapter, this is where the story really starts. If you like it, please review. Reviews are the main reason I write as I want to improve.

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CHAPTER SIX

There she was, standing before them. If she was surprised by their presence, she hid it well. The bolts of lightning struck the ground around her, giving her the unnatural appearance of a wraith. Slowly, she stepped forward.

"I am giving you one chance," she said harshly, "Leave now, or you bring whatever happens on yourself."

"Guys," said Leo softly, barely heard over the din, "Whatever happens, don't interfere."

"What are you going to?" asked Damon suspiciously, remembering that ruthless glint he had seen in Leo's eyes. Leo turned to him and smiled.

"I'm going to recover our missing teammate," he said gently. He took step towards Maya.

"Leave now!" she hissed, sending a bolt of lightning from her hands towards him. He didn't stop and the bolt narrowly missed him by millimetres on his left side. "That was your warning shot," she declared, "LEAVE!" Leo kept walking unceasingly to his former teammate. The next bolt shot passed his right, disintegrating a tree behind him. Leo didn't even flinch. Then the third caught him in the middle of the chest, bringing him to his knees. His scream was only just held back but his body did spasm uncontrollably as the electricity coursed through his body. His friends started to rush towards him.

"STAY BACK!" he commanded, never taking his eyes off his attacker, "This is just between the two of us." He painfully got to his feet and continued his march towards Maya. "What are you going Maya?" he asked, "Are you really gonna kill me? After everything we've been through, do you mean to tell me you're just gonna throw it all away?"

"Don't make me do this Leo," she said, "It's not going to do anything for me. Your people are killing mine."

"It's more than that though, isn't it?" said Leo, "It's personal. Who is she?"

"My SISTER!" screamed Maya, knocking him over with another electrical attack, "THEY TOOK MY SISTER FROM ME!"

"And is killing me and a bunch of civilians going to change that?" asked Leo, somehow returning to his feet, "If you truly believe that Maya, then kill me now, because I am not going to let my teammates cut down civilians. We protect them, not the other way around." He stood before her with his arms outstretched, his eyes locked onto hers. Her hands started to glow with lethal intensity. Leo didn't move, he didn't even blink. "You are so much better than this Maya and I trust you to be the best you can be."

Two bolts of lightning shot forth from her hands.

Only for them both to miss once again.

"NO!" screamed Maya clutching her skull, "I'm not going to kill him. GET OUT OF MY HEAD!" Energy shot from her face and from it materialised a demon. It stood eight feet tall, had jet black skin with spikes growing all over its body. Its eyes burned with a feral light and in it hands it held a mighty war hammer. Maya collapsed to the ground, not moving. The storm without someone to contain and control it grew even more fierce.

"I knew something was wrong," said Leo, "Maya would never attack me in her normal state of mind and even with you controlling her, she couldn't kill me."

"What are you people?" snarled the demon, "You are so hard to control. You have hardly any darkness inside you souls." It then pointed to Kendrix, "And I can't even get a foothold on her. Who are you people?"

"Your destruction," said Leo calmly.

"You fool," spat the demon, "What do you make of me? A weakling?"

"No," said Leo, "The real question to ask is; what do you make of me?" He raised his hands, palms facing his foe. "You make me this." With those words, fire shot from his hands and encased the creature in a smothering blanket of flames. "That's what you creatures do," said Leo, "You turn me into this. A killer." The flames grew even more intense and the monster howled in agony before collapsing to the ground, dead. "Go back to Hell and choke on it," said Leo before walking over to Maya's motionless form. Slowly, her eyes opened.

"Hello," she said weakly.

"Hi," he answered, "You still with us?"

"Yeah, I'm back," she replied, "But my sister." She started to cry. "I wanted to kill them so badly. That monster only gave me a push."

"It's alright," said Leo softly, just rocking her back and forward, "You're back with us, this is where you belong." The others walked over to them and finally, they were whole once again. The rain had calmed down to a gentle drizzle now and the wind had abated.

"Excellent work Mister Corbett," said a voice, and they turned to see Commander Stannon, flanked by twenty assault troopers, "Move out of the way now, we'll deal with the renegade." With his words, the soldiers turned off their weapons' safety locks and took aim at Maya. Leo sighed sadly and turned to Mike.

"I'm so sorry," he said softly, so only the others could hear. But you have to go along with what I say. We need an inside man." He then suddenly raised his voice, "What do you mean Mike? We can't just let her be executed!" Mike's heart felt a shaft of ice stab it when he realised what his brother was planning but he also knew that he was right.

"Yes we can Leo," he said harshly, "The bitch is a traitor and she needs to die," he then softly added, "Run." He then rushed over to the troopers.

"At least one of you knows where to place your loyalties," said Stannon, "Open fire." For Leo, time seemed to freeze. He could see the bullets moving towards them and he realised there was only one thing to do.

"GO GALACTIC!" he screamed.