(A/N): Now for the thrilling conclusion!
Alana's P.O.V.
'Oh my God, why did I think I could do this without suppressing the pain?' I thought as the EMTs pushed me through the doors of the hospital. I knew I was squeezing the ever living crap out of Izzy's hand, but she was being a good friend and not even complaining.
"Izzy, it hurts!" I yelled as another contraction hit me. Just ease the pain away, Alana. You can do it. You can do it. No! Make the sacrifice for the baby. You can do it. I hated my self-sacrificing side.
"I know, it's going to be ok, though. I'm here for you." Izzy said reassuringly as she patted my arm. I needed something better. I needed Rafael.
"I want Rafael." I begged and suddenly I felt comfort shoot through me as someone grabbed my hand.
"I'm right here sunshine." Rafael said as I smiled at him. I was going straight to the operating room since labor was coming so fast.
"I'm sorry, ma'am. Only family." The doctor said. Where did he come from? They must be pumping in the medication. Weird; I never felt the IV. Izzy nodded understandingly before leaving. Rafael started to push his way in, but the EMT stopped him. Don't stop him.
"Sorry, sir. But we haven't confirmed you as the father. Please join the other miss in the waiting room." The EMT said. No. Let him stay.
"What? I'm her boyfriend! That should be good enough!" Rafael exclaimed. Yeah! Let him stay!
"I'm sorry, sir. Hospital policy." The doctor said as he nudged Rafael out the door. Why was no one listening to me?
"Ahhh!" Oh that's right…I'm screaming incoherent nonsense.
"Ms. Delgado you're fully dilated you have to begin pushing." The doctor said as I pushed the nurse away. "Not the nurse, Ms. Delgado. The baby." The doctor said. I scrunched my face in pain as I tried to push, but God damn it! Did it have to hurt so fucking much?
"Ah! I can't. I can't!" I said shaking my head.
"The baby's crowning, just a few more pushes, Ms. Delgado." The doctor said. At least I think that's what he said. I was too out of it. I just tried to push as hard as I could before I collapsed on backwards. Sweat was covering my forehead and I was panting like I just ran twenty-five mile. But, I heard it. I heard my baby's cry. My baby.
"Congratulations, Ms. Delgado. You have a new son." The doctor said as my vision started to blur. I saw him hand over a small blue and red body over to the nurse and before I passed out I saw the tail and smiled.
End of P.O.V.
Rafael was not breathing. His whole body was numb. He couldn't believe what he saw. The little baby boy Alana was holding had a fox tail that was swinging back and forth. Renegade nodded in understanding before patting Rafael on the shoulder and walking out of the room. Rafael collapsed on his knees as his face broke out in a smile.
"Meet your son." Alana said as Rafael laughed and held the baby in his arms.
"Oh my God! He's so cute!" Lauren exclaimed as everybody shushed her.
"What's his name?" Grace asked as Rafael looked up at Alana.
"You can pick." Alana said as Rafael smiled half-heartedly. He looked over to Renegade was leaning in the corner of the room.
"Renegade. His name is going to be Renegade. Renegade Jeremiah Andrews." Rafael said as Renegade lifted his eyes to meet Rafael's in shock. Everybody was silent as Alana smiled with tears in her eyes. Renegade walked over to Rafael and put his hand on his shoulder.
"Thank you." Renegade said as Rafael smiled and nodded.
"Man, this day has been great!" Todd exclaimed as everybody laughed. A week past after graduation and the birth of little Renegade and the big Renegade decided to stay and continue to hang with the group. The parents all returned back to their homes as everybody decided to chill for a while before preparing to move. Julian was sitting on his couch as he fiddled with his fingers.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Izzy asked as she plopped down next to him.
"Nothing! Why would something be wrong? Everything is good. Very good." Julian sputtered nervously as Izzy raised her eyebrow.
"Julian, tell me." Izzy said as Julian jumped up from the couch and walked around it.
"Nothing! What's with the third degree? Jeez…you know what? I'm going to hang out with Donovan. Bye!" He yelled before running out of the door. Renegade was outside leaning against the opposite wall as he shook his head.
"Smooth." Renegade said as Julian smacked his forehead.
"Shut up. I'm going to tell her and it won't be hard." Julian said as Renegade patted his back.
"Alright, so when are you going to do it?" Renegade said as Julian sucked in a big breath.
"Tomorrow night." He said as he started to walk away, but got smashed by an invisible shield. "Damn you, Rafael!" Julian said as he turned around and pointed at the fox holding his son. Rafael's son had finally opened his eyes and were a stunning shade of light gray and blue, but just like his mother's they would change with his emotions. His tail had a gray tip on it and bangs were starting to grow on his forehead.
"You got to tell her today." Renegade said as Rafael walked next to him.
"I agree." Rafael said as he rocked little Renegade. "Just do it. She'll agree." Rafael said as Renegade nodded in agreement. Julian groaned as he crossed his arms in frustration.
"I like it better when you two hated each other." Julian said as the two smirked seeing the hedgehog walk away in anger.
"Why are we having a meeting again?" Black groaned as he sat in Serenity's apartment.
"We need to discuss the moving situation." Serenity said as she sat at the end of the table. All the leaders were at the head of the table as everybody sat at or around the table. The graduates were behind the leaders.
"You're all just going back to California, aren't you?" Lazarus asked as Serenity shook her head.
"Some of us decided to stay in New York for our careers." Julian said as the graduates nodded behind them.
"So…who's staying?" Alex asked.
"Julian, Izzy, Garrett, Cat, Tyler, Liecy, Rafael—of course, Donovan, and Kim. The rest of us are going back to California." Serenity said as everybody remained silent.
"Dude, you bitch at me for wanting to stay here and now you are." Julian said looking over at Garrett.
"I kind of got an internship at the New York Times." Garrett said scratching the back of his head. Julian rolled his eyes before turning around.
"Since Serenity, Ginger, Derek, and Conner are going to be leaving we need new 'leaders'." Julian said as Bolt shot his hand up.
"Clearly me." Bolt said as Julian rolled his eyes.
"We already chose who's going to replace us." Derek said as Bolt let his hand dropped. Derek, Ginger, Conner, and Serenity all stood up.
"Lazarus." Conner said as Lazarus nodded and sat in Conner's place.
"Dude!" AJ exclaimed as Conner rolled his eyes.
"Do you seriously think you can run this?" Conner said motioning at the entire group. AJ shook his head before sinking back into his seat.
"Topaz." Ginger said as Topaz smiled gratefully at Ginger before taking her seat.
"Tsunami." Serenity said as Tsunami cheered and sat at Serenity's place. "Doesn't mean you're the main leader." Serenity said as Tsunami shrugged her shoulders.
"Rafael." Derek said as Rafael's mouth dropped.
"What?" Rafael said in shock. "Why not this guy?" Rafael said putting his arm around Renegade. Renegade glared at him as Rafael smiled sheepishly. "Not that cool yet? Alright…" Rafael said taking his arm off Renegade's shoulders.
"You have the same leadership qualities I do. Renegade knows." Derek said as Renegade and Derek made strange eye contact that didn't go unnoticed by Rafael. Rafael just quietly sat in Derek's seat.
"As from this moment on these are the leaders of the New York division." Julian said as everybody nodded.
"We seem so…'council-y'." Tsunami said as Topaz laughed a bit.
"Ok, it's been decided. Peace!" AJ said as he got up from his seat and started to make his wait to the door.
"Wait!" Julian exclaimed as everybody groaned. "Alex has found something." Julian said as Alex walked forward with her laptop. Tyler plugged in his projector to it and displaying her desktop on the blank white wall.
"'Pranks against Black'?" Black exclaimed as he pointed to a folder with the same name.
"You know I love you." Alex said before blowing him a kiss. He smiled and laughed to himself as he turned towards AJ who just stared at him. Black cleared his throat before looking back at the screen. Alex plugged in the USB as the file popped up.
"'Avenger's Secrets'?" Topaz asked in confusion as Alex clicked on the folder. Only a word document was in it and Alex clicked on it.
"Oh my God! Look at all that information!" Tsunami exclaimed as everybody gasped.
"They're working with fallen angels!" Bianca exclaimed as everybody looked at her in confusion. "Um, ya know, just readin' it." Bianca said nervously before hiding behind Wilmer. Julian snapped his fingers as Brice went over to Bianca and picked her up before setting her in front of the screen.
"You know some shit. Explain." Julian said as Bianca sighed.
"Wilmer and I…" Bianca said as she took a deep breath. "Are angels." Bianca said as everybody looked around confused.
"Wilmer? An angel?" Flash said as Wilmer glared at his friend.
"What does this mean?" Sean asked in confusion.
"Exactly how it sounds." Bianca said as she sat down next to Wilmer.
"Does this have to do with the stones?" Tyler asked in curiosity.
"Yes." Wilmer said as everybody looked at the stone holders before back at Wilmer and Bianca.
"So…how does this thing work?" Black asked scratching the back of his head.
"There's a holy…family of some sort. Bianca and I are not apart of this, but we—along with other angels—are called upon to assist and protect the Guardian." Wilmer explained as everybody listened intently.
"What's the Guardian?" Bijou asked.
"The Guardian is the 'main' angel in a sense. They are the most powerful angel, but rarely use their power because when they do they die." Bianca said as Goldeye scowled.
"Along with the Guardian come special roles for chosen people. These people are not angels, but are equally, if not more, important." Wilmer said as everybody nodded.
"There's the Protector. They are meant to always protect and do anything for the Guardian. He or she becomes the love interest of the Guardian and whenever the Guardian feels pain—emotional or physical—the Protector feels it through physical pain." Bianca said as they all nodded.
"The Holy Child is not really the Guardian's child. If ever the Guardian becomes corrupted the Holy Child is able to bring him or her back to normal. The Holy Child also is the shield for the Guardian. He or she has a protective bubble around themselves and the Guardian which no evil spirit can break through." Wilmer said.
"This one is a hard one. The Sacrifice. The Sacrifice is the person who gives their life whenever the Guardian is on the brink of death before they have completed their purpose. And until the Protector comes into the Guardian's life the Sacrifice acts as the Protector." Bianca said as everybody looked at her sadly.
"So, what does this have to do with the stones?" Alana asked as she sat on the stool by the kitchen counter.
"The stone are keys to unlock the Guardian's power. The stone holders must fulfill their tasks and serve the Guardian as needed. Each stone holds a special power like with Mason's stone. He was able to kill off the main part of the person's personality." Wilmer said as Black jumped out of the seat.
"Wait, does this mean I can do something cool?" Black asked as Wilmer and Bianca nodded. "Awesome! What do I do?" Black asked when all the ancestors showed up.
"Time out! You guys are taking our jobs." Isaac said as Black crossed his arms and pouted.
"At least they're actually doing it right." Black muttered.
"Oh snap! Isaac you better control your boy." Erica said as Bolt shook his head.
"Why haven't you guys told us anything?" Rafael asked looking up at Gabe.
"You guys weren't prepared to learn this. And now that you know Angelica is going to get Mason to try to take you down even more." Arianna said as Bianca laughed nervously.
"Our bad." Bianca said as she and Wilmer slinked away from the glares of the ancestors.
"We can take them!" Julian said as Cheka rubbed his face.
"That's beside the point. You guys are not ready. Half of you haven't even completed your task!" Cheka said as he floated down on the ground.
"Who has completed their tasks?" Tsunami asked.
"Cat, Black, Alana, Rafael, and Lilac." Rosa said as Lilac looked up at her confused.
"Wait, what did I do?" Lilac asked in confusion.
"You kept your love towards your parents. Even though you thought you were adopted you still loved them no matter what." Rosa said as Lilac smiled to herself.
"Ok…what do the rest of us have to do then?" Bolt asked.
"We can't tell you." Devin said as they all groaned. "We have a reason for this one!" Devin exclaimed over the groans.
"What?" Tyler asked.
"If we told you what you had to do it would have less meaning than it would have if you had discovered it yourself." Nick said as Lauren pouted.
"When are we supposed to know?" Lauren asked.
"You'll know." Nick said as Lauren rolled her eyes.
"I just have one question." Shade said as everybody looked at him. "Who is the Guardian?" Shade asked.
"She'll reveal herself when the time is right." Arianna said before they all disappeared.
"Stupid cryptic language." Brice muttered as Nicole rolled her eyes.
"So, what do we do?" Amber asked.
"We continue with our lives." Rafael said as he stood up from the table.
"Because that's all we can do for now." Derek said as both nodded at each other. Everybody nodded and walked out of the apartment to whatever they were doing before. Nicole and Brice were in their apartment packing up all their stuff when Brice collapsed on their couch.
"We're finally done!" Brice exclaimed as Nicole laughed and sat next to him.
"Good job. Now we have to move them all out of the way." Nicole said as Brice groaned.
"We're not moving for another three days." Brice exclaimed as Nicole kissed him.
"But the next three days we have to say good bye to New York and our siblings." She said as he groaned.
"Fine." He said as Nicole kissed him. "Well…we still have the bed. How about we take a-"Nicole quickly cut him off.
"First boxes then sex." She said as Brice got up quickly and started picking up boxes.
"Hey guys." Izzy said walking through the door. "Have you seen Julian?" She asked as the couple exchanged glances.
"Um, yeah, he actually said he wanted you to meet him at the park." Nicole said as Izzy tilted her head in confusion.
"The park? Why? It's pitch black out." Izzy said as she looked out the window.
"I don't know. Maybe he wanted to take you out to dinner." Brice said with a shrug of his shoulders. Izzy just looked on in confusion before leaving their apartment. Izzy walked through the park looking for any sign of Julian.
"Hey," Onyx said as he skated up to the fox. "Julian told me to have you head towards the gardens." Onyx said as Izzy looked at him confused.
"But that's where all the trees are. Does he want me to get raped?" Izzy muttered as Onyx shrugged his shoulders and skated away. Izzy started to walk through the gardens and noticed all the streetlights weren't working. She still walked forward making sure not the hit any of the trees. She saw a little light flickering and walked towards it. A small paper hit her face and she pulled it away to see it was a picture.
The picture was hanging from a string and the string was tied to a small light that kept flickering. The picture was one of Izzy pushing her hand towards the camera. Izzy remembered the picture. Julian was trying to take a picture of her while he was pursuing her. She was annoyed and pushed him away like the many times she did. She smiled to herself when suddenly a bunch of lights lit up. Strings of Christmas lights were tied around the trees and connecting to each other. A ton—not really—of different pictures were all hanging down from the chords and Izzy gasped.
"Looking for me?" Julian asked as Izzy whipped her head in the direction she heard his voice. She didn't see him, but she saw a picture that was hanging from a blue string. She walked towards it glancing at the pictures she walked passed. Some were of him or her, but some had both of them. There were a few pictures of her and Luca and some of him and Luca. She stopped at the blue stringed picture and smiled.
The picture was of Luca, Julian, and her. It was around the time when Luca was four and they were spending their first Christmas together. They were by the tree lightening and Julian was holding Luca up as Izzy tickled his sides. Snow was falling down around them and they were all smiling. This was Izzy's most favorite picture.
"We've come a long way." Julian said as he walked up to her.
"What's going on?" Izzy asked as Julian took a deep breath. He got down on one knee as Izzy gasped. He took her hand as he looked up at her eyes.
"Izzy, you know I've had my fair share of dates, but no one compared to you. You're my everything. I've never loved anything or anyone as much as I love you. So, what I'm saying is…Isabella, will you marry me?" Julian said as he pulled out a ring as Izzy smiled through her tears. "I'm actually proposing this time." He said as Izzy let out a watery laugh.
"Yes, a thousand times yes!" Izzy exclaimed as Julian slipped the ring on her finger and stood up to kiss her passionately.
"Woo!" Everybody yelled as they popped out of the bushes.
"My parents are getting married!" Luca exclaimed as Izzy and Julian laughed.
"I don't think there is a better chance to say this, but now." Izzy said as everybody looked at her. "Julian, I'm pregnant." Izzy said as Julian's mouth dropped.
"Wha…When…What…How…Oh-"Julian collapsed on the ground as Izzy shook her head.
"I'm going to be a brother!" Luca exclaimed as Izzy hugged him.
"Well, this day has been eventful." Rafael said as Renegade nodded.
(A/N): So…it should be obvious who the Guardian is. If it's not well…just keep reading!