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22.
I sat on the sill of my bedroom window. With one leg out I stared at the dark blue sky where the stars were shining bright. But I looked beyond the stars, to a word unknown to mankind. A planet in this universe that also has life. A planet, called Xion, where every citizen looks like people from Earth but all have a unique power that makes them stronger than us. But that power has led some of them to the dark side and blinded with power they started a war. A war that lasted for 10 years until it was stopped by the only good ones standing. Four brave Xi's showed no fear and did everything in their power to stop their planet from destruction, they were even willing to give it their life. But one of the four in particular made all of this happen. Danny.. Because of him their planet was healed.
'Let's go to my house, Danny can recover in his old bedroom' Dougie had said. And so we went to Dougie's house.
Harry laid down Danny in his bed and tucked him in. I watched how sweet and careful he was with his mate. Before Harry left the room he went through Danny's hair and said: 'Be strong mate'
It still wasn't certain that Danny would survive. He has a heartbeat but it's a slow one.
'Maybe I can help, I can use his healing power!' Vicky suddenly said, right after Harry left the room.
'Will it work?' I asked hopeful
'I don't know, but I can try!' she said and took his head between her hands. She did what Danny always does. She closed her eyes and her hands started glowing.
She opened her eyes again when but nothing had changed. Disappointed she gave him a kiss on the forehead and also left the room.
It was just Dougie and me now. I took a chair and sat it next to Danny's bed and took his hand.
'Why does Danny have a bedroom in your house?' I asked Dougie filling the silence.
'Oh, don't you know?' he said surprised
'Know what?'
'Well, Danny's parents were killed in the war. He was only 15 years old. Since then he has lived with me and my family until he was old enough to get a place of his own.'
'Poor Danny, losing his parents like that' I said and stroke his cheek. 'What about Vicky? Did she live with you too?'
'No, she was eighteen at the time and already evil. She joined Dax and lived at the palace'
I looked down to Danny, took his hand and kissed it.
'Dougie!' Harry yelled from downstairs
'Yeah?'
'I think I pushed a wrong button of this thing'
'What thing?' Dougie said frowning but not loud enough for Harry to hear him. 'I'm coming!'
Dougie sighed and left the room, leaving me and Danny alone.
'You can't leave me now' I said 'I mean it Danny, you can't'
'Remember the first time I met you? I didn't believe that you could fly after you just saved me from my death. And I did something so stupid, I jumped of the roof. Then I thought my life was over but you saved me again. You're eyes got me captivated and from that point on I had to see them every day or I couldn't function right. I did the most ridiculous things, put my life in danger uncountable times but you were always there to save me. But then you were taken away from me. I had to watch how you were beaten up and I couldn't do anything to help you. It literarily killed me inside to see you with so many cuts and bruises. And just when I thought it couldn't get any worse Vicky stabbed you and killed you, even then you weren't thinking about yourself and healed her, you even melted Harry's ice cell. My life didn't have any meaning anymore. Without you I couldn't go on but a miracle happened and you lived' I stayed silent, thinking about his death.. It made me feel all the pain again I felt then.
'So Danny after all the fighting you did, you can't stop now. You just have to fight one more time and then it will all be over. Please Danny.. for me?' I said while a tear fell down.
I sighed and closed my eyes. I rested my head against the frame of the window and listened to the silence in the street. It was scary but soothing at the same time, how is that possible?
'Whatcha doing?' his voice asked. It broke me out of my thoughts and I looked at his perfection, standing in the doorway.
'Just thinking about you' I said
He got a smile on his face and walked to me. 'That's nice' and took me in his arms.
'You know I love you right?' he asked
'Yeah I do' I said with a smile and turned to him to kiss him. 'And I love you too' which he answered with another kiss.
'It's going downhill' Dougie said when I entered the room. Two days had passed since we came here and there still weren't any changes, in fact it had gone worse. Danny was completely pale and his lips were blue. He also had a slight fever now.
'I know' I said and took my seat next to him again. I immediately took his hand again. 'Isn't there anything we can do, anything?' I asked desperate.
'Not that we know of' Dougie said and laid his hand on my shoulder. He knew he disappointed me.
Dougie sighed and walked to Harry who was standing in the doorway. I heard them whisper.
'I hate to disappoint him' Dougie whispered to Harry
'I know but there is nothing we can do, Danny has to fight this one on his own'
'But what if he doesn't win this one? Dougie said and his voice started to break. He asked the question we all were thinking about. The question that we feared. What if he doesn't make it? What if he doesn't wake up?
'What are you doing?' I asked when I noticed Danny leaving the room.
'Just taking a shower, won't be long'
'Ok' I said and forced a smile. I watched how he flawlessly walked to the bathroom. I laid my head back down on the window frame and sighed again. I know Danny is unhappy here. Because of me he's not with his friends and sister and I know they're missing each other like crazy.
While I go to work he's all alone here. He keeps himself occupied by cleaning the house and doing the shopping but how can that ever be enough for someone that has superpowers?
I was stroking Danny's hand when I suddenly jumped up as I heard a lot of noise coming from downstairs. Just then I thought I saw Danny's hand move. I waited but he didn't do anything anymore. I figured it must have been me that made him move when I jumped up.
Anyway I decided to go look because the noise didn't stop and now I heard voices yelling as well. As I came off the stairs there were three masked men in the living room along with the guys.
'Where's Tom Fletcher?' the middle one asked, while the other two were pointing guns at them.
'Never heard of him' Dougie lied very convincing. 'Why are you looking for him?'
'He's an Earthling, we've been ordered to bring him back to his planet.'
'Who ordered you?' Vicky asked
'Dax. There is a new law saying other life forms aren't allowed here anymore. But anyway word has it that he lives with you'
'Nah, sorry' Dougie lied again
'Who are you?' another masked man asked when he noticed me. I was just about to go back to Danny to hide. They want to take me away!
'T.. Timothy' I said
'Timothy how?'
'Errr..'
'Poynter!' Dougie said. 'His name is Timothy Poynter. He's my nephew.'
'Right' the leader said and took papers out of his pocket.
'You, stand over there' the third one said and gestured to stand with the guys, so I did.
'I'm sorry.. Tom. But I'm afraid there isn't a Timothy on here' the leader said while looking up smiling. 'Shoot them!'
Shots were fired and more than one each. But as the bullets came near to us they bounced back. There was a shield around us that protected us.
We all looked up to see Danny standing on the stairs. He's awake!
Danny had saved us and convinced the masked men that he and I will leave willingly, without a fight. There had been enough fighting the last couple of days. So now here we are, on Earth, living my boring life. I dragged Danny into my boring life.
It's a long trip to Xion and I told him to go visit Dougie and co but he didn't want to leave me on my own for so long. Dougie, Harry and Vicky can't come visit us either, they have work to do. They're helping building the place back up. Another something Danny would love to help with.
But he stays, he stays for me.