I left it off with a cliffhanger. So let's just pick up right where we left off.

Enjoy.

Sam's POV

"!" I screamed, darting forward to stop the inevitable. But it was too late. The button was pressed, my friends were as good as dead. I feel to my knees, tears falling from my eyes.

But Chris, Danny, and Cathy remained fine. In fact, they seemed more worried about me than anything else. I looked up to find nothing changed. I looked around in confusion. My friends were fine. I looked at Nossida, who was watching me like the others, less concerned though.

"He lied to you Sam," Penn said suddenly. His voice sounded strained. I looked up to see him, his eyes shining from tears. "He had only one of the little purple balls and one of the red. He gave the red to you. And the purple…" Penn couldn't even finish the sentence. He didn't have the strength, he fell to his knees, clutching his chest.

Nossida has used the Glaciolus on Penn.

I got up and ran forward to Penn. Cathy had knelt down next to him too. I wrapped my arms around him tightly.

"Penn, no," I whispered. "Penn, please. Don't do this!"

"I wish… I wasn't," he managed to say staring at me. His green eyes looked so young and innocent. And sad.

"How could you be cruel enough to do this to him?" Cathy cried at Nossida. "He thought you were his friend!"

"Oh please. Penn was never one of us," Nossida replied. "And I don't feel remorse, Rhapsodian, so don't even try that on me."

"You may not feel remorse, but there are plenty of other things you can feel," I heard Chris say. "Like this." Nossida screamed and I looked up to see Chris armed with another piece of broken glass that he'd driven into Nossida's other wing.

"Yes! Sneak attack! Nice one!" Danny cheered.

"Not for long!" Nossida growled and pulled the glass out of his wing and out of Chris' hand. Chris began to step away from Nossida, but Nossida was quick and had Chris pinned on the ground again in seconds. He's also pinned Chris down on an angle that had deactivated his v-com, bringing him into his even more vulnerable human attire.

Nossida smiled victoriously. He hadn't meant to do that, but was quite happy that he had. He brought up his arm, preparing to bring it down hard. Chris struggled to get away from him, but Nossida was way stronger than any of us. Nossida brought his arm down with all the power he had in him.

I looked away, but that can't prevent your ears from hearing what's going on. I heard Chris scream, but I also heard Nossida scream. I knew Chris couldn't have done anything to retaliate that fast. I looked up to see Danny with a brick he must've found in one of the cardboard boxes. Another brick lay not too far from Nossida.

Yes, Danny had thrown a brick at a psycho birdman wielding a piece of broken glass. But Danny was also holding his vacuvator.

"I think it's time you took your last flight," Danny said before shooting the vacuvator at Nossida. Because the scene was actually going faster than I was seeing it, Nossida hadn't had time to run from Danny's shot and was sucked away.

"Nice shot, Danny," Cathy said with a smile. "The worst one's gone."

"yeah, but what do we do with the rest of them?" Danny asked, looking at our frozen friends who were dethawing.

"Refreeze them and contact the Commander," Cathy replied. "They'll go to prison from there."

I looked down at the boy in my arms. It was sad to think that's he'd been the one to die from all of this. Penn, who was so innocent.

"Sam? Who won?" Penn whispered suddenly, his eyes still closed. He looked like he was in a lot of pain, but I could've cared less at the moment because he was alive. For now at least.

"We did. Danny trapped Nossida in the vacuvator after he..." Then I remember what Nossida did to Chris. "Cathy, take Penn," I said. Cathy took Penn in her arms and I ran over to Chris, who was still lying on the ground. Danny was over by him too.

"Is he okay?" I asked.

"I'm fine," Chris answered. I knew he was lying. He looked just as pained as Penn.

"No you're not. You got stabbed by a piece of glass," I replied. "Where did he get you?"

"No where of too much importance," Chris answered.

"Show me," I said. Chris let go of the left side of his abdomen, where there was a considerably large cut from the glass. There was blood all over that side of his shirt and on his hands. I had to admit I was freaked. Not because of the blood, but because of who was losing that blood.

"Oh my gosh," I gasped.

"It's fine. I'm okay," Chris whispered in a comforting tone. "I would know if he'd hit anything vital. I'd be dead already."

"That's not comforting me at all," I replied. I looked up at Danny. "We need to get him to a hospital. Penn too."

"Sam, are you crazy? We can't take an alien to a human hospital," Danny replied. He pointed at Chris. "This one, sure. But Penn, I don't think we can manage that."

"He's got a point there Sam," Chris added.

"Then we'll take him to Mr. Smith," I concluded. I pointed to Chris as well. "After we get this one to a hospital."

"This one has a name you know," Chris commented, pointing to himself.

"This one's also losing enough to blood to kill himself," I added. "Now come on, before that happens." Danny and I helped him up.

"Guys, I'm fine to walk on my own," Chris assured us.

"I don't think so," I shook my head. "Danny, you get Penn. I've got this one." Danny nodded and went to get Penn from Cathy. I put my arm around Chris' shoulders and made him do the same. Then, our little beaten crew left the tower to receive some sort of help. I just hoped we'd get there in time.

And there's your battle. Now it's another race against the clock. Thanks to my bro for helping me with what to do in the battle!

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