Paradise Eco

enjoy semi- cliffhanger endings for now because from this point on I'll leaving you wanting more and more! Tomorrow I start college, yippy! And I'm totally pumped for it! But on a down fall, I need to go to the doctors for blood work because he thinks I might be diabetic. It's in my family history... so I would guess it would be within me but I'm kinda shocked really. I'm thin but not like size zero thin. Anywho, enjoy the chapter!

Don't You Fake It

Chapter XIV: Field Of Innocence

Vice laid on the bed, the cotton sheets under her were weridly warm and then sudden freezing to the touch. Her mind would fall out of reality then slam hard onto the floor, in which she pulled herself back up onto the bed. Her hands would reach out for bodies that weren't there, her mother's beautiful hands, Seth's neck and a shiny knife. In her mouth she could only taste the tangy blood of Seth, something she was craving. Ori stepped back into the hut holding a bottle of water for Vice, Jus sat on the egde of the bed watching Vice toss and turn. These small childern were all she had left, before the X Virus took control of her.

"Vice drink this," Ori said offering his princess some water, Vice curled in closer to her core.

"I can't, I need blood and any blood." Vice whispered. "I need Seth's blood."

"But Seth's gone." Ori turned to Jus. "Where's Flin?" Jus shrugged as Vice moaned.

"I sent him on a mission."

"Where?" Ori shouted.

"Ta find Seth." Vice whispered before covering herself with a sheet. "Now leave me alone," She closed her eyes and curled her body closer. "And let me die in peace."

Seth stopped the Zoomer he was driving in the Industrial Section of Hevan City, he walked up a ramp towards a round building. The doors slid open, he went ot the single chair and sat down. He used Kahen's old login name and password to enter the internet, since his account was shut down after... well you know helping the world's greatest villian try to destory the world all over again. Yet he was still free. Oh the irony.

"Sooo why are we here again?" Ryren asked for the thrid time since Seth picked him up from his tiny home along the Port.

"Research," Seth stepped onto the platform and went up. "The X- Virus." Seth said as the computer searched through entries, little files came up one after another. He pointed to one and in large bold letters; PANDEMIC IN ICELANDS!

"Well that gets the point across." Ryren snorted.

"Doctors and Healers from the Icelands have seen many cases of a matching sickness, officals are calling this The X- Virus..." Seth clicked on another link and pulled it up, this one was from an offical document from Doctor Ives to Chancellor Schuyler.

"...Eco waste," Ryren started from the second paragraph. "From the lab has leaked into the rivers below the mountains, antidote has been made for those effected...." Ryren skipped a little and went on from the thrid paragraph. "The X-Virus symptons include, fever, red eyes, paleness, fatigue, vomiting, and aches. Without antidote a person will die..." Seth clicked on another link.

"Healers think that blood will cure certain X-Virus patients...." Seth reads before hitting a link that connected with an obituaries sites for The Icelands, Seth closed that link and went to another a picture of a women with black hair, large circle earrings and red eyes. "The Icelands mourn the death of Queen Triban Vice..." Seth sighed and clicked on Triban's name, a bunch of photos, articles and fan sites came up.

"Triban Vice lived in a village close to the mountain of Clearbreeze, Triban was born with no royality attached but married Hue Vice when she was 18 after the Dark Marker War. She gave birth to her only child, Princess Glamour Vice. It's been told that Hue's brother, Artimus, and his son, Slade, killed Triban on her good will mission to the Greenlands." Seth sighed. "Artimus' village, has been renamed Triban in honour of his late sister-in-law." Ryren sneered.

"The nerve of some people,"

"I know..." Seth clicked on another page talking about Vice, a missing person report came up and was signed by her father. Along with the missing person's report, other reports came up about boys missing. One that caught his eye was a picture of three laughing boys, all standing around a snowman the boys held their arms out. The taller boy had dark hair and held the hand of a young boy sitting in the snow, the other boy was on the other side munching on a carrot from the snowman's face. "Boys missing," Seth read. "Flin, now age 12, Ori, now age 10 and Jus (only speaks French), now age 8." Seth pressed a button and the platform sent him flying down, he jumped over the railing and ran out of the lab.

"Whoa! Where's the fire, Seth?" Ryren said when Seth slammed the petal to the metal in the car like Zoomer.

"I need to get back to the Icelands... everyone's counting on me. Vice is most likely dying and those brat's aren't gonna keep her safe."

"Whoa!" Ryren said as they zoomed around a tight corner. "Um Seth, remember you're grounded!? You're mother might over look leaving today for Haven but the Icelands?! She'll destory you."

"It's a chance I'm willing to take."

"Kahen! Slow down right now!" Jahen shouted as the girl slammed on the breaks entering the Frozen Valley, Lei popped out of the back and cheered.

"Let's go again!"

"No way, women are crazy drivers!" Jahen shouted stepping out of the car on shakey legs, Kahen and Lei laughed as Jahen fell on his but a result of him slipping on ice. "Send me home, right now!" Jahen cried out, a girl wearing a long white jacket with an oversized hood between down to him. She offered him her hand, Jahen took it and smiled at the girl. "Thanks."

"You're welcome. A friend in need," The girl pulled the hood back and smiled at Jahen. "Has to be Kahen's brother."

"Daara!" Lei shouted jumping out of the car and hugging the short brown haired girl, Kahen laughed and went around the car to the girl.

"Daara how's our little monk?"

"There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same." Daara sighed, she flipped her hood over her head and looked behind her. "I fear a war is coming, and to start it innocent blood shall stain a mountain."

"Hush!" Kahen shouted. "Don't utter such things!" She glanced around. "You'll bring the worse." Daara rolled her eyes and started to walk, Jahen held onto Lei as they followed the monk up a slope.

"With the Republic of Kras City starting to show interest in power, and the Icelands rebel groups starting to get roudy..." Daara glanced back at her friends. "Only bad luck will come from this."

"Dun, dah!" Kahen shouted. "Then Haven City and The Wastelands to the rescue! Victory is ours! Charge KG and FL!" Kahen shouted running up the slope ahead of Daara, Lei laughed.

"Can't be depressing when Kahen's around can you Daara?"

"Yah it's hard," Daara sighed. "Kahen's future seems bright and happy, yet I fear to sleep at night. In dream's it'll come... and it'll speak my name. I pray every night that-" Daara stopped herself when she heard Jahen yelp from falling, Lei laughed and bent down to him.

"Oh poor turkey fell down."

"Don't call me turkey!" Jahen shouted getting on his knees, up ahead they heard Kahen scream. A blood turning ice soild scream. Jahen ran up the hill to find his sister pointing down at the firey battle below, Lei came up the hill with the car. Jahen pointed to Daara. "Stay here!" Kahen and Jahen jumped on the bars of the car and drove down into the village, Kahen and Jahen jumped off at different points as Lei drove towards the small sized castle.

"HUE!!!" Lei screamed running up to the house, she threw the doors open and ran up the stairs. Her mother jumped out at her and pointed a gun at her daughter, behind her mother was Jinx standing with a sharpshooter gun. "Where's Hue?" Lei huffed.

"Get out of here-"

"No!" Lei shouted. "His village is under attack! He should be out there-"

"Leian..." Jinx said standing. "Hue's been shot." Lei lowered her weapon before running back down the stairs, she ran out into the village and shot at people who were attacking people that she knew. Lei ran through the village looking for Jahen and Kahen, she found the red head shoting at people who would attack her.

"Kahen!" Lei shouted when Kahen shot at a male from the village. "Don't shot at random people!"

"I'm protecting this family!" Lei rolled her eyes, she ran through all the fighting until an explison sent her flying to the ground. It came from the castle, Lei didn't even dare turn her head when people started screaming. She jumped up when she saw Daara on the hill, she was on her knees staring at the scene unfolding behind Lei.

"Come on Leian!" A male shouted picking the blued haired girl up, he threw her over his shoulder and started to run. Lei's eyes took in the full of the world she was seeing, the castle was on fire. Puffs of black smoke filled the air as orangey, red fire brust through the second floors windows. Running after her was Jahen, Kahen and Rayn all pulling childern, women or the eldery behind them. Men ran carrying their childern, on a sretcher was a body; a ringed hand hanging limp to the side. Another exploison rocked the village, and with a ear popping crack the castle fell into the waters below. Lei's vision went blurry before she passed out, unable to take anymore.

"Oh no..." Grante said when she saw the headline for the next story on the TV screen, Eli and Jak both sat on the couch staring at the screen as Lunamarra shuffled her papers.

"Attack on Icelands." She said. "A civil war has started between a small, but powerful, Army from the East Icelands. This army is made mostly of small boys kidnapped from their villages in the North, South and West Icelands Villages. The leader of the Army, Artimus, released a statement saying frist the Icelands then the world. Which is needless to say... we might have another war on the horizons. Along with that, King Hue Vice was supposely murdered and his daughter Princess Glamour Vice has been reportly missing with Mar Legacy... Seth Mar... which brings up more questions. Is Seth Mar apart of this war too? I'm Lunamar-"

"Where's Seth?" Jak shouted, Keira shrugged rocking Herr.

"He's missing..."

"And Sabine?"

"She left for her manor." Keira said looking sad. "She didn't want to be here when you got back this afternoon."

"Who's Sabine?" Grante whispered to Eli, the blonde shook his head not wanting to get into the details of his life.

"Eli take Grante home." Jak said rubbing the back of his head. "Don't want Erol freaking out..." Eli nodded and took Grante by her hand, the two teens left the Mar Household and walked through the twilight city. Grante kept her eyes down as they walked through the last couple of minutes in twilight; Eli squeezed her hand and kept his eyes down. When they got to the garage, Grante jumped in the passager seat of the Dune Hopper.

It only half an hour to get to Kras City, but Eli was driving slow. Stopping ever so often to watch the sun set, he would glance to the red head as her red hair caught the twilight shine. When he stopped infront of her house, the night was upon them. Grante got out of the car and went around, Eli gripped tighter on the wheel as she walked up to her house.

"Garnette!" Eli shouted jumping out of the car, he couldn't take anymore of his emotions. The overwhemling feelings he felt within his very soul, that wanted to brust from his chest and bleed through his clothing. The Wastelander through his arms around the Krasian, around them it was queit. Grante opened the door to her house and pulled Eli upstairs; Erol did jump at the teens running up the stairs but Montley pulled him down.

"Do not go up those stairs." She growled.

"But-"

"I know our daughter better then you do, and I'll repeat myself. Do not go up those stairs."

"Ice queen." Erol growled sitting on the couch.

"KG ex- commander."

Upstairs Grante locked her door, and Eli was kissing her in that second. He laid her down on the bed, and went on kissing and touching each other. Eli pulled away from her mouth and started kissing her neck, she let out a gasp when he bit lightly on her neck. "Garnette," Eli said brushing his lips on hers.

"Elijah..." Grante whispered back and kissed his forehead, Eli moved his hand away from her chest to her face.

"I can't lose you..." Eli buried his face in her hair. "I'll die for you." Grante gave a small laugh, she threaded her fingers through his hair. She knew what he was talking about, he was talking about the Charis engagement.

"And..." Grante started, but didn't know how she could finish. She smiled up to him, and he smiled back. "Charis is my ugly prince." Eli chuckled, Grante sighed and knew the boy would fall asleep in a short time.

Daara started to nod off slowly, but she reached out and splashed herself with a glass of cold water. The last time she slept, it had to be two days ago. The gold staff sat on Daara's lap, she wore a white dress that had a built in hood. Her gloves were white, looping down from her neck was a gold, red and black thick beaded necklace. On a shorter string was Seth's amulet, from the House of Mar. Daara rubbed her sleved arms and sneezed.

'In sleep I sang to you-" Daara splashed herself with water again, the voice around her left her alone once again.

Damn the sleepless nights she'll have to live with.

TBC...