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Chapter 17 Marina
"What's happening back there?" Brutus shouts. He hunches over in Nine's car, I can see why he prefers his van but this was the first car we got to when the Mogs started to burn the motel to a crisp. Sam's head drops down below his knees and I see the blood running from his hands. He didn't have to run back and save that girl but he did, it makes me think that maybe some Mogs aren't focused on our imminent and painful deaths.
"No now is not the time to pull over and get a coffee" I hear Adam say annoyed looking left.
"What?" I say wondering who he's talking to.
"Never mind. Marina now might be a good time to heal him." Adam says quickly, eager to change the subject. Six and Ella prop his head back onto the seat and check to make sure he's not choking on his own tongue.
"I can't heal him; he needs the stone TK gave to him. I'll just hurt him." I say.
"TK has the stone Marina! He was studying last night before he gave it to Zero. He wanted to know if it was having any, let's say any unfortunate effects on him." Brutus says.
"What sort of effects?" Six says accusingly.
"How should I know? I just drive the car." Brutus says. I don't know where he's taking us but every corner we come across, he takes it. I look outside and see we're on a small country road with no lights.
"Pull over. Now!" I shout. Brutus does what he's told and pulls us over. We drag Sam out and lean him against a fence. I kind of wish Eight was here to tell me it was okay and I wouldn't kill one of the only four friendly Mogs.
"Wait!" Brutus says. He takes a torch out of his pocket.
"For light?" Ella says.
"Nope. She's going to wake him up fast and this is to make sure he doesn't bite his own tongue off." As he says this he puts the torch into Sam's mouth. I didn't think about that, I make a mental note to apologise to him later if me healing him is going to hurt as much as Brutus says. I put both my hands into Sam's and feel the familiar chill of healing but it feels different, like it's so cold it burns. Suddenly his eyes open and he lets out a scream.
"Hold him down! Hold him down!" Brutus yells as he launches himself over Sam. Sam shakes and his eyes briefly look like a caged animal. Adam and Six hold both of his shoulders as he tries to yank his hands away from my hands. I feel his hands start to finish healing and he calms down and looks around confused.
"Ooooowwwww" He moans as he spits out our torch. I see it's almost in two and make a mental note to leave it behind. He flexes his hands back and forth and stares at them. Brutus, Six and Adam let go of his shoulders.
"What did you do to me?" He says.
"I healed you, no need to thank me or anything" I reply. Sometimes it's nice to get a little bit of praise.
"Sorry. Thanks. I didn't realise you healing me would hurt that much."
"What did it feel like Zero?" Brutus asks.
"A bit like acid being poured onto my skin." He replies now looking around. Six goes up to him and gives him a hand up and holds his hand. Suddenly I hear a car coming our way and see it's filled with people.
"Hide and stick together" Brutus hisses. We all hop over the fence and leave the car so we can still see it through the tree's. Brutus, Sam and Adam get their weapons out, me I just hide, sometimes I wish I had a legacy I could actually use for attack. For god's sake, even Five can talk her way into getting the Mogs to fight each other. Some people come out the car and I see its Mogadorians. I look at everyone to the left and see their squinting to see if it's friend or foe. What do you know the world's most useless legacy comes in handy.
"It's Mogs" I whisper.
"I've got this" Sam says, before I know it he starts to change colour matching the tree's behind him. Six looks sick suddenly at where Sam used to be and turns invisible herself. I sigh, what ever happened to sticking together?
"Look after Ella you two." I whisper to Adam and Brutus. I'm still not entirely convinced I can trust Mogs but Ella seems happy enough with them. I crawl along the undergrowth and see two Mogadorians look around Nines car. I see a glimmer of something behind them and can't tell if it's Sam or something reflecting of the light of the car.
"This looks like the car beta team reported that left the Motel." One of them says.
"They can't have travelled-"Just as the second Mog says this I see a familiar black sword go through him. Sam makes himself seen and stabs the other Mog through the neck. More Mogs jump out of the truck but are flung back by an unseen force which I'm assuming is Six. Then I have an idea, I run to our car and see them, our chimeras. I fling the doors open and they jump out, some in giant bird forms and some in animals that resemble rhinos but with five horns sticking out their bodies and charging the nearest Mogadorians.
I hear lightning crack and see that Six has made herself visible, suddenly a giant bolt hits the Mogs car and it goes up in a huge blaze. Sam is swinging his swords slashing down Mogs and throws one at me. I feel it whistle past my ears and hear a thunk. I turn around me and see a Mog turn to ash holding a hammer with a spike. I grab Sam's sword and see the last Mog. I run up to him and see his face covered in ash and holding something that's beeping. He laughs before I put the sword through his gut. I'm scared of myself and how easy it is to take a life now; the sisters at Santa Monica would be ashamed of me. The beeping stick drops to the ground and I realise what it is. I throw it as hard as I can and hope it's going to land in the next state. Sam runs to me and asks:
"What was that for?"
"That was a transmitter; we need to go now before more Mogs arrive." I run into the truck and see that Brutus, Ella and Adam are already in. I hop in shotgun and Sam and Six cram in the back with the chimera, now in small forms. Before long we're on the highway again.
"That was only about twelve Mogs if we're expected to take out a base, we're going to have to work on a battle strategy." Six says after a couple of minute's silence.
"We're not working on battle strategy yet" Brutus says eyes fixed on the distance.
"So what are we doing?" I say wondering why he won't look back at us.
"We're going to Paradise, Ohio."