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Chapter 14

The entire entrance was blocked with stones. The rumble around them continued to shake the cave, and boulders began falling from the ceiling in scattered places. Cam pulled Luce close to him and wrapped his wings around her to protect her.
"Whets happening?" Luce shakily asked Cam. He tightened his hold slightly to reassure her.
"I'm guessing outcasts found us. Don't worry, Gabbe and Molly are strong fighters"
"I'm more worried how we're going to get out" Luce turned around to look him in the face.

His wings were still surrounding them like they were in their own little world. His eyes were the vibrant dark green which drew her to him, they were mesmerizing and Luce struggled to look away. Cam's face softened looking at her "Don't worry, we'll be able to get out".

When the rumbling finally finished Cam parted his wings. All the other angels had their wings spread out, and were looking at the boulders.
"How typical" Arriane kicked a rock.
"We'll have to start getting it moved" Roland turned to Daniel. Luckily the torches were still lit, although some had gone out. Arriane lit the ones which had gone out and walked back over to the blocked entrance.

Cam walked over to a huge boulder and lifted it as if it were no more than a beach ball, throwing it in the opposite direction at the other end of the cave. "Come on people, don't want to spend the rest of our lives in here do we?" Cam dusted his hands walking back to another.

Luce watched as all the angels lifted the heavy boulders and bricks and placed them at the opposite end. Luce walked over next to Cam and tried to nudge a boulder with her foot. It weighed more than she did and didn't budge in the slightest. She sighed, how was she meant to help them? She wasn't super strong, she was barely coping with the dust.

Cam watched as Luce looked down at the boulder at her foot. He leant down and lifted it up for her, throwing it on the slowly growing pile at the other end. She started at him for a moment before speaking up quietly. "I can't help move anything". Her face looked a mixture of disappointment and frustration.

"I don't think any of us expected you to" He responded trying to be comforting for her, while lifting another boulder out the way.
"But I should be helping".
Cam sighed and turned back to her, wiping some sweat from his brow and rubbing a hand through his shaggy black hair "Luce, it's hardly your fault is it?". She looked down at the floor.
"Well what can I do?" She asked finally.
"Talk to me?" Cam gave her a cocky smile, which she couldn't help but mimic making him laugh.
"Alright. What shall we talk about?" Luce asked, while moving over to a wall to sit back against.
"Have we been together that long your at a loss for conversations already?" He smiled at her again.

Eventually they heard Molly and Gabbe's voices from the other side of the bricks. They had moved a huge amount, and all of them were sweating.
"We're almost through!" Cam heard Gabbe's voice from the other side.
Finally, shafts of light glared through the rock, leaving a big enough gap for them the climb up and over to the other side. Cam helped Luce climb over the rocks with him. They were unsteady under her feet, and if Cam wasn't holding onto her she'd have probably fallen flat on her face.

When they reached outside, all the angels let their wings out and flew off, eager to get away from anymore possible outcasts ready to attack.

"What happened?!" Arriane asked, while they were flying towards Phoenix. Luce was flying with Cam again. She was warming to him, and liked being in his company, he could always make her laugh and feel at ease.
"A couple of outcasts arrived. They were firing at the mountain trying to cave it in" Molly stated. She had a cut on her arm, Luce guessed from fighting the outcasts.
"Well they almost succeeded! We need to be careful!" Roland responded.
"We fought them off fine, it was just unexpected" Molly scoffed back. She didn't like feeling weak or being told what to do. She was a fighter, always was, always will be.

It was mid afternoon and already Luce was feeling weary, it had been a long day. When they landed in phoenix the angels seemed to know where they were going while Luce followed behind, Cam walking beside her while Daniel was leading the way.
They walked up to an old looking building. It looked completely deserted. Smashed in windows, the door looked boarded up, and a locked fence surrounding the building.

"Doesn't look like anyone's home" Luce said as she walked up to the fence and leant her head against it. The cool metal was welcome to her hot face. "Tell me why we couldn't just call them again?" She asked. Why couldn't things just be simple.
"They won't respond, me and Arriane tried earlier" Gabbe said back to Luce. "Probably after what happened Saturday they wanted to lay low".

Daniel walked up next to Luce and looked at the locked padlock closely. Pulling it apart the padlock broke and fell to the floor, leaving the fence to swing open.
"Tut tut breaking and entering" Luce smiled at Daniel who laughed back.
"Cam, Roland, do you want to stand guard?" Daniel turned round to them. Cam's eyes focused on Luce before reluctantly agreeing.
The rest of the angels walked into the abandoned looking building. It was quiet and cold with damp. The creaking of pipes and wooden floors all added to Luce's nerves. Daniel led the way, and seemed like he knew where they were going.

Turning to open one of the doors of the left, Luce heard footsteps inside the room. She couldn't help but feel nervous, and stood closer to Arriane. "These are your friends Luce, you shouldn't be scared" Arriane nudged Luce.

As Daniel swung the door open, there was Ben and Sarah, sitting on a dusty old looking couch watching an old fashioned television. As the door opened further they both jumped to their feet, alert and ready to attack.
"Hold on!" Daniel held his hands up "Your Sarah and Ben?" Daniel asked.
"Why does it concern you?" Sarah hissed. Luce stepped forward so they could both see her in view.

"Luce?!" Ben and Sarah said at the same time. They rushed over to her an at the same time gave her a bone-crushing hug. Ben was tall and broad, he'd always been into rugby. But despite his obvious manly hard exterior, he was one of the sweetest kindest boys Luce knew.
She turned back to Sarah with a straight face "Why did you leave?"

Sarah instantly knew what she meant and hung her head, shifting her weight around. "You don't realise Luce"
"I know your angels" Luce blurted out. Sarah and Ben both exchanged looks before sighing in relief.
"Then we don't have to pretend anymore. Look Luce, that guy who came to the bar Saturday, he's got a weapon to kill angels. I knew Daniel wouldn't be far behind, so I took my chance. I had to get to Ben to warn him we needed to leave" Sarah explained.

Luce was still annoyed. She wasn't happy about being abandoned with an outcast, who she had no idea how to fight. Daniel spoke up "We need your help".
"Of course, please sit down. Would you like a drink?" Ben offered but Daniel shook his head. "We can't be staying long, we need to find a place to stop tonight"
"Your welcome to stop here" Sarah suggested.
"Actually not far from here we've had outcasts attack. We need to move further away. Much further" Arriane explained.

For the next 10 minutes the angels explained what was happening. "So you see we need your help" Daniel finally breathed.
"I suppose we can fly to the throne on your behalf?" Sarah turned to Ben.
"We can ask them to protect Luce. Or step in and stop Lucifer all together if we're lucky" Ben nodded.

"I hate to rush everyone but if we've got to fly far tonight, it'd be best if we need now" Molly said in a spiteful voice.
"Yes, of course" Sarah said. She walked over to Luce and gave her a tight hug. "I am really sorry about Saturday night, id never put you in trouble".
"I know you wouldn't, it's ok" Luce felt weird knowing her friend was an angel, and always way. Ben walked forward when Sarah broke away from hugging her.
He leant down and gave her a big bear hug. "Please be careful Luce" he begged.
"Of course, you too" Luce squeezed him.
"We'll come find you once we've spoke to the throne" Ben broke away from the hug and looked down at her. Luce nodded slowly.

They departed from the building and met Cam and Roland outside, who were standing near the fence opening. "Any luck?" Roland asked.
"They've agreed to discuss with the Throne" Gabbe replied. "But for now we need to fly far, completely off the map, where there's little population"
"Where?" Cam asked cautiously.
"Greenland" Arriane smiled.