LAST TIME
"H-How DARE YOU!" I screamed as I shut my eyes while hot tears streamed down my cheeks.
A surge of strength fled my body and I fell back against my chair. When I opened my eyes, the food was splattered on the walls and the table was a pile of splinters. I gasped, "W-what-"
"Amazing powers," Lawrence smiled, "Nyssa, Jewel, take Prince Bellamy back to his quarters."
The woman across from Zackaria rose to her feet along with Nyssa and threw a harsh metal collar on my neck. The collar clinked with the metal chain of my pendant. They attached a chain to the collar while they unhooked my ankle from the chair. Nyssa curled the rusted metal chain around her hand as she yanked me along. My stomach punched my insides from a lack of food, I never did eat my meal.
(Bell POV)
The bed I laid on was fit for a King. It almost made me forget where I was, with it's gentle mattress and silky fabrics. The lack of my mirror to the outside world made me lose touch with reality. I didn't know if I'd been there for a day, or maybe a week. I ate nothing that they tried to serve me and I refused to leave my room.
Each member of the Order took turns watching over me. My favorite watcher was Nyssa because she took interest in my life. She would ask me questions about Shin Makoku and my home life. She never spoke of herself though, not that I cared much.
Zachariah would be the next favorite on my list. He didn't really talk. He simply read from a thick book while rubbing his stomach. Sometimes he read out loud, and when I complain, he told me he was reading to his baby.
It was Zachariah's turn to watch me. He sat in the same chair with his feet propped up on a little stool as he read in whispers to himself. He stuck one hand inside of his shirt to touch his bare stomach.
One question had been killing me. I wanted to know why Zachariah would ever sleep with someone like Lawrence. Not that Zachariah is nice, he is far from that, but he seems to have some bar set for himself.
"Did you want to?" I asked, nearly spat, out in awkwardness. My mouth sucked up dry while I waited for his response.
"Want to what?" he raised his eyebrow.
"Er, I mean did you want to have Sir Lawrence's baby?" I corrected myself.
Zachariah let out a heavy sigh. He closed his book and took his feet off the stool to sit up straight. He looked almost like an older adult with his calmness and monotone expression.
"No," he replied, "Word of the wise Kid, never drink and flirt at the same time. Sometimes, you end up with the wrong person. Vivian was furious when she learned I was pregnant with Lawrence's baby." He snickered to himself.
"Why would she be mad?" I folded my legs under me as I leaned over with curiosity.
Zachariah laughed, "Silly boy! Don't you know that Vivian is Lawrence's wife?" I shook my head with wide eyes. "And Velma is their daughter! So of course when Lawrence impregnates an outsider, it makes for an uproar. Trust me, I was ready to throw myself down a flight of stairs or punch my stomach until I lost the child, but Nyssa begged me to keep it." Zacharia sneered, "I hate children."
"My Mom was the same, he-" I mumbled.
Zachariah snapped, "Nobody asked you." He opened his book again. "Just because you're all mighty and a Prince doesn't mean everybody gives a shit about what you say. My sister is the only one in this entire damn place that wants you alive."
At first, I pitied Zachariah since I saw him as Uncle Aleksei. I thought that the two had similar back stories and were being tricked into love by an evil man. But, I was very wrong. Zachariah is more of a brat than Alexander and Mama combined and his situation was a drunken mistake.
"Just because you're pregnant doesn't give you an excuse to be an ass," I muttered. Zachariah twitched but ignored me.
I hated this feeling of helplessness. I didn't want to be that Damsel in Distress, I can fight.
Lawrence barged into the room with Nyssa, Velma, and Vivian trailing behind him. Velma ran up to me with a sharp syringe and stabbed my arm. I gasped and yelped out in pain as I felt the liquid burn under my skin.
"What did you inject in me?!" I screamed.
"It'll all be over soon," she flashed me a broken smile, "This will make you weak, to the point where you can barely stand. It'll make the extraction easier but just as painful."
My body shuddered as I tried to stand but my knees buckled and I could barely move. Nyssa scooped me into her arms and blindfolded me for transportation. I cried out for Papa and Mama to come make it stop and take me home.
I was put down in a chair. I felt my arms and legs being bound to the chair and the collar was magnetically attached to the head of the chair. They took the blindfold off and I was in a bleak stone room. Machines and sharp tool sparkled on a table next to me. I shook my head when they stuck pad-like object attached to the machines with a wire onto my temples and chest just above my heart. He poured the blood mixture into the machine.
"Please stop," I squeaked, "Don't do this to me!" Tears streaked down my face as Lawrence caressed my cheek. His chapped lips pressed against mine. Then Vivian gagged my mouth with a bundle of cloth.
Lawrence flipped a switch and I felt like my brain was being sucked out of my skull. Electricity stabbed my core and I screamed in pain. The brunette man wrapped an arm around Vivian and another around Zachariah. Nyssa turned away from the torture. I shook my head violently as I squirmed in my binds. The thick metal cut into my skin as I shut my eyes tight. Tears poured down my cherry red cheeks as I prayed for someone to make this intense, burning pain stop.
(No POV)
Vinny gained enough strength to walk on his own but Andrew stuck close to him. Yu led the pack out of the forest and to the towering gates of a menacing stone castle. She could feel her brother inside, after all, the two were connected. Wolfram stood close to his daughter with Yuuri on the other side. The parents refused to lose another kid.
"There!" Vinny pointed.
"Yes Vinny, we can see that," Yu spat sarcastically.
Vinny huffed and crossed his arms over his chest. Andrew smiled and put a hand on Vinny's shoulder. Vinny tensed up under Andrew's touch and he backed away. The brunette cocked his head but tried to ignore the redhead's little behavior.
"How about we scale the side?" Wolf looked up the gates.
"Allow me," Vinny smiled.
He held out his hand and the ground rose to create stairs on both sides of the gates. Gwendal's jaw hung low at his son's skills.
"Did you know he could do that?" Yozak asked.
Gwendal shook his head.
"I'm going to call horses and carriages," Gunter said as he waited outside of the castle.
Everyone climbed the stairs and all the way down. They hurried into the castle. Yu punched out every guard she saw. Wolfram and Yuuri were shocked by their daughter's strength.
Yu flinched as she felt a stabbing pain. She fell back against Yuuri as sweat trickled down her brow.
"Bell's in trouble," she squeaked, "He's hurting!"
"Where is he?" Conrad asked hurriedly.
Wolfram's heart dropped to his feet. He gripped the handle of his sword ready to take down anyone in his path.
"Follow me," she pushed herself off of her father as she dashed away.
The group did their best to keep up, but Vinny could barely walk let alone run. Gwendal had to carry Vinny on his back as the child winced with every bump.
Wolfram knocked out the guards outside of the door and they swung it open to see the raven haired boy bound to a chair. His body trembled as he arched off of the back of it. He screamed out for help.
"No!" Wolfram screamed as he held his sword at his side. He lunged at the nearest person, which happened to be Vivian.
The woman grabbed his sword by the blade, the gloves she wore made the sword not pierce her skin. She flashed Wolf a deadly smile and said, "I remember you." Vivian pushed Wolfram against the wall. Her hand flew to his stomach and traced the nasty scar on his skin. "Did it leave a mark?" She pouted.
Wolf's emerald eyes widened as he knew it was this woman that killed his baby. His filter snapped like a hot rubber band. He swung his legs up and kicked Vivian in the gut.
"You ruined me!" he screamed like a wild animal, "You killed my family and crushed my chances of getting pregnant! You shall PAY for your crimes!"
"Oh, it'll be a pleasure to finish the job I started," she cackled, "I should've killed you when I had the chance. It was perfect when you curled yourself around your son as if to offer your life. So noble. I can see where he gets it from."
While Wolfram fought with Vivian, Conrad and Gwendal went after Nyssa and Zachariah. Gwendal was about to hit Zachariah when Nyssa threw herself in front of her brother and screamed for Gwendal to stop.
"He's pregnant!" she yelled, "Please don't hurt him!"
"Nyssa," Zachariah sighed, "You're so lucky that I'm only having this baby because you wanted me to."
The two men stopped to look at each other as they watched the siblings. They decided to leave them alone, the two weren't a big threat. Instead, they went after the tiny girl that was more like a ninja.
Little Velma jumped on Gwendal's shoulders and took him down to the ground. She hissed as she punched the man square in the jaw. Conrad tried to pry her off of his older brother.
Yozak and Yu ran for Lawrence. Yu snapped her fingers and a giant surge of fire circled the large man. A water serpent appeared with another snap and wrapped around the man's neck. He smiled and accepted his fate. It wasn't a smile of acceptance, it was a smile of success.
Jay ran to Bell and knelt by his side. He touched the boy's hand to tell him that everything is alright. Yuuri and Vinny attempted to stop the machine.
(Bell POV)
When I saw Jay, I instantly felt better. Papa and Vinny attempted to turn off the machine, but my powers were slowly fading from my body. Once I felt everything stop, I relaxed in the chair.
"Bellamy," Jay breathed as he took the gag out of my mouth.
"Hey," I smiled weakly.
Vinny and Yu were alive! My heart was filled with joy.
Papa summoned his powers to take the chains off. My skin was red and cracked from the rusty chains. I closed my eyes to try and find my powers, but I felt empty. There was nothing. I hung my head low.
Papa tilted my chin up to look at him. He used his sleeve to wipe away my tears.
"Baby, what's wrong?" he asked.
"I can't feel it," I admitted.
"Feel what?" Andrew joined Papa.
"My powers. You were too late, t-they're gone," I squeaked. I wasn't special anymore. Those amazing powers that I neglected, the ones that I trained for my entire life were taken away in a matter of minutes.
Jay pulled me into a hug. He kissed my head and rubbed my back before we heard Mama yelp out in pain. Vivian gave him a swift kick to the stomach. Mama fell to the floor in pain. Velma took care of Uncle Conrad and Uncle Gwendal by hitting them next to Mama.
Yu turned her gaze from Lawrence which gave him an opening to break her element. He cut through the fire ring and ripped me from Jay's grasp.
"Such a good boy you two raised," Lawrence smirked as he caressed my cheek, "Too bad he's just bland now. Not special, not beautiful, nothing about him is unique anymore." Ouch, that hurt.
Nyssa growled at Lawrence, "That's a lie! Prince Bellamy is the most amazing person I have ever met!"
"Shut your mouth girl!" Lawrence snapped.
Nyssa hissed as she grabbed Mama's sword and put it against the skin of Lawrence's neck. He yanked my hair back as I gasped from the pain. Mama spat out some blood as he slowly rose to his feet.
"Don't touch my baby," he warned Lawrence.
"That's the least of your concerns," Lawrence smirked, "You're a mother, you should understand how it feels to want the best for your baby. With this boy's powers, I can make a better world for Velma and my unborn child. My husband will adore it as well, right Zachariah?"
Zachariah turned away with a huff. He refused to look at Lawrence. Vivian spat at Zachariah for taking Lawrence from her, but it is obvious that Zachariah wants to give the man back.
I looked around as Nyssa put the sword down and Lawrence let me go.
"You won't be able to handle my brother's powers," Yu said.
"That's why Vivian will try it out with me, right?" Lawrence looked over at the woman. Vivian smiled and flashed Zachariah a menacing growl.
"NO!" Mama screamed as he took Uncle Conrad's sword and stabbed Vivian. He aimed for the arm, but she moved and he hit her chest. Vivian gasped as she fell to the ground lifeless.
Mama dropped the bloody sword and threw his hands over his mouth. Papa stood in front of Mama to protect him in his shell shocked state.
Lawrence and Velma knelt beside Vivian to look for a pulse and whispered, "She's dead."
"M-my Mother!" Velma cried.
Jay and Vinny went to use Andrew's sword and stabbed the machine that my powers were collected in. Zachariah yelled for them to not, but it was too late. With one swift stab, the tank exploded in bright floppy colors. I felt like I was struck by lightning when particles of my powers shot into me. Nyssa pulled Zachariah into a protective hug while Lawrence pushed Velma in front of him to take the blow.
Papa used his powers along with Yu to trap us in bubbles of protection, but that didn't stop my powers from striking through my bubble.
Once it was over, I could feel my powers again, but only slightly. Velma was dead from the powers, I won't lie. Lawrence sacrificed his daughter for his own life. I remember how desperate Mama was when my life was being threatened. He would've easily thrown himself in front of a sword if it meant my life.
Jay ran over to me and squeezed me tight in his arms. I could feel a faint love from him. "Hey Bell, are you alright?" he asked.
"I'm fine," I said.
Uncle Conrad and Uncle Gwendal used my old chains to cuff Lawrence's wrists behind his back so we can take him back to the castle dungeons. Nyssa and Zachariah were both bound as well.
Gunter had called in horses and carriages for us. Mama grew weaker as he had to lay in Papa's lap while Papa rubbed the bruise on Mama's stomach.
I sat next to Jay and Yu. My sister looked over at me.
"So, is it really gone?" she asked.
I nodded, "I can barely feel my powers. I guess I'm an ordinary human, just like Lawrence said."
"You are far from what that horrid man said," Mama snapped, "You are my most amazing son. You are beautiful and heroic and strong. Not many people would've been able to survive what you have been through. Honey, you are the one and only Bellamy von Bielefeld-Shibuya, a soul born child."
I smiled, "Thanks Mama. You are one of a kind as well."
"Oh Honey, it's fine, you don't need to lie to me," Mama lulled against Papa's chest.
"Wolfram, you know you're wrong," Papa sighed, "Just rest Love."
I couldn't believe that it was over. You'd think that I'd be used to such dangers ever since I was a child, but now that my powers have been decreased, I feel incomplete.
Does this make me less complete? Who am I anymore...
