"CALEB NO!" you scream racing towards the banister edge, watching as the guards start to hunt down Caleb. Hastily you turn to run down the stairs to help Caleb but Phobos reaches out and grabs your wrist pulling you back towards him.
"Stop struggling," orders Phobos trying to keep a reign on you.
"You liar! LET GO" you yell while struggling to break free.
"I am surprised you didn't see this coming," says Phobos, failing to keep you under control.
"I'm not talking about Caleb you idiot!" you shriek growing more restless, "I'm talking about Elyon! I accounted for you to try to capture Caleb; that was a no brainer, but that you would ruin the evening for your sister, YOUR SISTER!"
"She will understand. Especially once I explain to her that he was planning to assassinate her this evening. If anything I am saving her life," says Phobos with a grin. You stop struggling at his words and look him in the eyes. You're not sure what exactly you were looking for. Compassion? Sympathy? Greif? Regret? Whatever it was it wasn't present. Or was there something? Yes… yes there was, and you knew and cherished it well. The wondrous look of pure terror.
"Guess I forgot to tell you Phobos," you say, not even needing to look behind you to see what he was now staring at, "I took the liberty of inviting a few more friends."
"Let her go Phobos," you hear Will yell.
"YOU INVITED THE GUARDIANS!" roars Phobos replacing his look of fear to an unfortunate look of anger.
"I'm surprised you didn't see this coming" you mockingly repeat. Twisting your body you are able to face a fully transformed Will floating just off the balcony and the others flying around attacking the guards to protect Caleb.
"I'm going to ask one more time Phobos. Let. Her. Go," orders Will.
"Or what? The only power you have is being keeper of the heart," scoffs Phobos before outstretching his free hand to send energy rings at Will. You cry out in protest only to be silenced as Phobos roughly places his arm around your neck pulling you back to keep you from getting away. You struggle as much as you can to break free but the maluridium has drained too much of your power and your strength has been reduced to an average humans. "You are trying my patience," he sneers into your ear while tightening his grip.
"The feeling's mutual," you gasp. Although your strength is diminished you still have your vast knowledge of fighting techniques and in his attempt to get a better hold on you, you seize the opportunity to wiggle out of his grasp then deliver a painful elbow to the gut knocking the wind out of him. Promptly you head for the staircase but Cedric is there blocking your path. Looks like it's time for plan B. With a running start you race towards the balcony ledge and with a quick step up onto the railing you hurl yourself over the edge to the floor below. Landing atop of a few guards to cushion your fall you continue towards the fallen Will making sure she's okay while avoiding the chaos of battle around you. "Hey you okay there girl?" you ask helping her up once you reach her.
"Ya I'm good. Cornelia come get these maluridium bracelets off Amy!" instructs Will before flying up again. After finishing off a few guards attempting to get at Caleb, Cornelia flies down to you and uses her powers to break the bracelets.
"Don't think we're not talking about this whole princess thing when we get back!" she says referring to the crown on your head. Honestly you totally forgot about that thing. Reaching up you take if off your head and ponder at it for a moment. No doubt this is going to have some absurd importance later on. Probably some mind control tactic or energy transfer. Not like it would work anyways, but that's good information to keep to yourself.
ARGGHHHHHHHHHH!
Promptly you fling the tiara off to your right. Spinning fast enough it makes a whistling sound though the air before coming into direct contact with a guard charging at you. The force upon impact is enough to send him backwards, taking down a few other guards behind him. It seems your strength has greatly increased by just simply taking off the bracelets. Looking back at Cornelia you see that she is less than pleased that you threw away a perfectly good piece of jewelry.
"Just transform already will you?" she says before joining back in on the fight. With no argument there you reach up to the sky, yelling out 'NIGHT UNITE' and transform into your guardian clothing. What a relief it was to be out of that dress, it was seriously getting hot in that thing, plus it was a little restricting on the movements. After taking out the guards that have now surrounded you, you fly up towards Will.
"We need a portal and we need one now!" you shout, while blasting the guards down below with water. The situation is defiantly getting worse. For every guard that is taken out two more seem to take his place.
"On it!" responds Will before flying off towards one of the balconies. While Will does that you take another moment to re-assess the situation while still helping out with the fight. Phobos is still present on the balcony along with Deimos and Cedric who is shouting orders at the guards below. There only seems to be one person unaccounted for…
"AMY HOW COULD YOU!"
Welp guess that answers that. Looking over to the grand staircase you see Elyon holding onto the railing for her dear life. "Elyon!" you shout worriedly while dodging some arrows from below, "Elyon, Please hear me out!"
"What's there to hear? You lied to me Amy!"
"No you don't understand!" hurriedly you start flying towards her. With the arrival of the archers she was in danger of some serious cross-fire.
"NO STAY AWAY!" she yells holding her hand out before releasing a massive light sphere at you.
"AMY WATCH OUT!" you hear someone yell. However it is too late. Before you can even react the sphere engulfs you, propelling you backwards and down to the ground below with massive force.
"Princess Elyon, you must leave for your safety!" demands Cedric grasping her shoulder, calming her uncontrollable shaking in shock at what she has just done.
"Amy…." Elyon whispers distantly.
"She is lost to us," states Cedric. Without another word Elyon silently follows Cedric up the stairs to safety. Only looking back once, she witnesses you crawl out from the ruined ballroom floor groaning. The two of you lock eyes and all you are able to express is a look of disappointment and betrayal before she turns and leaves the ballroom.
"This isn't the time to be taking a nap. Come on Will's got the portal ready let's go!" urges Caleb as he hastily helps you up to your feet. Abruptly you hear the roaring cry from above as Cedric transforms into his lizard-like self.
"We need to get out of here now is our only chance!" you hear Hay Lin shout, "Come on this way!" In a hurry you pick up Caleb and start to fly towards Hay Lin but suddenly Cedric's tail comes out of nowhere and knocks Caleb out of your hands and he crashes down to the floor below. Recovering from the interruption you attempt to make a fly by to pick him up again however it proves to be rather difficult with Cedric attempting to grab you in every which way.
"Guys let's go!" you hear Cornelia shout.
"A little help would be greatly appreciated," you respond while hurling chunks of broken stone at Cedric.
"Let me." Looking up you see Deimos falling down towards you with two daggers hand in hand. With only a moment to spare you dodge the blunt of his attack however he is successful in clipping one of your wings sending you tumbling down to the ground below as well. You wish you could say that you stuck the landing.
"Tonight is not my fudging night," you mumble while picking yourself up off the ground. Flying at the moment was no longer an option but nether-the-less you are quickly preoccupied as Deimos comes at you again. The two of you engage in hand to hand combat. Avoiding stabs and jabs you are eventually able to partially disarm Deimos, taking one of his daggers for yourself.
"You fight well for a girl," taunts Deimos as the two of you start to circle one another. There was no time for this, every moment wasted on this prick as another moment you could be spending in freedom. The guardians were already looking exhausted and the situation was only growing worse. Especially since Phobos could decide to get off his royal ass and join in at any moment, and you did not have enough power yet to deal with that. Yet as the two of you circled it seemed as if time was slowing down, the background was slowly blurring… fading to black…. all that seemed clear was Deimos. Gradually you found yourself slowing down and in no time the two of you had stopped circling one another. Why? You needed to keep moving! Your insides were screaming to move, to get out, but… as he carefully started to move towards you… you were mesmerized. It appeared that he was speaking but you couldn't understand what he was saying at all, all you could hear was his voice… so calming, and his eyes, they were just…just so….
"Violet," you say. His eyes… damn it, his EYES. Using all the remaining willpower you can muster you plunge the dagger into your arm. Drastic yes, but the pain is enough to snap you out of whatever state you were just in, and in the nick of time you were able to blast Deimos with a lunar orb just before he could grab you. This was dangerous, very dangerous. With a flutter of your wings it seemed they had recovered enough so you could hover and get the fudge out of there. Spinning around you make a break for Caleb who has taken on distracting Cedric with Irma's help. In a fly by you roughly pick up Caleb yelling that you are leaving and hell if anything was stopping you this time. To ensure your escape this time Irma and Taranee are trailing behind keeping the guards and Cedric off your back. Once at the balcony you literally throw Caleb through the portal and order the girls to fall back. Although you really want to leave you wait until each girl has flown through the portal to ensure their safety over yours. As they fly through you can't help but look back one more time to see Phobos's face of pure anger as he locks eyes with you. Savoring the moment of triumph you blow him a kiss before playfully peaceing-out through the portal yourself to the beautiful sound of Phobos screaming in angst at your escape.