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Finished

I stare at the husk of a man, well, young adult, in silence, Marina leaning on my shoulder, skin cold. Five's standing on an island, staring blankly into the water as he holds up his makeshift fishing pole, waiting for a fight to bite. He's thin, scarily so. And there are solid black spots dotting his body from where he was drowned in Setrákus Ra's lake. About the time we had gotten back from dealing with my father, we had found a video of something, meaning Five, exploding out of the rubble of the mountain in West Virginia and flying into the air, disappearing. Obviously, Marina couldn't leave it alone. So, now here we are, watching Five for the fifth day in a row.

"Marina," I say. "Why do we keep coming out here? He's not doing anything illegal or psychotic right now, and I think he's payed for most of what he did. Maybe not killing Eight, but he's in self-enforced exile now. He's trying to repent."

"I can't forgive him," Marina says.

"I know," I say. "And you don't have to. But you do have to let him go. You and me are supposed to be the level-headed ones, remember? The most merciful. I think it's time you forgot about Five, and let him stay here."

"Maybe," Marina sighs.

"He's right," a voice says behind us, startling us both.

We spin around just as John becomes visible. He's got a beard growing now, and long hair, but aside from that he looks alright.

"Long time no see," I grin. "Longer for you, since I was comatose. How've you been?"

John smiles and lands lightly on the boat.

"Not bad," John says. "Took longer than I thought, but it's finished."

"Did you drop Ella off with Nine already?" I grin and John laughs.

"Nah, she stayed behind at the mountain," John smiles. "So, he survived after all huh?"

"Not exactly," I say. "In truth, all three of us died."

Marina's hand tightens around my own. She hates it when I talk about that. John looks confused but I shake my head.

"Forget it," I smile. "Yeah, he survived. Now we're trying to decided what to do with him."

"Why don't you two come back to the mountain with me," John invites us. "See what I've done with the place. Then, you and Marina can decide what you're going to do about Five there."

I nod and look to Marina, who nods as well. John opens a cigar box and pulls out two pendents before tossing the box into the water. The pendants are Loralite and John explains that he carved them out of the stone in the mountain where the prophecy about Eight's death had been. He explains that if we're wearing them, and we picture the mountain, we'll be teleported there. I slip my hand into Marina's and she takes John's hand in her other, then suddenly, it's cold. Not unbearably so, but since I'm the only one who doesn't generate wither ice or fire, it's cold.

"Probably going to need a space heater for anyone without Cryokinesis or Pyrokinesis," I say, creating a Force Field around my body, trapping my body heat. "That's better."

I look around, Marina doing the same. The pictures, every single one, has been scrubbed off the walls. Marina walks to the exact spot where Eight's death had been drawn, and runs her fingers over the stone. When she turns back around, there are tears in her eyes.

"Thank you John," Marina smiles. "Thank you for taking care of this place."

"Nice table," I say, recognizing the replica of the Lorien Elders' table from the vision we all shared so long ago. "Who're the elders now?"

"Well," John says, thinking. "Me, Marina, Adam, Nine, Six, Sam, Ella, Daniela, Lexa, and you. And then we have Walker as kind of like an unofficial one."

I nod and sit on the table, running my hand over the Loralite stone.

"So, I assume they all have their fancy necklaces," I guess.

"Yes," John nods. "And Sarah, of course."

"Well yeah," I snort. "Though, I kinda figured you'd make hers a ring."

"Hey, I never thought of that," John says, scratching his beard.

"Wow," I snort. "Very nice oh fearless leader. Very nice. So, you hear the good news? Me and Marina are Legacy cops now."

"I heard," John laughs. "Speaking of you two, when are you getting married?"

"We figured we'd wait until everyone was back together again," I say. "So, probably pretty soon."

"Bout time," John snorts. "Got everything ready?"

"Of course," I snort. "Got everything ready as soon as I could."

John nods then turns to look at the door as Ella walks in, smiling.

"They're on their way," Ella smiles. "Well, except for Sam and Six. They're a bit...busy."

"How can you possibly know that?" I ask.

"John's memories," Ella says.

"Hey!" John says as I laugh. "It's not like that!"

"Pervert," I grin.

He glares at me as there are several flashes of light and Nine, Daniela, and Lexa appear in the room, Daniela and Lexa instantly shivering.

"Hello Nine," Ella greets.

"Hey Lite-Brite," Nine grins.

I grin at him still using his nickname for her from when she glowed with Loric Energy.

"So, time for the first meeting," John says.

"We're missing two," I remind him.

"We'll get them filled in later," he says. "Besides, the only thing they're missing is me telling them about the new Earth Garde bull shit."

"Oh that," I snort. "I thought it was something important. Well, anyway. I'm going to go explore."

"I'm coming with you," Marina agrees. "See you guys later."

We step outside and I create a force field for us to ride on. We sit down on it and a moment later, we're flying through the air. I don't really have any particular objective. I'm just tired of boring speeches after all the ones I had to listen to leading up to fighting Setrákus Ra. Besides, I already knew all that crap. Honestly, though, I think I'm going to handle training new Garde with Nine, and most likely Marina. Of course, that's going to have to start in at least a month, after our wedding and vacation. Suddenly, I have an objective. I have to go back to the Academy and get the wedding invitations so I can deliver them all before the wedding tomorrow.

THE END

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