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Marisol POV-
"Change of plans then.." I pressed the button for the ground level and jumped out.. The doors closed on the surprised girl and I turned around. While I began the walk down the hall towards Roman and his two guards I was surprisingly calm.
None of them spotted me until I was half way down the hall, about twenty feet from them. One of the guards glanced over and had to take a second look.. "Is she supposed to be up here?" He asked whilst keeping his eyes on me, the other two looked over..
Romans eyes grew wide and then quickly filled with rage.. "Lilith.. " He spat through gritted teeth. "I wondered what the noise was.. I didn't expect it to be you."
"The winged one?" The other guard looked to Roman and back to me.. probably questioning how I can be a winged one if I don't currently have wings.. He raised his gun cautiously..
"Kill her.." Roman spoke as if he didn't know why they weren't already trying.. The first guard to see me raised his automatic rifle..
My huge ebony wings opened wide as I looked across the three of them.. "I'll kill you all if I have to.." I don't want to but needs must..
"What are you waiting for?!" Roman shouted slapping the guard who just stood watching in awe.. The two guards both pulled their triggers, my wings closed around me just in time.. I would love to say that it was a thought out decision but often they just seem to have a mind of their own.. simular to if someone throws something to you, you automatically try to catch it.. The two men continued to unleash round after round, at least sixty each before I heard the last bullets leave their chambers..
I opened my wings slighty to get a peek at them.. Roman seemed to be angrier than ever. "Imbeciles!" He screamed and ran towards me at full speed, which was faster than I could see.. We both went tumbling backwards. Somehow whilst exchanging blows I manged to roll on top of him, one of his hands grabbed the bottom of my face as he tried to snap my head backwards.. When he realised that wasn't working he brought his hand away and returned a clenched fist back to the same spot. It sent me backwards lying flat.. He crawled on top of me and managed to strike two more heavy blows to my face, I watched it morph into a blade as he was about to bring it down again, somehow I managed to grab onto his forearm and I pulled him into me as hard as I could. My teeth sunk into his neck tearing a couple chunks away.
A searing pain stabbed through my stomach forcing me let go of Roman, he immedietly pushed off of me and was stopped by the wall where he just sat, both hands were now long black blades.. one dripping with my blood. His hands quickly went back to normal, he used one to try and keep the blood from pouring out of his wound. Jet black liquid pooled down from his mouth as he just stared at me.
I wiped my mouth on my sleeve before clumsily getting to my feet.. The pain in my stomach is agonising, I can feel the blood soaking my clothes, as well as the blood seeping out of various gashes over my face.. I glanced over to the two guards, each one just stood like statues with mouths agape..
Roman was still looking up at me.. not arguing, or fighting. Completely helpless. This is what I wanted right?.. Of course it fucking is. This is a monster among monsters and I truly belive that he deserves to die.
I pulled him to his feet with my hand wrapped around his blood soaked throat using what little energy I had left.. He opened is mouth in pain and then I opened mine. A deep red light formed in his throat and began to trail into my wide open mouth. Just as I was about half way through a net was thrown over me, breaking me away from him. This wouldn't have been a problem, only the net is metal and highly electrified. What was left of the light slowly entered Roman where he took in a deep breath. His eyes stayed closed and he slowly sat there dying.. Seven guards stood over me, a good few minutes past of me fighting to stay awake before I finally lost consciousness. I even heard one of them ask.. "How long is this supposed to take?"
"Sol?!" I heard a familiar voice cry out in the distance. "Sol where are you?!" I felt my eyes open but everything was still pitch black.
"August?!" .. "Auggy is that you?!" I called back.
"Sol I need you.." I heard the sorrow in his voice, it brought a dark shadow over my heart.
"Auggy I'm here!.. I'm going to find you I promise!.." .. " Auggy?..Auggy?!"
"Wake up Lilith.." Something jabbed my forehead.. "Wake up!" A hard slap across the cheek made my eyes shoot open. I came face to face with a giant, his shiny bald head and half a beard.. The left side of his face was scared, like he'd been caught in a fire.
My whole body is contained in a thick metal shell.. the only thing poking out is my head. I can still feel my blood running down my stomach, soaking my trousers.. I'm sure it's reached the knee of my right trouser leg.
"Do you think I'm pretty?" He asked in his deep voice, so low that it rumbles in your chest. I must have been staring.
"Everyone has a type.. you're not really mine." I replied casually. He looked at me seriously for a moment before he burst out laughing.
"Ah ha ha ha.. you're funny.." But it wasn't a joke? I'm confused...
"What am I doing here?"
"You're about to be publicly executed.." He smiled..
"And what are we waiting for?" I asked and his smile dropped. I only said that to wipe the smug look off his face.
"Everyone to get seated.." Who is everyone?
Just as that thought crossed my mind a middle aged woman with brown greying hair walked into the dimly lit cell. "It's time.."
Is this how I end?.. I promised August I would find him.. maybe I should have done that instead of this. But now is not the time to dwell on regrets.
The man looked to her and nodded before turning back to me.. he didn't say anything.. he just ushered to two burly men that I didn't see were behind me in the cell. They each grabbed a handle on the metal chamber that imprisoned me.. I wobbled as they lifted me into the air and began to carry me out of the cell.. past all the other cells that were clearly used as bedrooms. We went around a corner and into a huge hall that was filled with easily a hundred people..
A good few of the men dressed in suits the rest wore casual clothes. Most of the woman dolled up with short provocative dresses, skirts, make-up and high heels. They sat on rows of chairs facing the front, each one had their eyes glued on me as I was carried up onto the stage. It was hard not to notice the different physical mutations that were present, some had tails, others with orange eyes, purple, and pink. A few with various shaped horns on their head and some of them even had different coloured skin.. My eyes locked with a girl that was completely covered with what looked like the scales of a crocodile. She looked away and I carried on scanning the crowd.
The men sat me down and walked off stage. My attention shifted to a tall muscular man wearing a grey suit that snuggly fit his biceps and a dark blue tie, he nodded a greeting as he walked past them and stood next to me with a microphone in hand.
"Welcome ladies and gentlemen.. thank you all for coming-"
"..'like we had a choice.." I heard a woman whisper under her breath as he paused.
"We have been brought together to witness the execution of the winged one known as Lilith."
"Do all of you really think I deserve to die because I tried to kill a monster?"
"You eat your own kind, you devour souls and yet I'm the monster?" Roman spat from where I now saw him, sat in booth at the back above everyone else.
His neck looked healed but his eyes were tired and I could sense a weakness in him, it was almost like he'd aged ten years. "Me being a monster doesn't take away from the fact that you're one.. if I deserve to die then so do you.."
All of the peoples eyes grew wide with shock, some of them began chattering amongst themselves, too many for me to be able to hear any specific one.
"Enough!" He shouted and coughed twice because of it. "Just get on with it.." He gestured forward with his hand.
I heard footsteps walking up behind me.. then I saw him, long ragged hair and a scruffy beard. A scar that cuts straight down from his cheek through his lips to his chin.. Marcus?. My eyes widened in shock at my father weilding a giant double-sided axe. His eyes met mine and he looked away, realising exactly who he was about to execute.. I saw the many thoughts flash through his mind by his facial expressions, he seemed to be a bit flustered now. His eyes met mine again and this time he was calm.
He stood by me and raised his axe.. "Whatever happens, just know that I've always loved you Marisol.." He whispered before swinging down hard, he cut through the six padlocks that ran down one side of the chamber I'd been locked in. As soon as he did I kicked the front of the metal chamber open and stepped out of it, the contraption fell backwards hitting the deck with a loud thud. My father turned around waiting for what comes next.. my wings opened up and I flew straight to Roman who was already trying to run from the room.
Romans two body guards stood infront of him with rifles aimed at me, I closed my wings and walked to them as they fired their guns.. As soon as they ran out I was close enough to grab one and throw him as hard as I could into the other.. I concealed my wings and ran at lightning speed, meaning Roman is now running at regular speed. I caught up to him in seconds and clumsily tackled him to the ground.. My ability to fight is being affected by the amount of blood I'm still loosing.. despite the pain and the fog in my mind I squeezed my hands around his throat, finally after twenty seconds or so I watched the life drain from his eyes..
I slowly removed my hands from his neck and stumbled off of his body.. as my eyes traveled upwards I saw Alex drenched in black blood.. standing ten feet away with a look of sadness. That's all I saw before my eyes rolled to the back of my head and everything went black.
"Sol?!" August shouted in the darkness.. "Sol I need you!.." .. "Ahh!" He began screaming in pain, screaming my name over and over..
"Auggie?!.. Auggie?! Auggie!!!"
"Sol.." I felt a gentle hand rest on my shoulder.. "Sol.. it's Alex.."
I groggily opened my eyes and looked to her, sitting in a seat beside the bed I'm laid in. I looked down to see myself dressed in a hospital gown. "Alex?.. what happened? Where are we?" I asked in a hoarse voice trying to sit up..
"We're safe don't worry.." She took her hand back and looked to the door and back to me.. "We're still at Romans compound.. Everyone started fighting eachother, Romans followers were wiped out pretty quickly.. surprisingly there weren't many.."
"So it's really over?"
"Yes.. it's really over.." She smiled warmly.. before it dropped and she furrowed her eyebrows. "I'm still mad at you for leaving me! Why would you do that? We had an agreement."
"Everything still worked out didn't it?"
"You nearly died.. and all to take Romans power. I can't believe you would be so reckless.."
"Really? You can't believe it? and anyway.. wait. How do you know I took Romans power?.." I asked with a confused expression and she pointed to the top of my head.. My hand traveled up there where I felt a small curved horn purtruding from the top of my forehead, I checked and it was the same the other side.. "What the fuck?.. but Roman didn't have horns?"
"He did.. But he was also capable of.. how do you say it? shape-shifting?" I looked at her confused.. what are the limits of this shape-shifting..
"What else could he do other than make his hand a sword and hide his horns?"
"You really want to talk about this now?"
"No, you're right I'm sorry..." I forgot that he is still her uncle, and I'm asking her exactly what I gained from his death. Despite the fact he was evil she seemed to be close to him. "I'm sorry you had to see what I did.."
"Don't apologise.. I know you have your reasons, you are your own person and you can make your own choices.. but next time please don't leave me out of it. Do you know how scared how scared I was? You are never leaving my side again.."
I smiled to myself and then sighed.. "Don't be so sure about that.."
"What? why?" She furrowed her eyebrows again..
"I'm not going back there Alex.. I have to find August.. I have to make sure he's safe.."
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NOTES-
Thank you so much for reading!!
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