Rin stops counting and turns around tagging Chronos even when she can't see him. She smirks at the tree above her and Rex grabs Chronos out of the vault.
Jet and Jake change hiding spots.
They portal Rin to the farm.
Avalon sprints and is safe at the tree.
Rin glares at him, "I will kill you."
Avalon gulps, "Where's Diane when you need her."
Diane comes out of the throne room and glares at Rin, "You won't touch him."
Rin distracted misses when 5 people run out of the barn and tag safe.
Aira, Este, Raiden, Staria and Luna sigh in relief.
The twins tag the tree.
Lycan sprints for it and makes it.
Rin takes a deep breath, She only has to find one person.
She looks and finds Mira in the bath tub.
She tags Mira and laughs.
She finds the rest thinking more calmly.
Mira walks out of the house and decides it's time to make lunch.
Cheshire sighs in relief he thought since he doesn't have powers he was at a disadvantage.
"That was good, but I think you took it easy on Luna." Mira says pointing an accusatory finger at Lycan.
"I honestly thought Split did that to distract me, all the scents were in the direction of the water. That's where the most concentration of smells was. My hearing is sharp but I know you know that so I thought you were using it against me. It was so obvious it's hard to not think it's a trap." Lycan admits.
"You're upset you tried it and it didn't work. Luna obviously knew it would only work on Lycan once." Dodge says.
Chronos rolls his eyes at Mira.
She bites her lip realising she upset Luna.
Luna walks to the kitchen and grabs juice from the fridge.
"Luna I'm ..." Mira is cut off by Luna's pissed look.
Toya flinches, she's been mad before but never enough to make that face.
"What do you think of me exactly? Because clearly I am not intelligent enough to think. Oh, he's got hearing so I'll play him on that. Or, hey, we're in danger let's all move here and stay alive. Or anything at all. I'm this dumb pretty face that guys just want to fall at her feet and worship. I'm insulted and pissed off, what do you take me for?" Luna leaves the room pissed off.
Toya follows behind her.
Rin sighs, "I'm going to make a sandwich, that anxiety made me starve."
Sarah nods.
Mira stomps off to her room.
Chronos opens the door and sighs, "Did you see something Mira? You are acting nothing like yourself. Can you tell me what's going on?"
Mira sighs, "Why does everything and everyone choose her? She gets everything! The queen, the one everyone runs to save, the perfect little children and fucking power! What's so special about her?"
Chronos sighs, "To have everything from nothing takes hard work, and you know that. Your parents worked for the roof over their heads, they had to fight and risk it all. If everyone runs to save her, it means she's always in danger, do you envy that? Do you think that's nice? It's great to be a target and you just can't find peace? Being targeted? Is that supposed to be enviable?"
Mira shakes her head, "No."
"If you want to be in her shoes so be it. Have at it, what's stopping you? You know what you have to do." Chronos crosses his arms.
Mira sits on the hair dressing chair, "I just want everyone to go out of their way for me."
Chronos nods, "Give me an example. Something that has already happened not the future. In fact. Tell me everything about Luna's life that you want."
Mira sighs, "Luna came to our camp she was 4 years old. I remember she cried the whole night and Toya just gave her a hug. My parents coddled her for days. Just trying to keep her calm. Rin shared all her food with her. She was a chubby and heavy thing. Jet and Jake watched her like a hawk. Dodge was obsessed with her hair. She could use her power back then, it was just weak. She could only wish for the ointment for her skin, our products hurt her. She shared everything she had with us, I used to be so angry that she had such a power and I didn't. Everyone flocked to her for her power. My parents would talk about her when she wasn't looking excited about what it can do and how powerful it will be when she's older.
"Than a year later her healing kicked in and she used to have these tiny scented candles. She would spend weeks holding one candle until it's colour changed and the candle would have healing essence. Toya and the twins would steal the matches to light the candle and the 4 of them would sit in a circle around the fire. Jet and Jake always told their parents about how nice it is. My mom would join them so she would light the candle for them, she didn't want to start a fire. She didn't invite me to join them. My mom looked so happy around the fire. It looked like fun. Luna's face looked like the light was bouncing off her face and she was glowing. I thought light was her power.
"At age 6 Luna started secretly wishing for small things, like these chocolate bars I had never seen before. They would hide in the bunker and eat it. I told my mom after I stole one to show it to her. My mom tasted it and instead asked Luna how she did it. She was supposed to be in trouble. Luna wished for one and gave my mom. I told them they have more in the bunker. My dad scolded Luna for hiding food from everyone. He got my point. He told Luna to give everyone a chocolate bar and never hide from the others again. Toya yelled at my dad, she thought she would be in trouble for using her power, he defended her from my dad.
"My dad chuckled and told her to use her power as much as she wants. She would spend weeks using her power on the tiny candles. She was putting them away instead. I told my mom and the twins yelled at me for lying. She was saving them so everyone gets a candle. I Overheard my parents fight because of me, next morning things felt normal again. I was the centre of everyone's world again. Until age 10 we started struggling to find food, our parents were a mess it was absolutely insane. My parents were talking about Luna again. Arguing about whether or not to use her power. I was so angry that no one thought of asking me.
"I asked my mother what my power was, she said I had her power. I asked her if I could make food she said no. I asked her if I could do anything she said no. They decided that Luna was to stop using her power in front of anyone outside the camp. My mom saw her being taken for her power. I saw it too, I saw how everyone's life revolves around her. At the drop of a hat you would die for her. I started to wonder if it was ever me in trouble would you come to my rescue. I searched for the proof and no one was bothered. I could escape all on my own with my power. You met me halfway. No one acted like if they lost me their life would stop. Like I was in any danger. Not even you."
Chronos growls, "Because we know you're powerful. You want to know why we would panic if Luna went missing? It's because we would be anxious about what they're doing to her. She wouldn't know how to come home, which way to go. You're lucky to have a power like yours. No one has to worry about you. Do you think it's fun to panic and be anxious? I hate it! I hate every moment of it. So yeah, we go out of our to avoid going through that, when you suffer it's all of us who suffer. I would rather they took you because you're guaranteed to come home. The rest of them? I don't think so. We all have abilities to rescue ourselves, Luna and Rin are the only ones who don't. Aira too. The rest of us are nothing to worry about. So I seriously don't get it, you're hiding something."
Mira looks at Chronos, "I hate that boys fight over her, first it was Rex and Toya. Now it's Toya and Lycan, what's next?"
"So, you want me to fight with some guy for you? You just want someone to keep by you side but you don't really feel the same way about me that I do for you. That's really fucked up." Chronos stands up leaving the room.
Mira covers her face, "It's not like that. It's just not fair. It's not at all."
Chronos sighs, "You need to decide by tonight where you and I stand. I will not fight you or over you. Either your mine or not. No in between."
~~~
Luna sits in front of the stove.
Toya stirs the pot, "Please tell me this is not going through your head." He says adding spice.
"She's not okay. I don't know how else to have this conversation. She's being so unfair. If she wants my life and my power that bad, she can have it." Luna bites her lip, "She never liked me you know. When we were kids. She hated me in fact. I thought we were grown up now. It's in the past, but that's not the case at all."
Toya chops the onions, "Maybe if we wait for her. She'll tell us what's eating her up."
Luna nods, "I'll ask her later. I don't want to leave things as they are."
"That is literally the opposite of what I just said." Toya says rolling his eyes.
~~~
Luna enters Mira's room with her arms crossed, "What the hell is your problem with me?" She asks pissed off.
"You're a fucking weakling is what my problem is with you." Mira fires back standing up straight.
"I'm the weakling? When the Infected attacked the camp, who was the sheltered princess? When Rex and Chronos needed help who sat that one out? When we kicked the Infected out of the city and fought the beast Infected, where were you? I may have been weaker than you at some point but I am stronger now. What? You want to be weak too so someone can come rescue you? I don't know what you have been looking at, but I never needed rescuing from anyone." Luna claps back.
Mira attacks Luna pinning her against the wall.
Luna smirks shielding herself with her healing energy, "You wanna know the truth Mira? You're always sitting on your ass while the rest of us work. The only weak one here is you." Luna attacks hurling an energy blast at Mira.
~~~
Everyone runs outside after hearing the big explosive like sound.
Mira is unconscious on the floor with her bedroom wall completely blasted off.
"I'm not the weak one!" Luna turns around and Toya is glaring at her standing at the open door.
"This is what you meant by talk to her?" Toya glares.
Luna glares back.
Diane stands behind her, "As far as I'm concerned, your sister attacked her first. If you are going to have a problem with her fighting back. I am your problem."
Ariel nods, "Your sister threw the first attack, I won't stand by you in this battle." He says walking away.
Luna walks past him grabbing her things to move to a different room.
Toya enters the room and stops the sniffling Luna from packing. He locks them in a time vault, "Luna stop it."
Luna turns around, "She's always crying about everyone coming to my rescue, but at the drop of a hat you were by her side and you asked nothing about what happened. You have always done that. When it's me or your sister you chose family every single time. Get out of my way." She looks him in the eyes making it clear she is not changing her mind.
Toya watches Luna leave and move to the farm.
Luna sits on the floor crying.
Diane picks her up rocking her back and forth comforting her.
Luna bites her lip, "I want to be stronger than all of them. Make it clear I don't need to be coddled or pampered. No one will ever call me weak again."
Diane nods, "I will take you to a trainer. There's a fighting technique that amplifies your energy. It is time you learned."
Luna nods, "Good, no more crying. I won't ever cry again."
Diane smiles, "That's an Alpha's attitude. As you wish your highness."
~~~
Mira wakes up and finds out Luna is gone. She left with Aira, her dad, and Rue.
Chronos fixed the wall but he's missing too.
Toya is in his time vault too.
Rex is making out with Sarah in the time vault on her bed, "We should stop or there's no going back from here." He kisses her neck tugging on her shirt.
Sarah nods, "Than stop."
"Stop me." He looks her in the eyes biting his bottom lip.
"We should go clean up the kitchen. It's our turn." Sarah says jumping up and fixing her shirt.
Rex jumps towards her kissing her neck, "Try harder." He picks her up pinning her against the wall.
Sarah moans, "Rex, someone's coming." She cups his cheeks.
Rex listens and it's definitely someone in the time vault. He drops the vault leaving her room in a hurry.
Sarah runs to the bathroom and strips jumping into the tub.
Lycan growls not seeing Luna with Rue anywhere.
"They went to train. The baby is fine." Alpha says patting the top of his head.
Lycan crosses his arms, "She always talks to me about it. She's really upset."
"Not as much as Toya." Ariel says.