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I watched it all go down and couldn't do a thing to stop it. My nametag crumpled into dust and my Class and superpowers went with it. I figured that out when I tried to super-speed all the way to Cyran City Hall. Couldn't move any faster than I had before. Great, now I’m back to being the useless runt, right when she needs me the most!
My back was itching.
Noa, Zeke and I had to rely on Wyatt's teleport patches. I know he left them there to help but I hate that he left us out of the plans. Again.
How does Sapph deal with him?
I was gonna read him the riot act right up until Sapph flew away with Rupert. She's no better than him!
“She's still fighting a pointless battle.” My “mother” coughed some blood up, still on her same bullshit.
“If it's pointless, why is Rupert still fighting so hard to get her on his side?” I asked, crossing my arms.
“Because she already made plans to ensure Sapph's surrender.” Barbie answered. She couldn't move past Zeke—did I mention how awesome that kid is already? Barbie called out over his broad shoulders. Valeria's lips curled in disgust.
“What plans?” Wyatt followed up with.
“I don't…I'm trying to think.” Barbie mumbled, sounding unsure of herself. She placed her hands on her head, rubbing her temples.
“Careful, you burst a blood vessel like that. I didn't build you particularly sturdy, dearie.”
Fear. Barbie's eyes widened, her bottom lip trembled and actual tears began forming in her pretty eyes. How could someone like her have stolen their baby?
An ache that started in my spine, traveled to my shoulder blades.
“Don't feel sorry for her. She's just a copy. A cheap echo of leftover emotions. When she dies, all of that will come back to me.”
“What?” I scratched my head, confused as hell.
“You know how I dumped my brain out to avoid death? She did the same thing but with robots.” Wyatt answered , pointing his gun at Valeria. His eyes never left Midnights and Noa was just as entranced.
“Look, you three need to link back up.” I told them, “because she needs us at our best. Quite frankly, I'm tired of you at less than full capacity, nerd.” I smirked at Wyatt. He rolled his eyes.
“Gimme a second.”
“She doesn't have a second!” The words ripped out of me as the ache in my back grew damn near unbearable. “She's pregnant with your baby and—”
“And she's trusting us to have her back, not rush in to save her like a white knight.” We locked eyes. Something has shifted in him. Maybe he was thinking clearly.
But why did he have to pick now to do it?
“I tried three times to hold her at bay, to protect her but much as I loathe to admit it? Valeria is right. Sapphyra is a force of nature…and we need to let nature take her course.”
Noa clapped, grinning like an idiot. “There we fucking go! We call that character growth ladies and gentlemen! It only took him failing over 100 years but look at him now!”
“Shut the fuck up.” Wyatt shook his head, fighting a smile.
I snorted. Still pissed off but I couldn't deny he impressed me.
The pain in my back, on the other hand, was not. I screamed, dropping to my knees as my back ripped open. Skin and blood dropped to the ground as my wings finally emerged. The pain was excruciating but it was already going away with each passing second.
“Well, would you look at that? The spoiled boy finally got his wings in.” Valeria was turning dangerously pale. “We made sure your life was as cushy as possible, because without adversity, your dragon side would never emerge. Yet here you are.”
That voice…was she proud of me? I didn't know how to take that. On the one hand, she's evil and perfectly fine working with the devil that is Rupert…but on the other hand, she's the only mother I've ever known.
“Man. This is taking too long.” Noa stretched and walked towards a growling—what did Sapph call him? Midnight? He walked towards midnight with no fear and stuck a hand out.
Noa turned his head to Wyatt, smirking.
“See ya on the other side, brother.”
Noa turned into a bright ball of light that slowly sank into Midnight's head, merging the two once more.
That just left me across from Wyatt who’s aiming a gun at Valeria. Midnight shook his head several times, like he’s trying to shake out a bug in his ear. I hope Noa is okay because my wings are too wet right now to fly.
“Dammit Wyatt, why are you still over there and not in your body?” I say, struggling to stand up with the new weight on my back. My balance is shit now, damn.
“What do you think happens to her when I do that? She’s gonna run and you’re in no shape to hold her.”
“Let her run then! We’re almost out of time. What happens if you get forced back into my body without Noa? Probably nothing good, right?”
He grit his teeth and huffed some air out of his nose. I blinked and he had his gun in Valeria’s mouth.
“Tell me where my son is if you want to live. I will not say it again.” Valeria’s lips pulled back showing all teeth. She chuckled at an inside joke and then licked the barrel of the gun. Ew.
“Barbie.” I turned to her.
“Yes?” She answered, still behind Zeke. Man, this kid is really good at guarding.
“If he kills Valeria, does the information go into your head?” I gulped. Killing wasn’t something I ever wanted to do, not unless it was life or death. But with each passing moment—and the buildings crashing down around us—life and death were already knocking at our doors.
And it’s time somebody answered.
Valeria’s eyes widened. She tried to hide it but I caught it. Why was she afraid now?
“I believe so. If you’re asking if I’ll tell you where Barnaby is—if I even get that information upon her death—I will.” She surprised me, Wyatt too.
Zeke murmured something low to her and she blushed. Wait, were his hands on her waist? What is happening here?
Wait. No. There’s no fucking way…
I examined Zeke carefully, the way he covered her, not like she’d run but like he needed to be her shield…was this boy trying to claim a robot as his mate?! You know what, that’s future Guy’s problem—more importantly, that’s Wyatt’s problem because that’s his grandnephew.
“I might hate Wyatt but I draw the line at harming innocents…and graverobbing.”
Valeria snarled, pulling herself off the gun. “Shut your fucking mouth you—” Wyatt fired once through the back of her head. She dropped with only Barbie flinching over it. Zeke turned his head, growling at Wyatt of all people. Midnight lowers himself to the ground, burying his head with his paws. He yawns, yeah that’s about as much reaction as I thought her death would get from a bunch of strangers she’s helped terrorize for months.
I felt…nothing watching her die. I should care, I should probably say something nice about her. There's nothing really nice I can say about her, I suppose. She helped give me a comfortable life? She cared for the city? She was a devoted wife?
But all of her lies, her manipulations, they were never about the city or Rupert or me. She only cared about Sapph.
The same Sapph that everyone’s letting down right now.
Barbie’s eyes glowed an ominous blue for a moment. Barbie mumbled incoherently but I can’t make out what she’s saying. Numbers and letters flash across her skin like a neon sign. The letters form words, each one is tied to something in her life like Beacon, Sapphyra, Cyran City. I’m guessing her memories are showing on her skin. The lights stop and her skin clears.
Zeke again, rubbed his thumbs into her waist, soothing her. She wraps her arms around his neck and shivers, eyes finally turning back to normal.
“Oh goddess…” Barbie’s head snaps towards Wyatt, eyes full of fear. He’s already moving towards Midnight, ready to merge with his real body.
“What’s wrong?” I asked, flexing my wings. They were almost dry. Good.
“You have to stop Sapphyra from killing Rupert.”
I snort and shrug. “She’s not gonna kill him, that's one of her rules.”
Her eyes locked on me, and her grave look chilled me to the bone.
“She will. He’ll push her to it, that’s his whole plan.”
We all look up, fearing the worst. I could see Sapphyra locked into a battle against Rupert and…Hyperion?! I really need my wings right now!
“She needs to know that if she kills Rupert, she kills Barnaby too.”
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