Declan
A war had never really been brewing. Sure, tensions were high due to the abounding demon attacks recently, but The Sectors would never go to war over finding out a human was actually one of us. Trev had me fooled with all his false visions polluting my mind.
I knew we shouldn't have trusted him. We kept Kiera's secret with the wrong person.
I should have realized that Trev would be working with the Rebels. The Rebels apparently don't agree with the Known Families and no one really knew they even existed. Perhaps Trev couldn't handle his dangerous power and it went to his head. Probably felt like he could do more than just fighting demons with it.
The time Trev had erased Kiera's mind when we were children, he most likely realized how powerful he could be. With the strict Rules within the Sectors, he could never use his power to the full extent. Thinking that unfair, he joined the Rebels who also wanted to use their powers without limitations.
By no means are they targeting Kiera with this attack. Her being here gave them the perfect cover up story for invading.
No, they were here because The Trials were the largest event of the year. Just the right opportunity to gain infamy.
Losing my concentration of keeping the walls around Trev when the Rebels barged in, he was able to escape and join with the Rebels in the air.
Coordinator Vlad was shouting orders and waving his arms everywhere. No one paid him any attention. It was complete chaos.
Quinn had three Rebels covered in black goo, screaming and writhing on the ground. Justine had a group of them frozen in place while fighting off another group with ninja stars made of ice. All of the other entrants were fighting courageously as if they were already Guardians and Supporters. We were all severely outnumbered, but still fought as a unit.
Trev was no where to be seen now. The coward probably flew off to have the Rebels do his dirty work.
Suddenly, something rammed into my back and the wind was knocked out of me when I hit the ground. The Rebel landed on top of me and yanked out a handful of feathers from my wings that I hadn't put away after my battle.
Gritting my teeth against the pain, I hooked my leg around the female's leg and flipped us over so that I was on top of her.
Her black eyes began to swirl and before she used her power on me, I ripped another feather off my wings and plunged it into her chest. Bending to my will, the feather had formed into a small dagger.
Her black eyes faded to white like all Neph's do when they die.
Leaping off of her dead body, I glanced up at the sky in time to see Trev's violet eyes looking directly at me.
In his arms was the lifeless body of a girl with unruly dirty blond hair.
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Kiera
Pretty soon I knew I wouldn't be close to The Dorms anymore. I had to do something now or I didn't want to think about what would happen to me.
Not thinking, I tried to invade Trev's mind like he had done to mine. A shock went through my body and Trev went limp. He released my from his grasp and we both went pummeling to the ground.
Jeez, if I had my own wings I wouldn't be falling through the air so much.
I twisted my body every which way to try and stop my descent to no avail. I was still falling fast and was seriously regretting whatever I had done to Trev.
He was unconscious and falling faster than me. At this rate, neither of us would make it out alive.
I closed my eyes and thought about how I would never meet my parents. Maybe they were already dead and I would soon join them. Comforted with that thought, I accepted fate and let myself fall.
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Time went still for a moment. I flashed back to all those times Trev had helped me; rescuing me from the gang, training me for The Trials. Then I thought about how it was all just a lie. He didn't care about me. All this time, he has been planting lies in everyone's heads. He made all of us believe I was the heir to the Blue Sector and that a war would ignite once someone found out who I truly was.
It was all utter crap. He's been wanting to attack this place. Creating those lies about me gave him a "reason" for the attack.
Maybe if I hadn't come to The Trials, he wouldn't have had the Rebels intrude and everyone here would be safe.
Now because of me, all these innocent lives have been put in jeopardy.
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Whoosh.
A body crashed into mine and engulfed me in the larger frame. Muscular arms wrapped around my much smaller one and someone whispered in my ear, "Don't worry, I got you."
Shit.
I thought Trev had been unconscious this whole time. What was I doing in his arms?
I reared my elbow back as hard as I could and nailed him right in the abdomen.
"What the hell, Kiera?" The guy who was obviously not Trev wheezed.
"Declan?" I said, shocked.
"Yeah I just saved your ass and you thank me by throwing a missile into my stomach."
"I thought you were Trev!"
He scoffed, "Hardly."
We were still very high up even from dropping through the sky for so long.
Looking down, Trev was still plummeting, unconscious, to the ground maybe ten feet below us. Pretty soon he would hit the ground.
"Declan, we can't just let him die like this," I said.
I know I may have just sounded crazy by saying I wanted to help this traitor after what he just did, but I didn't know why I felt like we had to save him.
"Are you insane?" He asked.
"No, I'm not. I'm being serious. We need to help him."
"No."
"I will never forgive you," I threatened.
"I really don't give a shit," he responded dryly.
Mustering all of my strength, I caught him off guard when I shoved against him with all I had. I slipped through his arms and started to fall through the air once again.
Trying not to think about what I was doing, I tried to make myself drop faster to catch up with Trev.
Declan was shouting somewhere close behind me. I ignored him, like usual.
My hair whipped in front of my face and I couldn't see anything. I crossed my arms over my chest and hugged myself so my hands were positioned on my back.
That's when I felt two slits in my suit that should only have been there for Nephilim with wings.
Pop.
My back arched under the pain of bones snapping into place. All too quickly, the pain subsided and I wasn't free falling anymore.
I looked around me to see two small, gray wings extruding from my back. Momentarily shocked, I forgot what I had been doing.
Remembering, I didn't leave any time for me to think about the fact that I had wings and I dove after Trev.
When I was close enough to him, I stretched my hand out and grabbed the end of one of his white wings.
I ripped off a few feathers as his wing slipped through my fingers. I dove after him again and flew underneath him.
With my arms outstretched, Trev's body fell into them. He was so much heavier than I had expected and we started to fall even faster.
I tried pumping my wings to stop the descent, but I was unskilled and uncoordinated. Not to mention, I was far too weak to be doing this.
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Declan
I have never met anyone as idiotic or reckless as her in my life. Who goes to save their own attacker? She didn't even know she had wings.
I figured that since she was actually Nephilim that she would have wings. When we were children, hers didn't grow in when my did so I wasn't sure.
When her gray wings snapped open and she started to fly I froze in the air.
For all the times I've caller Kiera reckless, she's also very brave.
Now, however, was one of her stupid moments. If she honestly thought she would be able to hold Trev up, then she was even less smarter than I thought.
It would take me only a second to reach them since I've been flying for as long as I can remember. I can fly faster than most Nephilim.
Kiera needs to be taught a lesson. Since I knew I could catch up to them when I needed to, I let them drop a little longer. Kiera should be panicking now.
When I felt that she had suffered enough, I was under her in an instant. I plucked Trev out of her arms and threw him over my shoulder, holding onto the backs of his legs.
With my other arm, I scooped Kiera into my side and held on to her.
There was no sign of Coordinator Vlad or any of the entrants anywhere. They must have gotten backup and hid. We were far enough away from The Dorms where the Rebels had attacked that none of them were here to see us still here.
It would be safest to not go back to The Dorms right now, so I flew in the direction I knew the best.
Remembering how Kiera had snuck into my room the morning of The Trials Ceremony, I flew into the backyard to The Ward, my house.
I gently put Kiera on the ground where she collapsed. Then, I flew up to my window and wasn't careful when I shoved Trev through it. Then I flew back down to retrieve Kiera and carefully slid her through the window.
I went in last.
Securing the window shut, I knew no one would be home because all of The Descendants would be with the Known Family discussing the outcomes of The Trials. They probably knew about the attack by now.
Kiera was kneeling on my bedroom floor, moving Trev's hair around.
"What are you doing?"
"I don't know what I did to him while we were in the air. I wanted to make sure that I didn't severely injure him or...or..." She couldn't finish.
"He's not dead if that's what you're thinking. Somehow, you put him in a state kind of like a coma. We need to figure out why you can use all these powers but I think I already have an idea."
"That's so not important right now. Trev is with the Rebels and all of the entrants could be dead right now," Kiera choked up.
This was my first time seeing Kiera cry and I didn't know what to do.
I knelt down next to her and placed my hand on her shoulder. Right when I made contact with her, her shoulders slumped and she started sobbing. I wrapped my arms around her shaking body and she turned into me, burrowing her face in my shirt.
I don't know how long we sat like that, but once she stopped crying I said, "You're such an idiot."
That earned me a solid punch to the jaw. I continued anyway.
"First you go and save this asshole who tried to kidnap you and spread all those lies about you. Then you say that it's your fault that he attacked with the Rebels. This was all his doing, not yours. I just wish I had realized what was going on a while ago," I explained.
She was silent after that and I looked down at her. Her messy hair was all over the place, so I gently moved it away from her face and saw her eyes shut. She was asleep.
Trev stirred on the ground next to us and moaned.
Great.