The Stolen Jewel of Hecate

Chapter 44

I am currently under the beasts, preparing for Cyclone to let them down. "You sure about this Sparks?" Cyclone asked. I looked at all the boys and when I landed on Hightide his eyes had nothing in them. He looked empty inside. Like his whole world just fell apart. What exactly did Hex tell him? I give a simple nod looking at Hightide one last time. I give him a hopeful smile that he returned with sadness in his eyes starting to grow. "Let 'em go Cyclone!" I shouted. Without hesitation, each slimy creature fell on top of me one after the other. "Everyone put up some protection!" I barely heard Hex under the slimy things. Man, these things stink too. "Sparks, can you hear me?" I heard Hex scream. "Yeah. You just got to speak up is all!" I shouted back. I wiggled under the creatures to try and get a little more comfortable while I hear the instructions. "Perfect! All you have to do is let out all your anger and power. It will kill every single one of them! However you were holding down your power before stop doing it! I'm not sure how long it will be before we can't hold this up so try and make it snappy! I'll take care of the rest!" I heard him shout. After that, I let out a blood curdling scream. I really couldn't take the pain anymore. I felt my body rising more in temperature. I felt my hands let out two large fire blasts and it felt like everything was leaving my body. "Keep it up Sparks!" I heard from outside the dome. My body was tired, but my hands wouldn't stop. I lost myself. Next thing you know my eyes start getting even hotter, my mouth too. Don't tell me fire is coming out of my tear ducts and my digestive track. Another scream left my throat when I felt something hot come up. Fire most likely. "I can't do this!" I shouted. Tears were streaming down my face. "Yes, you can!" I heard Hightide shout. "Everything is going to be OK! Just let everything out!" I heard him shout. One last scream before my body finally relaxed. The heat was going down in my body. I opened my eyes to see a bright blue sky, with big fluffy clouds. I tried to stand up, but my leg wouldn't move. "Sparks!" I heard a shout from the boys in unison. Hightide was the first by my side. He picked up my limp body and held me close. He placed his hand on my cheek to help me face him. I saw a single tear run down his face. I searched his eyes for something happy, but it was all just sadness and pain. "I-I can't move my legs," I whispered out. "Guys!" I heard the other three shout. They all came into my vision with smiles on their faces. "You did it Sparks. Everyone is safe because of you," I heard Cyclone say. Hex took a few more footsteps closer and knelt on the other side of my body. Hightide pulled me protectively into his chest, cradling my head. "Don't touch her dude," Hightide growled. Hex only sighed and held up his left hand, and his right over his heart. "I promise not to do anything stupid. I'm just doing what the prophecy wanted," He said. Hightide stared at him with anger written all over his face. With the little strength I had, I placed my hand on his cheek to get his attention. He looked down at me with ears in his eyes. I gave him a smile to reassure him I would be fine. He loosened his grip so Hex could get a better look at me. Hex reached for my necklace. "What are you doing?" Hightide asked impatiently. I get it, I'm a wreck, but give the man time. "I'm examining her necklace. I need to see something," he said with an annoyed sigh. "She turned to her normal hero self so that is a good sign. She needs to be in human form in order for me to really be sure about my thoughts from earlier," He said and Hightide was obviously irritated. "That's impossible! She is just exhausted, she has to be OK!" He shouted. What in the world is he talking about? I felt one of Hightide's tears fall onto my torso. He looked down at me with his eyes puffy and red. "Yo, what are you guys even talking about?" Dolostone piped in. Hightide sighed and motioned for Hex to hold onto me. Gently he put me into Hex's hands and gave him a glare to say to not do anything stupid with me in his hands. "He is suggesting something that is impossible. He really thinks this prophecy is real," He said crossing his arms. The boys looked at each other in confusion. Hightide gathered up the other two boys and started whispering. "No!" Dolostone shouted. "That is impossible! The man is insane!" Cyclone screamed. What does everyone know that I don't? "What is it you guys aren't telling me?! If it's about me I have the right to know!" I shouted at them with anger all over my face. Hightide turned around to face me with more tears coming down his face. He let out a small sigh and came over to me in Hex's arms. "I don't want to alarm you, but in order for us to find out if this is actually going to happen you need to go I your civilian form," He said softly. With the little strength I had, I raised my hand and slapped him right across the face. "If you expect me to do something so foolish you better give me a damn good reason!" I shouted at him. He raised his arms in defense and looked at me. "There is no point in alarming you about something that might not even happen," He said softly but I have had it. "I don't care if you want to protect my feelings! When I get the ability to stand again I will kill you if you don't tell me now!" He looked at me with depression in his eyes. I looked at all the boys and they had almost the same expression. I looked at Hex and his grip started to loosen on me when I looked at him. His mouth was slightly open and his eyes with pure guilt. I looked at Dolosone and he was starting to get teary eyed too. He couldn't even look me in the eyes. Right beside him was Cyclone leaning on Dolostone's shoulder. His eyes only filled with shock. It was like his world was ending too, but it's like his body isn't registering whatever he was told. Lastly, I looked back at Hightide. I wasn't prepared for him to look the way he did. It looked like he was at his parent's funeral or something. "Ca-can I hold her? Please?" Hightide silently pleaded. I looked up at Hex and he looked down at me. He leaned down and whispered something in my ear. "I'm sorry," He said and with that, he handed me off to Hightide. My heartbeat began to get a little quicker with panic. What is happening? "Hightide," I whispered out. I placed a hand on his chest and he looked down at me. "Before we do anything you should talk Hex's jewel. Before he runs off," I said and Hightide looked up to see Hex sitting, looking down into his lap. "Of course," Hex said. He opened up his jacket and there was the brooch. Shining in all of its purple glory. He placed his hand over it and took it off. His body was covered in a bright purple light. I closed my eyes and leaned into Hightide's chest. When I sensed the light was gone I turned back to where Hex was and saw a very familiar face. "Evan?" I asked and he slowly nodded. Evan placed the brooch in Hightide's open hand. The three boys looked shocked. "You know this guy?" Hightide asked all pissed off while Evan just had a shocked look on his face. "You know who I am?" he asked and nodded. "I shouldn't trust anything you have to say after what you have done to me!" I shouted though I wasn't very intimidating. "Look I'm a shit person, I know. I have already agreed to go to prison, but you need to trust me. I don't know what I did to you, but you have my word about not doing something stupid. You need to change back," he said getting closer to me. I leaned into Hightide's chest and he covered me. Dolostone and Cyclone jumped in front of Even to protect me. These guys....... "She obviously doesn't like you, for good reason, why should we?" Dolostone asked. Evan angrily sighed and started shouting. "I get it, I fucked up big time, but do you want to know if the girl lives or not?!" He shouted. Lived? He instantly regretted what he said y the look on his face. Am I going to die? A tear went down my face and Hightide looked down at me. "That's why I thought this was ludicrous, you can't possibly die," he said. I looked over at Evan and he scratched the back of his neck. "Sparks, I didn't mean for it to come out like that. Please I need you to transform back. I'll probably remember what I did to piss you off as soon as I know who you are, and I'm sorry in advance. Please take off your necklace," he pleaded. I sighed and gave a signal to Hightide to let me go. I sat up and took it off. The bright light shined around me and I sighed. "Sam!" Everyone shouted. I looked down in my lap and waited for the judgment. "Sam look at me," Evan said. I didn't obey, but I heard his footsteps get closer. I can't stand this guy. He grabbed my face and looked at me and his eyes grew. A slight gasp let his lips. "Sam. You're going to Elysium,"

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Authr's note:

We almost done here folks. Also completely forgot to post yesterday. Whoops

~bubblegum_writeing