From The Ashes We Will Rise

Life or Death pt2

Hey guys the wait is over! here is part two.

POV Alex

After my slight break down I pulled myself together and took a seat looking at the figure. "I can't use my powers. I can't let the darkness win" I whisper my voice tried from crying. "That is why you need to choose Alex. Please listen to me. That darkness is an unfortunate part of energy that even I cannot get rid of. That darkness wants to take over, kill, be the force to destroy everything. I am hear to guide you into choosing life." It says and I freeze, Lexa said something about me being life, a light. "I look up from the ground. I don't want to be this monster, show me how?" I beg and the figure moves for the first time and takes off its hood to reveal a beautiful woman. She is maybe Anya's age, soft skin, her hair... her eyes. I gasp tears forming again. "Nomon?" I whisper and she smiles sadly. "I take the form her form yes, but I am not your mother." She says and I close my eyes composing myself. "Right, yes sorry" I choke out. "Don't be. I wanted for you to be able to see her how she would be today. You are an exact copy" She says and I open my eyes and smile slightly. "There is a lot to say but little time Alex. You can't stay here too long or your body will give out. They need you alive, You are not done yet" She says and I smirk lightly nodding. "Tell me everything" I say and she smiles and nods. 

She spent the next few hours talking and explaining and it was a lot of information. Most of which I had no clue about. "I know it's a lot and it doesn't make sense but time is running out" She says and I can feel my body grow tired but shake it off. "But what you speak of, A fire to wipe out everything? Like praimfaya? Why can't you tell me when? or how to stop it? Why can no one know?" I ask in a rush. "It will cause panic and they will find out soon enough. This will wipe out mankind, but you will transcend into the sky. Become a beautiful bird, Phoenix." She says waves her hand and the small bird expands and glides across the room leaving beautiful colors behind. Kind of like a sunset or oranges, reds, and yellows then a hint of green mixed in making me in awe. I snap out of it though and look at her. "What about my friends? Lexa? Anya? Octavia? my people? I can't let them die. I won't" I say and she nods solemnly. "They will be alright. I cannot say how I know, But you have a choice Alex. You can become your true form, take your true power or give them up" she says and I sit straighter. "What?" I ask confused. "If you don't transcend the power will be lost. Leave your body, leave you." She says and I sit blinking slowly. I have always wanted these powers gone. It has been a burden making me different, and now I can get rid of them... I can be normal. I laugh slightly. "I am not normal" I whisper and look up. "I choose life." I say and she smiles. "From the Ashes you with Rise" she says and then the bird flies to me into my chest and I gasp feeling warmth spread through me and then nothing.

POV Lexa

We got to Arkadia and brought Alex straight to Abby. That was an hour ago and now I am standing in a room with Anya and Indra. "What are we to do?" Indra asks and I sigh. "We have peace, I would like to keep it. But I fear Azgeda is planning something I just don't know what that is." I say. "They would be foolish to strike now. We just got out of a war, they will wait till we least expect it. When we start to get comfortable in a few months" Anya says. I nod agreeing with her. "Still I want you on top of it Indra" I say to her and she nods. "I am going to check on our warriors and find Octavia and Lincoln" Indra says, and I nod then she's gone. I sigh and lean up against the wall. Anya stands quietly in the corner as we wait for any news. Not long later Clarke comes into the room and we both straighten stepping towards her. "My mom stabilized her but she still needs to be watched. We don't know what we are dealing with" she says and I nod glancing and Anya who doesn't look happy about what was said. "You can go see her if you like, but she needs rest" she says and we follow her to where Alex was. We walk into a room set up with multiple beds and I spot Alex in the corner. We walk up to her and Abby smiles at us. "I've done all I can at the moment but we will keep an eye on her. She needs rest so don't spend to long, there's not much that can be done at the moment but monitoring" she says making me frown but nod. They both leave us alone and I walk a little closer to her grabbing her warm hand. "She will be alright" Anya says but I am not sure if it was for her or me. We stand in silence just watching her until Abby comes back to check on her and she ends up making us leave to eat and sleep. I can't help but be distracted the rest of the day and night as I attempt to sleep.