Rose City (#Wattys2016)

Chapter 8 (3rd Person P.O.V.)

Sky, Andrew, and Gabe ran back to Sky's home.

"Oh my god, did you just declare war?!" Sky screamed. Andrew nodded.

"We have to get Dylan back." He said. Sky looked at the ground.

"Alright, lets get our side together." Gabe said. "Stop screwing around, if we don't have troops then we will all end up dead." Everybody agreed that was a good idea. They ran house to house explaining the situation. They had gotten together 150 people before they saw a small boy, about 6, running to Sky.

"Jade says that she won't wait any longer. Here is her message," The small boy said. He ran back to the hills. The message said: 'Sky, if you don't hurry, I won't hesitate to kill Dylan. To the battleground. Now.'

"SHE GAVE US LESS THEN AN HOUR!" A man yelled from the back.

"Everybody calm down." Sky said calmly.

"HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT?! SHE'S GOING TO KILL YOUR BOYFRIEND!" Another man yelled. A single tear fell from Sky's face.

"We fight until the end. Jade is a person who needs to be stopped. We need everyone here to fight until the end. If we screw around, we are going to lose a lot of us. We can't let her rule us. We aren't slaves. Understood?" Andrew looked towards Sky. If he lost her he wouldn't have a reason to live. Everyone yelled, "Yes, Sky!"

"Oh, one more thing," Sky said. "I am the commander now. You will call me Commander Sky. MARCH FORWARD!" Sky yelled. Everyone walked to the battleground. A green meadow that went on for miles is where they were having this so called "war". Jade sat there with 150 men behind her. Sky's side had one more person than her side.

"I've been waiting for you, Sky." Jade smiled slyly. "Fair is fair, we do this like a normal battle," Jade added sticking out her hand. Sky shook hands with her and both sides went back 50 paces. The small six year old from earlier was standing in the middle of the battlefield with a gun.

"Three..." He yelled.

"Good luck, Commander. Kick ass out there." Gabe said.

"Two..." The kid yelled again.

"I wish you the best of luck, Commander." Andrew said. Sky hadn't said a word to either of them because she was focused on getting Dylan back.

"ONE!" The kid shouted, as he shot the gun. It was chaos. Both sides charging at each other. Jade was fighting Sky, and Andrew and Gabe were holding Dylan back. Sky had made it clear not to kill Dylan. Sky used Eclipse Shadow while Jade put up a forcefield. It threw Sky back.

"Commander!" Andrew yelled and ran to her. Gabe could hold Dylan off for a little bit. So far, the casualties on both sides was -54 people on Jade's side and -51 on Sky's side. Andrew bolted to Sky. Jade was hovering over her and was about to finish her off when Andrew stood in the way to block her. Sky bolted up. Andrew fell to his knees, a sword pierced through his heart.

"No...no... NO!!!!!!!! ANDREW PLEASE NO!" Sky screamed. She ran to him as he laid on the ground, coughing. She was sobbing.

"Don't waste your tears on me. Sky... you are the thing I lived for. Please... win this battle.. save Dylan..." Andrew whispered. "I love you..." And with that, he was gone. Sky was hysterical. Jade just stood by.

"Aw, sweetheart, don't say your giving up?" She laughed and charged at Sky.

Sky sat there and turned beet red. "You... you.... YOU INCONSIDERATE BITCH!" Sky stood up and pulled her sword out and shot like lightning towards Jade. The moment Sky impaled Jade was the best moment. Revenge for Andrew. She fell to the ground and Sky didn't stick around to see Jade hopefully go to hell. She ran to Dylan.

"You're okay!" Sky yelled as she ran towards him. He looked towards her, a crazed look in his eyes, and he sprinted towards her. She just stood frozen in place. He jumped on her and attempted to strangle her. Gabe ran up and threw him off.

"Commander! Check Jade's pocket! She might have the antidote!" Gabe yelled. Sky ran to Jade and checked her pocket. Sure enough, a green liquid in a test tube was there. She ran back to Dylan and forcefully opened his mouth. He fell to the ground and started to choke. He seemed to snap out of it.

"Sky?" He said weakly. It was over. Many casualties, but it was over. Only 17 people remained on both sides.

"Shh... you're okay now, Dylan." Sky said as she ran her fingers through his hair. He looked up, and pulled his face closer to her's.

"Don't leave me... please..." He said. He embraced Sky and pressed his lips against Sky's.

"Sky, I love you." Dylan stated.

"I love you too, Dylan." Sky said while in tears.

"Where's Andrew?" Dylan said. He could tell from in the look in her eyes that he was dead. "I'm so sorry, Sky. He meant a lot to you."

"Let's go home. I want this to be over, this nightmare." Sky said. They held hands, and walked into the sunset towards Dylan's home.