The Fallen (5SOS Fanfic) Completed

Chapter 10

**Ashton's POV**

She loves me. She actually loves me. I cannot believe it, she actually loves me! Granted she thinks I hate her and won't talk to me, but she loves me and I need to tell her I love her back.

**Nero's POV**

I can't believe I told him. He's going to hate me now, he'll never want to see me again. I've completely ruined our friendship. Ugh! What a mess I've made. I run my hands through my hair, pushing it out of my tear stained face. Yeah that's right, I've been crying ever since I revealed my feelings, I just can't help it. I mean it's clear that after I told him I love him he hates me. Yeah I know we're soul mates, but it's never been like that for him, at first it was complete hate, then toleration and finally really good friends, but now we're going to go back to strangers, and I'll just be another fan. More tears run down my cheeks, I need my best friend.....and some of Ben&Jerries cookie-dough ice cream.....

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'You did what!' Caitilin shouts. I've just finished telling her what happened and she look horrified.
'I know, I told him I love him and now he hates me.' I say, shovelling ice cream into my mouth.
'I don't mean that!' she says 'I mean the fact that you flew out of there before he could say anything!'
'Well I knew what he was going to say. He was going to reject me and then say he never wants to see me again. I mean come on, it was obvious.'
'Did he actually say he hates you?'
'Well no....' I say.
'Than how can you know that for sure?' she asks.
'For all you knew, he could've been about to say it back.'
'Yeah sure!' I say, slumping down in my seat, dipping my spoon into the ice cream pot, only to discover that it's empty. I look down at it in disgust,
'And now I'm out of ice cream.' I say.
'Oh stop moping!' Caitilin says 'I bet he's on the way over now to profess his undying love for you!'
'In my dreams.' I mumble. I stand up, picking the ice cream tub up and putting it it the bin, on my way back to Caitilin, someone knocks on the door. I can tell from here that they're not human.
'It's him!' Caitilin squeals.
'No it's not,' I reply, 'It's going to be Michael and Luke or someone, there's definitely more than one of them.' I stand up and walk down the hall, stopping in front of the door and turning back to Caitilin.
'If it is him,' I say 'you are going to leave, I don't feel like having an audience to my humiliation and rejection.'
'Oh shut up Feather Arse.' She replies.
I turn back around, grinning at her response and open the door...
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**Ashton's POV**

'I'm going out.' I tell the boys, they're sitting in the living room watching TV and as I walk in they all look up at me.
'You going to confess to Ner?' Michael asks me.
'Yeah I am.' I reply
'Good, just no snogging in front of us, she's still my big sister.' He warns, looking stern.
'Yeah yeah, whatever.' I reply
'Go on,' Luke says, 'Go get your mate!' I grin at them and head to my room, I spread my wings and jump off of the balcony.
************************************* **Nero's POV**

I stare up at the beings in front of me,
'Caitilin!' I shout 'Back up now! run!' She can't see what I can see, for some reason fairies can't see them unless they want them to, but she can tell from my voice that it's something bad.
We bolt into the kitchen, heading for the window, I can hear them following, looking behind I see that they're gone. As I turn to face the window again, Caitilin lets out a piercing, shattering scream. Obviously they're visable.
'Fallen.' The Low and Mighty say together, their voices combining in a terrible hiss.
'Yeah, and what's it to you?' I ask, trying to hide my fear, but failing as my voice wavers.
'We've come for you.' The Low says. I look at him, taking in his horrendous appearance. Shaggy black hair, filled with black and white feathers, one from every High and Fallen he's killed. Filthy rags hanging from his frame, the putrid smell of decomposing flesh comes from him in waves. But the worst thing, his wings. They're the wings of a bat, but filled with bloody tears and holes. This is not normal, even for one of the Low. It's clear that his real wings have been hacked off viciously and these monstrosities have been sewn on in their place. I have to fight to keep my recently eaten ice cream down.
'Well you're not getting me!' I say defiantly. Caitilin stands behind me, shivering in fear.
'Nero!' She says 'please stop talking now.'
The Mighty turns her eyes, which are pure white, irises and all towards me and narrows them. She is wearing an immaculate white dress and her snowy white wings are spread threateningly behind her.
'Oh yes we will.' She says, 'Because if you don't come with us,your friend will die. Very slowly. Very painfully.' I hear a sharp intake of breath behind me, I spin round to see the Low with a knife of pure black metal pressed against Caitlin's throat. And it's clearly not a normal knife, even from here I can see it sucking the life force from her, her hair is slowly turning grey, her wings are withering and her ever changing eyes are becoming gaunter and gaunter, I can see the pain etched across her face and it's obvious she's in agony. Once it breaks her skin she will be completely destroyed, and her life essence be sucked into the holder of the knife, this being the Low, making him stronger.
'Let her go!' I shout at him, drawing my sword. But as soon as I lift it, it's pulled from my hands by an unseen force. I look to the Mighty to see it fly into her outstretched hand. I want to summon it back, but I know that if I do, the Low will slit Caitilin's throat. I bow my head, I know there's nothing I can do and that when they take me to wherever they're taking me they are going to kill me, but I'd rather it was me than anyone else.
'Okay' I say, 'I'll come.'
Caitilin uses the mind link we have to say 'Please Nero, don't do it! They'll kill you!'
'I know' I reply 'But it's either you or me, say goodbye to Ashton for me.'
The Mighty nods at the Low and he hits Caitilin in the temple with the butt of the knife, knocking her clean out. She falls to the floor, a deep and bloody gash on her head.
'What are you doing!' I scream at them 'You said you wouldn't hurt her if I came with you!'
'We said nothing of the sort.' They say in that horrible hiss again.
'We said we wouldn't kill her, not that we wouldn't hurt her.'
The Mighty nods at the Low again and everything goes black as the knife finds it's next target.....