Facing The Light [EDITING ON HOLD]

Chapter 22 ~ Defeat

Chapter 22 ~ Defeat

My legs burned with adrenaline as I dodged the thick trees around me. My breathing quickened as I leaped over a large log and landed with a thump on the ground. I looked to my side and saw Luke and Nate also dodging the trees. I saw an opening and signalled the two to follow me through it and it lead to a deserted street.

"Where do we go now?" Luke asked me breathless as he stopped beside me.

"Just keep running straight until you find a big warehouse. Go!" I replied and we were off again.

I couldn't see them after about five minutes of running, my mind was too focused on reaching the abandoned warehouse. I could hear the faint footsteps behind me grow louder, making me go faster as more adrenaline pumped through my veins. I didn't even know I could run so fast for so long. I wasn't exactly a fit person.

Finally, I entered the empty warehouse along with Luke and Nate. We all leaned forward to catch our breaths, but our break didn't last long and a few seconds later Noah and two of his followers trapped us inside.

The ends of Noah's lips curled into a sly grin before he spoke. "You're all fools for letting yourselves become trapped in here."

"We're not the trapped ones here. You are." I said, bunching my fists by my sides as I faced him.

He laughed humourlessly. "Oh, I doubt that very much. Leon, Peter, attack them." He ordered, pointing his chin towards his followers.

The two men nodded before they approached us. I didn't know what their abilities were but I didn't hesitate to use mine against them. I concentrated on Leon and looked him straight in the eyes before clouding my mind. His eyebrows began to furrow and he frowned and stopped moving. Confusion filled his eyes and I signalled to Nate that it was his turn. Suddenly, Leon started screaming in agony before his eyes rolled into his head and he fell to the ground.

Shocked by this, Noah stepped back a little. Meanwhile, Luke was jumping around from place to place, confusing and distracting Peter. Luke disappeared and then reappeared in from of Peter, punching his in the chin, sending him flying to the ground.

Then all of a sudden, my arms tightened and my wrists twisted as I was lifted weightlessly into the air by nothing. My jaw was clamped shut as I tried to scream and I saw Noah staring at me with an evil grin. "You vile, selfish girl. You think you can defeat me? After all that has been done for me to become this powerful, you think I would waste it on a tiny thing like you?" He let out a throaty laugh before he flicked his wrist, and I was pulled through the air. I landed against the wall of the warehouse and pain immediately spread like wildfire throughout my body.

I groaned through my teeth and coughed, blood spurting out of my mouth. A shadow consumed me as I laid against the wall and Noah's dark eyes stared into my soul. "Pathetic." He whispered before he was up against the wall beside me with Luke's hand wrapped firmly on Noah's throat.

"Don't touch her!" Luke spat and I slowly crawled over to him.

I grabbed his ankle and Luke turned to me. "Don't." I pleaded and Luke gazed at me in confusion for a moment before letting Noah go. I managed to stand up as Noah sank to the ground gasping for breath. "Get out of here, Noah. I don't ever want to see your face again, and if I do, I won't hesitate to hurt you like you hurt my family." I said and Noah quickly nodded before cowardly scattering out of the warehouse.

***Trent's POV***

I heard knocking at the front door and, in my slowest attempt to answer, I opened the door to find my brother standing there with a desperate look on his red face and a small long bruise around his neck. "Noah?"

"Can we go for a drive together, just like old times?" He asked suddenly and I was taken aback at his words.

When we were younger we would go for long drives, just to her away from our father and his torturous training. We spent hours on the road singing along to the music that played on the radio. We haven't done it in so long that I've almost forgotten what it was like.

"Noah..." I trailed off, not knowing how to answer him.

"Please, I really need to let off some steam." He said and I sighed, stepping out of the house and shutting the front door.

With my keys in my hand I lead my brother down the driveway and to my car. We got in, I started the engine and pulled away from my house. The drive was mostly silent, but I expected it to be like that. It was awkward driving with Noah like we did in the past.

"Lets move somewhere far away from here." Noah blurted, disturbing the silence.

"What do you mean 'move'?" I asked, confused.

"We can start fresh with our lives. You can get a job as a full time teacher and I'll find something that's available. We can live together, just like old times." He smiled slightly, remembering when we were younger.

I turned around the corner and onto a bridge. "Noah, what are you saying? We should just start over?"

"Exactly." He looked at me with a soft smile, something that I haven't seen before.

We could do it, we could move to a new town. Heck, why not even a country. We could start over as a new family and love our lives the way we've always wanted to. But the thing was, I couldn't let Noah slowly turn back into his usual self. I couldn't let him hurt anyone else any more.

"Forgive me, Noah." I muttered before letting my hands take over and steer heavily to the right, causing the car to jerk around and slip off the edge of the bridge.

It was time to move on. It was time to for us to join our mother.

A/N: (unedited)

Don't worry! This is not the end yet. I wouldn't end this story like that, just no. It was sad though, wasn't it? Anyways how'd you like this chapter? Noah was finally defeated and Skye gets her family back. Not bad for a...lets call it a pre-ending ;D I can't wait to hear your thoughts, sorry for the crappy chapter but I will be going over this story for some MAJOR editing :)

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