The Greatness Within

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Malice and Reagan board the ship with heavy heart. This could be their last chance to save Grainger before he was lost to the darkness forever. 

"Grainger!" Reagan shouted as they prepared to take off.

"What?" Malice asked.

"I can feel him through the Kracht! He is on Rouge, he is killing them. All of them! he was fallen to the darkness!" Reagan gasped.

"No!" Malice shrieked pushing the button to take off. The old ship jerked and creaked as the lifted into the air. They flew straight threw the wall without even thinking about the damage to the house. 

"Hurry! I can feel his pain! Valarina is with him! She is killing him! She is burning him!" Reagan screamed. She fell from her chair to the floor as if she was having a seizure. With every spiral of pain Grainger felt, it transferred to Reagan. 

"Malice help!" Reagan screamed again. Malice looked down at Reagan and pushed the lever controlling the speed. 

"Hold on!" Malice cried. The ship was flying through space, leaving Maverick, and coming up on Rouge. 

"He is dying mom hurry!" Reagan shouted from the floor. Malice felt overwhelmed. 

"Luka! Mackenzie! Go to Rouge! Find your brother! Save him!" Malice yelled. She heard a voice in her head that said, "Yes mother."

Reagan seized on the floor until her last flop. 

"They are there. I can feel their presence but we must hurry!"Reagan continued. 

It was a rocky landing but they had finally made it to Rouge. Malice landed the ship right on the hanger for the knight's base. 

"Hurry!" Malice yelled helping Reagan from  the floor. Reagan held her heart with both hands as they ran from the ship.

"Grainger!" Malice yelled frantically. 

"He is on the roof!" Reagan yelled. Malice stopped dead in her tracks and looked quickly for the staircase.

"How.... where is the staircase?" Malice stammered. 

"Forget the stairs! Use the Kracht!" Reagan suggested. Malice didn't hesitate and took the the air, rising higher and higher until she saw Grainger burning and screaming for help. Valarina stood laughing with a smile. She had one foot on Grainger's chest, pushing him to the ground. Malice leaped into action, landing in a squat with one fist on the ground. She threw her head back, whipping her hair and glared at Valarina. Reagan then came to join.

"Stop!" Reagan screamed her voice ringing across the galaxy. It was indeed so loud that it knocked Valarina off balance. 

"Reagan!" Grainger gasped from the floor.

"Grainger! Hold on!" Reagan replied. She steadied herself and with a loud roar she threw purple lightning at Valarina. Valarina extended her hands and pushed back the lightning with fire. Mackenzie and Luka descended from  the sky and landed next to Reagan. Luka sent a constant ray of ice to Valarina with Mackenzie sending water. Malice joined in, using the Kracht to lift Valarina up into the air.  Valarina was no match for the combine powers of Luka, Malice, and Mackenzie. Valarina screamed along with the others as her fire neared closer to her face. She was failing. At last Valarina grew weak and fell from the sky. Luka looked down over the edge as Valarina tumbled out of the sky and landed in a heap on the hard ground. 

"She is dead. I can no longer feel her presence." Luka stated. All turned to find Grainger. The flames where extinguished but Grainger had taken his last breath. 

"Can you feel his presence?" Reagan snapped rushing to her brother's side. Reagan's heart melted and she couldn't keep the tears in any longer. She knew Grainger was gone. Reagan still had hope that she could save him. She closed her eyes tight and placed both hands on Grainger's chest. 

"Aw!" She roared as the power streamed from her hands into Grainger in the form of golden lightning bolts. 

"It's not going to work, Reagan, he is gone." Mackenzie murmured with tears streaming from her green eyes. Grainger's eyes shot open. 

"Grainger!" Malice gasped. She fell to her knees beside Reagan. Reagan lifted her hands from Grainger and sat back, her hands still shaking from all the power she had just administered.

"You did it! You brought back the dead!" Mackenzie cheered. There was thunderous applause as they all admired their work. Valarina was dead and Grainger was saved. 

"Reagan." Grainger muttered as she got to his feet. His injuries had healed completely in seconds almost as if they where never there. Reagan threw her arms around him and cried with happiness. 

"I didn't even know that I could do that." Reagan stuttered.

"I didn't either until I brought Sofia back." Grainger uttered.

"Sofia." Luka replied. 

"Yeah she is my wife... I failed her.... we have to find her." Grainger confessed. 

"No she is here, I can feel her." Luka corrected Grainger. 

"Grainger, I heard you had come here." Sofia stared. Grainger jumped, he looked over his shoulder to see his lovely wife. 

"Sofia...I'm so sorry.." Grainger cried. He bent down to hug Sofia and she hugged him back.

"No I am sorry. I should have never left you." Sofia apologized. 

Grainger stepped back from the hug and grabbed Sofia's hand. 

"I feel a new presence..." Grainger continued.

"I feel it too." Reagan interjected, joining Grainger and Sofia.

"Twins." Sofia stated looking down to her stomach. 

"This is amazing!" Grainger cheered as he hugged Sofia again. 

"Congratulations!" Luka cheered.

"They are both boys." Sofia mentioned. 

"What shall we name them?" Grainger asked anxiously. 

"Well that was fast! I think one name Ben and the other named...." Sofia replied.

"Jacob?" Grainger suggested. 

"I love it!" Sofia remarked. 

"Then it is settled, I will be the aunt of Ben and Jacob Cross!" Mackenzie stated. Everyone nodded with smiles. It was a very exciting moment as the family line would continue. 

"Do you think that they will possess the Kracht?" Malice asked.

"I know they do. I can sense both of their powers." Grainger told Malice. 

"We must go back to Albea Point and celebrate." Reagan suggested.

"Sounds perfect." Sofia answered. Reagan led the way to the staircase and in a single file line, the family traveled down the winding rock stair to the ship hanger. Reagan stopped in front of her ship.

"We are going to need a bigger ship." Reagan announced. 

"I know a good ship we can take. It's on the other side of the base though." Luka chimed in.

Everyone sighed but still kept their smiles as they began the long walk to the other side of the base. 

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