Abilities

Chapter 33

Paige thought that saying that Darius was dead would solve all the problems. People would stop fighting and the world would just go back to normal...at least as normal as it could get after this. But no one believed her. A man with red hair grabbed Erin and the fighting continued. Paige ran. "Where are you going? We need your help!" Erin yelled after her "Just get everyone and put a force field around you all until I get back!"

"You know I can't hold it that long! Paige come back!" Paige didn't answer she teleported to Perrie, Zayn, and Liam. "Paige what're you doing back? Did you stop everyone?" Perrie asked.

"No. They didn't believe me that why we got to get his body and bring it to them as proof."

"Paige I just got you out of the weird mind lock with that lady. You're not strong enough to teleport two people."

"Well I hope I am because I'm bringing us all." Paige ran over to where Darius' body was and grabbed it. She then grabbed Perrier hand and touched Liam's leg. "Perrie hold Zayn hand and brace yourself." Paige tried to teleport but something went wrong. They materialized in the right place, but they were ten feet in the air. "Hold on!" They didn't hit the ground. Eleanor used her bending to stop their fall and lower them to the ground. "Everyone look!" Paige shouted, "Darius is dead." Everyone stopped and looked. Darius' just looked like he was sleeping but Paige had never seen him in clothes that were torn and dirty before. His eyes were closed, but blood was all over his shirt from a hole in his chest. Everyone stopped. "Is it really over?" The red headed man asked. Paige didn't respond because at that moment she saw Harry lying on the ground. He was ashen and he was barely breathing, "Harry!" Paige ran to his side.

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"We are gathered here today to mourn a love one who was lost. We lost so many in the attack on New York, and now we lay to rest a sister, a daughter and a best friend." Harry held Paige's hand as he attended his sisters funeral. He knew without Paige there he would completely lose hold of everything. Even now he couldn't stop crying behind the sunglasses he wore. His mother stood beside him, yet didn't seem to notice his presence at all. Ever since Darius had shot Gemma his mom had lost an unnatural amount of weight and she hasn't slept. Her clothes hung off her body and she had dark circles under her eyes. Whenever Harry tried to talk to her she wouldn't respond except with a yes or a no. They were all mourning but Harry was worried that his mom wouldn't make it through the process. Harry looked around at the people who had gathered to mourn Gemma, he also saw the bodyguards trying to keep the people out who weren't invited and just wanted a chance to see the freaks. They weren't called One Direction anymore they were called experiments, freaks, and rarely heroes. So many lives were lost in New York but Gemma's death weighed heavily on Harry's conscience. It was all his fault of course, if he would've told her he had powers or protected her so she didn't get kidnapped she would be alive right now. Paige, sensing his thoughts rubbed her thumb in circles on the back of his hand. Harry watched as Gemma was lowered into the ground. He would never see her again, or hear her laugh again. Harry walked to the front and laid a white rose on her casket. "You'll always be my sister, and I'll mourn you until the day we are reunited." Harry turned and saw Louis. He was healing nicely from the fight, when he got to the hospital he was unconscious for a few days but he woke up and the bruises were staring to fade. Liam had a broken leg, and everyone else made it through too. Harry had made up with Paige shortly after Darius' death. He realized he was always in love with her and couldn't picture his life without her, not that he could picture his life without Gemma either. When everyone was gone he asked Paige to wait in the parking lot while he said his final goodbye. "Without you Gemma we never would've won this war. I want you to know that because you saved everyone in the entire world and I would still reverse that and become Darius' Slavs just to have you back. I keep thinking of when we were kids and you used to dress me up, or how we would run around the house and annoy mom. I remember the arguments too, but above all I remember you being there for me. And I never would've been the person I am now if you weren't in my life. I will never forget you and I will never-" Harry stopped mid sentence and he got down on his knees to touch the headstone. He didn't say anything else, he sat there like that with mud getting on his suit, his hand touching the headstone and cried until Paige came and got him to take him home.

Six months later, on his weekly visit, he put a letter on Gemma's headstone. "I told her everything she needs to know but I can't form the words to say in that letter," he told Paige.