You're Never Alone

Chapter 24

Word Count: 1685

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Phil is shooting people and using his powers, trying desperately to not let his wounds slow him down. The hall is spinning and the pain is clouding his mind. PJ watches but continues to fight as he tries to keep an eye on his friend. They finally get all the soldiers down and open the doors to the chambers, signalling that it's clear for now.

PJ, Phil, Adrian, Dan, and a couple of other rebels break away from the groups as the rest of the rebels split off into he palace to hold off the soldiers for the ones getting the cure.

"Listen up!" Phil commands over the earpieces. "We're heading for the cure. Try to hold them off!"

They continue sprinting down the halls but Phil's head is spinning wildly making it harder for him to run in a straight path. Adrian directs them to Dan's room but as they're approaching it, soldiers start to fun at them from down the hall. Adrian takes Dan into his room with PJ while the rest of them fight the guards off.

Phil just starts killing them all with everyone else. He makes the floor slippery to catch them off balance but he can tell he's exerting himself because he can see his breath. When he's using to much of his power, his body's ability to regulate temperature drops and his powers take over making him extremely cold almost like he's been outside in the cold.

He's panting with exhaustion as he's losing blood but he can't stop now. All the soldiers go down with a burst of someone's powers and a couple of them stay outside the room while Phil a few others go into the room.

They burst in and Dan is laying on his bed looking too pale. Phil runs over and caresses Dan's cheek with worry before pulling away and searching the room. They're looking under the bed and in the closet but they can't find it. That is until Phil gets an amazingly terrible idea.

"PJ," Phil says catching his attention. "I can use my powers to scan the room to find the cure. It has to be made with powers or magic of some sorts."

PJ instantly begins to shake his head. "No that takes up a lot of power and you can already see your breath. It could kill you!"

"I-" Phil says about to respond but Dan begins to seize on the bed and they all run over. He begins to shake and PJ holds him down. "I have to, PJ! I'm not going to let him die!"

"Phil, no!" PJ objects but Phil shakes his head.

"PJ, the poison is killing him. I can do this," Phil says calmly and PJ sighs, giving in with a nod.

Phil closes his eyes and focuses his power to his chest, concentrating. He senses everyone in the room, feeling their presence around him until he feels something odd. He looks down and see a vial glowing in the floor near the bed. His eyes open quickly and he scrambles to the floor, shaky and weak as hell. He pries up one of the floorboards and sees a box. He grabs it and sets it on the bed with his hands fumbling on the clasp.

It pops open and Phil grabs the vial, handing it over to PJ with trembling fingers. PJ quickly pops it open and pours it into Dan's mouth. Dan swallows it and they all watch as the veins slowly disappear and color begins to return to his skin. But they're interrupted by yelling over their earpieces. Phil, shivering and weak, clicks on.

"What's happening?" he asks and multiple people respond saying that they needed to get out of there as soon as possible. "Okay we'll leave soon."

Dan gasps awake and coughs slightly as he sits up. PJ hands him a mask and they all head for the door until Phil stumbles over himself. They look over at him in surprise but Phil shoves through them and goes out into the hall. They meet up with the rebels in the hall and they begin sprinting down the hall to the exit.