Exiled II: The Awakening

Chapter 12

"First of all what the hell happened? You guys have blood all over you and you look horrible" Rauz asked as we all sat in the living room.

"Yikes, maybe we should've went after all" Enya added

I put my head down in embarrassment, not ready to tell them what I did.

"Oh trust me, none of us were really needed, Altiair could've went alone and gotten the same results" Calluna replied "Most of this blood isn't ours"

Finn turned his face up in confusion "Wait, what do you mean?"

Everyone looked at me and I sighed before speaking. "When we got there, Lucians second in command, Oz, challenged him because he didn't agree with this whole Malik stuff" I began explaining

"So wait, he challenged him for the Alpha position?" Avian asked and I nodded my head yes

"Oz won, which was great because I thought maybe then we could team up and stop Malik" I began and everyone looked at me intensely to see what I would say next. "But after he won he turned around and Lucian got up, snuck behind him, and stabbed him"

You could see the hope in everyones face completely go away.

"What a coward" Finn mumbled

"So then Angelo came out as planned to distract them but they immediately tried to kill him so I stopped them" I said "Fights broke out, one thing lead to another and I used the dark magic"

"What?" Finn said in shock "Why would you do that!"

"I couldn't control it! It just happened" I said somberly "It's like I heard something whisper to me and I lost it"

"How bad was it?" Rauz asked

"Really bad, he made some of them disintegrate, burned some, literally took the the breath out of one, and burned down their home until they told us where the books were" Raven explained "Even the ones who didn't fight"

"Wow, thats intense" Avian said

I started to feel bad all over again, I felt like such a monster for what I did. I knew we'd probably have to use force but I would've never killed people who weren't trying to fight me, or burn the home of a place where kids live. I would've found another way.

"This is why I told you guys not to wake me up! I didn't want to turn into a monster" I began walking outside "Im sorry I just need a second" I left out the door

I sat on the stairs of our front porch and began crying. I didn't know what to do to control these powers if they can take over me so easily.

I looked into the dark starry sky trying to think of someway to avoid that happening again but, I couldn't think of anything.

I heard the door open and looked back to see Ezekiel coming to sit next to me.

"You alright?" He asked

"No, im not alright" I said sadly

"Im sorry, for coming down on you so hard in the car. Its just seeing you act like that, and lose your temper that way back there reminded me so much of me" He began explaining "I guess seeing you act like that, made me see all the things I hate about myself. I mean I don't want you to turn into anything like me"

I could tell he was struggling to explain what he was trying to say.

"What do you mean?" I asked in confusion

"I mean, you are nothing like me. You are kind, caring, forgiving, and filled with so much passion and bravery" He explained "What im saying is I came down on you so hard because im afraid this dark magic is gonna change you, and you don't deserve that. So I thought if I yelled at you and made you feel bad you would never use it again. Then I realized you cant really control it"