The New Legend

Chapter eighteen

Sara's POV
"Wheres John?" Zed asks worryingly. "Doesn't matter. We have to get Louisa out of that prison as soon as possible," I say as we all gather around the table in the captain's parlour. No one says anything. I decide to break the silence after a few seconds pass. "Ideas? Anyone?" I ask. "I'm not the right person for this. I'm only good at getting in prison not out of it." Rory says. He's technically right. "Still, we need all the help we can get right now," I say back to him. "Yeah, only one more problem..." I hear Zari say from behind me. I turn around to see her walking towards me.

"You were guarding Nicholas, why are you here?" I ask her with a stronger tone in my voice. "I was actually looking for my air totem, but I think I now know where it is..." She says to me. I look at her, trying to understand what she's talking about. "Belial..." Zari adds. "Don't tell me that..." Nate says from behind me. "Belial took my totem..." Zari says to finish Nate's sentence. "Wait, does that mean that Belial is after the totems?" Ava asks. I see the worry in her face as I turn to her. "Well, of course, he wants some powerful weapon to do all the bloody work for him," Charlie says.

"Why choose the totems? Don't you have to have 6 bearers for them?" Charlie asks. "That's why Astra wasn't sending any encores back to earth. They're probably getting prepared." Zed says. "How do we know how many totems they already have?" Ray asks. "He's only got the air totem." A female voice says from behind Zari. I see John walking in alongside Astra... Why would John warn us about her and then take her on to the ship?! "What is this?!" Zed asks in an angry and scared tone.

Louisa's POV
I put another spoon with vomit-flavoured muddy mashed up garbage and almost start to gag. I've been eating this stuff for a week now. Manny isn't an angel, I have to warn dad, but I have to legally get out of this place first. Manny can't be a demon, dad would've found out already if he was. I need to warn them. What if Manny is the one behind the attacks? "Louisa Stan, come with me, please." A guard says. I stand up from the table and see the guard walking out of the cafeteria.

I decide to follow the guard, hoping it's not another trick. I notice that the guard is walking towards the visitor compartment. I don't have visitors, I told Meghan to stay away from me and go on with her life. She was the only one visiting me. No, this is something else. This is not a visitor. I'll have to prepare for the worst. We arrive at the compartment and I see a few guards standing there, watching over. I see a few inmates talking to their family or friends. As I walk to the back, I notice someone standing there with my clothes in his hands. The clothes I walked in with.

"What is this?" I ask the guard that I followed. "You're proved innocent. The weapon of murder didn't have your fingerprints on it, but Harrison Derek's. We didn't find him yet, but you can go home." The guard says back. I don't even know if I want to go back. My mom is dead, the mother I grew up with, the mother I loved. My friend Vivian is dead and my other friend Harry, who didn't kill anyone, is missing. Why me? Why do I have to be born this way? Always a target on my back.

The guard notices me staring blankly ahead. "I'm sorry for your loss." He says. I even missed their funeral. The other guard hands me my clothes and opens the door to the other side, the visitor's side. He points me towards the bathroom to change back into my old clothes. I want to walk inside one of the gross looking toilet stalls and start changing into my normal clothes. I start thinking about what I saw. I saw Manny make a deal with a devil. Manny has been sending me on this path. God knows what he's planning, everything is planned. What if he notices that I know what he is? What is that's part of his plan?

Sara's POV
"Explain," I say with my arms crossed as I look at Astra, doubting her intentions. "Well, love, she-" John starts before Astra cuts him off. "I decided not te be Belial's lapdog, he doesn't want me anyway," Astra says, crossing her arms too. "Are these your so-called heroes?" She asks John after a few seconds of staring at each other. "Zed," I say, morning for her to come. She nods, knowing what to do. Zed grabs Astra's wrist. "Don't you touch me you-" Astra begins, but stops after seeing Zed's eyes turn white.