The Dark Entity

Chapter 13: Dead or Alive

"Iggy!" Clover exclaimed as she rushed over to her knocked out friend.

The blast of energy Baldassare had used was a very powerful one. One that had so much strength in it that it could even kill a person. Except while it was used, the one performing it should be cautious and know that it was very power draining and tiring for the soul.

Clover kneeled beside the girl, turning her over on the ground to see her face. She had some blood dripping down her cheek, as well as bruises here and there. She became slightly panicked when she noticed Ignacia wasn't moving. She checked over to shoulder to see what Baldassare was doing. It had been significantly weakened by the energy it had used on the girl. It was becoming even more weak now, as Ariston pushed himself up from where he was on the ground and used his powers against Baldassare again.

Mizu- who had been tossed to the side along with the electric boy- got up and crawled over to where the two girls lay, "Is she... alive?" he asked.

Clover checked her friend's pulse in her neck and her wrist, "She is. But we need to wake her up so she stays that way," she told him.

Just then, Astrid rushed over, their powers still shooting from their fingertips towards the dark being, "You've gotta come help us, Clover. Mizu- you get Sterling over here, make sure he's alright. You're already injured so I think it's best for you to watch over them," they instructed. "If you see that we need your powers, use them. But if not, don't do anything unnecessary."

With that, they got up and dragged their friend- or more than a friend- with them, over to where Ariston was attacking Baldassare. Mizu looked down at the passed out girl, shaking her lightly in hopes of waking her. He sat her up against the cave wall, peeling her eyes open in urgency.

"Iggy? Stay awake. We need you to stay awake," he said when he saw her eyes had opened.

She carefully nodded, wincing as she moved her head. After making sure she was strong enough to hold herself up in a sitting position, Mizu snuck to the other side of the cave where Sterling struggled on the ground.

"Hey," he quietly said. "C'mere."

The other boy grabbed onto Mizu's arms, allowing him to drag him over to the spot Ignacia was.

"Does your throat hurt?" he asked the boy who had been choked.

"Yeah... it's not too bad though," he replied. "I managed to keep his hands from squeezing to hard."

"With your powers?" he asked, although he already know the answer, he just wanted to talk about something.

"Yeah," he answered, looking down at his lap. "If I didn't have telekinesis, I'd be... well- dead."

Mizu reached for his hand, squeezing it to comfort Sterling, "Even if you didn't have powers, you'd still be awesome."

He gave him a small smile, "You think? They help with so much stuff. God knows how many times they've saved my ass," he responded, shaking his head, then looked over at Iggy. "Is she- is she okay?"

Mizu looked back at her, "She's okay right now. I'm... I'm just not sure if she'll still be okay once this is done," he answered, sadness laced in his tone.

Now it was Sterling's turn to squeeze his hand, "Hopefully she'll be alright," he said. "She's a tough girl, she won't back down so easily."

Ignacia shifted positions from where she was sitting with her head back against the wall, "I can hear you, you know," she butted in, her voice barely loud enough to hear.

"Good. That means you're not slipping away," Mizu replied. "Stay awake."

She turned her body back to it's previous position, trying to move in a way that didn't bring pain. She and the two boys sat there for a few more minutes, staying silent. They watched as their other friend's shot blasts of energy at Baldassare, chipping away its strength little by little.