He jerks one last time underneath me and then falls still. Oh God, what have I done?
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My heart beats as I stare down at the angel realizing what I've done. Soon, he begins to fade into dark, black feathers and float away.
His words echo in my ear from earlier. I sure did do what was natural to me. My black reaper magic began thrumming and I followed its lead. I hope that wasn't a mistake. I catch a feather that's blowing away and hold it in my palm. It pricks my finger and I almost drop it. The feather isn't as soft to the touch as it looks, but more like razor soft and prickly. No wonder they can use these as weapons.
Something shrieks behind me and I turn my head to find Dax and Luke circled by demons. They are fighting them off but are very outnumbered. I need to hurry.
Just then something weaves into me and circles around my powers. It's a thick red strip of line and it tugs me toward it. My magic reacts to it and begins to surge, but it's different from earlier.
My legs move on their own accord, and I stand under the archway again. The flame is on a stick and its power is so hot it can steal your breath away. It's strange and intriguing. Half of the flame is bright red and the other half is neon blue. They flow into each other cascading and colliding which calls to me.
Being this close, my power surges again and it's as if the flame's motion begins moving in my direction as if I'm the beacon. Not able to withstand it any longer, I head over and grab the stick, electricity running through me causing me to reach out and touch the actual flame.
That's crazy. I can't touch it, that'll burn me. Maybe this wasn't a good idea, but once again, my hand reaches up on its own. I can't control it. Holy shit. What's going to happen when it absorbs into me? I didn't even get to say goodbye to Charlie and my parents.
When I touch it, it's hot, but it doesn't burn. It's as if it's hot water in a shower. The flame begins pouring into me, filling me whole.
My body fills with heat and my senses come alive. My vision goes out, and I can't smell a thing. What is happening to me? This can't be normal. My body buzzes and it causes me to fall to the ground and curl up. It doesn't hurt, but it doesn't feel good either.
The red energy flows through me brightly and enters my core. When it hits, thousands of sparks jet off in every direction and burn me from under my skin. It wraps around me and seems to be healing all my internal scars. How is that possible?
When I open my eyes again, my vision is beyond restored. I'm able to see things better than ever and I can even hear things I hadn't been able to hear just moments before. It's as if I hadn't been able to see anything before now. Everything is so clear now.
This is what the artifacts are meant to do. Help a person see things in a different way and make them strong enough to better the world. I don't know why it's taken me till now to realize that I'm not a pawn in this game. Why am I acting like I am? This is my destiny to find these elements and restore the balance of the souls, so no one has to suffer.
Me being the weaker person is over. People will now begin listening to me. I'm tired of them thinking they can control. I'm here for myself and for the greater good. The rest can kiss my ass if they get in my way.
A groan resonates in my ear. Crap, that's Dax. Did something happen? I stand sturdy on my feet and turn towards the battle scene. Right now, my magic is charged and balanced since I absorbed this element so I'm ready to kick some demon ass.
Taking one last look at the archway, I turn and jog down the stairs taking them two at a time. When I get to the bottom, I look at the mass of demons and grin. This should be fun.
Pulling out my sword, I attack one of the demons from behind slashing him in half. It shrieks alerting some of the others of my whereabouts before he disappears into thin area.
Something grabs at my arm and its nails digs into my skin. However, it doesn't hurt at all with the power thrumming through me. My skin heals right before my eyes and I swing my knife at its shoulder.
It tries to get out of the way, but some of the flames leak out as I swing, nabbing it. It catches on fire before my eyes and jerks away from me.
A few of the other demons move far away, not wanting to get close and they watch as the demon goes up in flame. Two of them turn their eyes to me.
Okay so they are afraid of the fire. I guess that makes sense. Maybe that's how I should be fighting them instead of with the sword.
Three of them come to attack me from behind. It's crazy because I don't even need to use my seeker powers to see them. I can now sense everything all around me. It's as if I'm on overdrive.
I spin around and hold my palm out, letting the flames shoot out of my palms and straight into one if the demon’s chest.
It lurches away, but I keep it locked in with my power grazing a few other demons in my way. Every demon that touches the flames bursts into flames.
Shit, that's all it takes. I move forward, using the flames to break
