The bomb sends us hurtling into the air without control. We"re blown miles away from where we once were. The sky splits wide open and millions of snowflakes fall down on us.
I look closer and realize it"s not snow falling from the sky, but Angel debris. The explosion had caused ma.s.sive damage to the Angels in the surrounding area. We run back to the site to find out what is going on.
The Forest looks like an Angels" ma.s.s grave. Their bodies lay lifeless and in pieces. The first living Angel we see is Jay.
His left wing has been blown off. His right arm hangs uselessly at his side. But the worst thing isn"t Jay"s missing right wing or his broken arm, the worst is the expression on his face. He is in utter disbelief. We surround our bleeding friend and teammate.
"What the h.e.l.l just happened?" we ask.
Jay doesn"t respond immediately. It"s like he forgot how to form sentences. Finally he streams some words together and tries to make us understand.
"We went to the Light...found the Sisters...They had an orb, big, big, orb...Chance said G.o.dfather told them the time is now...no more hiding in shadows...no more outcast...the age of the Quo has finally come...they got the Amulet and now they are free from their winged oppressors...they said "the winged ones will no longer be permitted into the Light.""
Jay stops as if the memory is too much too relive. Ameana pushes him to keep going. His voice is frail from shock.
"Chance called the orb to life, it glowed. Then Choice harvested this ma.s.sive energy of rage, she must have been saving it up for Cycles. And then Charity, she used her ability to boost the power of others, together they...they..."
"What did they do, Jay?" Miku asked, clearly afraid of the answer.
"They made a bomb a trillion times more destructive than the ones made by humans. They set it if off and..."
"How many Angels are hurt up there?" I ask him.
"You don"t understand," Jay says, making eye contact for the first time. "Marcus, they"re dead," he says.
"Who"s dead?"
"Isabelle. The Originals. The Paras of Daraquin. The Council."
"The Council?" the Twins ask.
"Guys...everyone
is dead."
We ask Jay again because his answer is simply too difficult to digest. But no matter how many times or how many different ways, the answer is still the same: "The Quo came in and just blew Angels up," he says.
"And they said "G.o.dfather" told them to do this?" I ask.
"Yes."
"Where is he?" I order.
The team all start speaking at once. It finally begins to skin in: We have lost most of our friends, families, loved ones, and not to mention, The Council.
"Will Omnis come down?" Miku asks.
"Why? He never has before," Rio says bitterly.
"I don"t know what Omnis is going to do, but I d.a.m.n well know what I"m going to do," I vow.
The rage that builds up in all of us is palpable. Jay, having seen the attack in person is growing more and more murderous by the minute.
"We need to go to Adam City, find the Sisters, and make them understand the power of Angels," Ameana threatens with venom.
Jay tried to recount what he read in the history book regarding the Quo. Unfortunately, he"s too distracted to really be of help. The Twins are busy calling around to see if they can find out exactly how many Angels survived the ma.s.sacre.
Finally, the Twins are able to string together pieces of information from different parts of the world, from Angels who managed to escape the attack.
"Eighty percent of the Angel population has been murdered," Rio informs us.
Eighty percent???
Armed with the devastating new information, when we get to Adam City, we destroy everything in our path. We call out for the three murders to appear.
The temple is empty. The three sisters are nowhere to be found.
"Well, where the h.e.l.l is this G.o.dfather? What kind of malevolent evil exterminates over twenty million Angels?" Rio asks, more p.i.s.sed then I"ve ever seen him.
"I don"t know who the G.o.dfather is, but when I find him, he should run," Jay swears.
"They"re not here, we need to head back in the city and search everywhere. We start with the market and we don"t stop until we find this evil and cut him down like we did all the other evil that stood in our way!"
The team cheers wildly and starts to march out of the temple. That"s when I hear a conversation taking place in one of the back rooms. I direct the team to where I heard the voices.
Behind the door, we hear a man say: "Yes, I will go get it for you right now, G.o.dfather."
Then we hear a door open and close.
"The G.o.dfather is in there," Jay says.
What kind of evil would kill millions of innocent Angels? The G.o.dfather has to be an evil more destructive and deadly than even Kairo. We will take him down. The G.o.dfather must be killed at all costs.
I kick in the door to confront the evil ent.i.ty.
He sits calmly on a chair and greets me.
"h.e.l.lo, Marcus."
"h.e.l.lo, Sage."
Author"s Note:.
Guardians Book 5 (the final in the series) will be out soon!.
Also author would greatly appreciate a review on Goodreads and the site which you purchased this ebook.
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