Blind Candidate: Chapter Twenty Five (End)
“Your
power can’t cease to amaze me, Leverie,” Virgo said vibrantly, “That Specialist
really did a good job on you. Your meticulous eyes can’t seem to escape anyone,
even from the backside."
Ciara’s heart
hammered in her chest. This was the Empress who nearly killed her by extracting
her memories away, and Leverie, her older, was assisting her to fulfill her
plan.
“Thank you,
Empress,” Leverie said, and Ciara spotted her outline proceeding to her right
side, carrying a thin stick that made gritting and clinking sounds on the
ground. A Sword. Leverie said dully, “I’m very flattered of your words.
It’s an honor, Empress.”
Leverie
knew we were eavesdropping from the other tunnel…Ciara thought. She's the one who
brought us here…using her power.
“How lovely,” Virgo
said, her shadow blocking Ciara’s view, “And you brought your little friends
with you. Just as I planned.”
A solid object
strike Ciara’s head, flinging her off the ground. Pain ruptured her skull,
blood oozing the back of her head. There were clacking sounds that sounded like a gun on her right
side. Leverie must have hit me with the butt of the gun. Ciara thought. She cast me at the corner
of the room, so my team mates can’t protect me.
“It’s you, again.”
Leverie said distastefully, expertly spinning the gun in her hand. Out of the
corner of her eye, Ciara caught a glimpse of Leverie drawing an object that
extending from her back. In a flash, the lengthy object was stabbed on the
ground, between Ciara’s legs.
From what Ciara
could observe, the object was 5 meters long. A long sword.
“See this, Ciara?”
Leverie said, “This is the family sword our parents had been hiding.” Leverie
said, “A weapon to kill people.”
Ciara shuddered,
“What are you talking about? Mom and dad would never have a weapon like tha—”
Slap!
Ciara hit the
ground, the side of her cheek throbbing from the powerful slap Leverie gave
her. She was no match for Leverie. Not with her incredible speed.
“Leverie, that’s
enough,” Virgo said sharply.
“As you wish,
Empress,” Leverie retreated back.
“You!” Liam shouted
at Virgo. There were involuntary noises that sounded like a thud, a click and
a yell from two figures. “You know something about that Specialist!” Liam
shouted. Liam is gripping Virgo’s collar. I can see a shadow from behind…Leverie is pointing the gun at Liam’s
back.
“Tell me where he is
right now!” Liam repeated. Virgo burst into a high-pitched laugh. Liam shouted
louder, “Tell me!”
“Liam,” Chase
groaned, staggering up. “Stop it.”
“I’ll kill you!”
Liam yelled, “He’s alive, isn’t he?”
Virgo made a
sinister laugh, “Liam Crude. If you think your anger can kill people, then why
am I still alive? Do you ever wonder why I'm still in good shape?"
“Don’t make fun of
me!” Liam furiously shouted, “I’ll seriously kill you! I’ll be the one to end
your life, along with that sick bastard who turned me into this!”
Ciara tottered
forward, with her hand clutching her stomach. Liam is completely fused in
hatred…Ciara thought. I need to
stop him.
“Do you think I came
here unarmed?" Virgo snorted in disgust, "Well, you thought
wrong."
Snap!
A gust of wind
blasted toward Ciara’s direction, and later, the wind died down, replaced by
sounds of blades grinding against each other. The cause of the strong gust
is the result of a high endless power. Ciara surmised. When two
persons pressurize their vitality, the force sums a collision of sounds and
wind pressures. Ciara looked up. Liam blocked Leverie’s attack with two
blades.
“Don’t get in the
way!” Liam shouted as Ciara heard another tching, whip, smack, and clash
against Leverie’s attacks striding across the room.
“That would be my
line, Liam Crude,” Leverie said delightfully, ‘It has been pleasure to fight
you," Leverie continued, “After all, we are aberrations. We are
immortals."
“Shut up!” Liam
shouted, and another swish whip across him.
Leverie’s
weapon makes hard, and metallic sounds…so she’s using the sword against Liam…Ciara listened closely. Liam’s
weapon sounded heavy…like…a sickle.
They were weaponless
from the start, so how did Liam get his sickle in the first place?
“Now then,” Virgo
said, proceeding to where Macie and Chase were, “Let’s get into business, shall
we?”
Ciara stumbled on
the ground, squirming from her stomach injury. I need to help them…
“You must be Macie
Angerson,” Virgo chuckled darkly, ignoring Chase, “I never thought I would meet
the daughter of the brilliant Specialist Angerson. How lovely.”
Ciara froze. She could almost recall those deranged laughs when she was
strapped in on the chair—the searing pain on her eyelids—and the intense
pressure of her brain being crushed by electricity. Her stomach twisted in
disgust.
Just then, Liam had hit the ground beside her, his weapon
out of reach.
“Lia—” Chase began, but Virgo squeezed her
hands on his throat, choking him to death.
Ciara gritted her
teeth and banged the floor with her fists. Come on, Ciara. You need to get
up. You need to move!
Useless
blind girl. Voices
reverberated around her head. You are weak. You are nothing, but a burden.
“Ugh!” Liam groaned,
and out of the corner of Ciara’s eye, she saw Leverie lifting the sword up,
ready to kill him. But there was another problem. Ciara glance to her left
side. Chase was being choked to death.
“A few years back, I made a choice to your brother,” Virgo
said. Ciara spotted Macie rising to help Chase, but Macie stood motionless as
if something was holding her back. Macie was making gurgling sounds, blood leaking down her mouth.
“Shut up, Virgo!”
Liam shouted.
“I offered your
brother a choice. If Liam takes my side, he will be able to live his life
without fear—a life in the Epicenter,” Virgo said, “But he didn’t, because
you’re disabled. Because your brother cut your own leg off. You took his future
away. You took everything away from him!”
“I SAID
SHUT U—”
A speck of light crossed
Ciara's eye. She saw Leverie lifting her long sword up. Her heart stopped a
beat. This time, there’s no escaping that attack. Ciara thought. In 4
seconds, Liam will be dead.
Smack!
There were two loud thuds
crashing on the ground, blood splashing in the air. Macie must have knocked Virgo. Ciara thought. Swift racing taps crossed the room. That sound…Chase must be running.
Ciara pushed herself
forward, but she knew she couldn’t make it. Liam was too far, and with her
injury, she wouldn't be able to run without sacrificing her body first. 2
seconds before Leverie makes that swing. Ciara analyzed.
“CHASE!” Macie
screamed.
“LIAM!” Ciara
yelled.
Splash!
Everything came out
unexpectedly too fast. Ciara just simply stared at the scene, her eyes widening
in terror. A dark-haired figure had blocked the boy lying on the ground—as the
blade slashed the dark-haired figure in an arc. Blood spattered across the air,
spilling the ground red. The noise was too heavy. She heard the sound of metal
pieces noisily pounding the ground, the ripping of clothes, and a loud thud on
the ground. Wind blasted across her face, which meant Leverie’s attack was
really powerful.
“CHASE!” Liam
roared.
It couldn’t be.
Ciara’s eyes widened.
“CHASE!” Liam
shrieked, “CHASE!”
Chase
couldn’t be dead…Ciara
observed. He couldn’t be…Ciara thought. Chase’s replacement leg is
destroyed into pieces…Ciara thought. No one can survive that massive
blow...She had seen Leverie and Liam’s level of power when the wind blasted
across her face. This was much powerful than the last one, and because of this,
her friend was dead.
”CHASE!” Liam
shrieked, bursting into tears. Ciara felt a horrible feeling inside her chest. Chase
is dead, because of me…Ciara thought.
Virgo’s high-pitched
laugh engulfed the room. She could hear something leaking from Leverie’s hand. Blood.
“How wonderful!”
Virgo’s voice boomed. Tears streaked down Ciara’s cheek, almost tasting the
salty tears on her lips.
“Liam…” Chase croaked, “D-don’t….cry.”
“Shut up, stupid!”
Liam yelled, “I’m not crying...you can’t leave me...” Liam wept, “…What have I
done…” Liam cried, “You shouldn’t have saved me!”
“Y-You’re
my…brother…” Chase whispered, “B-Brothers…stay together…right?”
After a few seconds,
Chase was quiet.
Liam shouted,
“Chase! Chase!”
Chase is
not dead. I can still hear Chase breathing lowly…Ciara sensed. But if we don’t give him
a Healing Swirl soon, he won’t be able to make it.
“Empress,” Leverie
said blandly, “What should I do about him?”
“Kill him,” Virgo
ordered.
Leverie clicked the
gun in place, “My pleasure.”
“No, you don’t!”
Liam shouted. In a sudden flash, Liam was already in front of Ciara, throwing
his hands around to shield her. Leverie suddenly stopped. What is Liam
doing?
“Move, Liam Crude,”
Leverie said harshly, “If you don’t, I’m going to kill you, along with the Blind
Candidate."
“I know you
won't," Liam yelled, “If you shoot me, your bullet will also kill Ciara.”
Liam continued, "You still love her, and that's why you spared her life.
She's your sibling! Your family!"
Leverie flinched
from Liam’s words. A spark of hope fluttered Ciara’s chest. Leverie cares about me after all…
“It’s painful to see
your siblings being killed, right?” Liam sniveled. “Do you know how it feels to
see your precious family slaughtered in front of you?”
Leverie didn’t say a
word, and Ciara could still see her sister pointing the gun at them. Liam
shouted, “I won’t forgive you! I will never forgive you, you devil!”
“Ki…ll..me…”
Everyone turned
their attention to the figure that interrupted them. Ciara recognized that shy
voice. Macie is also dying…Ciara observed. Her breath is getting
weak, and her teeth are clenching together.
Virgo laughed again,
“You hear that Leverie? This girl is begging for death,” Virgo spoke to Macie,
“I can perfectly remember your father back in the old days. He was an extremely
insane guy with a comprehensive talent for dissecting the eyes of the
insects."
Ciara shuddered at the thought.
“When your father
discovered his liking in the Part, he had betrayed his own family to work as a
Specialist." Virgo continued, “A very talented man, indeed. It was
unfortunate that we lost him in the prison break out of Cager Territory.”
“Macie, you
traitor!” Liam growled, and Ciara could hear Liam’s fists shaking from anger,
“You low-life traitor! How dare you—”
“But that is not
all,” Virgo snubbed Liam, “Angerson was the best Specialist in Round. He
dissected more than fifty humans in Part, and one of them was..."Virgo
chuckled, “Ciara Plop.”
Ciara clenched her
fists.
My
father was a surgeon. Macie’s
voice echoed her thoughts. I want to help people someday. I wanted to become
a doctor.
“I-I’m sorry, Ciara…” Macie rasped, “I-I-I
didn’t tell you…about it…because…I- I-I don’t want you to think of me…as my
father…” Macie choked, “I-If I tell you about…you will hate…me…forever…” Macie continued,
“I’m sorry…I’m sorr—”
Smack!
Macie collapsed on
the ground. Ciara confusingly lowered her head, feeling the empty pit swarming
inside her stomach.
I wanted
to become your friend…
“She’s a traitor,”
Liam hissed, “A traitor in our team.”
Ciara shook her
head, “Liam…Macie will never do that…” Ciara said, “Daughter of that
Specialist, or not. She's still my friend.”
“Are you nuts,
Ciara!?” Liam protested, “How can you forgive her!?”
“Because people are
different,” Ciara said, “Macie wanted to become a doctor so she could save many
lives from the war. The opposite of her father,” Ciara continued, “Macie hid it
from us, because she has a dream she wanted to fulfill. And I believe in her.”
“How charming.”
Virgo said wickedly, and Ciara spotted Virgo getting up, “And since my plan is
almost complete. Kill him, Leverie.”
Rapidly, Ciara felt
herself being tossed on the side of the room, rolling on the ground, until a
thunderous bam and a thud reverberated. Ciara’s heart sank cold
in her chest.
“Liam!” Ciara
screamed, but her voice was muffed—when a tight hand, begun to squeeze her
throat just like what happened to Chase. What is going on!? Ciara
thought.
“There’s no one to
save you now, Blind Candidate.” Virgo hissed. Virgo’s squeezing my throat, Ciara
thought. She tried to claw Virgo’s hands, but her energy was slowly disappearing.
Her windpipe was being blocked, and Ciara could feel her fingers turning blue. Where
is Liam? Ciara scanned her eyes around the area.
Nothing.
A small scent of
fresh blood began to spread around the room, making Ciara’s stomach churn in
disgust. The smell is too strong. Ciara thought. Where is Liam? Why
can't I hear him?
No, it
can’t be…Ciara
recalled the noise earlier. Leverie must have shot Liam.... When Liam wasn't paying attention to
his enemy, Leverie was the first one to throw me to the side, so she could
finish Liam without mercy.
“Your friends
are all dead,” Virgo chuckled, “And finally, I can finish you off without
having anyone to disturb me now!”
Out of the corner of
her eye, something flashed out Virgo’s pocket. A dagger.
Carefully, Ciara
reached her hand to touch the dagger on Virgo's pocket, while the Empress'
attention was focused on Ciara's beet face.
“Let
me repeat myself, Ciara,” Virgo said, “The Reins have set one million fission
bombs across the lower states of Round. No one can disarm it. Not if there’s
only 5 minute chance to do it. The only thing you can do is watch your precious
friends die, and surrender yourself to me. Are you willing to accept my offer?”
“I won’t…give myself to you…” Ciara smirked,
“because this time, you are going to die!” Her fingers had successfully clasped
the handle of the dagger, pulling it up to stab Virgo in the heart—when Leverie
caught her wrist, stopping the tip of the blade from touching Virgo’s breast.
Ciara tried to move her hand, but Leverie’s grip was like steel.
“Good job, Leverie,” Virgo chuckled, “Even
your sister has no mercy for you.” Virgo said, “You lose, Ciara.”
Everything came out
fast. When Virgo released Ciara’s throat, she landed on a chair. Ciara’s senses
kicked in. This is the mind chair... Ciara thought. I need to get
out…now!
But it was already
too late. Because of the pain on her stomach, Ciara wasn't able to move out,
until her hands were already clamped tight on the armchairs. Ciara struggled
frantically.
“What are you going
to do!?” Ciara shouted, still struggling from the metal clamps. The wound on
her stomach started to open, and it was soaking her stomach portion with blood.
She whisked her head back and forth, but there was no one to save her now.
Macie and Chase were still alive, and breathing, and Liam was…
“Why it’s simple.”
Virgo snarled, “After those bombs explode, I’m going to recreate billions of
fission bombs against the Vixens. For that, I’m going to extract all your
memories until you are nothing, but a piece of mindless doll.” Virgo said. “To
turn this world into a better place, I need the strongest people to complete my
plan. That’s why the Cager Territory and the Sore Tower are created. The Cager
Territory will soon be my army, and the Sore Tower will be placed under Kyra’s
rule.” Virgo continued, “Kyra doesn’t understand my situation. I was pressured
by my mother to become the sole leader for the future of the royal throne. That
is my destiny. That’s what my mother wants to be,” Virgo continued, “On the day
of the Official Selection, the Governors cheated our scores and crowned me as
Empress, betraying Kyra. To crush our friendship, I threw Kyra and her brother
to the Casts." Virgo said, “And exactly as predicted, the plan for the
preparation of Epicenter and the Casts for the 16th war is finally
happening."
“You will be the one
to stop the war—the war I’m creating between our rivalry and friendship.” Virgo
said, “The war that Kyra and I made a promise a long time ago.”
“That’s all?” Ciara
shouted in disgust, “You’re creating this war just to determine your
friendship!?” Ciara tightened her fists, “You’re planning to involve many
innocent people in this fight, so you can determine who is the strongest of you
two?"
Virgo seized Ciara’s
hair, hauling her head up. Ciara gritted her teeth painfully. Virgo said
darkly, “You know nothing about me. The real villain is Kyra, not me!”
When Virgo let go of
Ciara’s hair, a helmet cupped her head. Ciara opened her eyes and heard beeping
sounds and the sizzling of circuit inside the helmet.
Target reach. Blind Candidate
Ciara Plop.
Searching for data. 15
results found. 100% complete.
Virgo burst into an
ear-piercing shriek. “Goodbye, Blind Candidate. You lose.”
A searing pain
throbbed inside Ciara’s head, as if it was splitting her mind in half. Ciara
screamed, until the white light began to spread across her vision, filling
everything with brightness.
z
The first thing that
came into Ciara's mind was white. Where am I? She looked down, but there
weren’t shadows forming around her feet. She started to walk around, and
noticed her stomach injury was gone. In fact, there wasn't any pain at all.
Am I
dead?
She looked around.
Everything was so white and empty. And it seemed like she was the only person
in it. Gingerly, she touched her forehead, trying to recall the past events in
her mind. She remembered Virgo pushing her head on the Mind Chair. But was she
dead?
Boom!
Ciara was thrown
backward when a series of images begun to spin across the air. Her heart
throbbed in her chest. What is this? Ciara thought. Why are there so
many pictures in here? The colored images were moving inside their
invisible frames. Where am I? Ciara touched her eyelids. She could
perfectly see it. Her vision was clear again, as if the blindness disappeared
from her eyes.
World search. Metric.
Ciara. Friends. Family. Complete. 100% scan. 1,098, 756, 583. Images. 13, 456,
109, 410. 98 videos found.
x.x.x.x. Visualization.
14. 56 percent. Blindness. 10.96 %. X
She could pinpoint
the image on the right, where Chase, Liam and Ciara were walking together at
the forest. Her eyes widened. This was the first time she saw the Crude
Brothers in real details.
Liam was awfully
handsome. His hair was ginger; his eyes were the color of leaves. He simply
looked charming, with a slightly troublesome face and a bad-boyish glance.
Then there was
Chase. The Crude Brothers looked like twins—with the same ginger hair and green
eyes, except for their height, and cheekbones. Chase looked very gentle and
kind, while Liam looked like a naughty kid who had just stole an apple from the
Epicenter.
And then, there was
Ciara. Ciara couldn’t believe it. She could finally see her actual appearance.
At that time, she still had long straight brown hair, and…pale gray eyes
without any pupils. She looked perfectly healthy, except for her thin legs and
arms.
Ciara gazed up and
saw many moving pictures invading the white spaced air. Why am I seeing
this? Ciara thought. These are all my memories…
She raised her hand
to touch the images, but her hand just passed through them as if she was a
ghost. There were so many faces and colors to begin with. It was like a
colorful paradise.
Input.
Epicenter_Empress: Virgo Victoria.
“Amazing!”
Ciara whisked her
head, and saw a red-haired woman standing on her right side. The first thing
that came in her mind was the crimson gown. There was only person who wore that
was…Virgo.
“I see, so these are
your memories,” Virgo said eagerly, beaming like a child. Her appearance made
Ciara’s stomach tighten in fear. Blood. Red. Virgo exclaimed, "At
last! I have finally entered your mind. Now I can extract your deepest thoughts
and set this world in fire!"
Ciara wrinkled her
nose. She's insane.
“Stop her, Ciara.”
Virus detected! Trojan
horse. Leverie Plop!
Danger level 100%
Ciara turned around
to see a familiar face standing beside her. Her eyes widened at the sight. Leverie.
Ciara immediately
recognized her sister because of her familiar curly blond hair, but when she
looked up to see her sister's face, she almost threw up. Her eyes, just like
what Liam said, were the strangest ones she had ever seen.
It was purple, and
the pupils were replaced by circular rings that extended up to her eyeballs. What
happened to Leverie? Ciara said.
Her sister looked so
different. A few years ago, Leverie looked like an angel, with a smiling face
and beautiful doe-shaped eyes. Now she looked like a killing machine. A
warrior.
Then, flashy green
lights appeared in front of her.
Fission bomb_ Remaining
Time:
00: 00: 00: 10
Ciara’s heart
lurched in her chest. Only ten seconds
left.
“You need to stop
her, Ciara.” Leverie shouted. “Do you want to be gone forever? Do you want
Virgo to take what is inside you?” Leverie shouted, “Do you want to leave your
comrades behind!?”
Ciara flinched, ‘But
why are you here? What are you doing inside my head?”
7 seconds.
“Listen to me,
Ciara.” Leverie said, “I was born with power to infiltrate someone’s mind and
hide their memories. But with the technology slightly increasing its potential,
my powers can’t longer protect your memories from Virgo. Father and mother did
not tell you this because if the Epicenter has found out about my power, they
would kill you.” Leverie continued, “The reason why you failed to remember your
memories is because I put a block on your mind. And I’m sorry about it.”
5 seconds…
“Why are you telling
me this?” Ciara said.
“Because…” Leverie
slowly walked toward her, and the next thing, she was already beside Ciara,
leaning down to whisper in her ear.“…I’m not what you seemed to think.”
Crack.
Leverie stabbed the
sword between the moving images, and soon, the wall began to have spider web
cracks forming across the sword.
Alert! Fission bomb control corrupted!
00: 00: 00: 03
“No!” Virgo shouted,
clawing her hands on the moving images. “What’s happening!? Why is it
breaking!?” She screamed frantically, trying to catch the fallen images, but
one by one, the images began to disappear in her hands. “NO! NO!”
Ciara turned around,
and saw Leverie facing her, “The only thing that can disarm the bombs is to
destroy your past memories. You won’t be remembering them for a while, but
still you get to keep your present memories. Don’t you see, Ciara? Your
memories are the source of power given to the bombs. If the source of their
energy has been cut off, they wouldn’t regenerate anymore.”
Bomb deactivated. Code
granted. System terminated. Memory shutting down in 3 s.
“I don’t want to
lose you, Ciara.” Leverie whispered.
“Leverie,” Ciara
started to cry, “Thank you,”
“Whatever you do,
the old me is still inside your heart,” Leverie said, and slowly disappeared.
“I’m waiting for you to save me.”
And then she was
gone.
“I will…” Ciara
smiled as the images exploded behind her.
z
It took Ciara some
time to recover what happened, because by the time she woke up, Virgo had been
blasted backward. The metal clamps broke free, releasing her hands, and
destroying her helmet from the loud impact. Ciara heard Virgo crashing on the
ground, and the sizzling of wires and smoke coming from the chair. Ciara
blinked.
She was back to the
real world. Slowly, she moved her hands to touch her stomach, feeling the blood
soaking her clothes. I’m still alive…The images were blurry again.
Nothing like the one in her white world. I’m blind again.
“No! My fission
bombs. It can’t be…why…” Virgo shrieked, “Why didn’t my plan worked—”
Suddenly, Ciara
heard someone grabbing Virgo’s throat, squeezing her neck. Ciara carefully leap
out of the chair, and saw a dark-haired boy gripping Virgo up in the air. Her
heart turned cold. Liam.
“I’m not done with
you yet, Virgo!” Liam barked. Ciara noticed Liam was slightly limping when he
stood up. Liam’s leg had been shot from earlier, Ciara thought. “I
finally heard everything—starting from taking over the world, and your plan to
start a war.” Liam roared, “This is the end for you! I won’t let you hurt
anyone anymore now that the bombs have been deactivated!”
But after a few
seconds, nothing happened. Liam can kill a person when he gets really mad…Ciara
thought. So why…
Virgo laughed, her
voice echoing across the room. Liam seemed to be confused, because his power
wasn't working on Virgo. Why…Ciara thought. Liam accidentally killed
the deer and Eliza so why won’t it work on Virgo?
Virgo didn’t stopped
laughing, so Liam threw her off the ground to shut her up. Liam gritted his
teeth, “Why aren’t you dead!? You are supposed to be bleeding by now!”
“You will never kill
me in a million years, Liam Crude.” Virgo chuckled, “Because I too, have been conducted
as a test subject by my own mother.”
“What?” Ciara and
Liam uttered in astonishment.
Virgo continued to
laugh. Ciara whirled around, checking if her sister was still there. But
Leverie wasn't there. She disappeared. So Leverie did really save me.
Ciara thought.
“When I was a child,
I had been injected by a nullification substance to keep me immortal.” Virgo
sneered, “All of your powers won't work on me. That’s why you can’t kill me.
That’s why I’m still alive!” Virgo burst into a high pitch laughter, “You will
never become normal again, Liam Crude. We are destined to become monsters. You
and I are alike,” Virgo said, “There’s no turning back. There’s no Cure for us,
Liam. Nothing.”
Ciara could see
Liam’s hands shaking tremendously.
“We will continue to
become the villains of this Society,” Virgo said, “The only thing that keeps us
living is our hatred. The power to destroy—the power to kill…”
“No…’ Liam staggered
back, “That can’t be true.”
“Face the reality,
Liam Crude,” Virgo said, “It’s in your fate. There’s nothing you can do to
change that.”
“No…” Liam clenched
his teeth, “No!”
“Liam…” Ciara said,
“We need to get out.” Ciara gazed at the two fallen figures on the ground. Chase
and Macie can still make it if we leave now…Ciara thought. And since
Leverie is gone, this is the perfect chance to escape. “Liam, Chase is
still breathing. We can still save him.”
“Mark my words,
Crude…” Virgo’s laugh died down, “You will never become normal again…Once
you’ve made up your mind, come to me, so you can finally settle this with your
Specialist.”
It took longer for
Liam to decide which path to take. To obey Virgo, or to save his brother. Ciara
wasn’t sure what he wasn’t going to do, but when she noticed that Liam was
picking up the fallen figures, she knew they were going to escape.
“Ciara,” Liam said.
He must be carrying Chase and Macie on his shoulders, Ciara thought. ‘Take my
hand.” She could still hear the anger in his raspy tone.
With no time to
waste, Ciara took Liam’s bloody hand and slammed their bodies against the
window, escaping the White House.