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"In no man's land, alien is the queen."

― Toba Beta

"THEY RAN AWAY you useless pieces of-"

Helene consciously took a step back. Was it just her or was she acting pathetic and more pathetic by the day? She blamed it on saying on the ship for far too long. It was driving her insane.

"Yes, we can see that sir," Ella snapped. "Stop just standing there and send some of your people after them!"

The Captain turned his icy glare to Helene's older sister and said, "I do not have people to spare on this useless mission-"

Trying to step up her game, Helene interrupted, "You won't be saying that when all countries are overrun by Creatures and you lay there dying."

He turned to look at her, and suddenly Helene regretted saying anything at all. She seriously needed to stop being so pathetic. So she lifted her chin and looked him in the eye. Strangely, the man's eyes glowed golden.

Helene blinked and they turned back to black.

"I see." He stroked his beard. "Helene, a word please?"

"I'm busy," she pulled it cool. "I've got some things to do."

"Hmm." She heard him mutter.

Before anyone could say anything at all, she stalked off, straight towards the direction of her room, ready to go to sleep.

When she froze, her hand still on the doorknob.

Was she going to have those nightmares again? Was she going to wake up, and start throwing up painfully in the toilet? Was it supposed to stop now that Legion and her had taken a small trip into her head?

Shaken from the thoughts, Helene entered her room and locked the door behind her. She eyed her bed, and then began to change into her more comfortable clothes. It was quite early to go to sleep. It was in fact only 9:00 PM but Helene decided she needed an escape from life for a little while.

She lay down in her bed, and cozied up in her blankets, her hair caccooning her head, sliding down her face tickling her ear.

And before she knew it, exhaustion took over and she was knocked out.

»»————-❈————-««

"NOW LISTEN CAREFULLY, class." The teacher smiled. "Today's lesson is a bit more-advanced."

Helene looked around, feeling sudden excitement in her stomach, like little bubbles floating around. She noticed kids sitting around her, on their brown table and chairs.

She was in school once again.

"Today's lesson is about the Elements. Someone tell me how many there are, and then what they are."

A girl raised her hand, it shot straight up into the air.

"Roanna?"

"There are five, Miss Grey. Mind control, Fire, Ice, Water, Air, Earth and Absorber. The Elements are the rarest powers in the Scars world. They exceed to such a limit, no one really knows what they can really do." Roanna grinned and shot the girl beside her a dirty look.

The teacher didn't miss it, but let it pass for once. "Correct. We have two students who have rare powers in our class. Helene and Cassius. One is fire and the other is ice. How opposite."

The children turned around to gaze at them both as they sat in the back, doodling in their notebooks.

"I would appreciate it if you both listened. This could help you someday." Miss Grey said and began to pace. "Everyone raise your hand and tell me a person you know who has one of these powers."

Helene's hand shot up into the air.

The teacher chose a kid in the front who muttered, "Prince Legion has Mind powers."

"Ooh! Helene has fire!"

"And Cas! He has ice!"

Helene frowned at all the students standing up and yelling out and so she stood up too and said out loud, "My older sister Ella has water powers."

"My brother has air powers." Cas added.

Miss Grey raised her hands for order. Instantly, everyone sat down.

"Good. All these powers are very interesting and have something peculiar about them. Every one of them is different. Someone tell me something peculiar about any Element. And raise your hand, thank you very much."

Roanna's hand shot straight into the air once again and she was picked. "Like for example, Absorber. You don't actually know you have it until you see clues and match them together. Usually, when you see your power coming through, you know that it's your power. But when it doesn't come, you know you have the Absorber because in order to have powers, you need to absorb someone else's powers."

Miss Grey clapped her hands together, hr face proud. "Very good job Roanna. I am very proud of you."

Roanna sat higher in her chair and Helene secretly threw a crumpled piece of paper at her head.

Thwack.

It sounded as it hit the ground. The teacher ignored it as Roanna sent Helene a death glare and she sent one right back.

"Your homework for today is-"

Everything went suddenly black.

Weird pictures suddenly came in her vision.

She felt something burning in her veins.

She heard someone gasp, their voice echoing in her mind.

"Thank you."

"Don't let it go."

It was a girl speaking to some man.

The vision disappeared, and was replaced with a girl dancing in the fire.

She was laughing.

"Look! Look at me!"

There was a sudden woosh, and there she was. Helene could see a younger her bent over something, fire blazing in her veins. It was red and orange, fiery and fierce. Hot and burning, dancing in the dark night.

Then it was gone. And all Helene was left was with darkness.

»»————-❈————-««

HELENE WAS UP on her bed in a heartbeat. She was breathing hard, sweat on her forehead.

"That was an okay dream," She panted. "I'm not dead yet."

She could hear shouting outside her room, orders being given and the screaming of Brenna above theirs. Helene sighed and climbed out of her bed. Squinting at the clock on her side table, she began to dress for the day. Slipping on a tank top and shorts, Helene made her way outside. It was only seven in the morning, and everyone was awake and moving about.

"Helene!" Cas waved her over from the top of the deck where everyone was gathering. "Over here!"

Helene climbed over the rails and received a few glares which she promptly ignored. Landing with light thud on the top deck, she joined the others who stood near the Captain. It seemed as if the Captain was preparing for some sort of announcement, his eyes piercing Helene's.

"Good morning everyone. Today I have gathered you all here for a little-what do you call it-a heads up? Yes. I have gathered you here for a heads up. There has been trouble on this ship as you all have been notified. This trouble has caused some more trouble-"

"And basically what he means is that there is no food left and you all suckers are going to die!" Cas yelled.

Helene gave him a look which caused him to put his hands up in surrender. She rolled her eyes.

No wonder he was her best friend.

Everyone began to talk at once. The Captain was too busy glaring at Cas to stop them, his black demon eyes glinting in the broad sun. The cane in his hand twitched, as if he wanted to bash his head with it.

Helene couldn't help the smirk appear on her face.

"Oh, wipe it off," Brenna scoffed. "This means no food, genius. Not until a couple of hours until we get there."

The smirk disappeared off her face in an instant. "No food? What?"

Ella eyed Helene tiredly. She looked like she hadn't slept the whole night.

"I can't survive without foooood!" Raylan moaned.

Helene noticed the dark circles under his eyes, as well as the tired look in them. She could smell some yummy drama in the distance.

In midst the talking and yelling, Helene walked over to Ella and said in a low voice, "What happened between you and Raylan?"

Ella looked at her in surprise, something Helene thought she was incapable of doing. She quickly hid it and shrugged as if nothing had happened.

"No, seriously. I want to know." Helene urged.

"Nothing." She snapped.

Helene eyed her back, "Something really did happen-"

"SHUT UP!" Brenna yelled.

Instantly, the talking ceased and everyone was looking at Brenna with weird looks. "Okay, look. We'll be-sorry I mean you will be-arriving at your destined place in about eight to nine hours. I'm sure you can starve until then. Take it as if you are fasting. There is only a small amount of food left and that will be given to the small kids on this ship. Adults and teens, stay out of it."

Everyone was nodding. Brenna looked so intimidating, that a little kid started to cry, pointing at her and calling her a monster. Brenna sent the kid a scowl and hopped off the railing and towards her room, dragging Raylan and Legion with her.

"Don't disturb us until we get there. We're working on our alliance papers. Adios!"

Helene turned to Ella to interrogate her further but she disappeared. Helene turned to Cas and wiggled her eyebrows. "It's just us, amigo."

Cas rolled his eyes and they looped elbows and began to pace the ship, close to the railing that overlooked the water beneath.

"Do you think they will say yes to our alliance?" Cas asked curiously after a while as they paced, their arms no longer looped together.

Helene shrugged. "Hopefully. I mean, all we have to do is sound extra convincing right? I'm sure they'll agree."

"Right." Was Cas's reply.

They paced some more.

They spent hours, talking and laughing, catching up on everything they had missed.

After a while, they stopped at the empty and closed bar, happy and content. That is, until Brenna stomped over to them and ruined their mood.

"I need to borrow Cas, here." Then she pushed Legion into Helene's face. "You two haven't talked in a while. Now's a great time to talk. Here." She forced Legion to sit down.

Then, without letting Cas to say goodbye, she dragged him away, protesting.

Helene and Legion sat in a very awkward silence, staring at where Brenna had been a moment ago.

"Right," Legion turned to her and pursed his lips. "Hello."

Helene made a face and said, "Hello? Wow, looks like you've lost your charm."

Legion cleared his throat, gazing out towards the water. "We aren't ready for the alliance. I'm sure they'll say no."

"If they do, we still have other options."

"They'll end up working with the winning side. And that won't be us."

"You have such less faith in us," Helene muttered.

Legion laughed. "Yeah, so would you if you were in my place."

Helene bit her lip.

The water seemed so calm and smooth, rippling and glinting under the sun that was shining brightly above. Helene watched the waves. Ew, why was she watching the stupid waves? Oh right, because Legion was right beside her.

"Ugh, this is all your fault. Now I have to watch the waves," Helene grumbled out loud.

Legion looked slightly taken aback. "You don't have to. I mean, you could leave whenever you want. I'm not stopping you."

Helene threw her arms up. "I know!" she exclaimed. "Now that makes it so much worse! Because I'm staying!"

"Okay?" Legion said in a confused voice.

Helene glared at him. "Don't okay me! Talk! Now!"

"Erm. We are talking," Legion said.

"Not like that! I mean-agh!" Helene groaned in frustration. She looked at him, at the rolling water beneath them and she was transported back into her mind, back where she and Legion had nearly drowned. She saw again when they had escaped her own mind, how he had sat there and not uttered a single word, how she had been worried. How was she supposed to tell the stupid prince that?

"I can hear you thinking," Legion muttered. "It's sweet. You care."

Helene's scowl deepened. "Get out of my head."

"I'm not in your head. It's like you're shouting all of these things to me, but in our heads, of course," Legion explained.

"What?"

"It looks like we have some sort of connection after we almost drowned in your head," Legion said.

"Ugh, don't remind me."

"You're the one who was thinking about it!" Legion exclaimed.

"I know! But still," Helene looked away, then back at him. "Are you okay?" she asked in an unsure voice.

"Yeah," Legion sighed, then turned his face away. "I almost killed you, if that's what you're wondering. That's why I was sulking before. Not because I almost drowned."

"Oh," was all Helene said, so unsure of what to say. "Um, it was my head. So it's safe to say it was my fault."

"Oh, now we're playing the blame game," Legion said with a small smile. "But seriously, it's not me who just watched their own friends betray them, and then had to torture them. How are you holding up?"

This was a very strange conversation Helene was having, usually she would brush it off, all of these feelings, but with Legion, it was different. With Legion, standing there with his open, honest face, with his sweet, sweet concern and Helene almost melted under his gaze.

"Yeah, I-" Helene let out a shaky breath. What the hell was going on? She was a soldier, and that had been her mission. She had completed it and she should be proud, not a crying mess. "Yeah, I-"

Suddenly there were arms engulfing her, pulling her closely and for once in her life she let herself be held.

"I know, I know," Legion smoothed her hair as he held on to her, letting her count her breaths until they stopped shaking.

"It's not fair! I was supposed to say goodbye to them, you know? To hug them and then be off on my mission and come back to go to the ice cream parlor and talk about Lavynder's latest crushes and Erza's paintings. Not to torture them and then help them escape because I-"

Shit. She had not meant to give herself away.

Helene began to pull away from him in a rush to get away. "It was an accident, I swear, I mean they were-and I was- and they were covered in blood- and I-"

But Legion simply pulled her back against him. "It's okay, it's okay, your secret's safe with me."

"What, but-"

"I get it, I really do." Legion said. "And maybe when you see them again, they might help you. Afterall, they now owe you a debt."

"Well, I mean that's not why I did it, but-"

It was then that Helene was interrupted by a horn blaring and a loud noise that sounded a lot like a pipe.

The captain was on the top of the ship, holding a golden horn, his hands clutching the rod and yelled, "Land Ahoy!"

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