Chapter 13: Hide and Death
When we had got home, Natsu had dragged Lucy upstairs and occupied my bedroom. So, Abigail and I occupied the basement, making sure to take off our costumes and get rid of the makeup (on her) and face paint (on me). Abigail put on the spare pajamas she always left here and I put on my pajama pants before we went down as well. "Wanna watch a movie?" I asked her. "Sure! What do you have?" She asked, leaning her head on my shoulder as I looked for a movie. "Hmm... Avengers, Batman versus Superman, Mockingjay 2, any of the Harry Potter's..." I stated. "You decide." She said, going to make the couch in the basement into a bed. I then picked up Pirates of The Caribbean and went to set it up. When I sat beside her to watch the movie and she snuggled up to me. As the movie played, we just stayed silent and enjoyed each other's presence.
"I was scared you know..." She stated, breaking the silence. I looked down at her. "From me running off?" I asked. She nodded her head and looked up at me. "I thought that you wouldn't return and you would end up in a ditch somewhere..." She said, a tear rolling down her face. "Abbey..." I said, mournfully. I wrapped her in a tight hug. "I'll never do that to you." I said. But... I'm gonna die though... and if what my prediction said is right, then it's going to be soon. I looked into her eyes as she looked into mine. We both leaned in at the same time and began to kiss. The kiss then led to a make out session, which led to us doing a bit more.
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I groggily woke up to the sound of birds chirping and movement going around upstairs. There was some laughter as well as the familiar voices of Natsu and Gray fighting. I opened up my eyes and slowly leaned up on one of my arms. I heard a familiar yawn and saw Abigail beside me, her hair a bit messy and the quilt covering her bare top. She groaned as she sat up bringing the quilt with her. "Mhm... Morning..." She said looking over her shoulder at me, her eyes slightly closed with a small smile. I gave her one in return. I kissed her shoulder blade and felt her shiver. "Come on... before the others start wondering where we are." I told her. We slowly untangled ourselves and started throwing on our pajamas. I then grabbed a random shirt that was down here drying and threw it on. I helped Abbey put her hair into a ponytail, but then saw a mark in the junction between her shoulder and her neck. It looked like a black skull.
"What's this?" I asked, running a finger over it. Abigail shivered and said "N-Not sure..." Her voice sounded huskily. She turned around once the ponytail was done and looked at the juncture of my neck and shoulder as well. "Is that... a yellow halo?" Abigail asked, doing the same thing I did. A wave of pleasure went through me and I gasped. "You okay?" She asked. "Y-Yeah... L-Let's go." I told her grabbing her hand and heading upstairs. When we got to the door, we undid the barrier surrounding the door and walked up to the main floor. Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Rachel and my mom were lounging around, talking and laughing. "Hey!" We called to them with a smile. They looked in our direction and greeted us. "Hey guys! Good Morning!" Lucy said with a smile. Mom gave me a glare and a raised eyebrow. "What?" I asked. "Look at the time." She told me. I looked and saw that the clock read 8:30 am. "Shit! My daily routine is off!" I screamed, hurrying upstairs to get changed into my track suit.
My track suit consisted of a grey t-shirt and grey track pants. I quickly made my way downstairs and slipped on my running shoes. “Where do you think you’re going?” Abigail asked, a scolding look on her face. I gave her a smirk and I said “What? You think keeping a body this great just comes naturally?” Abigail blushed. “Whatever. Just be back by 10 for breakfast.” She said with a smile and moving out of the way. I gave her a smile in return, plugged in my ear buds and head out the door. As I began my jog, something felt off. It felt like I was being watched and followed. As I made it to the park off my street, a gun shot rang out and a stray bullet went sailing in front of my face. I skidded to a halt and fell backwards.
“Ah…” I hissed. I quickly stood up and looked around. “Who’s there!?” I called out. It was quiet. Then, I heard someone step on a twig and looked in the direction of a couple of trees. A man with two pistols came into view. He was about 5'7". He wore all silver colored clothing. He also wore a silver mask, covering his whole head. I got into a defensive position as he slowly raised his hand to the mask. Once he removed the mask, I froze and paled. "W-What? Wh... Why?" I questioned him. He just gave me a malicious smile and an evil chuckle. He ran a hand through his dark hair and his chocolate brown eyes were filled with insanity. "Well, Matthew did warn you! I am a traitor. I was promised riches and power by Zeref himself!" Drake stated. He raised one of his pistols at me and readied his trigger finger.
Just before he pulled the trigger, a silver arrow knocked the pistol out of his hand. "What the-!" Drake yelled. "Wow Drake. That's rather rude, trying to kill one of your friends." A familiar voice said. We looked towards the park and saw a teenage girl sitting on top of the jungle gym. She wore a silver parka and had on beige pants. A silver bow and a silver quiver filled with arrows were swung over her shoulder. She had brown hair and amber colored eyes. Her hair was in a fishtail braid, thrown over her shoulder. "No way..." I muttered. "Nicole!?" Drake hissed in anger. She smiled and stood up. As quick as lightning, she was on the ground, two arrows aimed at Drake and I as well as her bowstring drawn back. As Drake and Nicole traded insults, I took out Selene's key. "Selene! Warn the others!" I yelled, summoning the goddess and interrupting Drake and Nicole. Selene then appeared, but she was running away from the scene super-fast.
"Gotcha!" She yelled, running away. Nicole aimed both arrows at me and fired. I dodged and Drake fired at Nicole, which also missed. I then ran towards Nicole as she readied another shot. I dove under her and quickly got back up. I ran towards Altona school when a gun shot rang out and a bullet missed me by a centimeter. I stumbled a bit, but then ran around the baseball diamond. I was almost at St. Elizabeth Seton when Nicole appeared and shot an arrow at me. I clenched my fist and my shadow lurched up from the ground and grabbed the arrow from the air. "Ha!" I said, running around her as she readied a dagger. Said dagger flew past me and into one of the windows. It broke the window and I jumped through it, the window crashing around me. I rolled on the ground to absorb the impact.
I looked around and found myself in a kindergarten classroom. "ROBERT!" I heard Drake call out. I rushed into the main part of the school. All the lights were off, making it a bit dark. Perfect. I ran through the halls and upstairs. I heard the windows breaking and crashing to the ground as well. I ran into Nicole as I turned a corner. She readied her bow and I stopped moving. We were at a stalemate. "We can talk about this." I told her as we began circling each other. "You're right. We can." She said, still aiming at me. "Then just put down your bow." I told her quietly. "Not happening." She replied. "Fair enough..." I told her, then began my story. I told her from the first nightmare to the gods in the forest last night. "Woah..." She replied. She had lowered her bow. "Yeah." I agreed.
"WHERE ARE YOU!?" Drake called. "C'mon!" I hissed, grabbing her hand. We ran to the stairs and jumped out the window from the second story. We covered our faces with our forearms. We barrel rolled on the ground to absorb the impact. "I hear you!" We heard Drake call out. "Come on!" Nicole yelled, rushing towards the field. I was about to follow her until I felt someone grab my collar and throw me at the wall. "Argh!" I grunted in pain. "Robert!" I heard Nicole yell. I felt the guy then kick me as I tried to get up, resulting me to fall to the ground coughing. "Humph... Pitiful..." A masculine voice said. The guy kicked me again, sending me skidding on the ground and rolling onto the ground. I groaned in pain, my eyes closed. "L-Lord Saturn..." I heard Drake say. "What was taking you so long to kill this sorry excuse of a boy?" Saturn asked. "Robert..." Nicole called out, slowly helping me sit up.
I opened my eyes and saw that my vision was swimming. I tried to focus on the blurry figures in front of me. The silver of Drake's clothes stood out, but so did the golden color of the man beside him. "I'm sorry my lord, but you know how much I like to play with my victims." Drake said. I could hear the evil smile in his voice. "Robert!" I heard the call of my friends. I started taking deep breathes. "What are you doing?" Saturn asked. That’s when I let out a loud, ferocious roar. "I heard him! This way!" I heard Natsu say. "OW! MY EARS!" Drake screamed in pain. "What did you do!?" The man asked. I smirked. "Sorry Nicole." I told her. "Ow. My ears." She growled at me. "Saturn, better known as Kronos. Titan of time." I spoke, standing up. My vision was still blurry. "Yes. That is me. Now what did you do!?" Kronos hissed at me. Just as my eyesight came back, I saw Erza behind him in her Heaven's Wheel Armor, five swords floating above her head.
"Called in back up." I said. Then Erza yelled "Circle Sword! Dance, my blades!" This caused both Kronos and Drake to look over their shoulders as a mass of spinning blades went at them. "Shit!" Drake yelled, dodging the swords. Kronos merely sidestepped the blades, allowing them to hit the ground. "Missed." Kronos said. That's when a blue hairbrush went sailing over and hit Kronos in the eye. He yelled in pain as I heard Rachel yell "Yes! Bullseye!" I looked over and saw everyone that was at the house ready for a fight. Selene was leading the charge. "Oracle of Delphi! You dare humiliate me again with this useless piece of plastic!?" Kronos screamed in anger. He had both his hands covering his right eye. Rachel just smirked and put a hand on her hip. "I dare alright. You can't touch me without feeling the wrath of the Fates." She fired back.
Kronos gave an animalistic growl. "I could smite you in a second!" He growled, pulling out an iron sickle. "And you would face the gods wrath! Apollo would be on you in a second, Zeus would be furious, Ananke would make your fate a living hell!" I told him, grabbing my scythe pendant from my shirt and ripping it off the chain. It then grew to become my scythe. Nicole stood up and readied her bow. Drake pulled out his pistols and pointed them at either side of him, walking in front of Kronos. I glanced over at my friends and saw them slowly surround Kronos. Abigail had her rapier out, Lucy had her whip in her hand, Natsu's fists were enlightened, Wendy had wind whipping all around her while Gray was in his Ice-Make stance. Clary, Jace, and Erza had their swords ready. We stayed still for a while, waiting for someone to make a move.
That's when the worse thing happened, Natsu and Gray got antsy. The sprinted to Drake and Kronos, ready to attack. "Wrong move!" Drake yelled, aiming his guns at Natsu and Gray, firing. Both got shot in the arm and fell to the ground, stiffening. "Natsu! Gray!" Lucy yelled. "Paralyzed." Drake said, aiming his guns at Rachel. "Poison!" He then yelled, firing the shots. Time slowed for all of us. We watched the bullet soar through the air and towards a stunned Rachel. She but her arms in front of her head and chest, covering her face and heart. "No!" I yelled. Then, something strange happened. A dagger intercepted the bullet, causing it to ricochet and hit the ground in front of my feet. I managed to jump back so it didn’t hit my feet. "What!?" Drake said, angered.
"Whew! Made it!" I heard a familiar voice call. I looked towards the portables in the playground and saw Bella panting, looking exhausted with Delphi right beside her, her face grim. "Bella? Leave before he kills you!" I yelled at her. "Not... On... your... life... Whew... I need to work out more..." She panted, falling to her knees. "Kronos... A pleasure." Delphi said, bowing. "But... you're only the spirit of her! Why do you have a physical body!?" Kronos hissed. That's when Kronos' shadow pulled itself up from the ground and hovered over his ear. Kronos' face then had very different emotions. First was confusion, then was shock, then came anger, then came an evil smirk. "Silver Ghost. We're leaving." Kronos said, his smirk widening as the shadow fell back down. Drake spun on him and said "What!? For what reason!?" Kronos just grabbed his arm as the shadows around them consumed them.
My dragon amulet began shaking, so I pulled it out and looked at it. It was shaking vigorously, its eyes glowing. "Robert." Natsu called in a warning tone. I looked up and saw Natsu, Lucy, Wendy and Abigail with their necklaces out. All of them were glowing. "Ah shit." I said, turning my scythe back into its pendant and darkness covering my arms to the elbow. "What's happening?" Erza asked. "Get ready," I told them, "cause we're about to go head-to-head with a Dragon."
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