They should be searching for more weapons, but that stopped for a bit. Eden watched Bryce and Mia face each other with white buckets on their heads.

"Mia, you know you're going to run into my chest. Actually, you'll end up tripping before you reach me," Bryce said slyly.

The two were playing that idiotic game Bryce created when they got bored in detention. They were forced to clean the chalkboard with water, but they didn't fill up the buckets.

"Um, no? I'll be the first one to push you down," Mia slurred as she put her bucket down.

"Go!" Will called.

Bryce stood still, putting one foot behind and the other in front. Mia started running but tripped over her boot and onto the dirty flooring.

"I win!" Bryce gloated, his tongue out. He held the black bucket in his hand and dropped it on her chest.

"It's because you're tall," Mia complained as she tried to whip the bucket at Bryce.

Eden twisted a bow in her fingers, which she had found in the box of random weapons. It was one of those real ones that would be used to kill animals.

"Who are you going to kill with that?" Mia asked as she wobbly lifted herself up.

"That ugly thing," Eden said nonchalantly.

Eden glanced out the dark window at the east end of the school. From the wide window, she could clearly see a small glow of flames from town.

"We need to gather cleaning supplies," Eden said.

"Are you in the mood to clean?" Bryce asked with a smirk.

"Cleaning supplies cause fires, which we'll need," she said.

One of the first chemicals she knew that would create a fire would be bleach. It was the starter object for anything, and people always told her it was a hazard at school. In the gang, it was just used to create fires.

"We aren't blowing up the bubble," Will started laughing.

"Ah, so someone else is burning Simcoe," Bryce implied.

Mia pressed her face against the dirty window. "I thought the downtown was ash by now," she said.

Will held the back of Mia's head, pressing it against the dirty glass.

"Of course it isn't ash now because she didn't burn everything. I told you this during the six-month period of freedom; do you not remember?" Eden snapped with narrowed eyebrows.

It got on her nerves when she constantly had to repeat things to these idiots. Everything she says should be remembered when people listen to her.

"Sometimes I miss when you acted like a religious freak because you didn't get mad every ten seconds," Mia sighed, waving a hand.

She wasn't a religious girl during that free period. Since people began to understand that she was lying the entire time, she acted how she normally did when they did stuff: demanding. It was always that everything had to go her way, or she'd create some type of violence.

"Well, she technically can't be religious when she's covered up murder. Well, you've done worse," Will said with a laugh.

Eden smiled because it was true. During her time in Sanguine, another street gang got into a fight with them. The main leader on their end had caused major injuries as her gang leader, named Scott, murdered the guy. How she had been involved would be by throwing his body in a dumpster.

"Where do they keep cleaning supplies?" Mia asked.

"Somewhere," Will remarked as he laughed.

"Obviously in a cleaning closet," Bryce said with a smirk.

"Do they clean the closet all day?" Mia asked dumbly.

Bryce smacked Mia in the back of the head.

"Follow the intelligent one," Bryce said with a grin. Bryce walked down the hall as Eden watched Mia get ready to throw the bucket at Bryce. "I'll be showing you the job you'll end up having, Mia."

Eden never thought about having an actual job. She liked it better running around with delinquent activity because then she didn't have to tell people her past. Telling people was just annoying and always gave that pitiful expression because she hadn't seen her siblings in years.

"I'm not being a janitor! I'll work as a pharmacologist," Mia said.

"Mia working in a pharmacy? They won't allow you to work there. We'd all be working in some fast-food restaurant," Will laughed.

"It will be a plot twist where Eden ends up working at a church," Bryce said.

"Why the hell would I work at a church? My mind hurts from memorizing those Bible verses," Eden spat.

Memorizing Bible verses took months, and she had to reread them multiple times daily. The school social worker thought it was amazing she turned a new outlook, but it was all an act. If she used an image like a religious freak, people would avoid her or look for a new outlook.

Eden watched Bryce open a small door that hadn't been broken. Inside, the dark room was cold, with mops against the wall. There were bottles and sprays of cleaning supplies, and her eyes glowed at the sight. There were clear spray bottles of different supplies as Will picked up a bottle.

"This will all start a fire?" Will asked as he shook the bottle up and down.

"No, some are more reactive than others," Eden stated.

They all looked lost, as if the words had flown over their heads. As Eden picked up a bottle of Windex, she shook it up and down repeatedly. When it came to causing fires, it may have been known as a passion to her.

"What's that!" Mia was awed as she pressed her face against the window.

From below, they could see random people with different skin colours circling the area. They looked like a flock of birds together, or even some illusion that you'd randomly see.

"It could be some tree or something," Will said.

"Yes, because I see moving trees around here," Bryce remarked, his eyebrow raised.

"Ashley thought Divina was going to be a tree," Mia said dumbly.

Eden turned to search through the different chemicals in the closet. If there was some new thing to battle, then burning Uden Academy became a suitable choice. Most of the bottles on the shelves were empty, but she still knew how to easily create fires. That was another reason she ran away from the foster home.

Eden still liked playing with fire, as she found it interesting during a summer camp she went to. People had been playing around a bonfire one night, trying to jump over the fire. Seeing how the orange light glowed filled her with awe.

Watching it burn made Eden want to burn things around her. It started with simple things like paper or plants, but she had seen videos of burning cars. It wasn't that she had a psychopathic urge like Luke, but it made her excited. Watching things glow in a dark sky is a beautiful sight.

Sanguine gave her that experience of burning things as she stared in awe, seeing fire burn, like how she'll always be burning.

"Eden couldn't care less but wants to blow up something," Bryce said smugly.

"I get to light my fire," Eden said.

This became her time to reveal who the true Eden Weber is under her true persona. She wasn't the girl who acted on the outside until the right opportunity came to act on her actions. She could release everything she's been wanting to do.

Divina stared at Cassandra with narrowed eyes. "Where's that stupid god?" Divina spat.

Cassandra closed her eyes, locating the location in her mind. They stood in some random field that Divina couldn't care less about because she wanted to torture God until it was nothing.

"It's doing something," Cassandra grated as she glared around the area.

Divina felt excited that she had a body that she could access. No more taunting in the ear, but being able to torture that thing. The only thing Divina wanted was a body, since she could torment God once again.

"It will use those illusions," Divina said.

The fearsome child that had been giving all the advantages to the humans. She didn't like how Cassandra was above her in powers, especially because she could wipe away the body.

"You know, God's too dumb to manage to kill them that way. It will fail because it needs sight," Divina sneered.

Cassandra jumped up in the air, floating casually. Divina felt herself thrown in the air with her body flipped upside down.

Ashley didn't have this flight ability, which gave her an advantage. All the abilities would be drained from it, leaving it to die. Yes, that's how she would get her powers back.

Suddenly, she felt herself drop quickly as she grinned in pleasure. Slamming her legs hard against Ashley's skull sent her flying through the dirt. This had become a constant pleasure, but Cassandra was getting exhausted lately.

"You can't stop me," Ashley spat.

Most of Ashley's hair was no longer there. Her entire face was still blood red, and her body appeared crippled. It brought delight to Divina as she grabbed her arm, twisting it in a way that made her scream.

It tried to use those illusions in her head, but Divina did not fear. Hearing a snap, she watched Ashley's right arm hang like a noodle. Ashley cried out in pain as Cassandra still floated in the air, watching the sight.

"What are you using now, pathetic god? Talking trees or barking fish?" Divina mocked.

"Something I'll stop," Cassandra said as she fired a white light at Ashley. The whole body caught fire with a bloody scream, running around the field.

Divina ran at it, despite her body not wanting to run. It made a feral grin appear on her lips, with joy flowing through her entire system. Ashley could suffer in pain because Divina enjoyed seeing it suffer.

"I'm not stopping," Ashley growled.

Divina felt her body thrown back by an invisible force onto the ground. She landed on her back, groaning with a smirk.

"It's not like you can kill me either," Divina sneered. She felt pain in her back, but she didn't care for pain in anything.

Divina watched Cassandra direct her palm at Ashley with that white purple light. Ashley screamed on her knees as Divina grinned in pleasure. However, this made Cassandra slightly tumble back, holding her head.

Seeing a stick on the ground, Divina forcefully grabbed it. As Ashley screamed, she stabbed the stick right through Ashley's right eyeball.

"I don't need powers to torture you," Divina sneered.

Ashley's body withered on the ground in pain, like a fish out of water.

"We need to find some rope. I have an idea what to do," Divina told Cassandra.

Instead of agreeing, Cassandra fell asleep on the ground. If this child kept sleeping, Divina had to come up with a new idea. She grabbed the back of Ashley's shirt and dragged her body.

"You can't drag me far because I have powers," Ashley grated.

"Yes, but I have the power to torture you. I'll find chairs to hit you with or forcefully drown your body," Divina taunted.

What an idiot God was for thinking it could get away from her. There was no way God could ever be the ruler of this place. Divina's the goddess, which means she'll have the upper hand between the two. It wasn't some mutant child, but Divina couldn't rely on this child.

"Don't you miss our fun times together?" Divina taunted as she spotted the Paradise Hotel coming into view.

The hotel had smashed glass for the doors as Divina threw Ashley with the thin hair she had left. There was blood that seeped down her arms and face, with the stick still in her eye. Every time she blinked, the stick moved, but it didn't fall.

The glass cracked on her shoes as she hovered over Ashley. Divina watched her attempt to yank the stick out, but she knew that wouldn't work. When she saw all the glass, she grabbed a piece that made her own hand bleed. Quickly, she sliced Ashley's gruesome face as blood fell.

Divina enjoyed seeing blood since that body was human. Even if that human had been released from its own body, she would have enjoyed the endearing amount of pain.

"I can throw you into that wall," Ashley spat.

"Wouldn't it suck if you became armless, god?" Divina snarled.

"I'll piece back together. You're the idiot, goddess," Ashley spat.

"Why aren't you using your powers, then? Is it because it's just us stars?" Divina sneered, gliding glass down her cheek.

"I'm standing up to everything you've done," Ashley snarled, rolling on her side.

Divina dropped the sharp glass on the floor, gripping Ashley's hands and twisting them behind her back. Watching them slowly turn pale gave Divina a grin. God thinking it can stand up to her? How stupid was this thing?

"We're going to have fun. Hit me or burn me, but I won't disappear," Divina sneered, watching Ashley stand.

They stood at the entrance of the dark resort, Ashley glaring at her. There were knocked-over chairs with papers on the floor. Divina didn't care if this body got injured or beaten to a pulp. All she wanted was to torture this thing for pure amusement.

The three of them floated in the boat near the bubble. James felt shock run through his body with his eyes wide. It wasn't the number of fireworks but the dark sky on the outside.

Police officers were surrounded by a scene in the real world. From the dark sky, both inside and outside, James found it hard to see if there were more bodies around. Some police officers flashed a bright flashlight at the bubble. It made them all cover their eyes with their arms as they eyed more than five hundred fireworks. Yes, there have actually been that many, but James knew that fireworks could actually be filled with toxins.

River didn't exactly know if they had been, but the amount they floated with felt squished. James wondered if the police officers would arrest them for the sight.

"We should set one off to mess with them," Nevaeh remarked, holding an unlit sparkler in her hand.

James looked around the whole area of water before shaking his head. "We'll end up burning the whole area if we even think of doing that," he said.

The police officer had been talking as River's eyes darted away. "Let's go," he muttered.

James fiddled with the engine on the boat that floated in the water.

River shined the light that glowed around his body as they headed back to where a dock would be set. Eli had said that someone may be coming to help them, but James didn't know who.

"Where are we launching them?" River asked.

"One of those safe houses. If we do it in an open space, it will cause attention," James yelled over the roaring engine.

"I thought they were drug houses," Nevaeh called.

Jams spotted the figment of the dock where two people stood there, waiting near the edge. As the boat slowed, it bumped into the wooden dock. All three of them stared up to meet eyes with Eli and Emma.

"Holy," Eli stated as Emma's jaw dropped. They were looking more at the number of fireworks in the boat than at them.

Nevaeh grabbed a few from the box, hurling them onto the wooden dock. "Let's hope you have a car. We have enough to cause a display for both fun and the endgame battle," she said.

James wondered why Emma had been here of all people instead of Esme or Jade aiding in place. When Emma picked up one box, her eyes grew wide.

"How many are you intending to shoot off?" she panicked.

James wobbly climbed out of the boat to aid. He grabbed the boxes easily due to his superhuman strength that allowed him to carry things weightlessly.

"All of them," Nevaeh stated.

James wasn't sure why she was panicking, but he assumed they probably didn't have enough to light all of them.

"I don't think we can do that at the same time. I mean, we don't exactly know the locations of everyone, which could cause danger," Emma rambled.

River and Nevaeh kept hurling out fireworks and sparklers. It seemed like they went to a fireworks store and raided the whole store.

"We thought of taking those Tumblr photos with our sparklers first," Nevaeh said, holding up her wand. "Since we're nearing the endgame, we thought of providing a show."

Eli grabbed one of the boxes to stare in awe. "That would be so cool!" he exclaimed, bouncing on his toes.

James tried to read the instructions, but it became difficult over the darkened sky. "We obviously have to do it in a secret range. I think our best option is near those safe houses," he suggested.

As he picked up a couple of boxes in his arms, Emma was still thinking. Did she still have that connection to Divina, or had that faded since it took Bella's body?

"Is Emma worried that Bryce will get hurt?" Nevaeh teased.

"I'm just worried about safety!" Emma panicked, chewing on her lip.

James wasn't the best when it came to liars, but Emma was lying about being worried.

"Does anyone else know where those safe houses are?" James asked.

River had started to take some of the boxes of fireworks toward a black car nearby, while Eli assisted him.

"All the crackheads do," Emma mumbled.

The dock creaked when James took a step forward, staring down in panic. If this broke, it wouldn't be good for any of them. That had been why they started rushing all the fireworks into the car, fearing they'd lose all they had gained.

"I've seen it, but I'm not good at directions. The only other place we could shoot them from would be the hospital. It's one of the only locations that hasn't been fried," Emma remarked.

River shut the trunk, which he had to slam about five times until it did. When they slid into the car, there were boxes stacked by his feet. Eli started it as he glanced back at them.

"We either stop at Uden Academy to pick up one of them or at the hospital," Eli said.

James thought this over because he knew that safe house had been surrounded by trees. "The hospital," he said.

Eli started the car as they travelled together. It was so tight that his arms actually felt numb. The dark area around them with the patches of light gave them that light they had failed to have for months. It fooled Ashley's vision but left them still terrified. He knew Cassandra or Divina couldn't hunt down that thing forever.

Cassandra is an actual human, unlike Divina, even if she is inside Bella's body. It made James wonder if Divina would ditch Cassandra.

Suddenly, they appeared behind the hospital. They were shaded behind lines of trees with the ditches that once had that purple substance.

Cassandra stood in front of them with her palm directed as she glanced right and left. Emma slid out first as Cassandra searched around. She waved a hand as they quietly got out, keeping her eyes locked on the Paradise Hotel.

"They are in there," she pointed out in a whisper.

"Did Divina ditch you?" Emma asked.

"Yes," Cassandra said sourly.

They could see the Paradise Hotel from behind the hospital, which hid them from all sight. All the sounds were from some shattering of glass that echoed from where they stood.

"We're going to fire those fireworks," Nevaeh whispered.

Cassandra widened her eyes in awe, seeming amazed at the concept of fireworks.

River crept to open the door of the car, grabbing a box. Nevaeh flashed a lighter on a sparkler, with it sparking around.

Cassandra grabbed the end to stare up with wonder. "It's so pretty," she gasped, running around with it.

Emma started panicking because she assumed Cassandra would catch something on fire. James knew she had been smart enough to know that this could catch fire.

"Fireworks are prettier," Eli said.

James watched River try to figure out how to set up fireworks. He held them from the side of the parking garage. He started unloading more boxes as River stared in confusion.

"If we have them directed at Paradise, it could cause an explosion," he stated.

"That way we can cause a distraction," Nevaeh said.

"It could be a show before the final battle," James implied.

They all stared blankly at him because Cassandra didn't seem to know how fireworks worked either. They stared, lining up many together, directed at the resort. Some were set higher than others for those around to see from everywhere.

Nevaeh held one lighter, while Eli held the second in his hand. "Ready?" Eli asked, looking at Nevaeh.

All five of them ran to the side, watching the fireworks glow high in the sky. They started out small, with pink and blue over the water. The ones directed at the hotel shot right through the windows, causing small fires at the top of the building.

The sky glowed in different colours as they all stared. They all popped in the sky as explosions of colours shined all over this place. They would have to move soon, but they couldn't from where they stood.

James watched two bodies go soaring out of the top of the Paradise Hotel. Each went flying in opposite directions, landing flat on the ground. If one was Ashley, she couldn't see them from the darkness around them. He assumed it had been the two fallen stars from up in space.

"Aim one that way," Cassandra said. She pointed at the body nearest the hospital.

James adjusted one of them quickly before it shot off. It shot a red light directed at Ashley before hearing a bloody scream.

"It will damage more of her sight," Emma said.

James knew the dangers of firework malfunctions since it had been in the instructions.

"Which damages her sockets unless Divina somehow removes them," Emma said, appearing nauseous.

"She doesn't have her speed or the powers that make her body light on fire," Cassandra said.

That put Ashley at a disadvantage, but Divina can't toy with her forever. It had been the same with Cassandra draining Ashley's powers away. All of the process had been slow, but they were all fearful of what came next.

Cassandra had her eyes closed, as if she were looking for something. "Ashley did something," she grated.

Lifting both her arms at her sides, they watched that bright light emerge from her hands. It shot out to loop around Ashley like a tornado. From the light of the fireworks, it made Ashley slowly raise her body.

"Illusion power is gone," Cassandra spat bitterly.

All those illusions would be gone, but for how long would it all last? James didn't know, but he knew they weren't safe from harm.

Did you expect Ashley to be the overall villain in the beginning?