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Chapter 49

" Hellooo Samayaza. We meet again"

" Nathaniel. The displeasure of this meeting is mine" Samayaza snared through gritted teeth
Both Sentinels sized up each other to ascertain each others level of power and it seemed that both were evenly marched under normal circumstances although he would give it to Samayaza to hide the true extent of his power in order to throw him off. He needed to thread carefully here as he had no intention of losing his life to that lowlife standing before him.
Samayaza had tactful hidden the true extent of his powers in other to gauge his opponent and what he was seen was good so he played along.
" Always on the losing team, Nathaniel. You don't always make the wisest of decisions. First, it was for that spinless bitch Ariel who blew our cover. Seening that the bitch isn't here means she's rottening somewhere in an unmarked grave as an unknown Sentinel. I do hope that pussy was worth it, the disgrace and all " Samayaza's insult on Alicia's memory really got to Ian but he steeled himself and played unperturbed by Samayaza's words,after all it was expected.
It was no secret that Alicia had blown the lid off of their vile acts. As they had been, before the mass abdication and rebellion, secretly visiting earth, have sex with both the males and females of human as well as teaching man hidden and forbidden knowledge, an act of treason against the Creator

" When will you understand that fighting against the Creator is an exercise in futility. That you are and will always be, last rated, inconsequential, a nobody. Did you really think that opening that prison would be that easy. And even if it was that easy did you really think you could actually with stand and subdue man?!! I honestly laugh at your stupidity" two could play Ian thought, still assessing the Sentinel's body language and threat level. He could see that his words gotten to him by the way he thightened his fist in order to control his anger. No body, after all his or her hard work, liked to be called stupid

" I like too stay and trade insults for old times sake but I'v got a business to attend to. A prison to burst, prisoners to set free and reunite with, an earth to conquer and enslave, a heaven to wage war and an old geezer to unseat. So pardon me if I don't have time for chitchat but I have places to be" as the Sentinel finish speaking, he made to dematerialize but was unable to. He tried again but nothing happened. He heard a humourless laugh and turned to look at the laughing Sentinel opposite him
" What?!! You thought it was that easy and that they wouldn't take preventive measures?!! How myopic of you" Ian said through laughing fits, while keeping a close eye on him. Samayaza was getting more aggravated. And couldn't hold in anger any longer. When he spoke, the Sentinel's voice was deeper
" I am an unstoppable force. I am chaos. I will stand on the Hills of Glory and declare my reign... And I will have my revenge" as he spoke his true powers began slipping through the cracks of the shield he had put to hide it but he didn't even bother to cover it again. It was time to put this disgrace of a Sentinel in his place and crush those useless mud mold mortals and their so called legacy to dust once and for all. Too long had he let them run freely

Ian stood watching the scene before him. The ground shock in response to the power that was currently dancing round it . He was right after all, Samayaza did hide the true extent of his powers but these time it was clear as day that he was no match for Samayaza. But he bravely stood his ground ready to defend any blow but still acting calm and collected in contrast to how scared he was. But before any exchange of blows, he needed answers to the one question that bothered him the most since he left with Alicia into exile. He wanted the truth and who better to ask than the perpetrator himself
" Why?"
The Sentinel smiled wickedly. He recognized what the question was directed at him
" Even before the foundations of the earth were layed, We were powerful, we were beautiful, we were loved by the Creator himself. We basked in presence and radiance and we were contented, of course, this you knew.
And when He layed the foundations of the earth and he grave us free rein to create our heart desires. I know we took it a notch too far and some of the creatures we created were out of control but that's besides the Point" the trembling of the build had subsided to almost non existence save for the occasional tremors now and then as Samayaza reminisced the good old eons when things were simple and straight forward.
" He did chastise us for not been creative as the creatures we created were too aggressive chaotic, hence the first purge.
What did He expect, we were young, inexperienced but We took it in good strides, thinking that after the purge we would be given a second chance. Instead, He and that spoilt pompous brat chose to take all the glory in man's creation. As if that wasn't enough, HE BLOODY GAVE MAN..-" the word felt like acid to his tongue, his voice raising a notch higher, the building began vibrating again, the whole atmosphere tense
" - MAN !!! A worthless pile of mud , to have dominion over the earth and it's inhabitations. The highest of insult to our very species. And as if that was not bad enough, that old bastard made us basically baby sitters to man. We have never felt so humiliate, so we secretly set our playn in motion and made sure man became an eyesore in the face of the old bastard, irritating him enough to make him wipe out His creation.
" What we didn't bank on was Ariel outting us thereby making us furgitives. Just one silly mistake and we were never forgiven, yet to countless times have Man failed yet he welcomed them back with open arm"
" So Nathaniel-" he called to Ian just as he unleashed the fullness of his aura, at the same time a portal was opening. Portal Ian was sure led to the prison in which the recalcitrant Watchers were kept

" Choose wisely this time around who's side you'd like to play on. Join me and we will be gods of men, rulers of this realm and beyond. The spoils of this world shall be ours. But turn your back on me again and you shall die"

Ian didn't need to be told what his choice was. He already made that choice the moment he saw the kind raw power that Samayaza wielded. He was no match for Samayaza, he was weak, that much was sure what was he even thinking that they could win this fight against a mighty and powerful Sentinel such as him.
He made a mistake ones, not taking a stand on his own free will. Now, this was all on him. He looked ones again at Samayaza and the raging storm in his eyes, his decision was made

Absolute power corrupts. Plus he liked his life just as it was -with the love, laughter and joy with the ones you loved and held dear, that was family, that was worth fighting a thousand Samayazas for

" I'm a fool and would like to still keep it that way. So, go . suck. your. dick"

" Dammmmn Sammy boy. Why are you always at the receiving end of such nasty words" none of them had taken note that the females had broken into the barrier that he, Ian had created for their protection.

Did these females really have a death wish? he thought to himself as the red hair strolled carefreely forward, without a care in the world, as though a tyrant Sentinel wasn't breathing down their neck some minutes ago, threatening fires of hell. The black hair was already standing beside him, eyes focus on her target like she had an ancient score to settle

" Sorry to burst your bubble Sammy boy but
he just confirmed was what we told you earlier on.

You. are .nothing"

the red hair said so much venom .

And that was all it took for all hell to break lose

Hello guys, I juat posted a redone version of chapter 45 to blend with the storyline. I had taken it down a while back when I noticed that so many plot holes were very prominent.. Please I encourage to re-read it so that you better understand the next chapter I'll be posting tomorrow

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Three more chapters to go and an epilogue.

Good day everyone, fans of legacies. It's been quite a long while and it was due to extenuating circumstances beyond my control but all the same I am grateful to God for his mercies

As you might've noticed LEGACIES is almost ending with just 3 or 4 chapters more. But this is not the end of the series as those two persky and manipulative celestials are up to more mischief and cooking some bad ass retribution for those nasty and selfish watchers. .... So stay tuned

Chapter 48


Hunter paced the room continuously in distress. He couldn't get his mind off the fact that his daughter was locked in battle with an overpowered, hyper deranged, egoistic mortal such as Nimrod and he could do nothing to help her unless her soulbond called to him and knowing Diana for who she was, all hell would freeze over before she asked him for any sort of aid. She had grown up too fast and became very much independent at an early age of twelve much to his chagrin. He had ,very much, long before now, known about Nimrod and the tower even before it's commissioning and it's intent for it's construction, but he was not permitted to sabotage its construction, rather he was told that all things worked together for to them that knew His ways, as the master plan banked in he, Nimrod, completing the Tower unhindered

Damn those self righteous idiots above!!! His daughter had been part of the "all things" all this while and he couldn't even sense it.
So much for Vanderbilt gene" he snarled within himself at himself.
Nimrod had never played fair when it came to having his way in contending with the Almighty and his sense of collateral damage, when the amount of innocent human lives lost to his taste power and control was factored in, which one might add, was non-existent, Hitler would be a low budget dictator in comparison. He had no benchmark for taking out all who stood in his way. There had been times throughout the centuries that he and Nimrod had crossed paths and each time it ended with Nimrod trying to recruit him through "forceful" means and he, "kindly" turning down the offer and both harshing it out through " jaw provoking" slaps and rib shattering jabs. But none had an upper hand over the other. He only pitied the unfortunate village to which Nimrod took out his frustration on. The tales were not pleasant, hence he made it a point of contact to as much as possible avoid him at all cost. He didn't want the have the blood of innocent on his conscience
Now imagine if handling Nimrod was that hectic then how would it be when his soulbond, Samayaza, who is rumoured to be the worst of the worst amongst the fallen finally ascended and bond to become one; it would be total chaos.

He paced frantically as his hyper active mind thought of many scenarios, each involving Diana and each panning out worse than the other

While Hunter was busy pacing the room, Ian was beginning to get irritated by Hunter's nuisance. And besides, he just redid the whole floor, Hunter's pacing was bound wear his newly installed flooring to dust. Not seeming to endure it any further, he barked

" Hunter get yourself a stool and sit. You are wearing out my polished flooring'"
Hunter paused, the words sinking in, his brain interpreting it meaning. Once the interpretation reached his senses, his face morphed from indifference to confusion and finally to fury. His response was swift even Ian couldn't see it coming

Hunter had already gotten two punches in before Ian got hold of his hands and forcefully pushed Hunter away from him. He stood up, touched his socked jaw and felt for any damages, then he righted himself before glaring at Hunter who was also glaring at him with the equal intensity.

" Do you think pacing around, stressing yourself and beating me up would aid your cause of get Diana's soulbond to call to you? Do you think I'm not also highly bothered by who she and her friends are up against? Do you think I am thrilled with the prospect of losing one of the few people to help keep my sanity in check to that bloody Scorch Of The Earth?!!"
"We can do abso-fucking-lutely nothing!
Nada!!
Our hands are tied on this one. So the earliest you can get it into that thick skull of yours the better it would be for my floor. And have some damn faith in Diana. We both train her well and she is a master of her soulbond. She can and will hold her own against any foe that may arise. And if those righteous flying asses so deem it fit that she needs aid , then we will be summoned to help. But until then, you either ground your ass on that chair, find something better to do like cook, sing or something or so help me God, I will help you decide" Ian calm and collected demeanor belied the rage that he was feeling courtesy of his soulbond. Ian closed his eyes and concentrated on calming his raging soulbond
His soulbond was clamoring to put Hunter in his place for disrespecting his host, and Fighting Ian for control to do just that. But Ian had to fight back control and reason with his soulbond, reminding it who Hunter was to them and why he behaved in such way. It took quite a bit before his soulbond quietened and let Ian have back full control howbeit grudgingly.

When he opened his eyes again, Hunter was, thankfully, seated and observing him with guarded caution. He didn't speak again as he quietly walked back to were he previously sat, righted his upturned chair and sat down, completely ignoring Hunter's murderous glares

Hunter never really understood Ian other than what Alicia told him of their bond. He and Alicia were among the original set of guardian sentinel created to watch over the Earth's realm and the numerous creations of the Almighty. In other words, they were amongst Watchers created to watch over man.

Though their legion was not directly in charge of man's affairs, he and Alicia had been tasked to be liason between both legions responsible for man's well-being. And over time, with the mingling with humans, they both grew a familia bond of Siblinghood like the humans. For whatever involved one, affected the other.

Then the worst happened....

Man fell.

To the beautiful snares of the Watchers and their sly tongues of deceitful promise, they never stood a chance. In addition to their freewill, man's inate curiosity and hunger to explore new ideas as well as their newly gotten knowledge of good and evil which put them almost on par with the celestials, was ultimately their own undoing. In the resultant chaos that followed which led to the forty day cleansing of the earth from the corrupted gene of man, the heavens were not spared. An inquisition was setup to flush out traitors, Alison and Ian's names were whispered to the hearing of the inquisition of their unique bond which was strange even to the celestials. Strange in the sense that all heavenly beings, with the exception of those in the category of " Archs " and " Chiefs" created by the Almighty were only given freewill to it's fullest and emotions at it's peripheral stage.
In other words, they could feel love, hate, pain and all the in-betweens but could not act them out in anyway. For their purpose of creation did not benefit them having such. Those were emotions reserved for the higher ups. And well of course, man, since he decided to eat, out of the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the garden of the beginnings that once dwelt in reaches of Euphrates. So imagine their surprise when such bond appeared in lowly guardian sentinels, it was an anormaly that needed to be removed urgently else it spread and infect others,

While Ian wore the ambience of calm, calculative and level headed, Alicia was the exact opposite, hounding mischief wherever it lurked, spontaneous with decision making and adventurous with dire matters. Through all, they were insperable and even when Alicia thought that she had messed up and running away was her only option, he wouldn't leave her to take the fall alone . And he, as usual, elected to stand by her rather than she be alone. He swore to her that they would both face the consequences together and that was where their siblinghood began

It was no wonder why Alicia's death and further transmigration of her life force and Grace back the heavens to serve whatever punishment they had install for her had hit Ian harder than any one of them. His punishment was for more harder brutal than whatever Alicia was bound to face in the celestial realm. For in the bond of siblinghood in which they had unwittingly formed, separation over an extended period of time was not considered since they never were far from each other . " Far" meaning that they couldn't be separated outside their territorial bond home - in this case - earth, for long. " Long" being seven days at most.
So when then their bond was shattered at the death of her mortal body, he felt pain in it's truest, cruelest and darkest form - loneliness - and that was his sentence
A sentence to be permanetly lonely througout the ages, doomed to roam the earth without companionship, an outcast amongst his own, until the heavens saw him fit to be granted redemption.

All these for just the fact that they unwittingly formed a bond of siblinghood against the wishes of the heavens. They were not even given given a chance to defend themselves

As Hunter thought more about it and really looked at the now seated Ian who had once again gained control of himself and they, lapsing into uncomfortable silence, he thought back to times when he, Ian, had once said that Diana had been the source of his light in his glummy days, as her existence made his own more bearable. It finally began to dawn on him the true effects Diana's mission had on Ian and though he hid it well under that calm and collected exterior of his, his eyes told a different story, He had been too self absorbed, selfish and self-centered to even consider how Ian's feelings and how not being able to interven was taking a toll on him too. But even he too, was put on a leash and could nothing but wait till her soulbond call to him also.


It was now a waiting game

Ian was seething within himself as at his now healed jaw. That bastard had a mean right hook not that he'ld ever tell him as not to inflate his ego but damn, his jaw had hurt like a bitch. Though both of them sparred frequently, Hunter was almost always on the receiving end of his blows but he took them with strides. This hit was different and he sure as hell was going to pay him back when they met to spar again.
A throat was cleared to get his attention and he slowly turned to look a Hunter, he was met with an intense gaze from him. He scoffed and turn away again .A huff Hunter was heard before he finally spoke
" You're not going to make it any easy for me are you?. Look I am extremely sorry about earlier, I was too agitated to actually process was you said before I acted."
Ian didn't grace him with a response. Of course he was going to make it difficult for him. He sure did know how to hold a grudge.

" O come man. I said I'm sorry. Put yourself in my position and tell me you wouldn't have acted the same" Hunter whined. Ian didn't dignify him and an answer, causing Hunter to sigh and glare hard at Ian who didn't give him care.
While Hunter was glaring,Ian was thinking of very creative ways of paying Hunter back in his own coin while another mind was solely on Diana and how she was faring.

Nimrod was one Man he and Alicia had tried hard to avoid at all cost. And when situations arose that made it inevitable for a meeting, they were sure to make him understand that it was in his best interest not to offend them. Not because they feared the man, but the one to whom he had his soul bond with - Samayaza - the Watcher who's legion caused man to fall

Even before the fall of man, Samayaza had been very ambitious which made the sentinel constantly clash with the other legion leadership. So arrogant and cocky was the Sentinel that it didn't come as a surprise when they heard that Samayaza's legion had abdicated their post and claimed lords and rulers of the earth and man, declaring themselves Gods and Goddesses. But what made Samayaza standout as one to be kept at arms length was the silvertongue of cunniness and mischief as well as the powers and knowledge the celestial stole from the Garden of the Beginnings.



He was very much aware of what heavy duty mojo the garden was packed with, why it was heavily guarded and why after man was sent away from the garden, it was lifted off the earth. But what bothered him most was how an ordinary Guardian sentinel was able overcome and subdue a chief cherub and the host of celestials on dutyn, break into the highly secure and fortified garden, gain access to such raw power and knowledge in it's truest form and escape without out being caught
That Samayaza, was the one to be very afraid of and one in which Diana and her friends didn't know they were up against. And it scared the shit out of him. And though he trusted in Diana's ability the hold her own in combat as her mastery of her soulbond was on equal par with a fledged guardian sentinel, a feat he and Hunter couldn't yet wrap their minds around being that her makeup was was essentially unable to wield such power,he couldn't help but feel that he still needed to protect her from such evils as Samayaza

He looked over to Hunter who had, thankfully, chosen wisely to ground his ass to the chair and who was presently lost in thoughts over his daughter. He seemed as though he had aged considerably over the last few hours but he could actually say he knew how Hunter felt.

They were still both deep in thought when Hunter felt a tug in his chest, he ignored it feeling it was time for calm down his murderous thoughts on best ways to take on Nimrod and Samayaza and pushed the feeling aside. After some seconds, he felt the tug again, only this time it was more violent and had him gasping for breath. Then he looked to Ian after he caught his breath to find his feet and moving towards him but then paused his steps and looked sideways, his eyes closed for some seconds. When he opened it again, he smiled and looked towards Hunter's right palm which was on the table. It was glowing
" I think it time to put all those murderous thoughts swimming all-over your into action and see what you're made off" Hunter smiled in reply. He stood up righting himself

" I serve to please" he replied, smirking and then vanished. Ian followed suit.




The warding on the building, only visible to those that they were meant for, was what kept them from immediately entering the building, not that it stopped them anyway. But it gave them a breather to fully assess their approach and come up with a game plan as they were not going to be entering their enemy's stronghold unprepared. They both opened their minds and inner eyes to see the activies ongoing in the building. What they saw was not encouraging as the battle was already going south, in favour of Nimrod's people. Both could see Diana holding her own against some big ass wolves just as some other wolves were also giving her cover to fight . Hunter was proud that his daughter was holding her own but the wolves... as in really bigger than normal wolves. For a moment, he tuned out from the scene, back to were they were and turned to Ian flabbergasted

" Are they.....?" He couldn't find words to complete his sentence as he was still in shock and awed

" Yes they are." Was Ian's reply without coming out of this gazing.

" But how's that possible?" Asked a dumbfounded Hunter

" How are we even possible? " was Ian's short reply. Hunter just shook his head and went back to observing.

While Ian kept and eye on Diana, his main focus was that blasted Guardian Sentinel. And when he saw whom he was looking for, his heart skipped its beat at what he was seeing
Nimrod - no, in this case, Samayaza was about to ascend. He also witnessed two females who were battling him and holding their own. They must have either been extremely brave and powerful to take on a crazed mortal that possessed by a very power and angry Sentinel or they were gallantly high on stupidity and had a death wish, either way the resultant blast from Samayaza's ascension would take them out. He needed to interven and fast. He attention turned to the boy whose soulbond was a. .... He had to pause a bit to make sure he was seeing clearly and metaphorically cleaned his eyes again before looking again.



HOLY SMOKES!!!!!!

That young boy's soulbond was Azrael!! As in the same Azrael. That very one. Azrael, the chief Arch Sentinel , one of the Creator's sword of vengeance. For a second he forgot about Samayaza's side of the fight and focused on the young boy. What in the sacred heavens was going on.

His eyes wandered back to Diana who was holding her ground strong, tearing into the enemy wolves without breaking sweat. They were finally on a better standing than when they first arrived. But what caught his eyes was her aura which was very similar to the the young boy's own who was fight the demon soulbond of those black-hearted Sisters of Endor.
Now that he thought of it, Diana's aura had always been imposing, almost suffocating as if demanding for submission. Constantly did he and Hunter have to fight the urge submit whenever they were training her or when she was agitated over something. Such aura were only common to his superiors in rank, which included the chief Archs of each celestial beings. If his was thinking right then Diana, the boy along with the remain two legacy's soulbonds were Chief Arch Sentinels.
His mind was still reeling from the new information he just deduced when a bright light drew his attention back to Samayaza's fight and knew it was time to interven. He quickly turned to Hunter instructing him to go help the two other youngsters trapped with the females fighting Samayaza and get them out while he neutralised the effects of the resultant blast from Samayaza's completed ascension seening that Diana and the others were holding their own and slowly gaining the upper hand, so they were in no immediate threat. They both vanished to do their assigned tasked

Ian got there just about when both females had raised a powerful force to clash with spillage of grace from Samayaza's ascension. With the power these two females packed , he definitely had a rethink. These were not stupid brainless women, these females came prepared. Their body language screamed confidence, their eyes showed determination and their energy demanded retribution. These females were out to settle a score with Nimrod/Samayaza and they were willing to sacrifice themselves to achieve that. Unfortunately, a blast of such magnitude would envicerate the entire building as well as anything in a four mile radius. He wouldn't have that. He had to stop it



Damn!! This was definitely going to hurt like hell

He immediately opened a portal to another dimension just as the peripheral of both powers were clashing, putting his hands in-between both forces to serve as a conduit , he channelled the ultimate blast into the portal while sending a shock wave to knocked both parties offheir feet and far from each other
He immediately closed the portal to avoid any blast spilling out and heaved abit. Though the task had drained him, he could already feel himself recharging fast. A feat that would normally take at least a day or two. The perks of having the right backing from above

He took deliberate slow step and now stood in the middle between both opposing parties but turn his attention to a now seething Sentinel, his face devoid of any emotion, tension thick in the air as recognition showed in the Sentinel's appearance

" Hellooo Samayaza. We meet again"

" Nathaniel. The displeasure of this meeting is mine" Samayaza snared

Chapter 47

Present Day


While the battle raged inside the Tower above, eyes were watching the events unfold with keen interest. Inside a cream colored Van, Parked inconspicuously amongst the other utility Vans of same color that serviced the building was the mobile command center that was manned by Diana, whose eyes darted from screen to screen directing teams on their offensive, serving as their extra eyes and ears in other to achieve a successful battle against Nimrod's minions.


For a time it seemed to be that they were winning but all of a sudden, they were almost overwhelmed. Reinforcements on the side of Nimrod came out of nowhere, as though they were waiting for them to feel victory before dashing their hopes and crushing them. They had sorely underestimated their enemy who had first been a king and then a war general with lots of time to and experience. Nimrod must have envisaged their attack and took preemptive measures in all possible flaws to perfect his strategy.


As she watched the tide of the fight swing to their disadvantage, she finally understood that nagging feeling she had when they had infiltrated the Tower was her intuition telling her that it was way too easy. This was not a fare battle, this was an ambush and they didn't stand a chance against the ruthlessness of this evil horde of beasts pouring in from all angles, yoked to the bidden of Nimrod. With tears and horror, She watched helplessly as humans and beasts alike fighting for the freedom of others that knew nothing of this world, of this fight, of this malice unhinged, get taken down, one after the other and she couldn't do anything.

From the reception area were heavy gun battles were rage on with no side backing down, instead reinforcements for the other side threatened to overwhelm the team responsible for holding down the reception area and with very little cover and protection from the hails of counter fire. To the hall were wolves against wolves sluggered it out with nature's most primitive but brutal and effective weapons of overtly sharp canines and razor sharp claws. Enemy wolves kept pouring into the hall pushing Filipe's team back and trying very hard to corner them into a trap. Though Filipe's team, due to their superior training and tactics help down their opponent's onslaught, they were beginning to tire out as the fight was tasking them on all fronts of their wits, heightened sense, regenerative capacity, speed and endurance,team work and mental alertness coupled with the fact that they seem to be fighting with an infinite amount rouge wolves who just seem to not back down from the fight despite their looses. It's seemed as though their tactics was to tire them out before the kill


Then it dawned on her, while she was in here crying her hearts out, men, women and supernatural beings alike where out there fighting for freedom that would soon be snatched from them. Even Alva, Andre and the others were in there fighting for all

She should be out there with them.

She was not some simple bimbo who didn't know how to fight and protect herself and others. She was not some damsel in distress that couldn't match blow for blow, wit for wits, power for power. Above all she was not some selfish brat who thought of herself alone
She was her father's daughter, of the Vanderbilt bloodline and nobody messes with the Vanderbilts. She began packing weapons that she would be needed. Then thought better of it and decided to go empty handed. The more freedom she had from any sort of load, the more fluid concentration she would have. She studied the screen one last time to know were to go first then turn to exit the van

She stepped out only to be met with six guards who were standing stoic and all eyes on her, ready to impede her movement. The one with the a buzz cut, a brunette male, stepped forward to address her

" Ma'am please we have orders to protect you and keep you in that van till the fight is over" he said but Diana would have none of it

" On who's authority? On second thought forget about that. Your people and my people are dying in there and if I don't get to them on time, many more I could have saved will die as well, so step out of my way" she asked, interrupted, explained and order all in one breath but they didn't budge

" Sorry ma'am, our orders were to protect you at all cost even with our lives. You are the mate to the Prince Filipe, heir to the throne of the wolven world and as such, your safety is our paramount concern. So sorry to disobey your orders but we cannot let you pass." The brunette replied and it irked Diana even more. Her patience was growing thinner by the second and this fool just seemed to be wearing it more faster than she could manage by the nano seconds.

" Right now,as we speak,our men are dying needlessly because they walked into a trap, one that every second we waste here means the end of two or three more. I have friends there who are counting on me to come to their aid. So I kindly suggest that you step out of my way or I.will.make.you.step.out.of.my.way"


She enunciated that last phase through gritted teeth to make him understand that she would go through them if she had to. The brunette saw the dire warnings of the female standing in front of him. He couldn't help but shudder at the burst of aura that permeated the area and expanding, threatening to engulf them. He could feel through the pack bond between he and his team mates standing behind him that they were afraid of this strange power that this female exuded, though they didn't exhibit it outwardly. The aura felt like that of a very powerful and ancient monarch.


The aura had superceded that of even the Prince,hence he and his teammates were no longer bound by Prince's command. So he bowed and cleared the way for her to pass. She saw this and made way to go but stopped and said to them

" I can't do this on my own, so will need all the help I can get if we are to succeed in this....." She hesitated not knowing what to address brunette by. He senses her hesitation but within seconds he understood and supplied her their names

" it's Calum, and that's Ezra, Nathan, Robert, Andrew and Victor.

" Ok Calum and you lot. I don't want to seem unfriendly and all but lives are counting on us. We'll have a proper introduction when all these hassle is over, over a couple of beers. So for now please don't die on me and let's go rescue our guys"

She was replied with stiff nods of acknowledgement. As they moved stealthly towards the elevator she explained her plan to them which was very simple - get everyone that was on their side to stay out of her way when the time came. Though her plan would put her in the direct line of fire, which didn't go down well with the men but she had to constantly assured them that no harm would come to her.


As the elevator neared the floor of the reception, she began summoning her powers to the surface, something she had not done in a pretty long while. It was as if she was communicating with a long lost dear friend who was angered over their abandonment. She mentally pleaded, begged, even carjouled her soulbond to respond to her. And as it responded howbeit reluctantly, she had a very quick heart to heart between her and her soulbond .

She felt its loneliness and its anger of her abandonment through their bond when in the real sense they were supposed to work as a team, both human and soulbond for she was it and it was her

Some months back, before all these shit hit the fan, she had asked her father to help her shove her power to the dark recess of her mind after she had an emotional breakdown over a bullying incident. Some girls had talked down on her mother's memories, incinuating that her mom died due to unsubstantiated lies. Tainting the loving memories she had of her, she lost it and was close to unleashing her powers at full blast roasting the girls that dare insulted her mother's memories to fillets but for her timely self control and tasking of every string of will to subjugate her soulbond to calm down.


As her uncle had severally told her, both human and soulbond were to work together in other to balance each other. And like her father had once told her, just like any other relationship that was bound by ups and downs, they were to work out their differences accept each other's flaws and balance each other.


She made a promise to never shut her soulbond off to the dark corners of her mind again. She felt the sudden surge within her body, a gyration of pure power racing through her blood, round her body. And when the elevator pinged to open into the chaos before her, she also opened her eyes at that extract same moment, eyes blazing bright in fury, she moved swiftly. So swift that Calum, Ezra and the others couldn't keep eye on her movement. At this point in time, she was no longer Diana, no Diana went to sleep the minute the elevator door opened. Now, they were dealing with a new terror


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Dan who was in charge of leading the team responsible for taking and holding the reception was no not having a happy time due to the turn of events. What was supposed to be an easy take down of the reception, an easy piece of cake operation turned out to be daunting task as the human mercenaries were overwhelming them with advantage of higher ground, more manpower and firepower while he and his team barely proceeded passed the base floor of the reception.


For the last thirty or so minutes they had been under heavy fire from their adversaries from the more vantage elevated positions in the reception effectively caging them from moving forward. What even pained him even more was that he was losing men to those blasted Acontium bullet.


They had expected stiff resistance but Acontium poisoned bullets was not what they anticipated in any way. It was as though they were actually expecting them. Either That or this Nimrod guy was just plain paranoid. And this paranoia was on a different level. Dan made a head count of the team mate still able to hold a gun as well as the amount of armor they had left and boy it wasn't looking good for them


He gave a series of command using hand signals for the injured to be evacuated while they drew fire to distract and cover them. Dan told them to calibrate their guns to short burst. A way to conserve bullet while also drawing the enemy to the open thinking they were short on armor. But Dan also knew just as the men that were to stay behind also that this plan was only for the wounded to escape and that none of them that were left would survive the onslaught from the mercs.


There mercs became more bolder descending from the hiding points when they heard that the guns had been switched to short burst. They were pushing to finish Dan and what was left of his active team. So under heavy continuous fire they moved the entrap them from all vantage points and block any means of escape. The mercs knew that Dan and what was left of team were low if not out of armor so taking them out was going to be easy, after all their orders were simple, take no prisoner


Dan waited until he felt the presence of the mercenaries were close by. He said a little prayer and was about to giver the order, when he felt the tethers of the telepathic pack bond buzz. Someone was trying to reach him


Bad timing. Bad bad timing.


He wanted to ignore due to the predicament they were currently in but decided against it and opened his end of the bond. It was Calum who was trying to reach him


" This better be good Calum" he growled

" Good to hear from you that you're no dead yet Danny boy. Before you go all cave man on me I suggest you tell your men to stand down. You don't want to be mistaken as the enemy when help comes your way "

Dan didn't want to believe what he was hearing and raise the hope of his team only for it to be dashed

" How long before this help comes because we are five seconds away from being Canon fodder." Dan's voice portrayed urgency

" Right about now" he immediately cut the link and signalled his team mates to stand down. He could visibly see them relax abit before they tensed up again taking position to fire on hearing rapid gun shots. though this time, it was not directed at them. Painful groans and dying moans were heard from men not too far from their position alongside the breaking of bones and tearing of flesh. They held their position, only phantoming what could be going on. Every thing ended In a matter of seconds and all was quiet.


Dan swallowed his fear and decided to checkout what was going on. Along with two of his team mate , the proceeded to the main reception area. If he was lesser man, he sure as hell would have emptied his gutts now. Hands and legs detached from main body, guts spilled everywhere, bodies slashed into two equal halves from head to button. What made him lose it was when he saw brain matter scattered everywhere.


His browel reacted instantly.


When he was through heaving the content of his stomach, faintly noticed Calum Ezra Nathan Robert Andrew and Victor evacuating the injured. Once he had composed himself he stood up and marched to Calum and his group and without acknowledging them asked


" Who did this?" Dan said pointing to the scene behind him. He feared that if he looked again, he would lose his shit

" Why hello to you too. And thanks for saving us from certain death" Nathan replied voice dripping with sarcasm

" Cut the shit and answer me Nathan" Dan growled back at Nathan

" Well whoever was responsible just went up to the next floor. I'm sure you can catch up with whoever it is, but please don't expect any answers from us" Calum intervened. He was getting a pissed off. A simple thanks would have settled all his curiosity but he just had to go all threats and rank on them


Dan knew his manner of approach was wrong and instantly wanted to apologize. The aderanline of the last hour was making him think and act like a jerk even to his kid brother, Calum


He walked away promising that he would apologize later to him and his friends. Right now they were still on a mission. He rounded up what was left of his team, stripped the weapons off the dead mercs along with extra armor . They prepared themselves and push forward to help the others on the upper floors.


If what Nathan said was right that whatever or whoever that had carried out that artistic impression in the reception had gone upstairs to aid their people then he and his me were best off hardening their stomach against more of such scenes as this was really going to be a very long night