The Phoenix

The accident

Doyle was talking with Joshua as their mother plaid with Amethyst. Cameron and Nora came in with Keith who bounced right into the game. He was ready to enjoy the day when felt really light headed sitting down on his couch looking as the room spun and he was outside watching Amethyst on her wedding day like before when it went from bright and happy to dark and deathly feeling he looked up to the altar where he should have seen her beautiful in her dress like before but instead saw his baby girl not much older than she is now in a coffin. He stepped back stumbling blubbering like a baby already when she bumped into another coffin with just a picture of Peyton on it and he felt Cameron grab his hand saying not to look inside. Doyle felt slapped back into the room feeling his good friend holding his hand like before but was shouting asking if everything was okay. Doyle wiped his tears away looking at his daughter than rushed to his office with his friend close behind and he stopped him saying he was fine but needed to find his phone. They both pushed papers around his desk to find it until Doyle caught his breath calling Peyton immediately hearing it go to voice mail right away he called Hunter next asking where she was, but Hunter stuttered not sure what to say talking to someone else on the other line and Doyle shouted asking if it was Peyton.

“No, it’s Rebecca she’s freaking out too what’s goi-?”

Doyle hung up before Hunter could finished and didn’t bothering to answer right now. He quickly dialed Graham using the camp code to make sure it went through, and it was loud to get his full attention. Every time he tried to looking Peyton’s future it was dark and death it was the future for the whole world now he didn’t like that nor did he like the sight of his girls in coffins.

Graham looked at Peyton starting to hyperventilate wondering if it was because e of what they were just doing he thought its wat she wanted, and he didn’t hear Doyle at 1st he had to stop him asking to repeat it.

“The future just changed from good to staying the same do you know where Peyton is?” he shouted, and Graham felt his blood boil looking up making sure she was okay.

“Yeah she’s right here.”

“both of you come here I need your help to see what’s wrong.”

Graham jumped up pulling his shirt back on and grabbed her hand never wanting to let it go because now after what he said Peyto is in real answer and he could feel his blood heat up like never before. She’s ben in danger but never to the point that it changes the future this is serious. Peyton stepped back after he touched her hand looking up at him and pulled him back.

“We can’t go on a mission.”

“We are seeing your dad and I have to go for sure and you are not leaving my side.”

They got here and without missing a beat Doyle grabbed his hand concentrating. Graham waited for the familiar feeling that he gets when they tap into him but there was nothing. He apologized and shook himself off knowing he had to contrate too so that they could see Peyton’s anything past present or future. With the lava pumping through his veins he put all his focus on looking into her life and felt it like a cool rush of her falling over them. Graham saw it all happen so fast he couldn’t stop it in time. Peyton hugging hi and kissing him his shirt off and then his hand under hers, that’s all there was, and Graham wished he pulled away before that falling back at Doyle’s face at them. He’s fought in wars but never has he been this scared I his life.

Peyton got between them in the small office asking what just happened and Graham whispered that they just saw what they were about to do in his room and she backed up into him nervous. “Dad I know that’s not something you want to – “

“Did you two already have s*x?” he shouted, and she held her breath pushing little but more into Graham feeling like she need his protection.

“I realize I pulled my hand away before you could see but that was literally al that happened before I received your phone call.” Graham said sounding slightly scared.

“Do you realize what you could have or will soon do? HE shouted, and Dr. Nikos and Uncle prophet rushed in wondering what the shouting was. “They almost had sex.”

“Dad!” Peyton shouted turning red a little.

“You can’t.” Uncle prophet said. “Is that why the future changed?”

“The future changed because I didn’t have s*x with my before?”

“Because you won’t be a virgin anymore you two have decided on a fate that will doom the world because you can’t control yourselves.” Her dad shouted again, and Dr. Nikos looked uncomfortable closing the door so no one else could hear.

“We didn’t do anything!” Peyton shouted still stepping back needing Graham’s support she’s never fought with her dad before.

“You want to tough.” Dr. Nikos said placing hand on her father shoulder to sit him down and hopefully keep him calm. “This isn’t about your dad being mad that you want to take that step it’s natural for you to want to, but you can’t.”

“I knew from simple math that neither of you waited and it was okay then. What do you think will happen? Graham’s going to kill me after?”

“The prophecy,” uncle prophet started, and Peyton rolled her eyes at it and he nodded continuing anyway, “It stated the girl is pure meaning her body as well. Doing what you plan to will effectively de purify you.”

“How?” Peyton asked feeling very uncomfortable that the s*x talk is coming from 2 other men that aren’t her father in front of her boyfriend. “Mom was considered a god long after me and she clearly had already been ‘de-purified’ why is this any different?”

“your mother wasn’t carry in the worlds fate on her shoulders.” Her father said still angry but slightly calmer now. “And she was also married I thought with a boy like Graham you would at least wait until then before we had this sort of problem.

“So, you would not have let me do it even after I was married then?” She said step away from Graham towards her dad.

“That’s not what-” Graham stared to say stepping up to her placing his hand on her shoulders to calm her.

“Yes, it was.” Her father said, and Graham’s stepped back.

“I’m sorry but f her decided to get married its none for your business what we do just like it’s not your business what we do now. It my life!”

“You would really risk the whole world just so that you can have s*x!” her da shouted pushing the chair into his best friend tuning to check on him as she pulled Graham’s hand yanking him to leave stopping at the door.

“I didn’t ask for the fate of the world and maybe if you had to carry it you wouldn’t be so quick to tell me how to live my life. I’m note girl and if I want to do something with my life and take the next step with my boyfriend I will take it and do whatever I please you have no say what’s so ever.”

“like it or not young lady you are what they say you are and you will do whatever you have to keep this world safe!”

“You do it!” she shouted slamming the door behind her rushing out the house hearing him shout after her.

She didn’t want it listen she walked over to the field behind the house sitting down in the center looking away for the house into the trees. It was a stupid fight and after everything today she’s not going to have s*x with Graham but still she should be allowed to if they get married and she shouldn’t have to skip a life step she wants to take just because she’s some prophecy girl. She doesn’t even believe in the stupid thing why should she care? It doesn’t say body either they just assume it is but for all they know she could be covered in tattoos and piercings with a line of men behind her for all they know as long as she can do magic that’s all she needs. Graham slid his legs to either side of her as she sat behind her holding her letting her lean on him calming down really fast. He kissed the side of her forehead and the just sat like that for a moment taking in the serenity of the scene she though how he must s scarcer to calm her so quickly.

“I know you don’t want to hear it.” he started, and she took back what she thought about him calming her for just a small second before he went on, “but let’s say they are right which I’m not saying I agree they are or that I disagree with them I’m just saying for argument sake let’s say it’s true.”

“Okay?” she sighed.

“if that’s all true then they are right. The world is more important than we are, we can’t risk generations of people suffering under Seaton rule just because of hormones.”

“I know that, and I can wait just fine I planned to wait until marriage just forgot today and I only shouted because they were trying to control my life. It feels like everyone has seen trying to control every single thing about every second of the rest of my life ever since they found out I can do magic and it’s just really annoying.”

      “welcome to the army.” He laughed, and she elbowed him laughing too. “I know that’s not what you meant you want some sort of freedom and we can create a world free of fear and Seaton together. I can give you that world it’s just going to take time.”

      “You can’t give me the world.” She laughed laying back on him.

      “you got me there you I’ll have to give that world, but it would be great if you let me help you with the weight of it.”

      “Once I turn 20 I won’t need help anymore because I’ll prove you all wrong.” She laughed. “Then we can go about our lives without anyone trying to tell us what to do on our own time.”

      “then we will get married have a ton of kids and go through his with them 20 years from now.” He laughed, and she looked up at him and he realized what he’d just said looking slightly nervous.

      “You think about marriage and kids?”

      “I think about how I want to spend my life with you and no one else so yes marriage and kids would be part of that package.” He smiled kissing her forehead, she smiled leaning her head back on his shoulder again looking ahead feeling really happy, she didn’t know he felt like that too it’s great to hear.

      Doyle looked over at Joshua and both of them seeing that they both decided to wait, and they wondered what it was that is keeping the future dark. He picked up his pone and answered it before it rang knowing Reid was calling him. As he heard what was going on he saw Peyton fall down in the woods and saw what she saw, he looked up at Joshua and it was clear he saw it too. Doyle told him not to let Peyton go. And saw the future didn’t change just her future changed. He was confused at it all and after hearing that there needed to be someone else he said he would go in her place and to come up with something to keep her here for sure. He had to explain his vison quickly as he asks his mother to watch Amethyst rushing out the door trying to come up with ways to change the future back.

      Hunter didn’t understand what Rebecca was saying while she was crying and hugging him talking in to his chest and Sara ran off before he had a chance to ask her to explain. He felt awkward answering his phone hearing the Capitan give him orders to get ready for a mission and apologized saying they could finish this when he back and she’s calm. She shouted no, and he stepped back at little hearing more clearly what Peyton saw and he calmed her down saying it would be like that. It can’t with Peyton she’s more powerful an Seaton it could have just been a day dream she projected he wasn’t scared but Rebecca clearly was. As they go to the barracks she said he was going with them and Capitan Ryanns stopped her saying no in his big scary coming voice that she stepped back into him. Sara nodded and took her away pushing Hunter saying Peyton was gone to the testing room with them. Hunter looked back as he as pushed up the strained she ran up to him grabbing his hand looking him dead in the eyes her blue eyes feeing like they were burning holes in his.

      “Don’t be a hero just don’t dive in front of anything for anyone okay?”

      “I can’t promise.” Hunts started to say before pausing looking in other eyes.

      “Just promise her.” Hunter said. “She is clearly worried, and she could fail that stupid test thing.”

      “I’ll try not to, I’ll stay back and be the cover guy no diving or running in blind.”

Doyle sat in the office with Reid asking him to throw out other tactical ideas as he watch them all keep the world in darkness killing others then he asked about the dragon flying them and for a small second the world changed but went bac t dark. Doyle watched the fight all the demons moving fast and for a second it saved more lives, but it killed Graham and that’s when the future changed. Doyle looked up and asked if Graham could stay home and staying made Hunter die and changed the world again. He asked if everyone on the team could stay but that didn’t help at all they added to the soldier death from other camps. Doyle thought of a scenario and sat down in the chair suddenly feeling that world weight Peyton was talking about. There’s a way to save everyone he knows it.

They all got on the dragons and took off he looked back at the town hoping he could save them all. They landed in the city no coverage what’s so ever. It was all cement and brick the fighting was dead center and the demons had the buildings. Capitan Ryanns team was on the dragons circling and shooting around hoping to catch one of them as the rest jumped in to help the wouldn’t get to a safe spot. Hunter was better than Doyle thought he would be in a was situation and he thought of how Cameron would feel if Hunter never came home he has to get his back but how? Every protection speed failed to block of protect anyone. Hunter was fast, but he could not be fast enough of these times. He tried to keep him covered but blocking him more kills Graham and that makes the world a terrible place worse than Hunter being dead. In a second everything hit him the way to save the world a world he can’t be a part of.

Graham felt slightly relived as they got most of the men out until the fire was point at them when the men on the dragons ran out of ammo. Graham pulled up his gun aiming at a man he finally saw in one spot and felt the spear lodge in his arm making him fall back to ground from the force. He went to yank out the arrow getting up off the floor aiming with his bad arm when he felt a hand on his chest. The whole thing flashed again before he could stop it. All the vison of him dying and two worlds staying back then the vison of Dole taking a spear to the chest and the world changing for the better. He saw the fight just after the spear and then got slapped back before he could stop Doyle watching the spear slam into him falling back on to Graham as he raised his gun left right above and spun around shooting the last demon above him Ekko roared and set the place on afire ramming claws into the men tossing bloody ripped up bodies all over the place until it was just the camps men tired bleeding and in shock. Graham rolled over pushing down on Doyle chest trying to stop the bleeding all he could sew as the spread pole the tip of it was deep inside and he didn’t want to pull it. Hunter fell to his knees looking at him as Ekko disappeared with Doyle. It wasn’t long before they were all in the air and back in camp. Graham looked at the hospital straight ahead and he was still trying to figure out what he should say how he can explain to Peyton that her father died to save him. How could the world be good with Doyle death but not Graham’s? Graham would have rather died today that to have to figure out all of this chose still running into his head. He can’t go to the hospital.

      Graham walked into his father office and cold say anything at all he just fell into his father’s arms explaining it all and how it didn’t make any sense. Peyton can never forgive him for it he knows, and he can’t face her with all of this, he killed her father. Graham begged his dad to send him anywhere that wasn’t here for as long as he could he can’t face her after wat he did.

Peyton walked into the hospital Hunter was crying and Dr. Nikos was to until he saw her then hustled up everything he could walking up to her. Peyton felt her legs getting shakily and she looked for Graham, but he wasn’t anywhere, neither was her dad, did they die? Why was she called? What’s going on? Her heart felt like it was being out her chest and she couldn’t breathe all the sudden the hallways felt too long like it was taking him a century to walk up to her and give her bad news. She shook her head as he said her name.

      “He’s alive but barely I think its pure strength just to see you.”

      “Peyton there was nothing any of us could do it all happened so fast and-” Hunter started to say when Rebecca rushed into him hugging him so hard that he fell back taking a nurse with them. Peyton didn’t bother asking him to finish.

      “Just give the heal-” she started crying feeling the wind start to swirl inside the enclosed building she knew it was her not anything else.

      “It can’t heal as fast as it needs to, trust me I’ve tried to come up with anything to save him.”

      “So then fix it!” she shouted feeling the wind blow stronger watching some of the sold son bed rolling away and things flying in the air Dr. Nikos tried to stop her getting blown off her for a second before she calmed herself down. “We can freeze him and heal slowly we have the most powerful men on the plate e here and they can’t do anything how bad is it?”

      “It’s inside his chest and out his back it’s a musical he’s breathing and still alive.” He said his lips shaking started to fall.

      Peyton grabbed him walking into the room everyone seem sot be rushing to and fell back at the sight of it. Her father that strongest man she’s ever known laying bloody in the bed with the spear that she saw had Hunter in her vison right through his chest. Hunter held her up as she fell back bee his found her strength to walk up to his bed and made it look like it disappeared, so he was himself again when she heard most was coming in. She ran in and Peyton just watched her sister jump in the bed touching his forehead like they do when they check her fever.

      “They said your sick daddy bit o don’t feel anything you sure you are sick?” she asked with a smile and Peyton almost let the charade she out up fade, but Amethyst can see that.

      “Trust me I am.” He said sound like a strain to get out and Peyton sat on the bed squeezing his hand trying not to cry too hard. “I just want you to know princess that I’m not going anywhere even if I’m not here I’m always here for you just close your eyes and feel it.”

      “Like with mommy?”

      “Yeah, I’m going to be with her and I’ll give her lot of kisses for you, but I want you two to,” he stopped and coughed a lot uncle prophet hand him a napkin quickly and wiped blood that Peyton saw taking it away before amethyst could. She reached back and grabbed his hand he was crying a lot already she wondered how many times he’s had to see this and live this, and she was suddenly not envious of his ability to practice magic. “I want you two to be happy okay?”

      Amethyst reached over touching his face again confused as she looked around the room of tear filled eyes and Peyton told herself to be strong for her sister right now. Peyton looked around for Graham wishing he was there to help her, but he wasn’t anywhere near here, why?

      Doyle reached for his brother pulling his head n to avoid the spear and looked into his grey eyes feeling tears fill his else as she looked at his little brother. “I know we didn’t get time together, but I love you.”

      “I love you too.” He said closing his eyes.

      “I’m going to miss those grey eyes of yours keep them open from time to time for me okay?” He asked watching him nod then he looked up a Peyton who was the spitting image of her mother staying strong on bad times. “Don’t blame Graham for this I knew what I was doing, and it saved everyone else and changed the world back, I was worn got yell at you what you did had nothing to do with wat changed.”

      “I shouldn’t have yelled.” Peyton said with a shaky voice. “I lo-”

      A crash through to the wall stopped her and made everyone in the room start to fall a catch themselves. Doyle smiled up at Ekko reaching his hand out to touch his nose and he did but the movement that way made him wince in pain the spear moved and now he can’t breathe. Thank god, he won’t be in pain anymore it’s over and he looked around the worm smiling at all the faces even as sad as they were watching the people he loved. His mother and brother hugging each other Amethyst in Peyton’s arms she must have jumped with the wall broke. Hunter holding Sean and Rebecca while Nora held his brother from another family. He nodded at Cameron who was trying hard not to cry as he nodded back. He wanted to say something cleaver or even just a “Love you.” But he couldn’t say a thing at all. He looked over to his girls and dragons as he started blacking out he saw his wife between the girls and Ekko smiling at him. Doyle has waited longer than he realized wanting to see that smile again. He smiled with is last breath he said “Lily.”

      “Tell her we said hi.” Peyton said, and he was gone.

      Hunter held Rebecca and Sean pushing his brother into his parents’ arms when he looked over at Mr. Quinn looking at nothing. He heard Peyton say her final words and felt like if Rebecca wasn’t here he’d have fallen down. He can’t imagine what Peyton is feeling f he fees this way. When he heard his father let out his tears he reached over making a group hug of them all it felt like he lost his 2nd father and it made him want to hug his dad for the rest of his life.