Magic Vs Science

Seventeen

Onyx's P.O.V

I felt her sinking inside her mind. This was something I was never prepared for. I didn't know what to do. I panicked. The first thing I did, was take down the damn bird trying to rip apart my family. The second thing, I tried to reach Ixora, but she was too far gone to not have to jump in with her and pull her out. However doing that, one of us or both would be lost forever. I couldn't live without her. She was my other half.

I looked right at Ellie and Ben. I growled harshly at them, letting them know that I was pissed. "You two should be ashamed of yourselves!" I yelled at them. I watched as they coward away from me. "I had a plan and it was best that no one knew about it other than your Mother! However you two had to go and force her already fragile heart, to break! She's now in the darkest part of her mind! I have to go get her and that's a terrible thing to do! One of us could be lost forever because of you!"

Ellie and Ben were shocked and tears were trailing down their cheeks. "What is going on in here?" Ursis stepped through the opened door.

"Dad!" Ellie cried into his chest.

"It's all our fault. I'm so sorry!" Ben finally broke down into tears.

"Someone tell me what is going on here!" There was an urgency in his voice that could be heard clearly. He looked right at me. "Ixora, what's going on?"

I sighed. "Those two should answer that question themselves." I growled. Ursis looked shocked that I was out and not my counterpart, Ixora.

"Ellie, Ben. Tell me what is going on." Ursis spoke soft, but I could feel his tension. As they were explaining everything in their view, I felt my bond with Ixora grow even weaker. Soon, it would be lost completely and I would be cast out of her body. "Onyx, can you still feel her?" Ursis was now panicking. He must have finally felt their bond breaking.

"Barely. There isn't much time left before she's gone. Once she's gone, I'll be cast out and she will be in a coma for the rest of her natural life." I wasn't ready to tell them yet. No one knew, not even Ixora knew yet. She was pregnant. If I were to be cast out, nothing would be there to protect the pup she was carrying.

"I'll get my brother. He and I can save her. No one will be lost that way." I nodded to Ursis and followed him to his brothers room.

Adonis explained nearly everything about the procedure, but I had a feeling that he was hiding something. "You both ready?" Ursis nodded quickly, but I was hesitant. "It won't hurt you too much. Just a small zap of electricity and Ursis will be in Ixora's mind."

I growled. "No! Find another way!" I couldn't let him do that! There was a child in this body! It would die if I were to let that happen!

"We don't have time, Onyx! Just do it so I can get my mate back!" Ursis yelled.

"NO! I can't do that!"

"What are you hiding, Onyx?" Adonis narrowed his eyes at me.

I looked away. "Nothing."

"LIES!" Ursis yelled.

With my ears pointed back, I had to make a decision, fast. Save the baby and lose Ixora, or save Ixora and lose the baby. I couldn't make this decision by myself. I growled in frustration. "Fine! I've been hiding something for nearly two weeks now!" I paused and squeezed my eyes shut. "Ixora is pregnant. She doesn't even know yet. Only I do, and now so do you two."

Ursis's eyes widened in shock and Adonis looked at Ursis like he had grown ten heads. "A-Are you sure, Onyx?" Ursis stuttered. I only nodded. "But how? I don't remember even having s*x with her without protection."

"You were both drunk." Was all I said. Realization crossed Ursis's face. He covered his mouth. "Yeah. Find another way and fast, or we lose the baby or Ixora."

"Ursis, there is no other way faster than this. You can always have another baby when the time is not so dangerous. If Ixora doesn't know, than she won't feel hurt about it. Trust me, I know this. I've been through this before." Adonis placed a gently hand on Ursis's shoulder.

Ursis looked at his brother. "I-- I want my mate, but I want my child too. I-- I don't know what to do."

"Ixora knows about the baby. She has been thinking if it is the right time to even have one with Helena running around. She told me that she has been thinking about having an abortion. She didn't tell me the answer, but I think she was going to. There is an appointment set up for tomorrow with a doctor." Adonis's wife stood with her arms crossed in the doorway. I never cared to learn her name.

I looked at Ursis. "Should I call and find out?" He asked, looking between the three of us. Adonis nodded and his wife nodded, I was about to nod as well, when I felt the bond getting weaker again.

"No. There's no time. The bond is about to break." My ears flattened to my skull. "Zap Ursis in. We have no choice but to sacrifice the baby."

In seconds, Adonis had us hooked up to a whole whack of wires. He didn't even bother warning us. I felt the zap and a whimper escaped my throat. I knew the baby wouldn't survive that. It was not a little zap, not at all.

Ursis was unconscious, but I could feel another being inside my head. "Do you feel Ursis in there?" Adonis asked. I nodded. I won't lie and say that I didn't feel sick from that electric current. I was dizzy and I felt as if I was going to throw up. "Good. Shouldn't be too long now before they come back. If he finds her that is."

I looked at him at that. "What do you mean 'if he finds her'? He has to find her! We didn't just kill a baby for no reason!" I growled at him.

"Calm down! There's only a 23 percent chance that he doesn't find her. The dark part of the mind isn't all that big." He paused. "Besides, this is Ursis that we are talking about. The boy knows what he's doing. He's done this many times before, without my help."

"With or without your help, you should have told me everything!"

"Both of you shut the hell up! He's talking!" All of us looked at Ursis. His eyes were still closed, but he was talking.

"Ixora, you have to wake up. This isn't the place for you." -- "Yes I know what they said, but they didn't know anything. Not about the plan either. I promise, they want their Mother back." -- "No, my love. It didn't. Aalto is safe with Kade right now." -- "Ixora, you are not horrible or stupid. You are the smartest person I have ever met. You're strong and brave. I--" -- "No, Ixora. You are not. Now, get your ass back us here and talk to our children." -- "Yes you will. I will drag you out if I have to. I meant it."

Not a moment later, I felt Ixora come back and our bond reform itself. "Onyx. I'm sorry. I can feel your worry for me." She spoke. She sounded hurt still, but that would go away soon.

"It's alright. You are back now, that's all that matters to me. You know I can't live without you."

"Nor I without you, now, let me out."

"Wait, there's something that I need to tell you." I paused. "The baby--"

"I know. I can feel that it's gone. It's alright. It's not the right time to have a baby anyways. I won't lie, it hurts me that the baby is gone, but it is for the best. I don't think I could handle giving birth and raising the child just to have Helena kill it in front of me." With that, I let her take over her body and change back to human form. I honestly feel more guilt than she does, simply because I am the one who ordered Adonis to zap Ursis and I, sacrificing the baby.