Chronos Shift

The Defender's Cry

The buffet place turned into disarray. Screams, shouts, people frantically running all around the place.

 “Get under the table!” I shouted.

 “NOW!” Mike commanded.

 Our friends rushed to under the table. The both us stared at each other and gave a brief nod. We closed our eyes and Mike’s turned a flaring green, while I a glowing white.

 Mike and I block the falling shards of glasses with our arms. Helicopter blades whirring in the distance as men clad in black vests with goggles on and big guns dropped down from ropes. All of them surrounds us, pointing their guns menacingly.

 A single shot rang at the lobby and people stormed out of the buffet place pushing each other in hopes to live for tomorrow, leaving only us at large dining table.

 Clap! Clap! Clap!

 A burly, bald man with a thick beard and a grey suit emerged from the wall of armed men. He has a wide grin in his face as he walked closer to us. Mike and I’s arms are about to turn the same shade of our eyes until two men shoot at the same time.

 Bzzztt!

 Fuck! Jesus Christ! Owww!!

 Mike and I convulse to the floor as the bearded man guffaws.

 “Seriously?” He looks to the man beside him, “they really have powers?”

 The man’s footsteps grew nearer and as our shaking bodies writhe in pain from the electrocution. He crouches to our level and he was about to utter a word.

 Bam!

 Alex comes in with a punch, earning a lost tooth from the man as he spits it out. The armed men c***s their guns, but the beard raises his hand and they lower it. He fixes his jaw and assumes a fighting position just like Alex’s.

 Alex charges to the man with his fists swinging about. The beard simply smirks until he was only an inch away. His eyes turn into a red color flared into a fiery red color. He balls hand as if holding a sword.

 Shit!

 “Alex! NO!” I scream as I struggled get up. The armed men stomping their foot into Mike and I’s head rendering us immobile.

 A katana appears from the beard’s hand that stopped Alex dead in his tracks. He coughs up blood and as the sword vanishes, he drops to the ground. Arronn screams as a look horror painted on his face. He tries to run to Alex’s side only to be hit with a butt of a gun, knocking him down on the floor. The others screams, and Lucia got herself in between the others and the armed men.

 Arronn lies their on the ground unconscious as I try wriggle my way out. I try to activate my powers only to no avail. Mike shakes violently and got free from foot prison. He stands up only to meet the same fate as Arronn’s.

 “NOOO!” I screamed trying to get out but to no avail.

 I look back at Alex who’s clothes are turning into a dark crimson color as a pool of blood formed beneath him.

 “ALEX! NOO!” Arronn jumps from his feet, he almost gets hit again but he dodges it gracefully. He slides to Alex’s side and brings him up to his lap.

 “No, no, no, baby, look at me!” He caresses Alex’s head. “STAY WITH ME!”

 He rocks back and forth, cradling him in his arms. Tears fall down his face as he tries to shake Alex to keep him awake.

 “No, no, no,” his voice cracking, “Not you too…I failed to protect you!”

 He buries his head to Alex’s neck, Alex slowly brings his hand to Arronn’s hair.

–ARRONN–

 I felt his hand on my head. The pitch black I am seeing turning into white. I raise my head to see everything around me was white, and my baby’s body was fine. I look at him and kiss him passionately, tears still streaming down my face.

 “Hey, hey.” He pinches my chin to break our kiss.

 “Don’t leave me please. I can’t…I can’t”

 “Shh, shh, baby, I’m here, okay?”

 “Yes, sweetheart, we’re here too.” A familiar voice echoing from a far.

 Alex smiles and asks me to look up.

 My parents. My father hugging my mother from behind, a smile present in their faces that radiated a faint glow.

 “Mom…Dad…” I am a crying mess with sniffling in between.

 “Look at how big you’ve grown!” Mom said with a broad smile on her face.

  Tears continue to fall from my eyes. The memory of the past haunting my mind as I struggle to speak with a clipped voice.

 “I…I had a shield…I should’ve…protected…you…two.” I said through sniffles.

 “You were only a kid back then, and it’s our job to protect you.” Dad explained.

 “But…but.”

 “We did everything just to keep you safe because-”

 “We love you.” My parents said in unison.

 “Now don’t cry sweetie.” Mom comforts.

 “It’s your time to do everything for the ones you love.”

 “Show us your shield.” They said in unison.

 I look to my arm and see a glowing blue kite-like shield like the one I had from when I was a child. I gaze back at my love. My Alex smiling at me.

 “I will always love you.”

 I am back from my reverie, and a mocking tone whispers something to me. “Pathetic, can’t even protect your measly little boyfriend.”

 “Fire away! But leave C and Mike alive.” The man said from far away in a commanding tone.

 “No…” I muttered.

 “What did you say you weak little s**t?”

 “I said,” I stand up slowly, “no.”

–“Custodio,” a soft voice whispers to me.–

Arronn releases a strong gusts of wind from his feet, bringing their guns down that pointed to his friends. The bearded man using his arm to cover his eyes from the immense winds.

“Tch” The man reappears the katana he had in his hand and charges to Arronn who has his eyes closed.

He reopens his eyes revealing glowing blue orbs, and a scowl in his face. Arronn raised his hands and electricity surges to his hands then turning it into a blue translucent hands.

“I will protect them.”

“Fire away you little shits!”

Bratatatatatatatatat!

Machine guns fire in quick successions leaving a cloud of dust as an aftermath. As the dust dissipated.

Clink!

Bullets drop to the floor. A stunned expression from the bearded man.

Arronn’s hands has two raging blue orbs with shield symbols circling around it. His friends engulfed by the same symbol as casings littered the floor around them. Arronn looks at C and raises his hand. A blue pulsating forcefield appears on him, knocking the armed man upwards and falling with a thump.

C looks at him and nods. C closes his eyes and it turns to a blazing red. Mike, already conscious the minute the guns started firing, turns his eyes into a blazing green. A raging green orb appears on Mike’s hand, placing it in between his hands, he crushes it with a smirk in his face.

“NO!” The katana wielding man charges swiftly to Mike.

Only to be engulfed with green as everything comes to a still. The two walk to each other, while Arronn levitates with a blue aura radiating off of him.

“Can you put them all in one place for me?” C asks.

Arronn nods and with a crushing motion in his hands, the armed men along with the bearded man are placed within a large orb with shield symbols rotating around it.

C draws a star pattern with his hand with a red trail from his fingers. Mike looks at C and they both nod, Mike snaps his fingers and the green dissipates. The assailants wrapped in a red glow as they are thrown viciously within the blue orb. After a second, they all drop to the floor, unconscious.

The three go back to normal. But Arronn drops to the ground, a top his lover. Mike swoops them up and rushes to the exit.

C motions with his hand for his friends to come out.

“Let’s go!” C shouts. And everyone of them dashes to the exit.

“Get in the car!” Mike commanded as his eyes blare green.

All of them sits at their respective seats. Mike holds onto the steering wheel and with one second, they were at the house. C retracts his blue eyes as well as Mike’s green ones and head inside the house.

They run to the vault and knocked three time.

“Clinic.” C muttered.

Mechanisms whirred and metal clanging with each other. In one swift motion, C opens the vault door and everyone heads inside. Mike places the two lovers in different beds.

Their hands touching each other as C and Mike frantically dart around the room to find the supplies.