~Gem

I stare at the two villains, trying my best to convince myself that none of this is real.  Everyone's eyes are trained on Rex and Saana, but I am watching them. Watching from any signs of atack, watching. Watching. I am not getting a snake bite again. My eyes travel to the wall, where I can clearly see footholds, It would take me about 5.893 seconds to get up there, but what of the others. The ground starts to shake, the villigents turn to me. Not now!  Their eyes seem to say, but I'm not even trying to! Calm down. Calm down. Finally, I get it under control. This is the worst time for an earthquke to take place. I breath in and focus on the villans weapons. Snakes, daggers, that's it. Times 10. We're done for.

Will~

Gem screamed "I'm not even trying to!"

Will cursed, raising her hand. The ground shook. Darkness Princess swore.

And Gem tumbled out of the villain's hands.

"What-" one said, staring at their traitorous arms that had snapped open.

Will's eyes trickled green-blue liquid. She shoved Darkness Princess against the wall telekinetically.

"I'm sick of this. Sick of-"

"Will, please. You just told me not to kill-"

WIll whirled and glared at Zandibar. "Look, Zandi. Look around. I don't know what to think anymore. I don't think I should have kept you from killing him."

Zandibar looked horrified. Will laughed.

"I-I don't need you, Skylock. I can't-my power-"

Will's powers seemed to whisper in her ears, lulling her into a haze.

"I'm not Will o' Wisp."

Will took off her mask, as though in a trance. Zandibar, Rex, and Saana gasped. Gem looked like she might cry. Will turned towards the stunned villains.

"I've-I can't be-"

I can't be trusted.

My power-it-it won't let me go-

Help me, Zandi...

Rex...

Saana...

Gem...

"I'm going to find him," Will said out loud, "and I'm going to kill him."

Will paused as Zandibar began yelling something.

Not Will. Will did pause. Inside of Subject Beta's head, Will screamed to stop.

But it wasn't Will anymore. It was Beta. Subject Beta.

And Beta, glowing with telekinetic energy, shot into the sky like a comet. 

~Gem

I gasp. Will! "NO!" Crys out Skylock in an anguished wail. "NO!" I swallow, and begin all over again. The ground shakes "We have to stop her."

Rex

~

"Why should we stop her?" I snap. "What's so wrong with killing Leopold? He made you three experiments and he tried to wipe our minds!"

Skylock/Zandi stares at me. "She can't let the power take over who she is! We're vigilantes, not villains."

"Who are we?" Saana says quietly enough so only I can hear. "Traitors? Vigilantes? Villains?"

I shake my head. I wish I could answer. I wish I could provide some sort of comfort, some words of advice. But I'm just as lost as she is. Even Will knows who she is: Subject Beta. Will 'o' Wisp. Saana and I... We have no idea.

And never had that been more crucial as right now. Gem and Zandi are already running off after Will. Skylar and Shaia are gone. We're left literally in the middle, unclear on what to do.

"Which way do we go?" I say in defeat, slumping against a wall. "Leopold deserves to die. But so do Skylar and Shaia."

"So do we. We're lucky the heroes didn't kill us or turn us in."

"Do you regret all the crimes you've done?"

Saana meets my eyes for the first time. She looks utterly defeated. "I regret the circumstances that made us become criminals."

I pause as a thought hits me. "My family. They all died in one day. A train crash. But..."

"Murder. Who killed them?" My heartbeat seems to be ten times faster. I'm hyperventilating, struggling to breathe all of a sudden. Saana goes on. "Who would have needed young recruits?"

"Shaia," I say with grim resolve. "Why didn't I realize?"

"We have to find her."

"Your arm is broken."

She looks pained, but her jaw is set. "The vigilantes are on our side now... I guess. So we have the ace. Let's track down a murderer." 

Zandibar~

"No! Will! Fight it, Will! You have to fight it! WILL! STOP!" I scream as Will shoots into the air like a rocket, glowing with power. I launch myself after her as a hawk. She's much faster than me, but she's never flown before. I have. I have to hope that her inexpirience will slow her down enough for me to catch up.

I can't let her do something I know she's going to regret so bitterly later. But will she regret it? Something's changed with her and I think I know what it is. Her power is taking her over, like the lioness tried to do to me. The lioness inside me tried to make me a killer, and I only got away because... because Will called my name. Because she reminded me who I am. I have to do the same for her. I have to save her like she saved me. She's my best friend, my only friend before this night. She still might be, as I don't think I've figured out where I stand with all these other people.

I give myself a shake. Stop thinking, Zan, keep flying. Will is soaring faster, getting the hang of flying quickly. She always was a fast learner. I put on a burst of speed and manage to sink my talons into the back of her shirt. I try to yell her name, forgetting that I can't speak human language while a hawk. She gets the idea, however, and cranes her neck to peer at me. The weird blue mist leaks creepily out of her eyes. 

"Stop it, Skylock. Don't fight me. I know what I need to do and if you get in the way I'll hurt you," she says. Her voice is flat, yet there is a tenseness to it, like she's struggling against it. She never calls me Skylock if there aren't people around. 

Without thinking, I transform into my human self. Will drops like a stone from the added weight, then regains herself and rises again.

"Get off, Skylock! Don't try to stop me!" 

"Will, listen to me! You have to fight this power! You control it, it doesn't control you! Willomena, come on! You can do it! Think about who you are, Will! You aren't a murdurer, I know that, you know that! You are a vigilante! Don't let it take over you! C'mon! Will, please! You can do this!"

She turns to me again, and for a moment the blue mist fades.

"Zandi, I- I can't," her voice is her's again and she sounds so afraid. Then the mist comes again and she continues, "He has to pay. He has to die, Skylock. Come with me and we'll kill him."

"Snap out of it, Will! Fight it!" My hands slip off her and I change back into a bird.

"Leave, Skylock. You've been warned," she says ominously, then her voice changes back to herself for an instant, "I'm sorry, Zandi! But I can't stop it-" her eyes start to glow again.

A tremendous force stops me mid-air. It's like crashing into a window, but a thousand times worse. I feel myself turning human again as I tumble through the air, falling towards the city below. I'm aware of a loud sound, my own voice, screaming in terror,

"WILL!" 

Sorry! Our play was yesterday and I had a huge standardized test and this thingy with my friend today!

Saana~

Over the past few days I have gone from a forced-vigilante to villian imprisoned among vigilantes to a villian imprisoned among villians, to almost dying jumping off a cliff, and then back to among vigilantes. I honestly don't know what I am anymore. Either side is going to keep me imprisoned, and one is going to kill me. Probably with snakes. The good thing is, you don't have to be part of a group to be a villian or vigilante. The city knows my face. There are wanted posters for me. There's no way I could lead a normal life anymore. I bring myself back to the present:

Right. Shaia. The murderer. Where could she be?

*(Zeus I'm a little confused about what happened to Rex. Would you mind clearing that up? Thanks)* 

Aaaaaagh so sorry my mom is telling me I need to go to bed! Sorrysorrysorry I'll post again tomorrow that was really short!