"LEO AND LUNA, RUN!" I screamed as I ran to fight off the Eclipse Order so they could make their escape. My focus was split, part of me tracking the twins' footsteps fading into the distance, the other anchored in the chaos unraveling around me. I needed to make sure they were safe and left.
The Eclipse Order was already inside. Shattered glass crunched beneath my boots. Shadows moved with unnatural speed, five, maybe six of them. When I saw their faces, I felt like I'd seen them before. Every time I tried to remember, it felt like hitting a wall. Blank. Wiped clean. My jaw clenched.
I put my hand down, palm wide open, summoned a sword and shield, then I charged.
The first attacker came at me with twin daggers, cloaked in black, his movement serpentine. I dropped low, sweeping his legs out from under him, and followed with a brutal punch to his ribs that sent him flying into the wall with a sickening crack. I then put the sword in their chest and moved on to the next attackers.
Two more closed in from either side.
I slammed my palm to the floor. The ground trembled, cracked, and shot up stone spikes like jagged teeth. One screamed, caught through the shoulder. The other dodged, fast, and threw a glowing disc of energy toward me.
I summoned a wall of rock just in time. It shattered on impact, but the blast knocked me back. My ribs screamed, but I stayed standing.
"You were always the strongest of us, Orion," a voice said from the shadows.
I turned sharply. The speaker stepped forward. His features flickered—mine, then twisted. Solara Valentine.
Solara Valentine has piercing dark eyes and long, brown hair with blonde highlights. She has a strong spanish accent, most likely from Spain. She was from the Solaris bloodline they drawed energy from the sun. Solara is able to manipulate the electromagnetic spectrum, particularly ultraviolet light and solar radiation.
"Oh, Orion, so strong! Yet… so weak." I groaned. Solara Valentine. Head of the Eclipse Order, but also known as the worst of the worst of the order. I wouldn't let her hurt Luna and Leo, I knew she wanted to, badly.
"The only thing here that's weak is you. I chose the Moonlight bloodline. I protect them. Either you leave or you die right here, today.
She laughed. "Aw, that's cute! You think you can defeat me? I'd love to see you try."
I lunged.
I raised a stone shield just in time, but Solara was fast she blasted a ultraviolet wave at me but I dodged it. She tackled me to the floor. I hit hard, the air knocked out of my lungs. "Too slow huh?" Solara laughed as she raised his hand to strike, but I caught it. Our eyes locked. My silver, glowing with fury. She blasted me but I put my arms in front of my face and managed to only allow my arms to get burned.
"I won't let you touch them," I said through gritted teeth, and with a roar, I channeled everything I had left into one final blast.
The house shook. Walls cracked. Solara was thrown through what was left of the front entrance, landing hard and skidding across the dirt. For a moment, there was silence, save for the rumble of settling debris. "This isn't over Orion!" Solara yelled then in Spanish, telling the order to retreat. I fell to one knee, panting, bleeding, bruised. The twins, I needed to go find them. Whatever it took, I needed to make sure they were safe. I got up and dragged myself out the door to go find Luna and Leo.
I started limping around the city. I saw people looking over at me like I was crazy. I knew why, I looked crazy. I had no idea where I'd start looking for them. All I knew was that I had to find them, to make sure they were safe. I heard a voice coming from the distance. It was Luna's. As fast as I could, I limped over there and saw Luna. I saw Luna looking at me and I was about to talk to them when Luna yelled "STAY BACK!" I put my hands up unsure why she was yelling at me. "Woah, Luna what are you doing?" I said surprised. "Don't give me that. I won't be tricked by you again!" She yelled holding up something in her hands. "Tricked you?" I was confused."Get away from us Mimic!" She screamed. "Who's Mimic? Are you ok? What are you talking about?" That's when she put her "weapon" down, ran up to me, and hugged me. I hugged her back glad that I found her and Leo.