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in utter disbelief as to what I was seeing. Troy turned, just in time, to destroy and deal the other robotic guard the same fate. He grinned at his swift abilities. My eyes caught movement as yet another guard was upon Troy, he’d come from nowhere. My senses flashed, and from somewhere deep down inside of me a bolt of lightning escaped, ripping right through me and exiting through the palms of my hands. I was insanely mad as the pain left me, and it was this pain that made me even angrier and fueled the bolt. Something held me back, though. The anger was different, I never shifted. The guard stumbled from the blow and almost fell from the blinding flash. Troy flew at him with an upper cut, finishing off his decent to meet his fellow guards on the ground, going down hard. A pin to the throat ensured his immobility. When Troy turned around he was smiling wickedly, and my smile mirrored his. He was faster than I remembered, and I had a new ability. I should have realized at the swift change that I, too, was altered somehow. I should have known I was not myself, but I didn’t want to because it was all so wild and exciting! I had been ‘changed’ before, and was terrified of the next one.
    He shook his head. “No idea where those three came from,” he said grinning.
    His eyes shifted to the ground, as if he were all of a sudden shy about his abilities to move so fast and strike with so much accuracy. But then he looked very confused, bothered even. Suddenly, all my strength drained from me. That bolt had taken most of my energy. Troy was already holding me before my knees hit the shimmering dirt, his touch a zap of sensation to my skin.
    “Hey, what’s going on?” he asked softly, staring into my eyes.
    He brought me back with those iridescent eyes. We were both changing rapidly. The prophesy was upon us. I steadied myself, hugging him.
    “Where are the other guards, surely this can’t be all of them?” I asked, not really expecting an answer as I gently pulled away to take in some air, my eyes locked on his. I didn’t want to let go. His gentle stare grounded me.
    He fumbled at his harness. “Crap, we should have done this sooner.” He pulled out the inhaler, as if he thought my collapse was due to the lack of breathable air. “Quickly.” He pushed it into my mouth.
    He held the back of my neck while I sucked in the gas that would make breathing on that moon possible. I coughed a little less than I had the first time I’d inhaled the gas. I was suddenly shy about telling him I could breathe just fine without it.
    I looked at him as he drew away.
    “So. Three guards? That’s all Enoch’s got?” I quickly said to keep him close to me, to hear his voice so it could drown out the panic I was harboring inside.
    “No.” He smiled almost shamelessly.
    I stood, hand on hip.
    Troy shrugged and said, “I took care of them.”
    “And got hurt!” I was staring at his leg, the one I noticed he’d been limping on all this time but had tried to hide. With a hook of his arm my body met his unexpectedly. My hands came to rest on his strong chest and as I stared deep into his eyes, they shone the greenest I had ever seen. I kept staring into his dilating pupils as the green pulled back and left the brightest hazel. I didn’t back away. This was my chance to let him know exactly how I felt. His fingers trailed my cheek beneath my left eye.
    “I see your scar has healed. Does this mean you have moved on?”
    I didn’t care to answer, I just wanted him to kiss me. His hand cupped the back of my head. I shuddered with the pleasure in anticipation of what was to come. His arms enveloped me. Bliss enfolded over me in the circle of his arms, leaving me anchored to the floor. Pins and needles zinged through me, fast and furious, heating up all of me as my body came to an inferno of sensations. I took in his scent lingering beneath the dirt and sweat. Our lips fused together, and I felt naked from the inside out. How could I