As soon as we were close to the temple I was able to see the battle playing out before our eyes. There were more people there than even our biggest concerts. It looked as if everyone that lived in the capitol were fighting, not just the trained ones. We landed on a hill and started looking for the darkness. Right when I saw it, I knew that it was the darkness. It was completely black and in the form of a man in the center of the army of demons. It looked up at us because it knew that we were looking at it. The demons around it moved to make a giant circle. It was time for the battle to begin.
I teleported us down to the ground, so we were standing face to no face with the creature. Without saying anything, it lunged at us. Alex and I were quick to jump out of the way, but I didn’t expect for something to be around my foot, causing me to trip. I looked at my ankle and saw that there was a rope like darkness around it. The darkness turned its hand into a black sword and came at me. I closed my eyes, but the attack never came. Alex used his sword to block it. He pushed the creature and cut it in half.
Of course, killing it like that would be too easy.
The creature put itself into one being again as soon as the blade was away. It turned it’s other hand into an ax and brought it down on Alex. I summoned a force field of light before it would hit him. My love jumped back as I undid the dark rope and stood up. Alex summoned a bow and started shooting at him as I shot some bolts of light.
Nothing seemed to phase him.
The darkness started to walk closer to us, and we kept backing up. All of a sudden, it disappeared. I had no idea where it went. I couldn’t feel it at all. All of a sudden I was being pushed. I looked up from where I had fallen to find that Alex was being shot with a continuous bolt of dark energy.
“Alex!” I screamed as he fell to the ground.
I used all of my strength to create a prison around the beast. I ran over to Alex to find him unconscious. I held him in my arms and tried to fight the tears, but I couldn’t help it. I sensed no life in him. This is not the way it was suppose to be. We were suppose to be together and never be separated like last time. I can’t let him die.
All it took was a single drop of the salty liquid from my eyes to bring him back.
It fell on his face and made his body glow. I watched as he came back to me. I didn’t even need to question how I was able to do this because it happened and that’s all that matters. Alex and I stood up and looked each other in the eye.
I knew what we had to do.
“We have to shoot a bolt of light and darkness at the creature using our love for each other.”
“That’s what I thought the book meant, but then it brought up the thing about the heart.”
“A drawn heart isn’t just a shape. It is two human hearts put together. The answer is both of our hearts, our love for each other.”
“Well, shit. It could have just said that. Now, drop the prison.”
I did so. Alex and I put our weapons together like in the picture and focused. I thought about all of the good times together and all of the good things that has happened to us just like I had done before, but to a greater scale, and I could tell Alex was doing the same thing. The creature lunged at us, but was shot back from a forcefield that started to circle us. It was grey. Our weapons started to glow, and when the beast got up, it shot a continuous blast of grey energy at him. I could feel him fighting back though, so I thought even harder. I closed my eyes and just felt the love that Alex and I share. It was like if we were in some other world just by ourselves. I opened my eyes and walked as the creature let out an inhuman scream. It started to glow in various spots before our grey energy absorbed it completely and destroyed it.
Alex and I looked up and saw a portal open up. All of the demons started to be sucked up into it, and soon they were all gone. I went to look over at Alex, but I wasn’t able to because he ambushed me with a kiss. At first I was taken by surprise, but I quickly melted into it. Finally it was all over, except... I had almost forgotten about it.
The question.
Alex and I pulled away and found Luna and Cymbeline by us. I grabbed Alex’s hand and held onto it. If the question dealt with us being separated, than I was going to hold on as tight as I can. The look in the sisters’ eyes gave me a sense of relief though.
“It’s time for the question,” Luna told us. We nodded. “The question is a choice. You can either forget all of this magick and fighting and have your powers locked away, but still remember your love for each other, or you can choose to remember everything that has happened and still be with each other. There is no way that we will be splitting you up.”
Alex was the one to answer. “I choose to remember. The whole reason why we found our love for each other and became so much closer is because of all of this fighting. Yes, it was terrible, but it’s what brought us together, and because of that, I can never forget it.”
Luna smiled at us. “That is the correct answer, but now I have another question for you. It’s about whether you want your reward or not. To get it, you must give up some of your power. You will become just a tad bit stronger than the council and us and will only be able to use all of your power if you’re in absolute danger and are dying. Just a bit of advice, it may be taking away some of your power, but it will be so worth it.”
“Well, I guess we’ll take it then.”
“Awesome.”
Luna put one of her hands on Alex’s shoulder as Cymbeline did the same to me. A white light went into Cymbeline’s hand, through her body and to her other hand. The same with Luna. When I could feel myself at about their level, they took their hands off of us and put the white light and darkness together. A being was being formed before our very eyes. We closed our eyes as the light became too bright to bare. When we opened them, we found Luna holding a baby wrapped in a grey blanket.
“This is Enid,” she said as she handed the baby for me to hold. As soon as I touched her, I knew that she was my daughter. “She is both of our daughters. She was created by both of your magick, and it turns out that she is the witch of spirit.”
“What does that mean?” Alex asked as he stood next to me and smiled down at our child.
“The next generation will have the true elemental guardians. Your daughter has the tattoo of the spirit on her chest. She will be the leader of them and also the strongest. Of course, these guardians will stay hidden. The guardians in the past have been shunned for being so superior and as strong as the council. I have a feeling that they won’t be shunned anymore in due time. Until then, only your daughter will be known as being one since she is your daughter and the spirit guardian. So, what do you think of your reward?”
“I think that she’s the most beautiful thing that I have ever seen in my life.”
“Enid,” I said, “I love you. Daddy loves you.”
Alex chuckled. “So you call daddy? I guess I’ll just be dad then. I can’t believe that this happened. This is so amazing.”
“We’re a true family now.”
“Almost. There is just one more thing that needs to be done before that.”
“What’s that?”
Alex picked up something that was laying on the ground and then got on one knee. “That one thing is just being married.”
Alex showed me what he had picked up and it was two rings that must have been created when we used our love to defeat the darkness. “Oh my god.”
I expected him to just straight up asked me, but he didn’t. He sang. “Jacky run away with me. I know I sound crazy. Don’t you see what you do to me? I want to be your lost boy, your last chance, a better reality. Jacky, we can get away. I promise if you’re with me, say the word and we’ll find a way. I can be your lost boy, your last chance, your ‘everything better’ plan. Oh, somewhere in Neverland. So, what do you say?”




“Of course, stupid. Now get your ass up here and kiss me.”

Notes

I didn't think that this was so late, but here it is. I just love their reward, and that's why I wasn't able to tell anyone what the sequel is about. It's about their daughter Enid, which means spirit. I'm not going to say who the bad guy is just yet, but if you're wondering, I'm going to try to throw in as many Jalex chapters as I can, so it's not just only focused on her.
Also, I know how cheesy the ending is. I've had that planned because I'm a hopeless romantic that loves cheesy stuff.
Another thing is that I'm going to have a chapter that was originally going to be the epilogue of Jalex with Enid doing something, and the epilogue is going to be a preview of the sequel through the eyes of either Alex or Jack.
Oh, and if anyone wants to know, Enid is pronounced as eenid. I didn't know that 'til I looked.
I hope you've liked this Jalex adventure, and I hope that you stay for the next one, and no, the darkness is not the bad guy. He's gone forever.