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“And now…”The Shadow Heir raised his hand.“…I am here to take it back.”Black energy rushed toward Kelvin.Kelvin crossed his arms.The impact sent him sliding across the floor.His boots dug into the stone.He stopped.The six powers around him flickered.The Shadow Heir smiled.“You cannot stop me.”Kelvin raised his head.“Then you should have taken it already.”The Shadow Heir disappeared.Kelvin turned.A fist struck his stomach.He was thrown backward.He crashed into a machine.The machine broke apart.“Kelvin!”Leisa ran toward him.The Shadow Heir appeared in front of her.Kelvin moved.He grabbed the Hunter's arm before he could strike.The Shadow Heir looked at him.“Faster.”Kelvin punched him.The Shadow Heir blocked.Kelvin attacked again.The Shadow Heir blocked again.Their movements became faster.Punch.Block.Kick.Dodge.Strike.The room shook with every impact.Jacob pulled Leisa away.“Stay back!”Gale watched carefully.“He's testing Kelvin.”Adrian looked at
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Kelvin opened his eyes.The first thing he heard was someone shouting.“GET AWAY FROM HIM!”Then a loud crash.Kelvin pushed himself up.He was back in the laboratory.But everything had changed.The walls were cracked, machines destroyed.Smoke filled the room.And Jacob was fighting one of the Shadow Hunters.Kelvin stood.“Jacob!”Jacob turned.His eyes widened.“Kelvin!”The Shadow Hunter attacked him.Kelvin moved.He crossed the room in an instant.His fist struck the Hunter's chest.The creature flew backward and crashed into the wall.Jacob stared at Kelvin.“What happened to you?”Kelvin looked at his hands.“I don't know.”The black symbol on his chest was still glowing.Gale approached carefully.“Kelvin.”Kelvin turned.Gale's face was covered in blood.“You're alive.”Kelvin nodded.“So are you.”Gale gave a tired smile.“Barely.”Leisa rushed toward Kelvin.“I thought we lost you.”Kelvin looked at her.“I'm sorry.”She shook her head.“Don't apologize. Just don't disapp
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CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVENKelvin was falling.There was no ground.No walls.No sound.Only darkness.He tried to move his arms.Nothing happened.He tried to shout.No sound came out.Then a light appeared below him.He looked down.A small child stood in the middle of the darkness.Kelvin stopped falling.The child looked familiar.Too familiar.Kelvin stared at him.the semblance it beared with him was uncanny.A younger version of himself perhaps Maybe six years old.The child was standing alone.His clothes dirty.His face covered with tears.Kelvin slowly moved toward him.“Kelvin?”The child looked up.“Who are you?”Kelvin stopped.“I’m…”He couldn't finish.The child stared at him.“You look like a lot like me.”Kelvin nodded.“I know.”“Are you here to save me?”Kelvin's chest tightened.“I don't know.”The child looked down.“They always say someone is coming.”“Who?”“The people.”Kelvin looked around.“What people?”The child pointed behind him.Kelvin turned.
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CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX“Kelvin!”Vella's scream echoed through his body.Kelvin dropped to his knees.He grabbed his chest.“Vella!”Pain exploded through him.The black symbol burned brighter.The six powers inside him began moving at the same time.Fire.Water.Wind.Earth.Light.Shadow.They were no longer separate.They were fighting.Kelvin slammed his fist into the ground.“Get out of my head!”Vella's voice came again.“I can't!”Kelvin froze.“What?”“I can't leave.”The chamber shook.A crack opened across the ceiling.Pieces of stone fell around him.Kelvin pushed himself up.“Why can't you leave?”Silence.Then Vella answered.“Because I sealed myself inside you.”Kelvin stared at the black symbol.“You did what?”“I knew they would come for you.”“Who?”“The people who created you.”Kelvin's breathing became heavier.“So you put yourself inside me to protect me?”“Yes.”“Then why didn't you tell me?”“Because if you remembered…”Vella's voice broke.“They woul
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The six figures stood in the doorway.Kelvin could not move.Neither could Vella.The figures were covered in old armor.Each one carried a different symbol.Fire.Water.Wind.Earth.Light.Shadow.The six heirs.Kelvin stared at them.“You're supposed to be dead.”The figure carrying the fire symbol stepped forward.“We are.”Kelvin frowned.“Then what am I looking at?”The six figures raised their heads.Their eyes opened.They were glowing.Vella moved closer to Kelvin.“Don't attack them.”Kelvin looked at her.“Why?”“Because they aren't here to fight.”The shadow heir stepped forward.“We have come to finish what was started.”Kelvin's eyes narrowed.“Finish what?”
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Darkness.Kelvin could not see anything.He could not hear Gale.He could not hear Jacob.He could not even hear his own footsteps.He stood completely still.“Vella?”His voice disappeared into the darkness.No answer.Kelvin took another step.The floor beneath him suddenly lit up.A circle appeared under his feet.Then another.Then another.Six circles surrounded him.The seventh remained black.Kelvin looked down.His pendant was glowing.“You came.”Kelvin turned.Vella stood behind him.She looked exactly as he remembered.But something was different.She looked tired.Older.Almost like she had been waiting for him for years.Kelvin stared at her.“You knew I would come.”“Yes.”“You knew about the laboratory.”“Yes.”“You knew about Subject Eight.”Vella lowered her eyes.“Yes.”Kelvin's anger rose.“You knew everything.”“I did.”“Then why did you lie to me?”Vella looked at him.“Because the truth would have killed you.”Kelvin stepped closer.“I've already been lied to eno
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