TDL- 6.9

The Divine Legacy- 6.9

Our hero wakes up to find a note on his bedside end table.

Heroes don't die old in bed.

He frowned at the scrap paper, unsure what to think of it. Instead of spending the rest of the day wondering, he got up and decided to forget about it.

Lucas: "Robby, wake up, today's the day."

Robby: "What day?"

Lucas: "The day we get Zack."

Robby: "The plan's not going into effect till noon."

Lucas: "Plllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaseeeeee wake up!"

Robby: -moans-

Sabrina: Day 6: Today is the day I kill them. All of them. I gathered all the keys last night while they were sleeping. I also took a bit of a risk and put a note on Dad's end table. Just to keep him on his toes. One should know when their time is drawing near, even if they die of... unnatural causes. It was the kindest thing I could have done for him. I don't know how I'll be able to hold of until noon, but I will find a way. I am Sabrina Divine, after all, and I must be patient if I am to rule the world.

Lilly: "Wanna play a game?"

Sabrina: "This is the last time I'll play you, Lilly."

Lilly: "Don't be silly, Sabrina. We'll play again. May the best player win."

Sabrina: "I've had enough of this game, Lilly. Games are for children. How about we grow up?"

Lilly: "Refusing to play games doesn't make you mature, if that's what you're going for. It just makes you a jerk. Now play with me or leave and I'll play Lucas."

Sabrina: I wasn't too sure about what I should do with Lilly. I know my parents, I know my uncles, but I never really understood her. Now I know. She called me a jerk! I can only imagine what she'll think when she's trapped and her family drops dead around her. Actually, I think I'll make sure she drops first. While it would be nice to make her suffer, she is not the target, and is far to smart. If I leave her alive in the room for too long, she could find a way to escape, and that ruins the plan. Noon is nearly here! My time is inching closer and closer. I can almost see myself ruling the planet!

Sabrina: "Look! Mom, Dad, come here! LOOOOOOOOOOOK!"

Sabrina used her best surprised voice and stared out the window. Of course there was nothing outside the boy's nursery window, but the family should be here soon. Lucas and Robby knew to come, and Lilly would be curious.

Soon each and every living Divine was gathered in the boys nursery, heading towards the window to get a peak. Lucas and Robby kept giving each other nervous glances, but followed the plan and pretended to look for something. Sabrina slid to the back of the crowd and  inched towards the door, pulling one of the many keys out of her pocket.

Sabrina looked at her family one last time. She wouldn't bother with the corpses. She didn't plan to ever return to this house. Robby saw her by the door and knew all too late that he and his twin had been betrayed. He yelled out one, desperate phrase.

Robby: "IT'S A TRAP!"

Zack turned to see his daughter slam the door. He sprung at it, trying to open it before she could lock it, but Sabrina had been practicing locking the doors all night. It was locked before our hero's hand even touched the knob.

Zack: "Sabrina, open this door!"

He pounded against it a few times, and she answered from the other side.

Sabrina: "No way, Daddy. I can't let you stop me. You're all gonna die in there. The gas should start destroying your internal organs any second.

Zack: "Sabrina! What would I stop you from doing? Open the door, let's talk it out, okay?"

Sabrina: "You'd stop me from taking the world. I'm a Divine. We're superior to the rest of the humans, and so only a Divine could stop me. I must be the only one."

Zack: "Dear, that's not how it works! The Divines aren't special anymore! We may have a goddess ancestor, but we don't have her power. We're just human!"

Zack's desperate cries were cut short with a thud as his twin hit the ground. He turned to see his twin sister on the carpet. He didn't bother checking if she was alive. There was nothing he could do for her if she was. Then our hero caught sight of the windows. He charged one, but the window held. 

Sabrina: "Yeah, you're not gonna break the windows. Hard as rock. I went at them with a hammer for a while and got nowhere. The only way out is through this door, and it's really not a way out at all."

Zack: "Sabrina, please. Everyone in this room loves you. Don't leave us in here to die. Please!"

Our hero was crying. He felt sadness, he felt betrayal, he felt as if he'd failed. His tears stung his cheeks, but he couldn't stop them.

Then his sidekick, Rose, went down as well. He fell to the ground, trying to keep her alive, but she was already gone. He added shocked to his list of emotions. Then anger. He stood up and hit the wall. It gave a little, so he hit it again.

Meanwhile, Lucas was scared out of his mind. He could only repeat one word over and over and over again.

Lucas: "Nnononononnno nonononononnono...."

This wasn't the plan. This definitely wasn't the plan.

 Then he felt his knees give and his muscles go limp. He saw a dark figure lurking over him.

"It's time to go, Lucas Divine."

And the figure picked him up and carried him away.

Next was Robby, always so eager to follow his twin brother. He felt as if he was being torn to bits from the inside, which wasn't far from the truth. He fell with a short scream.

Our hero laid his forehead against the door. It was the only thing supporting him. All energy was gone, and the hole in the wall wasn't going to work. It was too late.

Zack: "Sabrina... Sabrina...?"

His voice was weak, and inside he felt a similar pain to Robby's only it got worse every second. He knew that if that door didn't open right that second he was dead. He knew that even if that door opened it would be too late.

Our hero could not hate Sabrina, despite all the deaths she'd just caused. In fact, he was holding on, hoping she'd apologize, hoping she would tell him that she loved him. Nothing like that happened. Sabrina Divine was giggling on the other side of the door.

And so our hero fell back. Hitting the ground hurt more than anything he'd ever experienced, but he was not dead yet. He held on for a few last words.

Zack: "I still love you, Sabrina."

But there was no response from the other side of the door. There was no comfort. There was no 'I love you too' like there had been every other time he'd told his daughter he loved her. There was just her childish giggle. Our hero lowered his head to the ground and remembered the note.

Heroes don't die old in bed.

On the flipside of the door, Sabrina was overcome with childish glee. She checked the time.

Sabrina: "Not bad for an hour's work."

She stretched her arms and laughed some more. The world would come easy now.

But then clouds rushed in and blocked the light from outside. It sounded like a hurricane. She could hear trees snapping. She could also hear something else... was that waves? Did she hear waves? The house was miles from the sea. She turn around, ready to seek better cover from the storm, but froze. In the doorway there was a woman with blue hair and green skin. Sabrina had seen hints of the woman's face in each person she'd killed and in her own face when she looked in the mirror. The smell of ocean foam and dead fish found her nose, but she was too shocked to cringe.

Standing before her was Simaya Divine.

Simaya: "You are a disappointment to my legacy."

Her voice was backed up by the hurricane going on outside. It roared in agreement. Sabrina was too shocked to respond.

Simaya strode towards the young heiress, and the storm outside grew louder, urging the goddess on.

Then Simaya slapped her. It felt more like her face had been hit with a firehose. Sabrina tasted saltwater in her mouth... or was that blood.... and stumbled back. She'd never been to the ocean, but she felt like the tide was tearing her feet out from under her. She stood no chance against the ankle-high water, even if it was only an illusion, and fell to the ground.

The taste of saltwater/blood grew stronger in Sabrina's mouth, and the edges of her vision blurred. She couldn't breathe. Every time she tried nothing came in. She felt like the wind had been knocked out of her, but worse. The darkness grew and black spots appeared, and eventually Sabrina drowned in unconsciousness.

Simaya: She left me no choice but to take everything away. I wish there was another heir, but Sabrina is the only Divine left. I will not allow my legacy to die in her hands. I shall send one of my angels to watch over her, and I may take some of my time to watch her as well. Hopefully she will grow out of the evil trait, but I sense there is nothing we can do to fix her. I must make sure her children are risen correctly and kindly, for they are the future, they are the sunrise. I hate putting something so important into the hands of one so sinister, but the sun must rise again. The Divines cannot die. Not on my watch.