Hell Angels - Chapter Eighteen

I tried to write a really long chapter to make up for the weeks i didn't post. :P Now you'll have to wait!! And i've been extra nice. I didn't end it with a cliff hanger :P I'll start with the cliffhangers laterrrr! :D When I am finally allowed online :P
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While we were in the air I began laughing in joy at the freedom I felt. I did cartwheels in the air while Carl just kept flying straight. He looked at me and grinned, "Thank god you're not wearing a skirt." I immediately stopped doing cartwheels and glared at him, "Well yes, flying is one of the major reasons why I prefer wearing shorts to skirts."

"So how long do you think it will take to catch us?" Carl asked. "I'm not sure. Since Draco probably took some time trying to figure out how to stop his demons from burning alive, I would say about ten minutes until all of them are alerted. Then they will take about two minutes to locate us since I used the fire element making it easy for Blaze to track me down. Once they do track us down, Yvonne or Stella will probably teleport all the Elders here."

Carl just looked at me blankly and asked, "I repeat, how long do you think it will take for them to catch us?" I grinned at him, "Approximately fifteen minutes." "So in about five minutes, all eight Elders will be on our trail" completed Carl.

I nodded and at that very minute both of us sensed a large amount of energy behind us. "Well, I think I might have miscalculated the part where Draco needed time to figure out what to do." Carl glared at me, "You think?"

I shrugged and both of us immediately flew faster. Even though both of us wanted to get caught, we did not want to give up without a fight. It was fun making the Elders chase after us. Carl grinned, "Want to make things more interesting?"

"Sure. What do you have in mind?" Carl just kept grinning and then suddenly he began glowing green. I thought I was seeing things when I saw TWO Carl's glowing green. Then three and then four. Even at the high speed we were going, Carl was cloning himself! Suddenly, all five Carls looked at me and winked. I grinned and them I noticed Carl was cloning me too! I watched in fascination as four more Carmas appeared. "WHOA. Where did you learn how to clone yourself and others?"

"Same place you learned all your cool tricks. Icahn is amazing" explained Carl. I stuck my tongue out at Carl and all four clones did the same. "So now what Carl?" Carl just kept grinning and then all the clones suddenly flew off in different directions. They flew in pairs though. One Carma clone and one Carl clone. I giggled at them and turned around to see the Elders pause and then split up. Draco and Yvonne flew after one pair, Darla and Zairian flew after another, Stella took off after another and Terra and Blaze went off after another. Oh no. Carl gulped, "I guess I should have known Icahn would know we were the real ones." "Carl, let's just fly super fast and try to avoid him."

"Wait. Didn't he say he never could see you again? If he couldn't or did not want to why is HE chasing after us?" Suddenly I felt cold tendrils creeping up my legs. I blasted them with fire and flew even faster. I could barely see the trees anymore. All I could see were blurs of green. Carl flew as fast as me and said, "Oh hell, He knows how to stop us Carma. He knows all the tricks in the book. What do we do?"

"Don't give up now Carl. We made it this far! Do you; by any chance also know who to open portals?" "Do I look like Roxy!?" "I was just trying my luck! I mean, every time we have a battle with someone I learn that you have a new ability."

I looked at Carl, or rather glimpses of him since we were both moving at the fastest speeds we could, waiting for an answer. Suddenly, I couldn't see Carl anymore! I gasped, "CARL?" I stopped to see if Icahn had caught him. My wings nearly killed me since I stopped without slowing down at all. Before I could do anything, Icahn caught me from behind and whispered, "Games up Carma." I struggled to get away from him because it was frightening to be so close to him. My skin was tingling around my wrists as he held them to prevent me from blasting him with any abilities.

I refused to look him in the eye and asked, "Where is Carl?" Carl remained floating beside Icahn. I looked at him, puzzled and then Carl grumbled, "He froze my wings. I can't move. I can just float right now." Icahn grinned in satisfaction and unfroze Carl's wings. He knew Carl wouldn't leave without me. I sighed in defeat but inside, I was dancing with victory. Carl looked at me from behind Icahn's back and mouthed, "KISS HIM!" I shook my head violently while Carl kept making weird gestures.

I began to get very annoyed and then Icahn smirked, "Carl, stop making ridiculous kissy faces behind my back. It's kind of disturbing." Carl stopped immediately but I took this chance to look right up into his eyes. Icahn looked at me as if daring me to kiss him. What a flirt! He tells me not to fall in love with him and then he offers to kiss me.

Too bad for him, I was going to chicken out on this one. I still wasn't ready to relive all my memories of being rejected again. Carl just began grumbling to himself and I remained silent. I just broke eye contact with Icahn and pretended to be very interested on how large and spiny one tree was.

Icahn sighed and I peeped at him from the corner of my eye. Just as I tried peeping at him, he caught me looking and smiled smugly. I looked away quickly knowing I was turning red. Yvonne, Stella and all the other Elders flew up to us and panted, "What a wild goose chase you sent us on."

Carl looked very pleased with himself and Icahn chuckled, "I warned you. These kids are absolute monsters. When they want something, they get it." I smiled to myself. That sounded exactly like us. Though I wouldn't go with monster. I struggled a little more and Icahn released me. He stepped back as if he had just realized he had been holding my hand instead of my wrist. He coughed slightly and then looked at Draco skeptically, "I can't believe you just sent them to jail without proper guards."

"How was I supposed to know that Carma would set them on fire!?" argued Draco. "FIRE?" screamed Stella. Icahn looked at me sternly and I shrunk a little in fear. He had told me I wasn't supposed to ever try that trick too often since I might actually end up killing someone if it wasn't used right. "I'm sorry, but what did you just do Carma?" asked Icahn. To anyone else, it would sound like an ordinary question but I heard that tiny tone of threat in it. "Nothing. I just threw a fireball at them and surprisingly, they couldn't dodge it. Shame on them. You would think an Elder would have stronger guards."

Icahn looked like he didn't believe me but the other Elders seemed convinced. I sighed slightly in relief and Draco just glared at me. He also knew I was lying. He had seen his very own guards. Surprisingly, he didn't say anything.

Finally Stella sighed, "That's it. I can't deal with this anymore. Carma, you were one of my star angels. I....I...I don't know how you of all angels could be so....DESTRUCTIVE. So I have decided that you are in Detention."

Before I could say anything, Yvonne spoke, "Carl, I see great potential in you. Yet, you are too much like your sister. Too impulsive. Too reckless. You need some rules and I feel that Stella is right. Both of you are officially in Detention."

"Is that like Jail?" I asked. "Yeah. I've never heard of Detention" said Carl. Yvonne and Stella just looked at Icahn who, for once seemed off guard. He looked shocked to say the least. "I can't! No. I refuse. Detention? But.....Well, I guess I should have informed you earlier. I gave her all her memories back. Hence, I as the Justice cannot look over Carma and Carl's detention. It would be too personal."

Stella cleared her throat and I groaned inwardly. She was preparing for one of her speeches. "Icahn, when you signed up to be the Justice, I believe one of the many duties you ARE supposed to do is supervising Detention. Detention is to be carried out in YOUR realm. Each day, an Elder will come to them and teach them. They will come out as refined and enlightened Hell Angels. I will have my well mannered Carma back and Yvonne will then be able to make sure Carl meets his potential. You're job is to ensure that they are learning and become more disciplined. We have decided to give them two weeks of it. That is all."

Carl and I exchanged smirks. This was even better than we hoped. We had already managed to get into Icahn's realm thanks to detention. Brilliant! Draco asked, "What memories?"
"Nothing. It's none of your business" said Icahn. Draco sneered, "I think it is since she still is MY soulmate." "Enough. I shall tell you all once we have settled these two" said Yvonne. She turned to us continued, "There shall be NO contact with the outside world. I doubt you two will even meet in his castle. You shall wake up in the morning, do chores, cook your own food, learn your lessons, do some more chores and lessons and then straight to bed."

"Do we look like slaves to you?" I asked. Carl snickered and I felt a boost of confidence in me, "Because what you described is NOT detention."

Stella glared at me, "Our detention may differ from common standards but we know we shall have definite results."
"Screw results Stell, All we do is work" I argued. "Do NOT call me STELL. And what absolutely vulgar language! Straight to his realm. NOW."

"Okay. Don't burst a vein" I said. Carl had already started laughing at the stupidity of it all and Stella was fuming. I looked at Icahn who looked absolutely fed up and I said, "Back to yours! Should I ask Stellie here or will you kindly take us to our quarters?"

Before Stella could kill me for my latest nick name, Icahn teleported us out of there into the middle of his castle. We landed in his kitchen and Lucy just stared in astonishment. "Yo Lucy! Looks like we're back."

Lucy smiled and ran over to us with a tray of cookies in her hands. I grinned, took a cookie and turned to face Icahn, "So honey, home sweet home right?"

Icahn just glared but then suddenly he smiled innocently, "Of course sweetie. What else would you call the cold attic you'll be living in for the next two weeks? Come on and give me a hug!"
Oh no. He was playing the same game as me. I smiled, pretending I could go along with this and hugged Icahn. The moment I hugged him I thought of the day we spent together in the park, singing stupid songs while Carl played hide and seek with us. I shook my head a little and stepped back after hugging him. I felt so warm with his arms around me.

Maybe I couldn't play this game anymore. Maybe I didn't want this to be a game anymore. Before Icahn could do anything, I stood on my tiptoes and kissed his cheek. I couldn't bring myself to kiss him right there and then and so I decided to stick to his cheek. I smiled and then Carl and me flew up to the attic.

Once we reached the attic, Carl walked into the room on the right and shut his door. I was about to walk into my room when I heard someone behind me. My heart jumped in joy but when I turned, I saw Nico. "Nico? What are you doing here?"

Nico looked sad and then asked, "Is it true or was Draco lying? Was Icahn really your soulmate? Do you still love him?" I just stared at him in amazement. Nico reached for my hand. He pulled me into a hug and sighed against my head, "Carma....is it really this hard to be in love? If love hurts this much, I'd rather be the Justice and have my own heart ripped right out."

I looked up at Nico, "Don't. Do not just say stuff like that when you don't mean it."

"I'm serious about wanting to be the Justice, Carma."

"Not that. You can do whatever you want but do not just say you're in love with someone without truly thinking about it."

Nico let go of me and then, looked right into my eyes and said firmly, "Carma Angel, I Nico Demon am in love with you. If I cannot be with you, so be it. Whatever makes you happy makes me happy."

I groaned, "Nico please don't give me crap about being happy. Everyone knows if your loved one is happy with someone else, you're deeply hurt. You can never be truly happy for her."
"Well Carma, if you knew how I felt, you would agree with me. Think. Wouldn't you want your loved one to be happy?"

The moment he said that, I remembered what Icahn had told me. He was right! I HAD said that lovey dovey quote about making sure your partner was happy when he was going to become the Justice! How absolutely embarrassing. I guess I really did understand.

Nico smiled, "I guess you do agree now don't you? By the way, I just wanted you to know that we are no longer soulmates after tonight. I'm going to agree to resign as your faithful soulmate right after this. Then it's all up to you to decide between Draco and Icahn. I'm sure you'll know who you really love."

Oh My God. Even though I really wanted to be free from my bond with Nico and Draco, I never wanted it to end like this. "Shh....don't cry. It's okay Carma. I'll always be there for you. Except now I can be there for you as a friend more than a soulmate right? Won't that be easier?"

I didn't even know I was crying. I sniffed loudly, "Nico, you are one of the most terrible people ever. You really know how to make a girl feel guilty but I really did love you....."

"But just not enough right?" continued Nico. I just shrugged awkwardly and sniffed a little more.

Nico laughed quietly and then kissed my forehead, "See you Carma. I hope Detention doesn't knock your sense of humor out the window."

"No. It won't. I'll probably knock myself out a window first." Nico laughed quietly again and then hugged me one last time, before he disappeared into the shadows.

I stood there for a few more minutes, staring at the shadows. I turned around, walked into my room and cried myself to sleep.