Chapter 22: Change in heaven

"Did you just zap away his life force?" one of the elders asked with mouth wide open in a voice that was too low to even be considered a whisper.

"I'm not so sure." The shadow inside of James answered and the elders immediately could tell that something was off with James at that point.

Staring at him, with the nasty smile and weird smirk plastered at the edge of his lips..they be ga retreating as the face of the elder that James had shook hands with turned white and pale as he fell on the floor like a sack.

"Oh my goodness." One of the elders muttered as he glared at James who just held that sinister smile on his lips.

"Now we're back to twelve. A perfect number, don't you all think?" Jasper said grinning as his eyes darkened and the elders stepped back in horror.

Heaven was a sacred city so it was terrific for any of the shadow walkers to be able to get in.

Well, that explains why ut had to invade the body of one if the teenagers else there would have been no other possible way for them to gain entrance.

Chaos set in between the elders as all of them knew that it was high time the peace in heaven got interrupted but the worst part if it all was the fact that none of them was prepared for it.

Meanwhile at the end if earth, the home of homes, Kate and Alec where still conversing with Sam.

"We don't really have a plan on how to get you out and we need to tread softly else we might get ourselves locked up as well." Kate was explaining and Sam sighed knowing fully well of the implications in all the team been locked up.

No one would save them because only the stars could be sure of the havoc Jason was wreaking in the council of elders.

"So what do you and Alec think of doing at this point. Because in whatever we do, we have to find James as soon as possible." Sam stated as he stared at the face o the little that locked eyes with him, her eyes filled with hope.

"Dang it! I know we have to get to James but we can't do that without you and my head is running a thousand miles a minute because how do we get you out of here? The doors are heavily secured, without guards of course." Kate explained as she smiled at her last statement and Sam chuckled as well.

"Kate, calm down and I'm sure you'll figure this out." Sam beckoned and Kate heaved a sigh as she looked back at Alec who signalled her that some of the guards stationed to guard the prison were approaching.

"We have to go now but just be calm, we would get you out of here. At least, early enough to stop the shadow inside of James in destroying anything here in heaven." Kate soothed and the next I syant, only the thudding away of her boots were heard.

"Bad news right?" The little girl asked once again as she stared at Sam who sat on the floor.

"It's not totally bad news dearie but it might be if they don't get us out of here as quick as they can." Sam responded to the little girl and her eyes dilated.

"Okay." She said in a low voice that made Sam's heat ache.

Few minutes into midnight and Sam was awakened by the rustling of keys in the lock to their cell.

He immediately stood up and placed himself protectively over the little girl as he squinted his eyes getting familiarized with the darkness.

Soon the door was opened and Kate's hasty expression followed.

"Kate? What are you doing here? No, wait thats not right...He stuttered and trailed off as he looked at Kate and Alec who stood at the door in surprise.

"Sam, run now...talk later." Kate simply said and that was all Sam needed to take to his heels.

He was almost at the door when he remembered the little girl with him who was sleeping so peacefully and he decided that there was no way he was going to let her stay there.

She was coming with him no matter where he went until he saw a safe place that he was certain she would be safe.

But then the road he was embarking on was going to he a long and rough one and as he thought about ut, he knew there was no way he was going to be able to cope up with all the fight at hand and a kid alongsode.

"No, Sam!" Kate stated as she swerved to see that he had his eyes fixated on the girl and a tiny roll of liquid slid down his eyes.

He retracted his steps immediately and ruffled her hair as she slept, careful not to wake her up.

"I guess you're right. Love fades and I think I did the right thing in not promising you that I would always be with you. But you're a soldier little one, when you wake up, straighten up and stiffen up your upper lip. Don't even think of crying because there's nothing to cry about. You got me?" Sam questioned to a sleeping soul and both Kate and Alec urged him to hurry up.

"All right. let's get going." Sam finally said after few minutes of silence and got up to his feet.

As they ran out the door, the little girl stood and called out to Sam;

"Bye Sam. I'll be strong as you taught." She said and Sam gave a pained smile before sprinting off wtj ten rest of the team.

"All right, so what's the plan?" Sam asked as they were hiding in the darkness.

"From the daylight, we heard that James had killed one elder and currently, the elders should be trying to fight him off. The shadow that possessed him is too strong so we need to lend a hand." Kate explained and Sam nodded.

"Where do we find James?" Sam questioned and Alec tilted her head to a direction.

"In there. Thats where they were meeting with the lord of the council. No one has come out since James went in." Alec stated and Kate stood up holding an archer and bow as she walked towards the door while Sam and Alec trailed her behind.

Using her feet to hit the door open, there was a momentary pause as the shadow in James and the elders turned to stare at the people that were intruding the pretty dance they were having earlier that James was enjoying as he seemed like the offended one in the distraction.

"Hmm, I see you made it here. We were having a little party before you came in, wanna join?" The shadow in James scoffed and Kate drew out a pair of seraph blades that she had grabbed on the way.

"Be careful guys, no matter what we do...James is still in there. Any hurt would register on his physical body." Kate warned and they nodded while James eyes turned pitch black immediately.

"I hate intruders." He yelled and as he flipped Hus finger, a force sent Alec flying and landing on her back heavily against the wall.