Out of the depths we crawled to light
Never give in when the fire rises
Standing here we are unified
Our hearts bear crosses

Can't turn back now

We are, we are the revelation
So scream it out loud
We are, we are the birth of a nation
So join as one
It's time to raise our flags up high
We are, we are the revelation
So scream it out loud


Screams pierced the air as the large group was being rushed by Guards-hundreds and hundreds of Guards. Andy had dropped Perry’s hand as soon as they had finished singing the song that he had wrote and now he couldn’t seem to find her anywhere. His head whipped around, his black hair fanning out around his face and he realized that he was completely surrounded by black cloaked Guards. One of them moved to stag at him with a golden staff and Andy only smirked as he side stepped out of the way and brandished one of his daggers. He lunged and as he pulled back and looked down at the dagger in his hands, Andy couldn’t keep the smile from his lips.

The cold metal gleamed in the sun light, the crimson life of the fallen Guard dripping off of it and Andy had never felt so much power in one single moment. Looking around while he could, Andy felt a sense of pride enter his heart. The fighting was growing fierce and while the ground was littered with fallen Legion members, there were just as many Guards laying at his feet. Stabbing and kicking his way through the crowd, Andy was finally able to spot a familiar face and it was one that brought a smile to his lips. Jake and Jinxx were fighting back to back, each taking on a group of Guards the stood before them. Off in the distance Andy could hear CC’s yell as he pounded through anything that got in his way-he certainly was a Destroyer of many things. Ashley was off to Andy’s left, fighting one Guard after the next.

This is what they had been meant to do-this is what they had been wanting to do for so long and now it was finally happening. Andy only wished that he could find Perry-he worried about her and he didn’t know what he would do if they lost her today. She had been the beacon he had been searching for-Persephone Jones was the dreamer they all needed. Her lust for life and freedom gave them all a renewed hope-flowers could flourish in the desert and Perry was proof of that. Her love for life was so pure and special that Andy knew without her they all may have given in, especially after losing Moira. Moira had been their light for a long time-she had always been enthusiastic about their plans and their schemes. Which was why Andy had finally decided to give in and allow the young girl to accompany him on a raid.

That had been a disaster-plain and simple. They had gotten word of the massive capture of all the remaining residents of Wickenburg and Andy was scared that that included Persephone. He had grown close to the wild red head when he had stayed in the Jones house and he knew that she was meant for so much more than a breeding camp and a life hidden away. They had quickly prepared a group, suited up and in the last minute Moira had approached him, begging to come. She could handle it, she promised him as she tugged a vest over her head and looked over her shoulder. Odessa, her older sister, was currently distracted with helping some others ready themselves and Andy knew that even if he didn’t allow the young girl to come…she would sneak along anyways. They had walked off without Odessa having any knowledge that her sister was with him and then something terrible happened.

They hadn’t been expecting Guards to know of their coming and so when they managed to break through the dungeon doors and were confronted by a hallway filled with cloaked figures, Andy knew nothing good would come of it. They had gotten in to a dagger fight while some of the Legion members, including Moira, had freed the captured, but then Andy had been cornered and his dagger fell to the floor. He braced himself for an impact that never came and as he closed his eyes and waited, Andy only thought of Odessa. Nothing happened and soon enough Andy felt himself being yanked out in to the sunlight and his heart stopped. Moira laid on the cracked earth, her blood spilling out of a wound in her chest and he knew-she had done this for him.

Andy quickly snapped out of his reverie and noticed that the Guards were thinning out. Finally he was able to spot Persephone and his heart almost stopped in his chest. She was fighting the Chancellor, both of them brandishing daggers and bouncing around one another. Andy moved to intervene, but a Guard got in his way and he had to quickly reevaluate the situation he found himself in. His comrades were nowhere to be found and as Andy removed his dagger from the stomach of the Guard in front of him, he knew-he had to get to Perry. As he got closer, Andy could hear the conversation that she and the Chancellor were having and he felt his stomach clench.


“You know Persephone-I have a plan for you…” The Chancellor was saying and Andy stopped walking as he tried to stay in the background.

“I’m not interested in anything you have to say! Murderer!” She screamed at him as she lunged forward and tried to sink her dagger into his stomach. The Chancellor only laughed, his crooked teeth gleaming in the fading sunlight.

“Now, now Perry. I didn’t make your sister go in to that chamber…she did that all on her own.” He was smiling and Andy only hoped he would get the chance to rip that nasty smirk off of those thin lips.

“She trusted you! She trusted and believed in F.E.A.R and look what happened! This is why we are fighting you because you aren’t good for anyone and you don’t care about anyone but yourself!” She screamed out and Andy could see the tears flowing out of those deep blue eyes of hers.

“As she should have! I just don’t understand the incessant whining from you lot. What have we done that’s so wrong? You were happy Persephone…until he showed up…” Andy was caught as the Chancellor had obviously spotted him and with a growl in his chest the leader of the Legion of the Black and the leader of F.E.A.R ran at one another.


Andy ran towards the one man in the entire world who he hated most and he heard a loud scream from somewhere beside him as his hands reached out and gripped on to the Chancellor’s hood. He yanked, pulling the cloaked man down with him and soon enough they were rolling around in the dirt. He felt so much hatred for this man that in that moment Andy felt unstoppable and he knew that he would be the one to end it all. He would be the one to kill the man who took everything from them. As Andy moved to try and get the upper hand, he could see out of the corner of his eye that Perry had resumed fighting the Guards that dared get too close them-she was giving him space to do what needed to be done.

As Andy looked down into the eyes of the most evil man in the world, he couldn’t help but think about everything that had been taken from him. His life in Ohio hadn’t been the best-he was a loner kid with no friends, but he’d had his family and they had meant the world to him. They were gone, taken from him on the same day that he lost the only other person in the world who he loved-Odessa. When she and her sister had walked into camp that first morning-both of them covered in desert dust and begging for water, he knew that there was something about her that made her different. She kept him grounded, she kept him sane and most of all she allowed him to feel something other than hatred.

Taken.

They had all been taken from him and now he fought for them. He would fight for every man, woman and child who never felt like they could rise above F.E.A.R. Whether it was because they were too scared or they just didn’t see the need-Andy fought for those people who were now gone. Persephone’s parents. Reese. Maggie-all of them had been ripped away like they were nothing and in F.E.A.R’s eye they were nothing. But to Andy they were everything-they were the people who were too scared to rise up and that was why he had to do this-he had no other choice. He held the dagger above his head and just before bringing it slashing down across the bared throat below him, Andy smirked and looked the Chancellor right in his cold eyes.


“Let me know what Hell feels like…” He sneered and the Chancellor only smirked in return, his black eyes on something that was right above Andy’s shoulder.

“Don’t worry-I think you’ll be coming with me…” He heard the man speak and yet Andy didn’t care what happened to him. As he brought the knife down and watched the red line across the Chancellor’s throat grow deeper and deeper, Andy could sense that he was about to die.


Call it an out of body experience, but as the knife slashed across his back and dug in to his shoulder, Andy couldn’t help but smile. He had done it-they had done it. Even though he was now laying on his back and staring up at the fading sun, dying, Andy knew that his time as the Prophet had been well spent. He had led an army, a Legion, and together they had fought the good fight to conquer evil. The Chancellor was dead, laying beside him as their blood mingled in the hard packed Earth and yet he felt a peace wash over him. He knew that Perry was kneeling at his side and he could feel her tears falling on to his skin.

Andy looked around, his vision growing blurry, but he could see that other’s were beginning to join him. CC, his left hand up to his right eye was looking down at him, Jake and Jinxx were holding one another up as they approached and Andy smirked as Ashley limped towards him. They were all a sorry site and there was no telling how many they had lost, but none of that mattered.

They were free.
From F.E.A.R. From being held down and as Andy began to fade with the sun, he knew that Persephone and the rest of the Legion would work together to build a new tomorrow.

For they were the Revelation.
They were the guiding light in the land of F.E.A.R.
The Wretched and the Divine.

Notes

The End