The Rise of Nine ending

***Book Ending Spoilers*** 

At the end of the last book, three members of the garde were reunited. They are hunted by the ever desperate Mogodorians. This book is no different. Four and Nine have escaped the base, only they are isolated and alone being pursued and are very weak. Four and Nine are captured by the FBI but something is very wrong, they carry their enemies advanced cannons and other assortments of guns. They discover the US government has sided with their foes. 

Six, Marina, Ella and Crayton, travel to India to investigate reports of one of their own. Crayton is convinced that the reports are true, as the locals refer to him as a reincarnation of Vishnu. Together the group arrives there, and is taken to a group who serves Vishnu. Upon meeting them they elaborate that a rival group intends to kill him and all his associates. Commander Sharma takes them to the mountain; all three of them relax and wait.

Ella looks through marinas chest and finds glasses. She puts them on and sees a projectile gliding through the air.  They jump out in time and the convoy has a massive firefight. The four escape to the mountain accompanied by the commander who miraculously survived the explosion. A lone soldier lives and holds them off. The soldier runs to the enemies and grabs an RPG aiming at the mountain. Swiftly they kill the traitor, and disappear into the safety of the peaks. Four and Nine are being prisoners under their human captors, they are eager to hear of their plans. They easily escape and are told to go west. As four returns to capture the agents they have vanished, with them the critical info.

The group ascends up into the mountains and are told they must overcome trials in order to meet him. One by one each the garde completes them. After completing their trials, they are admitted to see the boy. He introduces himself as the eighth and tells them everything he has learned. There they learn of remarkable things, he tells them of his own special abilities as they endlessly converse. While speaking he tells them of his own tragedy, and his struggles. His guardian was betrayed by a human and was later murdered by the person he was so mesmerized by. He survived and killed the attackers, remaining in the mountains to avoid contact.

As they exchange stories, the group begins to bond more. They explain how the conflict has been slowly escalating in magnitude. With both their enemies becoming far more reckless and careless. Eight shows them an ancient cave with carvings in the interior etched in. He explains that it acts as teleporter enabling the user to travel great distances. On the wall there is however a face that was scratched out. As they look at it closer, they determine it is Eight. As eight leaves the cave he comes back with blood on him; the mogodorians have arrived.

Four and his newfound companion nine are traveling across the U.S. trying to leave the region of Virginia. Four is troubled and cannot seem to sleep, as he begins to experience frightening nightmares. He is woken however, by his friend from very vivid and horrifying dream. The two arrive in Chicago, where it was once a home to nine. They go to his old home as they take time to relax and enjoy themselves. Rummaging through their chests, they come upon a map with dots on it. Surprised at the dots they start to come to conclusions on what they are. As one of the dots is in the southwest, they recall what the agent said; New Mexico. There are also seven other dots including themselves beside the ships.

As series of explosions rock the cave from the outside, eight is gushing blood from his ribs. Marina begins to heal him, as Six attempts to hold off the horde outside. The cave begins to worsen as more rock begins to fall from the ceiling. In the heat of battle Crayton is wounded as he flies to the center of the cave.  Ella begins to become hysterical, but there is nothing to be done; he is dead. The four teleport away as they say goodbye to their fallen friend.

Meanwhile in Chicago, as they are monitoring the map, the dots move a great distance in seconds. One is in New Mexico and the other three are all together in Somalia. They decide that they must fight or die one by one. They decide however to head to Paradise, against four’s wishes.

As the group awakens from the teleport they are dazed and confused. They find only three of their four, with Six missing. She is in a desert as the heat beats down on her. With nothing but desert for miles, she is hopelessly lost. She wanders aimlessly until she stumbles upon an abandoned ghost town. As she is claimed by the heat, she sees three helicopters before passing out. Ella, Marina, and Eight are struggling under the pressure of the water, as they frantically try to escape its tight grasp. Ella begins to hear a disembodied voice emanate from within her head. It is the voice of Six whom was separated from the rest. She hears her speaking to her in her mind, telling her she is in New Mexico. As they teleport away they are again whisked away into darkness.

Four, is in his hellish dreams once more, only this time with a familiar face, Nine. They stand in a stadium as their enemies surround them with their leader standing in the center. As they try to fight them off using their legacies, they are helpless as they lose them. They fall down into the darkness. As he awakens for the first time he and Nine are in agreement. They must head to New Mexico no matter what. They pack up massive amounts of firearms as they prepare for a showdown in the sands. 

Six awakens after becoming unconscious, instead of waking on the hot sand she is in a metal room. A voice comes on through the speaker asking her a series of questions. He instructs her to drink the water, and begins his inquiries. She becomes less tense when she is informed he is apart of the FBI. The voice loses its calm, as it begins to become furious at her responses. The words that leave her mouth aren’t hers and she is surprised. The agent admits working with the mogodorians; this fact is somewhat frightening and intriguing to her.

The trio awakens but not at their desired destination, instead they are at Stonehenge. They think that she has begun to develop another legacy; telepathy. Ella buys time to fix the monument before leaving. She distracts the security guards who realize nothing. Afterwards they teleport away in the hopes of reaching her in time.

Six has escaped, from her cell as she stealthily tries to find the exit. An alarm is triggered as armed personnel run up and down, trying to apprehend the culprit. She stumbles upon a cell with the traitor that almost got them caught sitting in it. Sarah is bruised and grimy sitting in the cell in a corner. She approaches and begins to converse with the inmate. Beginning to ask a lot of questions, Six answers the ones she can. Becoming increasingly demanding and repetitive with her questions. As soldiers come by, her body begins to shake and morph. What now stands there in the place of Sarah Hart is a figure from her nightmares. Setrakus Ra holds her as he interrogates her; he challenges her to one on one combat.

Fighting Setrakus Ra by herself, she holds her one for a while but is overpowered. He morphs into her and waits for the unsuspecting guests to arrive.

John and Nine eventually make it to New Mexico, they see action occurring and are eager to join. They come to see three others fighting off helicopters and military vehicles. With no time to lose, they quickly introduce themselves and together the now six members of the garde infiltrate the base. As they make their way through they find their way to the stadium. They rescue Sarah along the way, and proceed to the middle. As Eight runs toward Six, he is stabbed by her, as she morphs into a new form. Setrakus Ra now stands there ready for combat. They rush to the aid of their comrade and protect him from the wrath of their enemy. In an action packed battle they relentlessly fight off Setrakus Ra. Towards the end of the battle Setrakus Ra flees, leaving the six garde to leave the compound. Now almost at their full strength, they seek out the last member to be found; number five.

Written by GEO