Supernova (Renegades, #3)

by Marissa Meyer

“Danna, Oscar, get out of here!” Nova shouted. She raced past the altar and gathered up the discarded throwing stars. “You’re not superheroes anymore, and he’s just going to keep using you against Adrian if you don’t leave!” Oscar sent her a frazzled look, then turned to Adrian. “I’m sorry, is this a thing we’re doing again?” “What?” said Adrian. “Trusting her!” Oscar yelled. Before Adrian could respond, Phobia re-formed, towering behind Oscar. He raised the scythe, and Adrian gasped, already envisioning the swing of the blade coming down on Oscar’s throat. But then a war cry erupted through the chamber, and Danna came charging down the aisle. She launched herself into a series of forward flips that took her beneath Phobia’s outstretched arm. It happened so fast it wasn’t until Danna had lobbed herself onto a shrine, scattering unlit votive candles, that Adrian realized she had stolen the scythe. “We may not be prodigies anymore,” Danna said, casting a glare toward Nova, “but we’re still superheroes.”