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“Princess…My poor soul…” The Guardian held her hand out to help her up as she took it but a rush of anger hit her as she began to feel the vengeance burning inside of her

“Who are you?”

“What do you want?”

“Why are you not letting Jason in?”

“Where am I?”

With each question she asked, Ivy, took a step forward carefully as her piercing eyes shuddered over the Guardian momentarily.

The Guardian once again slammed her scepter on the ground in anger to scare Ivy. “How dare you question the Guardian of the tower this way?”

Ivy held her step at the bellows of the Guardian as Ivy scoffed.

“I have nothing to lose since I am losing this memory as well and soon the entire feeling will wipe out. Will I ever remember if I want to…” Ivy took a leap forward to face the Guardian closer as she pulled her by the Guardian’s sleeves.

“...murder you here…” Ivy warned as the Guardian threw Ivy off to the ground.

“Watch what you’re saying, Princess! You may be destined to save the world but not this recklessly. The sacrifice you made may settle for your murderous self but it could also make you perish to cease to exist if you’re not in control of yourself.” The Guardian warned as Ivy stood back a little. Knowing she addressed her as Princess, the Guardian must be from the Land Inklong tribe.

“What am I to lose when this round’s sacrifice might not even fall through if he continues to keep protecting me? I am losing my memories… my feelings… What else can I do if it’s not to kill the root cause of this entire vengeance for centuries?” Ivy held on tightly to her hand in front of the Guardian as she said gritting her teeth.

“It’s not what he wants. You know that…” The Guardian said gently.

“You know I don’t have a choice. It’s my destiny, to begin with. His parents and his toxic brother are to perish in my hands only then will I be freed… So does he.” Ivy said solemnly.

The Guardian was unable to communicate with Ivy any further for that was solely the reason her memories and feelings were taken away. “Let me go…” Ivy said with her piercing look at the Guardian.

“Remember my lost soul, the only way out is for you to hold on to what you have protected all along.” The Guardian said gently one last time before she let the room’s door open wide while Ivy stormed out of the room in anger.

The moment she awaken herself from the trance of anger, she realised she stood in front of Jason. Her fierce look instantly soften.

“What happened? Are you alright, Ivy?” He asked frantically as Ivy realised all her memories and feelings once again were wiped out.

“I…” Ivy was on the verge of despair as a moment ago she knew very well what was her to do but now all she could feel was a moment of being very lost.

“I don’t remember.”

“Where are we?”

“Who are you?”

“What are we doing here?”

“What just happened? How…” Jason stopped her from continuing as it was painful to watch her lose all of her memories and feelings as he could see the pixels flowing to his pouch again.

“Stop. Don’t remember. Don’t recall. We are at the last door. We made it to the end. It’s time for us to leave here. So, let’s go.” Jason said as his tears kept flowing. Ivy felt the urge to wipe his tears away as she gently did so. He watched her twinkling eyes staring back at him confused.

“Ivy. All you need to remember is that I will always love you. Thank you for all the sacrifices you have made all along. Despite whatever you will become, I promise I will be by your side accompanying you. Always and for eternity.” Ivy watched him as a hinge of sadness hovered over her before she pulled him in for a kiss.

Without them having to seek Room One, the room opened up and transported them both into it. As they pulled away from the kiss, they noticed they were in front of the king’s throne. Jason wondered if this was their judgment room.

“And we meet again as a family…” The king said. “It seems one of you is going insane soon.” He added.

Ivy stood observing who her family were while Jason retaliated with them

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“It was because of you that we had to go through all those pasts. How dare you stand on the throne and have no shame?” Jason argued.

Avinha scoffed as Jason threw a disgusted look at him. “You’re the worse of all. Scheming just to get what you want even if it meant to kill your own family member. Do you have no humanity at all?” Jason vented.

“Enough! You have no right to speak to your brother that way! He is the firstborn and it is his entitlement!” Bellowed the king as Jason turned his hands into fists withstanding the anger he had from summoning the swords. Ivy knew he would not hesitate to kill at this rate as she read his mind.

“Don’t make me summon the swords or you will regret it.” Jason thought to himself.

“Calm down Jason.” Ivy tried reaching out but it was no use. Only she could read his mind but he couldn't. She was frantically trying to remain a plain face but was fidgeting a little at what Jason could do next. While she fought her anxiety, it was fueling her lust for revenge as her vengeance burn inside of her. With her piercing eyes, she eyed them towards Petunia. It was all because of her trying to keep the twins safe but she failed thoroughly as a mother.

“Now that you both have finished your penance of repenting for the sins of mine and your mother’s past, you’re freed by the Guardian of the tower of reflection. But, on one condition.” The king said.

“Ivy is to marry as arranged to Avinha while you would be betrothed to someone else.” The king announced as Jason was losing his temper.

“After all that we have done…” Jason took a step forward.

“After all we both been through for all of you…” He took another step forward.

“This, is what you think we deserve and should get?” With every step he took forward, it was turning Ivy’s anxiety into fuel in awakening her evil side. Before he could take another step forward, Ivy collapsed to the ground.

Sounds of gasps were heard in the entire hall as Jason ran back to her and held her in his arms.

“Ivy! Ivy, are you alright?” He asked as he caressed her face.

With the last bit of memory and feelings, she held on to, she remembered she didn't want to forget him but sadly she was forgetting as more tears glistened in her vision of him.

“I will try to remember your love and you,” Ivy said as she gradually closed her eyes while Jason was in denial.

“No, Ivy! Don’t leave me! No! Ivy!” He saw the last bit of her memories and feelings dispersing into the air with sparkling tiaras.

All that had happened came with a price to pay. As Jason was filled with anger, he didn’t hesitate to summon the seven swords.

However, as Ivy’s memories and feelings were wiped out, she could feel the change inside of her as she was awakening her dark side. The next moment when she opened her eyes while lying on the ground, they were of fiery ember red.

With no longer humanity in her, all she felt was the anguish to take revenge on those who had harmed her. Instead of Jason reaching for the swords, she reached out first and marched forward to kill her mother in front of everyone. She needed a kill to let her awakening complete as she forgets all their past and join the evil forces where all who had gone insane gathered at another portal.

With all that had happened in front of him, Jason regretted ever bringing her to this kingdom as he gave up his good side and finally took his father’s and brother’s life knowing that would awaken his own evil side too. While Jason joined Ivy in the portal, Avinha’s spirit discreetly sneaked in and regain control of the entire dark side world as he was originally punished by the Guardian of the tower to guard the dark side.

With that, Ivy fidgetted in her coma as her fingers moved followed by her eyes opening up slowly. Peter quickly ran to alert the doctors of her movements. Ivy was fighting the will to be pulled back to sleep as she forced opened her eyes to see bright lights and a few blurry apparitions of the nurses, doctor, and Peter in front of her.

Upon the completion of routine checks, the doctor informed Peter that she was recovering physically but on her mental state, they should arrange for her to visit a psychologist due to a traumatising accident she had gone through.

“Ai Lee, oh my dear child. You’re finally awake!” Peter sat by her side as she tried to recall what had happened before she went into a coma and throughout the entire journey in her paracosm.

She didn’t even notice how she was sitting in her hospital bed hugging her father. Then it strikes her.

All along it felt like Jason was always by her side but in actual fact, was he? Her tears instantly fell recalling his last moment saving her vividly at the hotel lobby.

“Is Jason…” She questioned as Peter let go of her from his embrace.

“...dead?” Her voice choked on the word as Peter closed his eyes and when she saw tears running down his face, she knew she was right.

The rush of pain, anger, and hatred all came at the same time, overwhelming her as her soft sobs turned into cries of wail in Peter’s arms.

“Jason, how could you?” Ivy questioned in her heart.

“You promised me you will be by my side to protect me. Not like this!” Ivy yelled in her mind as she could feel her heartache literally but she couldn’t stop the pain as she held on to it tightly. She then felt the infinity necklace he gave her was not on her so was her bracelet as she continued to cry.

“Why did you do the same in my paracosm too? Why?” Ivy questioned in her mind as she felt all the anger and disappointment in his betrayal rushing towards her. They were slowly turning into hatred and denial.

“I hate you! You can’t die, Jason! No!” The louder she screamed in her mind, the louder her sobs were which were turning into wails in Peter’s arms.

“Ai Lee, listen, you need to stay strong Ai Lee…” Peter tried comforting her as Ivy held on tightly to his hand.

“Daddy! Jason’s gone! He had left me! He doesn’t want me anymore! Daddy, what should I do?” Ivy wailed as Peter blinked back his tears.

“Sweetie, he loves you and protected you. You need to live on for his sacrifice to be worth it.” Peter comforted as Ivy cried on.

“I love you too Jason. Don’t leave me…” Ivy pleaded in her heart knowing it was no use. Peter was very upset for the both of them and it broke his heart to watch how much agony Ivy was in.

Upon receiving news from James’ minions that Ivy was awake, James rushed over to the hospital with Jin and Cassandra to visit her. Ryu and Ray were also on their way when Peter told them both not to rush as Ivy had been unresponsive after crying for a long while.

All she did was sit in bed and stared out into space till she fell asleep. The next time she was awake, she would cry or even have sleep paralysis attacks as her nightmares of falling off the building with a woman watching her from above or fighting serpents were back. It was worrying Peter as Ivy was not eating that the nurse had to put her on the drip. Occasionally, she would cry while staring into space till she fall asleep and repeated the cycle all over again. All the family could do was visit her and talk to her more hoping something would get through to her eventually.