Tearing us apart

It was in the late afternoon and something was off. She couldn't put her mind into what it was, she just had this feeling that something bad was going to happen. Mariella had needed the fresh air, so she had taken Reginald with her on a walk in the area around the mansion. The mansion itself was perfectly placed, not to far from the city, close to the woods and a walk away from the coast. But still, walking around here it seemed the shadows in the corners of the trees screamed at her to run. She squeezed Reggies hand a tiny bit, as she breathed out. Mariella stopped for a second and looked up at him.
"It's the same feeling as in the cave.. the dark energy - I fear something really bad is going to happen," she breathed out. "I'm trying to convince myself that its just paranoia, but what if it isn't?" She hated this was their lives, waiting for the next big challenge like someone had this game they needed to play. Mariella shook her head, maybe she was just being silly - but she knew something was going to happen. "But I guess no matter what it is, we will get through it," she said surprisingly optimistic. Mariella placed her hand on his cheek before leaning in to press her lips softly against his.

He always saw on the brighter side of things and she loved him for that. But she couldn’t shake the feeling off and maybe it was best to just be aware. He grabbed her face and she looked into his eyes. She didn’t blame him for trying to convince her it was okay. Mariella rolled her eyes slightly as he called her weird, but I’m the most adorable way.
”Well I can stop.. if that is what you really want me to do?” she then teased back pulling herself closer to him. Mariella tiptoed a bit only to poke his nose with hers. The shadows screamed at her to run, but she didn’t listen. She didn’t want to listen.

Something was wrong, and she knew that in a heart beat. The way he suddenly strangled her few seconds after, made her gasp for air in a rush of panic. Mariella looked into his eyes, she could see he was struggling.
"Its okay," she whispered in her gasp. But then she felt something grabbing her, she wouldn't call it lack of control - it was more like she was controlled. Her heart was beating like crazy and she felt the tears running down her cheeks as the spike of rocks went through his chest. Mariella felt dizzy for the lack of air, but she couldn't fight it, she couldn't fight him. His finale words made her give up on trying to breathe, "not if.. not if I find you first," she whispered in the last breath before she felt to the ground.

Jasmine was in the kitchen with Anastasia and Jamie, cooking something for dinner. She was picking up some plates from the dishwasher and was on the way to the others when she stopped. Jasmine gasped before she lost her grab on the plates. "REGGIE" she screamed loud with her banshee cry as she fell hard to the ground and the tears started running out like crazy. Her heart was racing and it hurt like she was being stabbed with in her heart over and over again. "Nooo.. no no no," she cried. But that cry wasn't the one to be messed with.

Anastasia covered her ears with her hands as Jasmine screamed. She froze. "No.." She looked outside, before she was running off in her vampire speed. Anastasia stopped few steps from the scene. Ana covered her mouth with a shaking hand before walking a bit closer.
"Reg..?" She asked in a small whisper. "Heey," she added falling down next to him. She put her hand softly on his cheek and closed his eyes.  Anastasia took the spike out. Her tears started running down in silence and she bit her lower lip heart. The bloody tears soon covered his shirt was she put her her head down to his chest. "You lied to me.. You lied," she cried. "You said you wouldn't leave me.. Come back to me Reg.. please.. come back," she couldn't stop crying. All her emotions got ripped up. She had lost her parents, her aunts and uncles - Jasper. Anastasia sat up and looked down at her brother. "I can't handle this alone Reg.. I need you. I love you 3000 remember? You can't leave me.. I .. it hurts .. please make it stop it hurts," she could smell the others coming - but she didn't care. Anastasia closed her eyes and closed herself in. She breathed out, there was a way to handle this - to not feel this pain. Ana looked up, and saw Sophie.
"You did this," she hissed running up in front of Sophie. She didn't even have time to think about her not being dead. "This is your fault," she screamed at her in a high cry. Then she snapped her neck, and it felt like nothing. Suddenly there wasn't any pain to feel, she felt nothing. She looked back at the others before running off.

Jasmine had followed Anastasia out to the field along with Jamie. She watched Lion on the way as well. She had a tight grib onto Jamies arm, as the pain overwhelmed her.
"This can't be happening," she whispered.

Jamie knew. He just knew that the scream meant something horrible had happened. He jumped up from the couch and went outside. He saw Mariella and Reginald. Both dead. What happened? His gaze fell to Sophie. Did she do it? He put his arm around Jasmine and held her close. ”It…” He couldn’t even speak from the tears in his eyes. He just let them roll. His tears just stopped when Anastasia snapped Sophie’s neck and ran off. He let go of Jasmine and went to his sister. He knew she would wake, but it still hurt to see her like this. Even worse knowing she might have been responsible. Should he have done something? Could he have? If he had gone after her, could this have been prevented? Thoughts raised through his head as he held his lifeless sister, right next to his dead friends. He didn’t even know how to handle this. How could they both be death? Maybe it was like Lion, maybe they didn’t die. Maybe they were okay, if they just found a way to wake them. He bit his lip to the point where it bled. He knew it wasn’t true, and it hurt so much. He looked back at Jasmine. He placed his sister against a tree and went back to Jasmine. He pulled her close and held her.

Lion felt it. The feeling of not being able to breathe. And then it just stopped. Everything stopped. He felt a part of himself being ripped away. Mariella was dead. He didn’t have to hear the scream or see her body. He knew. He rushed through the door and fell to his knees behind her. ”No, no. You can’t die without me. We are in this together, remember?” He lifted her up in his arms and rocked her back and forth. His eyes were glossy from his tears. ”Don’t leave me,” he whispered and brushed her hair back. ”You have so much more to do. You can’t die before you do everything,” he let his lips lay against her forehead. How was this fair? They came into this world together, how was she allowed to leave without him? He let the tears fall. He couldn’t stop them even if he tried. ”Come back to me,” he kept saying in a loop.

Melania was in the kitchen when she heard the scream. She was in the midst of cutting fruit. She went out to the others and saw Reginald and Mariella one the ground underneath a pool of blood. She could fix this. Her sister might let her fix it. She held up a trembling hand, freezing everyone in time. She then laid down in between Mariella and Reginald. She knew what she had to do. She wasn’t scared. Melania placed the knife in her chest. She then removed it and laid it down next to her. She grabbed both their hands. ”I’m coming for you,” she said. The time would unfreeze shortly, as life was draining from her and spilling into the ground. She let out a deep sigh, as a single tear ran down her cheek. ”I’m not scared,” she said to convince herself of that. Truth was, she didn’t know if she could get them both out, but she would fight with all she had to make it so. She would do anything for them. They had been there, when she had nobody. Now it was her chance to be there for them.

Jasmine looked at Reggies dead body, and Lion that ran to Mariella. Everything went in slowmotion for her. There was so much pain cutting through her, and another scream escaped her lips in a cry. Jamie held her, making her unable to everything else than just cling onto him crying. She wasn't sure she had been crying this much in a long time. Melania was dead. Why did people die around her right now?

Mariella gasped, but a few meters away from the scene of crime. She looked around, realizing no one could see her. Lion had called for her. Mariellas face got a sad expression as she watched everyone breaking down around them. She walked slowly to Lion and sat down next to him. Her eyes turned to her dead body and Reginalds, and it made her gasp for a second.
"I would never leave you," she said and had no idea if he could hear her or not. "Do you really think a little hell is going to stop me from being a pain in your ass?" She joked, typical her. She kissed his cheek. That was when she realized he had called for her.
"I can't stay, I can't leave them down here alone. I won't. But I'll return to you Lion. I promise," she smiled slightly. She looked to the side, when she saw her mother come running. "No.. no no.. she can't be here.. Tell her its going to be okay Lion.. please. Tell her its going to be okay. Tell them all its going to be okay. I'm gonna make sure its okay." She slowly disappeared again, but it wasn't because she wanted to.

Jasmine couldn't stop crying. Everything hurt so much.

Jamie didn’t know what to do. He felt utterly useless in these situations. All he knew to do was try to stay strong for them all. What a responsibility to put on his shoulders. Lion wrecked him completely. He knew their bond was truly special, and he couldn’t even imagine what it felt like. He widened his eyes when Melania was dead too. What had she done? He sighed into Jasmine’s hair. ”I’m here,” he whispered. His voice showed his tears he so desperately tried to swallow.

Lion could feel her. She was still here, but not alive. Fuck, how could she be dead? She talked. It was faint, like a whisper. But he could hear her, and he stopped his tears to listen. ”Don’t joke,” he warned her. He didn’t want to hear jokes, he just wanted her to come back. ”You better. You know what will happen if you don’t.” Living her without was impossible for him. He couldn’t. He wouldn’t. He looked behind him when his mother came. ”I’ll tell them. Now go and work on getting back here.” He looked at his mother when she came to his side. She was horrified, scared and heart-broken. ”Don’t worry mom. She talked to me. She won’t give up. She is coming back.” He grabbed his mom’s hand. She sat down next to him. ”My sweet girl,” Jessalyn said and took in a deep breath. She needed to be the adult here. ”Let’s get them inside,” she stood up and looked at Jamie and Jasmine. ”Go on inside. Perhaps cook us some tea. We need to calm our nerves,” she suggested and went to the boy, Mariella’s boyfriend, if she wasn’t mistaken. She lifted him up in his arms. ”You take Mariella,” she said to Lion. ”Can one of you take the girl,” she nodded to Melania, before she walked towards the house. She hated that she couldn’t fall apart, but she needed to take of the children.

Jamie was confused when Lion began talking, but he decided not to question it. Perhaps it was part of his bond with Mariella. When their mother came, he was afraid she would break down. But she took it surprisingly well. He let go of Jasmine. ”Do you mind taking Sophie inside?” He asked her, before he went to Melania. He picked her up. A few tears left his eyes and landed on her skin. What a horrific night it had been. Jessalyn had laid out some blankets to lay them on. Reggie was already laying there. He put down Melania and watched Lion come with Mariella and put her down as well. ”Do you think she can come back?” He asked Lion. ”You know my sister. She is too stubborn to let anything keep her where she doesn’t want to be.”

Jamie made sure she was sane, but she felt guilty for not having the mentality to care for him at this point. But after everything she had done, everything she had sacrificed - this was what she got in return. Death. Lion started talking like he was talking to his sister, which made her narrow her eyes. But then again, she had grown up next to Abigal and Abigal talked to ghosts most of the time. Jessalyn showed up and watched her dead daughter - it wasn't a thing she wished for any parent to see. Jamie asked her for a favor, bringing Sophie inside. She gave him a small nod before moving over to the vampire. Right before she had left, there hadn't been this darkness over the girl. But Jasmine knew better than most what evil people could do. Jasmine picked up Sophie and moved her inside. Jasmine put her ability over Sophie, in case she woke up - she would be paralyzed.
"I just want them back.. I'm not gonna rest till they are back," she said looking at Melania and Reginald. She needed them here. "Lets hope her stubbornness is strong enough for all of them," she walked over to Jamie and Lion.

"If they are in hell, its her battlefield after all.. you are yang and she is yin.. hell is basically a power source for her - and yes I still study, call it a Mikaelson thing," she exhaled looking at her dead friends. "This is my fault," she whispered to herself. If she hadn't talked to both Lion and Jamie that day.. if she hadn't talked to Reggie that day. "It's not your fault," Vanya walked in keeping her eyes on the dead buddies. She had heard everything, felt everything. She put her arms around Lion, without saying to much - just letting him know she was right there. She looked at Reggie and blinked a few tears away.
"We mourn the dead, when the war is over," - "we have been through so much lately. All we can do.. is put our fate in, that they will get through this."

Jamie watched Jasmine as she came in with his sister. He didn’t understand how she could do this and he didn’t know what to do about it. He couldn’t just leave her alone with those people, but how could he get her away from them? He mostly stayed silent. He felt guilty. It wasn’t his action, but he might have been able to talk Sophie out of it, if he had been there for her. He let out a sigh and looked at Jasmine as she joined him and Lion. ”None of us will,” he said in response to Jasmine. He listened to her explain about hell being Mariella’s battlefield. He didn’t doubt she would fight fore them all to get out, but was it enough? Hell didn’t seem a place you could easily escape. Karmena and Baal came in the room. Karmena seemed arguably more affected by the deaths than Baal, which only made sense. Vanya came to with words of wisdom.

Jamie swallowed when Karmena demanded to know what had happened. He was worried she would do something to Sophie. He knew he would have, if it wasn’t his sister. He left Lion and Jasmine to work to where Sophie was lying. ”It wasn’t her fault. Don’t hurt her,” he begged. If he couldn’t make them leave her lone by begging, he would have to use force, but he really didn’t want to. ”They need all the help they can get,” he added referring to Baal’s words about getting them out. ”You should go,” he suggested.

Jessalyn had gone to the kitchen to make that tea, and just as much so she could get a moment to grieve. She put her shaking hand to her mouth, strangling the sobs moving through her entire body. She allowed a few tears to shed, before the tea was done. She poured it into a cup. She took herself the freedom, since she and Abigal was close friends. She knew her and Kyle wouldn’t mind her borrowing their kitchen. She tried to steady her shaking hand, but it wouldn’t stabilize. She took a sip and put the cup down beside her. She turned her head to the ceiling in an attempt to stop her tears from falling. She had to be strong, but it was so hard. She knew Mariella wouldn’t give up, but was it enough?

Lion stood silently and watched his dead sister. It wasn’t until he heard Vanya’s voice. He turned her gaze to her and put his arm around her, held her close. ”She is coming back. She has to,” he said. He couldn’t feel her anymore. And that scared him so much. What if this meant she really was gone? What would he do then? How could he live without her? She was his other half, the thing he needed to be in balance.

Karmena stepped in, which made Jasmine raise her chin a little. She narrowed her eyes and looked into the vampires eyes. The demon pulled Karmena away before Jasmine had a change to say anything. It would take time for people around here to actually not see her as the bad guy - and she didn't blame them for that at all. She watched Karmena sit down next to Mariella and looked after at Baal as he asked about Anastasia.
"She was the first at the scene. She didn't handle it very well," she said not covering up the truth. There was no reason to sugar coat it.
"What is she doing here," a sharp voice entered the room. The first thing Valeria spotted was the traitor. They didn't know Sophie the way Valeria did. But she stopped the second Theo pulled her back, and her eyes landed on Melania.
"No.." she gasped falling back into Theo. She shook her head. "This isn't happening. I'm gonna kill you," she hissed looking at Sophie. Theo had her arm and she pushed him back. "Don't fucking touch me," she warned before walking out of the room.

Theo just stood there, feeling his heart bleeding. His eyes moved from, Mariella, to Reginald to Melania. He fell back into the wall behind him, but went half through it. Something he would laugh about normally but he seemed in a more panic like state. He passed through it and ended in the kitchen. He looked at his aunt.
"Heey," he said looking at Jess with tears in his eyes. "She is tough.. she will make it back," he added trying to sound convincing. He had no doubt that these three people he loved, could make it. They had to.

Vanya took a deep breath in. Trying to hold herself together. It wasn't wasy with all these emotions all over the place. She couldn't stand the thought of losing Reginald forever, or Mariella - but right now her emotions was on Lion. How he was holding up, because his emotions screamed to her louder than her own.
"They will."

Jasmine just sat down, starring at the dead bodies. "We need to clean the wounds.. we need to do something."

Jamie was not happy about how they talked about Sophie. She might have gotten caught in something bad, but they would not touch a hair on her head. He would make sure of that. ”Back off!” He warned both Karmena and Valeria with a growl. He watched Baal as he suggested she took her away. ”She has just as much right to be here. She has made mistakes, but we have all done that.” He stood over his sister like a guard. He didn’t pay attention to the others, he didn’t want to let his focus shift from keeping her safe.

Jessalyn turned around when Theo entered the kitchen. She made the biggest smile she could, which wasn’t that big. She walked to him and put her hand on his shoulder. ”I’m supposed to comfort you, not the other way around,” she said and moved her hand to his cheek, caressing it carefully. ”You don’t have to be so strong all the time. Tears are not a sign of weakness, but a sign that you allow yourself to feel and that is strength.” She pulled him into a hug.

Lion seemed to disappear for a moment. His eyes turned blank and he didn’t move for at minute or two. His mind was reaching out to Mariella. She needed him; he could feel it. He saw her, but it didn’t seem like she could see him. He tried talking to her.
"Don't be scared. We're too badass to be scared. Remember what you have to fight for back here. You can't leave us here to deal with this loss. Mom and Mum would not be able to handle it. So fight back. Show our aunt you are stronger than her hell. Just keep fighting and don't stop until you are back here with me." He tried to reach for her, but he was forced back to his body. He was not supposed to be there, but a part of him would always be with her. Even in hell.

//Short, sorry.

Jasmine tried to keep her calm, but it wasn't really her field. She should have stayed behind, maybe she would have known what they were up to. She listened to Amaryllis as she said she needed to remove her ability. "It doesn't work like that, but it shouldn't stay long. She is a vampire after all," Jasmine said in a low voice. She knew what it was like to be trapped in the villains games - but also knew that it was a tricky game. So she was aware.

Theo looked at Jessalyn as she touched his cheek, and the tears bottled up in his eyes. He listened to her words, but as she pulled him into a hug he just cried. He had so much pain on his chest and never allowed himself to cry it out. So he wrapped his arms around Jess and let himself cry.


Vanya narrowed her eyes in confusion as it seemed like Lion completely zoned out for a while. She got worried for a second as it seemed like there wasn't much emotion to feel in the room from him. So she lightly zapped him, still hadn't got complete controle over this new ability of hers - but she was working on it.  She knew he wasn't okay, neither was she. But she kept her head cold. With all these emotions of brutal sadness, she had to. Amaryllis gave out orders and Vanya stayed back with Jasmine, Amaryllis, Sophie and Jamie. Vanya crossed her arms but kept a natural expression.

When the others returned Vanya didn't question walking back to Lion. She knew she couldn't give him his sister back just like that, but she could at least stay there.
"We always find a way, together," Vanya replied to Amaryllis question. The next question made Vanya swallow a little, and narrowed her eyes as she smelled blood. But Theo came running in and dried his eyes on the way. He stopped when he saw that Sophie was awake, and his heart skipped for a second. He had been pretty close with her. He walked next to Jamie and sat down next to him.
"Hey Soph," he smiled softly.

Jasmine breathed out, her mind was a mess and she couldn't handle it much longer. She picked up the knife that Melania had used to stab herself with and looked at the blood. Her best friend was dead. Her brother was dead. People she had sworn to protect, people she had given up her own happiness her own life to keep safe - and they were dead. Her hand was lightly shaking. If she joined them, could she help them? Her mind was screaming at her and all she wanted to do was to scream back - but she couldn't. Nothing made sense anymore. Lion talking to Mariella, but was it enough. What if it wasn't enough. She turned the knife towards her heart and looked at her hands.
"I can help them.. I have to do something," she said looking at Jamie. "I have to do something.. they don't deserve this.. but I do," she took a deep breath in.

Jamie reluctantly pulled Melania into his arms. He didn’t want to leave Sophie, but Amaryllis was right. They needed to stop working against each other. She took Melania to an industrial freezer and put her down there. He felt like they had been dead for too long already. What went on down there? He went back to the others. She sat down next to Amaryllis and held Sophie’s hand in his. He let Amaryllis do what she needed to, to get his sister back. He didn’t like what Amaryllis told him in her thoughts. Who had told Sophie he was dead? And why? He smiled sadly when she reached for his cheek. He embraced her when she said his nickname. ”I’m here,” he whispered to her. He furrowed his brows when he heard a heart beating fast. He looked around and saw Jasmine pointing a knife to her heart. He was in front of her in less than a second. He forced the knife out of her hand. ”What the hell are you doing!?” He asked a little harshly. He realized that and put his hands around her face. ”Don’t do that. I can’t loose you too,” he said quietly and locked his gaze with hers. ”You don’t deserve to go there. Don’t ever say that,” he said and put his arms around her.

Jessalyn stayed in the kitchen as Theo left to join the others. She needed to be alone.

Lion didn’t want to fight. He was so emotionally drained from losing his sister. Even if she came back, it was still hard to feel her gone. He lifted Reggie up and put him in the freezer with the others. He went back to the others and put his arm around Vanya. He needed her close right now. He looked at Amaryllis as she served as an inspirational speaker right now. ”We just need each other. Then it will be okay,” he swallowed, as he had a little trouble believing it at the moment. They couldn’t get them back by putting their head together. He just hoped Mel, Baal, Reggie and Marie could find a way back together.

// Baal out.

Jasmine looked into Jamies eyes when he asked her what she was doing. Her tear filled eyes was making her vision blurred and she just wanted her best friend and her brother back. "I'm sorry," she cried again as he put his arms around her.

Vanya looked at hell running lose as Sophie seemed to freak out and loose controle. She used her speed to run behind Sophie and quickly snapped her neck, and breathed out.
"Sorry Jamie, I'm not risking anyone else today," she breathed out. Feeling a weird type of fear. She looked around with narrowed eyes. "Do you feel that?" She asked and turned her eyes to Lion. But it was almost impossible that they would feel the emotion as strong as she did, or maybe she just told herself that. Vanya scratched her neck and stepped away from the young vampire.

Mariella gasped as she returned to her body. Longing after air and her heart was beating like crazy. She looked around realizing her heart beat. "No.. no no no," she looked at Reginald and Melanias bodies. She moved over to Reginald and put her hands on his face.
"Please come back to me.. please.." she begged feeling her tears running down her cheeks and she looked to Melania. But she couldn't stay in the cold, she needed to get rid of some of this dark energy. She could feel it like a knife in her soul. So she got up, and rushed out of the cold room. She walked into the sitting room and watched them all stand there.
"Lion.. I need you," she said pretty weak, feeling like her entire being was exploding from resisting all the dark energy som hell. So before anyone really could say anything she just walked over and wrapped herself around her brother. The wave of energy lashed out in the entire room. But thanks to Lions yang energy it was balanced, and nothing that would feel to harsh on the others. Mariella looked to the side when she saw her mom. "Mom?" She asked a little unsure, but it made her cry. Mariella wasn't usually the person crying, but giving going through hell - all she wanted to do was cry. Not knowing if Reginald and Melania made it - it felt like she was dying all over again.

Jamie held her in silence. He didn’t know what to say. He could understand why she would want to do it, but it was too risky. He darted his eyes to Sophie as Vanya broke her neck. He moved away from Jasmine a little. ”You should have let me talk with her,” he said in a cold tone. He didn’t want to see his sister like that.

Jessalyn finished her tea and put the cup down on the counter top. She needed somebody, someone who didn’t need her to be strong. She picked up her phone and called Amery. ”I need you.” She said as tears seemed to clog her throat. ”I’m in Abigal’s home,” she told him before hanging up. She also texted Zitora. Zitora was a good friend, and she would love her support, but it was just as much because the kids might need someone with her abilities.

Lion didn’t feel capable of much right now. Not until she was by his side again. He stood by the window, just looking outside. But then something changed. He narrowed his eyes and looked around the room. Something had changed. He looked at the door when Mariella came back. He rushed forward until they met, and he held her close. Everything seemed to balance out. He didn’t know what to feel. He had been so empty, and now it felt like he was slowly being filled back up. He lifted her into air, as he just wanted to hold her as long, he could. Just then he realized Reggie and Melania wasn’t with her. He didn’t ask, since he didn’t want to make it worse for her. He put her back down and smiled at her. His smile had never seemed happier. He had been so scared, sad beyond belief, and now she was here back with him. ”You almost had me consider following you,” he admitted. His lip twisted into a playful grin. ”But I would most likely had ended in heaven,” he said and put his arm around her neck.

Jamie was confused when Mariella suddenly came back. How? He let her have her moment with Lion, before he went to her. Tears were appearing in his eyes. ”You fucking scared me,” he stated and pushed her shoulder, before he forced Lion’s arm off her and embraced her. ”You are not allowed to die,” he ordered.

Jessalyn could have sworn she had seen Mariella move by the kitchen, but she shortly thought she might have been imagining it. She walked to the others and saw her in Jamie’s arms. She walked to her with a fast pace and stopped right by her. Jamie ended the hug and walked back to Jasmine. Jessalyn took both her children’s hands in hers. She just smiled at them. She didn’t say anything. She didn’t need to. She was just happy they were all okay.

Vanya and Jasmine just looked at Mariella entered the room and almost fell into Lions arms.
Mariella listened to him and pulled herself out of his arms, as he said he almost considered following her. She shook her head. "No.. don't say that," she replied in a half crack whisperer. His little grin, was almost failing her to smile - but a little hint of a smirk seemed to show. "Most likely.. but I couldn't have done it without you," she answered.  Mariella breathed out, just feeling the fresher air. Jamie walked over and embraced her.
"I didn't mean to scare you," she still cried, "I'm still scared," she whispered and closed her tear filled eyes. Admitting she was scared wasn't really her thing, but she was scared of of her mind that this was just one of the games. What if she closed her eyes for too long and ended back in hell? "It wasn't my intentions to go out like that, trust me," she said with a sad smile. Then she walked to her mother, because if anything could seem to just calm her a tiny bit - it would be her mother. But she still felt so cold. And of course she did. The darkness had a grib om her so deep, and her soul was filled up with it. Lions abilities kept it in check - but she had spend so much time taking it in, and now she was scared of what it will do. Mariella wrapped her arms tight around her mother, and just needed that right now.

Kyle entered the room asking after Reginald and Melania. And she felt her whole world freeze for a second, then she pulled herself out of her mother embrace and listened to Amaryllis' words.
"More specific.. they are in hell," she said with an almost dried out voice. She still had marks on her neck from when Reginald had been forced to strangle her - but they were slowly healing. The tears still ran down her cheeks. "I still need some water through," she said again. Lucia and her friend stepped out. She breathed out in disappointment and shook her head. She watched them walk away, then she looked at the time - only minutes had past - what 15? 20? it felt like they had been stuck in hell for hours. Mariella walked over to the window and took a deep breath in.
"Sorry.. It's.. it's just a lot to take in," she said feeling her heart racing. "I'm fine really," she lied but if she could convince herself of her lie was it really a lie then? Mariella closed her eyes and just tried collecting herself. She was still crying, but mostly she just needed to collect herself up. Clearly what had happened had effected her more than she liked. "Please come back.. come back," she closed her eyes and just repeated those words in a whisper almost impossible to hear.

Vanya watched Amaryllis walk away and followed her. Lion had his sister, he could do without her for a little while. Vanya stood outside the door and knocked.
"Hey, its me. Lock the damn door up," she said standing outside. "I know you are blaming yourself for all this, but its not your fault," she said putting her hand on the door. "Please just let me in Amary," she sighed and looked at the door. The strong emotion from inside was enough to not making her leave, and Amary knew that Vanya wouldn't leave.

Jasmine put her head back and closed her eyes for a second. "I will go check on them," she said and looked up at Jamie. "Stay with Marie, I'll be fine, I just can't stand still and go nothing," she said with a little smile. Then she walked passed Lucia and Taylor and into the cold room and sat down besides her friends.
"You better come back. I don't know what I'll do without you," she admitted and felt her tears bottling up again. "I need both of you.. please," she whispered as she caressed Melanias cheek and looked at Reginald.

Theo sat with Sophies body after Vanya had snapped the vampires body. It wasn't fair, but nothing was really fair at this point - was it? He lifted Sophie up and handed her to Jamie as Jasmine left. He took out his phone, and kept in touch with Eilish who seemed to have eyes on Anastasia - it wasn't good.  He knew he would have to go soon, but could he leave Mariella like this? Leave anyone like this? So he walked out getting that glass of water Mariella was asking about and handed it to her. Mariella smiled a little at Theo before taking the water, just to manipulate the water and run it over her arm. She needed it to not dry out.

Jamie felt split. He felt an obligation to both Jasmine and Sophie, like he had to take of them because nobody else would. And then Mariella came back. What was he supposed to do? He was not happy that his sister had been killed once again, but he also knew he might have done the same, if it hadn’t been his sister. He looked at Kyle when he came to ask question. It wasn’t right. They couldn’t be dead. Marie had come back, so maybe they would to. God, he hoped they would. Not only for him, but he wouldn’t want to see a Marie without Reggie. She wasn’t sure he could handle it. He looked to Lucia and her friend. He had to bite his tongue to tell them to shut up. They were being wildly inappropriate in his opinion. Jamie took Sophie’s body from Theo. He had to get away from here. They needed a place where she wasn’t in danger for being killed. However much he wanted to stay to be emotional support, he had to think of Sophie right now. He went to his room and put her down on the bed. He locked the door to keep the room private and undisturbed.

Lion admittedly didn’t pay much attention to anything else than his sister. He smiled when Jamie and Marie were reunited. He knew Jamie had been scared as well. He cared for her almost as much as Lion did. He smiled as their mom joined them and tried to make them feel better. Lion looked to the others when Marie hugged Jessalyn. He looked to Kyle who of course wanted to know what was going on. Marie and Amary had no problem telling them, which was probably best. He didn’t have the mental energy to talk about what had just happened. Not when two of his friends were still dead. ”It’s okay Ellie. Take your time,” he said and went to embrace his mother.

Jessalyn had taken Marie into her arms and held her close. She kissed the top of her head. But she also let her go when she needed a break. She looked at Kyle with a sigh. ”Mariella came back. There is a good chance they are on their way,” she explained and put her arms around her son. She was happy he knew what to do, that he knew she needed a hug. Her and Veronica had done a good job with them. ”Thank you sweetheart,” she said exited to hug to brush her hand against his cheek. ”Stay here with your friend, I’ll go be with your friend,” she said and went to the freezer to join Jasmine. ”How are you holding up?” She asked the banshee.