Chapter 162: I Am Thou, Thou Art I Part 2 (2/2)

Alice stood up, staring blankly as she held her head in pain. ”Father? Return? But the others? I understand… The Child of the Garden is secured. Returning at once.”

Alice stepped into a portal as Blossom tried stopping her. Vanishing the streamers were left alone. Blossom went to Zinnia's aid as she screamed panicking. ”Zinnia, Zinnia, it's ok. You're alright.”

Zinnia looked around sweating. ”What happened?”

”You don't remember?” Diego questioned.

Zinnia looked down in disappointment. ”I… I let Bargaining take over my body.”

”The stage of grief?! The hell would you do that for?” Jinx barked.

”If I didn't none of us would be here right now…”

Diego held his hand out, helping Zinnia up. ”Well, we've got bigger issues right now. We have no rescue coming. We're stranded God knows where and there is no sign of your crew. Alice mentioned something about the Child of the Garden is secured. Any idea what that means?”

Zinnia almost fell over again, being helped by Jinx and Diego. ”Alton… It's got to be, they have Alton.”

”Shit, who would have guessed Frizzle Tooth was in possession of powers from the Garden. I'm not even sure the CEOs knew.” Diego muttered. ”The hell do we do?”

”We retaliate,” Morto ordered walking from the titan brushing herself down. ”If these traitors want to overthrow V.I.R.A.L and take control, we must be there to crush every last one of them.”

”No. No. That's not how we do this. Alice, Iris, many other streamers are just pawns in this. Being forced to fight us against their will. We need to save them.”

Morto scoffed ripping a broken nail off. ”I do not have time for such trivial hero bullshit. Every streamer will be sent to crush Hawthorne and his traitorous Frizzle Tooth.”

”I said no.” Zinnia echoed, holding her sword towards Morto. ”Alice, Iris, they are all my friends. I won't let you kill them. No matter what I will save them from the Garden.”

Morto inflicts a death stare on the streamers sending chills down all their spines as each begins to lose faith in themselves. ”You dare raise your weapon against a CEO? You are walking on dangerously thin ice, miss Trost. Choose your next words carefully as they might be your last.”

”I don't care about your threats or rules. I am a hero like my parents before me, and if you think I will charge into battle to bring innocent lives to an end, you're wrong. I don't care how many laws I'll break; I will save them.”

Morto continued to stare before tutting. ”Kurt was right about you Zinnia, you're just as selfish and dim-witted as your father. Very well, Ingrid. I accept your terms. I shall leave the destruction of Frizzle Tooth to you and the rescue of Alice and Iris Hawthorne. But might I ask? Just how do you plan to do complete such a task.”

Zinnia smirked phone in her hand. ”How else? The old-fashioned Team Rhapsody way. Expose their lies and misdeed and take them down for the world to see.”

”How amusing. How very, very amusing. You've got a lot on your plate, young lady. A child of the Garden and reincarnation of the most power Anti-human. The stolen powers of the Garden and an army of obedient brainwashed streamers. And just how were you planning on topping that?”

Zinnia looked slightly thrown off, feeling more alone. However, in the distance from the fog, hope arises as Team Rhapsody reappeared looking relieved to see her. ”How? Isn't that obvious. As a team.”